The book report: Spring releases “It’s spring, when publishers release their best crop of books for the year.”
The Book Report: Someone Else’s Shoes “One pair of shoes has the chance to steer the destiny of two women.”
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Get behind the wheel with a killer romance in Badlands (1973) “This masterful debut film reminds us to value life’s fleeting fragility.”
The Book Report: A multitude of memoirs “I really enjoy memoirs....The general facts of a person’s life are only important in how they relate to the story at hand.”
January 2023 movie reviews “Happy Holidays and remember, Academy Award nominations come out Jan. 24, 2023!”
The Book Report: The Lost Girls of Willowbrook by Ellen Marie Wiseman "Something about the holiday season always seems to have me reviewing depressing books."
Let’s Get Physical (Media): A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) — available at Mid-Columbia Libraries “When words alone fail to bring about change, the dispossessed sometimes resort to action.”
Let’s Get Physical (Media): Rope (1948) "In the words of the director himself, 'Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.'"
Game review: Turncoats “I’m just going to start with the conclusion first: Turncoats is a masterful game.”
The Book Report: It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover “This book is definitely not for everyone, but... I feel it’s an honest look at an important topic.”
Game review: Pan Am “Pan Am is an awesome mashup of worker placement, market manipulation, set collection, and area control.”
Game review: Lost Ruins of Arnak “I love games with a wealth of planning and options but streamlined methods of carrying those out, and Arnak definitely fits the bill.”
My 5 favorite books (that I haven't previously reviewed) of 2021 “These are some really solid choices that would be hard to bump off my favorites of 2021 list.”
The 10 best movies this year “Get out to the movie theater for one or all of these late-year releases!”
Game review: Oath A lot of the games I review are lighter fare — games that take 15 minutes or so to learn, 45–60 minutes to play, and are easily engaging for gamers
Game review: Call to Adventure “Am I happy I bought it?: Yes! It’s a really quick and casual game that gets faster with repeated playthroughs.”
Game Review: Stardew Valley Stardew Valley: The Board Game does what its digital ancestor did so well.
Game Review: Canvas “Creating paintings from dozens of component cards results in beautiful little creations that almost make composition more enjoyable than scoring.”
Game Review: Quacks of Quedlinburg “In Quacks of Quedlinburg, players take on the role of snake-oil salesfolks and hucksters trying to create the most powerful potions.”
Game Review: Dungeon World “Seriously, the best thing that came out of this year has been our group meeting online, sharing dinner and drinks at a distance, and laughing ourselves hoarse while we can’t be together in person.”
