Last Month's Books: "She Walks In Shadows, Among Flowers From the Moon and Other Lunacies"

It has been a long last few weeks. That said, things are starting to come back to a semblance of normalcy. Still, though, I'm falling behind on my reading again. These are the most recent books I've read, and they're from weeks ago. Anyway. Let's talk about them. 

Last Month's Books: "Once There Was a Blogger Who Tried to Write a Book"

So I finally got around to writing reviews for my recent lunchtime reads. Let's run through some of them (I always leave a backlog because I'm not stupid). Also, I don't know exactly what's in a Dark and Stormy but it tastes delish. So I'd better hurry before my words go all skrownky. 

Last Month's Books: "A Coven of Dreams"

Very short introduction today, as I've places to go and things to see. Had a good week, hope my car gets fixed tomorrow, looking forward to Dark Souls III, looking forward to Salt and Sanctuary, enjoying Not A Hero. Tallyho!

Last Month's Books: "The Marriage of Stellar and Subpar"

I haven't had much time to read this month, so I'm rationing book reviews from last month out a bit. Padding things, see. It's a viable review tactic. Totally. Hopefully next week will be calmer. In other news, I hate business-class phone systems and the issues they have. 

Last Month's Books: "Witches, Wings, and...Ms. Marvel?"

I...didn't do a whole lot of reading in December, so this is a bit barren. Next month will be better, I promise. December was busy. And by busy, I mean I was playing Fallout for 8 hours a day. 

Ms. Marvel (2014 Version)

This is really really good. I've never been a Ms. Marvel fan. But this fresh start makes her way more relatable to me. Which is weird, because as some people have complained: Kamala Khan is Muslim, Blah blah blah blah SJW nonsense blah blah blah. Nope. She's kickass WHILE being Muslim, not "in spite of being Muslim" or "because of being Muslim." She's just a kickass girl who happens to be Ms. Marvel and Muslim. And that's pretty cool. Art style, writing, sense of humor, this is all top-notch.

Witches’ Hollow - H.P. Lovecraft

Color Out of Space 2.0, only way more obvious and not as good.

Winged Death - H.P. Lovecraft

Quite good. Actually pretty suspenseful and well-written, unlike Witches’ Hollow WHICH WAS A TRASHFIRE

Without a Thought - Fred Saberhagen

A really fascinating and suspenseful sci-fi short story about entropy, intelligence, and programming.

When You Care, When You Love - Theodore Sturgeon

Enthralling short story about wealth, love, power, fate, and humility, as well as the lengths people will go to save someone.

Heretical Babblings: Something Krampus Snow Titles Are Hard!

Hello again. I'm catching up on sleep and video games and the next section of The Walking Fella, so have some more vomitings from my sugar-highing brain.

Last night—well, this morning—I beat Borderlands 2. Honestly, not super impressed by the last houror two. The final mission took things from a fun shooty looty game to a mind-numbing slog. And don't even get me started on the final boss. It was like fighting the Rakk Hive, only with ten times more health and slightly more effective attacks. Not fun. Just boring. It took me about twenty minutes of standing and tanking hit after hit while firing at the glowing weak spot to crush the thing. Here's hoping the DLC fares better.