

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan As an out-and-proud dork, there is nothing I am happier to curl up with than a book about books. And given that my current existential crisis basically consists of me screaming "GIVE ME A BOOK-RELATED JOB!" over and over into the void... the story about Clay and his discovery of this unique vertical bookstore had me engaged from page one. Nevermind that one of my m̶o̶s̶t̶ ̶p̶a̶t̶h̶e̶t̶i̶c̶ biggest dreams in life is to have a l


Armada by Ernest Cline
Armada by Ernest Cline Although I'm not a gamer (aside from my brief stint as a Sims Online junkie in the early to mid 2000s and my unabiding love of Felicia Day), I absolutely loved Ready Player One. I was born in '81 (shaddup) so I fully appreciated the plethora of 80's references. So many of the things mentioned made up my childhood and the nostalgia made my reading of the book just oh-so-enjoyable. But even without that, Cline's writing was funny, smart, with robust wo


Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline I had a friend try to convince me for months to read this book, and although it's been on my Kindle since early 2014, I just had never gotten around to it. And now I'm kicking myself for ignoring it for that long. Ready Player One is out and out FUN. Given my challenge, I don't tend to read a lot of books that are simply a blast to read, so Ready Player One was much welcomed. And as my ancient ass was born in 1981, this book was an enjoyabl