Category: Media Recs
a sub-selection of blog posts
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Media Recs: Demon Mark, The Goblin Emperor, A Prayer for the Crown-Shy, GOAT
I’ve been reading, watching, and exploring enough good stories lately that I’ve decided to batch recommend several of them. I’ll likely make a habit of this; I’ve been trying to read, watch, play, and enjoy more stories as of late in addition to writing regularly. It engages my mind, helps me unwind, enriches my perspective,…
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Book Rec: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
This one’s a memoir written by a talk therapist, unraveling her own journey through therapy alongside the stories of several of her own semi-fictionalized patients (I’ll elaborate on this later). I saw this while scrolling through available books on Libby and borrowed it. I was craving a change of pace (nonfiction when I so often…
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Videogame Rec: Hollow Knight: Silksong
Okay, this is maybe less of a recommendation and more of an excuse for me to talk about this game, because I’m pretty sure a significant percentage of the world has beaten Silksong before I even started playing. And I’m going to take a while to beat it. (I’m in the middle of Act 2.)…
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Webcomic Rec: Aurora by Red
I’ve been meaning to make this recommendation for ages, but if you haven’t heard of the comic Aurora (comicaurora.com), it’s my most recent obsession and one of my most favorite webcomics of all time. Aurora is a webcomic in progress, begun in 2019 and built up consistently for years. It’s written by Red, who’s better…
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Book Rambles: Crip Up the Kitchen by Jules Sherred
This book convinced me to get an Instant Pot. Okay, backing up. If you’re unfamiliar with Crip Up the Kitchen by Jules Sherred, it’s a cookbook written specifically to make the kitchen more accessible for disabled cooks. Jules Sherred discusses his motivations and process for publishing the book on an excellent Queries, Qualms, and Quirks…