This book is truly a one of a kind. Dozens of short chapters are woven together to create a picture of Tokyo on the run up to the 2020 Olympics (which, sadly, never happened in the real world due to Covid-19). It is a story of how strangers’ lives can be interwoven in intricate, complicated …
Goodreads // Waterstones Reading Wed Wabbit with the children’s book club at work made me question why I don’t pick up children’s literature to read more often. The book follows Fidge, a young girl who becomes emotionally closed off after the death of her father. She carries a lot of resentment, and when her behaviour leads to …
Fog of Love is a two-player cooperative game that focuses on the relationship between two people. Traits, features and occupation build the foundations of these characters, but it is the chapters of their love story that bring them to life. The game helpfully offers you a tutorial through your first playthrough, explaining the different obstacles …
I tried something a bit different than my usual tabletop games this week. Alice is Missing is a ‘silent’ role playing game where players must communicate via text message to solve the mystery of what has happened to Alice. My friend had purchased the PDF (a cheaper alternative to buying the physical game, though you …
Goodreads // Waterstones I was drawn to this book because of the interesting contrast of the cover – that girlie pink background with the serious military-style clothes on Camilla in the foreground. This does a great job of reflecting exactly what the book ended up offering: a look at the thoughts and experiences of an incredibly …
Goodreads // Waterstones You know the saying, ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’? I mean it when I say that the very worst thing you could do is pick up this book and think it will be a nice, cute story about little hedgehogs or plushies. You might see the adorable little creature on …
Well, what a weekend this was! After a certain global pandemic got in the way of our holiday plans, Neil and I finally managed to get back up to Birmingham’s NEC to attend the UK Games Expo. Less than a week before we left, our Airbnb was cancelled by the hosts with no explanation, leaving …
You might have heard of EXIT games from the many standalone escape room experiences they sell. I’ve not tried them, but I’ve dabbled in the Unlock! Escape Adventures, so knew that escape games were my cup of tea (even though I’m admittedly quite rubbish at them). After seeing a lot of people in board game …
Goodreads // Waterstones When I pick up a biography, it is rarely by someone I know of; I much prefer unravelling a complete stranger’s journey, and discovering new lives to root for. On this occasion, unfamiliar with Lemn Sissay’s previous work, I was swayed into reading My Name is Why by that striking title, and my …
Goodreads // Waterstones In colonial New England, a woman goes missing. Or not missing – perhaps she has fled, abandoned her family. Or perhaps she’s been kidnapped, and set loose to wander in the dense woods of the north. Alone and possibly lost, she meets another woman in the forest. Then everything changes… In The …
