I'm trying to remember what I did this past month while battling a bad headache. I know I rewatched Arcane. It’s a fantastic show and one that I felt like I needed to watch again to fully grasp the details of. It made me more emotional the second time 😭 Also a fantastic soundtrack that I’ve been listening to a lot. It’s better when you have the emotional impact or action of the show...
Palia is a chill, cozy, free MMO fantasy farming/life sim where you play as a human in a world where humans have disappeared but are re-emerging. Farm, mine, hunt, fish, decorate your home, befriend and romance NPCs, work together with other players (if you want), and discover a magical new...
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When rawball player Orok stands up for a stranger in distress at a bar, it becomes social media news, and the team's publicist offers them a deal in exchange for keeping up a fake relationship. Orok agrees because Alexo seems to really want the deal, but he doesn't want it to be fake, and they'll have some inner struggles and outside dangers to overcome before that can...
I did A LOT of watching stuff in April. I said Heated Rivalry changed my brain chemistry, and this is one effect of that. It reminded me how great this medium of storytelling can be and gave me the motivation to watch a bunch of things I'd been wanting to...
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Grad student Sebastian needs a grant in order to continue his research to use magic to help people, but he gets stuck sharing it with Elethior, his rival whose family uses magic for harm. But the more time they spend together, the more Sebastian realizes Elethior may not be like his family, and feelings may be...
Ellinore, famous quester, has been lying about how she completed all her quests and is ready to retire now she has enough money for her family. But when her brother's life is at stake, she'll have to keep up the ruse and go on one last quest with a team she didn't ask for, including the princet she's been competing with and crushing...
I truly do not think I've ever used "changed my brain chemistry" before, but this feels like the right time. It feels accurate. For anyone who doesn't know, Heated Rivalry is a m/m romance between two closeted hockey players who also have a big rivalry pushed by the media. And this part of the story covers their almost ten-year situationship that starts as just sex but turns into deeper...
I know it's Easter, but I'm not doing anything to celebrate, so here I am with a blog post! (Well, blog posts are written before they're posted anyway, it's not like I'm typing this as you're reading it, but. You get it.) My big news this month is that I watched Heated Rivalry Season 1! I subscribed to HBO Max for a month with the plan to watch Heated Rivalry one time and Our Flag Means Death...
I am aware that it's mid March and like half of these books are out already. And to that I say... Who cares? I haven't read them yet, so I'm still excited for them! Really I'm doing you a favor, because this just means you don't have to wait to read some of these. You're welcome. 😊 As always, I'm focusing on books for the first half of the year and books that are either standalones or the...
Max and Jasper are finally together, but Max is still struggling with what happened in the last book, so they go away for a vacation. But their vacation takes an interesting turn, and the boys learn more about themselves, their pack, and...
