I should start this by saying that I picked this up because the title made me think of a Hercule Poirot or Armand Gamache type protagonist. What I got instead was a young mix between Poirot and Jacques Clouseau, leaning towards the latter. This book, though interesting at times, was a little disappointing. It feels …
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Doodle: Inktober 2021 – Pokémon edition (coloured)
Well this took longer than expected. Life seemed to get in the way of me finishing the last two sketches. I finally sat myself down and got through them this weekend. So here we are, the finished (coloured) Inktober 2021 - Pokémon edition. These have been coloured in using the procreate app on the iPad. …
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Book Review: Before the Batman: An Original Movie Novel
Before the Batman is a prequel novel to Matt Reeves' The Batman movie. The book is fairly short, and seems like its targeted at a younger audience as compared to the movie which was much darker and grittier. We are given glimpses into the past of both Bruce Wayne and Edward Nashton* and how their …
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Rediscovering Pokémon cards
Pokémon cards have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Back when I was in school in Bangalore, India, I remember asking my dad to get me a pack of pokémon cards for doing well in some exams. He obliged but then boggled at the price of 80 or …
Series Review: Jack West Jr. #4, 5, 6 and 7 – Matthew Reilly
Once again we’re back in the world of Jack West Jr. Couldn’t wait to pick up these books after the first three. The seventh and final book of the series released in October of last year. The fourth book took some time in coming since it was released almost 7 years after book 3. The …
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March Book Haul
This weekend we decided to visit the local oxfam bookstore to see if they had any secondhand books that we could add to our collection at home. I came away with the few you see in the image. David Gibbins’ The Pharaoh, and The Tiger Warrior I hadn’t heard of before but since I’ve been …
Series Review: Jack West Jr. #2-3 – Matthew Reilly
Jack West Jr. #2 - The Six Sacred Stones This is the follow up book to the Seven Deadly Wonders by Matthew Reilly. While this potentially could be read on its own, there are quite a few references to events that happened in the previous book. In fact the events of this book are a …
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Game Review: Into the Breach
Into the breach is a game I’ve heard about for a while but had never picked it up to play until recently. In spite of having a copy of the game on the pc I picked up the switch version in the hope that having the game in a handheld console would get me to …
Series Review: Warcross Duology – Marie Lu
This duology written by Marie Lu takes places in a dystopian future very similar to that seen in Ready Player One. Here as well we have the general populace hooked onto the use of technology that allows them to roam a virtual world. In this series this virtual space is mainly used for Warcross, a …
Book Review: Still Life (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #1) – Louise Penny
Keigo Higashino has me craving mystery books this year, so I picked up Still Life by Louise Penny in the hopes of something similar. This is the first book in the series, where we follow the exploits of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, a member of the provincial police force of Quebec, as he solves mysteries …
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Liminal Ramblings 