An Overwhelmed Creative

  I really enjoyed this book. It's the second one I read from Naomi Novik. I read Uprooted about five years ago and loved how original it was. I confess the ending was a bit confusing, but the journey was pretty amazing. When I heard the author had another book out, I wanted to read it. It took me a couple of years to buy it, and then it stayed in my TBR pile for about a year.  Now that I have finished it, I can say I am satisfied with the story over all. I had a vague idea about the plot, and at first I didn't truly understand what was the main character's purpose. There is also magic in this book, which I did not expect, although it was a nice surprise. The tale is a bit long and there are a lot of parts to it, but in the end, it all ties up rather nicely and I understood why the author took us through all those adventures following all those different characters—they all had a part to play. Perhaps the only thing that bothered me was that—the many POVs. The story starts ...

I had heard much about Mario Odyssey , so when I finished Final Fantasy VII: Remake  I gave it a go. My son had gotten it for Christmas or his birthday or something a while back and he let it to me. He was very excited that I would play it. My son is 10.  Well, I confess I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. The world was neat and the story okay, but it felt very much like a regular Mario 3D game instead of an RPG.  Like Mario games, lately, this one has you collect stars. There are HUNDREDS of them and they are all hidden in the different levels. You don't need to find all of them, but you need a minimum to continue playing. I have no idea where most of the stars are. I thought I was very thorough when going through the levels but it turned out I only found like a fourth of the total number of stars. I didn't even get to the 200 you need to open the special level at the end. But honestly, I was just tired of the game by the time I finished it and I couldn't c...