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The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
What is it about 1850s New York and 1890s London? Lately I feel I’ve been swamped in sepia tone, between Copper and Ripper Street on BBC America, Lincoln (all right, that’s 1860s Washington, but see my point) and now The Gods of Gotham. Everything about this story feels brown and grimy.
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan My rating: 3 of 5 stars A gentle and sweet book about books and knowledge and secrets and…
One of the highlights of my Thanksgiving was playing through the Lego Lord of the Rings video game with my nine year-old nephew. I’ve been considering using the game as part of a module on interaction design for my spring course, and so tricked him into helping me field test it. It took us two days and about 12 hours (and several puzzled queries from the rest of the family about whether we would be joining them for Thanksgiving dinner) but we saved Middle Earth.
