I read fewer books this year than I have probably since I started blogging ten years ago, so there's actually not ten books here. That felt like too many, and there were only six books that I rated 4.5 or 5 stars. Two of which are a duology and three of which were rereads (though I do still count rereads because if a book was that great more than once, it deserves recognition more than once). I...
Next up on my end of the year lists: characters from the books I've read and games I've played! I also sneaked one podcast in here, but the title stays because it's not worth the work of changing the graphic. I also sneaked more than ten characters in here, technically, but that's ok. And I may have talked too much about some of them when these are supposed to be quick descriptions, but I...
Starting my end of the year posts today with book covers! Believe it or not, this isn't every book I read this year... just most of them 😅 As I always like to say, books can still be amazing with more basic covers, and ultimately the most important thing is what's inside the book, but I still like to appreciate pretty...
Yes, I'm doing my monthly update like two weeks late, on a Thursday. It is what it is! Would've felt weirder to not do one at all. I don't have much to report though. I've just been surviving and, shockingly, taking a break from Baldur's Gate 3 and playing Palia instead. Also shockingly, it turns out Palia doesn't give me motion sickness, so I've actually been able to play it. It is harder on my...
![Book Review: My Roommate from Hell by Cale Dietrich [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-My-Roommate-From-Hell-by-Cale-Dietrich-255x255.jpg)
Owen just wants to make friends and do well in school so he can get a good job, but on his first day of college, he finds out he has a roommate from Hell, figuratively and literally. With an internship and human-demon relations on the line, the two end up in a fake relationship, Owen starts to realize having Zarmenus as a roommate and a friend isn't so bad after...
![Book Review: An Amateur Witch’s Guide to Murder by K. Valentin [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-An-Amateur-Witchs-Guide-to-Murder-by-K.-Valentin-255x255.jpg)
Mateo needs money to hire someone who can exorcise the demon in him before it kills him, so he takes a job to break a curse on a rich client. As the curse's body count rises and they discover a potential murder, he ends up in way over his head but also realizes he actually wants to...
I know I don't really talk about the "life" part of "Life and Books" anymore, but, well. Today is not the day I'm going to change that, so let me tell you instead about the games I played (or attempted to play)! Much to no one's surprised, I'm still playing Baldur's Gate 3. I'm currently close to wrapping up an all druids run, which has been very fun. Druids are so strong in combat (in this...
![Book Review: The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood & Boyfriends by Jamie D’Amato [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Good-Vampires-Guide-to-Blood-Boyfriends-by-Jamie-DAmato-255x255.jpg)
College student Brennan has recently been turned into a vampire and gets caught stealing and drinking blood from a blood drive one night by the cute library aide. Cole agrees to keep his secret and they become close, but Brennan struggles to balance his vampire life with his human one, especially when another vampire starts plotting...
![Book Review: Thirsty by Lucy Lehane [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Thirsty-by-Lucy-Lehane-255x255.jpg)
Charlie is an advice columnist with an increasing number of questions about supernaturals, so when he runs into an old vampire acquaintance, he makes a deal to learn more, under the pretense that it's for his thesis. Lorenzo only agrees because he sees an opportunity for revenge on Charlie for ruining his past relationship. But as they spend more time together, they start falling for each...
Spain, 1980, Alex gets injured during a protest and is rescued by a man named Jago. They hit it off, and Jago turns out to be a big help with the show Alex and his friends are creating, but there's something strange about him, and even more strange things start happening after he shows up in their...
