Early Reader Review: Book Love by Debbie Tung

Source: From Netgalley and Andrews McMeel in exchange for an honest review. This in no way alters my opinion or review.

Book Love by Debbie Tung
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication Date:  January 1, 2019

 

Format:  Ebook

Rating:


 




Goodreads Synopsis: 

Bookworms rejoice! These charming comics capture exactly what it feels like to be head-over-heels for hardcovers.

Book Love is a gift book of comics tailor-made for tea-sipping, spine-sniffing, book-hoarding bibliophiles. Debbie Tung’s comics are humorous and instantly recognizable—making readers laugh while precisely conveying the thoughts and habits of book nerds. Book Love is the ideal gift to let a book lover know they’re understood and appreciated.

Review: 
This is my life in pictures.  I squee-ed when I saw this book and the title, I really loved reading Quiet Girl In a Noisy World and knew that this title would be just as fun as the last. Book Love is all about being a lover of books and reading and all the quirky things we tend to do. The whole things is in a graphic novel format with loads of illustration. The artist/author does such a good job describing book lovers and loves in these illustrations and had me laughing out load and saying 'yup' a lot as I agreed with the weird things I also do (smelling books, having to go into every bookstore, always needing more books, having issues loaning books out, etc.)

Everything about this was what I needed and wanted. The comic strips are so relatable and down to earth even if a bit odd... we all have our quirks. If you are a book lover or know one, this is a great book/ gift!! I highly suggest it and adore it.

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Blog Blast w. Giveaway! Archivos

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With ARCHIVOS, storytellers are empowered to be the architects of their stories. Through an interactive visual representation of an entire story world, storytellers and fans can examine the interconnections between characters, places, and events. Produced by Wonderthing Studios, ARCHIVOS provides - at a glance - a deep appreciation and comprehension of the interaction between story elements composition, superior to any wiki or blog.   

 

About

ARCHIVOS is story mapping and presentation application developed by Wonderthing Studios, designed to support storytellers in the creation and promotion of their story worlds.

History
Wonderthing Studios LLC was founded in January 2015 by David Robison to celebrate and foster the storytelling community in all its forms and facets. The studio develops multiple channels of engagement – from podcasts to board games to software – in order to support storytellers and provide tangible opportunities for the creative community to interact and share wisdom and experience.

ARCHIVOS has been in development for over a decade, built upon the idea of a visual representation of the network of interaction between story elements. It’s creator, David Robison, conceived a framework of documentation and relationship that would articulate the dynamics of a story setting more effectively than any wiki or blog. The application serves as both a development tool for narratives as well as a presentation framework for sharing those narratives.

The Story Web
Explore the associations and connections between story elements with The Story Web. This interactive display allows you to analyze the networks of association in your story setting and navigate its length and breadth with a few clicks of the mouse! 

The Living Map
Highlight the significant events and locations of your story world in the Living Map. Geography, city maps, floor plans can be showcased in this interactive and searchable display.

The Timeline
Chronicle the significant events of your story world – from deep history to current events – and then explore the entire continuum on the Timeline! Zoom in to see days or zoom out encompass decades, ensuring continuity and consistency across your story setting.

Game Review: Rewordable

 Source: From Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review. This in no way alters my opinion or review.

Rewordable: The Uniquely Fragmented Word Game by Allison Parrish, Adam Simon and Tim Szetela

 

Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Publication Date:  August 22, 2017

 

Format:  Full Card Game

Rating:

   



Synopsis:

About Rewordable

·    The Kickstarter-funded, uniquely fragmented word game
·    Carefully crafted to make it easy to form longer, more common words
·    Intuitive and fun for 2-8 players of all skill levels (ages 8 and up)
·    Includes 120 cards, 16 tokens, and nifty fold-out rules and poster
·    Variable deck with a fresh linguistic experience every game


Every letter counts in a game of Rewordable. Each of the 120 cards has been selected for optimal word crafting. Build a new word and be rewarded. Or add to other players’ words to steal their points. Create the largest lexicon of words by the end of the game to become the Rewordable champion.

 Includes:
·    120 cards with one-, two-, and three-letter sequences, selected through linguistic research, computational analysis, and extensive playtesting
·    16 tokens add different goals, strategies, and rewards to every game
·    Nifty fold-out rules with easy to follow how-to-play diagrams

 Review: 

Rewordable is word-building card game. You and up to 7 other players play through the end of the deck of word pieces - competing, stealing words, and spreading out across a table.

Source: Kickstarter

The game rules...
The goal of the game is to build words, you can do this outright or you can play for tokens that are worth additional points. So lets start with the words: There are three types of cards: blue - worth one point with one letter printed on them, pink - worth two points with two letters on them, and yellow- worth three points with three letters on them. 

You have to use at least 2 cards to build a word, one has to be from your hand and you can chose additional cards from your hand or you can also use some from the pool that are visible to all players to complete a word. Each round those pool cards get replaced as they are used.

Then there are tokens - they have things like blue/pink or 8+ letter word - these are goals you can play for and if you complete the goal you get the token that is worth additional points.

Source: Kickstarter

Here's what I thought...
My initial thought while playing a few rounds with the hubby was that the small cards were annoying I would much rather have normal sized cards - it makes shuffling easier. But as we played the tiny cards made more sense, as yo play the game words are scattered across the table taking up a lot of space so larger cards might have been trouble some if you have the full 8 players.

The game overall was very entertaining though. It was a pain at times to come up with words with the pieces you have, but it really makes you think and I love games like that. I also really enjoyed that you could add letters to another person's word and 'steal it' into your points. It is kind of like fragmented Scrabble game. It was enjoyable and I think that it will become a staple in our household. 

We only played the 2 player version, so I am excited to see how it plays with a larger group - we will see.