"How quickly humans could turn on each other when fed suspicion. Like smoke tossed out as solid evidence, whispered into the frightened ears of those needing someone to blame in order to feel safe again." Sofi Snow is a gamer. Working as part of a team of gamers to help her Corporation fight for blood [...]
"Both of us are sure we're right, but one of us is living in a world of make-believe right now." Strangers was the January book club read for the Instagram group BlackHeart Reads. If you're on Instagram and are interested in joining their monthly reads, click the link and follow their page! It's always a [...]
"Going outside is highly overrated." Virtual Reality has been the stuff of science fiction for a long time. Simulated worlds, offering everything that real life simply can't. And as a society that is closer to achieving the immersion into these worlds than ever before, I think the idea of exploring these virtual worlds is more [...]
"The more often you go on dates, the more you start to feel like you're dating yourself." Match Made in Manhattan follows Alison on her fast paced introduction to the technology of modern dating. Through her profile on Match.com, we are introduced to various men via dating profiles, text threads, email chains and of course, [...]
"The shape of power is always the same." The Power is such an amazing book! Anyone who enjoys reading about the complexity and reality of power, both perceived and enforced, implied and physical, will enjoy this novel. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and The Power shows us the harsh truth in those four words. We open with [...]
My last post on the algorithm talked about some of the basics. You can review all of that info HERE. I've resolved to fully educate myself on this Dark Magic, so today, I want to talk about the one thing that does seem to guarantee low engagement and performance on your posts. The dreaded SHADOWBAN. [...]
Here's the deal Howlers! This is the third book in a trilogy, so this review will contain spoilers from the first two books. It can't be helped so stop whining, you gorydamn Pixies. To be perfectly honest darling, if you haven't read this series by now, you are never going to earn your scar at [...]
Anyone who has been on Instagram for the last year knows the dark magic that is known as "The Algorithm". And this is Dark Magic indeed. No one knows exactly what makes it tick, what works, what doesn't. Though, like with any sorcery, there are many, many theories running amuck. The argument for the algorithm [...]
Today, my goodmen, today was GLORIOUS!!!!! In full nerd fashion, I embarked on a journey. A journey many months in the making, and surprisingly, not entirely about the event itself. Let me back up. Of course, the event was the entire gorydamn point. I've been waiting for Iron Gold for what feels like an [...]
First, my goodmen, let me begin by saying: if you haven't read Red Rising, please stop and go read the bloodydamn book! There will be spoilers for Red Rising in this review. It can't be helped. Don't be a Pixie and cry about it. Just read the gory book. "Once upon a time, a man [...]
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