I caught up on some reading this month as I completed two books and I have started on a third.
People of the Dark: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume II was the first book I completed reading in April. I should have finished it much sooner but between work, my daughter's competitive cheer commitments, and every day demands that I wound up dragging my feet. It certainly wasn't due to a lack of interest. Simply put, I've never read a Howard tale that I didn't enjoy tremendously. I'm always pulled in by his storytelling and I have completed his books in a single setting back in my youth before I had other real-world commitments. I may not be able to give a truly objective review of his work and I will no try.
Dave Arneson's True Genius by Robert J. Kuntz is the second book I read in April. This book is a good read, but I ultimately felt like it lacked a little meat on the bone. Don't get me wrong at all, I enjoyed it tremendously, but it was just too short and a little too light in some areas. I'm guessing it's meant to serve as a teaser for his planned book, A New Ethos in Game Design, that I suspect will be much more detailed. I'm waiting...
I have begun reading The Forgetting Moon by Brian Lee Durfee. I'm a big fan of his YouTube book review channel. His reviews are always entertaining, so I decided to see what he had to offer in the realm of fantasy fiction. I've read almost 100 pages so far and I'm looking forward to reading the rest. that has me at 3 books read out of a goal of 8 this year; 37% to be exact.
Now that my reading is updated, what else is coming up? I will do at least one post each about the Cha'alt trilogy. and I'm working on a post about the Cults, Sects, and Faiths of my campaign world.
