The Fall of Gondolin

The Fall of Gondolin
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Like Galadriel’s final surrender to the mortality of Middle-earth, The Fall of Gondolin by J.R.R. Tolkien, published Aug. 30, 2018, is the final entry in Christopher Tolkien’s long career of publishing his father’s previous drafts and essays. … read more

Book Review: We Are The Clash

Book Review: We Are The Clash
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Authors Mark Andersen and Ralph Heibutzki take the history of the turbulent political struggles of the 1980s and combine with the legendary fall of The Clash. … read more

Book Review: Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes

Book Review: Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes
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Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes Wizards of the Coast Street: 05.29 What sacrifices are you willing to make to ensure interplanar balance? What role will you play in the conflicts to come? Those are two of the main narrative themes presented throughout Wizards of the Coast’s newest publication, Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes. Almost immediately upon cracking

Book Review – It Will Get Tough: Cops & Bikers

Book Review – It Will Get Tough: Cops & Bikers
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Elrod is a man who doesn’t waste words. So it’s a treasure to have so many of them in one place. It Will Get Tough is not a vacation. It’s one hell of a road trip. … read more

Book Review: Heatwave

Book Review: Heatwave
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The reader initially glances into Heatwave and instantly wants to pull the curtains shut. But author Zach Matheson’s sophomore novel sticks with us, so we pull the curtains back again and peer through its pages. We become consumed by its deviant behavior, its twisted tale. We’re the fly on the wall that can read minds. … read more

Utah Book Review: Seekers of Fortune

Utah Book Review: Seekers of Fortune
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As the first installment in his Saga of Aelorad series, Seekers of Fortune is brimming with enthusiasm and a deep love for Smith’s chosen genre. … read more

Utah Author Book Reviews: Dreamlives of Debris

Utah Author Book Reviews: Dreamlives of Debris
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“Yet the labyrinth at play in Dreamlives is a special sort: an impossible liquid architecture that bears no center and hence no discernable perimeter.” … read more

Review: Hold Still

Review: Hold Still
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A lifestyle photographer with ample talented musician friends, Jenna Putnam often finds herself snapping shots of bands mid-tour or behind the scenes, along with the occasional performance picture. … read more

Utah Author Book Reviews: My Absolute Darling

Utah Author Book Reviews: My Absolute Darling
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Gabriel Tallent’s My Absolute Darling is decidedly beautiful, and hard not to read more than once while breathing just a bit slower. … read more

Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Xanathar’s Guide to Everything

Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Xanathar’s Guide to Everything
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Xanathar’s Guide simply helps to blur the lines a bit and gives a great selection of something I value most at the table: player choice. … read more