Quinn's Curios

LGBTQ Double Feature: “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me” and “The Bride Was a Boy”

By Quinn April 20, 2022Books, Reviews

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (Illustrations) Here's the basic summary: Freddy is in a new relationship with the eponymous Laura Dean. Though…

Cadence of Hyrule: The Crypt of the Necrodancer feat. the Legend of Zelda (Switch)

By Quinn April 18, 2022Reviews, Video Games

From the Manufacturer: Keep the beat as you play as Link or Zelda to explore a randomly generated Hyrule and procedurally generated dungeons. In the latest rhythmic action-adventure from Brace…

Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo

By Quinn April 16, 2022Books, Reviews

Zen Guitar is a mash-up of Zen and Music. While it is not a method book in the traditional sense, it does offer guidance on how to approach both one's instrument…

Ten Candles (“Tragic Horror” TTRPG) by Stephen Dewey

By Quinn April 13, 2022Books, Reviews

First, the premise: the sun, moon, and stars have been blotted out of the sky. Players are a part of a group of survivors looking for safety both from the…

Keychron Q2 (w/ Knob) feat. the Das Keyboard 4 Pro

By Quinn April 11, 2022Everything Else, Reviews

My first mechanical keyboard was a Das Keyboard 4 Professional from Amazon. At the time, I saw a sleek keyboard with cool features: media keys, a scroll wheel, and a…

Audible Original Stinkers: “The Last Stair Into Darkness” and “Inside Jobs”

By Quinn April 9, 2022Books, Reviews

"The Last Stair Into Darkness," by Cliff Barlow Pros: It was free. Cons: The work is stuffed full of horror clichés ("voodoo," cannibals in the woods, the "deranged killer," etc)The…

“Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng

By Quinn April 6, 2022Books, Reviews

Little Fires Everywhere utilizes an ensemble cast to weave a tale that explores race, class, motherhood, and art. It is also a methodical, character-driven drama. The book is set in…

“The Witch Boy” (Vol 1-3) by Molly Knox Ostertag

By Quinn April 4, 2022Books, Reviews

The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag follows Asher, a boy who wants to learn the ways of witchery even though he lives in a world where boys become shape-shifters and…

Classics Review: Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

By Quinn April 2, 2022Books, Reviews

The story involves the friendship between two children, Jessie and Leslie, and the imaginary world that they create together: Terabithia. The story mostly reads as a slice-of-life look at their…

I’m In Love With The Villainess (Light Novel, Vol 1) by Inori

By Quinn March 30, 2022Books, Reviews

The premise of this work is simple: an "ordinary office worker," (Oohashi Rei) wakes up as the protagonist of her favorite otome game (what Westerners might call a "visual novel").…