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NOTES FROM The Luzhin Defense Vladimir Nabokov May 5, 2021 Chapter 3 Wearing a black, open-necked dress and a superb diamond dog collar, with a permanent expression of drowsy amiability on her puffy white face, she received the guests quietly, without exclaiming, whispering to each a few rapid, soft-sounding words; but inwardly she was beset…

NOTES FROM The Luzhin Defense Vladimir Nabokov May 4, 2021 Chapter 2 The secret for which he strove was simplicity, harmonious simplicity, which can amaze one far more than the most intricate magic. Excerpt From Nabokov, Vladimir. “The Luzhin Defense.” Vintage Books, 2011-02-16. Apple Books.This material may be protected by copyright. Available in Apple Books

Numenera: The Night Clave by Monte Cooke My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lots to love in this book! Both of the writers are fantastic and include a lot of wild ideas–much of it tied to game mechanics many readers will recognize, but some of it just far out awesome SF type themes–stuff Monte lives…

Complete Ghost Stories by M.R. James My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ok, this guy invented the Hand from the Addams Family and a ton of other horror tropes. Creative and clever these stories are awesome–there is a constant similarity to a lot of them–young academics exploring old churches, letters in a box, hushed whispers,…

The team explored the waterfall (that shared images of the destruction of Omu), meet the local kobold king (who spoke of the Dark One who destroyed Omu & the King of Feathers who did not respect boundaries [particularly at night]), and explored another temple where the Red Wizards had already made off with the Puzzle…

This week the team headed south to collect our Shield Gollum for our Wizard Lefty. We ran into a Chwinga & destroyed it home after it stole a healing potion & we battled an owlbear with laser guns. Fun night.