2011 Books 19-20
Mar. 31st, 2011 07:27 am19) Smallville RPG. This was very interesting. I have a lot of thoughts percolating which will find voice later, but the core idea of designing the game mechanics and sessions to focus on relationship tensions between the leads is inspired.
20) A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of an American Nation by Catherine Allgore: another of the Christmas audiobooks, this was abridged, but still very interesting. While it had a definite slant in favor of the subject that bordered on hagiography at times it was still nice to read something about Mrs. Madison that wasn't just about decorating the White House (though about 1/7th of the book focused on that in exhaustive detail).
20) A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of an American Nation by Catherine Allgore: another of the Christmas audiobooks, this was abridged, but still very interesting. While it had a definite slant in favor of the subject that bordered on hagiography at times it was still nice to read something about Mrs. Madison that wasn't just about decorating the White House (though about 1/7th of the book focused on that in exhaustive detail).