Steel City Con – Spring 2024

I’ve realized that maybe I need to start tagging Steel City Con with a season since there are three of them every year. Something a little bit different leading up to the first iteration of 2024 was a bunch of unknowns. First, the convention hall was going to get bought out by Hobby lobby and discontinued, but then the city stepped in and bought it, leaving the con at its home. The second wrench was the Double Tree hotel getting shut down just a couple of months beforehand. This really messed with their overflow space, but a semi-permanent tent helped soften that blow a bit.

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The World of K-pop, A Review

Well, I suppose this is my world of K-pop. As someone who usually turns their nose down at most current pop music, that sentiment also extended to K-pop, if not more so. That’s why I’m as surprised as anyone who knows me would be that I’ve fallen hard for a few K-pop groups.

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Book Review: The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Ever since reading None Shall Sleep and it’s sequel just a couple of months ago, I’ve been in desperate search for something similar. After some very pointed searches, the internet kept taking me back to this four-novel series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Of course, I started with the first novel, The Naturals, and I can tell you that I’m pretty satisfied with the recommendation.

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