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I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews. I just finished reading Soft & Cuddly by Jarett Kobek, the 15th book in the Boss Fight Books series, and I’ve got some thoughts.

I used to write a lot of fiction. For about 10 years of my life, that's all I did creatively. Now, I mostly write non-fiction and video scripts. In this video, I pick up my books for the first time in years and try to recall what they are about. It's weird to think a writer could forget something seemingly so big and important as one of their own books. Maybe it is weird, and I'm just bad a memory. Link where you can buy the books: https://calebjross.com/works/booklength/

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I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews. I’m thinking what you’re thinking: Why Mega Man 3 as the topic of a book? Thankfully, Salvatore Pane anticipates this question. In short, it’s because he likes that one. And simple personal connection is part of the appeal of this, and many other Boss Fight Books. It’s why I read them.

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I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews. Writing a book about Super Mario Bros 3 can only be a daunting task. I haven’t confirmed this assumption with the author of this book, Alyse Knorr, but if I had asked her and she said it wasn’t daunting, I wouldn’t have believed her. This is a game that's been played and poured over for decades. It’s often cited by gamers as the best video game ever, or at least their favorite of all time. This is a game that raised the bar for all 2D side-scrolling platformers to come. But beyond all that, writing a book about Super Mario Bros. 3 must surely be intimidating, knowing that so many books have already been written about the game, about the game’s creator, and about the company behind the game. So what is a writer to do?

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I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews. World of Warcraft has had a huge impact on gaming culture. In this book Daniel Lisi talks about his journey through Azeroth, from bonding with his step father while playing the game to the game’s addictive toll it took on him.

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I’m reviewing all of the Boss Fight Books releases, so subscribe to this channel and click the bell notification icon to be sure you don’t miss future reviews. Katamari Damacy is a fantastic game. It’s crazy and surreal and tons of fun. This book, by L.E Hall, is part of the Boss Fight Books series and tells the story of Katamari Damacy’s creation.

This is a bit of a different format for my review videos. As I explain in the video, I'm trying to streamline the process of uploading videos while at the same time making the reading process itself more enjoyable. Let me know what you think. So, what is Gun, Needle, Spoon? It's basically a drug memoir written in a vignette style. The lack of narrative "glue" doesn't detract from the impact nor from the sheer craziness of the events in O'Neil's life. If you like drug memoirs, definitely pick this one up. Disclosure: Dzanc (the book's publisher) sent a copy of the book to me. The free copy did not influence my opinion of the book.

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