Animal Crossing Switch Has a Name and Release Date!

Have you seen the trailer for Animal Crossing; New Horizons? I sure have. I am a huge Animal Crossing fan and have been waiting anxiously for a release date to be announced. Finally we have one, and it's March 2020. It's been pushed back, so I am hoping that they work to make these graphics better. So from here on I'm going to be talking about the trailer itself, so take a look if you like before I get into it:







Firstly, what's with Nintendo's focus on having camping themed things lately? The New Leaf amiibo update added a campsite, pocket camp, the mini game in Amiibo Festival... I'm not sure how I feel about it. To me it feels like they are running out of ideas. But that being said, it seems like you can build up the island a lot using furniture and housing upgrades just like in any other Animal Crossing Game. So I can get behind that. I'm excited to inhabit my own deserted island.

I for one am not excited at all about crafting. To me it really takes away the feel of the game. It makes it feel more like a Minecraft game or Stardew Valley feel, which is never what I am looking for out of Animal Crossing. It reminds me of Pocket Camp, and the most annoying thing about that game is the crafting. I realize that this is my personal preference, and that some people might love this. But I wish Animal Crossing had just stuck to what they do best.

I am very excited to be able to add real paths around the area! No more laying designs on the ground! It also looks like you can dig up entire trees. Hopefully you can move them and make the town look exactly the way you want it. I wonder if rocks will be movable also? I hope our favorite NPCs will be visiting us on the Island along with all those friends we can have over.

So what do you think? What do you like, dislike, cant' wait for? Let me know!

Book Review: Again, But Better by Christine Riccio (Spoiler Free)

I could not think of a more perfect book to review as my first post back than Again, But Better. I have decided to start up my blog again starting with this review.

Anyways, Again, But Better is written by Christine Riccio of the BookTube channel PolandbananasBOOKS. It is about a girl name Shane that has been having a rough time at college and has decided to study abroad in order to have the college experience she fantasizes about. She wants to experience adventure, romance, and pursue her love of writing.

I really enjoyed this book overall and would give it four out of five stars. I thought that Christine did a great job considering that this was her debut novel. I enjoyed her writing style and how much of her personality was put into the main character. I was routing for the romance the entire time and got the satisfying ending that I was hoping for. I also really enjoyed the way she used the magical element that is mentioned in the synopsis.

There are some flaws, but not enough to ruin the reading experience for me. My main complaints revolved around the names of the characters and the amount of pop culture references that were used throughout the book. Many of the characters have names that are not what I would consider popular. This made it feel off since the book is a contemporary. And the pop culture references, they were everywhere as a constant reminder of what year the book was supposed to be set in. If you do not pop culture references, this is not the book for you! This is also not the book for you if you do not like Christine's personality since Shane is so much like Christine herself.

 Thank you so much for reading my thoughts, let me know if you have read the book and what you think of it!

For more thoughts, check out my more in dept book review on YouTube as well.