Assignment 2 - Tag Howard

A few of the books I've recently read include What If, The Westing Game, and Game of Thrones. What if is a personal favorite of mine, written by the highly satirical author of the XKCD comic (another personal favorite), it is a series of well thought out and highly scientific answers to completely absurd questions. It includes such gems as "What if I took a swim in a typical spent nuclear fuel pool?" and, in case you were wondering, you'd be absolutely fine unless you swam within a few feet of the radioactive fuel. This I did finish, repeatedly but I unfortunately completed neither The Westing Game nor Game of Thrones. I was reading the books for distinctly different reasons, but in hindsight, I am not surprised I didn't finish them. I got The Westing Game a year ago and felt bad not having read it, but the book is a mystery novel that did not help it to gain my favor as I have never been a particular fan of the genre, and while interesting it failed to capture my attention. Game of Thrones, on the other hand, was simply too tedious a read. I began the first book (ironically) shortly after the last season of the show began, unfortunately, this was too weak a motivation to keep me enthralled and the book fell into the same trap that Tolkein's novels did for me up until just a few years ago when I finally read them.