Super Mario Bros 3: Brick by Brick is a strange, strange bird, man.

If you don’t know anything about Bob Chipman’s small measure of internet celebrity status (as a vlogger responsible for creating MovieBob and The Game OverThinker), then SMB 3: Brick by Brick functions as nothing more than an account of one individual’s love affair with one of the most popular video games ever released.

A consistent thought that follows Bill DeYoung’s enthralling, painstakingly-researched book Skyway is that this is a story DeYoung has wanted to tell for quite some time. The book relates the history of Tampa Bay, Florida’s first Sunshine Skyway Bridge, focusing primarily on the terrible events of May 9th, 1980.

If the kids talking about college on Tumblr (whether they’re still immersed in the “experience”, or if they’re reflecting on their carefree days of a youth that occurred less than two years ago) are really interested in reading something worthwhile about the subject, they’re either going to love or be severely traumatized by Nathan Graziano’s novella. 

It’s true that Michael J. Seidlinger’s new novel The Laughter of Strangers has something to do with boxing. However, to say that it’s a book about boxing is a lot like saying My Pet Serial Killer is a book about serial killers. Boxing is a big part of The Laughter of Strangers. Serial killers figure heavily into My Pet Serial Killer.