Captain Corelli’s Mandolin surprised me. It’s such a bittersweet and emotional book. It hooked me right from the start.

No dwarf left behind! For Karl!

Far too many to list but some of my favourites are -

The Belgariad series by David Eddings
The Magician series by Raymond E Feist
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernières
Pretty much anything written by Dan Abnett, Terry Pratchett and R.A. Salvatore

Veil of Maya always struck me as quite an eclectic band. Love their stuff!

My favourite songs by preferred bands are -
Fear Factory / Slave Labor
Amon Amarth / Twilight of the Thunder God

Although I’m loving Wind Rose at the moment. It’s just got that perfect amount of Power Cheese!

Absolutely love Valheim, it is so relaxing pottering around and building whatever takes your fancy. +1 to the longform videos too!

Major long term lurker from Reddit here, like 10+ years lurking. Lemmy / Beehaw actually gets me to post however and I love it! Not sure where the motivation has come from. A desire for a proper community perhaps? I’ve watched Reddit go through highs and lows over the years but weirdly I feel like I belong here. Hello and welcome to all other Lemmy / Beehaw users! :D

Technically speaking, rocking is more legal than stoning! Eh? Eh? :D

Currently Deep Rock Galactic is my comfort game. There’s something rather cathartic about shooting alien space spiders after a long day at work. I’ve been trying to persuade my friends to join me but no luck yet. Rock and Stone brother!