Talking with Al about Life and Books

Another show, another Al

Look, I’m not going to gloat or make a big deal here, but this show is out EXACTLY when I said it would be out! And it’s right on time with when my player said to expect my next episode. Sorry, this may seem like small potatoes to people but it’s a big deal in my book! But enough about me, what is going on this week?!

I had the pleasure of having Al back for another show! He is one half of The Retro ‘Rents, and if you don’t know him, the links are below.

This episode we were both catching up with a lot of off time. Both his and my show were on hiatus’ and we discussed the reasons behind that. How life has just been relentless with keeping us busy and away from the microphones. But if I had to choose a central theme for the show, it would be books.

We got into the conversation about reading and it just went on from there. Lots of recommendations were given (and linked below) and I have zero regrets. It was a great time as always when chatting with Al and I’m glad he stuck around for another show.

Which btw, I know I said in the intro I’m going to put together his episodes, but I back tracked on that and now you’ll be getting two shows with Al instead of one. You’re welcome!

Until next time!

Links and Info Discussed

- The Book of Choyer – YouTube channel featuring Total War cinematic battles and Warhammer lore.
- Total Warhammer 3 – Al’s current gaming obsession
- Who is Brandon Sanderson?
- Great article about Brandon Sanderson, his secret projects and how they shattered the record for the highest contributed Kickstarter, and why he refused to sell them on audible.
- More on why Brandon Sanderson is such a force in the fantasy genre.
- From Sanderson’s site – What is The Cosmere? (This is what Al was talking about currently reading)
- Books Discussed (Amazon affiliate links):
  - The Sundering (Warhammer Chronicles) – The omnibus Al mentioned he was reading.
  - The Cosmere (nearly 40 books! More info here) by Brandon Sanderson
  - Tress of the Emerald Sea (Book 1 of Sanderson’s Secret Projects) by Brandon Sanderson (after more research, I’m totally jumping in here. Particularly, these editions of the secret projects)
  - A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher
  - Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
  - Storm Front (The Dresden Files book 1) by Jim Butcher
  - Hounded (The Iron Druid Chronicles book 1) by Kevin Hearne
  - Hounded: By the Fae’s Fated Mate (The North Shore Fae book 1 by A. S. Green
- Head over to https://themanthechefthedad.com/links/ where you’ll find a bunch of different ways to help me out via affiliate links and referrals. Remember, all you have to do is get to Amazon via one of my links for it to register to me.
- Lastly, I opened up an Etsy Shop! https://designingbyknight.etsy.com It has a bunch of digital things on there, but I am currently in the process of adding a bunch of stickers that I’ll be printing AT HOME! I’m excited and I’ll definitely be doing a show talking about it once they go up.