About me

I came to board games late, my late twenties, through a coworker who dragged me to a game night I only agreed to so I wouldn't have to make small talk one-on-one. I'd read science fiction and fantasy since I was a kid, but the genetic counseling degree is where the nonfiction habit comes from, a lot of probability and cognitive-bias reading that started as continuing education and turned into something I do for fun now too, which says something about me I haven't fully examined.

I'm a genetic counselor at a hospital in Saint Paul, which mostly means I spend my working hours translating probability into something a scared family can actually use, and I come home most nights wanting to think about something with lower stakes. That's what this is. I read across science fiction and fantasy plus a fair amount of nonfiction I probably shouldn't call light reading, and I play board games on a standing Thursday night with the same three people, one of whom is my partner and one of whom still cannot remember how scoring works in half the games we own. No affiliate links, no schedule I'm holding myself to, I write about a book or a game once I've actually finished it and have something worth saying.

Where I am: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Late 2026: still working through the backlog on the shelf by the window before I let myself buy anything new. Failing at that, mostly.

What's here

Book reviews, board game reviews, and personal essays. No schedule, no affiliate links, nothing sponsored. I write about a book or a game after I've actually finished it and have something to say, which is why the dates on here are irregular.