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What’s on your bookshelf?: Games journalist and Slann butt-sculptor extraordinaire Kiera Millsread-only
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Hello reader who is also a reader, and welcome back to Booked For The Week - our regular Sunday chat with a selection of cool industry folks about books! As both Ollie and thisimmaculately-crafted Green Stuff Slann butthave already foretold, Kiera Mills is leaving RPS for pastures more dog-like. As such, she’s joining me to talk about books! Cheers Kiera! Mind if we have a nose at your bookshelf?
What are you currently reading?
What did you last read?
What are you eyeing up next?
What quote or scene from a book sticks with you the most?
Look I’m just a girl - okay? I could try to pretend it’s something profound but it’s “Sassenach” from the Outlander series. It’s an old Scottish slang term for an Englishman and it’s also a pet name for the protagonist of the series. The books are about a woman from the 1940s who visits a set of standing stones whilst on her honeymoon. The stones transport her through time and she quickly finds herself embroiled in the political struggles of the English and the Scottish from the 18th century.
The series is all about romance but it also ties in Scottish history - which I love. I started reading them whilst I was studying in Edinburgh and I have a distinct memory of sitting on a park bench in the middle of autumn, reading a chapter with a coffee whilst I waited for my next class.
What book do you find yourself bothering friends to read?
I mostly keep my recommendations to myself, actually. I do remember badgering my friend to read Eragon years ago though. We would spend our lunch breaks at school reading matching copies of Eragon whilst everyone else dossed about. We were both suuuuuper cool.
What book would you like to see someone adapt to a game?
I’ve been burnt badly before with cross-over adaptations. One of the most egregious was ‘The Vampire’s Assistant’ (poached from my beloved series, the Saga of Darren Shan). However, the recent Percy Jackson TV Series on Disney Plus was rather good, so perhaps I should let go of my cynicism. Why not a wrestling game, where the roster is full of iconic book characters? We could finally solve the age-old question of who could win in a fight, Dumbledore or Gandalf? (The answer is Gandalf, obviously). It would be a licensing nightmare but a novelty for at least an hour or two.
I would point out that Kiera has failed to name all the books, but since she already wrote approximately 10 billion of the finest guides around, I’ll let it slide. Next week’s guest better deliver, though. Book for now!
