{"id":2336,"date":"2021-01-27T14:20:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T22:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2021-01-27T14:30:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T22:30:44","slug":"attetntion-all-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/2021\/01\/27\/attetntion-all-gamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention All Gamers!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Platforms,Do you love video games? Would you consider yourself a gamer? Are you looking for a novel to read, either for English class, or for fun? Well, you’re in luck! Powell’s Books, an awesome bookstore in Portland Oregon, has put together a list of “read-alikes” for popular video games. Basically, they have recommended a book for you to try if you like playing a certain game. I have copied and pasted the list below, or you can checkout Powell’s original post here.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Last of Us –>Rot & Ruin<\/a> by Jonathan Maberry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beyond: Two Souls –>The Girl With All the Gifts<\/a>\u00a0by M.R. Carey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call of Duty: Black Ops (Zombies) –> World War Z<\/a>\u00a0by Max Brooks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Final Fantasy –> Fullmetal Alchemist<\/a>\u00a0by Hiromu Arakawa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mass Effect –>Illuminae<\/a>\u00a0by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alice: Madness Returns –>Madness So Discreet<\/a>\u00a0by Mindy McGinnis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Halo –>Starship Troopers<\/a>\u00a0by Robert A Heinlein<\/strong><\/p>\n

Portal –> House Of Stairs<\/a>\u00a0by William Sleator<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mario Kart –> The Lovely Reckless<\/a>\u00a0by Kami Garcia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dark Souls –>Anna Dressed in Blood<\/a>\u00a0by Kendare Blake<\/strong><\/p>\n

Life Is Strange –>We Are Okay<\/a>\u00a0by Nina Lacour<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stardew Valley –>How I Live Now<\/a>\u00a0by Meg Rosoff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fable –> Young Elites<\/a>\u00a0by Marie Lu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Borderlands –>Velocity<\/a>\u00a0by Chris Wooding<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dishonored –>Airman<\/a>\u00a0by Eoin Colfer<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Oregon Trail –>Under a Painted Sky<\/a>\u00a0by Stacey Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Elder Scrolls series –>The Naming<\/a>\u00a0by Alison Croggon<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bioshock –>Dark Life<\/a>\u00a0by Kat Falls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fallout –>Razorland<\/a>\u00a0by Ann Aguirre\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Assasin\u2019s Creed –>The Way of Shadows Night<\/a>\u00a0by Brent Weeks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dragonage –>Ember in the Ashes<\/a>\u00a0by Sabaa Tahir<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Legend of Zelda –>Graceling<\/a>\u00a0by Kristin Cashore<\/strong><\/p>\n

Until Dawn –> Ten<\/a>\u00a0by Gretchen McNeil<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonic –> Maximum Ride<\/a>\u00a0by James Patterson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Overwatch –> Bluescreen<\/a>\u00a0by Dan Wells<\/strong><\/p>\n

Uncharted –> Passenger<\/a>\u00a0by Alexandra Bracken\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pokemon –>Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them<\/a>\u00a0by JK Rowling, and Newt Scamander<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mario Party –>Hunger Games<\/a>\u00a0by Suzanne Collins<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you love video games? Would you consider yourself a gamer? Are you looking for a novel to read, either for English class, or for fun? Well, you’re in luck! Powell’s Books, an awesome bookstore in Portland Oregon, has put Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6197,"featured_media":2339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6197"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2341,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions\/2341"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}