What did you think of the Children of Time series? I loved the first one, and enjoyed the second though it didn't capture me as much. Is the third one worth reading (no spoilers)?
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I see you liked Piranesi - that was a really fun and interesting read. I've got The Way of Kings to read. I've heard great things about it (seems to be a huge book though)!
Similar to some of the other commenters, I'm a native English speaker and (especially now that I have an ereader) I'm often looking up words. Previously when reading physical books, I'd just go off the context and assume I vaguely knew what the word meant, because looking it up on my phone would be quite time-consuming. However now that I have the built-in dictionary on my ereader, I'm constantly using it. Does it slow me down a bit? Yes, but I think it's worth it. I see words popping up regularly that I was unsure about before but now I can define.
Ostentatious is a great word for example!
You said you were worried about not remembering them - Is there any way you can save the words you've looked up? Kobo has a cool thing where you can add these to 'My Words' and you then have a list of all the words you've saved, with the definitions to look back on. If you'd like you can then go through them to revise and hopefully they'll stick in your memory.
By the way, I would have assumed that English was your first language! You write extremely well.
Kinda meh. I've heard Ender Lilies is decent?
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Ah neat! The first Splitgate was fun and I put a fair few hours into it. It felt like it had been abandoned by the devs after a while though (and cross progression wasn't possible, which put me off playing it after I got a Steam Deck). I'm interested to see what they do with a bigger budget.
I'm not sure if this is the best recommendation looking at your criteria, but Slime Rancher (1 and 2) are chilled games that have beautiful and colourful visuals. To me it feels like a summer vacation - one where you're staying at a farm and catching adorable slimes.
Another recommendation I'd have is Tearaway unfolded. It's a super charming adventure in a papercraft work. It really stuck with me and felt like an adventure. It's only on PS4/5 as far as I'm aware though, but if you happen to have one of those I guess you could cast it to your Steam Deck using Chiaki. Or on the off-chance that you have a PS Vita, the original version of the game was on there.
Amazing game, but I'm not sure I'd describe the gameplay as chill!
It appears that the squirrel on the right is not only smoking in the sense of having a cigarette, but he is also on fire.
Ahh thanks - It's included within an existing Playstation subscription I have, so I can play it without any extra charge. If it's short and fun like you say, I'll definitely give it a go!
Ahh that's a shame - I've heard elsewhere that the third one was a return to form. I'll have to read it either way and see what I think.