Rise of the Dungeon Master

I don't recall reading this in 2017, oops.
But I enjoyed it more this time around, amending the rating to 4 stars.

I thought it was interesting that he didn't care for Tolkien, but I'm not surprised that he enjoyed Conan the barbarian.

Also amused that I got a text from my D&D group as I was reading it.

D&D felt like a huge part of my childhood. I played with my dad, my ‘uncle' (long time family friend) would DM, and usually a cousin and best friend would join in too. It was hard for my mom to get a game that didn't have an end, but it got us to think critically, use math, and be artistic/creative.

Now I work with kids and I've heard from parents that D&D (or perhaps the more general concept of table top role playing games) has been used to help kids: face fears, work as a group, connect with other kids, think about consequences, gain confidence, make choices, and so on.