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Ready Player One: A Novel
Ready Player One: A Novel | Ernest Cline
In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as theOASIS. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confinespuzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them.But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to winand confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape.
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WildAlaskaBibliophile
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I have a lot of favorites in this genre, but here are three:

1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline (Fun story: Andrew and I met his father-in-law at a beer festival in Philadelphia)
2. The Martian by Andy Wier
3. Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Can I cheat? I also want to mention:
4. The House with a Clock in Its Walls by John Bellairs
5. Percy Jackson & The Olympians series

@dabbe #ThreeListThursday #HerosQuest #HeroQuest

dabbe 3 more for the TBR! And you have to start telling some of these stories; you're too good at being intriguing! 🤩 Thanks for sharing. 💚💙💚 4w
lil1inblue Ready Player One is soooooo good! I even got my hubs to do the audiobook of this and he loved it. (He's a graphic novel guy.) 4w
Aimeesue I loved John Bellairs when I was a kid, filling out those Scholastic book order forms 😁 4w
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Mpcacher
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After selling this when I was a bookseller, I finally decided to read it. While at present I am not a video game player I do remember becoming addicted to some earlier computer games and realized I couldn't play them, because everything else got put on hold, so I enjoyed that part of the story as well as all the 80's references. . This is a book for the geeks and the nerds among us and it even has a touch of romance. It was lots of fun. 4/5

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CatLass007
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It seemed to start off a little slow, but then it picked up so I kept listening. This is the first book I‘ve listened to narrated by Wil Wheaton and I wasn‘t exactly sure how I‘d react to a story read by Wesley Crusher. But he did a good job. I could tell which character he was voicing when he spoke, which I believe is vital when listening to a book. Down with books narrated by AI! Enjoy folks! Now back to our regularly scheduled reading.

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shortsarahrose
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One of my tasks at work today was deleting our weeded books from the catalog. Then they go out on the “free” table for anyone to take. So I took a couple home! #bookhaul 📚

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TheSpineView
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline, Ernie Cline
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Klou 👍😊 12mo
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LittleBowBook
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A re-read of an old favourite! Did this one as an audiobook through the Libby app!
Still as good as I remember it. Now, onto #readyplayertwo

RamsFan1963 Sadly, Ready Player Two isn't as good as the first book IMHO. 12mo
LittleBowBook @RamsFan1963 That‘s what Goodreads is saying, too 😔 12mo
RamsFan1963 @LittleBowBook Don't get me wrong, I'd still give RP2 a pick but I think it takes too long to get started and Wade is such an unlikable jerk after winning the prize. 12mo
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LittleBowBook @RamsFan1963 Oh no! Book 1 ended so perfectly…I could just pretend it‘s a stand alone 😅 12mo
Annmcoop I have had this on my kindle forever and I kept circling back to it only to pick something else. Too many books, too little time. I am finally reading it because my daughter has it as assigned summer reading for high school. 9mo
LittleBowBook @Annmcoop that‘s a great summer reading book for high school! I hope you enjoy!! 9mo
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mandarchy
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My son heard that mecha Godzilla features in this book, and he knew there was a movie. He hinted that he wanted me to read the book to him because he knows I'm a book before movie fanatic. Well. I'm not ready for him to read this, and a mother should not read it to her son. The movie is only pg-13, so I might just let him skip to the movie. Prove me wrong. This turned out to be a great way to break my fever. I go back to work tomorrow.

Texreader I agree. I loved the book and the movie but for, ahem, reasons, I‘d let him skip and go straight to the movie 13mo
Blueroseis Not the sort of book I like but my Grandson read this book when he was ten. I had to buy him a copy of player two as soon as it was released as he enjoyed the first so much. 13mo
Reggie As a person who is not a parent why should he not read this? I read it over 6 years ago but I can‘t remember a, I would never let kids read this, moment. 13mo
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Scochrane26 The movie is fun but very loosely based on the book. You‘ll get really irritated if you compare it to the book. 13mo
mandarchy @Scochrane26 I never watch movies anymore, so I can save myself the irritation. I'm sure he'll love it. 13mo
mandarchy @Reggie, you can't remember the gross masturbation chapter? I don't have a problem with him reading it, I just can't read it to him. 13mo
mandarchy Replying to myself, I hope one day, I can forget it 🙃 13mo
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Amie
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I knew this book was not for me and never would have read it, but my book club picked it. I had to listen at 2.5x speed so I could get it over with quickly. I don't play video games, I hate reading about games/matches/battles, and I don't like dystopian fiction. I appreciated some of the 80s references but even those got old pretty quickly.

ItsAnotherJen This was one of my favorites. Bummer you didn't like it! 1y
DivineDiana I don‘t play video games either, but as a former high school teacher, I found this method of engaging students remarkable! Even went to see the movie! 14mo
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JuliaTheBookNerd
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#CyberMonday 💻 #NovemberNarrative 🍁🤎❤️🧡💛

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Eggs ❤️📚🤩 1y
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BriannaT
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline
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Panpan

You ever read a book and know it was written by a male for other males? This book would be a hit for all the guys who, when hearing someone likes video games, immediately asks “ok well if you‘re a fan, name all five orchestras on the soundtrack” or something like that. The actual plot wasn‘t too bad, but I just couldn‘t shake the feeling that the book perpetuated that gatekeeping. Not for me.

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JessClark78
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I thought this was a fun and entertaining read. Plus, I was an ‘80s kid, so I loved all the ‘80s references.

#AlphabetGame #LetterR
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A book you‘d recommend whose title starts with the featured letter.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 👍🏻📚 2y
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mybookishaffair
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline
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“ I created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn‘t know how to connect with people. I was afraid, for all my life. Right up until I knew it was ending. That was when I realized, as terrifying as reality can be, it‘s also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real. Do you understand?” “Yes” I said. “Good,” he said, “Don‘t make the same mistake I did. Don‘t hide in here forever.”

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obviateit
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline
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Overall pick- some things I loved and some things I didn‘t. I‘m glad I was finally able to finish it!

Life update since it‘s been a while: I went back to school last year to finish my Bachelor‘s, after a ten year break, and graduated in May! (Finally finishing this book was my celebration.) I might go back for a Master‘s in linguistics eventually, but not anytime soon. It was really hard to balance my illnesses, homeschooling, and (cont‘d 👇🏼)

obviateit 👉🏼 and college courses. For now, I‘m proud of my brain for pushing through brain fog, and I‘m excited to be able to read for fun again! 🥰🎉 2y
rabbitprincess Congratulations! Enjoy your fun reading 😊 2y
BkClubCare 👏👏👏 2y
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Larkken Congratulations! That‘s a fantastic milestone and it‘s not easy even when you are able to devote 100%!! 2y
BookNAround Congratulations! That‘s a major milestone accomplishment. 2y
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Amabear
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Saw a slide for this movie on a streaming service and remembered it was on my shelf. I‘m absolutely loving it. All the dystopian novels for me please! #dystopian #playerone #hellolitsy

StaceGhost This was a fun read! RP2 wasn‘t a terrible follow up either 2y
Amabear @StaceGhost ohhh I didn‘t even know there was a sequel 😍😍 2y
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samihan
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Very good

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Cosmos_Moon
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Pretty good. Audio on recommendation from a couple friends. Want to watch the movie now. I had some inkling of H‘s IRL identity.

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READandFUN360
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La trama l'ho trovata originale e mi sono piaciuti molto i richiami ai videogiochi, canzoni e film.
La scrittura è fluida, lineare e molto ironica.
Mi è piaciuto molto l‘utilizzo della prima persona, perché da la possibilità al lettore di immedesimarsi nel protagonista
Ho letto davvero pochi libri così particolari e di questo me ne sono totalmente innamorata.

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TheSpineView
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Klou Perfect choice!! 2y
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JacksonM
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This book is amazing. It relates to my life for most of it; I like to be in Virtual Reality for a lot of the day. It‘s a great story about a teen in the year 2044 and technology has swept the world and it‘s a mess. I like how Ernest Cline gets Wade to express how he feels instead of keeping it inside and giving the book no expression. Over all probably my favourite book!

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yoavshai
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline
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#BookCoverChallenge
Day 152.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

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living_for_literature
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I really enjoyed this novel. It was very suspenseful at times but fun at others. While I love the 80s, I do think the nostalgia and references were a bit too much at times. The characters were also super cringey but I found that endearing, showing that even society‘s “losers” can be heroes. I also loved the theme of taking down monopolies and big corporations, almost as if it was directed at Jeff Bezos. 🤣

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JacksonM

This book gets intense, so there is a lot to this book it‘s all over the place but in a way that you can understand what‘s going on in about 3 pages there was death there was love and there was heart brake. It‘s a great book you should check it out if you haven‘t already it‘s a great realistic fiction mystery I guess you could say

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JacksonM
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I started reading this book a little while ago but never finished, when I picked it back up it‘s so easy to get hooked on it. If you don‘t know it follows a high school kid named wade watts and it the future everyone goes to the oasis to get away from reality and when they find out about Halidays‘s egg everyone wants to find it. It‘s a great read!

DrexEdit I liked this one too. Loved the old school video gaming! 👍 Welcome to Litsy! 2y
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thanek
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline
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Guys this book is great. This is a profound piece of pop culture that truly embraces 80s nostalgia. I love both the book and the movie equally. Definitely go check this out.

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SusanLee
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Eggs 👍🏼📖💙 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great choice!! 3y
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Kshakal
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Eggs 💜📖💙 3y
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marleed
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline
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This book appeared on my radar when I saw Littens exited for Ready Player Two. When I found this copy out thrifting, I thought I‘d join the fun. I loved (and lived!) the references to 80s pop culture. I noticed from the cover that Spielberg was adapting to film. Cool when? 2018! Where have I been!?

#14Books14Weeks2021 B10W10
@TheHeartlandBookFairy

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AFrostCauseReads
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Was no one going to tell me how awesome this book is!?!! I‘m literally a decade late to this party 😅 and it took buzz from the sequel to get me to read the first one.

So I immensely enjoyed the world building, politics, adventure, riddles, 80‘s pop culture…. Everything about this book. I was a little left out on the old gaming stuff since that‘s not my thing, but I can appreciate well described and paced scenes.

Top tier sci-fi pick for me 👾🕹

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I created the OASIS because I never felt at home in the real world. I didn't know how to connect with the people there. I was afraid, for all of my life. Right up until I knew it was ending. That was when I realized, as terrifying and painful as reality can be, it's also the only place where you can find true happiness. Because reality is real.

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Nalbuque
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Such a disappointment! This was a bummer. I can see how people found this entertaining, it gave me “off to be the wizard” vibes, narrative-wise. I kinda loved the 80s pop references and history…but the story and the characters were filled with the misogyny and bigotry found in early videogame culture, which is very annoying. They had so many opportunities to criticize that and make the plot feel actually futuristic! Super frustrating #2021 #Flop

BookishMarginalia But what a gorgeous kitty! #CatsofLitsy 3y
wisherwishinguponastar #accuratebookreviewisaccurate Don‘t think that is a commonly used hashtag, but it should be! You hit the nail on the head. 3y
rubyslippersreads Those toebeans! 😻 3y
DinoMom That is a very bloopable nose❤️ 3y
Leftcoastzen 😻 3y
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LeftyDv
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline
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I‘m a pretty big nerd, but clearly not a big enough one to get every reference made (or even half the references made) in this book. A good summer read, but a better summer movie option in my opinion. Spielberg‘s tailored version for the screen is much like Halliday‘s twisting of old games and movies in the novel. But I prefer the movie version.

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Traci1
Ready Player One | Ernest Cline
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I got a couple of lucky guesses on books I haven't read, and then missed the Ready Player One and Notebook questions, both of which I loved. 😒 It was a fun quiz.

#littenlisten @aperfectmjk

aperfectmjk Hahaha... sometimes we crack under the pressure. You did very well though. 3y
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AshtonS
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Wade Watts, an 18-year old boy who is obsessed with the OASIS, a virtual world where humanity spends of their time in. When the creator of the OASIS dies, he leaves his fortune to the person who can solve the clues leading to a digital Easter egg in the OASIS. If you like fantasy and pop culture than you will like this book. The themes in this book are teamwork, community, friendship and the desire to connect with others.

MissYaremcio Nicely done Ashton! This post was on POV and how it is established! 4/6 3y
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Amandajoy
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Thought you all could appreciate this. My Facebook status from 6 years ago (pre Litsy!). I have read 7 of the books in this stack. I feel it would be unnecessary to tell any Litten that I have bought and read other books since then. Or that these are all still on my shelf 😂

Sharpeipup Sounds about right! 3y
EvieBee Always. 😂 3y
LeahBergen 🤣🤣 3y
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MallenNC I relate to this! Often my book stack pictures come up and they are books that are still waiting to be read 3y
marleed Haha - I‘m determined to read Ready Player One this summer! 3y
Hooked_on_books Excellent throwback! 3y
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Christeen1217
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Dystopian Society where COVID would never had survived. Citizens in America now spend most of their time in the OASIS, a digital world that allows you to work, go to school, and socialize from the comfort of your home. But there is a epic "Easter egg" hunt happening where the prize is billions of dollars and lots of power. Wade has to battle to win before the wrong hands grab the eggs. Great story for teens and adults alike. 5/24/21-5/28/21

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DarkMina
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#Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView @SpiderGoddess @Eggs !

1. Tagged
2. Both as long as it is descriptive and has a good setting for the story.

I am slow posting this so anyone who hadn‘t played, consider yourself tagged!

TheSpineView You're welcome and Thanks for playing! 3y
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bthegood
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I really enjoyed this book. I liked the gaming aspect and 80s references (could relate to both) - started to watch movie and stopped, maybe too soon after reading book -while the movie did depict the Oasis beautifully, I just couldn't get into it.
Reached goal of finishing 2 books during #20in4 readathon - thx @Andrew65 for hosting.

peanutnine The movie changed sooo many details! It was a good movie overall but you have to be in a different headspace than the book and not compare it 3y
Andrew65 Brilliant, thanks for playing along 👏👏👏🙌🥳🍾🥂🍾😊 3y
bthegood @peanutnine thx for that insight - It is probably best to wait to watch the movie 😊 3y
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bthegood
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@eeclayton thx for tag
#thinkpositivebepositive @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Sending positive thoughts to @llcoolnate

Make a great day everyone.

eeclayton How true! You're welcome ☺️ 3y
llcoolnate Thank you very much my friend! Positive thoughts coming your way as well! Very kind of you! 3y
bthegood @eeclayton and @llcoolnate 😀 (edited) 3y
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bthegood
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#BFC21 goals for May - read 6 books, workout 4x a week (minimum)
@wanderinglynn

Make a great day everyone.

TheSpineView Great goals! 📚 3y
ju.ca.no 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 3y
wanderinglynn Great goals! 🙌🏻 3y
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bthegood
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Yes!!! 💜💜💜 3y
TheSpineView Totally! 🤗😊😘 3y
CaffeineAndCandy 💜💜💜 3y
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Sydneypaige
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As someone who doesn‘t consider themselves a gamer by any stretch of the imagination, I was hesitant to pick up this book. I am so glad I did. The book was such a fun read that you can easily become invested in. I throughly enjoyed the 80s throwbacks as a grounding part of the story since I couldn‘t relate to the gaming aspects.

Sallyconroy I liked this much more than I expected too. 2y
Sydneypaige @Sallyconroy have you read Ready Player Two yet? 2y
Sallyconroy No. I doubt I‘d like it as well so I skipped it. @Sydneypaige 2y
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