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I‘m not a gamer, so I wasn‘t sure I‘d enjoy Ready Player One, but I was quickly pulled into the richly imagined world of the OASIS. Ernest Cline brings the virtual universe to life with vivid detail and fast-paced storytelling. The 80s pop culture references added fun depth even if you‘re not a tech expert. A surprisingly engaging read that kept me hooked from start to finish. I‘d definitely recommend it—even to non-gamers like me!

#two4tuesday

Even though the tagged book was written in 2018 and set in 2045, it so nailed the 1980s for me. I loved it. And it‘s been much longer since I‘ve read Eleanor and Park, but I remember really feeling my generation‘s vibes.

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView ! 😁

Amazing, one of my favorite books I‘ve ever read. So much nostalgia mixed with futuristic technology. I‘d recommend reading the book before watching the movie, there is so much more.

#setinthefuture #aboutabook
I greatly enjoyed this book, although I haven't read the sequel yet. 🎮
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#aboutabook #setinfuture

#AboutABook #SetInFuture

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🌼 10 Things I Hate About You, Twilight, Apollo 13
🪻 I loved Clue, Hotels, and Life
🌹 Tagged. Loved the book, haven't seen the movie.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. So many. Halloween, Friday the 13th, Clue, Soapdish, The Mummy, , Big Bang Theory, Buffy, Charmed (1st 3 seasons), Supernatural, Bridgerton,... I could keep going.
2. We were a board game family, Clue, Aggravation, Secret Agent, and Monopoly were among our favorites. We also held family video game tournaments in the summer. Scores were put up on the fridge. I hold the high score to this day on several games.
3. Obvious pick.
#wondrouswednesday

1: Supernatural and Buffy
2: Go to the Head of the Class (like an early kid‘s version of Trivial Pursuit) and Parcheesi
3: Ready Player One was the first book that came to mind for this.
#WondrousWednesday

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

1. I‘m all right. I‘m good at figuring things out. I‘m the one that deals with all the electronics and devices in the house.

2. Ready Player One was the first book to come to mind.

#Two4Tuesday

#two4Tuesday

1) Yes, very, until the pandemic. I did a lot of legal cybersecurity and forensics evidentiary work before the pandemic. Then my techie brain fried.

2) Tagged, a favorite with all the 80s references

@TheSpineView

1. When I have time to play I think I‘m pretty decent at it, but honestly, my husband is a whiz, so i don‘t need to know anything, I let him keep that info on HIS hard drive 😉
2. Tagged
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal I‘ll take @JenReadsAlot and @BethM
#two4tuesday

This was a nice and fast read 📖 VR Game (with a unique prize) ➕80s theme ➕ fun characters 🎮 I would rate it a pick but I didn‘t know most of the references 🥲 still very enjoyable

Gamer geek sundae
With dystopia sprinkles
80s pop on top
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Read this with my gaming geek partner, and it was so much fun. Full of nostalgic easter eggs. Wonder if that was intentional? 🤔 I say most likely. . 🤓
Bonus mod for this audiobook was the nat 20 roll to have Wil Wheaton as the narrator. Great choice.
#scifi #dystopia #haikureview

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

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

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.

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 📚

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Movie: Tag

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

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.

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.

#CyberMonday 💻 #NovemberNarrative 🍁🤎❤️🧡💛

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

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.

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.

“ 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.”

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 👇🏼)

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

Very good

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

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.

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Gamer

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!

#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.

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. 🤣

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

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!

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.

#technology #conflictedworlds @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks