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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Rating: 5 / 5 starsFormat: PaperbackPublished: 16th August 2011Amazon | Goodreads 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 the OASIS. Wade’s devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world’s digital confines, puzzles 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. 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…
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Book Discussion | Armada by Ernest Cline
There was loads of stuff I wanted to talk about in my Armada review but didn’t because of spoilers. So I’ve decided to put them all into a “discussion” post instead. I’m putting a huge spoiler warning on this post. Basically only read this if you’ve finished Armada, if you’re thinking about reading it check out my review instead. *I’m not joking don’t read this unless you’ve read Armada.* So the basic plot of Armada is that there is this computer game which is being used to train everyone on Earth as drone pilots so they can fight when these giant squid alien things attack. You go on to learn that…
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Review | Armada by Ernest Cline
Rating: 4 / 5 starsFormat: ebook / HardbackPublished: 14th July 2015Amazon | Goodreads SUMMARY Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he s spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one day, some fantastic, world-altering event will shatter the monotony of his humdrum existence and whisk him off on some grand space-faring adventure. But hey, there’s nothing wrong with a little escapism, right? After all, Zack tells himself, he knows the difference between fantasy and reality. He knows that here in the real world, aimless teenage gamers with anger issues don t get…
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My All Time Favourite Books
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke and The Bookish. Every week they post a new top ten list and invite everyone to share their answers. This week we are looking at my top ten all time favourite books from the last 3 years (some of these were not published in the last 3 years but don’t tell anyone). My All Time Favourite Books 1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I am literally incapable of talking about my favourite books without mentioning Ready Player One. Its about gaming and pop culture, what’s not to live? 2. World War Z by Max Brooks. I was five pages into…
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My Favourite Books of 2013
I’ve read a number of books over the last year so today I thought I would share some of my favourites. It should be noted that some of these books were not released in 2013. They just happen to be my favourite books from the year. Fiction Non-Fiction Check out my favourite books from 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014.
