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War for the Oaks by Emma Bull

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It would have been CRAZY. It is made for fanfic and fan art and OTPing. I am a little in love with this book that I was so fortunate to receive in the book exchange from JS. The War for the Oaks is one of the first urban fantasies published in 1987; it is set in Minneapolis in the 80s, centring on a musician named Eddi who finds herself getting out of both a bad relationship and a bad band, and falling into the middle of a war amongst the Faeries. Bull, who is herself a musician as well as […]

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3/17/2018 's CBR10 Review No:4 |

Player One is Ready!

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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I absolutely loved this book.  I know an audiobook is good when it makes me sit in my car outside my garage (so I don’t die from asphyxiation) and continue listening after I get home.  This book is read by Wil Wheaton, who just has a great voice with fun inflections, and tone changes, and all that is good in the world. This book was 15 hours long, so there’s a lot to cover.  I really don’t want to give anything away, so I’m going to do do a bare bones plot overview.  I had so much fun seeing what […]

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8/16/2017 's CBR9 Review No:38 |

“It was the dawn of new era, one where most of the human race now spent all of their free time inside a videogame.”

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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Our adventure takes place in the near future (about 30 years from now).  Most people spend most of their time online (wait…) only online is way cooler.  They have the OASIS, which is kind of like a holodeck.  You put on a visor and haptic gloves and interact with your online world via your avatar.  (Kind of like the movie Avatar.)  And as the real world has gone to shit, being in the OASIS is way better than real life. The creator of the OASIS, James Halliday, has died.  In his will, he has left his entire fortune to whoever […]

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9/17/2016 's CBR8 Review No:20 |

Take On Me

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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I’ve been hearing about this one forever, and when my favorite reading friend lent me her copy it moved to the top of my TBR (because that’s what happens when your favorite reading buddy hands you something!).   She was right, this was a lot of fun. Wade lives in the near future in the poverty and despair that seems to be gripping much of the nation.  He spends most of his time as Parzival, his avatar in the Oasis, a vast virtual reality created by brilliant recluse James Halliday. Wade attends school in the Oasis, there’s a thriving commerce, his only […]

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5/11/2016 's CBR8 Review No:15 |

Ho Hum. So Much Nostalgia, So Much Meh.

Armada by Ernest Cline

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Do I love The Last Starfighter?  Do I need a new novel version of it?  Meh. Do I love 80’s games and remember them fondly?  Hell yeah, but even I got a bit tired of the references and repetitiveness in this book. This may be unrelated but these were my personal favorites: I listened to the audiobook of Armada because I so enjoyed the previous audiobook by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One, also read by Wil Wheaton.  This novel also threw in a lot of nostalgia for 80’s movies, games, and music, but it just got a bit tedious this time. The […]

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1/17/2016 's CBR8 Review No:2 |

Reservation to the Danger Zone

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

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I texted a friend who read this book while I was in the middle of it and said, “Good GOD American Psycho. I have never had such a visceral reaction to a book.” (Note: I had forgotten about the time I threw “Message in a Bottle” across the room because Nicholas Sparks – bleh. But I digress.) This book…this book. I had seen the movie long ago so I thought I was mentally prepared but boy was I wrong. Patrick Bateman’s descent into madness is one of the most graphic, horrifying, relentless things I have ever consumed. Take the icky […]

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9/22/2014 's CBR6 Review No:18 |


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