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I finally got around to the one I was saving

Armada by Ernest Cline

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I’m a big fan of Ready Player One, especially the version read by Wi Wheaton.  So I knew right away that I wanted to listen to his narration of Armada.  (I bought it right away when I got my Audible account, and then saved it.)  Ernest Cline obviously loves video games and the ‘70’s and ‘80’s, and the ‘90’s too.  The amount of pop culture he includes in his books is impressive.   For some reason, I thought this was written way before it was.  Ready Player One was published in 2010, and Armada in 2015.  Well, I guess that reason […]

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10/16/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:53 |

A love letter to video games

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline was a more recent CBR9 book exchange gift. The backlash for the book was pretty intense, but with the recent film adaptation, I was curious to read it for myself. Thus, I was glad my Mocha Girls Read book club picked it for our white male author theme. I ended up finishing it over 4th of July and surprisingly enjoyed the pop culture filled story. The story follows Wade on an epic quest to essentially save the internet from a fascist capitalist demise. A genius programmer, Halliday created The Oasis, a virtual world so amazing […]

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12/29/2018 's CBR10 Review No:16 |

Generation X Geeks Apply Here

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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I was born in March of 1979, so I consider myself (whether correctly or not) some of the youngest Gen-Xers and generally a child of the 80s and 90s. The 90s were where my tastes in music were more formulated, but the 80s was my childhood. Though I generally avoid fantasy gaming, rpg’s, etc., I knew I would find something appealing in Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. And, to be honest, though it’s been sitting on my kindle for over two years now, I wanted to read it before I saw the movie.  I enjoyed Ready Player One for the […]

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4/24/2018 's CBR10 Review No:16 |

Game Over

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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Sigh… this book. After having finished Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, I finally understand why it’s so divisive. I believe that if you are a white, male with nerdy inclinations who came of age in the 1980’s, you’d love this book. Since I am pretty much none of those things (with the exception of having lived through some of the 80’s), this book is not that relatable to me (and my disinterest doesn’t even account for its thematic troubles). Ready Player One begins with its adolescent protagonist, Wade Watts, detailing his history in first person narrative. Similar to other chosen-one archetypes, […]

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4/8/2018 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

Figured I’d better read this now in case Hollywood screws it up

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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Yeah, I’m late to the party on this one. Actually, I’m usually late to the party–one of these days I’m gonna show up before the party starts and pass out from tequila before you all even walk through the door and you’re gonna be shocked. (Just kidding, I hate tequila.) Anyway, I’ve been curious about this book since I first started hearing about it on CBR, and now with the imminent release of the major motion picture, I decided I’d better jump on it in case Hollywood, you know, pulls a Hollywood. In case you haven’t been paying attention, the […]

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2/18/2018 's CBR10 Review No:5 |

Comfort re-read #1.

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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Comfort re-read this over the weekend when The Dark Tower was kicking my ass. It did its job admirably. Well, actually, I will confess that the bleak atmosphere of Cline’s 2045 wasn’t as comforting as it usually is because all the bleakness and decay felt a lot less imaginary and removed than it has in the past. But the gamified storyline and the sheer pleasure of solving puzzles and having adventures and beating the corrupt bad guy in order to win the day was still really fucking appealing. And go ahead, call me naïve, but I really appreciate the underlying message here […]

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12/28/2017 's CBR9 Review No:107 |

Hooray for the CBR9 Book Exchange

March Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

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Thank you, CoffeeShopReader! I’ve been meaning to read March ever since I saw John Lewis speak at LA Review of Books in the spring. And I will be able to get all the NightVale references once I read that one. I love tea too and excited to try them all. 🙂

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12/21/2017 's CBR9 Review No:0 |

What is it that you seek?

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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I totally get it. There has been a lot of hype surrounding Ready Player One, and now that I’ve devoured it, I am here to validate the crap out of that hype. I have so many questions about this book. It checks a lot of boxes for popular YAish fiction: not-very-far-in-the-future dystopia, evil corporation as bad guy, poor underdog from the slums as hero, lots of CGI opportunity in the event of an inevitable film adaptation, action, adventure, adolescent love, pack of unlikely friends surprised to find themselves in alliance. It’s very true-to-form, somehow playing out as much like current […]

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12/10/2017 's CBR9 Review No:46 |


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