In between reading this book and making the actual wedding cake I managed to read a couple of good books. The first one I would like to tell you I didn't actually read....I listened to it instead. If you remember from previous posts I am not the biggest fans of audio books as I get easily disappointed when the narrator doesn't sound what I have imagined the character to sound like. I have however, found a fantastic narrator and the perfect fit for an equally fantastic book. So what did I listen to?
Ready Player One is an epic in every sense of the word with over fifteen hours of audio as Wheaton gives life to Wade. I loved Wade and thought that Wheaton did a fantastic job of making this character believable and a joy to spend time with. I was on the edge of my seat through most of the story and that was down to Cline's expertise at creating tension and a compelling adventure. I think one of the reasons I enjoyed this audio book so much (Wheaton aside) was that it was told in the first person. Even if you aren't a big gamer there is something for everyone in Cline's story but if you happen to be one then this is a must read.
Patel does it again. This is another great story that takes us from the buried city of Recoletta, to the farming communes, onto a flotilla of ships across the ocean and the Continent where Arnault's big secret is revealed. I found the resolution of the plot arc very satisfying and Patel did a great job of tying up all the individual plot threads into one satisfying conclusion. It is hard to say much more without risking giving too much away. Suffice to say you will need to find out for yourself.
That is it for me but I hope to be back again next week with some equally good books to tell you about. Until then Happy Reading!
Ready Player One
Read by Wil Wheaton
Random House Audio, August 16, 2011
Audio CD and Audiobook Download
Read by Wil Wheaton
Random House Audio, August 16, 2011
Audio CD and Audiobook Download
At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut—part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are inspired by Blade Runner, and flying DeLoreans achieve light speed.
It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.
Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.
And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.
For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that Halliday’s riddles are based in the pop culture he loved—that of the late twentieth century. And for years, millions have found in this quest another means of escape, retreating into happy, obsessive study of Halliday’s icons. Like many of his contemporaries, Wade is as comfortable debating the finer points of John Hughes’s oeuvre, playing Pac-Man, or reciting Devo lyrics as he is scrounging power to run his OASIS rig.
And then Wade stumbles upon the first puzzle.
Suddenly the whole world is watching, and thousands of competitors join the hunt—among them certain powerful players who are willing to commit very real murder to beat Wade to this prize. Now the only way for Wade to survive and preserve everything he knows is to win. But to do so, he may have to leave behind his oh-so-perfect virtual existence and face up to life—and love—in the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.
A world at stake.
A quest for the ultimate prize.
Are you ready?
– Bloomberg, Best Books of 2016
Ready Player One
Broadway Books, June 5, 2012
Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Hardcover and eBook, August 16, 2011
Mass Market Paperback, February 6, 2018
Broadway Books, June 5, 2012
Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Hardcover and eBook, August 16, 2011
Mass Market Paperback, February 6, 2018
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.
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 win—and confront the real world he’s always been so desperate to escape.
The Song of the Dead
Recoletta 3
Angry Robot, May 2, 2017
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 448 pages
Recoletta 3
Angry Robot, May 2, 2017
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 448 pages
Finally, the lost histories of the Catastrophe will be revealed and with them the ultimate fate of the buried city of Recoletta in the dramatic conclusion to Carrie Patel’s trilogy.
With Ruthers dead and the Library Accord signed by Recoletta, its neighbours, and its farming communes, Inspector Malone and her partner Laundress Jane Lin are in limbo as the city leaders around them vie for power.
A desperate attempt to save Arnault from execution leads to Malone’s arrest and Jane’s escape. They must pursue each other across the sea to discover a civilization that has held together over the centuries. There they will finally learn the truths about the Catastrophe that drove their own civilization underground.
File Under: Fantasy [ Day of Execution | Sky High | We are the Dead | Nature of the Catastrophe ]
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