Ready Player One by Ernest Cline -> Restarting August 6th 2021

[Tayla]

Yeah sorry I've been really sick

[Maddie]

Oh no! That's not good! I don't even have this one as an ebook yet, which is the copy that I need it in, so I'm not starting it yet anyway.

[Tayla]

hows it going

[Maddie]

Nowhere lol. Don't have it yet.

[Maddie]

How about you?

[Maddie]

Alright I'm with you guys for the 22nd :)

[Tayla]

me too xD

[Maddie]

Haha awesome. we are the best at procrastinating buddy reads haha

[Maddie]

Alright I'm reading this one as my next read. Still starting from 36% through.

[Tayla]

Ugh Ik im awful

[Maddie]

No you're not! Just means we can still read it together XD You planning on reading it soon?

Just read another 2% because it's the book on my phone and I didn't have another one with me.

[elle ☀️]

I don't know how I'll go with this one, I've been in a bit of a slump lately and I have a busy week coming up but I will try! I'm starting tomorrow morning

[Maddie]

okay I'm around 67% through. I'll finish it pretty soon xD I read it on break at work so I'm definitely getting it done this month

[Kaylee]

Hi! Is it too late for me to join the buddy read for Ready Player One? Who's reading, by the way? :)

[Maddie]

No way you can join :D I'm almost finished XD Started a while ago. Haven't been posting updates though. Was gonna just reply to yours lol.

[Kaylee]

Oh gosh I'd better get started then! How is the book?

[Maddie]

Incredible! Definitely completely 5 stars!! Post as often as you want, I'll definitely reply to all of your spoilers haha.

[Kaylee]

Thanks! I definitely want to start tonight but I'm worried about being able to finish soon since my school is starting tomorrow :)

[elle ☀️]

I'm like 20% in but I'm kind of shocked about how well I'm dealing with the constant references. I was really expecting to just be lost but I actually understand some of them because of my friend's month long obsession with the 80s and just general pop culture which is really great, that was one of my biggest concerns starting this.

[Kaylee]

I'm about 20% into the book as well. I wish I understood more but thankfully, not understanding the pop culture references hasn't really been slowing me down. Wade does lots of explaining :)

[Maddie]

Yeah haha, I have no clue what's going on haha.

You guys enjoying it? I'm 75% through now.

[Kaylee]

I'm one-third of the way through and I do really like the quests that Halliday created but thus far there hasn't been any real "conflict". Everything comes quite naturally and easily to Wade, which is probably a testament to how smart he is but because of the lack of conflict, the story is falling a little flat for me. I still really enjoy reading about all the challenges though! The author is really creative

[Maddie]

Haha just wait for the second half. Mind posting some spoilers? So that I can respond to them and can count it as a buddy read?

[Kaylee]

Yeah for sure! I'm at the part where (view spoiler)[Art3mis broke up with Wade/Parzival (hide spoiler)]. I'm starting the second half now so I hope there's going to be more struggle and conflict. I don't feel like the actions of the COO Sixer guy (Noren?) had much of an impact on me (view spoiler)[when he bombed Wade's home (hide spoiler)]. Since that place was never developed, I had no real emotional connection and it was just kind of a "oh okay" moment.

[Maddie]

Yeah I feel the same with the (view spoiler)[bombing. I knew they weren't bluffing, but it still wasn't that much of an event. (hide spoiler)]

[Maddie]

And I think his name's Sorrento haha.

[Kaylee]

Ahhhh omg when Sorrento (view spoiler)[clears the second gate (hide spoiler)] :O

[Kaylee]

I finished!!! Wow. Okay so I want to get it out of the way that the book felt unfinished in the way that (view spoiler)[everything just works out kinda perfectly (hide spoiler)]. I mean it wasn't a bad ending but I guess I just feel a little unfulfilled... not too sure why though. But oh man, the action is so intense! Especially all the stuff going on around the Third Gate-that was really awesome. How did everyone else enjoy the book?

[Maddie]

Oh my gosh you read that really quickly! I won't be finishing it off for a few days probably. Still trying to slog my way through my current read which is really boring.

[Kaylee]

Haha yeah I'm still too jetlagged to do actual work so I just decided to read :) plus I'm not really good with reading more than one book at a time

[Maddie]

Oh sure too jetlagged for work but not for read ;) XD

[Tayla]

anyone wanna reschedule this?

[Maddie]

I just finished it XD And KD's finished. I've still gotta write a review for it, but holy cow definitely a 5 star!!! One of my favourites!

[Maddie]

My review's on my page. Just take a look :)

[elle ☀️]

Tayla wrote: "anyone wanna reschedule this?"

I'm only 100 pages in if you want to join

[Maddie]

Shall I post my review on this page, for you guys to read at the end?

[Kaylee]

Yeah I'd love to read your review! I'm posting my review this afternoon and I can link it too :)

[Kaylee]

Yeah I'd love to read your review! I'm posting my review this afternoon on my blog and I can link it here too :)

[Maddie]

Review: Holy shit this book is totally incredible!! The twists, the action, the complexity of it all! I loved the concept of the OASIS, the way that it was set up, all of the real games and real movies and books and songs and everything. I just wished I knew the 80s so that I could relate more. Finding out that (view spoiler)[Aech was a girl!!! I thought maybe 'his' problem was that he was paralyzed or something. But nope! (hide spoiler)] That was a totally jaw-dropping moment. And also the moment when (view spoiler)[they all died when they deployed the Cataclyst! When they all just disappeared. Thank god that Wade had the coin! (hide spoiler)] For once I was pleased that Wade was so lucky. Normally I just facepalm, but this was just incredible. I grinned. And then when (view spoiler)[Wade saw Artemis in real life, that was just so sweet and gushy :D (hide spoiler)] I looooved this book to the ends of the earth. Definitely one of my favourites.

[Abi]

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Reading from the 7th of March 2017

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[Lee]

May I join this?

[Abby]

Chapter 9: (view spoiler)[Go Wade! He's definitely gonna be stalked at this point though (hide spoiler)]

[Lee]

Finished Chapter 8: (view spoiler)[The OASIS is so interesting! All the different worlds that are based on the worlds so many people have fallen in love with is amazing. And they can play all these different sports like Quidditch! I feel like I to would rather spend my time in the OASIS than in that trailer park of his in OKC. /shudders at the thought/ (hide spoiler)]

[Lee]

Finished Chapter 11: (view spoiler)[Now that two people have the cooper key I'm interested to see how many people are going to really get back into this and figure it out. And I can't imagine being tossed into a movie and having to act out everything like that. I would be so screwed. Even with a favorite of mine. (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Chapter 17: (view spoiler)[It must be so frustrating to be so close, yet so far away. You have half the quatrain figured out, Wade! Just a little bit more... (hide spoiler)]

[Lee]

Finished Chapter 17: (view spoiler)[He is crushing even harder on Artemis. My gosh. Also, the first half of this was hard to follow via audiobook. (hide spoiler)]

[Abby]

Chapter 30: (view spoiler)[Wade's plan is seriously nuts! (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

Chapter 12: (view spoiler)[ I wasn't sure whether I was going to enjoy this book as science fiction isn't usually a genre that I reach for however, I am really enjoying it. The Oasis is a really interesting world and I like how people spend more time on the Oasis rather than in reality. The competition element is really interesting and I am interested to see what will be next for Wade during the competition. (hide spoiler)]

[Kirsty]

Up to chapter 20: (view spoiler)[ I don't know why he let himself get so distracted by Art3mis considering he knows nothing about her. It is strange how the lines between reality have been blurred. When I read it I forget that it is all taking place within a virtual world. (hide spoiler)]

[Lee]

Kristy, I agree! It's frustrating to read that! I really wanted to shake him in hopes that he could focus again. And the lines have definitely blurred! I forget all the time that it's in a virtual world.