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You know Siobhan from just the blurb I was thinking this may be a book you and I'd enjoy at some (vague, ..."
The book was like an experiment to make dragons and unicorns boring... makes me feel sad for the author, who explains the inspiration for the book at the end... Ocean's 11 with dragons...
Oh man! How can a book that's Oceans 11 with dragons be boring? What a fail!
Need help...you know that thing you did for Siobhan's birthday where you made the hyperlink jump to your previous post on her tracker? How'd you do that Fin?
I know to insert a link...I just dunno how to do the jumping thing where the link goes to a specific old post...
Right-click the date of the comment (upper right corner) and copy the link :)
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Hey there! Just finished the Threadbare series, so I went fishing for info on Seiple's other works. According to his comments on a Facebook post:- The second book of the Small Medium series is being recorded right now; he's hoping for a release before Christmas
- An audiobook for the first book of his prequel series (Blasphemy online) has been confirmed; narration will most likely be done by TGR
- There might be a Threadbare #4 in the future
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- The second book of the Small Medium series is bei..."
Looking forward to the audiobook releases... I think I knew there was an open possibility of more Threadbare after this Small Medium series (and the Blasphemy series that is now going that wasn't then)...
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WHAT?
It is a WORM!
Hookworm to be exact.
CMON Iain........."
I feel like I was thinking WTF... and then I scrolled down and you PRE-responded, lol...
Aye brother...reached this stage now...
Zaara wrote: "WHAT?
It is a WORM!
Hookworm to be exact.
CMON Iain......"
😂😂😂
Also Hookworm reminds me of Hookwolf, imagine him with those worms popping up all over his body!
Sir Anni wrote: "Also Hookworm reminds me of Hookwolf, imagine him with those worms popping up all over his body!"Eeew... But Taylor would eat him for breakfast then, so it's fine :p
I am in complete ignorance about who or what Taylor is but no 5hanks,,,,I am not imagining wolves and worms together in the same frame! As she says, EEEEWRPP!
Everyone is in really gross high spirits today....
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This is one of those series that sounds cool on paper, but would probably be a complete horror show to watch...
Dude, I sent you many Book Recommendations from the 100s of LitRPG/Crime/etc stuff I've been reading. You should add them to your TBR. =D =D =D
I got into a Cultivation story kick because of the Cradle series. It totally hits all of the old school martial arts training to fight and adventure movie points.
Oooh, Cultivation stories! I grew up with Wuxia movies (no subtitles - my mom provided a dubious Chinese-French translation at opportune times :p).:D
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Virginie, I can send you a rec on the series if ya want. Iain, take it easy dude. Do what ya need to do for health & fun. Saw your post about work. Glad you are ok.
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Iain, take it easy dude. Do what ya need to do for health & fun. Saw your post about work. Glad you are ok."
Thanks... followed Niki's suggestion and started my own End of Year Incomplete Series Challenge thread to run thru New Year's, similar to the Niki vs Virginie thread from last year...
And definitely paying attention to my health/routine... this morning was a bit of a wakeup call about problems with my current one...
Soo wrote: "Virginie, I can send you a rec on the series if ya want."You're talking about the Cradle series, right? I've had my eyes on it for a while :)
Planning on reading the webnovel Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation next year as well; I've been watching the donghua (chinese anime) adaptation, and it's great.
Also have The First Step on my Kindle... But if you've got more recs for good Cultivation stories, I'll gladly take them :D
Here's a friend I met on one of my morning rambles the other day...😂😁😜https://www.goodreads.com/photo/user/...
Happy Xmas, Finbar 🎉🎄🎁
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https://www.goodreads.com/photo/user/...
Happy Xmas, Finbar 🎉🎄🎁"
What app are you using to listen to ebooks? I know I saw you talk about it somewhere. It turns out my fav eBook Reader has updated it's TTS and it's pretty good! Except for certain words it can't recognize and then it's kind of wacky. Which makes me rethink using it as an option. There are MANY books I could listen to without Audible if I have a good TTS reader.
What do you like about the one you use? Is it for Android?
Also, when do you want to BR Terminus? Narilka said she's join in whenever we start. She'll just go at it slower than us. lolI'm cool with starting it when it comes out on 1/30 or soon after.
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It turns out my fav eBook Reader has updated it's TTS and it's pretty good! Except for certain words it can't..."
VoiceDream... write more later
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I have iPhone...
Awww. Yah. I looked up the app and it turns out the one for Android is not as good. Well poo. The TTS system on my fav eReader is pretty good but it doesn't handle made up words or specially fonted words well. Like if the T in The of the first word of the chapter is made larger, the TTS says t rather than "the". Hm, well. I guess I still have an option if I feel kind of desperate. lol
OH yeah. Get back to me on when you want to read Terminus and I can request a thread/etc. =)
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There's actually some variation in my TTS app, I think, but in general I think it has similar issues... I haven't tried much fantasy yet, but it says things like VCRs as v-c-r-s instead of v-c-rs... I generally accept narration is better, but TTS is better than nothing...
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Anytime the week after release works for me...
Text-to-Speech for Android:eReader: Librera Pro:
I used the free version for a long time & upgraded to the one time paid version because I love the app. I wanted to support the developers. =)
- Reads & updates from designated Root Folder. It has a ton of features that make people happy.
- Supports most text/ebook formats. I can even read music charts on it! I haven't tested out that part too much but it works.
- In the last year, they updated the TTS & I like it. I can up the narration speed to 4x and use different TTS engines for the voice.
- Odd spelling of words issue, I changed the font/format to a standard/plain one for the book and that took care of 90% of what I noticed before.
Evie:
Of the TTS narration apps I tried, this one was the best.
- Free
- Natural Narration
- Only up speed to 2x
- Somewhat limited features but it works.
---- It was fun to go off & explore where the tech has gone since I tried this 2 years ago. =D
We can BR Andrew Seiple books in LitRPG room. =D
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Meanwhile, I keep eyeing other series from KU/etc, like these Otori books, Odyssey One, Descent, etc... even considering continuing with the Hellequin Chronicles sequels despite my grumbles...
I'm going to get book 2 of Hellequin in sometime this month. If I continue it, you can join me for the sequels. =D
You can save this for when you're in zombie mode. Though, these have Joe Ledger in there and I would wrap up JL before diving into these. My recommendation for reading:
Dead of Night series: Book 1, 2, 2.5 & then 3.
Rot & Ruin 1-4, #5 is a Short Story Collection
Broken Lands 1-2 (Ongoing, 2 Books out)
I'm currently wrapping up Dead of Night and going to gobble down Rot & Ruin. R&R & BL are YA. So, I'm not sure if I'll gobble it down as fast. lol
If you're in the mood for average people doing bizarre things, look at Promise Falls series by Linwood Barclay. The books have a Twin Peaks vibe. Good characters, interesting plot. Okay to iffy endings.
Nick Heller series by Joseph Finder - 4 Books & the MC is like a covert ops badass.
Nathaniel Cade series by Christopher Farnsworth is a great UF series with a Vampire that works for the US government.
*Pew Pew* Those are laser sounds. I'm killing your dead tracker so it can be revived! =D
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Your thread is like Han Solo, going, when do I get to wake up? 
Can you believe that's a yoga mat??? LOL
Haha, I really don't want my yoga mat to look like that, kinda creepy!
I wonder if anyone actually bought it? Maybe they used it as a wall scroll instead of yoga? Can you see doing plank on that? LOL
Oh nooo, I don't think I can ever shake that mental image 😅 On the other hand, maybe it will do wonders, imagine staring at his face while doing the plank and trying to stay up, because you don't want to to smash your head into his...
All kinds of motivations like:- Don't hit his face!
- Don't sit on his face!
- Watch those hands, Solo!
- At least I am alive and breathing, while you are in polyester freezville.
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LOL 😂 I was trying to bring in a bit of funny. It worked! More or less?I had 3 duds for books today. Well, the 3rd one could be an ok LitRPG. I just may need to give it more time to establish.
So I gave up on it for now and turned to First Law. Not sure why I don't spree the series but at least it's reliable to be a good to great story.
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I had 3 duds for books today. Well, the 3rd one could be an ok LitRPG. I just may need to give it more time to establish.
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I took the day off and watched like 30-40 episodes of Brooklyn 99... almost out of episodes after only 2 weeks, since they're short comedy sitcom episodes...
I've been doing a lot of research into wordpress themes & plugins, etc. My eyes are totally strained. Trying to take it easy so my eyes can go back to normal. It's not like I've been reading more but piffles!
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You know Siobhan from just the blurb I was thinking this may be a book you and I'd enjoy at some (vague, unnamed and po..."
I didn't even dare read the blurb because I knew I'd want to join! 😂 Did they not like it? Gonna look at comments now!