Cline, Ernest-Ready Player One; Relaxed Buddy Reads starts March 1, 2018**REVISIT** June 5, 2018

[Tahmina]

Chapter 27-28 (view spoiler)[ I was a little freaked out he got caught or arrested because i was like omg they must have something crazy planned for him since they seem to be killing everyone else. but then he said that he had been planning this and now i am just curious but super nervous! (hide spoiler)]

[Tahmina]

Kate the Pringle wrote: "Tahmina wrote: "Chapter 27-28 [spoilers removed]"

You’ll love it"

ahhhhhh!!!! ok i'm going back to reading it now!!! So far I love it!!

[Suhasini]

Finished it. How was it for everyone else?

[Tahmina]

Chapter 29-30 (view spoiler)[OMG!!!! I can't believe his plan its so good but so risky. Dang! But I am so over this Art3mis infatuation. Its too much :( Anyway i hate that they have this indentured servitude and I was sitting there thinking they will never be able to buy their freedom and then next paragraph was they will never be free again :( Its crazy that this system even exists and that no one will stop them but also that some people willingly went into it so they would have food and be comfortable. That's so sad I'm just not sure i would ever be able to do something like that.

And what a horrible world they live in where the world outside just sounds gross and it looks like there are lots of homeless people as well as slaves. (hide spoiler)]

Chapter 31-33 (view spoiler)[ My heart was racing all of 31. just wow that was some daring plan. I think i love aech even more now. And dang who would have thought that Og would help them!! crazy. But the stack of comic books falling down I thought in the beginning that it was the sixers and they were trying to find a way to break into the private chat rooms. Sooo glad I was wrong. And this is getting so much better. (hide spoiler)]

[Tahmina]

Suhasini wrote: "Finished it. How was it for everyone else?"

Almost done!!!! and so far i have loved it.

[Tahmina]

Brooklyn wrote: "I really had a chuckle at the Wil Wheaton reference, since he is the one that narrates the audio version. Ha!!

Spoilers about the end...read at your own risk.
[spoilers removed]"

yes!!!! i agree brooklyn (view spoiler)[ Yes!!! I though that more than two people would reach the end stage but because he had the coin it would give him extra points or something. The coin seemed to random for it to be key to getting the egg but in the end it was. And those IOI guys pissed me off. And i have to agree when he pulverized him i was sooooo happy. But what a dirty dirty dirty move to pull in the end! I was super annoyed. Not that we should not have expected it but still. And honestly it's annoying me that he had a smirk on his face when he was being arrested!! i'm getting worked up over a fictional character!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Tahmina]

Brooklyn wrote: "I really had a chuckle at the Wil Wheaton reference, since he is the one that narrates the audio version. Ha!!

Spoilers about the end...read at your own risk.
[spoilers removed]"

yes!!!! i agree brooklyn (view spoiler)[ Yes!!! I though that more than two people would reach the end stage but because he had the coin it would give him extra points or something. The coin seemed to random for it to be key to getting the egg but in the end it was. And those IOI guys pissed me off. And i have to agree when he pulverized him i was sooooo happy. But what a dirty dirty dirty move to pull in the end! I was super annoyed. Not that we should not have expected it but still. And honestly it's annoying me that he had a smirk on his face when he was being arrested!! i'm getting worked up over a fictional character!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Tahmina]

Brooklyn wrote: "I really had a chuckle at the Wil Wheaton reference, since he is the one that narrates the audio version. Ha!!

Spoilers about the end...read at your own risk.
[spoilers removed]"

yes!!!! i agree brooklyn (view spoiler)[ Yes!!! I though that more than two people would reach the end stage but because he had the coin it would give him extra points or something. The coin seemed to random for it to be key to getting the egg but in the end it was. And those IOI guys pissed me off. And i have to agree when he pulverized him i was sooooo happy. But what a dirty dirty dirty move to pull in the end! I was super annoyed. Not that we should not have expected it but still. And honestly it's annoying me that he had a smirk on his face when he was being arrested!! i'm getting worked up over a fictional character!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Tahmina]

Kate the Pringle wrote: "The ending So I knew that the pac man game would be important at the end. I honestly thought that it was part of the way to open the gate but the extra life was cool too.
Also I knew that the Six..."

(view spoiler)[ i know i breathed a sigh of relief when i saw he hadn't died. My jaw dropped when he said and then we all died. I was like WHAT!!!!!!! So yeah :( thankfully it was a false alarm. And i thought the coin was gonna be help but i didn't think it would help anyone reach the gate cause the position was so random and he already made the competition so hard so i doubted he would have put some random clue without telling anyone. But in the end it did help him win (hide spoiler)]

[Tahmina]

Kate the Pringle wrote: "Tahmina wrote: "Chapter 29-30 ..."

[spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ i could have done without the art3mis romance. In the end you were right kate she was just annoying. But i guess i am happy they got what they wanted. I loved that aech was a girl though!! (hide spoiler)]

[Tahmina]

Chapter 34 to end (view spoiler)[ Ok wow. First yay!!!! Marrow. I am so glad that he came through in the end. As soon as they interviewed him after the first key was found and gate opened I had a feeling that he would actually come to Wade's aid. I didn't realize he would actually help them all. He was such an adorable old man. The end fight scene was perfect. We got action and adventure and just love shinto ... i think thats his name he was just the most adorable. I felt him and wade were the two that were most selfless in the bunch and just really wanted to help everyone. I love them for that. anyway great book and great ending. But i was really hoping that lead sixer would some punishment in the real world. So annoyed we didn't see that (hide spoiler)]

I thought the world building and character development in the novel was really good. we get a little glimpse into his life and the world he lives in every other chapter. we were also given a glimpse of the original creators and their lives and motivation and though this book was huge i never skipped pages or skimmed them i read every word. So anyway loved it. Final thought!!!


And Laura I'll be on here for when you read the book and happy to chat once you get it from the library!

[Laura]

How disappointing, I'm still waiting to get a copy of this! At least I 'll have all of your spoilers to peek at!

[Tahmina]

Laura wrote: "How disappointing, I'm still waiting to get a copy of this! At least I 'll have all of your spoilers to peek at!"

OMG!!! Still. Well I would have lent you mine but i doubt you live near by :(

Still here though so when you start reading we can still talk to you about it :)

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

*********THIS BUDDY READ IS BEING REVISITED!***********

Revisit starts June 5, 2018

[Jammin Jenny]

I'm hoping to re-read this book - it's one of my favorites. It also made it on the top 100 books for the American Reads challenge.

[Eldarwen]

Going to be my first time reading this! After I've been told several times that I should read it :-)

[maria helena]

Eldarwen wrote: "Going to be my first time reading this! After I've been told several times that I should read it :-)"

Exciting! Looking forward to hearing what you think of it.

[Tammie]

I plan to join as well. It will be a re-read for me...this is one of my all time favorites...filled with all kinds of details from 'my generation'. I'm looking forward to catching things I missed. It's going to be a few weeks before my library has it for me so this timing is ideal.

[Annalisa]

I plan to join as well. Hoping to get it from my library in time as well. I may join late if I don't get it in time.

[Annalisa]

I just got the notification that my copy of Ready Player One is available to pick up at the library. Just in time.

[Tammie]

Just checking in...are we still good to begin this book tomorrow?

[Eldarwen]

I'm going to start a day or two late as I'm finishing up another book first, but then I'll jump into this one.

[maria helena]

Eldarwen wrote: "I'm going to start a day or two late as I'm finishing up another book first, but then I'll jump into this one."

Me too

[Elize]

I am so excited to talk about this with you guys! Read it earlier this year and it brought be out of a reading slump and ever since I have been reading more than ever.

I'll be ready to discuss whenever people have thoughts.

[Sunshine]

I have Ready Player One on audible. Started a couple of days ago. What do you think so far?

For me, not my usual read. I like the 80’s references.

[Eldarwen]

Of course!! The more people to chat to about this, the better!

A few of us are just running a little late with starting the book :-)

[Eldarwen]

It's one of the parts I'm looking forward to, trying to see if I can spot them all when they aren't quite so obvious. I've been told repeatedly that I would probably love the book, and it still took me years to finally pick it up.

I'm hoping to finish my current read today so I can jump into this one tomorrow - while reading another BR as well.

[Annalisa]

I'll probably be starting a few days late since I'm behind on other BRs. I've been hearing about this book for a while. I've ha a few friends recommended it but then say it probably wouldn't be my type of book. It will be interesting to see if that is the case.

[ClaireB]

Hi everyone. I'd like to participate in this buddy read. But like Eldarwen and Maria Helena, I'll be a couple of day later. I've started a faw books already and wouldn't be able to handle another until I finish a couple of them.

[Skandia]

I'm reading it right now and like Eldarwen, have been putting it off for a long time now.
So glad I finally picked it up. Even though I have never being gamer myself, I enjoy the challenge, virtual reality and of course the 80's references. My happy teenage years!
I don't pick up that much references to the movies, comics and tv-series, they are not familiar to me as I grew up in former Soviet Union but I enjoy the music references.

[Sunshine]

I still have the TRS-80 computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

My husband was going to toss it to electronic recycling.

Me: No, we can sell it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#...

We have the floppy disk, too. ...and cassettes
LOL

[Tammie]

Sunshine wrote: "I still have the TRS-80 computer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80

My husband was going to toss it to electronic recycling.

Me: No, we can sell it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80#......"

OMG Sunshine! I can’t believe you still have that. My husband and you are from the same species when it comes to saving that stuff...I must confess he was right though about keeping the turn table.

I’m @ Chapter 7...I think Cline is a genius with this book!
When he writes about Halliday I’m thinking of a cross between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.

When I was a kid it was space invaders and Pac-Man. I remember playing pong at the skating rink though.
I sure wish we would have had the insight to save some of those games...we were 4 kids in our household and by the time the fourth got their hands on it...toys were practically dust.

[Elize]

@Chie

Interestingly I didn't get most of the references because I am 21 and I'm not an 80's buff but I still thoroughly enjoyed the book.

I'm interested to see what other think!

[Tammie]

Elize wrote: "@Chie

Interestingly I didn't get most of the references because I am 21 and I'm not an 80's buff but I still thoroughly enjoyed the book.

I'm interested to see what other think!"

I was 21 in the 80s...when I started reading this I never dreamed this would be a book...gaming theme...that I could relate to.

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

-read up til chapter 10

I didn't get the 80s references too but I do play games back in college so I am enjoying it so far. I had a bit of a personal issue with something mentioned in the first few chapters and almost didn't continue.

(view spoiler)[ Is there a love line in this book? I hope Artemis is not being propped to be one. I liked how awesome and geeky she sounded and it would be great if they become just friends! (hide spoiler)]

[Skandia]

Finished today.
It was good. I was also getting Steve Jobs and Bill Gates vibes regarding Halliday.
In my opinion it was so fun to read because in virtual reality everything was possible - fun travel, magic abilities, any kind of weapons and so on. There really wasn't nothing restraining authors imagination.
Wasn't a perfect 5 stars because (view spoiler)[ once Perzival got to final task and through crystal gate it was even too easy to finish. I was expecting more of adventure and challenge from the final task. (hide spoiler)]

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

Tempted to click the spoilers!

[Skandia]

Kathleen wrote: "Tempted to click the spoilers!"

Spoilers are evil! Don't touch! Read the book :) It's fun.

[Sunshine]

I clicked the spoiler

...then

I thought it was the end..

Closed the spoiler
...close the spoiler

[Sunshine]

I was in my early 20s in the 80s

I get a lot of references, but not the gaming. I think there is something for everyone

I’m at chapter 26

[Tammie]

@chapter 10/11
...it gets kinda scary when you think about the (view spoiler)[control IOI/the media has on ‘everything’...reminds me of the doom foretold of ‘big brother’ taking over that did also happen back in the 70s and 80s. If you think about it...privacy, in our current reality, if very much an issue. (hide spoiler)]

[Tammie]

Skandia wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Tempted to click the spoilers!"

Spoilers are evil! Don't touch! Read the book :) It's fun."

I go back and click once I’ve read the chapter referenced so I don’t spoil...it is tempting!

[Elize]

Chie wrote: "Elize wrote: "@Chie

Interestingly I didn't get most of the references because I am 21 and I'm not an 80's buff but I still thoroughly enjoyed the book.

I'm interested to see what other think!"
..."


Very interesting! the same kind of thing happens here in Australia too sometimes. Or we just get it years later... so in the 90's :P

[Brooke]

I've had this on my TBR for a while now, so I'm going to try to work it in this week. It isn't my usual genre, but I've heard great things and always love 80's pop culture references!

[Sunshine]

about chapter 28/29
(view spoiler)[
... he becomes an indentured servant for not paying his bills on time

...then you find out that he planned this all along, to become an indentured servant

...when you think back on the time frame
1. he had all this money, how did he lose it all
2. he said, I have a plan, but he couldn't tell anyone
(hide spoiler)]

Brilliant writing and evil plan!!!

[Tammie]

Sunshine wrote: "about chapter 28/29

... he becomes an indentured servant for not paying his bills on time

...then you find out that he planned this all along, to become an indentured servant

...when you think b..."

I believe playing these games really forces him and most important enables him to be crafty...it's what it takes to play this game. It's really brilliant! Hard to put down.

[Sunshine]

The end...

...should have seen it coming

Overall 4 stars

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

~about to start chapter 13

Hm, the game is starting to sound scary. (view spoiler)[It feels like it's crossing over real life! (hide spoiler)]

[ClaireB]

I'm going to start this today :)

[Kat (wanderfulbooks)]

-somewhere in Level 2 ;)

For a second there I thought we were going to (view spoiler)[romanceville. I have no problems with reading romance but I just wasn't expecting that the book would have a loveline at all. (hide spoiler)]

Getting to the fun stuff now!