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Sierra Six: I like both story lines but not enjoying the back and forth in the time line aspect.
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LMS, exactly! I couldn't have had said it better! The one thing I feel is that with a good editor and translation team, this could really become accessible to everyone who loves the genre. In its current state, many would be willing to brush it off as insignificant... As I said, I love Weed, and I actually disagree with some of the reviews, where they say the grandma and sister storyline is boring. Those are actually my favorite parts. I look forward to when he signs off of the capsule and has to deal with his real life finances and being among real people. Apart from with his grandma and sister, he sucks in communicating with others:))) Reminds me of my brother, only he kind of sucks at video games too, and his real life friends told him he is too low level and don't want him in their parties (vg ones)... I feel bad for him...
LMS: Dealing with real life and the game go hand in hand for this story. I already have an idea of how the end will be. Though, I can't really imagine a real end to this series.
Yeah, I wondered if the reviews/comments about his family were actual detraction, but it's a core part of the foundation for how Hyun is who is and what he does. I like them too. Though, it took a while for me to accept his sister. She does seem a bit conniving.
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I made it past the 1/3 mark... (view spoiler)
The main timeline just hasn't really impressed me with the action, yet?... throwing the fashion model out the window in book 5-6 is still a highpoint in the series, for me :D (having like a handful of seconds to take out a room of enemies then jumping on a deadweight dead body to create enough resistance on the tether to keep the model from splatting on the street was pretty epic)...
EDIT: Meant 50%... looks like 33% was more like when I originally had the thought... managed to read some more at work, in between projects...
Sierra Six: I'm done.I know I've read thrillers where we get to see them at the young age and train, but I can't remember any of the books. lol Can you guys?
I could see why there are two time lines, but they didn't necessarily make the other one more strong or stand out. I liked both, but didn't enjoy the flip flop between the two.
Priya is great. I hope we see more of her.
I enjoyed getting the extended flashback at young Court. =D
Overall, good fun but not my fav for the series.
lol, I snooze for one long work day and miss out on the BR. I'll probably listen over the weekend to Impact Winter and then click through y'alls spoiler tags. :)
BTW, when you do BRs here, do you count them as BRs in the challenge, or is that only for official thread BRs?
I consider them as a BR since it is in the group.
It's a BR for the comp. I put the date as either when I read it or when the first person read it.
Soo, I am in LMS v. 8... What does oppa and unnie mean?
Oppa is older brother.Unnie is older sister.
Used for close friends or family members.
You'll also see Name-nim and the 'nim' is like sir/mr/mrs/ma'am.
Thank you! We have the same in Bulgaria... Bate for an older boy/man and kaka for an older girl/woman... Not too much older, because then we get into the uncle and aunt territory, they don't have to be related...
There are different labels for uncle & aunt. Like
Sister/Brother of Parent would have Aunt/Uncle would be Emo/Samchon.
However Aunt's husband would be Emoboo.
I don't remember what the wife of the uncle would be called, but they're a different name label.
LMS, Vol23:Weed learned a strong sculpting skill for battles. He uses it and he's like, that's it? Then it all goes to hell in a hand basket!
LOL
Haha! MLS V8, he just made a sculpture of pure gold and is crying like a baby, because he spent so much money! And that is in game only. In real life, the hunting party just invited him to go to a concert in reality, and he is freaking out, because tickets cost money:)))
Has anyone read/heard of the Mother of Learning webseries? Just heard about the kickstarter and am curious:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
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I count it as long as it meets the other rules... (started reading within 2-3 weeks of someone else, was an intention to Buddy Read and discuss mentioned, say more that "I read it")
Nirkatze wrote: "Has anyone read/heard of the Mother of Learning webseries? Just heard about the kickstarter and am curious:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/..."
It's a very popular indie serial on Royal Road, but I wasn't able to get into it like the Wandering Inn. I never made it beyond the first chapter/etc on RR. It's already been released on Amazon & Audible so I'm not sure why there would be a Kickstarter.
Maybe they're trying to get money to make the other audiobooks. I know most of the indie/new authors are doing that if they have a reader base.
A lot of the LitRPG and popular webserials from Royal Road & other writing platforms are being published in ebook format & audiobook.
It's a mixed bag. On hand, it's cool people are willing to go out and get their writing published. On the other hand, 95% of them need more editing, more experience writing & better writing techniques and know how to tell a complete story.
GR notifications are probably broken again. lol
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Thanks y'all for the clarification on BRs.@Soo, re: Mother of Learning kickstarter--it's for a printed copy of the book.
Nirkatze, you can read Mother of Learning on Royal Road. I'd try to read it before joining the Kickstarter for it. I'm not sure if it's worth supporting. Like, I enjoy supporting Pirateaba with Patreon & buying the audiobooks, but I'm not sure I'd be interested in buying a print version of the series. I really do prefer reading it on the website vs ebook. The ebook/print would be a different experience and maybe more aggravating to me due to what I consider inconsistent writing due to many writing experiments.
Choko! I started reading LMS on Novel Pub, but Vol24 1-4 doesn't have the full chapters. I find that I have to go between Novel Pub and Read Light Novels to get the full story.
Here's the link for Read Light Novels:
https://readlightnovels.net/the-legen...
LoL I have strangers commenting on my review for Impact Winter. I think it's weird when a stranger wants to impose an opinion on someone they don't know. Like, it's one thing for me to read a random review and have opinions on the review. Unless it's a review by a friend, I rarely make a comment or "like" it. My opinions are just my opinions.
On the flip side, I have had a couple of cool conversations with strangers because it's a review noted by a mutual friend. I don't get the whole be aggressive in a negative manner online deal. I understand it from an outsider point of view, but it's just not something I'm interested in doing myself.
Soo wrote: "LoL I have strangers commenting on my review for Impact Winter. I think it's weird when a stranger wants to impose an opinion on someone they don't know. Like, it's one thing for ..."
People get so stupid sometimes when they disagree.
TY for the advice on Mother of Learning, Soo!Very weird to have random people aggressively commenting on reviews. I will like a review if it was useful, but yeah, I'm not going to go comment on a stranger either, unless I maybe have a question. Everyone has their own opinions.
Just started Impact Winter. I see what y'all're saying about it being better as a TV show. But since I often just listen to TV shows anyway and sometimes don't look up much, I'm flowing along ok. In Chapter 1 (view spoiler) Sometimes it's a little hard to keep track of who is who, but I'm doing ok so far. The different actors helps. It is interesting having a "book" with no narration though.
Yeah, I think of disagreements as things that can spark new ideas or understanding, because we are all limited in our view. It doesn't have to be necessarily a negative interaction. Though, likely to become heated in defense of opinions. I feel like life should be full of passion. Nothing wrong with feeling stuff to the extent of that feeling, good or bad. It's all a part of your life, right? Obviously, that doesn't keep me from going all neanderthal and growling in my head with anger at some stuff in life. I mean, I'm human. I get mad too. Hahahah
Re Impact Winter: I like vampires! Not the ones in this one though. lol For a short audiobook, it felt really long to listen to. XD
I thought Impact Winter was tough to listen to. The sound effects were a cool idea but sometimes I couldn't understand what was being said due to the noise. And, at first I struggled with who was who. I really like the idea of a multiple voice actors audiobook even with sound effects. But this one missed the mark for me
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Very weird to have random people aggressively commenting on reviews. I will like a review if it was useful, but yeah, I'm not going to go comment on a..."
Most of the reviews I comment on, are unreleased books with discussion about book names/etc...
Brian, there are good audiodrama books out there. It's just not Impact Winter. The base concepts were cool though.
Yep. I posted to Armored by Mark Greaney and really like that audio drama. It's short too but enjoyable
Soo, thank you so much for the link! Do you think it is worth switching over to there, or should I stick with the one I am already reading?I comment on strangers reviews all the time, but it is either a question, or something to uplift the author of the review, like a thanks or a great job. I did, once, long ago, get into a discussion with someone, who had what I considered to be a poisonous review, just said I disagree with the premise, and after that the person accused me of being a horrible person, I don't even remember what it was about... I think I stood up for the right of every author to lead their characters wherever they choose, but she felt that the author has responsibilities to their readers to live up to their expectations... Writing is art, the artist should have the right to create whatever they want, and we as readers should have the right to read it or not, like it or not, buy it or not... But we shouldn't dictate to the author... So, I turned out to be the bad person in the situation... The funny thing is, I didn't like the way the book went either, but it was what the author wanted... In my mind, I am just not going to read this author anymore. This is why when I find someone whose writing fits me, I trust them to lead me in their story...
But that was the last time I expressed my disagreement...
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Choko, I have both websites open and I switch between the two. Like Read Light Novels website has website maintenance often enough that it's not always available. You can bookmark both websites and can have a second source ready if you need it.
Like, I'm pretty sure both website places are presenting the same translations, but the difference is in the format of the website and whoever ported the translations onto the site. Since Vol22, there are more errors on Read Light Novels & structure issues of not having spaces between words & stuff.
Spelling mistakes may be on Novel Pub, but it doesn't have the sentence structure problems.
Vol24 is the one where Novel Pub did not import the entire Ch1-4. I'm not sure if there were problems before that.
Also, you have to kinda swing with the name changes depending on who did the translation. The organizer in me wished that they had made the effort to write down the names that have been used and continued to do it that way for continuity. LoL
Despite all the issues, I really enjoy reading LMS! =D
Sound effects are also really weird when you speed up the audio... It's really meant to be listened to at normal speed. And I'm not used to that anymore, everyone talks so slow xD
Yeah, I'm almost done with Impact Winter, and noticed the same thing when I started--my default setting was 2.0 but I couldn't understand anything. Slowed it down to 1.0 and it was like s.l.o.w m.o.t.i.o.n. for the vocals. Finally settled on 1.5, which has been fine, as long as I'm paying attention. I'm not sure I'd follow the sound effects any better even if it was at 1.0.--how exactly are you supposed to follow what's happening in a fight scene with no dialogue just by sound?--but I'm getting enough to enjoy it.
In Impact Winter, I'm up to episode 11. The music at the end of each "episode" emphasizes the TV show feel of it. Like rolling the end credits.A bit more emo than I enjoy, and aspects of the plot are a little overdone, but I'm still enjoying it fine. It was a good distraction for walking around the grocery store. (view spoiler)
Finished Impact Winter. I knew I recognized Jepson's voice, but I didn't realize until the end credits that it was Liam Cunningham, who played Davos Seaworth in Game of Thrones.And Indira Varma was evil Italian vampire lady! Did not recognize her voice.
Nothing really changed in my initial impressions above. Though I agree with everyone who said that this doesn't feel like a wrap-up standalone.
There's an author's note or something at the end and Impact Winter is the first of a series. Which is what I figured. It had a very Brit post-apoc vibe that is a hit and miss for me in shows. Like there's a kind of dreary despondency that clouds everything as "nothing good will ever happen, no point in hope" deal that gets old to watch after a while.
There's a certain European trend for 'sad' or 'horror' that always seems to have similar elements of bleak and bleaker. lol
It can be well done, but it's not something I want to watch a bunch of in a row. As in a bunch of different shows doing it vs episodes of a series.
For this story, the narrators were great, but the story content was less than stellar and boring. Deflated cool concepts for me.
I've been listening to easy stories between 2.7-3.3x. With the sound effects and noise, I knocked down to 2.3x to listen. I kept thinking it was over, but it kept going. XD
lol. I think I may have enjoyed it more than y'all. I wouldn't mind listening to more--I feel I actually prefer to do stories on audible that I don't care about too much, so when my brain blanks and I miss things I'm just like meh! 'sall good. And just tune in for occasional entertainment.One part I did like was (view spoiler)
And glad I didn't try to count it as "stand alone novel" in bingo.
MLS V10... This is where I am finally seeing what you were talking about with the inconsistent name translation, Soo. Up until now the big bad necromancer was Balkan, and at once here he is Barkh-khan... Hmm, it's a good thing we can infer whom they are talking about by the situation... Also, some of the Wyverns were dead two books ago, but he called them all and all of them from 1 to 7 showed up to fight the bone dragon. Also, I just got to the point which you had told me about, where Weed became Undead Weed:)))) Cool Skil, if you don't get killed by your allies by mistake...
LMS: I believe there's a way to tell the difference between NPCs and players in the game. There never seems to be any confusion on that aspect. I believe there are only 4 Wyverns alive at that point. So that number was probably a mistake by translators. LOL
The series is totally worth the little effort to read. I'm enjoying it a lot.
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Hey, I have been wanting to read the Andrea Vernon books too! You should have said something so we could read it together...
LMS V 10, birthday party. First, the Geomchis going in the subway and all standing and looking intimidating without even trying, hilarious!Second, them going on the rollercoaster and discussing how much damage they could take if they jumped or fell and what parts of their bodies they are willing to sacrifice, funny!
Third, going to the zoo and discussing how different animals would taste and the difficulty in dismembering and cooking them - priceless!!!
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My bad... I threw it in at the laundromat, the other day, when I needed a pause on Witchshadow... finished it in between a couple other reads at work and home...
Bit late, but if you want to catch up, I can comment a bit more on events in the first book... I plan to read the 2nd & 3rd books soonish...
I haven't been talking much, the last handful of days... busy at work, and tired at home...
Currently reading ready player two and I swear it's as if they decided to copy sword art online and slightly alter the story lol
Julian wrote: "Currently reading ready player two and I swear it's as if they decided to copy sword art online and slightly alter the story lol"I've heard reviewers describe it as a blatant cash grab and have debated whether it was worth picking up. Is it still enjoyable despite that?
Choko wrote: "Hey, I have been wanting to read the Andrea Vernon books too! You should have said something so we could read it together..."@Choko--I'd do the audible listen for the Andrea Vernon books with you too Choko. :) Have you started already?
I'm trying to stretch out my listens to let Wandering Inn take longer, so that I make it to the next audio release without withdrawal...
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