Another thing that bugged me is one of the rules to the magic
system. According to the book, cards won’t disappeared from the world unless
the deckbearer kills themselves, dies in a dungeon or dies to a monster. This rule
seems like real bad setup for a deckbearer. If it gets out that you have cards,
what is stopping anyone from hitting you with their card, poisoning your food
or some other form assassination? Isn’t it enough that you have to face off
against monsters and other deckbearers? Now, it is possible that anyone you
meet would be out to get you. How could annoying not end up a paranoid lunatic?
I’m guessing the author was relying on that most people in general are decent
human beings and wouldn’t try to kill a stranger for magic powers.
LansingITGuy
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
A reviewed of Demon Card Enforce: A Deck-Building LitRPG (The Cerberus Cards Book 1) by John Stovall
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Review of Awakening (World of Magic: Book 1) by Levi Werner
So, I just recently finished the audio Awakening (World of
Magic book 1) by Levi Werner. Now, I know that the book was released 2021 but I
just never gotten around to it with all things going on.
The book is about a paralyzed person offered an opportunity to
spend his life in a virtual reality game. It is a pretty common theme in the
litRPG genre to have main characters spend their life inside the game. One of
the best/unique aspects of the novel that I like was the very creative magic
system. However, the main character’s magic system is so overpowered that he
can perform magic that no other character can do at the time. While the author’s
reasoning for the magic system is pretty sound, I personally don’t like a novel
with such an overwhelming ability in the first book.
While the main character does get some setbacks because of
his abilities, he is really overed powered compared to other characters of the
same level. Honestly, if the main character wasn’t facing off against
characters of a higher level, nothing would be a challenge for him. Evening
some of the higher-level enemies he faced didn’t put up much of a fight.
While the main character does seem to luck into some very
beneficial situations, I have to say that he does seem to make some rational
decisions. I can honestly say that there was never a situation where I was like
why he would evening considering that activity.
Now, if you read the description of the book on amazon, you
know that there is more to the world than anyone expected. However, if you are
a fan of litRPGs, then you probably know exactly what is going on because the
book uses another common trope of the genre. Honestly, the reasoning behind the
trope is pretty interesting premise and wasn’t something I’ve seen before. The
only issue is that it didn’t have much meaning in the first book. I’m guessing
it will be coming to be a more prominent feature in later books. In honestly,
if you like litRPG novels, I recommend giving Awakening a try.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Audible vs Kindle
I have to say that one of my favorite activities is reading. I enjoy reading so much that whenever I had a few minutes I would read a book. However, since having kids, my free time has disappeared. Before my kids were born, according to Goodreads, I was reading between 80-100 books per year. Now after having kids, I haven't read more than 50 books in year.
However, after a recommendation from a co-worker, I decided
to try audible. Audible does makes things easier to complete other tasks while
I get to listen to a book. So, when I'm tending to a flower bed, going for a
walk or cleaning up the house, I can still listen and escape to a different
world. So, I have to say it is being able to multitask and enjoy a story at the
time.
So, while I was taking care of things this year, I was able to listen to 41 audio books versus reading 19 kindle books. There are a couple of things that I don't like about audible. One thing that I really don't like about audible is that you can't automatically add your audio books to your good reads account. So, it is harder to keep track of your reading challenge progress. So, I have to manually go back and mark each book as read in the system. I really wish they could be connected. The next issue that I have is that the audible site only tracks your listen history for the current year. So, I'm unable to see when the last time I listen to a particular book or how many books I read the previous year. I wish there was a better way for tracking. If you know of a way, please let me know.
So, that brings up the question, what method do you prefer
to enjoy your literacy? Do you prefer to enjoy a good audio book, read
from a table/phone, or cozy up to a good book?