Ready Player One Review

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline follows the teenage Wade Watts in the year 2044. Even though the story takes place in the future it primarily deals with the past; the 1980s. Feel free to read on, I will not include any spoilers. Everything so far is found on the back cover or in the first chapter.

The story is addicting. Cline is good at giving little pieces along the way that keep you reading. I have read the book every chance I can get. The book is 400 pages long and keeps you engaged the whole way!

The story revolves around the future dystopian society that the earth has turned into, due to many of the current issues: climate change, energy crisis, burning fossil fuels, wealth inequality, and more. A dystopian society is a horrible society that is the opposite of what we strive for. It can be thought of as the opposite of a Utopian society, which is perfect. Dystopian stories have been popular for a few years now. Think of the Hunger Games, The Giver, Divergent series, and The Road to name a few.

In the dystopian society there exists a utopian escape, the massive multiplayer online (MMO) game that everyone plays OASIS. The creator of OASIS created a competition before he died. Whoever finds the clues hidden in the game will inherit the fortune left after his death. For people in a dystopian society, this is their only chance to move up in life.

Wade is one of millions of players looking for the clues to the contest. He is an average nerd with a good heart living in a terrible situation, like most of humanity. The 1980s play a big part because the inventor of OASIS grew up in the 80s and that is the only hint available for the clues. They discuss 80s culture, music, movies, trends, and everything else. The 80s are making a comeback, if not in the real world definitely in literature and television.

If you are on the fence about the story, definitely check it out! You will find something to love in either Wade, his experience, the 80s, or nerd culture. There is also word that this will be made into a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

One of the best books of 2016. One of the hardest books to put down I have read in a long time. Download a sample and get hooked.



The book is available in paperback, audio book, and on your kindle.

Ready Player One (Kindle Edition)

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2015 Literary Book Award Winners

The book award winners for 2015 are in. This post covers the Nobel Prize in Literature, The Pulitzer Prize, The National Book Award, and the Man-Booker Prize for fiction.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015

The Nobel Prize honors an author “for outstanding contributions in the field of literature.” It is awarded annually. The past winners from the US include Sinclair Lewis, T. S. Elliot, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, and Toni Morrison to name a few; some heavy hitters in American Literature. The award is a big deal since only one author wins per year for a body of work.

This year the away went to Svetlana Alexievich a Belarus author and journalist. She was born in the Ukraine and writes about life during and after the Soviet Union. She was awarded “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.” What that means is that she writes many voices together at the same time in her novels and biographies. She mixes in reporting and interviews to create a collage of a wide range of voices. She is notable also for her criticism of political regimes in the former Soviet Union and in Belarus where she lives now. A very brave thing to do in a land torn by civil war and powerful regimes.

She has very good reviews on Amazon. Here are some of her works in English.




War’s Unwomanly Face
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

The Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize for fiction is awarded yearly to an American author writing about American life. Some past winners are many of the same from the Nobel Prize; Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway.

This year the award goes to Anthony Doerr for All the Light We Cannot See.

The National Book Award

The mission of the NBA is to celebrate the best American Literature, expand its audience, and enhance the cultural value of great writing in America. Some notable past winners include William Carlos Williams, Norman Mailer, John Updike, William Faulkner, and Thomas Pynchon to name a few. This award goes to a book and is presented to the author. Many authors have won for numerous books.

The 2015 winner for fiction is Adam Johnson for Fortune Smiles: Stories.

The Man-Booker Prize

The Man-Booker Prize while it remains relatively unknown in the US, is the major award an author can win next to the Nobel Prize. The award takes submissions from many countries and requires that the book me in English and published in the Commonwealth Nations, read former British colonies.

All the awards are a big deal to win, but this one is a step above because it includes many more authors and countries. Some notable winners include Julian Barnes and J. M. Coetzee, two great authors.

The 2015 Man-Booker Prize winner is Marlon James for A Brief History of Seven Killings.

This book also won many other awards and was included in numerous best of the year book lists. Marlon James is the first Jamaican to win the prestigious award and the first on this side of the pond, I believe. The book looks fantastic. It is a fictional account of an attempt to take Bob Marley’s life. It has been described as complicated and difficult, so bring your A reading game.



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