GameTZ

21-Feb-22 4:27pm
#1

DarkFact

This topic had many older posts which were moved here: https://gametz.com/G...

I can keep a tally of users and total books they've read, just drop in here and say what you read and what you thought about it, should be a fun discussion I think. Oh, and I guess let me know how many systems you own or something. Maybe you'll win a prize! Probably not. Read books because it's the Chad thing to do on a website about trading videogames.


Readers for 2024!

Hobbes21 - 7/4
bill - 10/4
sinnie - 2/?
kommie - 13/?
picklenickel - 23/20
bogo - 6/?
scottt - 1/?
Back4more - 1/2
DarkFact - 1/2
razeak - 1/?
Shane12m - 5/6


Readers for 2023 Final Tallies

Sinnie - 13/7
Bogo - 50/7
DarkFact - 6/2
hobbes21 - 19/4
nonamesleft - 13/?
EB - 4/7
Scott - 2/6
Kommie - 20/5
back4more - 2/2
Alaisiagae - 1/?
bill - 8/?

Readers for 2022 Final Tallies

DarkFact - 3/5
Cevil - 19/10
Kommie - 29ish/1
Miranda - 12/7
Benstylus - 0/?
Alaisiagae - 0/?
Razeak - 4/32
Sinnie - 4/8
bill - 4/7
bogo - 54/7
Hobbes - 14/5
Heavyd814life - 9/5
Roko - 4/9
Scott - 5/5
bumsplikity - 11/25
nonamesleft - 7/?
The_prophecy - 2/2
back4more - 8/2
EB - 14/10

30-Aug-23 3:34pm
#161

nonamesleft


bogo wrote:
Finished up Hotel Caledonia: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 7 by J.S. MorinCool how your finishes are going in order of mission 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.

8-Sep-23 8:40am
#162

bogo


again, you all need to step it up. i forgot to update after two books ago because nobody else is reading

Finished up:
-Eye of the Pharaoh: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 8 by J.S. Morin
-Ship with no name: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 9 by J.S. Morin

8-Sep-23 8:45am
#163

sinnie


Work, kids, Baulders Gate 3 has consumed my life. I have so many things to read too. The struggle is real. I just need to get another audio book for my commute.

8-Sep-23 9:03am
#164

Kommie


I've been reading a super long book, for example Eye of the Pharaoh, that's only 185 pages according to Good Reads. If I were reading books that short I'd be way over my goal of 25 books.

8-Sep-23 9:06am
#165

Scott


I've actually been making good progress on a book recently, hoping to have it finished next week.

8-Sep-23 9:37am
#166

hobbes21


Finished Callahan's Crosstime Saloon yesterday. It's a series of humorous sci-fi adjacent vignettes that take place entirely in a bar with a lot of the same barflies involve. What a charming read. Never heard of this book or author previously which surprised me since it has such a fun setting. Apparently there are 9 more of these. Probably something I'll sprinkle in over the next few years when I need something light.

I'm most of the way through 2 other books so I'll be posting again within the next couple weeks.

8-Sep-23 12:06pm
#167

sinnie


Started Lockwood and Co book 1. Loved the Netflix series (boo they canceled it) and the book has been fantastic so far. I'm listening to it on my commute.

9-Sep-23 12:53pm
#168

bogo


Kommie wrote:
I've been reading a super long book, for example Eye of the Pharaoh, that's only 185 pages according to Good Reads. If I were reading books that short I'd be way over my goal of 25 books.
It's called gaming the system lol

9-Sep-23 4:20pm
#169

Kommie


bogo wrote:
Kommie wrote:> I've been reading a super long book, for example Eye of the Pharaoh, that's only> 185 pages according to Good Reads. If I were reading books that short I'd be way> over my goal of 25 books. It's called gaming the system lol
Sounds like someone from the Beat A Game Thread purposely playing short games to "win" no prize at all

11-Sep-23 9:29am
#170

bogo


I mean, it just happens to be an entertaining series that has a lot of shorter books.

and on that note: finished up No More Mr. Nice Girl: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 10 by J.S. Morin

13-Sep-23 9:49am
#171

hobbes21


What Is This Thing Called Love? - Gene Wilder - Series of short stories centered on love/romance. Some are relatively tender, some are humorous, some appear to semi-biographical. Each story is pretty light and the book is a breeze to get through. Gene Wilder is charming as ever the more I read him.

13-Sep-23 10:00am
#172

hobbes21


I finished up Milky Way Coalition by GameTZ very own Yoda5. Humorous sci-fi romp. Influence from Hitchhiker's Guide is very evident.

I am giving this book away to the first user on here who posts that they are interested. The only requirement is that you guarantee that you will read it and pass it on once completed.

20-Sep-23 8:03am
#173

back4more


Heir to the Empire (book 1 of the the Thrawn Trilogy). This takes place about 5 years after Return of the Jedi and has Luke, Leigha, Han, etc starting another adventure against the Empire. Came out in 1991, I first read it around 2008, and just listened to the Audible version which is awesome because there are plenty of sound effects added in.

20-Sep-23 10:51am
#174

bogo


Heard a lot o good things about heir to the empire recently with Mandalorian and Ahsoka touching quite a bit on that vein.

Also, i finished up:
-Magic's Little Helper: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 11 by J.S. Morin
-Mortanian Rhapsody: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 12 by J.S. Morin

20-Sep-23 12:25pm
#175

hobbes21


[Citation Needed] The Best of Wikipedia's Worst Writing - Conor Lastowka
Didn't enjoy this at all. I'm all for snarkiness and poking fun where its due, but this fell completely flat for me. None of the jokes/quips landed. Some of the Wikipedia entries had obvious reasons for some of the info. I'm usually a fan of Lastowka among rifftrax, podcasts etc. but this was a complete miss for me.

21-Sep-23 8:17am
#176

sinnie


Lockwood and Co The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud. Onto book 2....

I am listening to them from audible while I drive to and from work. The voice work on book 1 was fantastic... the person doing book 2 annoys me because she makes a nasaly female voice for George and sometimes it's hard to tell who is speaking because she doesn't really change her voice. Man I hope she doesn't do more of these... I will probably look before buying the audible version of book 3 unless I somehow get used to it.

21-Sep-23 6:36pm
#177

DarkFact


back4more wins, sinnie well into extra credit territory

23-Sep-23 9:20am
#178

DarkFact


I'm counting myself up two books, I don't even care crap was over a thousand pages. Bleach 3-in-1, picked up the first two collections, takes you up to Rukia getting arrested by Soul Society. Honestly... I thought the manga would be a bit faster paced than this? This is basically Episode 1-15 of the show, so for six volumes, was pretty surprised. Still, you can finish that in a couple evenings without feeling like a slug, so it's probably still the best way to check out the story. And the price is right, 15 bucks a book, sometimes they go on sale and obviously if you're turning bing points into amazon bucks it's even better. That's all I use that credit for now, taking a third of the price off these, even better than Kindle Rewards bonus bucks.

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25-Sep-23 9:41am
#179

bogo


Finished up two books this weekend. next in the big series was: The Girls Are Back in Town: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 13 by J.S. Morin

Also finished up the latest book in the series that the wife and I listen to on long drives: The Hollow Crown by Jeff Wheeler

Made dents in both next books as well...too much time in the car this weekend

4-Oct-23 9:15am
#180

bogo


Haven't been online much recently...but finished up another couple:

Stuck in the Astral with You: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 14 by J.S. Morin
Lair of the Dog: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 15 by J.S. Morin

only one left in this series and I'm already half way through it. After this is over, i think i'll try to do knock out a one off book before jumping to another series

6-Oct-23 2:02pm
#181

bogo


and i officially finished up the last one: Empathy for the Devil: Black Ocean: Mercy For Hire, Mission 16 by J.S. Morin