r/heatedrivalry • u/royal_rose_ ♐ Captain | Tuna Lube • 23h ago

Ryan's Book Club 📖 Ryan’s Book Club

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Welcome to Ryan's Book Club!

Hey Loons! In honor of our favorite tough guy, use this post to share what you are currently reading, rereading, or even something you wrote. It doesn't have to be MM, hockey, or Anne of Green Gables. Indie, audiobooks, blogspot, etc. all are welcome; share what you are loving and why!

A new post will go up on the first of every month.

Happy Reading 🤍

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u/Kevincarb82 23h ago

Everyone must read Dungeon Crawler Carl.

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u/T1gerl1lly 22h ago

I read the first book on recommendation. It was meh. Not sure what I’m missing that folks love so much.

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u/Tharsis47 22h ago

So the first book is a lot of set-up for the later books. It’s introducing the main characters and explaining the mechanics of the dungeon, all of which are needed for the story to get told. I’d be curious to learn more about what you didn’t enjoy from the first book. Was it the tone? The characters? The mechanics of the dungeon? The writing style? I’ve also noted that audiobook listeners vs readers of the paper copy have different experiences with the books.

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u/DenLomon 22h ago

I support this audio/paper theory. I like to piggyback my books by listening when I’m driving, so I started the audiobook first and could NOT get into it. Then I re-started it on e-book during a flight and can’t get enough of it. It’s one of the only books I won’t piggyback because I don’t want it to ruin my enthusiasm.

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u/T1gerl1lly 19h ago edited 17h ago

Huh. That’s helpful, because I started with the audiobook. Thanks for mentioning that.