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  OKAY.. Ready Player Two, sequel by Ernest Cline... Unfortunately, suggestion by many friends did not hold true, it did disappoint. It was as expected, a well crafted geek fest that picked up where the other left off, ended satisfactory, and was a little too full of geeky detail, BUT ultimately achieved an 'okay not great' trophy.. I look forward to a movie version ;) Great book? Meh. Enjoyed it? Sure... Suggest to others? Yup (see notes below).. standalone? Nope.. If you haven’t read the first book, dont skip to this one. Deeper notes.. Annoyances.. While Ready Player One was chock full of pop culture detail that was very accessible to most people, Player Two went a bit further into the back catalog of geekiness and presented stuff I just was not able to handle. Was a bit of a miss when Cline reaches down deep and pulls out games no one I know has ever heard of, songs by bands that (while the band/song is good) are not memorable to most, and deeeeep Tolkien references beyond ...

  Just reread Ready Player One so i could crack open Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline Picked it up from Lori at Jan's Beaverton over xmas but just never found the time to start because of famdamily time. it has been years since the first and the movie is drastically different, so queued book one up in advance. I hear from trusted readers that the book does not disappoint.. here goes!

Pretty sure if I ever get a character tattoo on my body, it might be this cover image of ‘Spiderweb’.. This is probably the easiest book ever to review. Much thanks to Carton Mellick III for writing this outstanding novella! So.. 8th graders Ethan and Spiderweb (Jill) fall in love on the bus. They are awkward and quiet and in the normal way, extend that awkwardness to a little afterschool date, and new teenage love.. Everything else you need to know is in the title. “Every time we meet at the dairy queen your whole fucking face explodes”