If you’ve read the title and clicked through, then you can probably guess that I’m not a fan of Ready Player One. However! According to Goodreads, I’m in the minority. So if you love this book, don’t worry! A lot of other people do too.
Ready Player One is one of those books that’s just drenched in nostalgia bait. It’s like Stranger Things, but without the spooky atmosphere and 3 dimensional characters.
Okay, okay. I’m really jumping the gun here. So let’s start with the basics. Ready?
2020 has been quite the year so far, hasn’t it? What the hell happened? It was supposed to be our year, guys. Instead, it feels like we’re edging closer to our world being a dumpster fire, and all of the regular stresses have been blown through the roof. Even hobbies aren’t the same as they once were. Reading during a pandemic is entirely different from what reading during any other year would be.
While the world seems set to stab itself in the foot over and over again, there are things that we can do to ease some of the stress. I’ve seen all types of readers during the pandemic. There are people who are using the time to dive into their TBRs like nothing even matter and others who are struggling to read even a single page.
Don’t worry! There is a way to keep yourself on track if that’s what you’re looking for, but keep in mind that this is a pandemic. No one’s going to fault you for not hitting your reading goals this year.
But if you’re serious about wanting to hit that reading goal and if you’ve been in a slump, I’ve got 5 pandemic-proof ways that you can get yourself going again.
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For those of you who aren’t in the know, Shine is a YA novel about a young Korean girl named Rachel who wants to become a kpop star. Written by Jessica Jung of SNSD fame, it was both touted as a completely fictional piece that would let you live the life of a budding kpop star.
The same Jessica Jung who was part of Kpop royalty during her time at SM Entertainment. And the same Jessica Jung who got embroiled in a scandal which led to her getting blacklisted in the industry. I have no comment on that scandal or about Jessica as a person. I don’t know enough about it to comment.
For Shine, however, I have plenty of opinions.
Fair warning, guys. This is a spoiler talk. It’s not a joke. Click through here and there be spoilers.
If you haven’t read my review of Shine by Jessica Jung, you can check it out here.
If not? Let’s start spoiling some plot points.
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