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Over the past month I’ve been in a Marvel binge. Mainly, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s super popular right now, and part of me feels like all these movies that are being made just for me are being sullied by all these other millions of people watching and enjoying them.
I mean, they’re mine. I get to enjoy them, not other people.
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	The House on the Corner: First Person Edition (Volume 1) by Andrew Leon (Goodreads Author), Rusty Carl (Goodreads Author) (Cover Design) 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indie Writers Monthly: Vol 1 Issue 3: June Bugs! by P.T. Dilloway, Andrew Leon (Goodreads Author), Sandra Ulbrich Almazan (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dead God's Wrath 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War Angel 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Killbot Buddy 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Home 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indie Writers Monthly: Vol. I, Issue 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indie Writers Monthly: The Negative Issue! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dungeon Crawler Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

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Rusty said: " Oh boy. What ride this series was. Of course, it isn’t over, but I caught up to the publication of new material pretty quickly. So, take a breath and dive in.

This is my first experience reading a sub-genre called “LitRPG” and I honestly feel like it Oh boy. What ride this series was. Of course, it isn’t over, but I caught up to the publication of new material pretty quickly. So, take a breath and dive in.

This is my first experience reading a sub-genre called “LitRPG” and I honestly feel like it triggered something in me that I”m not so sure I like. I mentioned something last year about enjoying a story where characters ‘level up’ as they progress throughout their adventures. This is like the ‘roided up version of that.

It is right there in name of the sub-genre. In this case, our hero is a big’ ol dummy with a heart of gold and a no-good cheating girlfriend. While taking care of her cat while she’s off with a ‘friend’ in the Bahamas* earth is attacked by aliens.

I don’t think it’s much a of spoiler to let you in on the fact that earth’s resistance lasts for about a femtosecond. And within a few pages (or more accurately, a few minutes of listening) most of earth’s population and infrastructure are destroyed. The remnants of which are forced to participate in a real-life D&D campaign under the watchful eye of some nasty intergalactic baddies.

And to be perfectly honest, I have no idea if the physical book version of this is even readable, because this is the greatest audiobook performance I’ve even heard and overshadows any storytelling expertise by the author. The narrator is a genius(named Jeff Hays) who went all-in on making this story what it is. I legit thought this was a full-cast audio drama for a while and had to check multiple times to see for sure. The voices were amazing, the scenes were genuinely performed (and not read, if that makes sense) and it was incredible to listen to.

Seriously, infinity stars.

*Maybe it was the Cayman Islands, or Costa Rica. Could have been the Virgin Islands. Point isn’t in the details there. I haven’t actually read this since late last summer. So the fact I remember the premise at all is a small miracle, and probably a testament of how much I enjoyed this. ...more "

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