The Trickster’s Tale, Book 1

4 stars. A LitRPG adventure from a non-fighting character’s perspective. I have been seeking out books where the main character focuses on the charisma stat more. I don’t know why, but I just thought it would be fun to see…

The Captain, Book 1

5 stars. Will Wight knows how to write. I picked up another series from one of my favorite authors, Will Wight who wrote Cradle. In this book, the MC is a mage in a magical universe. He uses a once…

Sword Art Online, the Anime

4.5 stars. Classic fantasy anime. I paid for and finished Book 1 of Sword Art Online. And just out of curiosity, I searched the web to see if there was an animated version of it. There is. It lives on Crunchroll,…

Sword Art Online, Book 1

4.5 stars. Classic fantasy anime. I was looking for something new to read, and took a chance on this. I don’t regret it at all. This book uses many of the classic tropes of progression fantasy: This book includes a…

Things I Like #4: Consequences

One interesting element of progression fantasy books is when dangerous actions have actual consequences for the main character. For instance, when the main character’s party is fighting a powerful enemy, and an important member of the team dies. And not…

Rune Seeker, Book 1

4 stars. An interesting premise, a couple of interesting twists. Instead of reading one of the books on my To Read list, I decided to pick up something new called Rune Seeker. The premise of the book is rather interesting.…

Unorthodox Farming, Books 1-2

4.5 stars. A guy finds a new way to become a master farmer without having to plant crops. I’ve been putting off reading this for a while. Book 1 is called “Oh, Great! I’ve Been Reincarnated as a Farmer.” Book…

Sol Anchor, Books 1-4

5 stars. I really loved this one. So I started and finished a little book yesterday that I had a major problem with. I loved it, and there was only one book. I had to wait most of a year…

The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, Book 1

4 stars. Started very strong, but losing steam. This novel has an interesting twist on the iseaki trope. (Note: I hear it was actually written before The Primal Hunter and Defiance of the Fall, so it’s one of the OG’s…

Solo Leveling, the Anime

5 stars. I wish there were more LitRPG anime series. There is a fairly popular book called Solo Leveling that I intend to read one day. But in the mean time, I turned on the anime cartoon that has been…