Taryn K

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I'm a homebody who likes to read, sing, do crafts, and play role-playing games on video-game consoles from the NES up to the PS4 while my cat supervises me.

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Casual Farming 5: A Slow Living LitRPG (Sowing Season)

Wolfe Locke and Mike Caliban

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A slice of life LitRPG about farming in a town called Summer Shandy where the seasons end right on...

Added: Jan 4, 2023, 8:01:25 AM

ReSet: Be Good, Your Life Depends On It

Savanna Loy

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Added: Dec 22, 2022, 11:09:21 AM

Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu Volume 2 (manga)

Natsuya Semikawa and Virginia Nitouhei

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The second installment in this slice-of-life manga about a pub with a backdoor in Japan and a front...

Added: May 15, 2022, 8:30:03 AM

Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu Volume 1 (manga)

Natsuya Semikawa and Virginia Nitouhei

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A delightful slice of life about a Japanese pub with a back door in modern Japan and a front door in...

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Yarned and Dangerous (A Tangled Web Mystery)

Sadie Hartwell

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Josie Blair is a struggling designer who moved back to Dorset Falls from New York to take care of...

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Taryn K (441 KP) rated Casual Farming 5: A Slow Living LitRPG (Sowing Season) in Books

Jan 4, 2023

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Another slice of life farming/dungeon book

I've read all 5 of the Casual Farming novels that are currently out, though this is the first one I've actually written a review on. We've followed Jason from his arrival in Summer Shandy to his marriage and first child. Old friends have new roles, new faces have joined the town so he's not the newest guy, and he has thoroughly settled in. I really enjoyed this.

I am still, after 5 books, unsure of what to make of the time system in this universe. I'm happy we don't have Jason's wife puking all day every day for 7 months, but getting through the pregnancy in one season is a little strange. It works though, kind of like the seasons changing at midnight exactly on the last day of the season.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to book 6, whenever they get it published. :)

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Taryn K (441 KP) rated ReSet: Be Good, Your Life Depends On It in Books

Dec 22, 2022

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A one-night read

I picked up ReSet at the request of a friend as the story sounded rather like the YA dystopian novels of my teens. I started reading it before I went to bed and finished it before I went to sleep. It's a pretty quick read, and a pretty good story.

The plot's interesting, though it's a little surprising how easily the unsuitable people are eliminated. I think I only actually liked a couple of the characters; however I don't think we were necessarily meant to as these are fairly normal people (for the most part) dealing with an extreme and abnormal situation. The fellow in charge, Greyson Jeffers, who made this situation happen, keeps a close eye on the people he allows to form towns with the help of microchips implanted in them. Each town is allowed so many "bad" actions before it is "reset" aka destroyed. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, but doing something about it is hard with the close surveillance. The end of the book felt a bit like a cliff-hanger to me, but I am hoping the author is able to publish book 2 soon.