Lost Whyspers

⭐⭐⭐⭐ SPOILER ALERT! This contains major spoilers for the live-action mini-series  Alice in Borderland .

I started watching a Netflix series called Alice in Borderland that's based on a Japanese manga by the same name. I forget where I heard about it, but it's fascinating so far. It's about people who are somehow put into a real life game of life and death. I've watched 2 of the 8 episodes. I definitely want to finish watching the whole way through. I like how Netflix and other providers are doing more of these live-action mini-series on various books and manga and such. It's great Disney is doing more with Star Wars, too. I had finished watching season 2 of the Mandalorian and was pleasantly entertained.  

SPOILER ALERT! This contains spoilers for No Game No Life . I finished reading book 3 of the light novels for No Game No Life . They just finished beating the Werebeasts at their game. This catches me up to the point where the anime series ends. So the next book will be the new stuff I've been looking forward to. The anime actually follows the light novels rather closely. I've been seeing more of the term isekai recently, which is the genre this series falls under. The term means "different world" in Japanese and refers to light novels, manga, and anime about characters that get transported to another world. I really like this genre. I suppose it is similar to LitRPG in many ways, which I also like when reading fiction.

I just found an awesome app called Zerobooks that lets you download and read a variety of light novels and web novels. They have a lot of the light novels I've already read or wanted to read, like Sword Art Online and No Game No Life . I just downloaded all the ones for No Game No Life and started reading the first book. So cool! 😀 I went ahead and paid for the pro version since I know I'll get good use out of this app. Zerobooks (free ad-supported version) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zer0.admin.zer0bo0ks&hl=en Zerobooks Pro (paid ad-free version) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xer0.admin.zer0bo0ks&hl=en_US

SPOILER ALERT! This contains spoilers for Hatsukoi Losstime . I don't usually read manga, but I read this one recommended by my friend Scruffy. I liked the mixed of scientific theory and philosophy. It was interesting thinking about how reality might be shaped by our perceptions. I do think there's something to that idea. Hmm, I had originally thought I'd like to say more about this story, but I can't think of more. I did like that it ended on a happy note. I was seriously worried that this was the type of story that would end sadly to try to get the most impact. I'm not sure how it was that she went into a coma and survived the disease to then wake up later, but I'm glad for it. 🙂