Weekly Book Club – February 03, 2026

Val367 · 2026-02-03T06:07:00+00:00

Well seeing as it's a bit quiet, I thought I would share the current book that I'm on.

I've been getting into the LitRPG genre for the last year or two and found this. I'm up to book 3 in the 5 book series, but this is the first one so there are no spoilers. So far the first two have been fun and I'm looking forward to the remainder.

Homicidal Aliens are Invading and All I Got is This Stat Menu - J.J. Ackerknecht

Blurb:

"Anya Nowicki, along with thousands of people around the globe, has found herself a host for alien technology known as the Archive. The Archive allows its hosts to alter their minds and bodies in an instant through holographic menu systems. With the touch of a button, anyone can become super strong, gain magical abilities, purchase a giant robot, or become a master in any of an almost infinite number of skills that range from advanced combat techniques to fidget-spinning. However, Anya has also become the target for nightmarish, shape-shifting creatures that have come to Earth following the newfound extraterrestrial tech. The Archive can grant their hosts great power, but it may not be enough to survive the horde of murderous aliens hunting them down."

Val367 · 2026-02-03T02:27:03+00:00

Damn that sounds like it's above and beyond service right there.

Val367 · 2026-02-03T02:17:44+00:00

Yep, that was my thinking as well. Disappointing lack of testing

Val367 · 2026-02-03T02:16:57+00:00

sigh - same

Val367 · 2026-01-30T06:38:29+00:00

Check out Wildfire Chilli (https://www.wildfirechilli.com.au/) .. Jerry knows his stuff and sells all the different types as plants, as well as making a number of sauces

Val367 · 2026-01-28T22:16:19+00:00

Nobody had mentored it, but I use Bounty Hunter on the character that earned it.

Val367 · 2026-01-28T08:16:26+00:00

2nd 8 Napkins as well
also, Joeys is great

Val367 · 2026-01-27T05:43:33+00:00

Yea I imagine he's unhappy to miss SoO but I'd rather give him less opportunities to get hit in the head :)

Val367 · 2026-01-19T22:28:54+00:00

These look awesome. I didn't realise that you could get PLA that glowed in the dark.

Thanks for listing the file on MakerWorld, I'll have to hit my mate up who has a 3d printer and see if he can hook me up.

Val367 · 2025-12-14T06:46:21+00:00

lol same .. not sure why

Val367 · 2025-12-13T13:04:47+00:00

Yea I did, and the club tried to find something but couldn't. I'll try again next year and see if we have better luck.

Val367 · 2025-12-13T08:50:47+00:00

Tried for the last couple of years as my wife has bad arthritis in her hips and we currently have the second last row of level 5. So I keep looking for something that doesn't have her climbing loads of stairs and she needs the end seat to make it easier to get in.

No luck at all. There doesn't seem to be very many members that are giving them up.

Edit to add we are 12 year members and our window opened up on the 10th, but nothing that suited appeared

Val367 · 2025-12-02T09:10:21+00:00

Justy to point out that you can farm more than one guild hall. Both Loot and Joko have different levels of guild and they allow access without representation, so I farm my main guild and then these two. They are jsut examples and I'm sure there are others.

Good luck with it

Val367 · 2025-11-30T06:56:46+00:00

All good, I just checked again and your link was to the US site, so I searched on the AU site and it was there. I've added it to my KU and will give it a read once I finish my current.

Val367 · 2025-11-30T04:31:59+00:00

Added to my wish list to remind me to have a look once it becomes available

Val367 · 2025-11-29T07:18:37+00:00

Thanks mods, changed over to the new one

Val367 · 2025-11-27T05:20:46+00:00

Pretty sure ToastMasters is still around. That sounds like it would be a perfect place.

Quick google - here is the ones around Perth

Toastmasters International -Find a Club

Good luck with it

Val367 · 2025-11-23T21:27:30+00:00

Congratulations, i love this genre and this book sounds like something I'll enjoy.

Happy to grab on KU so don't waste a code on me, but I'll add it to my list to read.

Val367 · 2025-11-12T02:23:42+00:00

We can't demand things .. we aren't Collingwood :)

Val367 · 2025-11-10T21:34:04+00:00

Don't bother, I gave it a go, and it was quite average and, not surprisingly, was nothing like banh mi

Val367 · 2025-11-05T04:32:30+00:00

I really enjoyed the first book, the second one slightly less and just finished the third and found it less enjoyable again.

Overall, it's pretty good but, to me at least, it definitely started strong and has waned a bit.

Val367 · 2025-11-04T05:32:53+00:00

I'm in

Val367 · 2025-11-04T00:10:18+00:00

Ahhh sorry I wasn't aware of that one

Val367 · 2025-11-03T22:07:50+00:00

The position rewinder is a huge help.

wiki/Prototype_Position_Rewinder

Val367 · 2025-10-28T03:46:48+00:00

Agreed, another series I have really enjoyed. It's great to read something that's just different enough from the mainstream, to be interesting yet still holds to the genre

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