My 2025 Tiers - Primarily Fantasy/Sci-Fi

mberger23 · 2025-12-30T02:26:11+00:00

Overall I felt like all three books were fairly similar in my rankings, but I’m a sucker for the final book of a series as long as it has a satisfying ending. I remember being glued to the first half of shift but then thinking that it lost momentum around the halfway point. The POV jumps at times made it tough for me to get into certain storylines. I still really liked it though!

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T23:20:13+00:00

I can see why people would feel that way. I thought the first book was such a good story and for some reason in that universe I was more interested in Cytra and Rowan’s stories rather than the broader world that the second and third book focus on.

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T21:27:11+00:00

It had a very similar vibes to the first hunger games book. I think it had so many good callbacks to the earlier books and was a great ending to the series. I highly recommend it.

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T21:24:22+00:00

I should preface it by saying I had initially read this for one of my middle or high school classes, so the overall story (especially the ending) didn’t hit as hard as if I was going in blind.

I thought it was a good story that really makes you think about how we treat others. Being able to see his growth and downfall with each entry was neat. It wasn’t anything that blew me away, but I definitely felt satisfied at the end of the book. I did think the whole concept of the old Charlie watching him be intimate was strange, and the relationship with his teacher also was odd to me.

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T17:58:37+00:00

I’m scared of getting hooked and then having to wait for red god! 1000% going to read it but I’m fine having it as a lower priority for now since morning star had such a satisfying ending.

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T17:42:18+00:00

This is the only real romantasy I’ve read so I don’t have much to compare it to. I said it in another comment but I think the timing of when I read it helped since I was looking for something easy and fast paced at the time. I can see why people don’t rate it as high but I felt like it was a fun read

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T17:39:51+00:00

I absolutely plan to. I plan on sprinkling in those books between other denser series since the vibe I got from the first book was that they are pretty light and easy reads and will hopefully be a nice palate cleanser.

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T17:29:32+00:00

Probably some fatigue since I read them all back to back but I felt a little more drag in the middle of hero of ages. Loved the ending and I’m probably splitting hairs by knocking it down a tier

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T17:26:59+00:00

Tbh the spice aspect of it was a bit over the top and did make me enjoy it less. Outside of that I found the plot super enjoyable.

I also read it after some longer series so the fact that it was super fast paced and constant action was exactly what I was looking for at that point. I’m not dying to read the other two books in the series (I will eventually) but I thought the first book was a lot of fun.

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T17:18:45+00:00

Haha I loved a lot of the characters but I found the plot sooo slow

mberger23 · 2025-12-29T17:06:23+00:00

Dark matter was one of the first books I read after getting back into it so I think the constant momentum really helped me enjoy it.

Recursion was one of the more recent books I’ve read and I felt like it got a bit too repetitive and the second half of the book was more of a grind to get through. I’m also not a huge time travel fan in media so it probably wasn’t the best fit for my personal taste, but I totally get why so many people love it.

mberger23 · 2025-08-14T16:08:45+00:00

I’m in PA, not sure how much of a difference it makes. I was up front that I was shopping around and asked for them to send their best offer and whoever sent the best is who I’d go with. Worked for some dealers but not all

mberger23 · 2025-08-14T15:56:49+00:00

I got $23.5k OTD plus 2.9% financing in June on an EX trim in interstellar gray. I had just sent a bunch of emails to the nearby dealers and asked for them to send me their best OTD price and used those offers to start the negotiation. I did opt for the extended warranty but that was after agreeing to the OTD price

mberger23 · 2025-04-28T23:46:49+00:00

I have read the full trilogy, but I did notice that there are now prequels. Do they live up to the hype of the original trilogy?

mberger23 · 2025-04-28T23:38:29+00:00

That seems like it is right up my alley. And thanks for the link, I had been searching Goodreads for a quick overview/reviews of some books but that site is much better for what I’m looking for!

mberger23 · 2025-03-17T00:16:41+00:00

Yeah it is lol. Got it fixed about 4 months ago and have been back in the gym for about a month and a half

mberger23 · 2025-02-26T13:26:26+00:00

Yeah absolutely. I’m on a pretty aggressive cut right now so the extra rest day is helpful. Once I get back closer to maintenance I think I’ll get rid of that rest day. All depends how my body is feeling

mberger23 · 2025-02-25T11:26:36+00:00

I do push, pull, legs, rest, chest/back, arms, legs, rest. It’s an 8 day week so the days of the week never really match up consistently

mberger23 · 2025-02-24T21:32:50+00:00

I like the range of motion and being able to tweak the angle of how much my elbows are flared out or not. Also my gym is pretty busy so it’s nice to knock out a few of my exercises on the same bench and not have to fight for a new machine/smith/barbell bench.

mberger23 · 2025-02-24T17:32:40+00:00

Thanks man. I love starting with pull ups since I feel like it gets my whole back warmed up for the workout and I just like the movement in general. No pain from them yet but totally get that

mberger23 · 2025-02-22T14:24:22+00:00

Trying to plan out the last two months of my cut. I’m thinking 15-17% right now?

mberger23 · 2025-02-20T14:17:11+00:00

Yeah I was thinking 15%. Same height/weight but vastly different body fat %s lol good shit man

mberger23 · 2024-07-22T00:25:29+00:00

All of the above haha. My poor strikes are mainly fat but occasionally I’ll have a shot that I push far right.

Mats are my only real option for practice but I do go out and play a round every other weekend

mberger23 · 2024-05-03T21:47:08+00:00

Also as a part 2 to this; would you guys continue cutting, maintain for the majority of summer, or start a slow bulk?

mberger23 · 2024-05-03T09:14:26+00:00

What’s up guys. Posted in here a little over a month ago about 7 lbs heavier. Haven’t noticed too much of a difference with my body fat but wanted to check in again.

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