Kris and Rian often talk about all the books and games they love and are currently reading or playing, but in this episode it’s all about the stuff they won’t be reading/playing, don’t like, or find problematic—all in good fun, of course.

The Anti-TBR/TBP Tag:

1. A popular book/game EVERYONE loves that you have no interest in reading/playing?
2. A classic book/game (or author/developer) you don’t have an interest in reading/playing?
3. An author/developer whose books/games you have no interest in reading/playing?
4. A problematic author/developer whose books/games you have no interest in reading/playing?
5. An author/developer you have read/played couple of books/games from & have decided their books/games are not for you?
6. A genre you have no interest in OR a genre you tried to get into and couldn’t?
7. A book/game you have bought but will never read/play? (this can be a book/game you have unhauled/returned to the library/store unread/unplayed)
8. A series you have no interest in reading/playing OR a series you started & have DNF’d?
9. A new release you have no interest in reading/playing?

00:00 Intro

01:16 Giveaway winner

02:10 Read / Watch / Play

12:15 Anti-TBR/TBP Tag intro

13:04 Question 1

17:02 Question 2

22:15 Question 3

28:24 Question 4

37:09 Question 5

44:00 Question 6

51:16 Question 7

56:50 Question 8

01:04:40 Question 9

01:09:34 Links

References: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_11fD44EU&t=0s 

Nicole and Her Books - https://www.youtube.com/@nherbooks 

Books and games mentioned:

• Confessions of a Mask - Yukio Mishima
• Fourth Wing
• Andy Weir
• Charles Dickens
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Best Served Cold
• When the Moon Hatched
• Dragon Riders of Pern
• Murderbot
• Wind and Truth
• Butter
• The Liar's Knot
• Level Unknown
• Pantheon
• Fellow Travelers
• Monster Hunter Wilds
• Fortnite
• League of Legends
• DOTA 2
• Overwatch 2
• Valorant
• Castevania
• 2K Games
• BioShock
• Borderlands 2
• X-COM 2
• Riot Games
• Five Nights at Freddy’s
• Tales of Vesperia
• Tales of Symphonia
• Tales of Arise
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
• Shin Megami Tensei V
• Mato: Anomalies
• Two Point Campus
• Two Point Museum
• Red Dead Redemption
• God of War
• The Witcher
• Avowed
• Lies of P
• Black Myth Wukong

People Mentioned: 

Colleen Hoover, Salley Rooney, Taylor Jenkins-Reid, Fredrick Bachman, Freida McFadden, Larry Coreia, T.J. Klune

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