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You Choose

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I can’t help it I love the apps that you get to choose your own path. I have written about several of them.

On top of that I am reading two paper back books. As I am still working on reading 50 books. If reading apps with choices counted as books I would have read a hundred by now but I am not counting them.

In the app store there are a lot to choose your own and a lot of them are crap. Some are written terribly and some cost too much to play. Some have so many ads they become unplayable. Some you have to wait ridiculous amount of time to play again. On and on.

And…I tried to play more than half of them. My app store is filled with all the choose you owns that failed for me to play them again.

Beware!

Always read what any app really but for sure choose your own adventures what they want from you. Whether you signing in with your FB account which most of them use. Or an email and really read what is they will take from you. Some of them will use your information and sell it to companies to sell you something with ads or whatever they may use it for. Some of them will use your information for the purpose of the game and keep it until you contact them to be removed. Those are the scariest in my own opinion. I will never use my personal information for those games. I don’t know what will they do with my information. And I have already someone hack into my FB account. Have to be really careful on what information they want.

Time to talk about LoveStruck again. I am losing interest in this app. I think I have been playing now almost a year or little over a year. I am not really sure.

Buyer beware!

LoveStruck in my opinion does not have any customer service. They never fixed my problem and never got back to me and it’s been two weeks. TWO WEEKS?! I am done with them.

My decision is to just read the stories. I have to say I have been skipping days here and there. I use to read every single day but LoveStruck changed my opinion on them. I can’t believe they can’t fix this problem so therefore they do not deserve any of my money. Too bad for them. Also I will be writing a review on the app store.

Which I really do read those reviews on the app store. They can be so informational. They can influence me and let me know about the good and the bad on an app. I find myself still trying out the app to realize that people were right about an app and sometimes they are wrong. I mean before I buy anything on Amazon I look at the reviews same goes for games in the app store.

Choices stepped up their game! Literally! Now you can earn diamonds everyday. You can earn five diamonds a day. There is a little present click on it and you get one diamond everyday. Then watch ads you can earn four more every single day. It’s awesome! Also what is cool and this has happened to me. Let’s say I watch an ad but it didn’t count because in this app that happens sometimes. It will reload another ad, watch it and earn that diamond. WOW! I am impressed Choices!

Another thing is you can choose your gender. There are skins to choose whom you want to look like as well. Except for some of the stories because of the time period which you have to play as a woman. That is understandable because history.

Plus the stories have been better! Here are my favorites right now and some are still adding new chapters. Desire & Decorum 1 and 2, Blood Bound, Open Heart, HSS Class Act 1 and 2, Ride or Die, The Courtesan of Rome, The Heist Monaco, Royal Romance 1, 2 and 3, Perfect Match 2. I didn’t really like the first Perfect Match but the second is better. But still have to play one to carry the choices over to the second book.

I have never had a problem with Choices. They have a great blog as well that tell about the people who write the stories and the stories themselves. Google Pixelberry Studios blog and it will show up.

My new obsession of choose your own is Romance Club. In the app store it’s called Romance Club-stories I play. The artwork in this app is awesome! The characters are full bodied. You can see the expressions on the characters faces as well. However the angry expression on some of the characters are a little scary. That surprised me the first time. Like OH SHIT! That is scared me! It’s funny now.

In this app there is only five stories as I write this. A lot less stories than the other apps and it only updates so far as I have seen every other month. The company that writes this app is Russian. Sometimes not your character but the other characters in the game sometimes pop up with their Russian names in the Russian language.

Another thing is and I am not sure why but I am thinking time zone difference. It sort of sucks but happy to wait for it. When they say there is a new release look at their FB page they tell when the episodes will release. It always happens the day after they say. For example if they say episodes will be released on March 5 it’s will be March 6 for me.

I actually have to go to the app store to update the app. They do not do it automatically like all the other apps. I didn’t know that. I went to the app store and saw that I had to update the game myself. Figured out by myself.

The five stories are Sails in the Fog this one is my favorite! It’s about pirates. You can fall in love with three people in this one, I have found. You can choose between the Captain, a childhood friend or a woman pirate. Of course I choose the Captain. In this story you play as Adelaide. You do not get to choose her name which is find by me.

Moonborn is about vampires and werewolves. The first season of Moonborn is boring and really long! However season 2 and 3 which 3 is out now with some chapters it’s better. If you can get past season one.

The loves interests are a vampire, werewolf and a human. So far in season 3 there is nothing of the human love interest but it’s still new. I choose human and vampire in my story. Also I find that the human love interest isn’t as interesting as the vampire and werewolf in which you spend the most time with.

My Hollywood Story you are an struggling actress. There is a great cliff hanger in this one. Your love interest so far is fashion designer or next door neighbor so far. I choose fashion designer. Also I have to point this out. There is a detective in the story and his name is Jeff. He is a good looking character. I showed my Jeff and he even said he was good looking. LOL! Silly.

Queen in 30 days. Yeah you can guess what this one is about. A king has to find his queen in 30 days. Guess what your character wants to do? lol! But in this one you can choose the king or his body guard.

Shadows of Saintfour is brand new and only has one episode. What I can tell thriller or mystery. One of those or both.

In Romance Club you can get free diamonds and free teas. Instead of tickets or keys they have tea. Lol! It means watching ads to get them but worth it and every day you come back your amount of diamonds increases. At first it was two for me now I get five diamonds a day for a daily reward.

Downside of this app is the choices are crazy expensive! Some choices are as little as five diamonds while other can be as much as hundred! So far buying clothes in this app doesn’t make any difference in the story line. Your character will say “these are rags” however the story line is the same. Some choices you can watch an ad to get the choice.

Each brand new story like Shadows of Saintfour the first episode you will get ten diamonds and you can watch an ad to get two more diamonds. So that is twelve diamonds for a brand new episode. New chapters for stories you can earn diamonds and watch an ad to get two more diamonds. So there is a way to earn diamonds in this app.

There is a cool bonus but the time is ridiculous to me. Especially if it’s for your favorite story. At the end of each season you can have the chance to read a bonus episodes but you have to wait 24 hours! These episodes do not influence the story in any way. What you will get from them is romance, a new hairdo or new piece of jewelry or clothing. There is also diamond choices in the bonus episodes as well. So it’s really up to you if you can wait usually I can’t. lol! I have read two bonus episodes. Moonborn it’s okay. My Hollywood Stories this one you get cool rainbow hair.

In the all the choose your own their are plenty to choose from. And there are plenty of people reading them and reviewing them. These are just the ones I like to read. Choices and Romance Club are my favorite right now. Choices was my first choose you own. Also never had a problem with them.

Let’s face it I am not going to like all the stories in any of these apps. Some stories I use just to get the diamonds and that is okay. It’s just like a real book you gonna love it, hate or it was just okay. That is how it is. Like I said before apps can either make you want to read them or dis guard them. I know as soon as I read all the stories in LoveStruck I will only come back for updates which is fine by me. For Choices I visit everyday and love the updates for their stories. I can’t wait to read my favorites. Romance Club in between months I gather diamonds and reread the stories to get the best possible story line I want.


Life

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Later today Jeff and I are going to see the Equalizer 2 in the theaters. That is always fun!

Let’s see…

Not a whole lot going on. I am addicted to Choices again. Lol! I quit for some time because I read them all. However they have this new feature after finishing any chapter you get a chance to watch an ad and earn a diamond. Hell yes! Ads are boring but to get a diamond yes I will watch or play any ad for this. I can’t wait for Blood Bound book 2 to come out. It’s my favorite book right now! I also like America’s Most Eligible. Reality TV and you are in it to win. Which means I can choose to play nice or not. I love it!

Let’s talk Blood Bound I couldn’t decide who I like the most but I am going Adrian all the way. At first I thought Jax btw love the name but the book does sway you to Adrian and I can’t help but to like him. Also Choices finally got the memo of you can choose to be with women now. Even though I am straight I always thought what about the readers who aren’t or both. Finally Choices! Anyways in my stories I am bi. I like all the options you can choose even though in real life I am not. I mean I am sure some would argue that would make me bi. First of it’s a game but I admit I think about it sometimes. However yes totally straight. A woman’s upper half totally find but the woman’s lower half no, nope, no way.  Anyways I like their emotions! Finally vampires in today’s world and love how they still have rules. Yup my favorite right now!

I really liked Red Carpet Diaries the first one. But now, I don’t really like the second one. I am sure a lot of that stuff that is being spoke about happens however it makes me feel uncomfortable. Which I guess is good writing but I don’t like to read stories about that kind of stuff. I’ll read it for the diamonds but makes me not want to replay this story or even attempt to replay the first one which I liked.

Okay enough about choices.

I downloaded Episodes. I like and not at the same time. First I dislike you can only play a story five times. Choices you can play all you want over and over but in Episodes you can’t.  I admit I get a little bored with Episodes even those literally thousands of books to read on there. I don’t understand what makes some books official over others because some that are official, I say official are the ones you can earn diamonds. Those Officials ones some are so dumb! You can tell a teen or a young teen wrote them. And there are some that are so well done that are not official. I don’t understand how they choose.

What’s cool about Episodes is that regular people can make their own stories. I found some that are pretty good ones while others are not. That is the other thing I get bored of reading Episodes. You can earn everyday by reading four chapters a day. But there is a catch just like Choices your first chapter of any book is free. In Episodes they use tickets instead of keys. That counts as a chapter read but if you are on the last chapter of any book and read it. It doesn’t count as a chapter read. And I have problem with that because like I said, I get bored of reading Episodes. A lot of stories of Episodes is about bad boys.  It gets very repetitive.

That’s my life this week reading and reading which is good. However I really need to get going on my projects!

Choices

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I seriously may have a problem with this game. Because it’s a fun game it does have one flaw but I will get to that later. Choices is by Pixelberry Studios and they do have a website where they tell you about the game and what stories are coming out. I love this game because it’s exactly like choose your own adventure books which I use to read when I was kid and love them.

My favorite stories are:

Home for the Holidays-This book has no sequel.

Blood Bound-Which is new as I write this post. It’s about a vampire.

The Royal Romance

The Freshman

Red Carpet Dairies-This one I didn’t think I like but as the story went on, I liked it.

I have played all the stories now. So I am at the point of waiting for new chapters in the books. The only ones I haven’t played are the ones that cost diamonds to play.

The stories that I didn’t like or wouldn’t spend money on.

Hero-This one you get to be a superhero even though it was a fun story and I totally liked being a superhero it didn’t intrigue me to spend anymore time on it. This book is getting a sequel so I will play that when it comes out.

Endless Summer-If you are spending money this is a great series to do so. It’s long which is great for your money. Whether it’s keys or diamonds. For me it’s too long and the story is okay just takes a really long time to get through the chapters for me.

The Crown and the Flame-The story sets in medieval times and you get to play many characters in this one but that’s what I don’t like. I like the ones I like to play I get to choose my character and customize them somewhat and choose my own name. This book you don’t get a choice to whom you play. The story is good though and it has three books also this series is mentioned in the other books as well.

The Haunting of Braidwood Manor-It’s a scary story and no sequel to this one either. The characters are okay and mostly I didn’t care about them. That’s the reason I didn’t like this story.

Most Wanted-Murder! You get a partner you don’t like at first. Yes we all have heard this story before. It’s very typical. You try to solve a murder and go after a crazy person. It’s generic in my opinion. Also can’t choose who you are. You play a man and a woman.

It Lives in the Woods-Scary and mystery story. This one was better than the haunting one and you try to gather clues and weapons. That’s only really if you are going to spend money or have the diamonds to choose all the choices in this story. This will have sequel as well.

Perfect Match-As I write this, this story is still getting chapters. It’s about a dating service for your perfect match and a mystery. It’s okay seems a bit strange to me the story is rushed on the love but that could just be me.

Love Hacks-I thought this was going to be a good story. Book one was my favorite but as book two then book three came around it never captured what book one had. It has a good concept and of course love and friends but by book three it felt rushed then it just ends. So by it’s sequels I wouldn’t play again.

High School Story-This story is good if you are a younger person. For the age I am now it doesn’t appeal to me. I also find that some of the chapters are really short.

The series I need to talk about is Rules of Engagement. This series I hated and learned to really play Choices. So let’s talk about that flaw that Choices has. To play this game you need Keys to play a chapter. You can spend real money to get Keys or you can wait for a period of time to get 2 Keys. I will tell you a way to play 4 chapters at once.

Hint 4 chapters at once: It’s all about timing really. Isn’t that hard. So you like playing this game and want more to read. Time your keys so can play more than two chapters at once. Before going to bed click the book you want to read and go back to the main menu. Do not continue to read the chapter. Do this to two books you want to read. You have to have more than one book. When you get up or get a chance to play Choices you will have 4 keys to read with. Or you can do it before you go anywhere. If you time it just right you can really have more keys to play with just depends on how many books you want to read all at once.  

Diamonds is what you need to use for choices in the books.  You can read a chapter and earn one diamond which I find dumb. I wish it was more like two diamonds for a chapter. Or you can spend money to get diamonds which I think is better to spend money on. Since you can wait for keys but not diamonds and you need diamonds to make choices the diamonds are better for the money. However I know I am not the only one who thinks the amount you need to spend on choices is high. I don’t understand why they make the diamond choices so high. So you get one diamond per chapter but choices are anywhere from 12 to 30 diamonds. Now that is crazy!

Rules of Engagement this series I hated but I did learn a lesson from playing this series. Whatever you do don’t buy outfits in this series they are not worth your diamonds. There are some outfits in stories that make a difference The Crown and the Flame, Royal Romance, Red Carpet Diaries and Home for the Holidays. I found can make the story a bit better for the outfits aspect. However in Rules of Engagement they mean nothing and I learned that quickly in the series 25 diamonds for an outfit that made no difference. Wasteful.

My thinking is sort of funny. The other characters don’t change their clothes why do I have too. Lol! Even though they do sometimes. 

Back to that series the ending of the book is dumb it felt rushed and it just ends like Love Hacks. It’s like they couldn’t think of how to end the series so there you go end. Nothing else. And for the ending like that you never get to know what they have. Trying not to ruin it if someone is reading it. Just to let you know it just ends.

However need diamonds and can’t spend money use Rules of Engagement to get them or any other books that you don’t fancy. That is what I did even though I did spend money on this game. I always can’t so I did use the books to get the diamonds. Any app game you can teach you patience if you lack on that. Lol! Biding your time to get what you want in any app game.