Karsyn ’s Comments (group member since Mar 01, 2017)

Karsyn ’s comments from the Badass Reading Challenges group.

Here's a variety. If none work you / you can't get any, let me know and I'll give you some more. Many different ones on that list are in many different books, so I'd be here all day giving them all to you. :D But I'm glad to give more if none of these work for you.

The Fire Pit
Delusion in Death
InSight
Eyes Wide Open
North of Montana
Timecaster
Carnival of Shadows

I know nothing of drugs, so I looked up common ones and came up with this list.

I'll search my books, see what I can find and come back with a list for you soon.

Bout of Books 24 - Wrap Up



Bout of Book 24 Stats

I completed 21 books and started 2 others
I read 4,240 pages
I read 11 books on my Kindle, plus started 2 not completed
I listened to 10 books as audiobooks
I read 12 Novels, 6 Novellas & 3 Short stories
I read for approximately 42 hours (19h30m on Kindle, 22h30m on Audio)




COMPLETED BOOKS:






Started, but did not complete:
(at 43% & 46%)

Bout of Books 24 - Day 7


Sunday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 2 hours / 160 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 2 hours 30 minutes / 193 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: -----
Number of books I've read today: 3
Total number of books I've read: 21
Current Book: -----
Pages Read Today: 353
Total Pages Read: 4,240
Time Read Today: 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Time Read: 42 hours
Today's Completed Books:

Gonna need to be the actual animal in the story, otherwise it's too easy. When I was looking up animals, I had 40+ books for each of them, because they were all stuff like that. Only 5-10 were actual animal. So definitely needs to be actual animal mentioned.

Bout of Books 24 - Day 6


Saturday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour 30 minutes / 213 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 2 hours 30 minutes / 224 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: -----
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 18
Current Book: Kill the Willing / Truly Devious
Pages Read Today: 437
Total Pages Read: 3,887
Time Read Today: 4 hours
Total Time Read: 37 hours 15 minutes
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 24 - Day 5

If you like _____ , then try _____


If you like TIME TRAVEL, then try

Chronicles of St Mary's series by Jodi Taylor
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Chronos Files by Rysa Walker
Rewind Agency series by Jill Cooper
Future Shock trilogy by Elizabeth Brings
The Drafter by Kim Harrison
Timewaves series by Sophie Davis
Rewinder trilogy by Brett Battles
Hexad series by Al K Line
Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell
The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch
The Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl (more of a time loop)
Place in Time duology by Wendy Nikel
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch



If you like MIDDLE GRADE books, then try

The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson
The Lemoncello series by Chris Grabenstein
The Island of Dr Libris by Chris Grabenstein
Cragbridge Hall series by Chad Morris
Oldies but goodies: Trixie Belden series and Nancy Drew series
Ulysses Moore series by Pierdomenico Baccalario
39 Clues series & spinoffs, first is Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
Voyagers series by various authors, first is Project Alpha by D.J. MacHale
Tombquest series by Michael Northrop
Infinity Ring series by various, first is Mutiny in Time by James Dashner
13th Reality series by James Dashner
Ever After High series by Shannon Hale
The Magic Misfits by Neal Patrick Harris
George series by Lucy & Stephen Hawking
The Librarian series by Eric Hobbs
The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie
Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
Stranded trilogy by Jeff Probst
Hover Car Racer by Matthew Reilly
The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
Grimm Legacy trilogy by Polly Shulman
Mysterious Benedict Society trilogy & The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart



If you like VIDEO GAMES, then try

LitRPG: (read & loved)

Chaos Seeds series by Aleron Kong
Play to Live series by D. Rus
The Gam3 series by Cosimo Yap


LitRPG: (haven't read yet but on my personal TBR)

Awaken Online by Travis Bagwell
Ascend Online by Luke Chmilenko
Divine Dungeon by Dakota Krout
The Dark Herbalist by Michael Atamanov


Virtual Reality: (read & loved)

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Solarversia by Toby Downton
Mortality Doctrine series by James Dashner
The Leveller by Julia Durango
The Game is Life series by Terry Schott
Otherworld by Jason Segel


Other books a gamer would enjoy:

Erebos by Ursula Poznanski
Insignia trilogy by S.J. Kincaid
Tag, You're Dead by J.C. Lane




Friday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour 30 minutes / 211 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: -----
Kindle reading time / pages: 4 hours / 410 pages
Number of books I've read today: 3
Total number of books I've read: 16
Current Book: Truly Devious
Pages Read Today: 621
Total Pages Read: 3,450
Time Read Today: 5 hours 30 minutes
Total Time Read: 33 hours 15 minutes
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 24 - Day 4



Thursday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour / 70 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour / 90 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 5 hours 45 minutes / 635 pages
Number of books I've read today: 3
Total number of books I've read: 13
Current Book: Every Heart a Doorway / Dead Ground
Pages Read Today: 795
Total Pages Read: 2,829
Time Read Today: 6 hours 45 minutes
Total Time Read: 28 hours
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 24 - Day 3



Wednesday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour 45 minutes / 146 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 3 hours 30 minutes / 341 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: -----
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 10
Current Book: Dark Magic
Pages Read Today: 487
Total Pages Read: 2,034
Time Read Today: 5 hours 15 minutes
Total Time Read: 21 hours 15 minutes
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 24 - Day 2


Character Dinner Party

Five characters I'd invite (for burgers or steak):
         Bailey from The Night Circus by Erin Morganstern
         Richter from the Chaos Seeds series by Aleron Kong
         Max from the Chronicles of St Mary's series by Jodi Taylor
         Luna from HP
         Atticus and Oberon from the Iron Druid Chronicles



Tuesday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 2 hours / 160 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 2 hours 15 minutes / 162 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 3 hours 45 minutes / 390 pages
Number of books I've read today: 3
Total number of books I've read: 8
Current Book: Kill the Willing / Lost Souls
Pages Read Today: 712
Total Pages Read: 1,547
Time Read Today: 8 hours
Total Time Read: 16 hours
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 24 - Day 1



I HATE Twitter, so I didn't do the Introduction, but just to join in, me in 6 words :
Naughty little reader and computer gamer!


Monday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour / 48 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: -----
Kindle reading time / pages: 7 hours / 787 pages
Number of books I've read today: 5
Total number of books I've read: 5
Current Book: Coilhunter
Pages Read Today: 835
Total Pages Read: 835
Time Read Today: 8 hours
Total Time Read: 8 hours
Today's Completed Books:

How was your first day, Plethora? I'd love to follow your Instagram if you wanna post it or message it to me. I don't have an instagram but I check them out now and then.

Completion Post


Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book with the all the letters of the word DIABLO in the Title
Title: Tombyards & Butterflies
Author: Orlando Sanchez
Page Count: 313
Start: 11/30/18
Finish: 11/30/18
How it Fits: Diablo in title - tOmbyArDs and ButterfLIes



Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book in which a character falls to their death
Title: Aztec Gold
Author: David Leadbeater
Page Count: 253
Start: 11/18/18
Finish: 11/18/18
How it Fits: MC Alicia throws a man to his death off a canyon cliff "Alicia threw a second man toward the valley below." @ 76%



Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book for each letter in SLEEPING BEAUTY (14 books) - N
Title: Navigating the Stars
Author: Maria V Snyder
Page Count: 464
Start: 12/18/18
Finish: 12/18/18
How it Fits: N Title

It's that time of year again, time for Bout of Books 24. I'm signing up!

Come the end of Jan into Feb / March, reading will be light for me as I'll FINALLY get my hands on Kingdom Hearts 3. About damn time that game is out!! So, I'm looking forward to getting some reading in with Bout of Books before then.

Can't wait!

Are you joining in? Let me know if you have a blog and I will follow you!

Then I'll follow you, but I want a new thread. ;)

Goal:


Formidable
            Complete TWO Tasks every week, using only ONE book
            52 books total; 104 tasks total (110 tasks with Chernabog's Minions)

GOAL MET
            55 books completed (3 extra for Chernabog's Minions tasks)
            110 tasks completed (1 Book for every 2 Tasks)

My Top 16


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Best Book of the Year Bracket


The Books
Chase / Escape
Whispers of the Dead
Ash Princess
All Systems Red / Artificial Condition / Rogue Protocol / Artificial Condition
Stranger in a Strange Land
Elizabeth's Legacy
The Spirit Thief
Horizon
Afterlife
Head On
Stillhouse Lake
Murder on Black Swan Lane
An Easy Death
Ash and Quill
Never Say Die
Minimum Wage Magic

Otherworld
Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic
Hounded
Monster High
Leverage in Death
The Disasters
The Freeze-Frame Revolution
Avempartha
How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin' Days
Aztec Gold
Death Rites
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) / For We Are Many / All These Worlds
The Continuum
Pawn's Gambit
Gallery of the Dead
Gamer for Life

Cogheart
The Merging
The Three Secret Cities
The Big Reveal
Marked
Sufficiently Advanced Magic
The Summer Children
Nyxia Unleashed
Neverworld Wake
Double Blind
Stalking Jack the Ripper
Into the Drowning Deep
The Land: Predators
The Blood Guard
Everless
Property of the Rebel Librarian

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
The True History of the Strange Brigade
Pines
The Gone World
An Argumentation of Historians
Endangered
Navigating the Stars
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
I Am Number Four
The Arctic Code
Mortal Engines
Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle
Liquid Cool
Bluff
Definite Possibility
The Collapsing Empire

Completion Post


Week 45

Task: Read a book whose title begins with a letter in CHAOS
Task: Read a book where no one or nothing dies
Book: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Author: Cary Elwes
Pages: 272
Start Date: 12/20/18
Finish Date: 12/20/18
How it Fits: A Title, No one / nothing dies



Week 46

Task: Read a book whose author's first or last name begins with a letter in HIKE
Task: 🤷 Read a book with cover scene where a HIKE could be taken
Book: Crimson Alliance
Author: James A Hunter
Pages: 358
Start Date: 12/19/18
Finish Date: 12/22/18
How it Fits: Last Name H, Hike could be taken in forest scene on cover



Week 47

Task: Read a book that you can tie to family in some way
Task: Read a book where shopping is mentioned
Book: A Dastardly Plot
Author: Christopher Healy
Pages: 389
Start Date: 12/1/18
Finish Date: 12/1/18
How it Fits: MC and her mother are a close and small family, they own a pickle store and customers shop for pickles



Week 48

Task: Read a book with a 4 or 8 in the page count
Task: Read a book with a title that begins with a letter in CYBER MONDAY
Book: Bluff
Author: Michael Kardos
Pages: 288
Start Date: 11/28/18
Finish Date: 11/29/18
How it Fits: 8 in 288 page count, B Title



Week 49

Task: Read a book that features MAGIC or has MAGICAL elements
Task: Read a book whose title begins with a letter in MAGICAL
Book: Armageddon Rules
Author: J.C. Nelson
Pages: 338
Start Date: 12/3/18
Finish Date: 12/14/18
How it Fits: Magic is used in book, A Title



Week 50

Task: Read a book with a holiday celebrated or mentioned in the text
Task: Read a book published in December of any year
Book: Cataclysm
Author: James A Hunter
Pages: 306
Start Date: 12/17/18
Finish Date: 12/17/18
How it Fits: Christmas mentioned - "Happy as a kid on Christmas morning." @ 42%, published Dec 23, 2016



Week 51

Task: Festivus Pole
Task: Dinner
Task: Grievance
Task: Strength
Book: Stranger in a Strange Land
Author: Robert A Heinlein
Pages: 529
Start Date: 12/5/18
Finish Date: 12/12/18
How it Fits: Each word found in the text - "The sullen winds of bitterness still keen from turn to POLE." @ 86% ; "How about DINNER in my apartment?" @ 9% ; "...with exceptional GRIEVANCE in that my client..." @ 39% ; "Mike can lend you STRENGTH..." @ 65%



Week 52

Task: Read a book of your choice
Task: Read a book that is new to you
Book: Mischief and the Masters
Author: Cherise Sinclair
Pages: 436
Start Date: 12/18/18
Finish Date: 12/19/18
How it Fits: Wanted to read it, new to me

December


🔵 Read a Book that is the TWELFTH Book of a Series
Book: Mischief and the Masters
Author: Cherise Sinclair
Pages: 436
Started: 12/18/18
Finished: 12/19/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 12 book in the Shadowlands series



🔵 Read a Book Published in December of any Year
Book: Cataclysm
Author: James A Hunter
Pages: 306
Started: 12/17/18
Finished: 12/18/18
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: published Dec 23rd, 2016



🔵 Read a Book with a TWELVE Word Title
Book: As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Author: Cary Elwes
Pages: 272
Started: 12/20/18
Finished: 12/20/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 12 Word Title



🔵 Read a Book First Published this month, December of 2018
Book: Navigating the Stars
Author: Maria V Snyder
Pages: 363
Started: 12/18/18
Finished: 12/18/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: published Dec 1st, 2018