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Karsyn ’s comments from the Badass Reading Challenges group.

Do y'all want one for Dec?

Angie and I talked about not having one for the holidays just because of holidays and most people being busy. But if you all want it, I can put it up. I forgot on the 24th but was going to on the 25th until we decided to skip it. I meant to put a note up and did forget that. :/

November


🔴 Read a Book that is the ELEVENTH Book of a Series
Book: Never Say Die
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Pages: 384
Started: 11/2/18
Finished: 11/3/18
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: 11th book in the Alex Rider series



🔴 Read a Book Published in November of any Year
Book: Aztec Gold
Author: David Leadbeater
Pages: 253
Started: 11/18/18
Finished: 11/18/18
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: published Nov 24, 2014



🔴 Read a Book with a ELEVEN Word Title
Book: The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
Author: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Pages: 176 (Book Bites used)
Started: 11/13/18
Finished: 11/13/18
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: 11 word Title



🔴 Read a Book First Published this month, November of 2018
Book: Minimum Wage Magic
Author: Rachel Aaron
Pages: 286
Started: 11/19/18
Finished: 11/20/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: pub Nov 9. 2018

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Week 41

Task: Read a book where someone appears to be running on the cover
Task: Read a book with a title starting with a letter in MISCHIEF
Book: Haunted
Author: James Patterson
Pages: 316
Start Date: 10/8/18
Finish Date: 10/8/18
How it Fits: MC appears to be running up stairs, Starts with H (in miscHief)



Week 42

Task: Read a book whose author's first name begins with a letter in TRICK
Task: Read a book with either TRICK or TREAT found in the text
Book: An Easy Death
Author: Charlaine Harris
Pages: 320
Start Date: 10/15/18
Finish Date: 10/19/18
How it Fits: Author first name initial C in triCk, treat found in text - "This was a huge TREAT, and one I thought I deserved."



Week 43 - Mischief!

Week 6
Task: Read a book with the author's last initial in SUPERBOWL
Task: Read a book where teamwork is evident
Book: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Author: Mike Brown
Pages: 290
Start Date: 10/29/18
Finish Date: 10/30/18
How it Fits: Last Name initial B in superBowl, teamwork is evident when one astronomer would put in a piece of film (it was huge) and take a photo, then would remove it and send it down to a 2nd astronomer who would process it and send the photograph to the 3rd astronomer who would look for planets on it


Week 26
Task: Road Trip
Task: Friends
Book: Monster High
Author: Lisi Harrison
Pages: 247
Start Date: 11/18/18
Finish Date: 11/15/18
How it Fits: Melody and family take a Road Trip to their new home, she and Frankie make friends with the others, being the new girls


Week 30
Task: Read a book with a pop culture reference
Task: Read a book with a geeky MPG (Sci Fi, Fantasy, Gamer, etc)
Book: Tombyards & Butterflies
Author: Orlando Sanchez
Pages: 313
Start Date: 11/30/18
Finish Date: 11/30/18
How it Fits: MPG Fantasy, Pop Culture reference - James Bond - "... the spy, he's English, what's his name...Bond?" "That's a character from a movie..." @ 8%


Week 31
Task: Read a book with friends in the story
Task: Read a book where the MC does something fun
Book: The Land: Predators
Author: Aleron Kong
Pages: 2,202
Start Date: 11/10/18
Finish Date: 11/27/18
How it Fits: Richter has many friends, including his best friend Sion, Richter gains the ability to run in the air, which sounds like fun to me



Week 44

Task: Read a book of your choice
Task: Read a book of your choice
Book: Never Say Die
Author: Anthony Horowitz
Pages: 384
Start Date: 11/2/18
Finish Date: 11/3/18
How it Fits: Read of my choice

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Week 31

Task: Read a book whose title starts with a letter in FRIENDS / FUN
Task: Read a book with friends in the story
Book: Nyxia (Aug 2018 re-read)
Author: Scott Reigntgen
Pages: 384
Start Date: 8/30/18
Finish Date: 8/31/18
How it Fits: N Title, most of the characters become friends



Week 32

Task: Read a book by an author that makes you smile (a fav author)
Task: Read a book where something in the story made you smile
Book: The Three Secret Cities
Author: Matthew Reilly
Pages: 448
Start Date: 9/18/18
Finish Date: 9/19/18
How it Fits: Matthew Reilly is my favorite author, much of the book made me smile, though it was hard too. A event in the story that I smiled about was when Jack shows up when someone wasn't expecting him.



Week 33

Task: Read a book that is fun
Task: Read a book that was published on the 13th-19th of any month
Book: Property of the Rebel Librarian
Author: Allison Varnes
Pages: 288
Start Date: 9/21/18
Finish Date: 9/21/18
How it Fits: Super fun book!! It's about books and standing up for what you believe in, published on the 18th of Sept



Week 34

Task: Read a book where a characther makes a new friend/friends
Task: Read a book with 34 intact in the page count
Book: The Collapsing Empire
Author: John Scalzi
Pages: 334
Start Date: 11/4/18
Finish Date: 11/8/18
How it Fits: 334 pages, Cardenia made a friend in Marce Claremont



Week 35

Task: Read a book with a 3 or 5 word title
Task: Read a book for no reason….other than you want to!
Book: Leverage in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Pages: 379
Start Date: 9/6/18
Finish Date: 9/9/18
How it Fits: 3 word title, read because I wanted to



Week 36

Task: Read a book with one of the seasons mentioned in the text
Task: Read a book with double letters in the title
Book: Stalking Jack the Ripper
Author: Kerri Maniscalco
Pages: 336
Start Date: 10/11/18
Finish Date: 10/13/18
How it Fits: Double letters PP in Title, 2 Seasons mentioned - "Winter was biting at autumn’s toes, reminding the milder season it’d be here soon."



Week 37

Task: Read a book with FOOTBALL in the text
Task: Read a book where first letter of title and author's 1st initial can be found in FOOTBALL SEASON
Book: Sacred Sins
Author: Nora Roberts
Pages: 370
Start Date: 10/20/18
Finish Date: 10/20/18
How it Fits: Football in text - "The television had stayed on through the Macy’s parade and football." S (Title) & N (author) in Football Season



Week 38

Task: Read a book with a MC's name that begins with a letter in STORM
Task: Read a book with something "moving" or suspended in air on the cover
Book: Cogheart
Author: Peter Bunzl
Pages: 235
Start Date: 9/22/18
Finish Date: 9/22/18
How it Fits: MC Robert - a letter in Storm, Airship and cloud is suspended in the air



Week 39

Task: Read a book with a red cover
Task: Read a book with a stupid question in text
Book: The Land: Raiders (Oct 2018 re-read)
Author: Aleron Kong
Pages: 400
Start Date: 10/21/18
Finish Date: 10/27/18
How it Fits: Cover is red, several stupid (obvious) questions are asked - "Only a few moments passed before a voice interrupted his peace and zen.  'Are you just going to lay down all day?  There is still work to do, you know.'
Richter cracked one eye and stared at Sion, 'Do you know that I almost died down there?'"



Week 40

Task: Read a book with a scene associated with Night on cover
Task: Read a book with MISCHIEF or synonym(s) found in text, minimum 3 times
Book: Flights and Chimes and Mysterious Times
Author: Emma Trevayne
Pages: 320
Start Date: 11/02/18
Finish Date: 11/05/18
How it Fits: Night scene on cover, Mischief mentioned 3 times -
"No mischief up here, now.”
"...getting up to who knew what kind of mischief,"
"...with his dark hair and mischief."

Absolutely! :)

My town is experiencing power fluctuations today, so my internet access has been spotty. I'll have something set up for you by tomorrow. I don't want to promise it to you today and not be able to get to it, as I just saw your sign-up.

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Week 25

Task: Read a book with HAPPILY of the these in the text
Task: Read a book with something pink on the cover
Book: Letters to the Baumgartners Book Bites Used
Author: Selena Kitt
Pages: 166
Start Date: 10/21/18
Finish Date: 10/21/18
How it Fits: Pink Bow & Lipstick on cover, Happily in text - "...sighing HAPPILY at the bulge found there." @ 13%



Week 26

Task: Sunshine
Task: Friends
Book: Five on a Treasure Island
Author: Enid Blyton
Pages: 208
Start Date: 7/28/18
Finish Date: 7/28/18
How it Fits: 3 FRIENDS visit a island in the SUMMER



Week 27

Task: Read a book that is 4th in a series
Task: Read a book with something RED, WHITE or BLUE on the cover
Book: London Growl
Author: John Logsdon
Pages: 204
Start Date: 8/21/18
Finish Date: 8/22/18
How it Fits: 4th book in the Ian Dex series, Dex is wearing a BLUE shirt on the Cover



Week 28

Task: Read a book with the work NERD in the text
Task: Read a book with a geeky character
Book: For We Are Many
Author: Dennis Taylor
Pages: 311
Start Date: 7/21/18
Finish Date: 7/21/18
How it Fits: Bob(s) is a geeky character referencing pop culture, games and other geeky things through out series, Nerd in text - "I did a fist pump, and then Garfield and I whooped and performed a high five—the NERD kind, where you miss."



Week 29

Task: Read a book with a Main Character who lives in, or goes to space
Task: Read a book set on a Spaceship
Book: All These Worlds
Author: Dennis Taylor
Pages: 260
Start Date: 7/22/18
Finish Date: 7/22/18
How it Fits: Bob(s) lives in space on a spaceship



Week 30

Task: Read a book with a geeky MPG
Task: Read a book where technology is important to the story
Book: Blood Bane Tower
Author: John Logsdon
Pages: 266
Start Date: 7/28/18
Finish Date: 7/28/18
How it Fits: MPG genre - science fiction, Tech is important as they are implanted with a communicator that allows them to speak mind to mind, rather than out loud / over phones

I couldn't remember if y'all had or not. I hope that you get to meet in person someday!

For Angie


- cuz it's Shadowlands!

- cuz it's St Mary's!

Ahhh! :) Likewise. :D

I just mean in regards to talking all the time, ya'll seem like you chat/talk several times a day like Angie and I do. Have y'all met in person?

I do have a trick, for those of us without the older, well non-tablet versions of, Kindle. It's basically the same thing, it searches all the text for all your books. I will get to writing out what you need and how to do it, for those interested. **Making sure it makes sense before I post it.

I might have to make the next round harder though, well with regards to the Vocab words / locations at least. :) Though it may not be books I'd read, I found all 5 vocab words and 4 of the 5 locations. I've found Tórshavn plenty, but so far not the exact phrase of "Tórshavn, Faroe Islands".

How is everyone doing with finding books for these? Are you finding it easy, or hard?

October


🔵 Read a Book that is the TENTH Book of a Series
Book: Haunted
Author: James Patterson
Pages: 316
Started: 10/8/18
Finished: 10/8/18
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: 10 book in the Michael Bennett series



🔵 Read a Book Published in October of any Year
Book: The Spirit Rebellion
Author: Rachel Aaron
Pages: 465
Started: 10/4/18
Finished: 10/9/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: published Oct 26th, 2010



🔵 Read a Book with a TEN Word Title
Book: How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Author: Mike Brown
Pages: 290
Started: 10/29/18
Finished: 10/30/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 10 Word Title



🔵 Read a Book First Published this month, October of 2018
Book: An Easy Death
Author: Charlaine Harris
Pages: 320
Started: 10/15/18
Finished: 10/19/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: published Oct 2, 2018

I love it as well, I guess no one else knows of it? I just learned of it this past week and it's really helped me. I never have any motivation to do things since I sit around and do nothing, but it's given me a goal and helps me do things. It's insanely fun to hear the little experience up tone. :)

I can't wait to get to level 10 so I can change my class. I've never been a warrior type, but lean towards Mage or sometimes Rogue. Think I'm gonna stick with Mage for the extra experience.

Karsyn
Barc Fetch Shelf


I've been SOOO bad about actually getting to my Fetch books lately. :( I vow to do it for Nov!!

Which hour was most daunting for you?
4-6am, my eyes were really hurting and I was already tired anyways, but for the 11th Dewey's in a row, I went the full 24 hours. It's always fun. :)

Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
See Below

Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?
In general? Chronicles of St Mary's, Great Zoo of China, The Martian..... from what I read? All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Chase & Escape from Linwood Barclay

What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you smile?
Nothing, I just read and don't go to the site much.

How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep?
I'll definitely read as always.




Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon Stats


I completed 13 books, started 1 other
I read 2,030 pages
I read 7 books on my Kindle
I listened to 6 books as audiobooks
I read 2 Novels, 10 Novellas and 1 short story
I read for approximately 21 hours (9 hours on Kindle, 12 hours on Audio)




Current Stats:

Audio listening time/pages: 12 hours / 1,190 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 9 hours / 1,200 pages
Total number of books I've read: 13
Current Book:
Total Pages Read: 2,390 pages
Total Time Read: 21 hours
Completed Books:








Started, but have not finished:

It's time for Dewey's! This is my 11th one, so I'm gonna be a little lazy and reuse some of these answers and this opening statement as well. Ha! I keep hoping the questions will change one of these times, and they don't... Ah well. Here's me!



Opening Meme:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?
Sparta, NC ~ the middle of no where. :)

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?
No specific titles stand out. I haven't been reading this month very much, not like me anyways, so I'm just looking forward to HOPEFULLY settling in and getting a bit of a reading groove back. Going to mix things up with some short stories, novellas, some middle grade books, Netgalley books and anything else that grabs my fancy.

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
Well, for the first time, my answer is different because I don't have any snacks yet. Usually I'm all prepared leading up to Dewey's, but that didn't happen yet. Hubby will be bringing some when He gets off work at 3 so I gotta do without til then. I asked for Reese's Pieces, soft baked pretzels and some kind of Goldfish, either Smores or Birthday Cake. Got some Reese's Puff for breakfast and no good lunch either which stinks, but oh well, just how it worked out today.

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
HI! I'm Karsyn, over 40 (though much much younger in spirit), deeply in love with and married to my high school best friend. I LOVE to read, obviously, and am blessed with a ton of time to read. In a typical month I will read 15-20 books, often more, and when there's something going on, like Dewey's, I read a ton more! This month has been a another low month for me. Beyond my books, I'm a gamer, and I built my own Gaming PC, 3 years ago, which I named Widget (after The Night Circus character). Widget is GREAT and we've had so much fun playing games on him!! Right now if I'm not reading, I'm playing Jurassic World Evolution.

5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?
This is my 11th Dewey's so I'll do what I've been doing, try to read at least 20 total hours of the 24, if not a little more with the help of audios. My Hubby is working (it's always easier to read when He isn't here) so I hope to get a lot in before He gets home at 3.

I finished my B book this morning. Sorry for the delay, I didn't get to read any with working on WH13 the last few days.

Angie is traveling today but knows I finished and will likely start her O book while on the plane here in a bit, so she'll probably finish it up today or tomorrow.

Guess I'm up next. I'll start it tonight, have it done tomorrow. I really need to get on my other one too.

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Week 17

Task: Read a book with a twisted or convoluted plot
Task: Read a book ADVENTURE or ADVENTUROUS in the text
Book: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Author: Stuart Turton
Pages: 517
Start Date: 09/18/18
Finish Date: 09/23/18
How it Fits: Convoluted plot - man wakes up in a new body every day to try to solve a murder, Adventure in text - "She’ll soon be embarking on a brand-new adventure, and..."



Week 18

Task: Read a book with TIME and SPACE in the text
Task: Read a book tagged Time or Space or Time Travel
Book: The Gone World
Author: Tom Sweterlitsch
Pages: 399
Start Date: 9/27/18
Finish Date: 10/3/18
How it Fits: Tagged as Time Travel 83 times / words in text -
"The SPACE suit was orange"
"...she remembered she had traveled to Deep TIME on the USS William McKinley..."



Week 19

Task: Read a book with 11 (intact) in Publication date or Page count
Task: Read a book with a quirky character (your interpretation)
Book: Second Grave on the Left
Author: Darynda Jones
Pages: 318
Start Date: 6/15/18
Finish Date: 6/17/18
How it Fits: 11 in pub date: 8/16/2011 / MC Charley is a quirky character as among other things, she names various body parts including her tits and toes



Week 20

Task: Read a book with all letters of TARDIS in title
Task: Read a book whose author's first or last initial can be found in GALLIFREY
Book: The World's Greatest Adventure Machine
Author: Frank Cole
Pages: 322
Start Date: 5/16/18
Finish Date: 5/17/18
How it Fits: Authors First Initial F, found in galliFrey / Tardis in title - The worlD's gReAteSt adventure machIne



Week 21

Task: Read a book whose title begins with a letter in WAREHOUSE
Task: Read a book where 13 is important
Book: Hot Lead, Cold Iron
Author: Ari Marmell
Pages: 400
Start Date: 9/15/18
Finish Date: 9/17/18
How it Fits: Starts with letter in Warehouse - H / was published on May 13th



Week 22

Task: Read a book tagged Science Fiction
Task: Tie a book to "The truth is out there"
Book: The Freeze-Frame Revolution Book Bites Used
Author: Peter Watts
Pages: 192 Book Bites Used
Start Date: 6/19/18
Finish Date: 6/19/18
How it Fits: Tagged as SF 112 times / the crew members seek out the truth about what was really going on on the ship



Week 23

Task: Read a book where something repeats itself
Task: Read a book where a drink is mentioned
Book: Neverworld Wake
Author: Marisha Pessl
Pages: 336
Start Date: 7/1/18
Finish Date: 7/1/18
How it Fits: The day repeats over and over until the characters figure out the mystery and decide something. / Tea is mentioned - “Perhaps this time I’ll be invited in for tea,” said the old man.



Week 24

Task: Read a book with 24 or less chapters
Task: Read a book with the words BARE FOOT in the text (can be barefoot)
Book: Gamer for Life
Author: Daniel Schinhofen
Pages: 403
Start Date: 09/11/18
Finish Date: 09/13/18
How it Fits: 19 chapters, "Blinking, he looked down to find himself barefoot but wearing jeans and shirt."

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Week 14

Task: Read a book where the MC does something risky
Task: Read a book where letters in WILD SIDE can be found in the title and authors name
Book: The Alexander Cipher
Author: Will Adams
Pages: 517
Start Date: 4/6/18
Finish Date: 4/12/18
How it Fits: MC does something risky - sneaks into a dig to find something / Wild Side found in name & title: the alexanDEr cIpher / WILl aDamS



Week 15

Task: Read a book where the MC does something wild (your interpretation)
Task: Read a book that in your interpretation fits the month's theme
Book: An Argumentation of Historians
Author: Jodi Taylor
Pages: 374
Start Date: 4/13/18
Finish Date: 4/14/18
How it Fits: Book fits for both tasks, but is a bit of a spoiler. As always, Max is doing wild things.



Week 16

Task: Read a book with 3 MC's of 2 girls and 1 guy
Task: Read a book featuring/mentioning a Ménage à trois (will allow a love triangle)
Book: His and Hers and Hers Book Bites Used
Author: Nona Raines
Pages: 152 Book Bites Used
Start Date: 6/25/18
Finish Date: 6/25/18
How it Fits: 2 girls (Kyla & Cassie) and 1 guy (Jordan) MCS / lots and lots of 3some sex! ;)