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

Karsyn ’s comments from the Badass Reading Challenges group.

Kim wrote: "G/H is author, right? I keep forgetting and getting the two mixed up."

Correct.

G/H Author
R/S MC

Main Characters


+ Fred Weasley
Fred Carver series by John Lutz
Fred the Vampire Accountant series by Drew Hayes
Fred the Mermaid series by MaryJanice Davidson
Fred & Edie
Books about Fred Astaire

+ George Weasley
George Smiley series by John le Carré
George series by Stephen & Lucy Hawking
George and the Dragon
George Fayne ~ Nancy Drew series
George Knightley ~ Emma
George Milton ~ Of Mice and Men
George Osborne ~ Vanity Fair
George Wickham ~ Pride and Prejudice

+ Harry Potter
Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher
Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo
Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Harry Silver series by Tony Parsons
Harry Starke series by Blair Howard

+ Adrian Pucey
Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend
Adrian Lessons
The Life List of Adrian Mandrick
Adrian Hell series by James Sumner
Adrian's Undead Diary by Chris Philbrook

+ Miles Bletchley
Miles (maybe?)
Miles
Books about Miles Davis

Karsyn
Barc Fetch Shelf

Sweet, I say we move it, as that one is harder.

I started New Orleans tonight.

Completion Post


Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book for each letter in Princess and the Frog ~ E
Title: Endangered
Author: Lamar Giles
Page Count: 288
Start: 5/15/18
Finish: 5/15/18
How it Fits: E Title



Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book for each letter in Princess and the Frog ~ G
Title: Gunpowder Moon
Author: David Pedreira
Page Count: 307
Start: 5/16/18
Finish: 5/17/18
How it Fits: G Title



Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book with a character who is Wealthy but an unpleasant person
Title: The World's Greatest Adventure Machine
Author: Frank L Cole
Page Count: 322
Start: 5/16/18
Finish: 5/17/18
How it Fits: Nika's grandfather is worth billions but is overbearing and very unpleasant. Terry owns the Adventure Machine company with his brother but is stealing the kids abilities.



Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book with all the letters of Doctor Facilier in the Title/subtitle
Title: Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle
Author: Gabrielle Kent
Page Count: 332
Start: 5/18/18
Finish: 5/18/18
How it Fits: Doctor Facilier in Title ~ (view spoiler)[

ALFIe blOOm and the sECReTs of hexbRIDge Castle
(hide spoiler)]



Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book for each letter in Princess and the Frog ~ S
Title: Shelter for Adeline
Author: Susan Stoker
Page Count: 394
Start: 5/18/18
Finish: 5/18/18
How it Fits: S Title



Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book with a plucked Feather on the Cover
Title: The Summer Children
Author: Dot Hutchinson
Page Count: 300
Start: 5/22/18
Finish: 5/23/18
How it Fits: Single Feather on Cover

Completion Post


Event: Alpine Skiing
Task: Use TITLES to spell out word A ~ ALPINE SKIING
Title: Killman Creek
Author: Rachel Caine
Started: 5/21/18
Finished: 5/22/18
Pages: 348 pages
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: K Title

That's weird it's listed on the list but doesn't appear to be that way. Maybe most of them are set there but doesn't start it out there? Hopefully Jackie will remember.

I will probably look for more books today/tomorrow. Wasn't able to read yesterday/today.

I know Lisa Jackson has a series in New Orleans and I think Heather Graham has some books down there too. Nora Roberts has at least the one. Other than that, I can't think of any off the top of my head. For some reason, I've never enjoyed books set there, so I haven't read many.

If any of you are interested Shadow Man was an enjoyable book.

I know of these for top hat, I may read the Half Moon Gate one.


I'll be looking for more stuff tonight and/or tomorrow.

Bout of Books 22 ~ Wrap-Up


It's been a good BoB week for me. As I mentioned Pre-Bout of Books, I'm not going to be able to read today/tomorrow, so I started my BoB 2 days early to make up for it. Not my best outing for a Bout of Books week for me, but not bad, and I caught up to my yearly Goodreads Challenge which was what I wanted to do.

Good week, and it's gonna be an even better weekend. ;)


Bout of Book 22 Stats

I completed 17 books, started 1 other, DNF 1 more
I read 4,360 pages
I read 12 books on my Kindle
I listened to 5 books as audiobooks
I read 12 Novels and 5 Novellas
I didn't track my actual reading time this time



Friday
Night Time Audio listening pages: none
Day Time Audio listening pages: 394 pages
Kindle reading pages: 332 pages
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 17
Current Book: Ace of Shades
Pages Read Today: 726 pages
Total Pages Read: 4,360 pages
Challenges Participated in today:
Today's Completed Books:





Started, but didn't Complete



DNF

Completion Post


Event: Alpine Skiing
Task: Use TITLES to spell out word A ~ ALPINE SKIING
Title: Shelter for Adeline
Author: Susan Stoker
Started: 5/18/18
Finished: 5/18/18
Pages: 394
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: S Title

Bout of Books Day 4, My Day 6




Thursday
Night Time Audio listening pages: none
Day Time Audio listening pages: 321 pages
Kindle reading pages: 242 pages
Number of books I've read today: 3
Total number of books I've read: 15
Current Book: Shelter for Adeline
Pages Read Today: 563 pages
Total Pages Read: 3,615 pages
Challenges Participated in today:
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books Day 3, My Day 5



My Precious





Wednesday
Night Time Audio listening pages: none
Day Time Audio listening pages: 210 pages
Kindle reading pages: 402 pages
Number of books I've read today: 3
Total number of books I've read: 12
Current Book: Gunpowder Moon
Pages Read Today: 612 pages
Total Pages Read: 3,052 pages
Challenges Participated in today: My Precious
Today's Completed Books:

Completion Post


Event: Alpine Skiing
Task: Use TITLES to spell out word A ~ ALPINE SKIING
Title: Endangered
Author: Lamar Giles
Started: 5/15/18
Finished: 5/15/18
Pages: 288
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: E Title

Bout of Books Day 2, My Day 4



Challenge ~ Year of You
Books significant to my childhood

They were older books even when I read them as a child, but the books that stuck with me through my childhood was the Trixie Belden series. Trixie was a 13 year old sleuth (think younger version of Nancy Drew) who solved mysteries with her friends who created a club together, the "Bobwhites". It was set in a rural town in New York and I just loved it as a child. I wanted to be Trixie and have all those friends and solve all those mysteries. I actually collect the books, I had all 36 at one point but lost them in a move, and I now have the first 10 or so again and I collect any I come across, even if they are repeats. I recently re-read most of them as an adult and still loved most. The first 6 were started by Julie Campbell, after that, they were written by random ghost writers from the publisher. Now, as an adult, I can notice the differences in the style of writing as well as when one of the authors didn't know the kids/story as well. It's glaring now to notice that, when I didn't as a kid, and has caused me to not like some of the one where the characters just aren't right. But still, a great series, one I still cherish.




Tuesday
Night Time Audio listening pages: none
Day Time Audio listening pages: 185 pages
Kindle reading pages: 288 pages
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 9
Current Book: Whizz Pop Chocolate Shop
Pages Read Today: 473 pages
Total Pages Read: 2,440 pages
Challenges Participated in today: Year of You
Today's Completed Books:

Woooohooo! :) New Villain coming up!

Bout of Books Day 1, My Day 3

Me in 6 Words: Naughty little Reader and PC Gamer


Monday
Night Time Audio listening pages: 75 pages
Day Time Audio listening pages: 200 pages
Kindle reading pages: 684 pages
Number of books I've read today: 3
Total number of books I've read: 7
Current Book: Leviathan
Pages Read Today: 959 pages
Total Pages Read: 1,967 pages
Challenges Participated in today: Me in 6 words
Today's Completed Books:

Pre BoB, My Day 2



Sunday
Night Time Audio listening pages: none
Day Time Audio listening pages: none
Kindle reading pages: 403 pages
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 4
Current Book: Leviathan
Pages Read Today: 403 pages
Total Pages Read: 1,008 pages
Challenges Participated in today: None
Today's Completed Books:

It definitely was a harder one! :)

Since y'all were on your books I took one of Angie's off her hands and just finished that up.

I can still take on your Lion for tomorrow, Ashley, or if you are still on track, then I'll leave it to you. :)

Completion Post


Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book with all the letters of CERBERUS in the Title (no subtitles)
Title: The Black Mast Murder
Author: Alex Berg
Page Count: 287
Start: 5/13/18
Finish: 5/13/18
How it Fits: Cerberus in Title ~ thE BlaCk maSt mURdER

Pre BoB, My Day 1



Saturday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: none
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hour 30 minutes / 221 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: didn't track / 384 pages
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 2
Current Book: Leviathan
Pages Read Today: 605 pages
Total Pages Read: 605 pages
Time Read Today: audio: 1.5 hours
Total Time Read: audio: 1.5 hours
Challenges Participated in today: None
Today's Completed Books:

Oh we can wait for yours, just wanted to make sure you weren't hating it and didn't wanna read it or something. :) Or we can see how the other books get done, if they are wrapped up before you finish yours, then we can slid mine in. It would have fit for Cerberus if it only had a B and Mount Olympus if it only had a T. Long title, just off for both! :/