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Karsyn ’s comments from the Badass Reading Challenges group.

If it was started/finished after the 6th, you can use it since we opened things up on the 6th so anyone can do anything now. If you completed it before we opened it up, I'd say no, it shouldn't be used.

For your character, you can read for Terence or Higgs now, it doesn't have to be just your last name since opening it up.

See post 564 for how/when we opened it up, if there are some of you that haven't seen that yet.

I finished my last Ch 10 book today, so I can take whatever. I'll look for stuff tomorrow.

I don't read a lot of long books, but try this list of books over 1000 pages. Just looking quickly I saw several on there that would work including:

I'll be taking care of this one for you Jenny, probably later on this week. I'm gonna mark it down on my list of stuff I'm currently working on, but could you come back here and remind me, maybe Wed? Cuz right now I'm a bit preoccupied, so I wanna make sure I don't forget you!! :)

Yup, fine by me, and I'm sure Angie as well. :) It seems we're all reading books that can cover multiple things, which is a good thing.

No, sorry. Since Hades is all Fire and Ice, we'll have to stick with actual ice.

Nice find Jackie!

I haven't looked yet for any of the titles, probably will on Monday.

Hey Ashley, since you usually like my recs, have you tried Jeremy Robinson yet? He's very similar to Matt Reilly. I ask, cuz the first book of his Chess Team series features a Hydra in story / on cover which would fit good for the challenge.

If it doesn't look like your thing, I could re-read it, unless it looks good to Jackie / Angie?

♦Ashley♦ wrote: "Are we still only allowed to read authors/characters with the same initial as our own?"

Nah, let's just have anyone do anything, just stick with your house for now.

I have one more book that I'm reading now for finishing up what I wanted to Ch 10.

Since this chapter didn't go so well, let's open it up. New Rules for the rest of Ch 11:

~ Students should only read for their House (to start with)
~ If all of Griffindor/Hufflepuff gets completed then they may help on the others
~ any one can do the non-house tasks

April


🔵 Read a Book that is the FOURTH Book of a Series
Book: Tricked
Author: Kevin Hearne
Pages: 366
Started: 4/1/18
Finished: 4/5/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 4th book in the Iron Druid Chronicles



🔵 Read a Book Published in April of any Year
Book: The Arctic Code
Author: Matthew J Kirby
Pages: 336
Started: 4/28/18
Finished: 4/28/18
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Published April 28th, 2015



🔵 Read a Book with a FOUR Word Title
Book: An Argumentation of Historians
Author: Jodi Taylor
Pages: 374
Started: 4/13/18
Finished: 4/14/18
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: 4 Word Title



🔵 Read a Book First Published this month, April of 2018
Book: Head On
Author: John Scalzi
Pages: 336
Started: 4/4/18
Finished: 4/5/18
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: published April 17th, 2018

I take that back, it has pain/panic so far too.

I'll put it on the sheet. I made a staging area for books cuz my book covers several as well. I'll be done with mine tonight.

I have an H one I started today and so far it's all it fits for.

Sorry! Forgot about this one.

I'll go ahead and say yeah, we'll accept it.

Hi Alexa! My picks for you:


~ because I want to read it too

~ because I found it funny you have two books that start with "The Seven" AND has the name Evelyn in it on your shelf. :) That's just nuts!

Karsyn
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Thanks for my picks WW. Unfortunately I only got through one of them, as I didn't read much this month, but I did love it.



I LOVE this series and I was glad for the push to finally read it. I've had the ARC for a little while and just kept putting it off for no reason. The MC, Steps, is so unique and awesome. He's flawed, which I always like but really awesome at the same time. His ability is quite neat and I just love everything about the books. They are great. I can't wait for more.

Hey Plethora!

How is it April already?! Sorry I never checked back in for Feb. I ended up reading two of your picks, though the last one I finished up a few days after the deadline.


This was was really enjoyable, I gave it 4 stars. I liked the premise and the characters. It definitely kept my attention through the book. I only wish it wasn't romance (as all/most books seem these days) and I knew who the killer was right away. But it was enjoyable and fun. I read it because I thought it might have a Just One Damned Thing After Another vibe (it did not) but it was enjoyable none the less.



I typically love Grabenstien's books, but this one took a long while to get going for me, so I rated it a 3. It's the 3rd book in and it felt like the kids were getting more childish instead of growing up a little. Around 50% it finally started picking up for me and I did really enjoy the last half of it. An enjoyable series overall, the author's books are always a lot of fun.

So glad you enjoyed it Vicki! I love a good Nora book!

Tasks ~ Week 4


January 22-28 ~ Week 4

Dreams can open a door for your imagination.....fairy tales......happily ever after......

TASKS
✨ Read a book which is a fairy tale retelling
✨ Read a book with something related to fairy tales on the cover
(castle, magic wand, tower - use your imagination!)
✨ Read a book where someone gets their HEA
✨ Read a book where the author's initials are found together in DREAMS
(DR, RD, EA, AE, etc., backwards or forwards)

Completion Post


Task: Read a book with a dark DREAM (or nightmare)
Task: Read a book by a female author
Book: Ash and Quill
Author: Rachel Caine
Pages: 351
Started: 3/30/18
Finished: 3/31/18
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Female author ~ Rachel Caine; MC has dark dreams ~ "He dreamed he was a guard, and the gate was on fire, and he knew that what waited beyond it was something terrible and monstrous and impossible to defeat."

Completion Post


Event: Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom
Task: Use TITLES to spell out Word A ~ ALPINE SKIING
Title: Pawn's Gambit
Author: Darin Kennedy
Started: 3/22/18
Finished: 3/26/18
Pages: 316
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Title starts with P