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Karsyn ’s comments from the Badass Reading Challenges group.

Biathlon: Mixed Relay
Biathlon is a sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, two events that are very different from each other.


Commands: Read alternating Authors and Genres


Biathlon: Mixed Relay ~ 16 Total Books
         In this challenge you will use AUTHORS & GENRES
         Needed: 8 sets of books with Genres that are very different from each other
         You will need 8 books by a Woman & 8 books by a Man
         Reading MUST be started & finished IN ORDER
         Biathlon order:
              Woman author Genre A
              Male author Genre B
              Repeat


SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS ~ If Playing with a Mate:
         One Mate must read 8 Books
         Other Mate must read 8 Books
         MUST be done in Sets of opposite genres with 1 male / 1 female authors
         May read both books of ONE SET at the same time
         New Set may NOT be started until last Set is COMPLETE



Set 1:
K - Hot Lead, Cold Iron / Male Author / Historical Urban Fantasy
A - Cars, Coffee, and a Badass Ninja Toilet ~ Female Author ~ Humor / Chick Lit / Fiction
both completed 9/17


Set 2:
K - The Three Secret Cities / Male Author/ Adventure & Thriller
A - Some Girls Bite / Female Author / PNR & Urban Fantasy
A completed 9/18 , K completed 9/19


Set 3:
K - Bangkok Warlock / Male Author / Urban Fantasy
A - Game of Love / Female Author / Romance & Contemporary
A completed 9/20, K completed 9/21


Set 4:
K - Property of the Rebel Librarian / Female Author / Middle Grade Fiction
A - Powder Burn / Male Author / Action / Adventure / Thriller
both completed 9/21


Set 5:
K - Cogheart / Male Author / Middle Grade Fantasy, Sci Fi & Steampunk
A - It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time / Female Author / Romance
K finished 9/22, A finished 9/23


Set 6:
K - Scourged / Male Author / Urban Fantasy & Mythology
A - Stalking Jack the Ripper / Female Author / Historical, YA, Mystery
A finished 9/24, K finished 9/26


Set 7:
K - The Spirit Rebellion / Female Author / Epic, High Fantasy, Fantasy & Adventure
A - Sliver / Male Author / Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense
A finished 10/7, K finished 10/9


Set 8:
K -
A -

Alpine Skiing: Giant Slalom


Use TITLES to spell out ALPINE SKIING GIANT SLALOM
MUST be spelled out in a Zigzag Order
         Word A: Alpine Skiing
         Word B: Giant Slalom
         One Mate must read ALL of Word A (Karsyn)
         Other Mate must read ALL of Word B (Angie)

A	Artemis 		2/15/18		--->		G Gingerbread Man 
	<---						
L	Life is But a Dream 	2/16/18		--->		I Iced Romance 
	<---						
P	Pawn's Gambit 		3/26/18		--->		A Afraid 
	<---						
I	Infinity Base 		4/28/18		--->		N No Remorse 
	<---						
N	Never Rest		4/29/18		--->		T Third Grave... 
	<---						
E	Endangered 		5/15/18		--->		S Soar 
	<---						
S	Shelter for Adeline 	5/18/18		--->		L Leopard Moon 
	<---						
K	Killman Creek 		5/22/18		--->		A Angel Fire 
	<---						
I	In the Clearing		5/29/18		--->		L Ladies of...
	<---						
I	Ice Station		7/31/18		--->		O Opal Fire
	<---						
N	Nyxia Unleashed		9/8/18		--->		M Maggie for Hire
	<---						
G	Gamer for Life		9/13/18				

Completion Post


Task: ☠ ~ Read a Book with an Octopus mentioned in the story
Title: More Than a Game
Author: Andrey Vasilyev
Page Count: 329
Start: 2/2/18
Finish: 2/5/18
How it Fits: "As soon as you find the old OCTOPUS, send him this way." @ 77%

Thanks Plethora! I'm hoping to get to all those. I'm a pretty big Grabenstein fan, read almost everything he's written, just haven't gotten around to the 3rd book yet. The series is cute.

Pairings have usually been posted on the 1st. The sign-ups usually run the 24th - 30th/31st, then the pairings go up on the 1st. I think last month was late though, just with craziness of holidays/being sick.

Hey Amanda,

I finally got around to reading Ash Princess and really enjoyed it. It took a little while to get going for me, but I think that was because I wasn't sitting and reading it all at once, but rather in chapter spurts and it wasn't staying with me. I sat and finished it today and found it quite enjoyable.

It's similar to a lot of the other kinds of YA like this, but I liked the characters and the story. I definitely will read more. 4 stars. Thanks for picking it for me! Sorry I didn't get to the 2nd book, I was glad I finally got one in!!

Sorry you are still on hold for it. I'll move things around for now, but we can always move 'em back if you get it and with the Title plus things in the book I'm sure we'll be able to use it for other villains if it takes that long to get it. :)

I'll keep the R book in mind too Jackie.

I'll probably start an E book tonight. We're near wrapping this villain up! :D

Hey Ashley, will you still be getting to *Into the Drowning Deep* for the Ocean task? If you didn't think you'd get to it or didn't want it, we could move mine there, as my newest book (covering M Title) has the word octopus, so I can use it there and the Drowning Deep for ocean. Up to you, I know you wanna read it, just didn't know if you were getting it any time soon.

Here's the two I found:


Say You'll Remember Me
A Gentleman Always Remembers

They aren't my kind of books but I could read the first one if needed.

Amanda wrote: "I love fantasy/paranormal, YA, and lots of romance."


Looking around, thought I'd pop in. Here are some I can think of:

~ Elemental Assassins series by Jennifer Estep ~ urban fantasy (MC owns a BBQ joint)
~ several of Nora Roberts books including the Inn Boonsboro trilogy and the Bride Quartet (owns a B&B and a wedding business)
~ Kendra Elliot series by Iris Johansen (owns her own music therapy place)
~ In Death series by J.D. Robb (Roarke owns half the world!)

I'll probably think of more but I'm off to bed. Good luck finding something. :D

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Task: Read a Book for each letter in The Little Mermaid ~ A
Title: Avempartha
Author: Michael J Sullivan
Page Count: 331
Start: 1/31/18
Finish: 2/2/18
How it Fits: Title starts with A

Angie, my WW, I just gotta!! :)


cuz it's awesome
cuz you gotta get caught up! ;)

Oh YAY!! So glad you enjoyed it!! I love it when someone loves my recommendations!! Woooooo!

LOL! ;)

No, doesn't say it has to show all, but by our own Rules & Regs, it needs to be 50% or more of the item. I guess that's about half of it, since it's probably just a little part of the screw down in there? It's very clear what it is, so I guess it works?

I'll keep looking for Thingamabob then. Finding plenty with wines but not a lot with the corkscrew, or enough of it anyways.

Yup, it definitely works! Woooo!

Angie found one Thingamabob but it was only partial so I'm trying to find another. We're looking for more of a corkscrew than actual screw, so I'm looking for fiction books to do with wine.

Found this but I'm hoping to find something not a cozy mystery. :)

Anyone not able to get anything that you need someone else to cover? Was about to start looking for Eric/Vanessa, but wanted to see if anyone was already planning on covering those, or anything y'all can't find that I should be looking for instead?

Completion Post


Task: Read a Book in which a character is killed by being impaled
Title: Dark in Death
Author: J.D. Robb
Page Count: 384
Start: 1/29/18
Finish: 1/30/18
How it Fits: Victim is killed by being impaled in the back of the neck with an ice pick.