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

Karsyn ’s comments from the Badass Reading Challenges group.

Thanks Jenny! Needed a new book today so already started on The Coffin Dancer.

Carmen, my picks for you -

- the highest rated on your list
- this is on my TBR so I'd be interested in what you think

My Fetch Shelf

Just the two of us? Anyone else? I can leave it open a day or two, or longer?

I'm good for it - just nudge me if I take too long. :D

I'll get us a new Villain tomorrow, along with your new WH13 assignment Jackie.

I'm soooooo sorry I forgot I said I'd read the Belle book. SMH! Both y'all feel free to prod me if I forget in the future - well if either of you wanna do more. So sorry!!

I read a Belle book today completing Gaston. I'm so so sorry that I took an inexcusable amount of time to get it - I just completely forgot! :/

Hey Carmen

I read Warden and it was alright. Solid 3.5 and wavered on if I wanted to rate up or down. Ended up going down because I don't think I'd read more. It was alright but simple the the terms of LitRPG. The characters were flat and the storyline was just okay. Was disappointed it wasn't better. But thanks for picking it. I dunno that I'll get to the other but YAY that I finally got to one... it's been a while! :D

Hi Cayleigh! Nice to see ya! :)

MPG = Main Page Genre. Romance has to be listed on the book page the right in the Genres list.


Yeah, really Plethora! :/ Next thing we know it'll be Dec. :(

Not a bad Bout of Books. Got a lot read - though most were short stories and novellas. Found a new-to-me series I enjoyed and found out a voice actor I love has done ONE audiobook - and it was great. He needs to do more!! Speaking of audiobooks, I ONLY read audiobooks. I didn't read a single Kindle book, which was odd. Good reading start to the year, now hopefully I can finish my edits of my book.

There's one book missing from my wrap-up below. It's been combined with others into a compilation, even though I read it as a standalone. But there's no info for it on its own now, so no way to post it.




Bout of Book 25 Stats


I completed 20 books
I read 2,326 pages
I listened to all 20 books as audiobooks
I read 13 Short stories, 7 Novels
I read for approximately 33 hours 30 minutes (all on Audio)




Sunday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: -----
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 5 hr 55 min / 309 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: -----
Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've read: 20
Current Book: -----
Pages Read Today: 309
Total Pages Read: 2,326
Time Read Today: 5 hrs 55 min
Total Time Read: 33 hrs 30 min



COMPLETED BOOKS:

Thanks for the picks Carmen!! :D


Here's my picks for you Angie - going with our favorite Kendra's. :)

GR was giving me fits the on the 3rd and 4th. Glad to know it wasn't just me. Seems to be alright now tho. So far.

I'm in, but I'll give us a few more days before posting since it's a doozy to find some of these. I'll post pairs on the 5th, that should give us some time. I have some but not enough.

BARC Fetch

December


🔵 Read a Book that is the TWELFTH Book of a Series
Book: All Through the Night
Author: Suzanne Brockmann
Pages: 354
Started: 12/16/19
Finished: 12/17/19
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 12th book in the Troubleshooters series



🔵 Read a Book Published in December of any Year
Book: The Lost Plot
Author: Genevieve Cogman
Pages: 352
Started: 12/8/19
Finished: 12/10/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Pub Dec 14, 2017



🔵 Read a Book with a TWELVE Word Title
Book: Liquid Rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances That Flow Through Our Lives
Author: Mark Miodownik
Pages: 288
Started: 12/28/19
Finished: 12/28/19
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: 12 word title



🔵 Read a Book First Published this month, December of 2019
Book:
Author:
Pages:
Started:
Finished:
Rating:
How it Fits:

November


🔴 Read a Book that is the ELEVENTH Book of a Series
Book: Poison Promise
Author: Jennifer Estep
Pages: 417
Started: 11/11/19
Finished: 11/16/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: 11th book in the Elemental Assassin series



🔴 Read a Book Published in November of any Year
Book: Fight and Flight
Author: Scott Meyer
Pages: 364
Started: 11/17/19
Finished: 11/20/19
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: Pub Nov 9th, 2017



🔴 Read a Book with a Eleven Word Title
Book: Seven Things Not to do When Everyone's Trying to Kill You
Author: Megan O'Russell
Pages: 251
Started: 11/26/19
Finished: 11/26/19
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 11 word title



🔴 Read a Book First Published this month, November of 2019
Book: The Starless Sea
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Pages: 487
Started: 11/26/19
Finished: 11/30/19
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: Pub Nov 5th, 2019

October


🔵 Read a Book that is the TENTH Book of a Series
Book: Fallen
Author: Benedict Jacka
Pages: 336
Started: 10/1/19
Finished: 10/12/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: 10th book of the Alex Verus Series



🔵 Read a Book Published in October of any Year
Book: Coraline
Author: Neil Gaiman
Pages: 208
Started: 10/14/19
Finished: 10/20/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: Pub Oct 6, 2009



🔵 Read a Book with a TEN Word Title
Book: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Author: Ron Hansen
Pages: 320
Started: 10/24/19
Finished: 10/31/19
Rating: 3 stars
How it Fits: 10 Word Title



🔵 Read a Book First Published this month, October of 2019
Book: In the Hall with the Knife
Author: Diana Peterfreund
Pages: 304
Started: 10/9/19
Finished: 10/26/19
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: Pub Oct 8, 2019

I didn't read the ones I listed yet but read this one because it fit 12th in a series, and as a bonus it was a holiday book. I really enjoyed it, the characters were good as was the story. I definitely need to get back to more of the Troubleshooters books, I always enjoy them when I read them.

I'm not really a holiday reader type. This one just happened to be set at the end of the year so it was good in that regards for me.

Apparently I don't like holiday books. I had two Christmas specific books on my shelves that I read that were 1 star, another that was 3, another a 2. Here's what I've found that I enjoyed.


My Recommendations:

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I HIGHLY recommend White Silence - if you are into bizarre mysteries. It's a wild ride!


Want to read:

Thanks so much to Angie for doing this month and last month. I was/am in a NaNoWriMo fog for last month and still feeling that way so far this month. :D So many words... it's hard to be in the mood to write, or read, more. :D

I'll have to think on this one, I don't think I read a lot of holidays stuff, but I'll be back.

Oh wow! New Questions. But not great questions. :/ Sorry. I'll stick with the questions from last time.



Which hour was most daunting for you?
2 - 4am was the hardest for me, I my eyes hurt and I was tired. I got a small burst of energy around 4am but it didn't last and I ended up giving up at 5am and getting some sleep. I could have pushed through, but I was cranky and had said I wasn't going to push it so I didn't.

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? In the Hall with a Knife

Wanna volunteer for our next event?
Nah - sorry. I prefer to just read.





Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon Stats


I completed 11 books, started 3 (1 ended up a DNF, will finish other 2)
I read 1540 pages
I read 5 books on my Kindle
I listened to 6 books as audiobooks
I read 3 Novels, the rest Novellas
I read for approximately 17 hours (7hr 20min on Kindle, 9hrs 40min hours on Audio)






Completed:










Started, but did not finished:









Marked quickly as DNF:







How was your Read-a-Thon? Leave me a comment and tell me about it, or link me to your blog!

It's time for Dewey's! This is my 14th, 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.

I'm excited for this Dewey's, as a way to get some reading in before the craziness of NaNoWriMo. I know some of you writers will be reading for the read-a-thon. Where are you? Leave me a comment so I can follow you for Dewey's and beyond with your writing!

I also can't wait for NaNo, during which I will write the 3rd book in my Erotic Romance series. See the links to the right, if you'd like to know more about the series.



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?
In the Hall with a Knife by Diana Peterfreund

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I WANTED Sour Patch Kids, but the store didn't have what I wanted and the regular ones were hard. So, the Hubby got me Skittles, which I love, except I'm a fan of lime and I still hate them for taking that from me! :)

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!
HI! I'm Karsyn (some of you who have been around a while will know me as Karsyn @ KaKiJoKoJa - my book review blog), 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! Since I started writing, my reading has only suffered a little, I'm still on track for over 200 books for the year. Beyond my books, I'm a gamer, and I built my own Gaming PC, 4 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!!

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 14th Dewey's so I'll do what I've been doing. :)

That time of the year again! Once again, too quick that it comes around. How is it almost November?
You know - I left that same line above that I wrote in April, only changed the month. How is it the year goes too fast?!

I believe this is my 14th Dewey's, I think. I really need to find out which I'm on. It's been a lot.

I went all 24 hours every time, which I loved, until April. Then, I was doing Camp NaNoWriMo, and I wanted to write rather than read so I made sure to sleep. I don't care for the Reverse Dewey's (has me awake more like 36 hours rather than 24) so I slept some then too.

Planning to do the full 24 hours this time, but don't know if I will or not. We'll see. :) Not going to push it.

As usual, I have no plans for Dewey's, as I'm a diehard Flybyer. (I'm also a pantser when it comes to writing, so I just don't do plans!) I have some books on my radar, but dunno if I'll get to them or not. A few that are likely are:

Thanks Ora!