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Bout of Books 25 - Wrap Up


Another good Bout of Books!! I completed my loose goal of 14 books, finishing 15 on the week. Would have been more, if I hadn't been sucked into a game, but Rage 2 is soooooooooo much fun. :) The books were good too and it was a good time of reading. Now, I can game more and get back to writing too.





Bout of Book 25 Stats


I completed 15 books
I read 2,607 pages
I read 4 books on my Kindle
I listened to 11 books as audiobooks
I read 6 Novels, 6 Novellas & 3 Short stories
I read for approximately 31 hours 40 minutes (9 hrs 20 min on Kindle, 22 hrs 20 min on Audio)




Sunday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: -----
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hr 15 min / 71 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 1 hr 10 min / 140 pages
Number of books I've read today: 1
Total number of books I've read: 15
Current Book: Big City Magic
Pages Read Today: 211
Total Pages Read: 2,607
Time Read Today: 2 hrs 25 min
Total Time Read: 31 hrs 40 min





COMPLETED BOOKS:









Started, but did not complete:

Bout of Books 25 - Day 5


I didn't finish a book today, for the first time this read-a-thon. I wanted to play some games instead. I played a little Rage 2 - which is fun but has tons of problems and a little poker on Red Dead Redemption 2. Other than those, I didn't do much else, only reading before I went to sleep, continuing one audiobook and starting a new ebook.

I had an unofficial goal of reading 14 books this week and even with taking the day off, it will be easily doable with 2 days left, probably even hit it on Saturday, so I don't have to worry about reading much on Sunday, when my Hubby will be off.




Friday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 40 min / 32 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: -----
Kindle reading time / pages: 35 min / 55 pages
Number of books I've read today: 0
Total number of books I've read: 11
Current Book: Titanborn, Midnight Blood
Pages Read Today: 87
Total Pages Read: 1,985
Time Read Today: 1 hr 15 min
Total Time Read: 24 hr 55 min
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 25 - Day 4


Another light day of reading with 2 books completed. Not too bad.

I love the "If you like this, try that" Challenge. I'm going to copy/paste mine from the last BoBs so I don't take time to do it again. Mine focuses on Time Travel (my favorite genre), Middle Grade and LitRPG/Virtual Reality/Gaming.



Challenges

If you like _____ , then try _____




If you like TIME TRAVEL, then try


Chronicles of St Mary's series by Jodi Taylor
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Secret Runners of New York by Matthew Reilly
Chronos Files by Rysa Walker
Rewind Agency series by Jill Cooper
Future Shock trilogy by Elizabeth Brings
The Drafter by Kim Harrison
Timewaves series by Sophie Davis
Rewinder trilogy by Brett Battles
Hexad series by Al K Line
Man in the Empty Suit by Sean Ferrell
The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch
The Rise & Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl (more of a time loop)
Place in Time duology by Wendy Nikel
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch




If you like MIDDLE GRADE books, then try


The Kingdom Keepers by Ridley Pearson
The Lemoncello series by Chris Grabenstein
The Island of Dr Libris by Chris Grabenstein
Cragbridge Hall series by Chad Morris
Oldies but goodies: Trixie Belden series and Nancy Drew series
Ulysses Moore series by Pierdomenico Baccalario
39 Clues series & spinoffs, first is Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
Voyagers series by various authors, first is Project Alpha by D.J. MacHale
Tombquest series by Michael Northrop
Infinity Ring series by various, first is Mutiny in Time by James Dashner
13th Reality series by James Dashner
Ever After High series by Shannon Hale
The Magic Misfits by Neal Patrick Harris
George series by Lucy & Stephen Hawking
The Librarian series by Eric Hobbs
The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie
Candy Shop War by Brandon Mull
Stranded trilogy by Jeff Probst
Hover Car Racer by Matthew Reilly
The Shadow Cipher by Laura Ruby
Grimm Legacy trilogy by Polly Shulman
Mysterious Benedict Society & The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart





If you like VIDEO GAMES, then try

LitRPG: (read & loved)


Chaos Seeds series by Aleron Kong
Play to Live series by D. Rus
The Gam3 series by Cosimo Yap



LitRPG: (haven't read yet but on my personal TBR)


Awaken Online by Travis Bagwell
Ascend Online by Luke Chmilenko
Divine Dungeon by Dakota Krout
The Dark Herbalist by Michael Atamanov



Virtual Reality: (read & loved)


Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Solarversia by Toby Downton
Mortality Doctrine series by James Dashner
The Leveller by Julia Durango
The Game is Life series by Terry Schott
Otherworld by Jason Segel



Other books a gamer would enjoy:


Erebos by Ursula Poznanski
Insignia trilogy by S.J. Kincaid
Tag, You're Dead by J.C. Lane



Thursday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 1 hr 15 min / 81 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 3 hr 30 min / 334 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: -----
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 11
Current Book: Titanborn
Pages Read Today: 415
Total Pages Read: 1,898
Time Read Today: 4 hrs 45 min
Total Time Read: 23 hrs 40 min
Today's Completed Books:

Nope - doesn't have to be done in order Cait, just that your own house can't read to either side of yours. So if you read for 6, a Hufflepuff can't read for 5 or 7.

You can. :) Glad to make you so excited. I'll go change it, in the school records. :D

Completed Tasks -


Chapter Fifteen - The Forbidden Forest

Task: Read a Book that is about or heavily features Astronomy
Book: Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Author: Temi Oh
Pages: 528
Start Date: 3/19/19
Finish Date: 3/22/19
How it Fits: Astronauts train most of their life to learn space travel, and other astronomical stuff to live their lives out on a spacecraft and a new planet



Task: Read a Book in which "one o'clock in the morning" is mentioned
Book: The Secret Runners of New York
Author: Matthew Reilly
Pages: 328
Start Date: 4/6/19
Finish Date: 4/6/19
How it Fits: 1am mentioned in text: "I carried a tray loaded up with champagne for almost four hours and walked out of there at 1:00 a.m. with two hundred and eighty bucks in cash."



Task: Read a Book in which a Character or Characters get caught breaking the rules
Book: Nyxia Uprising
Author: Scott Reintgen
Pages: 368
Start Date: 4/26/19
Finish Date: 4/26/19
How it Fits: The whole book is about rebelling against the people that brought them their and breaking all the rules that was set forth for them.



Task: Read a Book with a Forest scene on the Cover
Book: An Evil Mind (May '19 re-read)
Author: Chris Carter
Pages: 494
Start Date: 5/1/19
Finish Date: 5/5/19
How it Fits: Forest Scene on Cover

Cait S wrote: "I wish we could switch houses. I realized a few months after we claimed them that I'd been identifying wrong my whole life lol So now I keep forgetting that I'm a Ravenclaw in this game."

If you've identified wrong and only recently figured it out, by all means change! :) No harm in that. I'm sure that's what the Headmasters would do, if you somehow tricked the Sorting Hat. ;)

Chapter 16 - Word in Text suggestions


Tap Dance
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow
Off Rock
Till Death
Nowhere to Hide
The Originals


Snuffbox
A Scanner Darkly
A Winter's Promise
The Lie Tree
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Outlander series


Whiskers
The Real-Town Murders
The Bird King
The Savior's Champion
The City in the Middle of the Night
Clockwork Boys


up to something
Off Planet
Delta-V
The Luminous Dead
Not Your Sidekick
Navigating the Stars


Harp & Flute will take longer to search for - I will though, if anyone needs it. Getting these quick / easy ones out first. I have a few hundred or more of each, just listed 5 for ease, so I'm fine with giving more, it's fast easy to search one word/phrase. LMK if you want more of any.


Harp / Flute
Sphinx's Princess
Sphinx's Queen
Drums of Autumn

Bout of Books 25 - Day 3




Just like Twitter, I hate "emoji" or any kind of chat speak. We do not have cell phones (no, we're not barbaric - we have no need or want of them) and even if we did, I'd never ever use chat speak. Putting in a smilie face is the extent of my emoji / chat speak. So, no challenge for me today.

Yesterday was a lighter day of reading. We've never figured out why, but I don't read when my Hubby is here, even when He's doing His own thing. I didn't read during the day at all yesterday, just some before going to bed in the early morning and before bed last night. Still, got two books read, so can't complain!



Wednesday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: 3 hrs / 210 pages
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: -----
Kindle reading time / pages: 1 hr 15 min / 152 pages
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 9
Current Book: -----
Pages Read Today: 362
Total Pages Read: 1,483
Time Read Today: 4 hrs 15 min
Total Time Read: 18 hrs 55 min
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 25 - Day 2


Day 2's challenge was favorites. I could go on and on about my favorites about all manner of bookish things, so I decided to share just two - my favorite Narrators (being a big audiobook lover) and favorite books.


Favorite Narrators

Jim Dale
R.C. Bray
Nick Podhel
Gildart Jackson
Sean Mangan
Luke Daniels
Jeffrey Kafer
Ray Porter


Favorite Books



Tuesday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: -----
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 3 hr 30 min / 235 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 3 hrs 40 minutes / 366 pages
Number of books I've read today: 2
Total number of books I've read: 7
Current Book: Rescuing Kassie
Pages Read Today: 601
Total Pages Read: 1,121
Time Read Today: 7 hrs 10 min
Total Time Read: 14 hrs 10 min
Today's Completed Books:

Bout of Books 25 - Day 1



Monday
Night Time Audio listening time/pages: -----
Day Time Audio listening time/pages: 4 hr / 258 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 3 hrs / 262 pages
Number of books I've read today: 5
Total number of books I've read: 5
Current Book: Permafrost / The Dark Prince
Pages Read Today: 520
Total Pages Read: 520
Time Read Today: 7 hours
Total Time Read: 7 hours
Today's Completed Books:

It's that time of year again, time for Bout of Books 25. I'm signing up!

After spending my April writing (my first time ever, writing creatively, I joined Camp NaNoWriMo and wrote over 60k words) I'm ready for a week of reading! Not sure what I'm going to read for the week, but I have a few books in mind so far.

Who is joining me? Let me know if you have a blog and I will follow you!

Absolutely no limits or pressure. Just do what you want/can! Having fun is what matters. :)

📅 April:


🔵 Read a Book that is the FOURTH Book of a Series
Book: Smoke and Iron
Author: Rachel Caine
Pages: 448
Started: 4/28/19
Finished: 4/30/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: 4th book in the Great Library series



🔵 Read a Book Published in April of any Year
Book: Patient Zero
Author: Jonathan Maberry
Pages: 421
Started: 4/4/19
Finished: 4/12/19
Rating: 5 rating
How it Fits: pub April 1st, 2010



🔵 Read a Book with a FOUR Word Title
Book: Hope for the Best
Author: Jodi Taylor
Pages: 480
Started: 4/27/19
Finished: 4/28/119
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 4 word title



🔵 Read a Book First Published this month, April of 2019
Book: Nyxia Uprising
Author: Scott Reintgen
Pages: 368
Started: 4/26/19
Finished: 4/26/19
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: published April 16, 2019

📅 March:


🔴 Read a Book that is the THIRD Book of a Series
Book: The Spirit Eater
Author: Rachel Aaron
Pages: 436
Started: 3/13/19
Finished: 3/18/19
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 3rd book in the Eli Monpress series



🔴 Read a Book Published in March of any Year
Book: The Ghost Brigades
Author: John Scalzi
Pages: 356
Started: 3/7/19
Finished: 3/10/19
Rating: 4 stars
How it Fits: originally published March 2006



🔴 Read a Book with a THREE Word Title
Book: The Last Town
Author: Blake Crouch
Pages: 308
Started: 3/4/19
Finished: 3/5/19
Rating: 5 stars
How it Fits: 3 word title



🔴 Read a Book First Published this month, March of 2019
Book: Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Author: Temi Oh
Pages: 528
Started: 3/19/19
Finished: 3/22/19
Rating: 2 stars
How it Fits: published March 7, 2019

We can do more if you like. Those were the main Villains, the core 11, but I'm glad to give us more if you and Angie wanna, and maybe Ashley if she comes back too! :)

Oh damn, I totally missed your message!

Yeah, sorry to hear that, though I understand. I didn't do much reading in April with doing Camp NaNo. This is actually our last Villain, Chernabog was the 11th, so we could wrap up anyways, unless anyone wants to continue.

I hope you will be sticking around BARC though?

Oh wow! New Questions. I already wrote this out with the old questions... I'll add in the new ones. :D



Which hour was most daunting for you?
None. I started to get tired around 2. Since I'd already decided not to do the full 24 hours, I just decided to go to bed. On one hand, it sucked not doing the full 24 hours, it was the first time in 12 Dewey's that I didn't. On the other hand, I really REALLY hated not writing (I'm participating in Camp NaNoWriMo) so I knew I wanted to sleep to be able to write again today.

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? The Secret Runners of New York

What was your favorite snack?
Oreos, though I didn't have any until about 8 hours in, when my Hubby got home. That's the only snack I had.

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.

What was your favorite facet of the day?
Reading "The Secret Runners of New York". My favorite author - Matthew Reilly, writing my favorite genre - time travel. He did NOT disappoint. So good!

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.

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





Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon Stats


I completed 5 books, started 2 others, continued 1 more
I read 1370 pages
I read 3 books on my Kindle
I listened to 5 books as audiobooks
I read 4 Novels, 4 Novellas
I read for approximately 13 hours (5.5 hours on Kindle, 7.5 hours on Audio)




Current Stats:

Audio listening time/pages: 7 hours 30 minutes / 544 pages
Kindle reading time / pages: 5 hours 30 minutes / 826 pages
Total number of books I've read: 5
Current Book:
Total Pages Read: 1,370 pages
Total Time Read: 13 hours




Completed:









Started, but did not finished:









Continued, did not finish:

Mid-Event Survey

1. What are you reading right now?
In between books, soon to start a new one. 25% into The Vanishing Season.

2. How many books have you read so far?
Finished 4, started two others - one is a messed up audiobook so that's a DNF for now, the other (Vanishing Season) I hope to finish.

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?
Not a Hero by Cherise Sinclair

4. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?
I haven't felt it this year like I have other years, I think because I want to write instead. I'm definitely not going to stay up the full 24 hours, like I have the previous 11 Dewey's, because I want to write tomorrow.

5. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?
Nothing changes, so nothing.

It's time for Dewey's! This is my 12th 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.

For the first time, since I started doing Dewey's, I don't plan to go the full 24 hours. I MIGHT, but I'm not counting on it. Why, you ask? I'm glad you asked. It's because, for the first time ever, I'm doing a NaNoWriMo event, specifically I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo, which is happening now, for the month of April.

I won't go into the long story, if you are interested, you can go see my post from April 2nd where I first posted about it. I'm updating my blog every day with my progress. Here my Camp NaNoWriMo - Day 5 recap I posted today.



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?
THE SECRET RUNNERS OF NEW YORK!!!! Yes, I'm super excited. My favorite author wrote a book in my favorite genre. I. CAN. NOT. WAIT!!!!

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?
I don't have any snacks for this year, for the first time ever. There's some Ritz in there, and that's about it. :( Might have my Hubby bring something home, I'm not sure what.

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! Since I started writing, my reading has taken a nose dive. I read over 40 books in January, but only 25 in Feb and Mar. So bad! But I'm loving writing. 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!! Before I caught the writing bug I was playing RDR2, KH3 and HZD on the PS4, and Subnautica, RE2 and Two Point Hospital on the PC.

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 12th Dewey's so I'll do what I've been doing, minus the staying up all night. It could happen, but as I write this, I want to get back to my writing, so I don't think I can go two days without it. :)