Katrisa's Brain is in a Twist!

[Janice, Moderator]

Congrats on finishing the first badge! :)

[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 1
2. Card 8 History/Nay
3. The Gunslinger
4. Audio (paperback pages 231)
5. 1st or second in a series
6. The Gunslinger is Dark Tower book 1
7. N/A

[Cherie]

The Hunger Games was one of my first real YA Dystopia reads, way back when. I read them all multiple times.
Shadow of the Wind - I have book #4 on my Nook, waiting for me to read. I read them multiple times, as they each came out.
Clan of the Cavebear - I loved every story in every book, even if the last one or two did wander all over the place. Are you going to continue with the series?
I'm still on the fence about The Haunting of Hill House for the horror task. I keep seeing it in my library audiobook list as "available". I just do not do horror well.

[Margo]

Clan of the Cave Bear is one of my favourite books ever! I agree with Cherie though, the last two of that series didn't live up to expectations.

The hunger games was a weird experience for me. I never thought I would get hooked on a series about children fighting to the death! I only picked it up because my son kept nagging me to read it and turned out I couldn’t put it down. Did you know she's written a prequel? I think its coming out out later this year.

[Katrisa]

I agree with both of you about Hunger Games! I decided to read it because it was on a list the BBC made about novels that shaped our world, but I was feeling meh about reading it, but I thought it was fantastic! I read a fair bit of YA, but there are things about the genre that annoy me and the hunger games avoided them. The love story read as real and complicated and not cringey like most YA love stories and Katniss isn't constantly underestimating herself while actually being awesome like most YA heroines.
And I am totally going to read the rest of Earth's Children series this year. I've been wanting to for ages. I'm focusing a bit on series this year

[Margo]

I'm also trying to finish a few series this year - and to avoid starting so many LOL Enjoy the Earths Children :-)

[Anne ✨]

Margo wrote: "Clan of the Cave Bear is one of my favourite books ever! I agree with Cherie though, the last two of that series didn't live up to expectations.

Cherie wrote: Clan of the Cavebear - I loved every story in every book, even if the last one or two did wander all over the place

I read Clan of the Cave Bear many years ago, I remember loving it at the time. I definitely need to re-read it, it will be like a fresh read as I can't remember it... and then I can go on to the rest of them... thanks for reminding me about this series!

[Anne ✨]

Katrisa wrote: "1. Badge 1 Book 9
2. Card 25 Sci/Nay
3. The Clan of the Cave Bear
4. Audio (paperback pages 512)
5. Title has cavern or cave
6. Clan of the Cave Bear
7. N/A"

How did you find the audio, Katrisa? Audible reviews are a bit critical of the narration, so wondering if i should read this one vs. listen to it?

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

I thought the audio was fine - not like excellent, but it didn’t annoy me or anything

[Katrisa]

1. Badge 3 Book 3
2. Card 29 History/Yay
3. China Rich Girlfriend
4. Audio (hardcover pages 378)
5. Set in modern China
6. There are three main threads in this book and two are set in China (Hong Kong and Shanghai)
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 2
2. Card 5 Sport/Nay
3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
4. Audio (hardcover pages 370)
5. Theme of food
6. Barbara Kingsolver and family decided to spend a year eating locally
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 3
2. Card 27 Art/Nay
3. The Girl with No Shadow
4. Audio (hardcover pages 444)
5. House on cover
6.
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 4
2. Card 4 Ent/Nay
3. Angels & Demons
4. Audio (paperback pages 735 )
5. Vampire or angel in title
6. Angel in title
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 5
2. Card 23 History/Nay
3. The Dutch House
4. Audio (hardcover pages 337)
5. Set in Pennsylvania
6. Set in Jenkintown PA
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 3 Book 4
2. Card 13 Geo/Yay
3. The Glass Woman
4. Audio (hardcover pages 400)
5. Set In Iceland or by and Icelandic author
6. Book is set in Iceland
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 6
2. Card 19 Ent/Nay
3. Tunnel of Bones
4. Audio (Hardcover pages 287)
5. A ghost story
6. Cassidy Blake has a ghost best friend and in this book is trying to deal with a poltergeist
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 7
2. Card 3 Art/Nay
3. Children of Virtue and Vengeance
4. Audio (hardcover pages 404)
5. YA Fantasy
6. Tagged as YA and Fantasy on main page
7. N/A

[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 8
2. Card 7 Art/Nay
3. The Drawing of the Three
4. Audio (paperback pages 463)
5. In a series with 8 books
6. The Dark Tower Series has 8 primary works
7. N/A

[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 9
2. Card 30 Art/Yay
3. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919
4. Hardback 198 pages
5. Set in Illinois
6. Set in Chicago
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 10
2. Card 2 Sci/Yay
3. Deathless
4. Audio (hardback pages 352)
5. One word title starts with D
6. Deathless
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 3 Book 5
2. Card 24 Sci/Nay
3. Blood Bound
4. Audio (paperback pages 292)
5. Tool on cover
6.
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

I just realized that I might have to move some of my Badge 3 books to Badge 4 because I need to choose which cards I am choosing for each badge...

[Katrisa]

CHANGE
1. Badge 3 Book 3
2. Card 29 History/Yay
3. China Rich Girlfriend
4. Audio (hardcover pages 378)
5. Set in modern China
6. There are three main threads in this book and two are set in China (Hong Kong and Shanghai)
7. N/A

CHANGE TO:
1. Badge 4 Book 1
2. Card 29 History/Yay
3. China Rich Girlfriend
4. Audio (hardcover pages 378)
5. Set in modern China
6. There are three main threads in this book and two are set in China (Hong Kong and Shanghai)
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

Katrisa wrote: "I just realized that I might have to move some of my Badge 3 books to Badge 4 because I need to choose which cards I am choosing for each badge..."

Just leave them for now. When you complete badge 3, we'll move the stragglers over to badge 4. Report everything beyond badge 1 & 2 as badge 3 for now. I think one mass move is easier than moving books back and forth.

[Katrisa]

CHANGE
1. Badge 3 Book 5
2. Card 24 Sci/Nay
3. Blood Bound
4. Audio (paperback pages 292)
5. Tool on cover
6.
7. N/A

CHANGE TO:
1. Badge 4 Book 2
2. Card 24 Sci/Nay
3. Blood Bound
4. Audio (paperback pages 292)
5. Tool on cover
6.
7. N/A

[Katrisa]

So I should have 3 books listed for Badge 3 now and 2 for Badge 2

[Katrisa]

Janice wrote: "Katrisa wrote: "I just realized that I might have to move some of my Badge 3 books to Badge 4 because I need to choose which cards I am choosing for each badge..."

Just leave them for now. When yo..."

Oh, I just saw your reply. If we just move those 2 books, we should be fine. I have now assigned cards to myself for each badge so in the future I will know where to list them :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Our posts must have crossed. Just leave Blood Bound as badge 3. We can shift it later.

[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 11
2. Card 18 History/Nay
3. The Round House
4. Audio (hardcover pages 323)
5. winner of one of the following awards: Pulitzer, Audie, National Book, Booker, Hugo, Nebula, Edgar, Rita, Scotia Giller, or Bram Stoker Award.
6. Won National Book Award in 2012
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 12
2. Card 21 Geo/Nay
3. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told
4. Audio (hardcover pages 269)
5. Published in 2018
6. Published in 2018
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 3 Book 6
2. Card 13 Ent/Nay
3. Dark and Deepest Red
4. Hardcover 309
5. Theme of dance
6. Split between the dancing fever in Strasbourg in the 1500s and a modern girl whose shoes are making her dance
7. N/A

(Badge 3 Book 4)

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 2 Book 13
2. Card 17 Hist/Yay
3. Iron Kissed
4. Audio (paperback pages 287)
5. Iron in title
6. Iron Kissed
7. N/A

[Janice, Moderator]

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[Katrisa]

1. Badge 3 Book 7
2. Card 21 Art/Yay
3. Peter Pan
4, Hardcover 176 pages
5. Clock on cover
6.
7. N/A

(Bade 4 Book 3)

[Katrisa]

1. Badge 3 Book 8
2. Card 25 Sports/Nay
3. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
4. Audio (hardcover pages 296)
5. book about N. Am. indigenous people
6. This is a history of the US centered on the indigenous people
7. N/A

(Badge 4 Book 4)

[Janice, Moderator]

Katrisa wrote: "1. Badge 3 Book 7
2. Card 21 Art/Yay
3. Peter Pan
4, Hardcover 176 pages
5. Clock on cover
6.
7. N/A

(Bade 4 Book 3)"

Phew! Just squeaked by that minimum page limit!