The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl #6)[May 25, 2024]

[Yanique, Thread Master]

This is a Buddy Read The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman starting on May 25, 2024.


Happy Reading!

[Nirkatze]

Looking forward to this!

1. Dungeon Crawler Carl (read separately on Vagabond last year)
2. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Jan 25) [link]
3. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Feb 25) [link]
4. The Gate of the Feral Gods (Mar 25) [link]
5. The Butcher's Masquerade (Apr 25) [link]
6. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (May 25)
Series is unfinished, Dinniman currently working on #7 and posts regularly on Patreon & Royal Road

audio: no library/subscription copies. Not Audible Only either, but I don't see them elsewhere...
ebooks: all on KU
If folks find more, let me know, will update.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Pretty much gotta watch for sales...

#1 was on sale in August... #6 is on sale this month... etc...

[Ann-Marie]

Started (through ch 17) and no surprise I am absolutely loving it <3 (view spoiler)[Very happy that there is a plan to avoid Donut v Katia on Floor 9 although not many details are known yet, poor Carl is kind of going on faith at this point. You just KNOW it is going to go all to hell but Carl will somehow make it work. Loved the team flag! And Donut's reaction to the Sister Inez and Havana brown cats was everything, I am still smiling about it now as I am writing this note lol Also I don't think I have mentioned before how much Samantha makes me laugh, like for real LOL while listening! Him yelling at her to float and she is like okay, okay then "Are you a mage? Are YOU a mage?" and then getting eaten by the level boss so they will have to eventually rescue her. Hilarious! I am glad we are getting info on the drama between Mordecai & Odette too! (hide spoiler)]

Yes I am still behind on books and yes I started this one already ahead of other books I should have read already and no, I am not sad about that at all! I am sad that this is the last one for a while though.....

[Ann-Marie]

Chapter 18 (view spoiler)[More feet stuff..... (hide spoiler)]

[Nirkatze]

Ann-Marie wrote: "Yes I am still behind on books and yes I started this one already ahead of other books I should have read already and no, I am not sad about that at all! I am sad that this is the last one for a while though..."

LOL I feel this so hard, Ann-Marie... I'm putting this off for the same reasons, only opposite... because it's the last for now, to make it last, and as a treat to look forward too after cleaning up other books...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'm generally juggling / spinning plates, with my BRs, to try and line up a perfect rotation of book types / audio formats / battery drain amounts for work & home, etc etc etc... constantly changing my plans based on mood in the moment of choosing the next book, too... it never ends :D

[Ann-Marie]

I am currently watching my 3-year old nephew so sadly I had to stop the audio for now but yeah, this is just the best. And I rewarded myself for finishing the Mary Stewart book earlier today, I felt like I deserved something for sucking it up and finishing that, still need to post in the thread lol

[Nirkatze]

Ann-Marie wrote: "I am currently watching my 3-year old nephew so sadly I had to stop the audio for now but yeah, this is just the best. And I rewarded myself for finishing the Mary Stewart book earlier today, I fel..."

Hear hear!

For some reason this makes me think of @Iain's foot update thread that he supposedly made to please the AI...

[Ann-Marie]

Nirkatze wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "I am currently watching my 3-year old nephew so sadly I had to stop the audio for now but yeah, this is just the best. And I rewarded myself for finishing the Mary Stewart book ea..."

There is a whole foot thing that happens and I am legit traumatized.....

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I made the one post in the foot thread, then never really did updates as it progressed for weeks on end... been back at work for most of 2 months now, and it still aches a bit at home, but doesn't really bother me at work...

In early/mid-March I was given a 1 month supply of Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory / NSAID that's a bit stronger than tylenol/etc, I guess, and told to take it twice a day for 30+ days... I did that and it came with a pre-approved refill so I got it just in case around the time of my final orthopedic doctor appointment (I cancelled the optional 2 month follow-up, because things are going well)... I kinda just slowly weaned myself off the Diclofenac as needed since then / last month... took 1 a day for awhile, then every other day-ish... now I just take one if my foot is being especially bothersome, so after work... still have most of the final bottle of pills...

And it's almost an over-the-counter med, I think?... they make OTC Diclofenac gel to rub onto arthritis pain points (Voltaren)...

[Ann-Marie]

Chapter 28 and OMFG (view spoiler)[they are fighting a mob named Rudedolph the Blood Nosed Slay Deer! How can you not love this series???? (hide spoiler)]

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I made the one post in the foot thread, then never really did updates as it progressed for weeks on end... been back at work for most of 2 months now, and it still aches a bit at home, but doesn't ..."

Glad things are going well!! You'll have to give us another update a year from now, and assure us that the pain is entirely gone...

[Choko]

So glad you are getting back to normal, Iain! Keep getting better!

[Ann-Marie]

Chapter 65 (view spoiler)[

(hide spoiler)]

[Ann-Marie]

Finished last night and no surprise this was wonderful. (view spoiler)[As much as I love Carl & Donut I found myself laughing every time Samantha was around. "I'm going to kill your mother!" She is so stupid and I love her! I was glad to get info on the Mordecai/Odette drama finally. I wonder how Carl will be next book with the ring, the jacket/patch and now having Shi Maria like what, in him? He needs to keep his head on straight if he wants to keep surviving. And of course that ending! Prior crawlers coming back into the game next book! And that chick trying to get the whole thing shut down? UGH the next book needs to come out now!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Marie]

Ann-Marie wrote: "Finished last night and no surprise this was wonderful. [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ I love Samantha too, her narration is so funny. The Shi Maria merging scene was absolutely horrifying. The series is really ramping up the mental baggage on the characters. The next book will be massive and I can't wait! (hide spoiler)]

[Ann-Marie]

Marie wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "Finished last night and no surprise this was wonderful. [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

Exactly!

Also I forgot about the additional narrators (view spoiler)[were fun but not in it much, I guess they just did a favor> (hide spoiler)]

[Quinn]

Chapters 1-19

(view spoiler)[Things are going a bit slower than I feel is usual for these books. We aren't seeing the card battle system yet, which I hope happens soon. Some character deaths happened, but I didn't feel much about it. We only spent maybe 10 or so chapters with them, and they didn't get fleshed out all that much for me to care about them dying. It sucks that Carl caused their deaths, but it just didn't hit me.

Also, oh god they're getting even further engrained into God stuff. Everything about this feels like the theme of the prologue chapter, of the game/AI specifically rigging moments by giving the crawlers specific items and abilities. Speaking of the AI, we see it directly talk with Carl and get beyond weird with the foot stuff. Creepy in every way, but I'm also intrigued to see what motivations it has now.

My gut is telling me there might be a major character death coming soon. Katia is likely, so is Bautista. Nothing can go right with this plan to negate the Sepsis Crown. (hide spoiler)]

[Tonari no Emily]

MY GOD these are good. Love the mix of serious, outrageous, disgusting, hilarity.

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Reached foot stuff… surprised this didnt happen sooner lol

[Tonari no Emily]

Ann-Marie wrote: "Chapter 18 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[ that feet scene was ALOT lol (hide spoiler)]

[Tonari no Emily]

Ann-Marie wrote: "Chapter 65

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The way I finished that line out loud while listening to that part LMAO

[Tonari no Emily]

Ann-Marie wrote: "Marie wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "Finished last night and no surprise this was wonderful. [spoilers removed]"

[spoilers removed]"

Exactly!

Also I forgot about the additional narrators [spoilers r..."

Not (view spoiler)[ in it much, but Warburton doing Alpha Carl was fantastic. Also Carl being indignant at the accusation of crab masturbation is just hilarious. Love that there's still things he can object to like that. It's getting so dark, but he hasn't lost the humor (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

33-50% in... working my way through... similar thoughts all around... love this series... can't believe we waited so long between books 1-2...

As usual, so much going on... treasure boxes, secrets all around, Foot Stuff, Uzi Jesus motherfucker... and now Clam Chowder quest with crabs and seals...

(view spoiler)[The AI is really revealing itself to Carl and I'm loving it... I suspected it was doing things, and that backstory about secret societies and unionbusting proved me right... (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Apparently there are depths of depravity even I'm unaware of, lol...

I know about -ussy portmanteaus, but never heard nussy/knussy before... urban dictionary google result to the rescue... if I'd mentally added a k, I'd have realized what it was...

only body part I could think of with an n was neck, but that's already covered by throat...

[Ann-Marie]

Tonari no Emily wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "Chapter 65

"

The way I finished that line out loud while listening to that part LMAO"

It was a blast from the past for sure lol

[Ann-Marie]

Tonari no Emily wrote: "MY GOD these are good. Love the mix of serious, outrageous, disgusting, hilarity. "

I describe these books as stupid, ridiculous but wonderful <3 My IRL book club theme for August is Favorite Fantasy and I was going to nominate The Last Sun but that ended up winning for July so I think I am going to nominate the first in this series!!!!

[Ann-Marie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Reached foot stuff… surprised this didnt happen sooner lol"

You are right however I would have been happy to skip it entirely lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Chapter 46: the aliens are idiots… (view spoiler)[blindly using Forerunner tech (generic trope term for extinct alien artifacts, semi-common in sci-fi (example: Halo, Expanse, etc)

And now the AI is going Full Skynet… or is it Full John Connor?… so much fun… I’m sure that live rant to the galaxy is gonna have far-reaching ripples…

We already know former Crawlers are working together to help Carl and try to overthrow the system Hunger Games style…

When fucked up shit isn’t going on… (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

You can't unlick a butthole...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Chapter 62: I just busted a gut, lol... (view spoiler)[Sluggalos... (hide spoiler)]

I love this series... it's insanity... heartbreak and hilarity...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

End of chapter 62: (view spoiler)[that was sappy, I stole it from a movie...

Now let's go kill that nun!!! (hide spoiler)]

[Ann-Marie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "You can't unlick a butthole..."

<3 Quassar

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I finished... and it was bonkers... I can't believe we have to wait a whole year ish, for the next one, and all future ones...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

For future LitRPGs we can Buddy Read, I'm gonna stop trying to plan/suggest far in the future, and play more with what's available to us from sales as we read our current plans...

Given the nature of LitRPG production/accessibility, most of you guys want to try and catch them on Audible sales, since they're Audible exclusives, so we're kinda at the whims of the monthly sales titles, until the next sitewide sale...

That said, i think we've picked up a fair amount of possibilities in the past 6 months, right?

We have He Who Fights with Monsters coming up from Saar's BR invite I think?

And looking at my purchase history, I/we have:

Arrival: An Isekai Adventure
Archemi Online Chronicles Boxset #1-3
First Line of Defense
The Path of Ascension Omnibus
For the Loot: A LitRPG Fantasy
The Mayor of Noobtown has been a bit of a dud...
Still need to continue Cinnamon Bun 2...
I personally am interested in the other Ravensdagger books, and fell down the Argus rabbithole and need to read The Daily Grind 4: A Slice-of-Life LitRPG, since it came out last month...

That's everything we talked about from the past year, I think... other than Thundamoo stuff, and anticipated Beware of Chicken sequels/etc...

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I don't even know how to process that scene where (view spoiler)[Carl needed the crab to ejaculate... the crab needed some seals for inspiration / muscle memory... and Alpha Male Carl was summoned, but using his dad / Patrick Warburton's voice...

So many layers of wrongness going on... and then the after-action summary of "Carl helped a crab jerk off" from the AI/commentator...

Never mind the body merging stuff... with Shai Maria, when Alpha Carl died mid-spell... (hide spoiler)]

[Ann-Marie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I don't even know how to process that scene where"

Equally gross and hilarious and I loved it lol

[Ann-Marie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "For future LitRPGs we can Buddy Read, I'm gonna stop trying to plan/suggest far in the future, and play more with what's available to us from sales as we read our current plans...

Given the nature..."

I also bought Archemi and The Path of Ascension plus For the Loot is like $3 which I know are famous last words.....

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "For future LitRPGs we can Buddy Read, I'm gonna stop trying to plan/suggest far in the future, and play more with what's available to us from sales as we read our current plans...

Given the nature..."

I've been picking up Argus, Ravensdagger, and Benjamin Kerei when I see them in sales... Pirateaba, Dinniman, and Delemhach are instabuys for me now... and keeping an eye out for Sarah Lin. Cultivation, LitRPG, and Indie Books are kind of blending together for me...

I have everything on your list except for For the Loot, and some others I think you burned through without inviting me... not that I'm bitter about that, oh no... Though if Ann-Marie says its like $3... famous last words indeed.

I actually have a Poke for June to remind y'all about Burning Witch 3 and Vigor Mortis 4 etc... I feel like I'm forgetting something... oh yeah! The new Rachel Aaron is coming out next week too! We need to do something about those.

[Nirkatze]

Actually--@Ann-Marie--where are you finding For the Loot: A LitRPG Fantasy for $3? I'm seeing it for $30... same price as the 1-3 omnibus, actually...

[Ann-Marie]

Nirkatze wrote: "Actually--@Ann-Marie--where are you finding For the Loot: A LitRPG Fantasy for $3? I'm seeing it for $30... same price as the 1-3 omnibus, actually..."

Oh I have KU and if I borrow it then the audiobook is $3.11 or something like that. Sorry, I should have added that!

[Ann-Marie]

Meanwhile if they just START THE SALE.....

[Ann-Marie]

Also I am going to join Dinniman's patreon! I just found out he was at Con Carolinas and so was KD Edwards so now I am doubly sad I missed it this year. With my mom's health I didn't want to plan a trip and then it was too late. Oh well, hopefully both will be there next year <3

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Nirkatze wrote: "Actually--@Ann-Marie--where are you finding For the Loot: A LitRPG Fantasy for $3? I'm seeing it for $30... same price as the 1-3 omnibus, actually..."

Never forget to scrolldown and check whispersync pricing, and whether or not the ebook is on KU

[Ann-Marie]

Timelord Iain wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: "Actually--@Ann-Marie--where are you finding For the Loot: A LitRPG Fantasy for $3? I'm seeing it for $30... same price as the 1-3 omnibus, actually..."

Never forg..."

This is something I do pretty much anytime I look at something on Audible lol

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Same... it increases my options for buying books outside of sales, when I don't want to use all my credits and buy another 24 early or 3 pack all the time... even 7.5 is a little cheaper than 9.5 and adds up... the super cheap $2-4 ones are really nice...

In fact, it's generally worth checking during sales, too... sometimes the sales items are more expensive or the exact same price as whispersync price...

[Nirkatze]

I tried KU out for a month in January... I don't really want to subscribe for a year, but I'm thinking I might subscribe for a month (soon) just to take advantage of those whispersync deals... been keeping a list...

[Ann-Marie]

Nirkatze wrote: "I tried KU out for a month in January... I don't really want to subscribe for a year, but I'm thinking I might subscribe for a month (soon) just to take advantage of those whispersync deals... been..."

I mean if Audible just posted their stupid sitewide sale......

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Time to send a complaint :D

We've been waiting like antsy puppies for weeks...