SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Team #2
Captain: Steph Ann

Members:
Tiffanie
Breann
Steph Ann
Christal
Barbara ★

Virtual BINGO Card
Shelf names listed are to be filled in top to bottom under each letter listed

B
1. dystopian
2. keepers
3. ghosts & spirits
4. soul mates
5. tortured hero
I
6. supernatural
7. sexy
8. urban fantasy
9. guilty pleasures
10. shifters
N
11. Aliens
12. speculative fiction
N#. FREE SPACE
13. assassins
14. maybe
G
15. angels & demons
16. * Freebie (ie: library borrow, loaner, eFreebie) - OR - freebie shelf
17. cover love
18. time travel
19. book boyfriends
O
20. * Reader's Choice (Personal Shelf)
21. paranormal mix
22. wishlist
23. strong heroines
24. vampires

Link to print your own copy: BINGO card

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Master List


Free Space: 5/5
Stamp Received: 6/17/13

Barbara: Before I Wake, 4 stars, Review
Breann: Heart of Obsidian, 5 stars, Review
Christal: After Dark, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Daughter of the Blood, 3.5 stars, Review
Tiffanie: Born of Fire, 4 stars, Review
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Assassins: 5/5
Stamp Received: 6/17/13

Barbara: A Feast for Crows, 3 stars, Review
Breann: Angel and the Assassin, 2 stars, Review
Christal: Poison Study, 5 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Widow’s Web, 4 stars, Review
Tiffanie:Born of Night, 5 stars, Review
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Book Boyfriends: 5/5
Stamp Received: 6/25/13

Barbara: On Dublin Street, 3 stars, Review
Breann: Twice Tempted, 4 stars, Review
Christal: Ten Tiny Breaths, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Blood Hunt, 4 stars, Review
Tiffanie:A Touch of Crimson, 2 stars, Review
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Strong Heroines: 5/5
Stamp Received: 7/1/13

Barbara:The Rising, 4 stars, Review
Breann:Twice Bitten, 4 stars, Review
Christal:Tiger Lily, 5 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Kiss of Fury, 4.5 stars, Review
Tiffanie:The Rift Walker, 5 stars, Review
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Cover Love: 5/5
Stamp Received: 7/10/13

Barbara: Everbound, 5 stars, Review
Breann: Aklesh, 4 stars, Review
Christal: Ink, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Twice Tempted, 4 stars, Review
Tiffanie: Darkfever, 5 stars, Review
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Angels and Demons: 5/5
Stamp Received: 7/16/13

Barbara: The Darkest Edge of Dawn, 4 stars, Review
Breann: Into This River I Drown, 5 stars, Review
Christal: Kill City Blues, 5 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Demon Night, 4 stars, Review
Tiffanie: Rapture, 4 stars, Review
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Dystopian: 5/5
Stamp Received: 7/29/13

Barbara: Delirium, 3 stars, Review
Breann: Mind Fuck, 4 stars, Review
Christal: Viral Nation, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Heart of Obsidian, 5 stars, Review
Tiffanie: Enclave, 5 stars, Review
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Aliens: 5/5
Stamp Received: 8/8/13

Barbara: Shades of Midnight, 5 stars, Review
Breann: Details of the Hunt, 3.5 stars, Review
Christal: The Darwin Elevator, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann:Alien Diplomacy, 5 stars, Review
Tiffanie: Born of Shadows, 5 stars, Review
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Paranormal Mix/Paranormals: 4/5
Stamp Received: not yet

Barbara: The Rook, 3 stars, Review
Breann: The Dream Hunter, 2.5 stars, Review
Christal: The Blue Blazes, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann: Dark Needs at Night's Edge, 3.5 stars, Review
Tiffanie: Succubus Blues
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Supernatural: 5/5
Stamp Received: pending

Barbara: Clockwork Princess, 5 stars, Review
Breann: Hell's Pawn, 3.5 stars, Review
Christal: All Our Pretty Songs, 4 stars, Review
Steph Ann: City of Glass, 4 stars, Review
Tiffanie: Shatter Me, 4 stars, Review
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Tortured Hero: 2/5
Stamp Received not yet

Barbara: Last Man Standing, 5 stars, Review
Breann: Devil May Cry
Christal:
Steph Ann: Divergent, 4.5 stars, Review
Tiffanie:

I went ahead and checked our cards and let Steph know in the Discussion Thread that they match up. :)

Hi Steph! I'll try to come up with some team names for us... the only names I have in "storage" are for bingo in the M/M Romance group so... yeah... not appropriate here ;)

I would prefer not to be captain this round :)

Hi ladies. I played in round 5 but not round 6. I'm ready to play again.

The only names I can come up with are Double Trouble and Two to Get Ready.

I'm glad Steph wants to be captain because I surely don't.

I like Double Trouble, Barbara! :)

The only others I've been able to come up with so far are Two Hot to Handle and Two-rrific Readers. I'm not the most creative person in the world, lol.

I like Two Hot to Handle. That's cute!

I like Two-rrific! I was thinking Terrific Twos off of Steph's suggestion Terrible Twos.

Hi team! I'm Christal and this is my third or fourth time playing now. I would prefer not to be captain this time around so I am completely fine with Steph taking it. I'll try to think of some names, but I like Double Trouble and Two Hot to Handle. :)

Hi, Christal! :)

It looks like so far, we have 2 votes for Double Trouble, 2 for Two Hot to Handle, and 1 for Two-rrific Readers. Hopefully Tiffanie will check in today and we can get her opinion.

I went to the library over my lunch hour, and I'm going to have the hardest time keeping myself from reading these books until the first shelf is called. One in particular is just staring at me begging for me to start it, lol.

Steph Ann wrote: "I went to the library over my lunch hour, and I'm going to have the hardest time keeping myself from reading these books until the first shelf is called. One in particular is just starting at me begging for me to start it, lol. "

I've been going through the shelves and marking some possibilities. Excited for the first shelf! Now I just need to finish my current book before Saturday...

Breann wrote: "I've been going through the shelves and marking some possibilities. "

I've been going through the shelves too just to see what some of my options are. I'm definitely a mood reader, so if I tried to actually plan out my reads for the different shelves, there's no way I'd stick to the plan!

I'M HERE! Sorry I'm late.

This will be my 3rd round. Can't wait to get started. Who's going to be team leader? I'm a reader not a leader.

The shelfs look awesome! I have found alot of great new series the last times I have played. Last round I almost made it though the Antia Blake series. Those books were on a lot of shelfs.

I like Two Hot to Handle, but will go with what ever the group wants.

Welcome, Tiffanie! :) Your post reminds me that I need to get back to reading Anita Blake. I wasn't totally thrilled with the last few I read, so I took a break. I seem to be unable to give up on a series though, so I would like to get back to it soon!

It looks like we have a majority vote for Two Hot to Handle, and that I'll be the captain. Does that work for everyone?

Steph Ann wrote: "Welcome, Tiffanie! :) Your post reminds me that I need to get back to reading Anita Blake. I wasn't totally thrilled with the last few I read, so I took a break. I seem to be unable to give up on a..."

Works for me!

Steph Ann wrote: "Welcome, Tiffanie! :) Your post reminds me that I need to get back to reading Anita Blake. I wasn't totally thrilled with the last few I read, so I took a break. I seem to be unable to give up on a..."

Works for me too!

Yaaayyyyy for a team name!! Go Two Hot's!!!

I'm so excited for the first shelf! It's probably a good thing I'm busy tonight and tomorrow morning because it would be very difficult for me to wait to start another book if I had nothing going on tonight. :)

I'm going to convert my first post into a tracking post for all our books.

Okay, and I deleted my first comment then so your post is the first one (it was bugging me... my OCD tendencies.. ;))

Breann wrote: "Okay, and I deleted my first comment then so your post is the first one (it was bugging me... my OCD tendencies.. ;))"

I have OCD tendencies too, lol, so I know how that goes. For example, note that our names are in alphabetical order in my list. :)

Works for me as well.

Works for me! :)

I think I'll read (from the SOS bookshelf) for our free space. That is assuming it doesn't fit a shelf before I get to it!

I'm hoping to read that at some point soon too, Breann! :)

I really have to check out the shelves and try to make my June reading list work for something. Hmm maybe I'll get to that tomorrow since today I'm going to be updating all my challenges with the books I've read in the last week which will take about 6 hours and then I have to start a buddy read (A Feast for Crows). So yup tomorrow is the day.

Barbara ★ wrote: "I really have to check out the shelves and try to make my June reading list work for something. Hmm maybe I'll get to that tomorrow since today I'm going to be updating all my challenges with the b..."

I went through my June challenge list and marked the ones that could be used here. Hopefully I can overlap the books I read for bingo with my monthly challenges! Love it when that works out.

First shelf is up!!

assassins

I was just coming back to check in. Yay!

For assassins I'm going to read Angel and the Assassin

For assassins, I'll be reading .

I think I've decided on for the free space. It's on SOS' group bookshelf.

Assassins: 4/5
Stamp Received: not yet

Barbara: A Feast for Crows, 3 stars, Review
Breann: Angel and the Assassin, 2 stars, Review
Christal: Throne of Glass
Steph Ann: Widow’s Web, 4 stars, Review
Tiffanie:Born of Night, 5 stars, Review

I'm going to read for my assassin book but just to let everyone know, it's a buddy read and won't be finished until the 7th or 8th.

And for the FREE SPACE, I'm going to read which is on the groups bookshelf on the Young Adult shelf.

I'm going to read Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon for ASSASSIN SHELF and for my FREE SPACE Born of Fire by same author.

For Assassins, I think I will read . I'm still deciding on my free space read.

Assassins shelf: Angel and the Assassin
6/2/13
★★✩✩✩

1 star? 3 stars? 5 stars? I don’t know. I don’t effing know.

I loved the first 20% or so with our introduction to Kael. We got to see the full extent of his unapologetic baddassness. He was seriously baddass and I loved it. We also saw how he became a Master. When did he learn this about himself? When any good Master learns. At age twelve. Kael is on a job (he’s the assassin in our story) and while doing the job the victim’s son was there and saw everything. Kael went to the boy’s room with every intention to kill him because of what he saw. Instead he took the sweet, young boy home.

This is when I had problems. Angel is 18 and is in need of a Daddy to take care of him. And by a daddy he means this, "What does having a daddy mean to you? "Without hesitation, Angel said, "A daddy means acceptance and kindness and protection. Stuff like that. Teaching me things. Making me smart." Okay, I’m good with that. I’ve read my fair share of kinky things and a Daddy and his boy is the least of them.
Angel.just.drove.me.crazy.
He was so unlikeable to me. He’s only 18 and a bit of barely legal, age play can be fun, but he didn’t act 18. He acted 12. Maybe. I’m being generous here. He was described as skipping into rooms, he asked permission to swing at the park, he would sit down and throw a fit, stuff a 10 year old would do. Not 18 year old behavior. But what really got me was he used the term ‘Daddy’ 388 times. That’s not normal usage of someone’s name or an endearment. He said daddy in almost every sentence when addressing Kael. Do you say someone’s name every time you talk to them, maybe even 5 or 6 times in a conversation? I didn’t think so. The conversation flowed so unnaturally it was hard for me to read. Angel wanted to badly to be a good boy for Kael and just wanted to please him. This is my favorite kind of sub, a sweet slaveboy who has a genuine desire to please. Angel a was very sweet and innocent sub. But then he kept lying! And disobeying! Just do what Kael says, just once!

I liked the assassin and suspense plot and would have enjoyed reading more of that. I think I would have liked the daddy & his boy interactions if Angel weren’t so annoying because I’ve liked that kink in the past. But this did not work for me.

Assassins shelf: Born of Night
Completed 06-02-13
5 Stars

Command Assassin Nykyrian Quikiades, loved by none feared by all.
Princess Kiara Zamir, loved by many and a political target to some.

Can the nightmares of their past stop their love and desires in the present.

This is the 1st book in The League Series by Sherrilyn Kenyon. I really liked this book. The banter between the main characters and the sub-characters was funny and though it was the typical bad boy, good girl romance novel, it had me from the beginning to the end.

Sorry ladies, my reviews are not as in depth as Breann's. Hope that is okay.

Mine was more of a rant than a review ;)

lol, Breann, I tend to do some ranting when I have issues with a book as well. It's always so disappointing when you have a hard time liking a main character!

Your review looks great, Tiffanie! I'm glad you enjoyed your book! I really like that series! :)

Shelf - Assassins



Read: 6/3/13
Rating: 4 stars

Review:

This was another fun edition of the Elemental Assassin series. Gin and Owen hit a bit of a rough patch in this one, and I found myself wanting to smack him a lot of the time, and I commend Gin for actually not doing so. The book moved very quickly, and I found myself often not wanting to put the book down.

On the bad side, there are still issues with repetition, but I don't think it happened as often as it did in earlier books. That or I'm just getting used to it and don't notice it as much anymore. Repetition or not, I'm still very much looking forward to the next book!

I wanted to smack him as well Steph Ann!!

My brain always skips over the repetition in this series so I hardly ever notice it.

Sandra wrote: "I wanted to smack him as well Steph Ann!!

My brain always skips over the repetition in this series so I hardly ever notice it."

I'm glad it wasn't just me having that reaction, Sandra! :)

I'm getting better at ignoring the repetition, and it doesn't annoy me near as much as it used to!

I'm really hoping works for whatever shelf is called this weekend. I just keep hearing such good things about it! I'm starting to get very anxious to read it! :)

I can't wait to read that!! I'm trying to be good and wait for payday... we'll see if I last another week :)

I don't seem to have any self control when it comes to books. I told myself I was going to wait until the library got it in and then I would borrow it. I made it a day before I went ahead and bought it, lol.

Shelf: Free Space ** Found on the SOS Group Bookshelf **
Read: 3 June 2013
Rating: 4 stars
Review:

I thought I was going to be annoyed by this book and its protagonist Mac at the beginning, but Emi Gayle suprised me. After Dark turned out to be a thoroughly enjoyable read.

Mac is a changeling and she must pick one form to become by her 19th birthday. She has a fairy and a vampire as surrogates parents, but has no clue what form she wants to become.

When Mac meets cute nerd Winn, she begins to learn more about herself from a mysterious book he found in the library and she begins to grow closer to him emotionally. I thought they were sweet together and Winn helped Mac to remember there were other things than just the dark.

I'm excited to continue with this series and can't wait to read Day After. I'm not 100% sold on the switch to Winn as the narrator, but I am sure Emi Gayle will pull it off beautifully.

That book sounds interesting, Christal! It's been added to my ever-growing TBR list. :)