SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Welcome to SOS' 9th Round of BookShelf Bingo!

Please sign up on this thread, not here. This thread is for random BSB chatter only. Many Thanks!

Hey there!!! :)
The BINGO FAQ link in Team 7 goes to the main www.goodreads.com page. I checked another team's link and it does the same thing.

Can't wait to get started!!!

:/ Thanks for the head's up, Kimberly, I'll fix 'um. All fixed!

ALL PLAYERS: If you could, please review R9's new shelves listed and explained on the shelf announcement thread. Lemme know if you have any questions about them now so we'll all be good to rock read-n-roll come the first shelf announcement.

Questions, concerns, comments about shelves? The game itself?

Thanks Steph! So the call for the week could be any one of the 24 categories? Or will the categories be cross combined?

Good grief an awful lot of recent books qualify for the "Headless" stamp!

Quick question for the spaces such as Shifter/Vampire etc - instead of going through all the pages can I go to the book of my choice and just make sure that it is logged as shifter/vampire etc.

link for

https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelve...

about 15 down: shifter 8 people

Team #3 in now Reading Ménage..rie and I am the captain!

Melissa that's what I do.

Do angel wings count as a mode of transportation?

How can a book have negative shelving?

I just looked up this book to see what shelves it works for and it shows -1 for vampires:

and while i have the cover posted, would you say it's more pinky or purply?

~Melissa~ wrote: "Quick question for the spaces such as Shifter/Vampire etc - instead of going through all the pages can I go to the book of my choice and just make sure that it is logged as shifter/vampire etc.

l..."

That's what most of us do, Melissa. :)

D.G. wrote: "~Melissa~ wrote: "Quick question for the spaces such as Shifter/Vampire etc - instead of going through all the pages can I go to the book of my choice and just make sure that it is logged as shifte..."

That's what I thought - just wanted to make sure (so much easier) - I'm assuming it has to be exact - on Shifter shelf not Shifters shelf

~Melissa~ wrote: "D.G. wrote: "~Melissa~ wrote: "Quick question for the spaces such as Shifter/Vampire etc - instead of going through all the pages can I go to the book of my choice and just make sure that it is log..."

Melissa, Steph usually leaves us a link the the shelf that we need to use.

~Melissa~ wrote: "I'm assuming it has to be exact - on Shifter shelf not Shifters shelf "

Yes, it has to be exact.

Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Is it possible to make the Bingo card a little bigger or something else? I can't see small font from afar. I can make out some of it, but not all the items."

I second that...I can barely read my bingo card at all and that's with glasses!

Hey Steph - Question about the 'Supefied' category. I assume that supe in question MUST look like a supe for it to count?

For instance in or ,the heros may be supes but they just look like normal dudes in the cover (except that they're in the middle of a blizzard/fire, LOL!). As opposed to the case of , where the red eyes definitely tell you that something supe is going on.

Do I have it right?

Also on the supes covers -- does supernatural include religious (angels, devils, demons) and folklore/mythological (dragon, gryphon, unicorn, centaur, gorgon) as well or just vaguely human forms showing sure abilities/magic (like vampires, humans clearly casting magic about, werewolves/shifters transforming, etc.)?

(All the headless covers are for some reason cracking me up today).

(actual devil) (human/gryphon shapeshifter shown in gryphon form)
human with special powers demon

Oh that's a good question D.G. I had assumed it meant as long as you knew it was the supe on the cover.

Would this count for mode of transport since she is being transported?

Julianne wrote: "Oh that's a good question D.G. I had assumed it meant as long as you knew it was the supe on the cover.

Would this count for mode of transport since she is being transported? [bookcover:Living De..."

Flying coffins should count as a mode of transport. Steph? Unconventional modes of transportation?

Okay, hopefully I've caught all of your questions. If any were missed, please post them again or direct me to your original post.

Here goes ....

Q: Regina wrote: "Thanks Steph! So the call for the week could be any one of the 24 categories? Or will the categories be cross combined?"
A: Yes, one of the 24 "categories" listed on the shelf announcement page will be called each week. As always, they will be used only once. Some are similar in nature, but they each stand alone as a single shelf. Instead of some "personal shelves" and "GR shelves", this round consists of 4 different types or group of shelves that will be used.

Q: ~Melissa~ wrote: "Quick question for the spaces such as Shifter/Vampire etc - instead of going through all the pages can I go to the book of my choice and just make sure that it is logged as shifter/vampire etc."
A: You could go straight to the book page for a book you know has vampires, but (as many will tell you) books with vamps are not always shelved that way AND books with no vamps whatsoever are sometimes shelved incorrectly. So, while that's a good shortcut, it's not always a guarantee that you'll find it there. In order for the book to count (on a shelf announcement containing a direct link to a GR shelf), the book must be found on one of the many pages shown.

Q: Amy ~Lover of Books~ wrote: "Is it possible to make the Bingo card a little bigger or something else? I can't see small font from afar. I can make out some of it, but not all the items."
A: I'm really sorry, but try as I might, I cannot get the cards to show up any clearer or larger than they already are. GR limits image width to 400 and, to appear correctly, the cards must be much larger. Next round I'll try to play around with them so that they're clearer. For now, you might consider clicking on the link to the image and printing it for your reference.

Q: Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: Do angel wings count as a mode of transportation?Archangel's Legion"

Julianne wrote: "Would this count for mode of transport since she is being transported? Living Dead in Dallas"

AH wrote: "Flying coffins should count as a mode of transport. Steph? Unconventional modes of transportation?"
A: Modes of Transportation ~ Yes. All of these examples would count. Unconventional and conventional modes are allowed. If someone is "getting around" on it/them, it's good. :)

Q: D.G. wrote: "Hey Steph - Question about the 'Supefied' category. I assume that supe in question MUST look like a supe for it to count?

For instance in Shield of Winter"

D.A. - don't mock bully victims who suffered more than a star rating - wrote: "Also on the supes covers -- does supernatural include religious (angels, devils, demons) and folklore/mythological (dragon, gryphon, unicorn, centaur, gorgon) as well or just vaguely human forms showing sure abilities/magic (like vampires, humans clearly casting magic about, werewolves/shifters transforming, etc.)?"
A: Supefied ~ For a book to qualify, the supe/character shown must be represented in their supe form or displaying their ability (such as DA mentioned, "clearly casting magic about"). This includes, but is not limited to, dragon, unicorn, werebear/cat/wolf/bird, vamp, witch, demon (horns, black wings), angel (halo, white wings), etc. A character who has supernatural abilities but appears on the cover simply looking like a wo/man would not work. Sorry.

Q: Mary: Harry Dresden's Love Slave wrote: "How can a book have negative shelving?"
A: Ya got me. GR bug. Someone shelved it then deleted it and GR hasn't caught up yet? Who knows 'round here, could be any number of reasons. But, if you really wanna read it and it's on the shelf (negative or not) it counts.

Hopefully I didn't miss anyone. If my answers only proved to confuse things further, lemme know.

A note about the new shelf types: There are only 6 GR shelves in this round. Those will have a direct link to a specific shelf here on GR. Books must be found on that specific shelf (no variations) to qualify. For the others, it's completely up to you where you find your book. You could search through some of the GR Listopias for "headless" options. You could scroll through your shelves. It's up to you - there will be no link provided for those. The cover colors are self-explanatory. I've tried to combine those that are similar in nature, but you are welcome to use those that fall within the range of the color listed.

A breakdown and mini explanation for each is included on the shelf announcement page. The examples listed are simply suggestions, not requirements (aside from those with direct GR links).

If you aren't sure, Sandra, Judithe & I can help you determine if one qualifies or not. Just post your question here and one of us will answer it. :D


Lauren wrote: "Team #3 in now Reading Ménage..rie and I am the captain!"
Thanks, Lauren, I've updated your team thread :D

On the direct link shelves, if I want to see if a book works, I check the book page to see how many people shelved. The direct link shelf displays by descending order of # people shelving, so that gives me an idea which page range to look.

If on a page other than "1" glance up at url/address and you can jump ahead to a specific page by changing what number page=#. For example, if you are on page 4 of the witches shelf (book shelved 64 times as witches) then change the 4 to 53 and you are on page 53 (where people shelved a book 3 times as witches).

ignore spaces inserted for visibility: htt ps:/ /www. goodreads. com/ shelf/ show/ witches?page=4 (Actual link for page 4 is https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...)

Change the 4 to 53: htt ps:/ /www. goodreads. com/ shelf/ show/ witches?page=53 (Actual link for page 53 is https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... )

Like playing the game, easier to do than explain.

Thanks, not sure why I am still confused (I think my brain is fried from work) but I am guessing I will pick it up once we start, lol!

I didn't scroll through the shelf to see if the book was there. I don't need it for that shelf. I just thought that it was odd that the last page of shelves for the book I was looking at had a bunch of shelf names with -1. I had never seen that before.

I'm the team 1 captain; still voting on name.

Question: For the "Supefied" shelf, is a tatoo of a supernatural somewhere on the sufficient? For example, is acceptable for the Supefied shelf? (There is tatoo of a dragon on the man's back).

Regina wrote: "Thanks, not sure why I am still confused (I think my brain is fried from work) but I am guessing I will pick it up once we start, lol!"

It would work the same as always...we'll pick one shelf or category each week. After all, each shelf/category stands for only one spot in each team's bingo card so it needs to be called verbatim and only called once.

D.A. - don't mock bully victims who suffered more than a star rating - wrote: "On the direct link shelves, if I want to see if a book works, I check the book page to see how many people shelved. The direct link shelf displays by descending order of # people shelving, so that..."

If you already know that a book was shelved by people in the shelf you're looking, there's no need to double check in which page of the direct link it is. For instance, if I check the Top Shelves for , I found the shifter shelf in the 2nd page. Now that I know that, I don't have to go to the shifter shelf itself and look for it there.

Yep, that's what I do D.G. or if I need inspiration I just click on the direct link :)

Shelf ... pacing .... shelf ... pacing ....

I start with printing out the bingo card and taking what I had planned to read in the near future anyway and putting the book name on whatever categories it works for. After I've looked up all the books I was planning to read, I see what holes are left on the card and then see what's on my TBR that will probably work.

I like the new (new to me, anyway) non-shelf categories.

And remember to look at other editions. I have a couple of books I'm planning to read that worked for several shelves just because they have so many editions out. One book works for pink, purple, green, superfied, no people and 2 people just in the cover options using different editions.

Very true Mary. Those other editions are a godsend, especially this round with the different colour cover options.

D.G. wrote: "Regina wrote: "Thanks, not sure why I am still confused (I think my brain is fried from work) but I am guessing I will pick it up once we start, lol!"

It would work the same as always...we'll pick..."

Thank you. :)

Aw, missed the sign up. I'll be a reserve if you need one though. :)
Good luck to participants.

Welcome Lilac, I'm sure Steph would be pleased to add you to the reserves bench :)

I'm off to bed so I can get up to post the first shelf in the morning :)

For the cover categories, there's no rule about having to read that qualifying edition, is there? Just that you have to read that book and one of its covers qualifies?

Go to bed Sandra :D

What time AU time will the shelf be called? When Sandra wakes up? :p

Ninjas, I'm the captain of Team #5, aka "Quintessential Readers".

Looking forward to the first shelf!

Team 1's name is "Aliens Welcoming Committee"

How soon can we start reading our free space book?

Once the game starts -- as soon as a shelf is called.

Last round it was usually called about an hour from now, so I am impatiently waiting...

Turtlecollector wrote: "Last round it was usually called about an hour from now, so I am impatiently waiting..."

Yeah I just checked the time zone converter to be sure lol

Regina wrote: "Once the game starts -- as soon as a shelf is called."

Thanks :)

Refreshing ......

Team #10 will be Divas of Organized Destruction and I'll be captain for this round.

Love the name, Val.

Shelf! Shelf! Shelf!

Oh my geez these minutes are ticking by so slowly

D.A. - don't mock bully victims who suffered more than a star rating - wrote: "For the cover categories, there's no rule about having to read that qualifying edition, is there? Just that you have to read that book and one of its covers qualifies?"


Correct D.A., you read the book you have if any of the covers qualify.

AND remember all books must be at least 200 pages long and no graphic novels.

Now off to post the shelf :)

Question - so is on the demons direct link shelf. Wondering if I can just read the Kresley Cole book #8 that is in this book called Untouchable? I have the hardback and it is 257 pages for just the Kresley Cole book - whole book is 426 pgs. I haven't started the Alien Huntress series and hate to read out of order.

No worries if not, I found some other books on the list but would really like to continue the IAD series if approved :D