SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Team #1
Captain: Natalie

Members:
Katie
Regina
Natalie
Sam

Just a Hop, Skip & Click Away
Happy Reading!

Shelf Announcements ~ Check for the latest shelf announcement & review the requirements for each shelf
Free Space Rules ~ Where to look when pickin' your free space book
Stamp Me! ~ Request a stamp for your bingo card
Discussions ~ Throughout the game, head here to chat with other players & shelf chant til your heart's content
Bingo FAQ ~ Don't hesitate! If you have a question, let us know.

Hiya, Team Caps! Thanks for volunteering to guide your team through a round of BookShelf Bingo!

Your job, should you choose to accept it, will require a few things:
1 ~ Be our go-to person should we have any questions about your team
2 ~ Organize your teammate's weekly reads for each shelf/category so that the BSB Ninjas can quickly and easily verify and approve your stamp request(s)
2a ~ Create a master list in a post (preferably on the first page of your team's thread) and update it weekly or as often as necessary
3 ~ Encourage and motivate your team (you may also ask to borrow Judithe's whip whenever necessary)
4 ~ Post regularly to ensure your team is communicating and on track each week
4a ~ Send them a PM and friendly poke if they haven't posted at least once a week, noted their book choice, and/or appear to have dropped out of webspace
5 ~ Send us a PM (Steph, Sandra or Judithe) should you need us for any reason throughout the game

Link to print your own copy: BINGO card

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Hi team! Happy to play with you. Since this is my first time playing, I don't think I should be captain.

Here! I don't think I've ever been team #1 before so this is a new experience. I think this is my fourth round of BSB but it was my first team game so I'm excited to play again. I haven't captained before but I should be able to if no one else wants it.

Tracking:

Team 1 - Reading Aces:
Free Space - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Revenant by Larissa Ione (#37 Best PNR series) - Review - ★★★★
Regina - The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (SOS Bookshelf) - Review- ★★★★★
Natalie - A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole (#7 Best PNR) - Review - ★★★
Sam - Dragon Spawn by Eileen Wilks (#32 Best UF series) - Review - ★★★★


Week 1: Hunters - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Sins of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon - Review - ★★★
Regina - The Beast by JR Ward - Review - ★★★
Natalie - Eternal Kiss of Darkness by Jeaniene Frost - Review - ★★★.5
Sam - Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh - Review - ★★★★


Week 2: Paranormal Romance - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Feversong by Karen Marie Moning - Review - ★★★
Regina - Feversong by Karen Marie Moning - Review - ★★★★
Natalie - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews - Review - ★★★★★
Sam - Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh - Review - ★★★★


Week 3: Guilty Pleasures - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Heir to the Shadows by Anne Bishop - Review - ★★★★
Regina - Blood Kiss by JR Ward - Review - ★★★★
Natalie - The Chocolate Kiss by Laura Florand - Review - ★★★.5
Sam - Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick - Review - ★★★★


Week 4: Favorite Series - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews - Review - ★★★★
Regina - Some Kind of Hero by Suzanne Brockmann - Review - ★★★★★
Natalie - Windwitch by Susan Dennard - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Cinder by Marissa Meyer - Review - ★★★★


Week 5: Vampires - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh - Review - ★★★★
Regina - Blood Vow by JR Ward - Review - ★★★
Natalie - Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Dangerous Game by Keri Arthur - Review - ★★★★


Week 6: Mythology - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Pleasure of a Dark Prince by Kresley Cole - Review - ★★★★
Regina - A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire - Review - ★★★★
Natalie - Lirael by Garth Nix - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Touch of Frost by Jennifer Estep - Review - ★★★★


Week 7: Futuristic - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Archangel's Storm by Nalini Singh - Review - ★★★
Regina - Hell Divers by Nicholas Sansbury Smith - Review - ★★★
Natalie - MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood - Review - ★★★
Sam - Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - Review - ★★★★


Week 8: Snarky Heroine + Snarky - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Accidentally on Purpose by Jill Shalvis - Review - ★★★
Regina - An Artificial Night by Seanan McGuire - Review - ★★★★
Natalie - Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - Review - ★★★★★
Sam - Feral Sins by Suzanne Wright - Review - ★★★★


Week 9: Kickass Hero - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Heart of Fire by Linda Howard - Review - ★★★
Regina - Easy by Tammara Webber - Review - ★★★★★
Natalie - Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs - Review - ★★★★


Week 10: Next in Series - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Into the Fire by Jeaniene Frost - Review - ★★★
Regina - French Pressed by Cleo Coyle - Review - ★★★
Natalie - Kings Rising by CS Pacat - Review - ★★★★★
Sam - Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard - Review - ★★★★


Week 11: 5 Stars - 4/4 - STAMPED
Katie - Protecting What's His by Tessa Bailey - Review - ★★★
Regina - Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbø - Review - ★★★
Natalie - Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop - Review - ★★★★★
Sam - Frostbite by Richelle Mead - Review - ★★★★


Continued Tracking

(view spoiler)[
Week 1: Link
Katie - [insert book and author] - Review - Rating
Regina - [insert book and author] - Review - Rating
Natalie - [insert book and author] - Review - Rating
Sam - [insert book and author] - Review - Rating (hide spoiler)]

Hi, Natalie. Nice to meet you.

I checked the card and I don't see any duplicates on it.

Hi guys! I'm really excited for this to start up. It's my second round and I'm looking forward to playing with you guys!

That would be great if you want to captain, Natalie! :)

Hi Katie.

I tried to think of some names but I'm horrible at them. The only thing I could think of was Reading Aces or Just One More.

I like both those names. I also thought of one, The Alphas since we're team #1. But I'm fine with whatever.

Continued Tracking:

Week 12: Series Finished - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Katie - His Alone by Alexa Riley - Review - ★★★★
Regina - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by NK Jemisin - Review - ★★★★
Natalie - Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Thirteen by Kelley Armstrong - Review - ★★★★


Week 13: Assassins - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Katie - Archangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh - Review - ★★★★
Regina - The Chosen by JR Ward - Review - ★★★
Natalie - Blood & Betrayal by Lindsay Buroker - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Tangled Threads by Jennifer Estep - Review - ★★★★


Week 14: Available at Library - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Katie - Archangel's Heart by Nalini Singh - Review - ★★★★
Regina - The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis - Review - ★★★★★
Natalie - Hissy Fit by Mary Kay Andrews - Review - ★★★★
Sam - The Iron King by Julie Kagawa - Review - ★★★★


Week 15: Kickass Heroine - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Katie - Semi-Charmed by Isabel Jordan - Review - ★★★
Regina - Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire - Review - ★★★
Natalie - Lady Knight by Tamora Pierce - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Smoke & Mirrors by Jess Haines - Review - ★★★★


Week 16: Owned Not Read Yet - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Katie - Cold Reign by Faith Hunter - Review - ★★★★
Regina - Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks - Review - ★★★★
Natalie - Radiance by Grace Draven - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers - Review - ★★★★


Week 17: Steampunk - 3/4
Katie - Cinder by Marissa Meyer - Review - ★★★★
Regina - The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher - Review - Rating
Natalie - Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Changeless by Gail Carriger - Review - ★★★★


Week 18: Shifters - 4/4 - STAMPED!
Katie - Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden - Review - ★★★
Regina - Tarnished by Rhiannon Held - Review - ★★★
Natalie - Night Shift by Nalini Singh, Ilona Andrews, Lisa Shearin, and Milla Vane - Review - ★★★★
Sam - Visions of Heat by Nalini Singh - Review - ★★★★


Week 19: Fae - 3/4
Katie - My Commander by Alanea Alder - Review - ★★★
Regina - Book by Seanan McGuire - Review - Rating
Natalie - A Local Habitation by Seanan McGuire - Review - ★★★
Sam - Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire - Review - ★★★★


Week 20: Series to Start - 2/4
Katie - Book - Review - Rating
Regina - Book - Review - Rating
Natalie - A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray - Review - ★★★★
Sam - The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin- Review - ★★★★


(view spoiler)[
Week 1: Link
Katie - [insert book and author] - Review - Rating
Regina - [insert book and author] - Review - Rating
Natalie - [insert book and author] - Review - Rating
Sam - [insert book and author] - Review - Rating (hide spoiler)]

Happy Reading, Ladies!

I'm not picky about team names. Any of those will work for me. :)

Has anyone heard from Regina yet? She's the only one who hasn't checked in.

I sent her a PM.

Hi so sorry, I somehow had it calendared as starting later and was oblivious as I was in the hospital with my mom. Thank you Natalie!

I like all of the names chosen, I am horrible at naming stuff (my #4 child didn't have a name for 6 weeks, lol) - I like the ones chosen and will agree to anything. :)

I cannot captain, but I can assist and I can alternate weeks if needed.

Yay for #1!

I have played many times and even had one winning round, any suggestions from others who have played?

For me, I find it useful to figure out how to find books that are shelved now, before they are called and to shelve books now that I want to read - -using the categories above.

Yeah it doesn't start for awhile, so we get lots of planning time. I've never had a winning round, unfortunately, but I love playing.

There is also a new rule:

To win Bingo, every called shelf must be stamped. ie every book for every shelf for the winning team must be read, rated and reviewed, and then stamped. (Link)

Also, I will likely need help tracking to see how close we are to winning as we need to fit one of these designs.

I always talk about planning out books in advance, but it never works out for me, so I don't really bother anymore. Also most of the other games I'm in right now I don't know what the tasks are in advance.

Look over the Q&A and let me know if you have any questions.

Oh if you are having trouble finding a book on a shelf that you're pretty sure it is on, use this tip to quickly check:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And since we're all being nice about names, here's a poll to help us decide:

https://goo.gl/forms/WV6oN7TtyueqtuBC3

I hope your mom is okay, Regina.

Thank you Sam -- it has been a rough road. Just released (finally) to skilled care rehab.

I voted -- thanks for setting up the google form.

We sure are a quiet group. Hopefully, we'll be livelier as it gets closer.

Sam wrote: "We sure are a quiet group. Hopefully, we'll be livelier as it gets closer."

We certainly are! I've been trying to reorganize my house since Christmas blew through and get myself situated here on GR with all these shiny new challenges. :P I'm sure it'll pick up as we get closer to starting.

Have we picked a name yet?

3 votes, I think Katie hasn't seen it yet so I'll send her the link.

I think I was the one who forgot to vote but I did it now. Sorry *hangs head in shame*

So I will have to time perfectly ending my books before the shelf is called. I hate when the shelf is called and I already started my book!!

Anyone else start prepping shelves? I hope to do that today. It is so cold here.

What time zones are you all in? So we know for reporting and adding books? I am central. On 1/20 - 1/25 I will be traveling to London for work so I will be on U.K. time on those days.

Shelf will be called:

A shelf will be posted here every Wednesday on/around 12:30p (Pacific Standard Time) = 7:30a Thursday (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
R14 Begins: Wed, 18 Jan 2017

Timezone converter: http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/

For me in Chicago/Central time -- shelf will be called at 2:30 pm.

Who wants to co captain with me? I will rough out the template.

Just checked, we are actually the second chattiest group. :)

To more fully introduce myself, I am a long time book shelf bingo veteran, I blogged and reviewed for years but took a break for a few years, I have four kids, I am a corporate litigation attorney, I am married, I have 3 huskies, I live in Chicago, I also run a non-profit, and my mom is currently in skilled nursing rehab (thank goodness -- just transferred) near me -- so I prefer not to captain but can help. ;) I read a variety of books literary fiction, pscyholgoical thrillers, cozy mysteries, mysteries, realistic romance, some YA, and for me -- legacy UF/PNR/SF. I used to be very heavy into UF/PNR/SF but after years of reading hundreds of books every year I slowed down in these genres, but still read books to continue out series and by my favorite authors (eg Ilona Andrews).

Here is a rough template (whomever wants to captain I can share it with the html):

Team 1 - [insert team name]: Week 1: [insert shelf]
Katie [insert book and author link] - [insert link to review] [insert star rating eg ★★.5]
Regina [insert book and author link] - [insert link to review] [insert star rating eg ★★.5]
Natalie [insert book and author link] - [insert link to review] [insert star rating eg ★★.5]
Sam [insert book and author link] - [insert link to review] [insert star rating eg ★★.5]

Sam wrote: "I think I was the one who forgot to vote but I did it now. Sorry *hangs head in shame*"

No problem, I just guessed it had been Katie since she hadn't posted since then.

We are the Reading Aces!

Regina I should be fine with being captain. Thank you for the template, I remembered that there was one but I hadn't tracked it down yet.

I just made it up based on past games. You can tweak how you want and change and do anything. Let me know if you want me to email yuh the HTML.

And thank you for taking this on!!!

As for me, this is my fourth time at Bingo. Still no wins so maybe fourth time is the charm?

I live near Boston in the US so shelf calls will be at about 3:30PM for me. I have no kids but a husband and two awesome cats that I adore. They were taken in by a rescue group when they were about four weeks old and we adopted them when they were eight or nine weeks. Winry loves to cuddle on me when I am reading. Which is a problem if I need to get up to use the bathroom. Oberyn's favorite pastime (other than sleeping) is meowing for food.

I read a bit of everything, but fantasy has always been a favorite. Dragons especially.

I added a tracking area to Post #7 above (my first post). Has anyone chosen their free space book yet?

Aww. Your kitties sounds great. Love that you rescue. We do too.

Good reminder. I will choose one this weekend.

I will actually be in Boston the first week of February and on a Wednesday. I love Boston.

I live in Ohio, EST. That means calls for me will be at 5pm (if I did the conversion correctly), which is great since I'll just be getting home from work. I am not married or have kids but I have 4 furbabies (Daphne, 5yo dachshund, Durango 6 mo dachshund, Tux a 15yo cat and Shade a 15yo cat). I work at the local children's hospital so I'm pretty busy at work. I read quite a bit, usually a book every 1-2 days so I won't pick my free space book until closer to start of game to make sure that I don't read it too soon. This is my first game of BSB, since I joined SOS during round 13 but I followed along and it looked like a lot of fun so here I am. And I am super excited to get started :)

Nope, I did the conversion wrong. It should be around 3pm I think. My brain is too tired to do math.

Lol! Your call will be one hour after mine and the same time as Natalie's - 3:30.

I am traveling to Cincinnati quite a bit for work right now.

Love your pets' names.

My free space book will be Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks



It is mentioned on the best of audio series thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... post #24

Hi guys! I'm in Pittsburgh, PA. I'm married with 2 small kids and I'm a stay at home mom. This is only my 2nd round of BSB and I'm excited to play again! :)

Regina wrote: "Lol! Your call will be one hour after mine and the same time as Natalie's - 3:30.

I am traveling to Cincinnati quite a bit for work right now.

Love your pets' names."

Thanks, Regina. I always name my pets the first thing that pops in my head when I see them and those are the names I came up with. It's an easy way to name the little devils. I think I am done getting pets for now; 4 is more than enough.

One week to go. I'm getting antsy.

You're not the only one, Sam! :P

This is a long wait...

I know. I keep checking to see if it's Wednesday yet. This wait is agonizing!!! Luckily I'm working this weekend, so it's making time pass a little faster.

Now that we are only 4 days out and I have my next week's books planned, I should probably check and see if any of them will work for free space.

I will pick Dragon Spawn by Eileen Wilks. It fits option 2 for free space: (2) Any book within a series found on one of SOS' member-generated BEST OF lists (PNR series, UF series, YA Fantasy series, stand alone novels, and audiobook series).
World of the Lupi is #32 on the Best of Urban Fantasy series list.