SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Team #1
Captain: Eldarwen

Members:
Eldarwen
Victoria
Tatenisha
Allison Ann

Just a Hop, Skip & Click Away
Happy Reading!

Shelf Announcements ~ Check for the latest shelf announcement & review the requirements for each shelf
Captain's Log ~ Share team shelf stats prior to requesting a stamp
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 Rules ~ Rules of the game
Free Space Rules ~ Where to look when pickin' your free space book
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
2b ~ Post your team's stats on the Captain's Log prior to requesting a stamp
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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Hello hello everyone!

Called Shelves

#11 Spin Off
Allison Ann - The Medusa Plot by Gordon Korman | May 19th | Review | 3★



DONE #10 Gothic Horror
Eldarwen - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee | May 17th | Review | 4★
Victoria - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë | May 28th | Review | 3.5★
Tatenisha - Burnt Offerings by Laurell K. Hamilton | May 14th | Review | 3★
Allison Ann - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind | May 10th | Review | 3★



Stamp Requested

DONE #9 Urban Fantasy
Eldarwen - Lover Revealed by J.R. Ward | May 26th | Review
Victoria - Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch | May 13th | Review | 4★
Tatenisha - The Killing Dance by Laurell K. Hamilton | May 8th | Review | 3★
Allison Ann - Definitely Dead by Charlaine Harris | May 4th | Review | 4★



DONE #8 Hunter
Eldarwen - Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison | May 15th | Review | 4★
Victoria - Skinwalker by Faith Hunter | May 8th | Review | 3★
Tatenisha - Bloody Bones by Laurell K Hamilton | May 1st | Review | 4★
Allison Ann - Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh | April 28th | Review | 3★



Stamp Received

DONE #7 Necromancers
Eldarwen - The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer | April 25th | Review | 4★
Victoria - Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling | April 30th | Review | 3★
Tatenisha - The Lunatic Cafe by Laurell K. Hamilton | April 23rd | Review | 3★
Allison Ann - Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton | April 23rd | Review | 1★



DONE #6 Shifters
Eldarwen - Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh | April 28th | Review | 4★
Victoria - Etched in Bone by Anne Bishop | April 24th | Review | 2.5★
Tatenisha - Circus of the Damned by Laurell K. Hamilton | April 15th | Review | 4★
Allison Ann - Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris | April 13th | Review | 3★



DONE #5 Demons
Eldarwen - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden | April 21st | Review | 4★
Victoria - The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett | April 21st | Review | 4★
Tatenisha - Tall, Dark & Heartless by R.L. Mathewson | April 10th | Review | 4★
Allison Ann - Blood Price by Tanya Huff | April 8th | Review | 4★



DONE #4 Detective
Eldarwen - The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz | April 12th | Review | 3★
Victoria - Ghost Story by Jim Butcher | April 6th | Review | 4★
Tatenisha - The Laughing Corpse by Laurell K. Hamilton | April 1st | Review | 3★
Allison Ann - Small Favor by Jim Butcher | April 2nd | Review | 4★



DONE #3 Part of a Series
Eldarwen - Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward | March 26th | Review | 4★
Victoria - The Next Always by Nora Roberts | March 22nd | Review | 3★
Tatenisha - Without Regret by R.L. Mathewson | March 24th | Review | 2★
Allison Ann - Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton | March 24th | Review | 3.5★



DONE #0 Free Space
Eldarwen - Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs | March 22nd | Review | 4★
Victoria - Burn Bright by Patricia Briggs | March 11th | Review | 4★
Tatenisha - Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton | March 29th | Review | 3★
Allison Ann - Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris | March 8th | Review | 4★



DONE #2 Immortals
Eldarwen - Hunted by Kevin Hearne | March 24th | Review | 4★
Victoria - Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop | March 24th | Review | 4★
Tatenisha - Tall, Dark & Lonely by R.L. Mathewson | March 21st | Review | 3.5★
Allison Ann - The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa | March 20th | Review | 2★



DONE #1 Futuristic Romance
Eldarwen - Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb | March 12th | Review | 4★
Victoria - Memory in Death by J.D. Robb | March 18th | Review | 4★
Tatenisha - Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey | March 13th | Review | 2★
Allison Ann - Amaryllis by Jayne Castle | March 12th | Review | 2★

Hi team! So excited to start playing!

Hi team

Hello team! Sorry, didn't realize they were posting the teams last night and I had to go to town this morning (only do that 4-5 times a year, yuck!). Glad to meet all of you.

Anyone wanting the captain's hat? Any ideas for names? I am wretched at naming things that aren't dogs and cats, so I hope we have some creative people on board. :)

Euh the naming..... not so much haha. I am not all that handy when it comes to making up names.

If nobody else wants to be captain though, I can do that.

We could always just call ourselves ONE. Then when we inevitably triumph (I can dream) the headlines would be ONE WON (possibly with several exclamation marks). It would be epic of course. ;)

I kid, but I'm happy you will be Captain Eldarwen.

lol love that gif

Thanks for volunteering for captain Eldarwen!

And I’m terrible with coming up with names!

Allison Ann wrote: "We could always just call ourselves ONE. Then when we inevitably triumph (I can dream) the headlines would be ONE WON (possibly with several exclamation marks). It would be epic of course. ;)

I ki..."

haha it’s not a bad idea actually, it’d motivate us to go for the win! Although my competitive side already wants it :)

Nichoooooole :-DD

Why not just make it "One for the Win" ? ;-)

TRACKING POST 2

For the older shelves once the game progresses further.

TRACKING POST

In reserve, might not be needed.

I can always delete the tracking posts again if you want to be captain, Tatenisha :-)

No, Eldarwen, you can be captain.

Alright then!
Tracking post set up in my first comment, since that's easier to find again :-)

Since we still looking for a name. How about One and Done?

Either of those names is good with me. :) And I'm glad we've got Eldarwen for captain. I've sent you all friends requests, hope that is okay.

I'm Allison or Al (I use Allison Ann to thin me from the Allison herd here on GR, but I always feel like I'm in trouble when people call me that). :) I live in NW Ontario, Canada surrounded by water (frozen at this time), rocks, trees, wildlife and very few people, my time zone is central (so 5 p.m. for shelf call), I work in seasonal tourism (so all the time or not at all), I'm 48 with a bunch of furry children but no human ones and I prefer my reading with minimal romance (so PNR is not the shelf I'm most looking forward to). I also clearly have a problem with parentheses. :) I've played SOS Bingo before but not the last few rounds. And I think I'm going to read Dead to the World for my free space call - #6 UF Series. Started the series when it was first released but haven't gotten back to it since. Might as well dig some of those back shelf books out. :) Looking forward to getting to know you all.

I think going back to the Sookie Stackhouse series for Bingo isn't a bad idea! They work for a lot of the shelves, so you might even be able to make a dent in the series! :-)
I really enjoyed the first books in the series but felt like Harris was losing interest while writing the ~3 last ones. Nevertheless, the books are a guilty pleasure and it was good entertainment hehe.

With a bit of luck you're going to find something with less romance on the PNR shelf - people shelve books in the oddest way at times o.O

So yes, a little bit of introduction is definitely in order, good call Al! I go by Eldarwen, Eldar or just E on the internet for the most part though my real name is Stephanie, usually shortened to Steph - always makes me go "huh" when someone writes Steph in the Discussion Thread because I'm wondering what I've done now ;-)
My absolute favourite genre of all times is fantasy - mainly of the Urban variety these days but I like all kinds as long as the synopsis sounds interesting. I also enjoy a good crime/thriller novel from time to time. I've recently fallen into the In Death trap ;-) And I've rekindled my tentative connection with the Black Dagger Brotherhood series just this weekend. I read the first one and wasn't entirely convinced but I read the second book almost in one day.

Not sure yet what I'll read for the Free Space... I have trouble deciding at the moment. Too many books that want my attention!

Oh and I'm living in Luxembourg, so shelf call is probably going to be around midnight for me - time zones are not my forte.

So I will most likely not be awake when shelves are called.

Ooo I need to continue with the In Death series, I think I'm on 20 something. And I've been meaning to check out the Black Dagger Brotherhood, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Anyways, I'm Victoria (or Tori, but I usually just go with Victoria on GR). I'm American, but currently live in England so shelf call for me will be around 11pm, but I'm working a night shift tonight so I'll at least be awake for the first call. My all-time favorite genre is also fantasy, but I dabble in most everything. I read mostly romance and urban fantasy for the past two years or so, but this year I'm trying to be more varied in what I read. I've done pretty well so far, but I'm probably going to go back to reading a ton of uf throughout this challenge.

And for the free space I'm going to read Burn Bright :)

Charles and Anna are great!

I'm waiting for the book to be released in my paperback edition so it fits with the others on the shelf. Nope, I do not have issues ;-)

Right, I'm going to browse the group shelf for a little bit and will try to decide on a book. Otherwise, I'll just log on first thing tomorrow morning so I'll see the shelf call and then I'll pick something for that.

If one of you ladies wants to post the shelf announcement here in the thread while I'm snoozing, feel free to! :-)

Ok, I'm never going to make a decision now, so I'll just try reading a few pages in my current really, really slow read and will log on tomorrow morning to check the first shelf call and pick a book that fits for it.

And now off to bed! Good night! :-)

Eldarwen wrote: "Charles and Anna are great!

I'm waiting for the book to be released in my paperback edition so it fits with the others on the shelf. Nope, I do not have issues ;-)

Right, I'm going to browse the ..."

For some reason my bookstore gave me a paperback copy a few days before it was released. I was very confused and think it might actually be an ARC they happened to have stoked - no idea and I'm not complaining =) Although it still doesn't match to rest of my books since it's not a massmarket paperback, but since I don't actually like those editions I'm okay with it being different.

And if I'm the first to see the shelf announcement I'll post it here :)

Let's hear it for absent minded bookstore owners. :)

Mercy Thompson is another series I want to get back to. I'm sure I'll be able to slot a couple into Bingo.

I love Mercy :)

And the shelf is...

Shelf #1 ~ 7/3/18: Futuristic Romance
DIRECT LINK - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

It's a good shelf to read the In Death series!

It is. In fact Dark in Death was the book I planned for this shelf. Of course it is also the only book I don't have access to this week. Typical luck.

So I think I will start with my Free Space book and start hassling someone to read faster and return that book to the library soon. ;) Or find something else that I can get to sooner. I refuse to spend money on books with embracing couples or half-naked men on the covers - and this list is full of those books.

lol this shelf definitely has its share of half naked men on it ;)

And I'm probably going to end up reading Memory in Death, but I'm still deciding. Although I should read it in an attempt to catch up. I'm on #22, which sounds like a lot, but you're apparently on In Death #46! There's so many freakin books in this series!

I will be reading for Futuristic Romance
I have not read one of her books in years.

It's one of the few series I am caught up on. And it is ridiculously long. But generally a good read.

Oh look, an embracing couple and a half-naked man. Jackpot! ;D

I didn't know Johanna Lindsey wrote anything besides historical. Hope you enjoy it Tatenisha.

@Tatenisha - I haven't read anything by her, but hope you enjoy it!

@ Allison - I'll catch up with the series... eventually...

I didn't either so I figured I would give it a try.

Victoria wrote: "It's a good shelf to read the In Death series!"

Ooooh, yes, yes it is!

I'm going to pick up :-)

See? I'm even further behind haha.

Allison Ann wrote: "Oh look, an embracing couple and a half-naked man. Jackpot! ;D"

Loool :-))

Tatenisha wrote: "I didn't either so I figured I would give it a try."

Fingers crossed it's a good one!

Tatenisha wrote: "Since we still looking for a name. How about One and Done?"

Sorry, I completely missed that until now!! o.O

I like that one!

Allison likes both suggestions. Victoria?? What do you think about this one?

Oh god, I have to choose one? I like both!

Well, as I said I like both and fine with either, but since I happened to have a coin on hand I've decided to let science choose my preference - and it's apparently 'One and Done' (because it landed on tails :)

Perfect! I'll let the mods know :-)

Yay, we have a name!

I will be done my Free Space book tonight and because this is just our first shelf, I'm going to wait a couple of days to see if comes in at the library. If not, I will instead read which is found on the first page of the Futuristic Romance Shelf.

No stress!

As you said, it's only the first shelf, so no worries if the books aren't read within the week. We have plenty of time! :-)

I decided not to start with the shelf book yet because I want to finish my slow burner first. Otherwise I'll never finish - I just know it haha. And last night, it finally started picking up a little bit so I'm finally less than 100 pages from the finish line!

And then I'll decide what to read for Free Space! Finally ;-)

Completion Post


Week: Free Space
Shelf: Best of UF Series
How The Book Fits: #6 on Best of UF Series


Book: Dead to the World
Author: Charlaine Harris
Date Read: 3/08/18
Rating: 4 Stars
Review: I am getting back to this series after a long break. I liked this book better than the first few because a) very little Bill b) Eric wan't such a tool for most of the book and most importantly c) Sookie wasn't such an idiot as usual, she did some thinking for herself and didn't need rescuing as regularly. As she likes to quote so often, she doesn't have much book learnin' *sigh* but she's smarter than people give her credit for. Until this book I assumed she was delusional and dumb as a brick, but she gave me hope this round. She still doesn't have much in the way of common sense, but she might be able to think her way out of a paper bag.

It was a good reading weekend :-)
I'm about two thirds through Holiday in Death for the Futuristic Romance shelf and I'm going to read Silence Fallen for Free Space.