SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Team #3
Captain: Lauren

Members:
Lauren
Christina T
Logan
Nici

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)
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 (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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Hey Teamies!

So looking forward to the latest round of Bingo! Can't wait to get started :0)

Hi team! So excited for Bingo!! :)

hidey Ho bingo players! I am nici, from iowa in the usa. anyone have name suggestions?

Hi all! Super excited to start...love this game. I'm Christina T (also from Iowa....*waving* to the other Iowan in the group...how weird is that?) I'm partial to random names instead of number restrictive ones but am really open to anything.

Some suggestions....
Sneaky Ninja Readers
Chartreus Aliens For the Win
Zombies Booking It
The Electric Cranberries

Would any of you like to be captain. I've never been one and am afraid I'd screw it up. Anyone else game?

I'm already trying to plan my Free Space read by using past BOMs....I'm either going to read...
or

Hey Christina and Nici!

I love Zombies Booking It for the team name.
I need to take a look at my reading plan to book a Free Space read.

I can be team captain if no one else is interested. Logan? Nici?

I will not be able to be captain so anyone who can has my vote. I like the zombie name also.

Christina where at in iowa? I am in iowa city

I'm going to read for my Free Space read.

Oh we have a shelf! favorite!

Nici I live in Southwest Iowa in Council Bluffs.

Well, we aren't off to a great start. No two in a row with Favorite Shelf.

I think I'm going to read for the Favorite Shelf since I have it for review and I love this series. I'm still up in the air about the Free Space. I have for review but I think I'll just see what calls me instead. I don't do well with extreme structure. Makes reading feel more like a chore so I like to give myself several options and see where it takes me.

One of the last team challenges I was in used Zombies in the name too. I love zombies LOL.

Thanks for posting the shelf, Nici!

If its alright with you all, I'm going to post our team name as Zombies Booking It and I'll be team captain :0)

By the way Christina, and were two of my absolute favorite books in 2014. I haven't read the Alexandra Ivy book yet.

I'm going to read for the favorites shelf. I love Tessa Dare's books.

Free Space

✔Lauren: Archangel's Consort by Nalini Singh - March 10th, ★★★★1/2, Review
✔ Christina T: Written in Red by Anne Bishop - March 10th, ★★★★★, Review
✔ Logan: Shadow Game by Christine Feehan - March 14th, ★★★, Review
✔ Nici: Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill - Feb 22nd, ★★★★★, Review

Shelf #1: Favorites

✔ Lauren: Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare - Feb 20th, ★★★★1/2, Review
✔ Christina T: Soulbound by Kristen Callihan - Feb 27th, ★★★★, Review
✔ Logan: Night Broken by Patricia Briggs - March 5th, Review
✔ Nici: Burned by Karen Marie Moning - Feb 23rd, ★★★★★, Review

Using the app is difficult, as it doesn't allow me to add links! Anyway, for my favorite shelf (oh i am excited to read this! Just got it from the library) I will be reading Burned and for my free spot i Will be reading Hard Bitten

Hi zombie ladies! Love the name!

I keep hemming and hawing over what to read. I think I'll go with by favorite author James Rollins.

Okie dokie.

I've got everyone's favorites book. Let me know when you decide on your free space, Christina and Logan :0)

Happy reading!

Shelf #1: Favorites



Book: Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare
Finished: Febraury 20th, 2015
Rating: 4.5 Stars
Review:

It seems that I’m in the minority amongst my friends in loving this book. The issues that appear to emerge from the criticism include the unlikable secondary characters, the lack of historical detail and the theme of rivalry between brothers. None of these disturbed me in the least and I found it to be a lovely romance with a charming couple.

I have finished both books and will review in the am

Nici wrote: "I have finished both books and will review in the am"

Great!

How's it going Zombies?

Slooooow. lol

I'm crazy busy at work right now and prepping for a big event I'm hosting Saturday so I'm a little all over the place readingwise. I haven't started my Bingo book yet, but I will have a book done for free space today or tomorrow.

Shelf #2 ~ 25 Feb 2015: Demons

I haven't started my Free Space book yet but I'm almost done with my Favorite. For Demons I'm contemplating

all three are already handy but I was supposed to have started the Kim Harrison for a group/buddy read so I might go with that one. Wish it was on Scribd as an audio but it isn't.

Christina T wrote: "Wish it was on Scribd as an audio but it isn't. "

Yeah, they only have the later books on audios. Bummer :0(

I recommend - its one of my favorites in the series.

I'll be reading for the Demons shelf.

Shelf #2: Demons

✔ Lauren: Black Magic Woman by Christine Warren - Feb 28th, ★★, Review
✔ Christina T: Grave Peril by Jim Butcher - March 11th, ★★★1/2, Review
✔ Logan: Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione, March 11th, ★★★★, Review
✔ Nici: Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione - March 3rd, ★★★★, Review

I finished on 2/23 and give it five stars. This book ended in a crazy cliff hanger that leaves me drooling for more. I love this series as well as the author. The world building and character development are amazing. I would recommend to anyone.

i finished on 2/22 and it ended in a crazy cliff hanger also! Luckily for me the series is at the library and I will continue to read them. The main character is very real, with actual problems that make sense, for someone who is not only a woman in Chicago but also a vampire. five stars. to the library!

Nici, you need to give a date for Hard Bitten :)

fixed it! Thanks! I wanted to read for the demon shelf but it is on shelves labeled angels and demons or demons and angels but i don't see it on just the demon shelf. Dang, I will keep looking.

I will read Pleasure Unboundfor the demon shelf. It's been sitting on my physical shelf for a long while, might as well lol.

Nici wrote: "i finished on 2/22 and it ended in a crazy cliff hanger also! Luckily for me the series is at the library and I will continue to read them. The main character is ve..."

Glad you enjoyed it, Nici. I didn't want to comment when you first started reading because there is such a huge cliffhanger in it and I didn't want to ruin anything. Merit is one of my favorite UF heroines. Just wait till you read the next one, it's great!

I am excited to get to it. I started it last night but decided I needed to read my shelf book first. soon though!

how is everyone doing on their good reads yearly book count challenge?

Started and I've DNF'd it. I can't read a book where the hero (view spoiler)[hits the heroine in the face the first time he meets her (hide spoiler)].

Switching it out for

Nici wrote: "how is everyone doing on their good reads yearly book count challenge?"

Not too bad. I've read 28 of 185 and I'm one book behind.

Hi guys!! I will read Pleasure Unbound also. I was supposed to read it weeks ago, but...life.

Lauren, I would have DNFed that too. Terrible!

I have been neglecting Goodreads lately but next week should get back to normal a bit more for me. I've been planning a party that finally happens tonight, so now I'm off to cook for 40 people. I've never done anything like this before, so hopefully it goes well!

Good luck with the party, Logan! Hope it's a huge success :0)

Enjoy the party Logan, and don't stress, it'll be fine :)

good job on your challenge lauren! Logan, hope your party was fun!

Hope the party was fabulous, Logan! Sounds like a fun challenge!

Shelf #2: Demons


Black Magic Woman by Christine Warren
Finished: February 28th, 2015
Rating: 2 Stars

Review: Plot had potential but the heroine is TSTL and the hero's sexiness is not enough to compensate for the weak romance. I'm considering calling it quits on the rest of the series.