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R25: Team #2 ~ Double Booked
Just a Hop, Skip & Click AwayHappy 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
Spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...Team 2 - Double Booked ~ Free Space / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ The Nightmare in Him by Suzanne Wright 4✮ Date Read: 5/23 REVIEW
Laura ~ Sabriel by Garth Nix 3.5✮ Date Read: 5/13 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ Steel's Edge by Ilona Andrews 4✮ Date Read: 5/11 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ O - Outside or Oracle / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ Credence by Penelope Douglas 3✮ Date Read: 5/15 REVIEW
Laura ~ Twilight of Embers by Tessa Hale 4✮ Date Read: 5/9 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ Parallel by Elizabeth O'Roark 4✮ Date Read: 5/15 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ V - "Vernal Equinox" or vampire(s) / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ The Jackal by J.R. Ward 4✮ Date Read: 5/21 REVIEW
Laura ~ Archangel's Lineage by Nalini Singh 5✮ Date Read: 5/19 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ Mammoth by John Varley 4✮ Date Read: 5/21 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ M - "Mardi Gras" or magic / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ Hunted by Suzanne Wright 4✮ Date Read: 5/29 REVIEW
Laura ~ Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett 5✮ Date Read: 5/24 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer 3✮ Date Read: 5/26 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ G - "Green" or gargoyle(s) / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ Seven Wishes by Serena Akeroyd 3✮ Date Read: 6/2 REVIEW
Laura ~ Howl for the Gargoyle by Kathryn Moon 4✮ Date Read: 6/2 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ Beyond the Grave by C.J. Archer 3✮ Date Read: 6/2 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ S - "Spring Break" or shifter(s) / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ When He's Sinful by Suzanne Wright 4✮ Date Read: 6/12 REVIEW
Laura ~ Unicorn Discovery by Alexis Pierce 2.5✮ Date Read: 6/5 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper 3✮ Date Read: 6/9 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ F - (Spring) "Forward" or fae / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ Eight Souls by Serena Akeroyd 3✮ Date Read: 6/15 REVIEW
Laura ~ The Beloved by J.R. Ward 4✮ Date Read: 6/15 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ From the Ashes by C.J. Archer 3✮ Date Read: 6/18 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ J - "Jasmine" or jacket / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas 4✮ Date Read: 6/26 REVIEW
Laura ~ A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall 3.5✮ Date Read: 6/26 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ Toward Yesterday by Paul Antony Jones 3✮ Date Read: 6/25 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ Q - "Quicken" or queen / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ Dark Lover by J.R. Ward 4✮ Date Read: 7/2 REVIEW
Laura ~ The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo 5✮ Date Read: 7/4 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ Raphael by D.B. Reynolds 3✮ Date Read: 7/1 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ P - "Pruning" or paranormal romance / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs 4✮ Date Read: 7/10 REVIEW
Laura ~ Mine by J.R. Ward 4✮ Date Read: 7/11 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ Jabril by D.B. Reynolds 4✮ Date Read: 7/8 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ C - "Clean" or cyberpunk / Stamped
Tatenisha ~ Hideaway by Penelope Douglas 4✮ Date Read: 7/17 REVIEW
Laura ~ Becoming His by Albany Walker 3✮ Date Read: 7/13 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ Warcross by Marie Lu 5✮ Date Read: 7/16 REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ U - "Umbrella" or UF /
Tatenisha ~ Blood Debt by Callie Rose 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Laura ~ The Lady in Glass and Other Stories by Anne Bishop 5✮ Date Read: 7/21 REVIEW
Lisa P ~ The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Team 2 - Double Booked ~ Shelf Name / Stamp Req'd
Tatenisha ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Laura ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Lisa P ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
I'm here! I can do captain if no one else can.
I suck at names, but I'm really good at voting on name suggestions. Any suggestions?
Hi Laura, I am fine with you being captain, Thanks. I have played quite a few times, but it has been a really long while since my last time. I suck at names too, but will throw out a couple. "The Two Crew" or "Double Booked". Hopefully Tatenisha will have some name suggestions as well.
I've really missed playing bingo, so I'm really looking forward to this. I'm from NC by the way.
I like Double Booked.I moved to NC last year! We’re near Charlotte.
I'm in Pinehurst...about 2 hours from Charlotte. We are neighbors, lol.
Lisa P wrote: "I'm in Pinehurst...about 2 hours from Charlotte. We are neighbors, lol."I think I've been there. We did the Greater Charlotte Area Book Crawl last month. Maybe one or more of the book stores was out there?
We're in Morresville.
Laura wrote: "Lisa P wrote: "I'm in Pinehurst...about 2 hours from Charlotte. We are neighbors, lol."I think I've been there. We did the Greater Charlotte Area Book Crawl last month. Maybe one or more of the b..."
We have the Country Bookshop in downtown Southern Pines which is right next door to Pinehurst. That might have been a part of your book crawl.
Shelf #1 ~ 8 May: O - "Outside" or oracleRequirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...
* For "Outside", read a book with author's first or last name beginning with 'O', a cover with outside image (ie: trees, buildings, vehicles, etc) or 'outside' in title or series name
* For oracle, read a book found on one of these shelves: GR oracle, GR oracles* or SOS oracle
*This is not the link that was in the shelf announcement. I believe that link contained an error as it linked to a shelf title Half Oracle, with 0 books on it. I posted in the Discussion thread, but I could be mistaken, so please verify by checking that thread before selecting a book from here.
Hey all, Double Booked sounds good to me. Yes Laura, you can be captain.
Selection PostWeek 1: "O"
Book: Parallel by Elizabeth O'Roark
Pages: 286
How it fits: Last name of author starts with letter "O"
For this week's shelf, I'm going to go with
for the outdoor scene on the cover.
Completion Post - Shelf #1 - 'O' Outside or OracleBook: Twilight of Embers
Date Read: 5/9
Rating: 4 stars
How it fits: Outside scene on cover
Review: I did enjoy this one. Is it great literature? No. Is it an enjoyable escape? Yes. Is it strikingly similar to her Supernaturals of Castle Academy series? Yes. And I assume her other series probably run along the same lines. But it accomplished the main goal of fantasy literature. It gave me a bit of an escape, and a bit of enjoyment. And that's really all I ask of my books.
Completion PostSteel's Edge
Shelf: Free Space
Finished: 5/11/2024
Rate: 4 Stars
Review: This book was a bit darker than the others in the series, but I still enjoyed it. I wouldn't say it was my favorite of the series, but a good read nonetheless. Richard and Charlotte were another great love addition to this series, and I did enjoy the healer/destroyer aspect; but I especially enjoyed the inclusion of Jack and George again. They are two of my favorites from this series, and I enjoyed learning even more about their lives here, and seeing how they have grown up. I am very sad that this is the last book of the series, as there is so much more that could be told here. The world is amazing, and I keep hoping that Ilona Andrews will revisit it again someday.
I'm changing my Free Space book. I recently learned that Sabriel is narrated by Tim Curry, so I rushed to my library app to download that as soon as I could. It's on the SOS read shelf and the SOS Fantasy shelf, so I'm going to save Archangel's Lineage for another shelf.
Completion Post - Shelf: Free SpaceBook: Sabriel
Date Read: 5/13
Rating: 3.5 Stars
How it fits: On the SOS read & Fantasy shelves
Review: I've seen this book read by many of my GRs friends, but I never got around to adding it to my TBR. Until I heard that Tim Curry was the narrator. I was a bit disappointed, because he didn't sound like his Clue character, but seriously, his narration was well done. The book itself seemed a little bit simplistic, even though the world is quite complex. Overall, I enjoyed it and I will eventually read the next one.
Selection PostWeek 2: "V"
Book: Mammoth by John Varley
Pages: 364
How it fits: Last name of author starts with letter "V"
I was thinking it was Tuesday! I'll post the call here in just a minute. :)
Shelf #2 ~ 15 May: V - "Vernal Equinox" or vampire(s)Requirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...
* For "Vernal Equinox", read a book with a sun, sunrise or sunset on the cover; "sun" in the title or series name; or author's first or last name beginning with V
* For vampire(s), read a book found on one of these shelves: GR vampire, GR vampires or SOS vampire
Not sure what I'm going to do yet. I'm about to start Lake Silence again, but I don't want to use it for my one re-read when I have so many options here.I know I have at least one Elizabeth Hunter book I haven't caught up on yet, so I'll probably do that. I'm sure those are shelved Vampires.
ETA: Archangel's Lineage is MPG Vampires, so I'll go with that one.
COMPLETION POSTParallel
Shelf: "O"
Finished: 5/15/2024
Rate:4 Stars
Review: I'm hooked! Two people dream about each other their entire lives, but have never met before...until they do. How could they possibly know what they know about each other? Intimate details about each others lives? Soulmates? The story unfolds beautifully as it switches back and forth from each of their perspectives, past and present. We continually learn more and more about their lives, bit by bit as the story progresses; and at the same time wonder how this could possibly be. I don't want to say too much, as the best part of this story is watching it unfold slowly while trying to unravel the mystery. The only downside to this book is that it doesn't end. There is no final absolute solution to this mystery. The story continues with so much left to reveal. I will definitely be going on the the next book in this series.
Completion Post
by Penelope DouglasShelf: "O"
Finished: 5/15/24
Rate: 3 Stars
Review:
This is one of those books that you know from the beginning its full of drama and it does not disappoint. The dynamics of the relationships is crazy and it just gets crazier. You may want to put it down but you just have to see what crazy will be next. It was really hard to find the right correct words to review this one because four damaged people turning to each other is a lot.
I've requested our stamp for O.@Tatenisha: Have you selected your Free Space book?
CONGRATULATIONS, Double Booked!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'O'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congratulations on the stamp Double Booked!
Sandra wrote: "Congratulations on the stamp Double Booked!"Steph wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS, Double Booked!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'O'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D"
Thank you!
Completion Post - Shelf: V - "Vernal Equinox" or vampire(s)Book: Archangel's Lineage
Date Read: 5/19
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: MPG Vampires (shelved 41 times)
Review: I have heard a rumor that this is the end of the series. If that is true, it is a satisfying place to end. If it is not true, I think the next book will have a significant time jump. I loved seeing the (view spoiler). I will always love Raphael and Elana and read anything Singh writes about them!
Laura wrote: "I've requested our stamp for O.@Tatenisha: Have you selected your Free Space book?"
Yes, will post the information
COMPLETION POST
by John VarleyShelf: "V"
Finished: 5/21/2024
Rate: 4 Stars
Review: I do enjoy a good time-travel book on occasion. But most of the ones I read are romance based, and follow a similar recipe of modern day girl traveling back in time, finding the love of her life, and living happily ever after. Well, this book was NOT that, lol. There is some romance in this one, and although important to the story, it is not the main storyline. I love a bit of science and adventure, and this book has both. About halfway through the book I was a bit disappointed because I thought that I already knew how the book would end. I thought it was a bit predictable. Well, I was WRONG and I thoroughly enjoyed the actual ending!
Completion Post
by J.R. WardShelf: V
Finished: 5/21/24
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
Nyx was determined to find the prison camp that her sister has been in because she knows she was railroaded. She enters the prison with no thoughts of her own safety. She runs into the Jackal a prisoner and it's instant attraction. She makes a deal with him to help her find her sister. It leads to so much more and when she is trying to escape back out that's when everything unravels. She learns that not only is her sister alive but running things. Now she is on a path that Will lead to her death if she can not escape. Good start to another series.
Shelf #3 ~ 22 May: M - "Mardi Gras" or magicRequirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...
* For "Mardi Gras", read a book with a purple, green or yellow cover; 'carnival' in the title or series name; or author's initials M.G.
* For magic, read a book found on one of these shelves: GR magic or SOS magic
I was just getting ready to start Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands which is MPG Magic (shelved 132 times), so that will be my book.
LOL, you just sent me down a rabbit hole with this post. I read most of the original Black Dagger Brotherhood series quite a few years ago and really enjoyed them. For some reason, J.R. Ward dropped off my radar and I haven't read much of her since then. I tried her Bourbon Kings series but wasn't much of a fan. I knew that she had written at least one spinoff to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, but never ventured into reading them. When I saw your post with another spinoff I have never heard of, Prison Camp, it piqued my interest again. So thanks, I need to get back to this author again soon.Tatenisha wrote: "Completion Post
by J.R. WardShelf: V
Finished: 5/21/24
Rating: 4 Stars
Review:
Nyx was determined to find the prison camp that her sister has been i..."
Selection PostWeek 3: "M"
by C.J. ArcherBook: The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer
Pages: 268
How it fits: Green Cover
Lisa P wrote: "LOL, you just sent me down a rabbit hole with this post. I read most of the original Black Dagger Brotherhood series quite a few years ago and really enjoyed them. For some reason, J.R. Ward droppe..."I liked the Prison Camp spin-off. And the ones about the trainees. The Lair of the Wolven ones drag a little bit for me. In fact I've got the latest one checked out from the library right now and haven't even started it. :)
Completion Post - Shelf: M - Mardi Gras or MagicBook: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands
Date Read: 5/24
Rating: 5 stars
How it fits: MPG Magic (shelved 133 times)
Review: I really enjoy this series. The relationship between Emily and Wendell is wonderful. And her commitment to figuring out the puzzle that has been laid in front of her is great to read about. I wasn't to thrilled with her relationship with her niece in this one. She doesn't come across as super loving. But that is her personality, and the scene where she does apologize is sweet. I really can't wait for the next one!
Lisa P wrote: "Selection PostWeek 3: "M"
by C.J. ArcherBook: The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer
Pages: 268
How it fits: Green Cover"
It's also MPG Magic, so it fits that way, too.
CONGRATULATIONS, Double Booked!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'V'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congratulations on the stamp Double Booked!
I feel dumb, but what is MPG Magic?Laura wrote: "Lisa P wrote: "Selection Post
Week 3: "M"
by C.J. ArcherBook: The Last Necromancer by C.J. Archer
Pages: 268
How it fits: Green Cover"
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