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R25: Team #1 ~ Busy Book Bees
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
Hi....love SOS Bingo....right now I'm on a roadtrip in Montana....is very rainy and cold....next week I'll be camping from Thursday to Monday with no internet....
Hey team! Looking forward to the start of bingo!Tracking
Free Space - STAMPED
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Week 1 - STAMPED
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Week 2 - STAMPED
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Week 3 - STAMPED
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Week 4 - STAMPED
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Week 5 - STAMPED
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Week 6 - STAMPED
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Week 7
☼♎ Carmen ☼♎ ~ Silver Bullet by S.M. Reine ★★★½ 7/15 Review
Deanna ~ The Lies of Vampires and Slayers by K.M. Shea ★★★★ 6/16 Review
Rosina ~ Priceless by Shannon Mayer ★★★★ 7/5 Review
Week 8 - STAMPED
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Week 9
☼♎ Carmen ☼♎ ~ Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione
Deanna ~ Cast the First Crone by Amanda M. Lee ★★★★ 7/7 Review
Rosina ~ Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews ★★★★ 7/13 Review
Week 10
☼♎ Carmen ☼♎ ~
Deanna ~ Stroke the Flame by Elizabeth Briggs ★★★½ 7/19 Review
Rosina ~ Lock In by John Scalzi ★★★★½ 7/20 Review
Week 11
☼♎ Carmen ☼♎ ~ Hexing with a Chance of Tornadoes by Mandy M. Roth
Deanna ~
Rosina ~ Cloudy with a Chance of Witchcraft by Mandy M. Roth
Hi team! Love SOS bingo. Looking to have some fun
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
Selection Post - Week 1
by Amanda M. LeeFits: outside image on cover
Free Space
by Kevin HearneFits: option 2 - #71 on Best of Urban Fantasy SOS List
Thanks Deanna! I was just about to post the announcement 📣 but you beat me to it. Lol
Does anyine want to be the captain? If no ones is ok with doing it, I can volunteer. Any suggestions on team names? I was thinking something like
Blooming Readers
I will pass on captain duties...team name ideas
Love Bugs & Crazy Daisies
Busy Book Bees
Grassy Lassies
Too Lit Tulips
I like both Blooming Readers and Busy Book Bees. I can take captain duties if you like.
I'm good wirth you being captain, thanks. Oh I like Busy Book Bees it sounds catchy lol
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "I'm good wirth you being captain, thanks. Oh I like Busy Book Bees it sounds catchy lol"
I like either as well
Put us in for Busy Book Bees. Let me know when you've found a book for the first week.
Added your name BBB, and added you to the Captains list for Steph to edit, Deanna.
Selection Post: Shelf #1 ~ 8 May: O - "Outside" or oracle* 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
Fits: outside image on cover
Selection Post: Shelf #1 ~ 8 May: O - "Outside" or oracle* For oracle, read a book found on one of these shelves: GR oracle, GR oracles or SOS oracle
Found on the SOS oracle shelf
Completion Post: Shelf #1 ~ 8 May: O - "Outside" or oracle* For oracle, read a book found on one of these shelves: GR oracle, GR oracles or SOS oracle
How it fits: Found on the SOS oracle shelf
The Girl Who Sees by Dima Zales
Read: May 13 2024
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review: This was a fun read. New to me author,
Sasha is an iilusionist and she wants to be the first famous female illusionist. Lives in NYC with 2 roommates and she works for a hedge fund researching and predicting stocks that will be profitable. She is doing table magic at a restaurant and a TV exec see her and books her for a TV appearance. She suffers a panic attack on stage. From that moment her life changes and she sees things she has a hard time believing are real.
Great writing. Well flushed out characters. There were necromancers, vampires. Will definitely be continuing the series.
Selection Post: Free SpaceMisfortune Teller by Dima Zales
Fits Option (3) A book off of the group's bookshelf:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Completion Post: Shelf #1 ~ 8 May: O - "Outside" or oracle
* 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
Fits: outside image on cover
Book: All Quiet On the Witchy Front by Amanda M. Lee
Read: 5/9
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
It's never really quiet in the Winchester family. Bay and Landon are debating names for the new puppy. Terry and Winnie are starting to plan their wedding. Family meals are as theatric as ever, and Aunt Tillie is hiding yet another secret. Terry, Landon, and Bay are called to a fire, which turns out to be magical in origin, at another inn. During the investigation, they encounter a greedy real estate agent, a newly forming banshee, a fire demon, and a new corporation trying to buy up inn in the area. Another fun read in the series.
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
Selection Post: Shelf #2 ~ 15 May: V - "Vernal Equinox" or vampire(s)For vampire(s), read a book found on one of these shelves: GR vampire, GR vampires or SOS vampire
I will read Magic Bites
This is a reread for me. Third time. 1st in 2016 and then 2018. So its time, I got my co worker hooked on this series and its time for me to reread and so we can dish on the rest of the series
Selection Post: Shelf #2 ~ 15 May: V - "Vernal Equinox" or vampire(s)
For vampire(s), read a book found on one of these shelves: GR vampire, GR vampires or SOS vampire
Qualifies: GR vampire list - https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Rosina wrote: "Selection Post: Shelf #2 ~ 15 May: V - "Vernal Equinox" or vampire(s)For vampire(s), read a book found on one of these shelves: GR vampire, GR vampires or SOS vampire
I will read [book:Magic Bi..."
I love this series
I love Cat and Bones....may need to reread in 2025
Completion Post: Free Space 
(2) Any book within a series found on one of SOS' member-generated BEST OF lists
Fits: Iron Druid Chronicles on UF series list
Book: Besieged
Read: 5/9
Rating: 4.5 stars
Review:
First off, I love the narration of Luke Daniels. He does a phenomenal job of changing up voices to give each character their own unique voice. I don't buy a lot of audiobooks, but this is one of the few series where I make an exception because the narration truly makes the stories comes to life.
Beseiged is a collection of short stories that take place in a multitude of settings over the course of Atticus' life. Atticus explains why he avoids Egypt after being chased by gods from the Egyptian pantheon when stealing a scroll for one of the Irish gods. He battles a demon to help a sheriff during the California gold rush and another group of demons when he and Granuiale visit a carnival in Kansas. The final two stories explain how Owen and Atticus end up traveling to save the tasmanian devils from extinction and set the stage for Ragnarok in the next book of the series. There are also 3 tales by Owen, Granuiale, and Perun that were so so. By far my favorite tale was "Goddess at the Crossroads" where Atticus meets Shakespeare and they go witch hunting together with their adventure providing the foundation for Shakespeare's famous witch scene in MacBeth.
Hearne does an amazing job of weaving a wide variety of settings and historical people and events into these stories so seamlessly that they seem plausible. Taken all together the array of stories over Atticus' life give a great overview of who Atticus is, and of course Oberon as always makes me laugh with his antics. 4.5 stars
Completion Post: Shelf #2 ~ 15 May: V - "Vernal Equinox" or vampire(s)
* For vampire(s), read a book found on one of these shelves: GR vampire, GR vampires or SOS vampire
Fits: on SOS vampire shelf
Book: Magic Forged
Read: 5/22
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Hazel is a delightful character, who doesn't let her lack of magic keep her from doing what she believes is right. She's refreshingly honest in a world lacking honesty, and she's loyal to those who she considers to be her friends and family. While she is cautious of other types of supernaturals, she still forms an opinion of each individual based on her interactions with them instead of stereotypes.
The world created is interesting, but only vaguely developed in the book. The plot lacks cohesion. I'm sure the author has a lot of great ideas based on the hints dropped in the book, but it feels unfocused overall with too many underdeveloped plotlines. I'll keep reading the series because I enjoyed Hazel, and hopefully the world and abundant plot lines will make more sense as the series develops. 4 stars
I'll post my Free Space completion later and will be working on Week 1 book. Sorry had a crazy week and now trying to catch up. Darn month is ending soon, wow
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
Hey everyone....im back from my camping trip....was nice to get away was a tad cool and rainy...got reading done but alas none for bingo...One more book to finish and then I can concentrate on Bingo.....
Heads up I may swap my books around....
Here are my changes....I will read for Free Space
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
found on the SOS bookshelf
For Vampires shelf
Misfortune Teller by Dima Zales
found on SOS vampire shelf
For Magic shelf
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews
found on GR Magic shelf
Completion PostFree Space
Read: 5/22/24
Rated: 4 stars
Review: I can't believe the ending of this book. Riley and her friend Iris were trying to have fun but instead turned out to be a wild crazy mess. First being stabbed by some crazed person and then finding out that your something you've only read in books. Then she has to figure out how to fix something she doesn't understand and with a group of others that have been waiting for years for her. I really enjoyed this story.
Selection Post Shelf #3 ~ 22 May: M - "Mardi Gras" or magic
Qualifies: SOS magic - https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Completion PostWeek 1
Read: 5/28/24
Rated: 4 stars
Review: Whoa! That's awesome but being a Marshall was not what I was expecting but enjoyed this story and definitely going to read the next because I need some more fun with this team and of course Cait and her dragon. Cait is going to be quite being with her new position and family responsibilities as well. Sounds like we have a kicking witch here. Fun!
That finishes week 1. I put in a stamp request.
CONGRATULATIONS, Busy Book Bees!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 Busy Book Bees!
Completion PostFree Space
Pestilence by Laura Thalassa
Read: May 29
Rated: 4 stars
Review:This was an interesting read. The Four Horsemen come to earth to reign terror. This is the first in a series of four. This is about Pestilence who comes to spread the plague to all humans. Sara is a firefighter is selected as one of the people to stop Pestilence. Pestilence ends up eventually falling for Sara. I liked the setting which is the Pacific NW which I am very familar with. Writing is good, story flows nicely. Will probably continue with the series.
Shelf #4 ~ 29 May: G - "Green" or gargoyle(s)Requirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...
* For "green", read a book with "green" in the author's name, title or series or a book with a green cover
* For gargoyle(s), read a book found on one of these shelves: GR gargoyle, GR gargoyles or SOS gargoyle
Put in the stamp request for free space!
I’ll post completion for week 3 later today
Selection PostShelf #3 ~ 22 May: M - "Mardi Gras" or magic
Qualifies: green cover
Shelf #4 ~ 29 May: G - "Green" or gargoyle(s)
Fits: GR gargoyle shelf
Completion PostWeek 3
Read: 6/1/24
Rated: 4 stars
Review: Another enjoyable story. Cait has a lot going on in this book and you need to pay attention. So much is happening in this book with her job and what’s happening with her family that you can get lost. All the characters are are a great bunch and you can easily see that she’s finding that she’s herself as being part of a great team.
CONGRATULATIONS, Busy Book Bees!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'FS'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Completion PostWeek 2 Vampires
Misfortune Teller by Dima Zales
Fits: found on SOS Vampire shelf
Read: June 3
Rated: 4 stars
Review: I am really enjoying this series. This is 2nd one and it carries on right where #1 finished. Sasha discovers she is one of the Cognizant. She is a seer. She is trying to find out more about her birth family as she had been abandoned in JFK airport as a babe. Sasha is trying to determine if her parents had been Russian. She ends up meeting Baba Yaga - a witch, but it doesnt seem that she is Russian. There is great writing and just a nice flow of events - never feel like you are just rehashing the previous novel. Definitely continuing with the series.
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