SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Team #3
Captain: KarenF

Members:
Sallie
KarenF
JenniferJ
Mandy
Laura

Virtual BINGO Card
Shelf names listed are to be filled in top to bottom under each letter listed

B
1. post-apocalyptic
2. alpha male
3. paranormal mystery
4. vampires
5. *new2you: series
I
6. *new2you: author
7. ghosts
8. Goodreads author
9. scifi romance
10. fantasy
N
11. UF
12. PNR-UF
N#. FREE SPACE
13. angels
14. magic
G
15. supernatural
16. *favorite supe
17. PNR
18. favorite author
19. *favorite series
O
20. re-reads
21. *reader's choice
22. 2011
23. demons
24. 5 ✯

Link to print your own copy: BINGO card

CONGRATULATIONS, Power of 3, on your SECOND PLACE win in Round Four of Book Shelf BINGO!

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Hi all! This is my first time playing and I am so excited! Is anybody else a first timer?

Hey everybody :)

Hello everyone - this is my 4th time around - game is really a lot of fun especially when you have teams really close to bingoing...

Hi Everybody! I think this is my third time playing. I was on a team with Sallie before. Like walking through my neighborhood I recognize the doggie first! :) Can't wait to get started!

Hi all! I haven't played BINGO in this group before, but I have (and am) played in the M/M Romance group :)

Hey, Mandy, how'd it go over @ M|M? I kept meaning to ask the mods, but forgot. They were sweet to ask to use the idea, I hope everyone enjoyed it.

KarenF wrote: "Hi Everybody! I think this is my third time playing. I was on a team with Sallie before. Like walking through my neighborhood I recognize the doggie first! :) Can't wait to get started!"

Hi Karen - would you believe that sweet doggie is celebrating her 7th Birthday today...we are having cupcakes later - have to celebrate her birthday...cant believe we have had her 7 years we picked her up from the breader when she was 8 weeks old.
Im looking forward to getting the game on

ladies we need a name & we also need to pick a Captain....

Enjoy your cupcakes Sallie!

I've played a few times and haven't had the Captaining responsibility yet so I don't mind doing it. I also don't mind not doing it if someone else really wants to.

As far as names go...I'm an awful namer. I'll try to think of something but I usually just defer to someone with better naming skills.

I have been Captain twice already so I gladly pass to someone else. I vote for Karen

The only thing I have in my head right now is "the power of 3" from Charmed...

Good morning, ladies! Just a heads up for ya, Steph has posted the first shelf on the shelf announcements thread~pop over to get the direct link to "supernatural"! Happy reading!

Ya'll I am a newbie so just tell me what to do and I will hop to it. Pointers and tips are deeply welcome!

I am fine with Karen as Captain and The Power of 3 sounds good to me. I loved Charmed!!!.

Popping over to check out first shelf!

OK I am Back...lol

I will be reading for this week.

For this week i will read

Im going with for this week & for my free space (Hoodoo-Voodoo shelf)

I'm good with The Power of 3. I loved that show too!

Shelf: Supernatural

Sallie: **** 2/11/12 Sallie's Review

KarenF: **** 2/9/12 Karen's Review

JenniferJ: ***** 2/11/12 Jennifer's Review

Mandy: **** 2/6/12 Mandy's Review

Laura: **** 2/17/12 Laura's Review

Shelf: Free Space

Sallie: **** 2/7/12 Sallie's Review

KarenF: **** 2/18/12 Karen's Review

JenniferJ: **** 2/14/12 Jennifer's Review

Mandy: **** 2/9/12 Mandy's Review

Laura: ***** 2/11/12 Laura's Review

Ladies will one of you leave me the link for the shelf I can choose my free space book from. thanks in advance. :)

Karen - Im looking forward to reading how you liked ..almost picked that one myself but was afraid I wouldnt have it finished in time for the next shelf announcement....dont forget to email Steph to let her know we are going with the "power of 3" as our team name....

Im posting this for Jennifer as per her request....
Jennifer I hope this helps - if not let us know & will try to make things easier for you -

To get free space credit, each team member must pick a book from one of these three options:

** Please keep in mind that all books chosen during the game must be a minimum of 200 pages and graphic novels are not allowed.

(1) An SOS Book of the Month: Any month while the game is in play

OR

(2) A book off of any of the group's new release threads: Any book listed on one of the new release threads; no matter the date of release

OR

(3) A book off of the group's bookshelf: Any shelf or tag; No date restriction - books added at anytime may be chosen


Be sure to post on your team's thread: which book you chose for FREE SPACE credit, which of the three options above you used to pick your book, your rating and your review once you've read it.

Once all members of each team have posted the above information, your team will get "a stamp" in the FREE SPACE. :D

Members don't have to pick and read a book right away, they can, but it's not required. This is not a team read, each member chooses their own book TBR for their team's free space credit. You can choose which book to read and when to read it, but no team will get free space credit until all members have read, rated & reviewed a book chosen from one those options.

Thanks Sallie. I wasn't sure how that got changed. I'll shoot Steph a message. And, yeah, I was a little concerned about the length of that one but it just came in at the library for me and I figured it's week 1 so no one can get bingo yet anyway so I'll have time to catch up.

Hi Jennifer - the link to the free read post is here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5... All of the explanations and links are posted in that thread but basically it's any book that's a group read during the bingo round, anything on the group's bookshelves or anything from the new release thread in the group.

KarenF wrote: "Thanks Sallie. I wasn't sure how that got changed. I'll shoot Steph a message. And, yeah, I was a little concerned about the length of that one but it just came in at the library for me and I fi..."
no problem - glad I could help out....

I think this book is one of the ones I can read for my free space but would feel better if one of you would double check for me. I took it from the number 3 option (Groups Bookshelf) If it is then please add it for me as my free space book. :)

Thanks for helping me ladies! So happy to have found this group and reading game!

JenniferJ wrote: "I think this book is one of the ones I can read for my free space but would feel better if one of you would double check for me. I took it from the number 3 option (Groups Bookshelf) [bookcover:Kar..."

Its on the shelf for Group so you are good to read
Glad you joined us -

OK ladies I've changed your name :)

Steph wrote: "Hey, Mandy, how'd it go over @ M|M? I kept meaning to ask the mods, but forgot. They were sweet to ask to use the idea, I hope everyone enjoyed it."

We are loving it over there - I played in round 1 and am on both a regular and a super-speedy team right now. We all appreciate you letting us jump on your idea :)

I am going to read

Yay for getting a physical book off my shelf that has been sitting there for 2+ years!

Finished with - which I found to be a funny title, since that ISN'T how it plays out! I gave the book 4 stars - if you are a fan of the series, this one does not disappoint. I appreciate that the fact that the heroine is 43 and her love interest is in his 50s. I find this series fun for the sheer fact that the various books deal with different couples with a range of supernatural-ness and ages and that the trials they face are so varied. In this book, (view spoiler)[ Jaime and Jeremy end up having to fins out why damaged child-spirits are hanging around the garden of the Brentwood home where Jaime and two other "spiritualists" are supposed to be filming a reality-TV special. They find themselves researching various black-magic and ritual sacrifice cults of humans to figure out why humans have found magic that seems to work, but leaves the ghosts trapped between dimensions, not able to make contact with either. Jaime also has to decide what she really wants to do with her life - TV or focus on helping more, both ghosts and the supernatural council, plus Jeremy seems to finally be ready to make the moves she's wanted for four years. A lot happens in the book, but the fast-paced writing and tight plot make it a good read. (hide spoiler)]

Mandy wrote: "Finished with - which I found to be a funny title, since that ISN'T how it plays out! I gave the book 4 stars - if you are a fan of the series, this one does n..."

Glad you liked it Mandy - that's my next book in that series and I've been looking forward to Jaime and Jeremy's story. I was tempted but I stayed away from the spoiler.

I haven't started that series yet but they are totally on my TBR list. Just got to get to them!

It took me time to choose a book for free space, but im going to read

KarenF wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Finished with - which I found to be a funny title, since that ISN'T how it plays out! I gave the book 4 stars - if you are a fan of the series, t..."

That's why I love using the spoiler tag - I hate to mess up someone else's enjoyment of a story.

I finished my free space read ..4*s..I loved it Im always afraid to write too much here because I am afraid I will give something away that will ruin it for the next person coming along but I have to say if you liked the first book in this series then you are going to like this one as well..AP did an excellent job of bringing you up to speed with where the 1st book, Black Dust Mambo played out...I loved that because I didnt have to play the guessing game of what happened in the last book to figure out where you were in this one. Even though the book looks a little too much to undertake it is a fast read.
Now Im off to read my shelf book for a stamp

I chose my free space book - I will read - another book that has been physically languishing on my shelf since I use my Nook so much more than reading paper books these days :)

Mandy wrote: "Steph wrote: "Hey, Mandy, how'd it go over @ M|M? I kept meaning to ask the mods, but forgot. They were sweet to ask to use the idea, I hope everyone enjoyed it."

We are loving it over there - I..."

Hooray! It's exciting to see BSB be successful where ever it goes!

Mandy wrote: "Finished with - which I found to be a funny title, since that ISN'T how it plays out! I gave the book 4 stars - if you are a fan of the series, this one does n..."


Love the review...really gotta get more of that series read!

Judithe wrote: "Mandy wrote: "Steph wrote: "Hey, Mandy, how'd it go over @ M|M? I kept meaning to ask the mods, but forgot. They were sweet to ask to use the idea, I hope everyone enjoyed it."

We are loving it ..."

We are very close to ending Round 2, and I am going to play again over there, too - so much fun!

:)

I finished . I really liked it and gave it 4*s despite what I thought were some flaws. The pacing is definitely up and down in the first half, there are some pretty slow sections. But I ended up loving the characters and the world the author created. I particularly loved some of the secondary characters and I'm really hoping we get some of their POV in the next book.

I got more wordy in my review so I didn't paste is fully here but if you're interested: Karen's Discovery of Witches Review

- 4 stars

This installment of the Talions' series does not disappoint - you have the broody, old, alpha male hero and the strong modern female he falls for, wrapped in more political drama when the current Grand Dame of the Kyth becomes the target of terror. (view spoiler)[When Piper and Grey first meet, they spark - but not always in a good way. She is hiding secrets, and he is unsure of his welcome in the new administration, so their instant attraction is poorly timed. As the secrets begin to come out and the plot unfolds, they face near-death, bombs, kidnapping, treason, and terror together, and come out strongly on the other side. I really enjoyed their story :) (hide spoiler)]

Mandy, sounds good; not reading too closely as I'm only up to #2 :)

Sandra wrote: "Mandy, sounds good; not reading too closely as I'm only up to #2 :)"

I wish there were more - I want Sean to have a book :)

Hey everyone Im still working on my book ...over 1/2 way to the finish line so today or in the morning I should have a review posted...loving the book

I wanted to leave an update to. I am about 3/4 way in my book for this week and should have review up later tonite as well as my free spot review by tomorrow. :) Both are amazing and I don't know why they have been collecting so much dust on my shelf!

My free space read:

***** 02/11/12

The more i read books from this series, the more i like it :) its just amazing. I mean there just happens so much fairies in war, wizards in war with vampires. Im really looking forward to the next book :) Lets see what happens with wizard vampire war.

I am giving a rating of 5 stars 02/11/12

I am a huge fan of Cate Tiernan's books so it was of no surprise that I had a hard time putting this one down. The action begins in the first few pages and I don't think I ever found a dull or boring spot in the entire story. Still I was a little dismayed at first because I think I went into reading Immortal Beloved with the thoughts that it would have some resemblance to her awesome Sweep Series and it so totally doesn't but it takes on a life of it's own and I want more!

Longer Review can be found HERE.