FL1: Team #8 ~ Epic Eights

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Team #8
Captain: Lauren

Members:
Barbara ★
Lauren
Carrie
Valerie ~ Val Hall ~
Kerstin

[Steph, Serious series addict]

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[Kerstin]

Hi everyone! Looking forward to playing with you all :)

I'm terribly bad when it comes to thinking up team names, but here are a few ideas:
Crazy Eights
Eternal Eight
Five Enchanted Bibliophiles

I don't think I'll have enough time for team captaincy, so I'd be happy for somebody else to volunteer.

[Carrie]

Good morning everyone. :)

[Lauren]

Hi everyone.
Looking forward to reading with you all. I have no problem being captain if no one else in interested (I have time now that the semester has come to an end).

Names for the #8:
Eight is Enough
Eight Immortal Readers
Eights and Aces

Fantasy names:
Fantasy Seekers
Fantasy Bandits

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Hi everyone!
Another team challenge, can't wait to start. I'll be busy for the next few weeks so I'm not really good captain material. Still I won't have any problem keeping up with the reading, no worries.

You all have nice names....
Wicked Eights
Fantastic Eights

[Carrie]

I'm happy with whoever for captain, as long as it's not me. :)

As for names, I like "Eights and Aces" and "Five Enchanted Bibliophiles"

For my own suggestions:

Epic Eights
Magic 8 Ball Readers

[Barbara ★]

Hi everyone. I'm excited to play. I don't have time to be captain.

It looks like Lauren is the only one ready willing and able to be captain so I guess your it. :-)

I like Eights and Aces.

suggestions
Urban Legends
Urban Ladies

[Lauren]

Looks like I'm it then :0)

I also like "Epic Eights" and "Urban Legends".

Do you want to continue thinking on names or vote on the ones we have already?

[Barbara ★]

I missed Epic Eights. I really like that one.

[Lauren]

Team Name Vote:

At this stage, perhaps everyone can choose the two they like the most and we can narrow it down from there:

Crazy Eights
Eternal Eight
Eight is Enough
Eight Immortal Readers
Eights and Aces
Wicked Eights
Fantastic Eights
Epic Eights
Magic 8 Ball Readers

Five Enchanted Bibliophiles
Fantasy Seekers
Fantasy Bandits
Urban Legends
Urban Ladies

My choices:
Eights & Aces
Epic Eights

[Kerstin]

Hmm, so many choices! I like Eights & Aces and Urban Legends.

[Carrie]

I like, Epic Eights and Eights & Aces.

[Barbara ★]

Epic Eights & Eights and Aces

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Epic Eights and Crazy Eights.

[Lauren]

Ok. So it is between Epic Eights and Eights & Aces.
Vote for the one you prefer and that will be our team name.

My choice is:
Epic Eights

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

I'll go for Epic Eights....and Lauren to be nominated as captain of this team.

[Carrie]

Epic Eights, and I second the nomination of Lauren.

[Barbara ★]

Epic Eights sounds like a winner.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Adding Miss Lauren as Epic 8s Captain :)

[Kerstin]

Epic Eights seems to be the winner... yay, we have a name!

[Carrie]

A name and a captain, come on Sunday so we can play!!!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

:D

[Kerstin]

Can't wait for Sunday! I'm checking my covers and have quite a few choices for most colours, just green is still eluding me.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I've read some, but not all of these.
Some suggestions for green:

[Kerstin]

Thank you so much, Steph! That's a great help. You're a star :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

:D No problem.

[Lauren]

Thanks for updating our info Steph!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

You're welcome :)

Oh, and I remembered this has a green cover.

[Lauren]

Hey there Epic Eights!

We have a slight time zone issue - Steph will be starting the game each week at 9am Japan time which is 2am my time.

Steph agreed that another team mate could draw the card and post the movement in our thread so that you could all choose a book and wouldn't have to wait for me to wake up. She would make that team member a co-captain.

Is anyone willing to volunteer to draw the card?
I would still be responsible for monitoring team progress and posting the list of completed reviews once everyone is done.

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Kerstin wrote: "Can't wait for Sunday! I'm checking my covers and have quite a few choices for most colours, just green is still eluding me."

Lucky you. I did a preliminary check on cover but my biggest issue is purple.

[Kerstin]

Here's a few purple covers that I came across on my shelves. Hope that's a little bit of a help and you haven't read all of them already!

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Thanks Kerstin. Somehow I am hoping for a red cover 'cause I have a craving to know what will happen to Rachel Morgan.

[Carrie]

All those purple covers look so pretty together.

[Kerstin]

Yes, a red cover would be my preference as well. I seem to have the most choice there and I just got my hands on Fair Game which I've been dying to read.

[Barbara ★]

I have shelves for all colors. They all start with ZZ. Feel free to browse. It will open in a new window.
http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/...

[Carrie]

Oh nice Barbara. :)

[Lauren]

That's fantastic Barbara. Thanks.

Is anyone willing to volunteer to draw the card and post the movement? It isn't the end of the world if not - I can try to stay up till 2am but no promises ;0)

[Lauren]

OK, Steph has said that she will post the start time anywhere between 6am and 9am Japan time. Hopefully it will be closer to 6am (11pm my time) and I will still be up.

[Lauren]

Game Info

Card Shuffler

[Lauren]

OK ladies, start your engines. The time is 6:15 Japan time so wherever you are, this is when the card & movement will be posted.

Week #1
Card: 5 of Spades
Space #: 5
Color: Purple

[Lauren]

Reserved for Cards

[Lauren]

Epic Eights - Ratings & Reviews

Week #1: Purple

✔ Barbara ★: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor by Lisa Kleypas - Review
✔ Lauren: The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning - Review
✔ Carrie: Chased by Moonlight by Nancy Gideon Review
✔ Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: The Shattered Dark by Sandy Williams - Review
✔ Kerstin: Undead to the World by D.D. Barant - Review




Week #2: Red

✔ Barbara ★: The Brass Bed by Jennifer Stevenson - Review
✔ Lauren: Fair Game by Jasmine Haynes - Review
✔Carrie: Immortal Prophecy by Samantha Adams - Review
✔ Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: Ever After by Kim Harrison - Review
✔ Kerstin: Fair Game by Patricia Briggs - Review



Week #3: Blue

✔ Barbara ★: Now or Never by Michelle Bardsley - Review
✔ Lauren: The Wolf Who Loved Me by Lydia Dare - Review
✔ Carrie: Luminosity by Stephanie Thomas - Review
✔ Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: Once Bitten by Trina M. Lee - Review
✔ Kerstin: The Dead of the Night by John Marsden - Review




Week #4: Red

✔Barbara ★: Legend of the Jade Dragon by Yasmine Galenorn - Review
✔Lauren: Die for Me: A Novel of the Valentine Killer by Cynthia Eden - Review
✔Carrie: A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - Review
✔Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: House Rules by Chloe Neill - Review
✔Kerstin: Redshirts by John Scalzi - Review



Week #5: Green

✔Barbara ★: Creepers by David Morrell - Review
✔Lauren: Demonkeepers by Jessica Andersen - Review
✔Carrie: Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe - Review
✔Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning - Review
✔Kerstin: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - Review



Week #6: Yellow

✔Barbara ★: Goliath by Scott Westerfeld - Review
✔Lauren: Shades of Gray by Maya Banks - Review
✔Carrie: The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis - Review
✔Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: Eternal Beast by Laura Wright - Review
✔Kerstin: Touched by an Alien by Gini Koch - Review



Week #7: Yellow

✔Barbara ★: Dark Predator by Christine Feehan - Review
✔ Lauren: Upon the Midnight Clear by Sherrilyn Kenyon - Review
✔Carrie: Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian - Review
✔Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: Darkness Calls by Marjorie M. Liu - Review
✔Kerstin: Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas - Review




Week #8: Free Read

✔Barbara ★: In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff - Review
✔Lauren: Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews - Review
✔Carrie: Nightwalker by Jocelyn Drake - Review
✔Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: The Eldritch Conspiracy by Cat Adams - Review
✔Kerstin: Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland - Review



Week #9: Purple
✔Barbara ★: The Pleasure of Your Kiss by Theresa Medeiros - Review
✔Lauren: How to Marry a Marquis by Julia Quinn - Review
✔Carrie: The Secret by Julie Garwood - Review
✔Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: Undead to the World by D.D. Barant - Review
✔Kerstin: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Review



Week #10: Green
✔Barbara ★: On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers - Review
✔Lauren: Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews - Review
✔Carrie: Murder on the Rocks by Karen MacInerney - Review
✔Valerie ~ Val Hall ~: For the Love of a Goblin Warrior by Shona Husk - Review
✔Kerstin: Stalking Tender Prey by Storm Constantine - Review

[Lauren]

Reserved for Reviews

[Lauren]

Reserved for Reviews

[Steph, Serious series addict]

★MARK THIS TIME★
The time is now 6:30a, Sunday JST. ;)

Team captains, you may now draw a card and get your team on the board. This week, each team will move on the board. From this week forward, however, in order for your team to move forward, all members must have read, rated and reviewed their book by this time (give or take) next week.

[Lauren]

My book for this week is:

[Barbara ★]

I will be reading

[Carrie]

I'm going to go with , if it's purple enough. If not I'll pick another.

[Lauren]

Looks purple enough to me :0)