R7: Team #7 ~ Sizzling Seven

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Team #7
Captain: Megan

Members:
Skandia
Lis
Megan
Sherri
Elishia

[Steph, Serious series addict]

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

B
1. ghosts & spirits
2. * Reader's Choice (Personal Shelf)
3. maybe
4. keepers
5. book boyfriends
I
6. soul mates
7. vampires
8. cover love
9. time travel
10. Aliens
N
11. tortured hero
12. sexy
N#. FREE SPACE
13. paranormal mix
14. urban fantasy
G
15. guilty pleasures
16. strong heroines
17. dystopian
18. assassins
19. wishlist
O
20. shifters
21. supernatural
22. angels & demons
23. speculative fiction
24. * Freebie (ie: library borrow, loaner, eFreebie) - OR - freebie shelf

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Link to print your own copy: BINGO card

[Steph, Serious series addict]

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[Megan]

Free Space
☐ Elishia: Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh
☑ Lis: Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh Finished 6/10 REVIEW ★★★★1/2
☑ Megan: Sever by Lauren DeStefano - finished 7/20 REVIEW ★★★
☑ Sherri: Ever After by Kim Harrison Finished 6/12 REVIEW ★★★★★
☐ Skandia:




First Shelf...Assassins
☑ Elishia: Ecstasy Unveiled by Larissa Ione - Finished 6/18 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Lis: Something Secret This Way Comes by Sierra Dean - Finished 6/7 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Megan: Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen - Finished 8/9 REVIEW ★★★ 1/2
☑ Sherri: Green-Eyed Demon by Jaye Wells - Finished 6/7 REVIEW ★★★★★
☑ Skandia: Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb - Finished 6/9 REVIEW ★★★★




Second Shelf...Book Boyfriends
(view spoiler)[☑ Elishia: This Girl by Colleen Hoover - Finished 6/22 REVIEW ★★★★★
☑ Lis: Entwined with You by Sylvia Day - Finished 6/12 REVIEW ★★★1/2
☑ Megan: Everneath by Brodi Ashton Finished 6/21 REVIEW ★★★
☑ Sherri: It Had to Be You by Jill Shalvis Finished 6/21REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Skandia: Unleashed by Cherrie Lynn - Finished 6/13 REVIEW ★★★★

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Third Shelf...Strong Heroines
(view spoiler)[☑ Elishia: A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Finished 6/29 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Lis: Tiger Magic by Jennifer Ashley - Finished 6/17 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Megan: Wither by Lauren DeStefano Finished 6/22 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Sherri: Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs - Finished 7/2 REVIEW ★★★★1/2
☑ Skandia: Down London Road by Samantha Young - Finished 6/24 REVIEW

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Fourth Shelf...Cover Love
(view spoiler)[☑ Elishia: Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost - Finished 7/2 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Lis: Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost - Finished 6/29 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Megan: Fever by Lauren DeStefano - Finished 7/5 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Sherri: Shadowspell by Jenna Black - Finished 7/1 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Skandia: If I Should Die by Amy Plum - Finished 7/2 REVIEW ★★★★★

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Fifth Shelf...Angels & Demons
(view spoiler)[☑ Elishia: Envy by J.R. Ward - Finished 7/12 REVIEW ★★★1/2
☑ Lis: Shadows Before the Sun by Kelly Gay - Finished 7/5 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Megan: Demons by Heather Frost - Finished 7/30 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Sherri: Tricked by Kevin Hearne - Finished 7/13 REVIEW ★★★★1/2
☑ Skandia: Succubus on Top by Richelle Mead - Finished 8/7 REVIEW ★★★★

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Sixth Shelf...Dystopian
☐ Elishia: The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau - Finished 7/14 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Lis: Midnight by Ellen Connor - Finished 7/11 REVIEW ★★★★
☐ Megan: Aquifer by Jonathan Friesen
☑ Sherri: Poison Princess by Kresley Cole - Finished 7/11 REVIEW ★★★★★
☐ Skandia: Legend by Marie Lu (view spoiler)[Eve by Anna Carey (hide spoiler)]



Seventh Shelf...Aliens
☑ Elishia: Obsidian by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Finished 7/17 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Lis: Obsession by Jennifer L. Armentrout - Finished 7/16 REVIEW ★★★1/2
☐ Megan: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (view spoiler)[The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson (hide spoiler)]
☑ Sherri: Grimspace by Ann Aguirre - Finished 8/1 REVIEW ★★★★
☑ Skandia: Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind by Karen Kelley - Finished 8/4 REVIEW ★★★★



Eighth Shelf...paranormal mix OR paranormals
☑ Elishia: Bite Club by Rachel Caine - Finished 7/27 REVIEW ★★★1/2
☑ Lis: Stygian's Honor by Lora Leigh - Finished 7/27 REVIEW ★★★
☐ Megan: Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
☐ Sherri: Firelight by Sophie Jordan
☐ Skandia: Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong



Ninth Shelf...Supernatural
☐ Elishia: Last Breath by Rachel Caine
☑ Lis: Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews - Finished 8/3 REVIEW ★★★★★
☑ Megan: Virals by Kathy Reichs - Finished 8/2 REVIEW ★★★★
☐ Sherri: Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews
☐ Skandia: Beautiful Chaos by Kami Garcia

[Megan]

Hi team! Looking forward to starting this challenge! Looks like we will need a team captain. I'm willing to do this if needed, but I don't need to if someone else wants to do it.

Here are some team name suggestions:

Sizzling Seven
Sensational Seven
Poolside Seven
Summer ONEders
Pagemasters
Lucky #7
Lucky Charms

[Elishia]

Hi Megan
Me too i've only played once before (last round) actually Skandia was on my team but apart from her I don't know anyone else.
I don't want to be captain so thats fine with me.

[Elishia]

I like these ones from your list.
Sizzling Seven
Sensational Seven
Lucky #7

I'm rubbish at thinking of things like this
7 deadly sins is the only thing thats popped into my head so far.

[Skandia]

Hi team! Hi Elishia!
Can't wait to play again, this will be my third Bingo.

I'll be travelling in June ( back to California, yay!), so I guess I'm not good for captain.

Sizzling Seven and Sensational Seven are both good names!

[Lis]

Hi teamies!! Happy to have a volunteer for Captain, I say go for it!!

I've played bingo several times but only been on a winning team once so I think we're due... I also like Sizzling Sevens and Sensational Seven, good job with the suggestions.

What time zone is everyone in? I'm in the US and on EST time. I'm a working mom with two grade school age kids so if you don't see me posting on the weekends or evenings it's because of baseball or swimming. Soccer just finished, yay! I like to chat and I'm very nosy about what folks are reading, always looking for a yet undiscovered series...

[Elishia]

Hi all
I'm in the UK so roughly 5 hours ahead I think.

[Lis]

I posted some new releases so if anyone is working on one of those series it's on an approved shelf.
I'm probably going with for my free space read. But maybe because they are always a pretty fast read.

[Megan]

Remembrance by Michelle Madow is on the SOS: Serious Overload of Series > books > time-travel shelf, so I'll probably go with this one for my free space.

[Lis]

I saw we had a "time travel" shelf this round, I'm anxious to see If you like it. I think I'm out of unread time traveling highlander series.

[Megan]

Remembrance is currently free on Amazon, in case you're interested. http://www.amazon.com/Remembrance-Tra...

[Lis]

Thx Megan, you are now an enabler of my freebie hoarding addiction.

[Megan]

:)

[Skandia]

Lis, I don't know if you read YA, but is really good time travel book. I recently read it and liked it a lot.

[Elishia]

I have coming up as a buddy read next week so that great.

I've never read any time-travel so i'll have to look into that one.

[Elishia]

Erm what does this mean speculative fiction?

I'm not looking forward to Aliens after trying to read the host.

[Megan]

Elishia wrote: "Erm what does this mean speculative fiction?"


Here's a link to the "Popular Speculative Fiction Books" shelf, this might be the actual shelf we will use, not definite on it, but anyway it has over 25,000 books so hopefully there will be something interesting to you on it. :D

[Elishia]

Thanks Megan

[Sherri]

Hi all! I'm in Michigan (EST time zone). I've played before but would really not like to be captain.

I like sizzling seven or poolside seven (which is where I want to be right now). LOL! Anyway here are a couple more names but they don't have 7 in them.

Book Broads
Bottled Wine & Best Sellers
Chapter Chicks
Sassy Seven
Risky Readers

[Lis]

Hi Sherri! I like the Bottled Wine and Best Sellers too.

Thx ladies, "speculative fiction" had me stumped too... And the Game of Thrones series is on there, so if I'm in the mood for a chunker, I can read the next one up.

[Megan]

It looks like no once else wants to be captain, so I guess I'm it! Also looks as though everybody said they like Sizzling Seven, so should I go ahead and let Steph know that's our name?

[Megan]

First shelf was called and it is...'assassins'.

[Elishia]

Thanks. I couldn't remember if it started today and kept forgetting to check.

[Elishia]

I just finished a book today with an assassin

I'll read

[Megan]

I think I'll go with Scarlet for the assassins shelf.

[Lis]

I think I will be going with since I need to finish off this series.

[Skandia]

I'll read for the assassins shelf.

I have not chosen my Free Space book yet, have to finish couple of chunksters before and then I'll decide what I feel like reading.

The first book for this game is not a short one either :P

[Sherri]

I'll be reading for my assassin book.

and my free space book will be

[Lis]

Good picks Sherri...

[Elishia]

I can see this round will be adding books to my tbr pile as well, because I haven't heard of any of these books.

[Lis]

;))

[Sherri]

Thanks Lis! Both are good so far.

[Lis]

My assassin pick is going slow... I hate it when reading becomes a chore and I really like this series so it might just be the mood I'm in.
So I'm taking for a spin and see if takes off faster. Megan I'll let you know if I switch.

[Lis]

Megan please switch my assassin shelf pick to , its moving much faster and its pretty good so far.

[Megan]

Lis wrote: "Megan please switch my assassin shelf pick to , its moving much faster and its pretty good so far."
Done!

[Elishia]

I should have my books (free read as well) done over the weekend.

[Lis]

Finished!



Book: Something Secret This Way Comes by Sierra Dean
Series: Secret McQueen #1
Shelf: #1 Assassins
Read: 6/7/2013
Rate: ★★★★

Review: Really enjoyed this book. Secret McQueen was born as a dhampyir, rejected by her mother and raised by her grandmother in Canada. She moved to NYC when she was 16 to kill vampires and now works as a hired vampire killer for the vampire tribunal. Lo and behold after living in the big city for six years she never encountered the werewolf king, but in a matter of hours she discovers a 300 year old rouge vampire is back to get her, she's in trouble with the tribunal again, and she might be soul-bonded to a werewolf. Some world building and info dump in the beginning, some storyline flaws, but the storyline took off and moved at a good pace. Cliffhanger in the end and a possible triangle to work out. Already downloaded the next book in the series.

[Lis]

Over half way thru my free space and should finish this weekend.

@Megan- just noticed our fancy "Sizzling Seven" banner. Nice job captain!

[Megan]

Thanks!

[Sherri]

Looks like the new shelf is posted:

Shelf #2 ~ 6/09/13: 'book boyfriends'
DIRECT LINK: book boyfriends

I'm going to read

[Lis]

Gotta go with for my book boyfriend pick...

[Megan]

Thanks for posting the shelf info Sherri! :D I added your book and Lis's book to the team list. I'm now going to go look over the list and find a book. :)

[Megan]

I think I'll go with Everneath by Brodi Ashton for the book boyfriends shelf.

[Skandia]

I'm going to read for the book boyfriends shelf.

... and I'm almost done with my assassin's shelf book.

[Elishia]

I'm going to read for book boyfriend

[Skandia]

Book: Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Series: Farseer Trilogy #1
Shelf: Assassins
Read: 6/9/2013
Rate: ★★★★

I'm not much of an epic fantasy reader but I really liked this old-fashion medieval fantasy.

This book caught me by surprise and before I knew it I was sucked into the story of a young boy, a royal bastard, who was pushed in the middle of royal court's intrigues and growing up, starts discovering his magical abilities. At the same time trying to stay alive and learn all he can about caring for animals and dealing with people.

I really liked author's easy and flowing writing and with this book, I think, I rediscovered the epic fantasy genre again.