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R15: Team #17 ~ Napping Snipers
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! I'm looking forward to this. This is my first time for this and it looks like fun.
Hi everybody! I live in NYC, married with no kids. I read a lot of genres but more than half of everything I read is romance.A few things:
- We need to pick a captain and a team name
- I'll be on vacation from Aug 7-Aug 18. Not sure if I'll be able to post/read while I'm there but I'll be able to catch up quickly when I return.
- I can be the captain if nobody else wants to but everything will have to wait until I come back from vacation.
- I sent friend requests to anybody who isn't currently my friend.
I'm drawing up a blank with name suggestions...17 is not a really easy number for that so we may have to stay away from a team name with numbers. :)
I'm awful at names but I'm thinking on it. I'd rather not be captain but am happy to help you D.G. while you are on vacation!I'm Stacie, I live in Maryland. Married, no kids unless you count 4 cats.
The Bookateers? Sisterhood of the traveling books?
Using a team name generator...Wrong Direction
Napping Snipers
The Streak Savages
Silver Llamas
Marvelous Magic Femmes
Elven Queens (made this one up...totally because it rhymes with 17! hahaha)
Silver Llamas or Napping Snipers both amuse me.
LOL, I also liked those two...specially Napping Snippers!!!
BarbaraAnn and Megan do you have name ideas?
I sent PMed Megan yesterday. Hopefully she'll stop by soon.
Ok Snippers! I'm a definite napper so that part of our name definitely fits, LOL!As I mentioned, I'll be on Holiday starting today and Ill come back on the 17th. I'm not sure that I'll be able to read or post in the thread but I'll try. :)
In the meantime, can everybody post the book they are planning to read for Free Space? Remember to follow the rules in the below and say from which option you picked. :)
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
BSB R15: T17~ NAPPING SNIPERSR15 ~ Free Space - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder (SOS BEST OF: Young Adult Fantasy Series) - 9/17 ★★★½ review
✓ D.G.: Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron (SOS Bookshelf) - 8/15 ★★★★ review
✓ Stacie: Poison Promise by Jennifer Estep (SOS Bookshelf) - 8/17 ★★★★ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Dead Spots by Melissa F. Olson (SOS Bookshelf) - 8/16 ★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #1: Kindle Freebie - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: Yellowstone Heart Song - 8/12 ★★★★ review
✓ D.G.: Just This Once - 8/25 ★★★½ review
✓ Stacie: The Boss - 8/10 ★★★½ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Wild Irish Heart - 8/12 ★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #2: 2nd, 3rd or 4th - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: Like a River Glorious (The Gold Seer Trilogy #2) by Rae Carson - 9/7 ★★★★½ review
✓ D.G.: One Good Dragon Deserves Another (Heartstrikers #2) by Rachel Aaron - 8/18 ★★★★ review
✓ Stacie: Buns (Hudson Valley #3) by Alice Clayton - 8/17 ★★★½ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men (Jane Jameson #2) by Molly Harper - 8/19 ★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #3: Debut Author - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: Under Rose-Tainted Skies by Louise Gornall - 8/26 ★★★★½ review
✓ D.G.: Unearthly by Cynthia Hand - 8/26 ★★★★½ review
✓ Stacie: Caraval by Stephanie Garber - 8/27 ★★★★ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older - 8/29 ★★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #4: Action Packed - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson - 9/6 ★★★★★ review
✓ D.G.: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones - 9/3 ★★★ review
✓ Stacie: Gunmetal Magic by Ilona Andrews - 9/5 ★★★ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: White Hot by Ilona Andrews - 9/2 ★★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #5: Vampires - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges - 9/16 ★★★★ review
✓ D.G.: Shades of Midnight by Lara Adrian - 9/10 ★★★ review
✓ Stacie: Undead and Unpopular by MaryJanice Davidson - 9/9 ★★ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Twice Tempted by Jeaniene Frost - 9/9 ★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #6: Spin Off - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: The Golden Lily by Richelle Mead - 9/26 ★★★★★ review
✓ D.G.: Real Dirty by Meghan March - 9/15 ★★★ review
✓ Stacie: Twisted Twosome by Meghan Quinn - 9/17 ★★ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost - 9/17 ★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #7: Demons - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: The Unfailing Light by Robin Bridges - 9/23 ★★★ review
✓ D.G.: Primal Bonds by Jennifer Ashley - 9/22 ★★★ review
✓ Stacie: The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison - 9/21 ★★★ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Hell Cop by Astrid Amara - 9/25 ★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #8: Reader's Choice - STAMPED!
✓ Megan: Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky - 10/7 ★★ review
✓ D.G.: Wild Cat by Jennifer Ashley - 9/30 ★★★½ review
✓ Stacie: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett - 10/1 ★★ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - 10/3 ★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #9: Magical Realism - STAMP REQUESTED!
✓ Megan: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - 10/6 ★★★★ review
✓ D.G.: Taken by Benedict Jacka - 10/7 ★★★★ review
✓ Stacie: The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan - 10/7 ★★★ review
✓ BarbaraAnn: Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates - 10/8 ★★★★ review
R15 ~ Shelf #10: Science Fiction
Megan: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
✓ D.G.: A Dragon of a Different Color by Rachel Aaron - 10/14 ★★★★½ review
Stacie: Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore
BarbaraAnn: Azimuth by Arshad Ahsanuddin
R15 ~ Shelf #11:
Megan
D.G.
Stacie
BarbaraAnn
Thanks for the pm D.G.! I like Napping Snipers too. :)
I think I'm going to read
which is on the group bookshelf.
I'm going to hold off on my free space choice until Friday.
My choice for Kindle-Freebie shelfWild Irish Heart by Tricia O'Malley
258 pg GR
Shelved 8 times on kindle-freebie shelf
Week 1: Kindle--Freebie shelfBook: The Boss Abigail Barnette
Shelved 24 times as kindle freebie
Pages: 327/GR
Of course the book I'm reading now (which I started before the challenge began) is on that shelf. Sigh...It's very difficult for me to check the shelf so I'll probably pick a book after I return next week and try to focus on the free space.
Completion PostWeek 1: Kindle--Freebie shelf
Book: The Boss Abigail Barnette
Shelved 24 times as kindle freebie
Pages:/ 327/GR
Date: 8/10
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review: First of all, how many pen names does Jennifer Armentrout have? I really liked this book despite the cliffhanger ending and some of it's predictability. I thought for sure they were setting one character up to be the bad guy but I was wrong so that's good to know. Level of smut in this one is high high high but there was also an actual story line to go with it. Definitely want to continue this series.
Week 1: Kindle FreebieBook: Yellowstone Heart Song by Peggy L. Henderson
Shelved 18 times as kindle-freebie
Pages: 239/GR
Completion PostWeek 1: Kindle--Freebie shelf
Book:
Wild Irish Heart by Tricia O'Malley Shelved 8 times as kindle freebie
Pages: 258 GR
Date: 8/12/17
Rating: 3 stars
Review: Overall, I liked the book, but didn't love it. The book centered around Keelin. She was raised in Boston, but received a book from her grandmother in Ireland so she decided to go to Ireland. As starts go, it was a bit weak - it didn't seem like she had ever really pushed to find out anything about her father and grandmother in Ireland, so the interest wasn't grounded. Once she arrived in Ireland, it was a cute romance, surrounded by family drama and a paranormal component. I'm sure i'll read the next book in the series at some point, but probably not for awhile.
Free Space Choice:Dead Spots by Melissa F. Olson
293 pg GR
Fits category 3 - listed on group bookshelf
I'm reading Nice Dragons Finish Last for Free Space - from the group bookshelf.
D.G. wrote: "I'm reading Nice Dragons Finish Last for Free Space - from the group bookshelf."I really liked the first two books in that series - I'm waiting for an opportunity to read the third book.
I loved it! I'm done already - I'll post my review when I get home on Thursday.
Completion PostWeek 1: Kindle Freebie
Book: Yellowstone Heart Song by Peggy L. Henderson
Shelved 18 times as kindle-freebie
Pages: 239/GR
Date: 8/12/17
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
I love time travel stories, so I was very interested in reading this. I liked the main characters, for the most part, but there were times that Aimee was very aggravating - such as the way she refused to listen to Daniel's words of advice of the dangers in the area and did what she wanted. The romance was good, though it was a little more detailed than I prefer in my reading. I didn't understand Aimee's thought process in the ending, (view spoiler), definitely not what I'd have done. All in all, this was a fun and quick read.
Still haven't started my free space book but I will make it a priority over the next week.
Shelf #2 ~ 8/16/17: 2nd, 3rd or 4thSecond, Third or Fourth book in a series
Completion PostFree Space Read
Book:
Dead Spots by Melissa F. OlsonListed on SOS group bookshelf
Pages: 293 GR
Date: 8/16/17
Rating: ****
Review: I was ready to throw my kindle at the wall at the ending (I hate cliffhangers) but other than that, I think this was a good start to an interesting series that I'd like to continue. The basic premise is that there is an old world (Vampires, werewolves, witches) hidden in society. Scarlet is a "null", which means she can negate any magic. She works as a "cleaner" to clean up signs of supernatural work. Her latest scene is a gruesome murder and over time, signs point to her as a killer. The book had several things going for it as the start of a series - an interesting concept, characters i'd like to see more of and good writing. I'll look forward to the next book in the series.
Shelf #2 ~ 8/16/17: 2nd, 3rd or 4thSecond, Third or Fourth book in a series
I think i'm going with Nice Girls Don't Date Dead Men by Molly Harper
400 pg GR
How it fits - #2 in the Jane Jameson series
Shelf #2 ~ 8/16/17: 2nd, 3rd or 4thSecond, Third or Fourth book in a series
Buns
320 pages/GR
How it fits: #3 in Hudson Valley series
Hi Snippers! I'm back!Give me a few minutes to put together our reads and post my Free Space review...
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Captain: D.G.
Members:
Megan
D.G.
Stacie
BarbaraAnn