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R17: Team #3 ~ Four not Three
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
Greetings team 3 members! I’m from California, the San Francisco Bay Area and this will be my third Bingo. I’m looking forward to playing with you all.
Greeting to all! I'm from Madrid (Spain), so expect strange hours for messages ;) This is my third bingo too. Looking forward to the game and the chat :-D
Hi everyone waving hello from northern Australia - looking forward to getting to know you all.
I searched Bingo calls for 3. Might spark some ideas:3 : you and me | cup of tea | one little flea | goodness me | Monkey on the tree
I also thought of Four not Three, because there are 4 if us.... hopefully someone else will have an idea
I like "Four not Three", really... but I'm very bad with names...
Hi Team! I'm from Vermont on East Coast USA. I've played this a few times before. Anyone interest in being Captain? I would rather not this round.
If you want (and the powers to be are kind enough with me), I can be captain, no problem, as now autumn begins and no travel ahead of me (thinking in create links with ipad gives me a headache. I guess it can be done but I would have to investigate them).
Martha, I see a link in my screen (green, underline)... but I cannot click it.
Not only beyond you. I wouldn't really know how to copy a link (not a text) in safari so I can include in a link (I think you need the desktop version, not even the mobile).
I think you can use the desktop version on your ipad. Pretty sure if you're using the mobile app you can't do a lot of things like links, adding book covers etc
Marisa wrote: "If you want (and the powers to be are kind enough with me), I can be captain, no problem, as now autumn begins and no travel ahead of me (thinking in create links with ipad gives me a headache. I g..."Thanks Marisa. I have used windows for 25 years so no help for a mac. I am at that awkward stage where I don't want to start a book because it is shelf call tomorrow! Hmmm maybe a novella in the meantime? -
*lol* I understand it, I'm with a book that doesn't reach the 200 pages limit ;)
So, if Sunshine agrees with it, "Four not Three" would be our name and I would be the captain (be kind you too ;) )
Four not Three is fine with Me! LOL!
TRACKING POST: Team 3 ~ Four not ThreeWeek 10: Kindle Freebie (Stamp Requested) (Weekly Tracking)
● Loriidae: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge (21/11/2018 - ★★★) Review
● Marisa: The Ghost and the Graveyard by Genevieve Jack (16/11/2018 - ★★★) Review
● Martha: The Vampire's Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter (17/11/2018 - ★★★) Review
● Sunshine: Wedded Blintz by Leighann Dobbs (18/11/2018 - ★★★) Review
Week 11: Warrior (Stamp Requested) (Weekly Tracking)
● Loriidae: Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews (23/11/2018 - ★★★★) Review
● Marisa: Barbarian by Anna Hackett (24/11/2018 - ★★★★) Review● Martha: The Darkest Night by Gena Showalter (23/11/2018 - ★★★) Review
● Sunshine: Archangel's Shadows by Nalini Singh (28/11/2018 - ★★★★) Review
Week 12: Part of a Series (Weekly Tracking)
● Loriidae: Princeps' Fury by Jim Butcher (04/12/2018 - ★★★★) Review● Marisa:
● Martha: A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles (29/11/2018 - ★★★★) Review
● Sunshine: Passion, Betrayal And Killer Highlights by Kyra Davis (04/12/2018 - ★★★) Review
Selection PostFree Space
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
Option #1 September Book of the Month
I’m just finishing the last book in my Kate Daniels re-read and can’t wait to finally get to this last book in the series!
Well, I must confess something now 😳. I don't usually choose book in advance... and even if I choose them, I don't usually read the book I've chosen 😔
Selection Post - Free Space: Second Sight by Amanda Quick
Option #3 - A book of of the group's bookshelf
Selection PostFree Space - Option #2: UF Series
Selection Post - Shelf One - Military
Dark Currents (#2 The Emperor's Edge) Lindsay Buroker
Pages: 320
How it fits: Shelved as Military
Weekly Tracking Post
Week 1: Military
● Loriidae: Dark Currents (14/09/2018 - ★★) Review
● Marisa: Stay With Me (21/09/2018 - ★★★★) Review
● Martha: Forgotten Sins (14/09/2018 - ★★★½) Review
● Sunshine: Jaxson by Alisa Woods (19/09/2018 - ★ ★★★) Review
General Tracking Post
I don't know exactly which book I'll read, but I think it will be one in the series Guardians of the Dark by Bianca D'Arc, that a kind soul has labeled as "Military".
Marisa wrote: "Well, I must confess something now 😳. I don't usually choose book in advance... and even if I choose them, I don't usually read the book I've chosen 😔"See we made the right choice when we elected you captain, you will be able to change your mind and not incurr the captain's wrath!
Just letting you know I see the shelf call. I’ll look for a book later tonight. Im in a car on my phone and if I keep playing on it I’m going to get sick. 🤢😁
No way, goodreads and phone are not good friends. As this is the first call, no need to be in a hurry (if needed, I'll ask for the whip later 😉)
Sunshine✰✰✰ wrote: "Just letting you know I see the shelf call. I’ll look for a book later tonight. Im in a car on my phone and if I keep playing on it I’m going to get sick. 🤢😁"Uggh not good - having suffered motion sickness all my life - stay well!!
Completion Post - Shelf One - Military
Dark Currents (#2 The Emperor's Edge) Lindsay Buroker
Pages: 320
How it fits: Shelved as Military
Review: After really enjoying the first book, I found this, the second book in the series considerably weaker. It is a very light, easy read. The steampunk fantasy world building seemed to fall away and become quite modern. The plot was hard to follow and the ending was quite abrupt with several loose threads. The witty banter of the first book was missing and became cruel jabs rather than jest. In many respects, it felt like a filler plot, which gave the team of misfits a bonding experience. Unresolved problems from the previous book, although alluded to did not progress further. The character building was the highlight of the book.
Read: Sep 14 Rating: ★★✰✰✰
Sounds disappointing, Loriidae. It’s sad when a promising series goes south on you.
Sorry to read about it, Loriidae. I hope you're luckier with your next book.
Completion Post Shelf #1 Military
Forgotten Sins by Rebecca Zanetti
Read: 9/14/2018
Rating: 3.5 stars
This is a solid romantic suspense novel with a tight plot and nice action. I guess when you have a romance with a military guy as the hero you can sketch in right away a tough, Alpha, no-nonsense guy and that is exactly what Shane is. Shane and Josie got married after knowing each other for three weeks and then two months later he disappeared. Now, two years later, he reappears with (believe it or not) amnesia. Even though Josie has been devastated he immediately starts ordering her around including, of course, telling her they’re getting back together. Josie keeps insisting she can take care of herself and then immediately getting kidnapped. Although, to her credit, she does get out of one jam all by herself. I was caught up from the beginning in wanting to know what was up with Shane and his equally hunky brothers and how they would get out of their desperate situation. The plot and the spare writing were the best parts—the characters are all standard issue. I never could understand what it was about either Shane or Josie that made them so passionately in love with each other.
Free Space
Book: Second Sight by Amanda Quick
Pages: 325
Option: 3 (A book of the group's bookshelf)
Read: 15/09/2018
Rating: ★★★★
Review
This is a typlical AManda Quick / JAK book, so if you don't like her books or are not comfortable with typical situations, don't go near it. I
don't think it's one of her more solid work but it's funny and entertaining. I like her stereotypes and I think she includes them all (feel free
to count :D ). Anyway, a good start for a series / world I've enjoyed a lot and, sadly, it looks like it doen't have any other one in the
near future.
SELECTION POSTShelf #1 Military
Book: Jaxson by Alisa Woods
How it fits: Tagged Military 1 time
Pages 254
Sorry I'm behind this first call. I'll catch back up! :-)
Completion Post Free Space
Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews
How it fits: Book of the Month
Read: 9/15/2018
Rating: ****
Kate Daniels is one of my absolutely favorite series. I re-read all of the Kate Daniels World books and novellas preparing to read this finale. The book had everything I expect from an Andrews novel: strong characters, exciting plot, plenty of action, and that wonderful post-Shift Atlanta world. In addition, it had an adorable and fierce toddler and Kate and Curran as parents. There were also some touching love scenes.
I was, however, frustrated by a couple things. First, including practically every character we’ve grown to love was nice, but doing that and juggling all the subplots made the book choppy in some parts. My main complaint, though, is that the ending was rushed. The big fight scene was handled too quickly and the conclusion of Kate and Roland’s struggle was finished off in three pages. Important deaths, injuries, and major events were accomplished off screen and summarized in a few words. I guess after how much I loved the series I would have liked to linger more over the ending.
Completion Post - Free Space
Red-Headed Stepchild (#1 Sabina Kane) Jaye Wells
Pages: 325
How it fits: No. 21 SOS Best of: Urban Fantasy List
Review: Sabina is a part vampire/part mage raised to ignore her mage half. Her grandmother, the leader of the vampires sends Sabina on an infiltration assassination mission. She encounters members from the other races and begins to doubt her loyalties and the tenets she has lived by all her life. I came to this series after having devoured Jaye Well’s Prospero’s War series, however it is very obvious from the writing, lack of character depth and illogical plot points that this is a debut novel which lacks the finesse and writing experience developed by the time of the publication of Prospero’s War.
Read: Sep 18 Rating: ★★★✰✰
Marisa wrote: "Sorry to read about it, Loriidae. I hope you're luckier with your next book."Martha wrote: "Sounds disappointing, Loriidae. It’s sad when a promising series goes south on you."
It was disappointing but most series have better ones than others so I will give the next book a go.
Martha wrote: "Completion Post Free Space
Magic Triumphs
Hmm... not reading not reading... I haven't read Hugh's story yet which has been shelved for both Warriors and Immortals so hopefully the shelf fairy will oblige me...
Completion PostShelf #1 Military
Book: Jaxson by Alisa Woods 9/19/18
How it fits: Tagged Military 1 Time
Pages: 254
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
I really enjoyed this. It wasn't anything amazing, but I really liked Olivia & Jaxson. The story was simple and quick. There was the typical instant attraction and typical witch vs. shapeshifter. I wish the subplot of the missing shapeshifters was expanded on, but I feel you will get more of that when you continue with the series. Which I'd like to do. :-)
Well, I'm the only one with the pending book. I hope to finish it tomorrow, or on Friday at most. My announcement of the shelf will be late (There's a "small" time gap between Australia and Spain 😉), but I'll do it first time in the morning.
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Captain: Marisa
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