Team 7: Intoxicated Brainiacs

[Apoorv]

This could very well be the last week since one team will call Bingo after this! :-(

Hopefully we can get the remaining stamps before the challenge ends! I should finish my Books to Movies today, and then will jump on the Pregnancy one! :)

[Namita]

Tuesday August 6th, 2019 SHELF #10:

[Namita]

Week 10 - Pregnancy/Child

Namita - Hostage to Pleasure - completed 8/7 - Msg 208
Alli - - completed 8/ - Msg
Angela - - completed 8/ - Msg
Mandy - - completed 8/ - Msg
Apoorv - - completed 8/ - Msg

[Namita]

Team, we need to start finishing books and getting stamps. The other teams are really close to getting a Bingo.
Please post your selection posts and completions posts a bit more quickly now!!

[Namita]

I'm waiting on Alli so I can get a stamp for Humor/Satire...only one left. I've sent her a message. No response yet, will message her again.

[Angela]

Selection Post

Shelf - Pregnancy/Child
Book - Goodnight, Beautiful by Dorothy Koomson
How it fits - Story about a woman agreeing to be a surrogate for her best friend

[Angela]

I'm finishing my books for the Goodreads Choice Winner/Nominee and Multi-Author in the next day or two.

[Namita]

Completion Post:

Shelf: Pregnancy/Child
Book: Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
Qualification: MC has a child with special abilities. Another character is pregnant.
Pages: 330
Date Read: 8/7
Rating: 5 ★'s
Review: This book is a fantastic read. Nalini Singh weaves magic as usual. I love the Psy-Changeling World!! Dorian is a latent shift and he is a sniper. The book is a balance of romance and action. Ashaya is a fantastic heroine!! She might not be birth mother of her son but my gosh, the lengths she went to protect the kid has my heart thumping. An action packed fun read!!

[Angela]

Completion Post

Shelf: Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee
Book: Artemis
How it fits: Goodreads Choice Nominee for Science Fiction, 2017
Pages: 305
Rating: 2 star
Review: I've been waiting awhile to read this one (I actually put it on my TBR before it was released, which I rarely ever do). I loved The Martian. But everything I loved about that book was missing from this one, namely the author's scientific knowledge. I loved the technical explanations in The Martian, alongside the main character's tone. This MC, Jazz, was difficult to like. She was impulsive and sarcastic to the point of being annoying, and the storyline itself just didn't have the same high stakes as Andy Weir's first novel. I kept waiting for the book to pick up and lose some of its silliness, but that continued all the way to the end. I'm crossing my fingers for a better third book.

[Namita]

Guys, Alli hasn't responded to my messages.

She needs to post her book so we can get stamps....not sure what to do!!

Thoughts??

[Apoorv]

I don't see activity on her profile since a couple of weeks, so I'm presuming that real life took center-stage.

Either way, Team KLOGS was just waiting on Pregnancy/Child to be called to complete their Bingo, so in all likelihood this the last week of the challenge.

We can double check with the mods and see if we can get the stamps without Alli's reads, just in case.

[Apoorv]

Selection Post - Shelf #9
Shelf - BOOKS TO MOVIES

Book: The Running Man | Richard Bachman
Pages: 417
Date Read: 07-Aug-2019
Rating: ★★★.5
How it Fits the Shelf: Made into a movie 'The Running Man (1987)' starring Arnold Schwarzeneggar.
Review:
Once again, Stephen King proves that he can read the future. He wrote this book in 1982, set in 2025, in a world where reality shows have become brutal and people make their life decisions based on the outcome of such shows. Also, it is a time where the divide between the rich and the poor is categorical vast and utterly lopsided. In essence, this book is an example of pure action driven storytelling that is done in a compelling way. You don't really get to understand why the world is the way it is, why the people enjoy watching human beings being tread-milled to death or being hunted like rats for a little cash, or why no one can muster up sympathy for children dying from cancer. There's just not enough time to sit back and absorb the people and the environment. When you think you can stop to breathe, someone shoots a gun or sirens blare in the background, and you're off and running again.

Overall, it was a fantastic read that is dark, action-packed, and a little wonky, if you will. The prose is littered with some anachronistic slang. The world building, while physically stark, is thematically hazy because explanations are sparse and far in between. But the story itself is fantastic and definitely well worth the read.

[Namita]

Apoorv wrote: "I don't see activity on her profile since a couple of weeks, so I'm presuming that real life took center-stage.

Either way, Team KLOGS was just waiting on Pregnancy/Child to be called to complete ..."

Okay, I will send Ezi a PM.

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

I hope she’s okay. I’m sure if things are so urgent that she hasn’t been on GR and it’s not some scheduled vacation, she wouldn’t mind you guys proceeding without her.
I’m fine if you guys want to get your Stamps and just consider her on Injury Reserve

[Namita]

Thanks Ezi....I go ahead and quest stamps.

[Mandy]

Selection Posts

I'm a little bit behind due to summer it's been nuts finding time to read.

Dual Author
Her Wolf
Pages 238
How it fits the shelf by Alexa B. James, Katherine Bogle

Books to Movies
The Matchmaker's Playbook
How it Fits the shelf: Movie on Amazon with Nick Bateman

Pregnancy Child
Knocked Up by the CEO: A Secret Baby Office Romance
Pages 240
How it fits the shelf :Secret Baby

[Ezi, Factory Superintendent]

Congratulations Intoxicated Brainiacs on completing your Goodreads Choice Nominee & Humor/Satire Shelves
Your Bingo Board has been updated to reflect the stamp.

[Angela]

Completion Post

Shelf: Dual/Multi Author
Book: Moscow Noir
How it fits: Short story collection, 10+ authors included
Pages: 280
Rating: 3 star
Review: This is the third or fourth book I've read from the Akashic Noir collection, and I've really enjoyed them. With a collection of short stories there'll always be some that I really enjoy and other less so, and this was no exception. I'd say 3/4ths of the stories in this book were good, the others I could have done without. What I love about these books is that they're centered on a single city, and the authors are either from that city by birth or transplant, so you get a very in depth look at the culture and location (albeit from a dark and seedy perspective, these being noir stories). It's fun to explore the imaginative dark side of these well known locations, and to see what perspectives the authors share, and where they differ.

[Apoorv]

We do have a winner!!

Team KLOGS just called out BINGO!
We were close, and we surely did a great job!

Thanks Namita for stepping up and keeping everything in order throughout the challenge. Thank you everyone for being a great team.

I'm sure we will bump into each other across GoodReads. :D

[Angela]

Thanks Namita! Hope to see you guys around!

[Namita]

It was nice meeting you all and fun. We’ll definitely meet again. I love group challenges so I’m always participating in different groups.