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R21: Team #15 ~ Fifteen Minutes of (Book) Fame
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
Hope y'all have a great round!
Hi Carmen and Louise, I'm excited to meet you!I'd rather not be captain this round but am happy to be playing.
For team names, any ideas?
Fifteen Minutes of (Book) Fame?
Chapter XV ?
Hi Leah and Louise. I feel like it has been forever since this bingo. I can't wait to get started. I'm ok with being captain if Louise doesn't want to do it.
Leah I like either of those names but I'm leaning towards Chapter XV :-)
Tracking PostFree Space ~
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Shelf #1 ~ 2 Feb 22: Sci-Fi Romance
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Shelf #2 ~ 9 Feb 22: Alternate Reality/Universe
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Shelf #3 ~ 16 Feb 22: Favorite Couples
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Shelf: #4 ~ 23 Feb 22: Magic/Magic Users
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Shelf: #5 ~ 2 Mar 22: Shifter(s)
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Shelf #6 ~ 9 Mar 22: Urban Fantasy
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Shelf #7 ~ 16 Mar 22: Swoon Worthy
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Shelf 8 - Kindle Freebie
Carmen ~ Broken Hart by Ella Fox | 1-5✮ | Read | REVIEW
Leah ~ Truth or Beard by Penny Reid | 3.5✮ | Read: 03/30/22 | REVIEW
Louise ~ Kade's Dark Embrace by Kym Grosso | 1-5✮ | Read | REVIEW
Shelf #9 ~ 30 Mar 22: Paranormal Romance
Carmen ~ Wild Hunger by Suzanne Wright | 1-5✮ | Read | REVIEW
Leah ~ Electric Idol by Katee Robert | 1-5✮ | Read | REVIEW
Louise ~ Across Time by Elizabeth O'Roark | 1-5✮ | Read | REVIEW
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For sci-fi romance, I am going to read Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet. Shelved as sci-fi-romance by 27 people.For my free space, I am going to read The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. It's on the group shelf.
:-)
Hi both, thanks Carmen for taking on the Captain role.I’ll come back after work with my picks
Selection PostShelf: Sci-Fi Romance
Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb
How It Fits: Tagged Sci-Fi romance by 4 people
I’ll update in a few minutes. Do we know what we want to call our team?
Shelf #2 ~ 9 Feb 22: Alternate Reality/UniverseDIRECT LINK - Alternate Reality or Alternate Universe (+ SOS' alternate universe)
Sorry for being MIA, work has been crazy but I'm going to get my first book start tomorrow and update whatever you ladies post. Oh, are we good with either of Leahs' team names?
Fifteen Minutes of (Book) Fame or Chapter XV or does anybody have any other names?
Selection Post Shelf #1 ~ 2 Feb 2022: Sci-Fi Romance
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
How it fits : Tagged Sci-fi by 107 people
Should have both my free space and Sci-if book done by Monday so can use for uno miniWill post my pick for this week this evening
I like Fifteen Minutes of (Book) Fame
Let’s go with Chapter XV!I am travelling until Monday but will send an update then! Working through my sci fi romance book and should have it done soon :-)
Haha I just saw Louise’s comment!! I am good with Fifteen Minutes of (Book) Fame too :-)
Name done.
Selection PostShelf: Alternate Reality/Universe
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Pgs: 268
How It Fits: Tagged 12 times Alternate Realit
*Edit - changed book
Oh awesome! We have a name, yay!!
Completion Post Shelf #1 ~ 2 Feb 2022: Sci-Fi Romance
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb
Read: 02/13/22
Rated: 5 stars
Review: I have to say this was another favorite. Eve really opens up in this book. She seems to be learning more and more about what it means to have close people that she calls friends even though there is a serial killer out there murdering innocent women, Eve will fight for the dead. There was a funny moment, a heartbreaking one and a twisted one which really pissed me off that I don't even know how Eve didn't lose it. I really enjoyed all the crazy things that go on in this series and I can't wait to continue it.
Selection PostShelf #2: Alternate Reality/Universe
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
Fits: Tagged 5 times in the Alternate Universe list
Completion PostShelf 1 - Sci-Fi Romance
Nightchaser by Amanda Bouchet
Date Read: February 12, 2022
Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5
I liked this one! For me, sometimes sci-fi can get a little too technical (and then boring) but this one did a really good job of establishing the setting in a way that was natural and not too much info-dumping. The first half of this book was definitely better than the second half though. The romance part sort of fizzled at the end, rather than going out with a bang (not literally ;-) ).
I'll probably take a look at Book 2 in the series should a shelf come up that would work for it.
Completion PostFree Space - found on the group bookshelf
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Date Read: February 14, 2022
Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
I'd heard great things about this series and loved other books written by Holly Black, and this book didn't let me down at all. The author's writing and how she weaves in worldbuilding is really well done.
I will admit - at first, I wasn't a huge fan of the main character (Jude) and was worried she'd be a bit whiny throughout the novel. However, that quickly turned around once they'd established her back story and she started taking action to improve her life. One of the most impressive feats of this book is making us like a main character who makes bad decisions - even at times Jude herself admitted it was a bad decision but she did it anyways. It made sense though, based on who she was.
My 0.5 star deduction would be for the brief romance plotline with one of the characters. Seemed like there was supposed to be a bit of a twist near the end related to this, but you saw it coming a mile away.
I can't wait to read the next one!
Selection PostWeek 2 alternate reality / universe
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
12 people shelved it as alternate reality
Selection PostShelf #3 ~ 16 Feb 22: Favorite Couples
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Pages: 352
Fits: Tagged 14 times by others and on the link
Finished my Alternate reality book swapped it for Brave New World will post review tomorrow Nearly finished Shadow Kiss
Think I’ve found a favorite couple book
Hey guys, I actually selected and finished my favorite-couples book before I posted (but after it was announced). I'll post the completion/review in the next post, so consider this my selection post:
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
Tagged as favorite-couples by 7 people
Completion PostShelf 3 - Favorite Couples
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
Date Read: February 18, 2022
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
For me, this was an all-over 'meh' book to me. There were good things - it did draw me in and keep me reading, and I feel they kept up the sexual tension for quite a while considering how quickly and frequently things got physical. But, there was nothing really substantial and I didn't love Chloe, our female lead. In every romance novel, there's always something pulling the two character apart. In this case, it was that Bennett (the lead man) was Chloe's boss, and that if people found out, they would think she was sleeping her way to the top. She valued her credibility and couldn't handle that implication. What I disliked was that at the end of the novel, I didn't really feel it was resolved. They still have that problem and it's more like they just decided 'we'll figure it out'. For me, there should be some resolution.
I'm not sure I would read the next one in the series (which is not about the same couple, I don't think).
I'm still working on my alternate reality book, but skipped ahead to the next shelf because I was in the mood for a romance!
Leah wrote: "I'm still working on my alternate reality book, but skipped ahead to the next shelf because I was in the mood for a romance!"Hahaha I totally understand that 😉
Louise, I know you've finished some of your books, but you need to post your reviews. Your team is the only one without any stamps :(
Completion PostShelf: Alternate Reality
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Pages: 268
How It Fits: Shelved 12 times alternate reality
Date Read: 2/18
Rating: 5*
Review
I have to admit it wasn’t until halfway through this book that I realised when this was written. Set in a “perfect” world where humans are cloned and conditioned from the fetal stage, independent thoughts are discouraged and drug use accepted as a norm. The concepts within the book are futuristic for its time but are extremely relevant in todays society. I really enjoyed this book it is definitely thought provoking.
Completion PostShelf: Sci-Fi Romance
Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb
How It Fits: Tagged Sci-Fi romance by 4 people
Date Read: 2/23
Rating: 5*
Review
This was another great installment in the series, this time Eve is investigating the death of a young priest during a funeral service. As expected nothing is as it seems and as the investigation continues on it's fast paced path secrets are uncovered that lead to a con being worked for nearly seven years which starts and ends with a death.
Selection PostShelf: Favorite Couples
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Pgs: 626
How It Fits: tagged 60 times Favorite Couples
Completion PostFree Space - found on the group bookshelf
Read: 02/17/22
Rating 3.5 stars
Review: Betsy is definitely unstable or maybe her world of past, present and future. There’s a mess that needs to be fixed or figured out and of course Betsy is the one who is in the middle of it. She becomes undone but with all the craziness she manages to make you laugh. Though these stories are quirky, I still find her craziness funny.
Selection PostShelf: Magic
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Pgs; 392
How It Fits: Tagged 44 times as Magic
CONGRATULATIONS, Fifteen Min!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'sci-fi romance'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Steph wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS, Fifteen Min!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'sci-fi romance'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]"
Yay!!
Congratulations on the stamp 15 Mins!
Woohoo! We got our first stamp 🎉🥳
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