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R22: Team #5 ~ Gettin' Lit
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
Hiya! Lookin' forward to reading w/y'all. Hope everyone's doing well and excited for this Fall round of bingo. I'll start thinkin' of some names for us. Anyone wanna be our captain? I'm not sure I'm able, but will help as I can.
Hi team! Excited to be doing Bingo again!
K, I'm not very good with coming up with names, but here are a few. Readin' nine to five
Takin' the fifth or Take Five
It's 5 o'clock somewhere
Five-alarm fire
Five and Dime (am I showin' my age with this one? 😆)
5 by 5
Fab Five
Shelf Indulgers
Page Turners
Feeling Shelf-ish
Gettin' Lit
A Novel Bunch
Overbooked
Prose Before Bros
Series Obsessed
Those are good, Steph! I like Feeling Shelf-ish and Gettin' Lit best, I think.
Hi guys! I'm also excited to be doing bingo again, this is one of my favorite games 😊Great list of names Steph. My eyes keep landing on Gettin' Lit, so I'd go with that one.
Jackie, I sent you a friend request.
Hi y'all! Gettin' Lit works for me. Since you both like it, I'm going with that one 🤓I'm excited to started and fall back into bingo 😏 I've found/chosen some books (well, at least one) for each shelf, which I never do before the game. I can be kind of a mood reader at times, esp during bingo, so I may end up changing all my choices come shelf announcement. But, I know for sure I'll be sticking with my FS choice.
For my FS, I'll be reading
, but it's not out until 10/11.Would either of you be able to be our captain, ya think?
Thanks so much, Jackie! I appreciate you.
No problem!Tracking
Free Space
Steph - The Akseli by Dianne Duvall - 10/13/22 - 4.5 stars - Review
AliciaJ
Jackie - The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 10/21/22 - 5 stars - Review
Shelf #1 ~ 8 Oct: Vampire(s)
Steph - Biergarten of the Damned by Seana Kelly - 10/10/22 - 4.5 stars - Review
AliciaJ - The Lasaran by Dianne Duvall - 10/13/22 - 4 stars - Review
Jackie - Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton - 10/13/22 - 3 stars - Review
Shelf #2 ~ 15 Oct: Witch(es)
Steph - Witch Please by Ann Aguirre - 10/17/22 - 3 stars - Review
AliciaJ - Witchling by Yasmine Galenorn - 10/22/22 - 2 stars - Review
Jackie - Beguiled by Darynda Jones - 10/23/22 - 4 stars - Review
Shelf #3 ~ 22 Oct: Haunted House
Steph - Love at First Haunt by Carrie Pulkinen - 10/24/22 - 2.5 stars - Review
AliciaJ - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James - 11/3/22 - 5 stars - Review
Jackie - The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James - 11/1/22 - 2 stars - Review
Shelf #4 ~ 29 Oct: PNR
Steph - Garrett's Destiny by Rebecca Zanetti - 10/31/22 - 4 stars - Review
AliciaJ - Last Guard by Nalini Singh - 11/7/22 - 5 stars - Review
Jackie - Lover Enshrined by J.R. Ward - 11/7/22 - 3.5 stars = Review
Shelf #5 ~ 5 Nov: Ghoul(s), ghost(s), spirit(s) or poltergeist(s)
Steph - Devouring Darkness by Chloe Neill - 11/7/22 - 3.5 stars - Review
AliciaJ - Up from the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 11/13/22 - 5 stars - Review
Jackie - The Broken Girls by Simone St. James - 11/8/22 - 4.5 stars - Review
😊 🥳 first shelf is up …
Shelf #1 ~ 8 Oct: Vampire(s)
DIRECT LINK(s) ~ vampire, vampires -OR- SOS' "vampire" shelf
For this one, I’m excited to read
If you haven’t started this series, I highly recommend it.
Happy Reading, teammates! Let’s go!!!!
Hope ya like ‘um. Sandra caught a typo on the ‘vampire’ shelf. It links to ‘vampires’. Sorry ‘bout that 😬
I'm going to read
, from the SOS Vampire Shelf.
I haven't had a chance to pick my free shelf book yet, I'll try and do that tonight.
Ok, so I'm going to read
for my free space from the UF list.
I love Duvall's series! Hope you enjoy the spin-off. I'm anxious for book 4 coming out tomorrow. And, I'm gonna miss Jane. She mentioned a spin-off (aside from Soulwood).I've finished my vamp book, just need to get my review up.
Biergarten of the Damned by Seana Kelly
Series: Sam Quinn #5
Shelf #1: Vampires (GR genre "vampires" and shelved @ SOS as "vampires")
Read: 10 Oct
Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
My Review:
Um, have my very own Shire? Yes, please! This setup sounds wicked cool.
“You’re not actually paying attention to me, are you?” Clive sounded so put out, I had a hard time not laughing.
Gesturing to my ear, I said, “Sorry. Men talk at a vocal range that’s hard for women to hear.”
What with Sam's growth, her supportive and loving relationship with Clive, a dragon-made Shire, The Slaughtered Lamb's awesomeness, the addition of the wolfhound Fergus and an Orc guard Fangorn, meeting BFD and learning of Dave's backstory, and so much more this was nearly a ✮✮✮✮✮-read for me. But, I struggled with the quick-ish-ness of Sam's forgiveness. So, I'm deducting ½✮. On one hand, I loved that she was able to see through her sadness and anger to the heart of the situation as it was for her friend, but on the other hand, I felt there should've been a period of will she/won't she be able to forgive him.
I'm so anxious for the next book in 2023 and I'm looking forward to the announced spin-off, The Sea Wicche Chronicles Bewicched: The Sea Wicche Chronicles.
I highly recommend this series to UF+R fans!
Completion PostShelf #1 ~ 8 Oct: Vampire(s)
Book: Blue Moon
Author: Laurell K. Hamilton
Date read: 10/13/22
How it fits: Vampires list - shelved Vampires 931 times
Rating: 3 stars
Review: This series is not one of my favorites but I like to visit now and then just to see what Anita Blake, Vampire hunter, is up to now. Since she chose vampire Jean-Claude over werewolf Richard, you would think maybe things would settle down some. But alas, it's not to be (tongue in cheek.) Richard has gotten himself arrested for rape in Tennessee, and knowing Richard for the good man that he is, Anita knows from the start that these are false charges. So she and a delegation of vampires and shifters travel to Tennessee and into another vampire's territory after being warned that they will be killed if they do. There follows a lot of political wrangling and violence, some including Richard's mother and brother. Anita has her hands full just trying to keep everybody alive and to figure out what's behind it all. All in all, a relatively good story with a lot of action and a whole lot of sex.
Completion PostShelf #1 ~ 8 Oct: Vampire(s)
Book:
The Lasaran (Aldebarian Alliance series)Author: Dianne Duvall
Date read: 10/13/22
How it fits: pg 1 of the SOS Vampires Shelf
https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This is a brand new series for me, which is exciting. The mixture of vampires, Immortal Guardians, aliens, and government shenanigans, was not something I'd ever see in one book. But the author made it work, and very well. The characters were great, I especially liked the heroine. She was plucky, even having to deal with the grief of losing her family, she kept moving forward and trying to make a life for herself. When she and the hero get caught up with the government and all of the conspiracy/secrecy part of the plot, things really pick up and I found myself reading all the way through to the end. I definitely want to continue with this series to see what happens next!
Good reviews, AliciaJ. I've never read Hamilton's Anita series. But, I LOVE all in Duvall's IG world. My review for AA#4 coming up soon for my FS read.
The Akseli by Dianne Duvall
Series: Aldebarian Alliance #4
Shelf: Free Space (on SOS Bookshelf)
Read: 13 Oct 2022
Rating: ✮✮✮✮½
My Review:
As with the first three books in Duvall's Aldebarian Alliance series, The Akseli focuses on what happens to one character following a Gathendien attack on the Kandovar. This book's focus is on Simone, an Immortal Guardian, and her time with space pirate, Janwar and those on his ship, the Tangata.
I'm an unabashed fan of all things written by Dianne Duvall. Her Immortal Guardians is one of my all-time favorites and I've enjoyed all the space exploration and expansion of the series with her Aldebarian Alliance series. While I wasn't as drawn to the romance of these two as much as those in the previous three installments, I still really enjoyed their interactions and shared battle scenes. And, I loved learning more about Janwar and a bit more about those on his ship.
I think I fell the hardest for Janwar's ship, the Tangata, which was spectacular with its wide open spaces, an amazing park and its merry band of rouge warriors. I hope we get to learn more about them all.
I like how Duvall brings us back to the moment of the attack, then branches off from there to explore what happened to those lost following it. I love meeting new species and learning about the scope of the world she's created. I'm anxious for whatever's next, which I'm guessing will focus either on Allison and M'kor or Liz and Kova. My vote is for Liz and Kova, who shared some touching scenes with Simone in this installment.
Requested stamp for Shelf #1
Thanks!New shelf: Witch(es)
DIRECT LINK(s) ~ Witch, Witches or SOS' "witches/magic" shelf
I’ll pop back soon with my book choice. Happy reading, y’all!
Hey guys. I’m gonna read
.
Hope y’all are having a good week and enjoying your books. Mine was okay. I’ll get my review up shortly.
Witch Please by Ann Aguirre
Series: Fix-it Witches #1
Shelf #2: Witch(es) (shelved by 135 people)
Read: 17 Oct
Rating: ✮✮✮☆☆
My Review:
It seems I'm a bigger fan of Aguirre's sci-fi series vs her PNRs. (If you haven't already, you must check out Sirantha Jax, The Dred Chronicles and The Honors.) I don't know where to begin with my thoughts about this one. Most of my thoughts are spoilery, so I've blocked my rambles.
(view spoiler)
I could go on, but I don't wanna. I'm settling on 3-stars because, when broken down, about half the book worked for me and half didn't. I guess? Maybe I wanted it to work so badly that I'm not going any lower. Either way, I don't know that I'll continue on with the series.
CONGRATULATIONS, Gettin' Lit!We now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'vampire(s)'.
[Our updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Woohoo!! :D
Congrats on the stamp Gettin' Lit!
Completion PostFree Space
Book: The Curse of Tenth Grave
Author: Darynda Jones
Date Read: 10/21/22
How it fits: UF List
Rating: 5 stars
Review: This is a favorite series of mine mainly because I love all the characters, main and supporting. This book picks up where the last one left off. Charley has regained her memory and is back in New Mexico. Reyes, Cookie, Uncle Bob, and all the other characters are back as well. Charley has a secret that she learned about Reyes and she is struggling with how to handle it. She wants so badly to get her daughter back but knows that hiding her and keeping away from her is the best course of action. Between struggling with these issues, making sure her daughter stays safe, and handling some PI cases, Charley has her hands full. A fun read as more and more is revealed about Charley and Reyes.
This week’s shelf is up 😊Shelf #3 ~ 22 Oct: Haunted House
DIRECT LINK(s) ~ haunted, sentient or otherwise magical house; house on cover
I’ve picked
for this one; it has a house on the cover and I’m guessing includes a haunted house Happy reading!
Selection PostShelf #3 ~ 22 Oct: Haunted House
The Haunting of Maddy Clare
- Tagged haunted house 5 times
Completion PostShelf #2 ~ 15 Oct: Witch(es)
Book:
WitchlingAuthor: Yasmine Galenorn
Date read: 10/22/22
How it fits: Shelf #1, pg 5, shelved 15x as witch
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...
Rating: 2 stars
Review: This one was a bit disappointing. It felt like it started out in the middle of a story, using acronyms and character names as if the reader already knows what is going on. That was annoying. Then there was the characters themselves, they just felt one-dimensional and flat. I also wasn't really able to follow the plot, it was confusing and didn't really make sense to me. So this is one series that I won't be adding to my "must-read" list.
I'm going to read
, shelved 7x as haunted house, and has a house on the cover.
Completion PostShelf #2 ~ 15 Oct: Witch(es)
Book: Beguiled
Author: Darynda Jones
Date read: 10/23/22
How it fits: MPG Witches
Rating: 4 stars
Review: This is another fun series by Darynda Jones. The MC here is a witch and not just any witch but one of the three most powerful witches in the world. And forty-something Defiance Dayne has only just come into her powers due to a spell her grandmother put on her to suppress her powers and protect her from evil forces out to steal her power and kill her. Complicated, yes. Only with her grandmother's death does Defiance receive her powers and learn about the supernatural world that she is an important part of. This is another series with a great bunch of characters, including the grandmother (she may have died but she's back), the best friend Annette (who is much more than she seems at first), a very sexy wolf shifter and protector, the coven members, Defiance's adoptive fathers (yes, a gay couple), and last but certainly not least, Percy, the home that Defiance has inherited. Never a dull moment. Looking forward to continuing the series to see what happens next.
Back in a little while to get our stamp request ready. :)
Love at First Haunt by Carrie Pulkinen
Series: Haunted Ever After #1
Shelf #3: Haunted House (house on cover & haunted house)
Read: 24 Oct
Rating: ✯✯½
My Review:
I've enjoyed a lot of Pulkinen's books, but I just didn't like the characters in this one or maybe I didn't like them together? I did like Allison's gifts though; she's an empath who performs Reiki, has the ability to see, talk to and help spirits pass over, and, of course, can sense the feelings of others.
Allison's been burnt by a wealthy man in the past, so she shies away from rich men. Logan's a handsome billionaire with a playboy public persona, so she's immediately uninterested until she senses his pain and loneliness. 🙄
Logan is struggling with a lot of issues: serious OCD, fear of becoming his cheating father, nightmares of his future wife dying. Because of these, he avoids connecting with any women on an emotional level and sticks to one night stands. But, when he sees Allison, who stands out in the crowd because her lack of dressy attire, he's intrigued. Really? 🙄
Lastly, the big reveal behind the ghost and explains Logan's fears, his first reaction is “I wouldn’t think it’d be high enough to kill her, though.” Not ... That explains it! I'm free to love! And, then comes the famously dreaded (by me) 'I can't stay with you because I'm bad for you, even though I love you, you love me' trope.
(view spoiler) 🙄
So, not the book for me, but maybe for others. I might read the rest of the trilogy to see what happens with the two best friends, but I'm in no rush.
Jackie wrote: "Back in a little while to get our stamp request ready. :)"👍🏼 Yay 😁
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