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R23: Team #2 ~ Two for the Win ~ WINNING TEAM
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
Congratulations Carmen, Linda C & Ophelia!
Hi team 2. Checking in and ready for BSB!
Team 2/Two For the WinFree Space - Stamped
Linda C ~ For the Love of Magic by Janet Chapman 4✮ rating, Date Read: 4/28/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Final Heir by Faith Hunter 3✮ rating Date Read: 5/1/23 LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Magic Shifts byIlona Andrews 4.5✮ rating, Date Read: 5/8/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Week 1 - Shelf #1 ~27 April: Detective - Stamped
Linda C ~ Mind Over Monsters by Jennifer Harlow 3✮ rating, Date Read: 4/30/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ The Veil by Chloe Neill 4✮ rating, Date Read: 4/28/23 LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Grave Witch by Kalayna Price 4.5✮ rating, Date Read: 5/9/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Week 2 - Shelf #2 ~ 4 May: May Day - Stamped
Linda C ~ Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison 2✮ rating, Date Read: 5/5/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning 3✮ rating, Date Read: 5/11/23, LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Gone With The Ghost by Erin McCarthy 4✮ rating, Date Read: 5/20/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Week 3 - Shelf #3 - 11 May: Cozy Mystery - Stamped
Linda C ~ Potions and Pastries by Bailey Cates 3✮ rating, Date Read: 5/16/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke 3✮ rating, Date Read: 5/17/23, LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich 4✮ rating, Date Read: 5/19/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Week 4 - Shelf #4 ~ 18 May: Fae - Stamped
Linda C ~ The Silver Stag by Yasmine Galenorn 3✮ rating, Date Read: 5/25/23 LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Bloodfever by Karen Marie Moning 4✮ rating, Date Read: 5/25/23 LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Seeking the Fae by Leia Stone 3✮ rating, Date Read: 5/20/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Week 5 - Shelf #5 ~ 25 May: Beware of Bears - Stamp Requested
Linda C ~ Dragon Bones by Patricia Briggs 4✮ rating, Date Read: 5/29/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick 5✮ rating, Date Read: 5/28/23, LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Bears in Mind by Sam Hall 3.75✮ rating, Date Read: 6/2/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Week 6 - Shelf #6 ~ 1 Jun: Magical Realism - Stamp Requested
Linda C ~ Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen 4✮ rating, Date Read: 6/3/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 5✮ rating, Date Read: 6/2/23, LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman 4✮ rating, Date Read: 6/2/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Week 7 - Shelf #7
Linda C ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Week 8 - Shelf #8
Linda C ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Week 9 - Shelf #9
Linda C ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Week 10 - Shelf #10
Linda C ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ BOOK LINK by AUTHOR 1-5✮ rating Date Read LINK TO REVIEW
We need to pick a Captain and get organized. Anyone interested? I could do if no one else wants to.
Our first shelf:Shelf #1 ~27 April: Detective
DIRECT LINK(s) ~ a character who is a detective or police officer; series or title contains “Detective” -or- Paranormal Detectives/Detectives
Thank you for volunteering! Any suggestions for team name?
I am going to set up my msg 7 as the place for recording our completions and take on Captain duties for now.
Team 2/Two for the Win Week 1: Shelf #1 Detective
Linda C ~ Mind Over Monsters by Jennifer Harlow 3✮ rating, Date Read: 4/30/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ The Veil by Chloe Neill 4✮ rating, Date Read: 4/28/23 LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Grave Witch by Kalayna Price 4.5✮ rating, Date Read: 5/9/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Linda, I've let Steph know you'll be Captain.
Thanks, Sandra,Sent a message to Carmen, reminding her we've started
Remember all, to think about your Free Space choice also, though there is more time for that.Names ?
Bingo Busters
Two for the Win
For my Free Space I'll be reading For the Love of Magic. It is in a series on the PNR series list: #55 - Highlander series & spin offs by Janet Chapman
Please remember a few items that will make it easier for me to keep track of things:--books must be over 200 pgs
--After you finish reading your book, you must post a read date, a 1-5 ✮ rating and a review* on their team thread.
*Note: Your review does not have to win any awards for its grammar or prose, however all reviews must be longer than "I really dis/liked it." Include what you did/n't like about it, if you'll read anything else in the series or by the same author, and anything else that made it a stand-out or crapped-out read for you. Please do not simply link to your GR review. You may, however, share a link to it along with your review on your team thread. Link-only and 1-line reviews will not be accepted.
Sample Completion Post:
Book title
Author
Pages
Read Date
Rating
How It Fits:
Review:
Week 1 Paranormal DetectiveThe Veil by Chloe Neill
336 pages
located page 6 of the direct link page
shelved 1 time as Paranormal Detective
Hi team *waves* Sorry for the delay. I've been under the weather the past few days. I'll be back with my picks and I like Two for the Win
Week 1 - Shelf #1 DetectiveGrave Witch by Kalayna Price
Pages: 336
Qualifies: Found in the Paranormal detective shelf
Free Space
Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews
Pages: 343
Qualifies: found in group bookshelf
Completion Post: Free SpaceBook title: For the Love of Magic
Author: Janet Chapman
Pages: 276
Read Date:4/28/23
Rating: 4 stars
How It Fits: On the Best of PNR series list: #55 - Highlander series & spin offs by Janet Chapman
Review:
Rana Oceanus has left her husband and bought a run down house by the sea to find answers to some questions and hide a secret she's afraid to share. She determines to learn metal-crafting and make her own decisions away from an overprotective husband. It doesn't help that he is a God and can control all kinds of magic. Titus doesn't understand what is wrong and tries to get her back. This was a fun book with lots of characters from other books in the series popping in and out.
Completion Post: Shelf 1/Paranormal Detective Book title: The Veil by Chloe Neill
Pages: 336
Read Date:4/28/23
Rating: 4✮✮✮✮
How It Fits: shelved one time as Paranormal Detective located page 6 on the direct link page Paranormal Detective/Detectives
Review: New Orleans has always been known for its supernatural mystique. In The Veil by Chloe Neill, this is reality. New Orleans is a war-torn city divided by the humans inhabiting the city we know and others with supernatural abilities imprisoned into what is referred to as the District. Claire Connolly is a sensitive and must keep this secret if she is to keep from being banished to the District otherwise known to its’ supernatural inhabitants as Devils Isle. The two areas are separated by a magical veil. Claire meets Liam Quinn, a bounty hunter, and together they seek to discover and stop what threatens all of New Orleans.
This book kept a steady pace and held my interest. I am not sure if I will continue with the series.
Completion Post: Shelf #1 DetectiveBook title: Mind Over Monsters
Author: Jennifer Harlow
Pages: 288
Read Date:4/30/23
Rating: 3 stars
How It Fits: It is #342 on the PN Detectives list
Review:
This was a gory read. I found the premise fun and plot was satisfactory. But there were some questionable descriptions that needed some editing and basic research.
What are cauliflower eyes? "I looked into his cauliflower eyes." Were they wrinkled up, white eyeballs?!
She finds the Library - "At least a thousand books. Two floors of wall-to-wall books ." Really? 1000 books would fill, at most 34 shelves. At 10 foot ceilings in a 1 floor room, that would be FOUR units. Hardly enough to go wall-to-wall much less go up 2 stories. Let's do some research here!!
There are other things that threw me off but I'll leave it at that.
Linda C wrote: "Completion Post: Shelf #1 DetectiveBook title: Mind Over Monsters
Author: Jennifer Harlow
Pages: 288
Read Date:4/30/23
Rating: 3 stars
How It Fits: It is #342 on ..."
That's so funny, about the books. I've got more than that here at home (in physical books) and no I don't consider it the library.
Sandra,I have over 3000 in my house. About 400 in the living room, 200 in my office and the rest on shelves in the basement. Even that many all put on equal shelving units would not fill a one story room wall-to-wall, much less a second floor. A book lined room is a lot of books!
I wonder how many people even caught that.
Just checked my numbers & I've got over 5,100 print books with just under 6,500 ebooks/kindle editions.My paperback shelf is only a fairly new edition to GR, and I've got a lot that aren't listed . Sigh, more work for me. I didn't realise how many aren't listed there yet.
All my bookcases are either double or triple shelved. 2 in the study + floating shelves on 3 walls. 1 in the family rm & 1 in Bdrm 2, the bed in Bdrm 3 lifts up & it is packed with books also.
And yep, I keep buying books, though mostly kindles these days as they take up less room. :D
New ShelfShelf #2 ~ 4 May: May Day
DIRECT LINK(s) ~ book released in May of any year; character, title or series name contains "May"; author first or last name begins with M or D
Team 2/Two for the Win Week 2 - Shelf #2 ~ 4 May: May Day
Linda C ~ Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison 2✮ rating, Date Read: 5/5/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning 3✮ rating, Date Read: 5/11/23, LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Gone With The Ghost by Erin McCarthy 4✮ rating, Date Read: 5/20/23, LINK TO REVIEW
For May Day I will be reading Death at High Tide by Hannah Dennison The author's last initial begins with a D
Completion Post: Shelf #2 - May DayBook title: Death at High Tide
Author: Hannah Dennison
Pages: 304
Read Date:5/5/23
Rating: 2 stars
How It Fits: The author's last name initial begins is a D
Review:
When Evie Meade's husband dies, besides grieving she finds his finances were a mess and her house is in jeopardy. Among his papers she finds documents for a loan that if not repaid gives her husband a hotel that was designated as collateral. Her sister, Margot comes from LA to offer support. Since all the mess including the contract will take time, the sisters decide to visit the remote island hotel as a weekend getaway to scope it out, knowing it probably won't amount to anything since it's likely the loan was paid back. But things are weird at the hotel and then a murder occurs. Generally a good set up, but this just didn't work for me. None of the characters were likeable, including the 2 sisters. I really didn't care if she would get the hotel or if her finances would be salvaged or if they figured out the mystery (which was pretty obvious).
Carmen-Waiting on Shelf #1 completion
-Need selection for Shelf #2
Ophelia
-Need selection for Shelf #2
Completion Post: Free SpaceTitle/Author: Final Heir by Faith Hunter
Date Read 5/1/23
Pages: 336
Rating: 3✮✮✮
Review: Final Heir by Faith Hunter
I could not get into this book. It did not hold my attention except for the most inquisitive scenes (only a few and then the final). I had a difficult time keeping up with the characters and dialog for most of the book. The scene was in New Orleans, Louisiana and somehow a vampire hunter became the vampire queen??? I would need to read it again to figure out how that happened,but I don’t think I will. I was greatly disappointed as this series is well liked by so many.
Selection Post:Week 2 May Day: Karen Marie Moning
Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
309 pages
Shelved 1255 times as paranormal-romance and located on Page 1 of the Paranormal-Romance page 1
Oh darn I thought my week 2 saved. I’ll goer that up and post my week 1!
Team 2/Two For the WinFree Space
Linda C ~ For the Love of Magic by Janet Chapman 4✮ rating, Date Read: 4/28/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Final Heir by Faith Hunter 3✮ rating Date Read: 5/1/23 LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Magic Shifts by Ilona Andrews 4.5✮ rating, Date Read: 5/8/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Completion PostFree Space
Read: 5/8/23
Rated: 4.5 stars
Review: Definitely one of my favorites of the series. I don't care how much trouble these two get into they always manage to have each other's back and oh how their love makes them strong is so sweet. I'm not sure how Kate can deal with her father and deal with all the other things that keeps popping up and Not be afraid of the future. It's definitely going to be a tough time for her and her family
Selection Post:Week 2 May Day:
Pages: 220
Gone With The Ghost by Erin McCarthy
Fits: Authors last name begins with M
Linda, sorry for the mix up. Grave Witch is Week #1 and Magic Shifts is for the Free Space. I am currently posting Week 1 now.
Completion PostWeek #1 - Paranormal Detective
Read: 5/9/23
Rated: 4.5 stars
Review: Alex was definitely a different witch but I did enjoy her craft. She is caught in some weird magic and of course a jerk dad and her sister isn't exactly nice. I didn't particularly like her either. I like that Alex has some power to her even though she doesn't realize it. I definitely want to continue this series to see how much she gets into.
All fixed and submitted to Captain's Log and stamp requested for Free Space and Week #1
CONGRATULATIONS, Two for the Win!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'free space' and 'detective'.
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Congratulation on the stamps Two for!
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ wrote: "Completion PostWeek #1 - Paranormal Detective
Read: 5/9/23
Rated: 4.5 stars
Review: Alex was definitely a different witch but I did enjoy her craft. She is caught ..."
Ophilia's daughter here, also playing on Team 2! The Alex Craft series is one of my top favorites. Every book just gets better and better. I was really sad when it ended. Parting is such sweet sorrow :(
Week 2 May Day:Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
Date Read 5/11/23
309 Pages
Rating: 3✮✮✮
The book cover was great. It drew me in as this book has been on my to read list for years. Does that say enough? I suppose not so here is the rest. The lead character was no heroine. She was indecisive despite repeatedly stating what she was going to do. I was not able to relate to or even like her. There was too much talk, not enough action. The setting was amazing and the fae characters well described. There was not much action there either. In the beginning the couple at the club got off to a good start but after that scene they just watched and walked around (except for the one lewd act). The reason this book sat on my to read list for so long is because it wasn’t available in audio at the library. I will not continue with the series unless the library decides to invest.
New ShelfWeek 3 - Shelf #3 ~ 11 May: Cozy Mystery
DIRECT LINK(s) ~ Cozy Mystery / SOS' Mystery & Suspense
Team 2/Two For the WinWeek 3 - Shelf #3 - 11 May: Cozy Mystery
Linda C ~ Potions and Pastries by Bailey Cates 3✮ rating, Date Read: 5/16/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Ophelia ~ Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke 3✮ rating, Date Read: 5/17/23, LINK TO REVIEW
☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎ ~ Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich 4✮ rating, Date Read: 5/19/23, LINK TO REVIEW
Selection PostWeek 3 - Shelf #3 - 11 May: Cozy Mystery
Potions and Pastries - Bailey Cates
Pages: 279
How it Fits: #376 on Cozy Mystery list
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Captain: Linda C
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