TEAM THREAD: Team #2 The G.L.O.B.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Team #2


Members:
6. Succubus77
7. Sabrina Fair
8. Laura Lulu
9. Rebecca <--- New addition; replacing ~*~Hershey's Kisses~*~
10. Sarah <--- New addition; replacing Cher [1/16/11: Sarah had to leave the game]

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Virtual BINGO Card
Shelf names listed are to be filled in top to bottom under each letter listed

B
1. weres = 494 bks
2. witches - wizards = 545 bks
3. paranormal series = 373 bks
4. urban dark fantasy = 693 bks STAMP REC'D 1/16/11
5. fave series = 550 bks
I
6. tbr 1st in series = 632 bks
7. vampire romance = 654 bks STAMP REC'D @ 10/24/10
8. angels = 732 bks
9. vampires-werewolves = 549 bks STAMP REC'D @ 11/10/10
10. vampires = 5,163 bks
N
11. paranormal and urban fantasy = 602 bks STAMP REC'D 2/12/11
12. immortals = 358 bks
N#. FREE SPACE STAMP REC'D @ 11/19/10
13. speculative fiction = 6,321 bks
14. paranormals = 664 bks
G
15. pnr-angeldemon-fae-wings-witch-misc = 290 bks STAMP REC'D 1/14/11
16. series urban fantasy = 511 bks
17. -paranormal = 11,899 bks
18. demons = 1,341 bks
19. supernatural romance = 700 bks STAMP REC'D 12/10/10
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20. to read new series = 430 bks
21. urbanfantasy-paranormal = 637 bks STAMP REC'D 1/14/11
22. wishlist = 100,000 bks STAMP REC'D 1/25/11
23. shifters = 1,349 bks STAMP REC'D 11/23/10
24. ya-fantasy = 2,154 bks

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Link to print your own copy: Team #2 BINGO card

[Steph, Serious series addict]

{{RESERVED SPACE}}

[Laura Lulu]

I'll be leader if no one else wants it--I think (hope) I know the gist of the game pretty well since I was in on Steph's behind-the-scenes brainstorming. :)

Any ideas on names?

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

You can totally be the leader. :D I can't think of anything for a name right off the top of my head but, I'll do some brainstorming.

[Laura Lulu]

I forgot about the wise guru thingy. :)

Ok, I have absolutely no imagination, so cut me some slack. Here are some stupid ideas to get us started...

I was trying to think of some of the things people yell at BINGO for an idea. "B9...or malignant" is obviously out, but another one I thought of is when they call B11, everyone yells "Chicken Legs!" Lol. I know there are others--does anyone know any more?

Or we could do something with our group number 2...but I can't think of anything. ;)

Or we can take another group and just change it to fit. For example:

G.L.O.W., which is of course the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling...we could be:

G.L.O.B. (Gorgeous Ladies of Bingo)

Told you I suck at this.

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

lol I don't know... I think G.L.O.B. is pretty funny.

I used to watch G.L.O.W. every weekend

[Laura Lulu]

Sweeeeeet. I have already told my almost 8 yr old that she has to marry a guy whose last name starts with W, and she has to hyphenate. Her name is Grace Lauren O'Boyle. ;)

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Anyone else have any ideas?

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

I've been doing some snooping recon and I think G.L.O.B. is pretty awesome but we could also have a name that is based on pnr/uf stuff.

The only one I can think of right now is, Second Shift.

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

BINGO has officially begun!

Just a heads up as the first shelf has been posted! The shelf is listed in the shelf announcements link and it's vampire-romance. Happy reading!

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Anytime! Have fun reading!

[Laura Lulu]

Thanks Judithe. :)

Vampire Romance is I2 on our BINGO card.

I just sent messages to Cher & Hershey's Kisses to let them know the 1st shelf has been posted. Both their profiles are set to private, so I had to send them friend requests to send a message. So then I figured, shouldn't we all be GR friends anyway? So Succubus77 & Sabrina Fair, I sent you friend requests too. :)

And I am going to read Eternal Kiss of Darkness for the vampire romance shelf--I just picked it up from the library on Friday--how perfect is that? ;)

We'll wait to see if Cher or Hershey's Kisses have a better group name than G.L.O.B.

G.L.O.B. Lol. It makes me laugh. But I'm a weirdo. ;)

[Ѽ Cher Ѽ]

Laura Lulu wrote: "Sweeeeeet. I have already told my almost 8 yr old that she has to marry a guy whose last name starts with W, and she has to hyphenate. Her name is Grace Lauren O'Boyle. ;)"

Funny!! : )

[Ѽ Cher Ѽ]

Ladies,... sorry I have not been checking GR lately ...

I've been having internet/modem/router/networking issuses for the past month or so that is driving me insane! Just got a quick connection and saw LL email.

I quickly read over the whole BINGO challenge thread(trying to grasp the 'jest' of the challenge) to change my mind. When i first saw the request it sounded like an awesome challenge ... and it still does!

But with a lot of changes with me now, I'm going to be pretty-much useless to this team and the challenge ahead. Sorry, but I will be pulling out of the challenge this time.

I'm sure y'all will do well. I'll be cheering silently. But it seems like you got it all covered! Catch y'all on the the next one! Happy reading!!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Sorry you won't be joining us, Cher. Good luck with your computer issues.

Not to worry, GLOBs, we'll figure something out re: missing team members.

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Great name!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

I know, right?! Leave it to LLL. :)

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

I think I'll read Another One Bites the Dust as soon as I'm finished with Lover Mine. I only have about 100 pages left.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Great review, Sabrina. This is a series I really enjoyed in the beginning, but have been disappointed with as it's gone on. The last one though ended with a helluva cliffhanger, so ... I'll be reading on. :)

[Laura Lulu]

I changed our team name a bit to make it sound paranormal-y--I added a "The". Lol. Now it's like The Blob. ;)

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Laura Lulu wrote: "I changed our team name a bit to make it sound paranormal-y--I added a "The". Lol. Now it's like The Blob. ;)"

lol

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Sabrina Fair wrote: "Not sure how you're going to work out the members of the team who can't participate but if you need anyone to read a 2nd book for the challenge, I'll be glad to do it. "

That would be okay with me, since you've finished yours this week already. :D

I know we're down (at least) one member (and maybe two?). If we need to have 5 books read for each square, maybe we ought to take turns.

My October is kinda full (along with my book challenges, I'm also watching 100 horror movies this month, and work, etc...) but after this month, I'd be happy to pick up some of the slack as well.

Just so ya'll know where I stand in this. Us G.L.O.B.s need to stick together. :D

[Carson]

srry you guys that I haven't been on :O I've been busy with things.

But, unlike Cher, I shall make time for this! I need to broaden my reading horizons!
The G.L.O.B. is a funny team name, but maybe it could be The P.E.A.R.L (Paranormal Excellence Award for Romantic Literature) Choosers?

[Steph, Serious series addict]

What troopers y'all are! Not to worry, we'll be revising the # of books required to get "square credit" to compensate for missing players. But, it's great of y'all to offer to read more. At this time, that's not necessary though. I'll keep ya posted on the changes.

Welcome, HK! Great to see ya and thanks for playing. Which book will you be reading for this round?

[Steph, Serious series addict]

PS: Enjoy those Pre-Halloween horror movies, Succubus77, that's why October is one of my favorite months of the year! I love, LOVE horror movies. >:)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Thanks, SF. :)

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

Sabrina Fair wrote: "~*~Hershey's Kisses~*~ wrote: "srry you guys that I haven't been on :O I've been busy with things.

But, unlike Cher, I shall make time for this! I need to broaden my reading horizons!
The G.L.O.B...."

I did this last year too so I'm better organized this time. I'm at 44, atm. I try to watch mostly movies that I haven't seen yet. Of the ones I hadn't seen before, I liked Jennifer's Body, A Tale of Two Sisters, The Echo, Re-Cycle, Pontypool, 100 Feet, and The Signal.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

FYI TO ALL PLAYERS:
I created a spreadsheet to help me keep track of player & team stats throughout the challenge. You are welcome to view it HERE . Edits are not allowed, please do not make any changes to the spreadsheet. If any information is incorrect, please let me know. Thanks!

[Carson]

I'll read I'm the Vampire, That's Why , is that ok?

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Absolutely! That's a funny series. I've got the most recent release TBR and always enjoy them. Hope you do too. :)

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

She'll also answer to Goddess Steph....

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LOL! *blush* Thanks!

[Laura Lulu]

She is definitely the Mega Mind. Also, she strangely has more hours in the day than the rest of us...maybe it's a Japan thing? Judithe, are there 30 hours in the day in Japan? ;)

Ok, Judithe, I'm gonna copy you, which, from your post, I'm assuming you copied from someone else. LOL.

[Laura Lulu]

Week of October 11th - Vampire Romance, I2


Succubus77 finished 10.14 ★★★1/2


Sabrina Fair finished 10.11 ★★★★


Laura Lulu finished 10.14 ★★★


~*~Hershey's Kisses~*~ currently reading

[Laura Lulu]

Free Space


Succubus77

Sabrina Fair

Laura Lulu

~*~Hershey's Kisses~*~

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Laura Lulu wrote: "She is definitely the Mega Mind. Also, she strangely has more hours in the day than the rest of us...maybe it's a Japan thing? Judithe, are there 30 hours in the day in Japan? ;)

Ok, Judithe, I'm ..."

LOL! I WISH! :)

[Laura Lulu]

And here are the Free Space rules:

To get free space credit, each team must pick a book from one of these three options:


(1) SOS' Book of the Month: October's Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare OR November's Alpha by Rachel Vincent

OR

(2) A book off of any of the group's October or November new release threads found here:

SOS New Releases

OR

(3) A book off of the group's bookshelf (any shelf/tag)

SOS Bookshelf


***Be sure to post on your team's thread: which book you chose for FREE SPACE credit, which of the three options above you chose to pick your book, your rating and your review. Once all members of each team have posted that information, your team will get "a stamp" in the FREE SPACE. :D

NOTE: Since the game will go on past October, Steph has opened up options 1-2 to "any month's book while the game is active". So, since we already know that Nov's BOM is Alpha by Rachel Vincent, you could choose to read that vs. Clockwork Angel, or any book listed on the "Nov new release/next-in-series" lists found here and so on.

Members don't have to pick and read a book now, they can, but it's not required. You can choose which book to read and when to read it, but no team will get free space credit until all members have read, rated & reviewed a book chosen from one those options.

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Copy away! I got it from another team....:D

I WISH TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'd probably find more things to put into it, but I'd still like to apply for either the 30-hour day, or a clone to help out whenever necessary...

[Laura Lulu]

Ooh...I want the clone. Then I have more hours to do fun, lazy stuff, and she can clean my house & do the laundry. :)

[A book away from an episode of hoarders]

I don't normally review books so bear with me until I hit my stride :)




3.5 stars

I didn't like this one nearly as much as the first book. Seemed to start out slow but a little over halfway through, it really picked up. I felt all the characters experienced growth but the story was difficult for me to get through. I will read the next one, at least, because I'm attached to these characters.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

UPDATE: Rule Change
Change effective immediately

Due to Team 2, The G.L.O.B.s, being short one member, I am changing the required reading needed to achieve "shelf credit" down to FOUR books.

Each team member is still required to read a book for each shelf.

New Rule: As soon as FOUR books are read, rated & reviewed, that team will get credit for that shelf.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding this change. Thanks & Happy Reading!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Succubus77 wrote: "I don't normally review books so bear with me until I hit my stride :)..."

That was just fine, Succubus77! :)

[Laura Lulu]

Finished October 14th ★★★

I wasn't as crazy about this one as everyone else, in fact, I'm not crazy about this spin off series much at all. Actually, now that I think about it, I loved Cat & Bones in the first 3 books, but the 4th had them losing some of their charm for me, and I'm not much looking forward to the 5th.

Anywho, back to this book. I'm just not a big PNR fan. I just find it all so unbelievable, the falling in love in 3 days bit. And yes, this coming from someone who reads mainly paranormal & fantasy, complaining about believability. :) But I have always had a soft spot for Mencheres, so it was nice to see him get his HEA, I just never believed it.

[Laura Lulu]

Sabrina Fair wrote: "Do you think Mencheres is someone who needed more than 1 book to realistically have a HEA? "

Well...considering he hadn't had sex in over 900 years, I'm gonna give that a resounding "YES!" Lol. :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Ditto!! Can't wait for Vlad's book(s).

[Laura Lulu]

Ooh...Vlad's getting more than one? Cool. :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

She said, "... contracted to write the first two books in a new series featuring – you guessed it – Vlad as the hero and a new character named Leila as the heroine."

YAY!! :D

[Judithe, Soap Operas never end....]

Any dates on that???