R2 TEAM THREAD: Team #1 The ONEders [THIRD PLACE]

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

Lili wrote: "Question... where do I look for the free space book?... the group shelf? ..."

Free Space is explained here, and there are three places to find books:

(1) An SOS' Book of the Month: Any month while the game is in play

OR

(2) A book off of any of the group's new release threads: Any month while the game is in play

OR

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

Happy hunting!

[Laura Lulu]

So it looks like we're the ONEders? We have 4 votes for ONEders, 1 vote for Nameless ONEders, and 1 vote for One Book Closer. Is everyone cool with that? I don't want to set it in stone since we still have 3 girls who haven't voted, so someone needs to second this for me and pound the gavel. ;)

[Laura Lulu]

And thanks Sandra & Judithe. :)

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

You're welcome.

Waiting with anxious breath for the gravel's thump to congratulate on your new name!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Tapping impatiently for someone to second ! ! ! ! ! !

[Sarah]

I second that! haha just for you Sandra!

[Laura Lulu]

Going once...going twice... thump!

The ONEders it is. :)

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

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! (and our undying gratitude to Sarah!)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yay Sarah :)

Laura do you want to do the honours or would you like me to change your name, the suspense is killing!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

LOL! I was thinkin' the same thing, Sandra! ;)

[Laura Lulu]

Poop. I forgot I could edit it. It's done. :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats to the ONEders :D

[Sarah]

:) Yay we're the ONEders!!!

[Laurielu]

Part of a Series: Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs

Kudos to Patricia Briggs for creating such a harrowing and fulfilling story with the installment of Silver Borne. I absolutely loved this book!

Mercedes Thompson sure can get into a few scrapes to put it mildly and this book is no different. The tension weaved into the storyline from the predicaments Mercedes finds herself in creates an edge of your seat reading experience. This series gets better and better as you read it.

Mercedes finds herself involved with the Fae, the local werewolf pack (since she is the Alpha's mate), her mating bond and here roommate - Samuel's - drama. With all of the theatrics, putting down the book is almost impossible! I highly recommend this book! I am off to buy River Marked....

5 stars :)

Happy Reading!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Lotta people reading Patricia's books this week! Love it!!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Loved Silver Borne, yay Laurie!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Our Next Shelf is: 'shifters'
DIRECT LINK: 'shifters'

*You may choose your book and start reading now*
Happy Reading!! :)

[Laura Lulu]

Laurie wrote: "Kudos to Patricia Briggs for creating such a harrowing and fulfilling story with the installment of Silver Borne. I absolutely loved this book!"

Absolutely loved...is that a 5 star? Or just a 4 star? I would say "loved" is a 4 star, and "absolutely loved" is a 5 star, but you tell me what to put. :)

[Laura Lulu]

I was just snooping around all the other team threads to see how everyone else is doing. We are the only group with 9 members, everyone else has 8, but we haven't heard from Amanda Sings since her first post on Feb 28th, so she isn't even aware of the 1st shelf that was posted. I PM'd her a few days ago and am still hoping to hear back, one way or another.

Here's how all the groups are doing for the 1st shelf:

Team 1 - 6/9
Team 2 - 7/8
Team 3 - 7/8
Team 4 - 8/8 stamp awarded
Team 5 - 6/7
Team 6 - 6/8

As I was snooping around, I noticed that most of the other team captains have a post on the 1st page of the group with their current team stats. That made it very easy for my snooping to see where they were at, and it probably makes it easier for Steph to see our latest updates. So I made a post on the first page, post #9, and I am going to delete my post and replace it with our team stats post. I will still post it as a regular post, because I know most of us don't go back to the 1st page and it's nice to have it at the end, but it will also be on the 1st page if anyone needs to find it quick. :)

I'm off to scour the shifters shelf. :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Thanks for the quick view. Just an FYI, for the first shelf only, Sallie's team will only need 7 to read for a stamp since Ming started late. For shelf 2 forward all will need to read.

Happy reading, ONEders!

[Laura Lulu]

Lili, there are 3 places you can look for your free space book:

SOS' Book of the Month - For any month while the game is in play. March's BOM is Shadowfever, April's hasn't been decided yet--Go Vote!

SOS' New Release Threads - again, for any month while the game is in play. There are 4 new release threads for each month, Adult 1st in Series, Adult Next in series, YA 1st in series, and YA next in series.
SOS New Release Threads

SOS Bookshelf - Any book off the group's bookshelf.
SOS Bookshelf


The Free Space square is not as time critical as the weekly shelves--the sooner the better, of course, but we have a few weeks to get that one taken care of. :)

[Laura Lulu]

Ok, I'm an idiot. I was on the wrong page, and was thinking Lili's post asking about the free space rules was a new post, but it was old, and Sandra & Judithe took care of it. Dummy.

But I'm leaving it, in case it helps anyone else. And because I spent too much time making it pretty with all the links. ;)

[Laura Lulu]

And Steph is right, I forgot about that. Team 5 only has to read 7 books for the 1st shelf, since Ming came in as a replacement team member halfway through the week. After the 1st shelf, they have to read all 8.

I fixed it on my above post. :)

[Diane ~Firefly~]

I will probably read or for the shifters shelf, sometime this coming week.

[Laura Lulu]

I'm going to read for the shifters shelf.

[Laura Lulu]

Free Space - 1/9 completed


Laura Lulu Queen of Shadows
Amanda
Laurie
✔Diane Pleasure Unbound finished March 6 ★★★
Lili
Christina Queen of Shadows
Sarah Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Jen Shadowfever
Thenia Shadowfever


Part-Of-A-Series, G1 - 6/9 completed

✔Laura Lulu Unwind finished March 7 ★★★★★
Amanda
✔Laurie Silver Borne finished March 12 ?★?
✔Diane The Iron King finished March 8 ★★★
✔Lili Halfway to the Grave finished March 6 ★★★★★
Christina Paying the Virgin's Price
Sarah The Dead-Tossed Waves
✔Jen Bonds of Justice finished March 8 ★★★★
✔Thenia Mockingjay finished March 6 ★★★★★



Shifters, I5 - 0/9 completed

Laura Lulu Iron Crowned
Amanda
Laurie
Diane Morrigan's Cross OR The Demon You Know
Lili
Christina
Sarah
Jen
Thenia

[Laurielu]

For the Shifters' shelf, I will read A Certain Wolfish Charm. I need to figure out my free space but don't quite understand how to do so...

[Laura Lulu]

Laurie wrote: "For the Shifters' shelf, I will read A Certain Wolfish Charm. I need to figure out my free space but don't quite understand how to do so..."

Laurie, check out post #122--I listed the 3 places you can pick your Free Space book from, with links to make it easy to find those places. :)

Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.

[Laurielu]

Thank you, Laura Lulu! I will choose Shadow Game for my free space. When do I need to finish the book?

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Ack! Shifters! Why did it have to be shifters? It couldn't wait until next month to be chosen?? ;-)

I whine because I REALLY want to finish the books I've already chosen for the month and darn it, none of them were shifter books (and none of them were also on the first shelf called, either).

Since I have prefer shifter to vampires, I have plenty to pick from. I just have to decide which book.

However, I've already started reading my Free Space pick. I'm about 100 pages into Queen of Shadows.

I'll update later today (hopefully) with my pick for the shifter shelf and my thoughts on Paying the Virgin's Price (I finished it this morning).

[Thenia]

Oh hey! New shelf!! What to read, what to read?

Silver Borne... or maybe Hunting Ground?
No, wait! Visions of Heat?
No, no! Magic Bleeds?

What to read???

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Thenia wrote: "Oh hey! New shelf!! What to read, what to read?

Silver Borne... or maybe Hunting Ground?
No, wait! Visions of Heat?
No, no! Magic Bleeds..."

I say,

[Thenia]

You can never go wrong with Kate, right? ^^
Thanks for the input Christina!

[Sarah]

I just finished The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan I gave it 5 stars.

I was really captivated with the first book and it had been awhile since I read it so I was a little confused about some things in this book but that's my own fault! lol. I enjoyed the love triangle between Catcher, Gabry, and Elias. As well as the mother/daughter dynamic between Mary and Gabry. I think it's a very well done second book and I can't wait for the third to come out!

[Sarah]

I just finished The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan I gave it 5 stars.

I was really captivated with the first book and it had been awhile since I read it so I was a little confused about some things in this book but that's my own fault! lol. I enjoyed the love triangle between Catcher, Gabry, and Elias. As well as the mother/daughter dynamic between Mary and Gabry. I think it's a very well done second book and I can't wait for the third to come out!

[Sarah]

For the shifters shelf I'm going to read River Marked by Patricia Briggs

[Laura Lulu]

Thenia, I also vote for Kate. That's an awesome book.

And Sarah--I love The Forest of Hands & Teeth series. I find that people either love it or greatly dislike it, but I'm in the love camp. I wasn't crazy about Mary in the 1st book, but I just loved the story.

I'll update the stats post in a bit, my kids just made me a surprise dessert--they were in the kitchen making me a "surprise", and I can come in there now. My husband gave me the heads up by telling me they were in there melting Hershey's Kisses. I'm afraid. ;)

[Laura Lulu]

Laurie wrote: "Thank you, Laura Lulu! I will choose Shadow Game for my free space. When do I need to finish the book?"

Laurie, when we all finish our free space books, we will get the stamp for the free space. So no super rush, since obviously no one is close to getting Bingo yet, but it's nice to get it checked off the list. I'm starting my Shifter shelf book tonight, and then I'm reading my free space book next. It's a book I need to read for a few of my March challenges, so I'll definitely be finished with it in March, but probably by the end of the week. :)

[Laura Lulu]

Free Space - 1/9 completed

Laura Lulu Queen of Shadows
Amanda
Laurie Shadow Game
✔Diane Pleasure Unbound finished March 6 ★★★
Lili
Christina Queen of Shadows
Sarah Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Jen Shadowfever
Thenia Shadowfever


Part-Of-A-Series, G1 - 7/9 completed

✔Laura Lulu Unwind finished March 7 ★★★★★
Amanda
✔Laurie Silver Borne finished March 12 ★★★★
✔Diane The Iron King finished March 8 ★★★
✔Lili Halfway to the Grave finished March 6 ★★★★★
Christina Paying the Virgin's Price finished March 12 - waiting for review
✔Sarah The Dead-Tossed Waves finished March 12 ★★★★★
✔Jen Bonds of Justice finished March 8 ★★★★
✔Thenia Mockingjay finished March 6 ★★★★★


Shifters, I5 - 0/9 completed

Laura Lulu Iron Crowned
Amanda
Laurie A Certain Wolfish Charm
Diane Morrigan's Cross OR The Demon You Know
Lili
Christina
Sarah River Marked
Jen
Thenia

[Steph, Serious series addict]

{Team Stats Updated}

[Sarah]

Laura Lulu wrote: "Thenia, I also vote for Kate. That's an awesome book.

And Sarah--I love The Forest of Hands & Teeth series. I find that people either love it or greatly dislike it, but I'm in the love camp. I was..."

I really enjoyed the first book. I think it depends on the type of books people have read before it. I had never read a zombie-esque type book before this series and I enjoy it greatly. Also, (and this is probably random) but I think that people who like Rachel Morgan/The Hollows series by Kim Harrison didn't read a lot of Urban Fantasy before hand. Like myself, Rachel Morgan was the first Urban Fantasy series I had ever read and I absolutely love it! But I've found that a lot of people who have read a lot of Urban Fantasy before starting Dead Witch Walking say that they didn't like it.

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Paying the Virgin's Price by Christine Merrill - 12 March 2011 ★★★★
Regency Silk & Scandal #2

I picked this book for several reasons: I needed a break from the all the PNR/UF and it was something I knew I could read in a week or less. Plus, Christine Merrill is my favorite Harlequin Historical writer. I've loved every book of hers I've read.

I usually love her heroes the best. Even when they are trying to do the right thing for the right reasons, they still manage to mess things up, and Nate's no different. He's a gambler with extremely good luck, but he takes no joy in his occupation. He originally took it up to help support his mother and sisters. Due to circumstances beyond his control, he lost touch with them and hasn't been able to find them since. Now, he gambles because he doesn't know what else to do with his life. Polite Society has no use for the son of a convicted murderer.

Diana is well-grounded, rational, and usually very sensible. I initially had some reservations with one of her decisions. I re-read the scene in question and reconsidered. It helped that Diana accepted the consequences of her actions without protests or hysterics or other drama.

I don't think this book will work as a stand-a-lone, due to the over-arching mystery of who really killed Christopher Hebden in 1794. The clues are probably spread throughout the series. I'm pretty sure I know who it is already, and it's not George Carlow.

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

Thenia wrote: "You can never go wrong with Kate, right? ^^
Thanks for the input Christina!"

You're welcome. :D

[Christina (AKA Babbling)]

For shifters:

Kitty and the Midnight Hour

[Steph, Serious series addict]

{Team Stats Updated}

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Hi, ONEders, I'm sure Laura would have updated you on this when she's online. But, since you have 8/9 read and Amanda has not popped on since the game started, I've made an executive decision to cut her from the team. We appreciate that RL gets in the way of reading and certainly can cut down on everyone's online time. We also appreciate Amanda's interest in the game and hope she's able to join us for R3 or any other team challenge we host in the future.

That being said, everyone's rockin' and rollin', so I didn't feel it was fair to your team to hold you guys back waiting any longer.

And with that, I'll say ...

CONGRATULATIONS, ONEders!
You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'part-of-a-series'.

[Your new BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]

Good Job!! :D

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Congrats ONEders on your first stamp!!!

[Laura Lulu]

Woo hoo! WTG Team! :)

Just to let you all know the behind-the-scenes of it, I PM'd Amanda 2x since I got home from vacay Wednesday. The first time just giving her a little reminder that the first shelf had been posted the past weekend. The 2nd time was after Steph posted the 2nd shelf, and I just told her that I know real life gets in the way, and if she wanted to bow out, we would understand. But I also said that obviously no team was close to getting Bingo yet, so if she still wanted to play, there was more than enough time for her to catch up. Just to let us know either way what she wanted to do.

I know we all don't remember to check our inboxes on GR, or we let those GR email notifications build up and then keep putting off reading them because there's so many. :) And I have taken a few days off GR from time to time, so I know how that goes. But the last time we heard from her was on Feb 28th, the day Steph started the team threads.

So I mentioned it to the other mods & team captains, and we decided either real life got in the way, or she decided she didn't want to play anymore. Either way, my biggest concern was I didn't want it to hold us back anymore. There's something great about getting that 1st stamp. Go Team! :)

And since we were the only team with 9 members, it actually works out nicely--now each team has 8 members. :)

[Laura Lulu]

Free Space - 1/8 completed

Laura Lulu Queen of Shadows
Laurie Shadow Game
✔Diane Pleasure Unbound finished March 6 ★★★
Lili
Christina Queen of Shadows
Sarah Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Jen Shadowfever
Thenia Shadowfever


Part-Of-A-Series, G1 - 8/8 completed - Stamp Awarded!

✔Laura Lulu Unwind finished March 7 ★★★★★
✔Laurie Silver Borne finished March 12 ★★★★
✔Diane The Iron King finished March 8 ★★★
✔Lili Halfway to the Grave finished March 6 ★★★★★
✔Christina Paying the Virgin's Price finished March 12 ★★★★
✔Sarah The Dead-Tossed Waves finished March 12 ★★★★★
✔Jen Bonds of Justice finished March 8 ★★★★
✔Thenia Mockingjay finished March 6 ★★★★★


Shifters, I5 - 0/8 completed

Laura Lulu Iron Crowned
Laurie A Certain Wolfish Charm
Diane Morrigan's Cross OR The Demon You Know
Lili
Christina Kitty and the Midnight Hour
Sarah River Marked
Jen
Thenia

[Laura Lulu]

Thanks Steph & Sandra! We couldn't let your two teams get too far ahead of us. :)

Did I mention how excited I am? As Steph & Sandra know, and maybe the girls who played Round 1 might know this, but in Round 1, my team was the last to get our stamp, every time. So thank you ONEders! I'm not last anymore! Lol!