BINGO R5 | Discussion Thread

[Mary X]

I'm worried if there's a Zombie category. I'm not really into Zombie books. But I like the Felix Castor series and he has a Zombie friend. But if I remember correctly, my library doesn't have the one I'm up to in that series and it may or may not shelved as zombie.

Which may be a moot point if there's no zombie catagory.

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

♡ Sassy ~ Amy ♡ wrote: "Sandra wrote: "As long as the freebie is at least 200 pages long, and so many efreebies are shorter than that. Otherwise, a great idea."

What about... if it's shorter, read 2??"

No Amy, I think pick another book. LOL

[Mary X]

OK it looks like they changed how it looks when you click on a shelf name on a book to see what other books are on that shelf. Now it just brings up a page with the newest releases and the ones with the most recent reads.

What happened to it bringing up all the books on that shelf? Or am I missing how to get it to do that?

[D.G.]

Yes, I guess they change it so when you click on a shelf from a book page, it's taken you to the 'Genre' page, not the shelf.

So now we can't click there to go to a genre shelf but only click on the links provided by Steph.

[AH]

Mary wrote: "I'm worried if there's a Zombie category. I'm not really into Zombie books. But I like the Felix Castor series and he has a Zombie friend. But if I remember correctly, my library doesn't have th..."

Working Stiffby Rachel Caine fits the zombie genre but isn't a gross read - its more of a conspiracy thriller with big bad pharma as the villain. I wouldn't worry - there's usually a book for everyone on those shelves.

[Julianne]

I'm dying for the shelves too. I keep stalking all the Bingo threads.

[Valerie]

★Meghan★ wrote: "I like to be able to have a few books lined up that way I can make sure I have something for all shelves. I know that last round the hardest for me was "sci-fi romance""

Yeah, I did the same thing last round. :) I also might be taking a trip next month, so... fingers crossed that shelves are up soon!

[★Meghan★]

Valerie wrote: "★Meghan★ wrote: "I like to be able to have a few books lined up that way I can make sure I have something for all shelves. I know that last round the hardest for me was "sci-fi romance""

Yeah, I ..."

Yeah I will be moving at the end of this month/early next month so I won't really be able to get to some of my books. Luckily I will have a lot through my phone, but I would like to plan ahead.

[[deleted user]]

I just like to be organised and know my list of reads are ready to go :0) This is my first ever game of Shelf Bingo, and i'm also excited to be meeting some new Team Mates.

[[deleted user]]

Ohh, I missed the cut. Silly distracted me. Good game everyone!

[Steph Ann]

Is it wrong that my first thought when my boyfriend asked if I wanted to go see a movie Sunday night was, "But that's the day Bingo starts, and I planned on reading til True Blood started." I did not say that out loud to him though. :)

[★Meghan★]

Haha! I just tell my boyfriend silly things like that and her shakes his head at me :)

[Lis]

Oh ya.... Let the pre-mature chanting start...

shelf! shelf! Shelf! Shelf! Shelf! SHelf! SHelf! SHElf! SHElf! SHElf! SHELf! SHELf! SHELF! SHELF!

[Jeann (Happy Indulgence)]

Lol I did actually tell my bf how excited I was about Bookshelf Bingo starting this weekend, and he just pretended that he knew all about it lol

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Hi, everyone!
Time for a status update:

- Sign-up is officially closed, however if anyone would like to be added to the stand-by list please let me know. I will call on you if a player is unable to continue and/or does not check-in weekly, as required, so you must be willing to jump in if needed. Thanks!

- I am pending a final RSVP from: Jenny, Lili and Juana. I have sent an event invite/PM to all requesting their RSVP. As soon as I hear back from them I will shuffle players for team assignments and create team threads. I'll post an update on this thread letting everyone know team threads are up.

-- As I mentioned earlier, there are several players who have the same name. I will be adding your original sign-up post # next to your name on the team threads, so that you know which team you are on.

Our dup names are:
Amy (Sassy)
Amy (Lover of Books)
Cathy x 2
Dawn
Dawn (Kat N Hat)
Heather x 2
Jennifer x 2 & Jennifer J
Kate x 2 (1 Kate and 1 Kat)
Lisa x 2
StephB & Steph Ann
Valerie
Valerie (Val Hall)

For those who have a call sign next to your name, I will use that instead of your post #. For those that are similar, such as Steph Ann and I, I will simply post StephB and Steph Ann. If you are still uncertain which team you are on, please ask and I'll let ya know.

- I have decided NOT to have a freebie/loaner/library shelf in this round. HOWEVER, please remember that the "personal" shelves are open for players to choose books from their personal stash, borrow from the library, or steal borrow from a friend. REMEMBER: the books must be 200+ pages and no graphic novels are allowed. The mods and I will discuss the possibility of including that shelf in a future round. Thanks for the suggestion, AH!

- Assuming all goes as planned and I am able to get the rest of the prep done in time, we will have our first shelf announcement on Sunday, 17 June. As always, I will not be sharing shelf links prior to their announcement, but you are welcome to scope out the shelf names on the bingo cards once they are posted to the team threads.

Thanks again to everyone for your interest in BSB! We look forward to another fun-filled round!

[Leah]

Thanks for all your hard work Steph, I'm really excited for this round!!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

You're welcome. I'm excited about it as well. :D

[Steph, Serious series addict]

:) It's my pleasure. I enjoyed it too. Thanks to everyone for joining us!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Steph Ann wrote: "Is it wrong that my first thought when my boyfriend asked if I wanted to go see a movie Sunday night was, "But that's the day Bingo starts, and I planned on reading til True Blood started." I did n..."

Steph Ann the shelves are announced Japan time so it will probably be Saturday night your time.

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Yep, most likely. Players can use the time zone converter to figure out what time it will be in their time zone when it is 0800(ish) Japan Standard Time. I try to post the shelf announcement Sunday morning (between 0dark30 and 10a) my time.

[Susan (susayq ~)]

I'm getting a little excited about this since it's my first time playing! But I do have a question...are the free shelf rules the same this round as the last one?

[Steph, Serious series addict]

Hi, Susan. Yes, the fee space rules are the same. They can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5...

If you have any questions let me know. :)

[Reminder: free space books can be read anytime after the game has begun]

[Susan (susayq ~)]

Thanks, Steph!

[D.G.]

Oh we have shelves! Woohoo! Looking forward to meeting my teammates!

[Steph, Serious series addict]

You're welcome, Susan. :)

[Steph, Serious series addict]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Oh we have shelves! Woohoo! Looking forward to meeting my teammates!"

Have two RSVPs pending, then I'll shuffle and post teams. :)

[Steph Ann]

Sandra wrote: "Steph Ann the shelves are announced Japan time so it will probably be Saturday night your time."

That is true! I'd forgotten about that. I'm still not feeling the need to see The Avengers for the third time in the theater (no matter how much I like watching Robert Downey Jr.), but at least I can get some reading in beforehand if my boyfriend really insists on seeing it again. :)

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

;) Steph Ann, at least you get to go out. LOL

[D.G.]

Well, I checked the shelves and I think I have books for all of them! I thought psychic was going to give me problems but then I found out that the Psy-Changeling series and Sookie fit the bill and I haven't read the latest books.

Also, I recently got a romance freebie that's on the sci-fi romance shelf so I'm good to go there. :)

The only issue with the dark fantasy shelf is that most of the books I have are really long but I haven't checked everything so I may find something shorter.

[Steph Ann]

lol, true. His and my movie tastes don't always align, but I will say he is willing to go to movies he has absolutely no interest in (e.g., The Artist, Prometheus), so I feel I should return the favor, which is why I'll most likely be watching Ghost Rider 2 with him this weekend at some point. :)

[[deleted user]]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Well, I checked the shelves and I think I have books for all of them! I thought psychic was going to give me problems but then I found out that the Psy-Changeling series and Sookie fit the bill and..."

Newbie question, sorry if it has been asked before, but where do we check the shelves so I can get an idea of what's on there as you have done, sorry if I've missed the link already

[D.G.]

Ana - Steph opened the Team threads and the shelves are posted there. We won't know which team we belong until later but at least we can see which shelves will be in play if you click on any of the team threads. :)

[Sherri]

LOL! I haven't even looked at the shelves yet, but I KNOW I have books for all of them since I have WAY TOO MANY books. :-)

[D.G.]

Sherri wrote: "LOL! I haven't even looked at the shelves yet, but I KNOW I have books for all of them since I have WAY TOO MANY books. :-)"

LOL, Sherri!!

[Sandra, Kindle Operator Licence Required]

Yep, Me Too Sherri.

[[deleted user]]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Ana - Steph opened the Team threads and the shelves are posted there. We won't know which team we belong until later but at least we can see which shelves will be in play if you click on any of the..."

Found them, thanks x

[Mary X]

Thanks for putting up the shelves. Now I can see if there's one I'm going to have to acquire something for somewhere.

[Mary X]

Dumb question: what do the starred shelves mean? Are those actual shelves or are they for us to pick a book that fits that category for us? Or are they just starred because they're new to the game shelves?

And yay, no zombies! Most of these are shelves I already have myself.

ETA: I'm confused: Favorite Supe isnt' a shelf. So does that mean to read a book with your favorite supe? And does it have to be a favorite type of supe or a book from a series you've already been reading?.

[Regina]

Anything that would qualify as your favorite supernatural. For example, last round my favorite supe book involved a zombie. And it was a new book/series to me.

[Valerie ~ Val Hall ~]

Mary, in BSB round 4 the starred shelves were up to the reader's choice. So for instance favorite Supe would be that you have to read a book featuring a supernatural being of your choice (vampire, werewolves, goblin, faeries....)....from your own personal shelves or TBR pile.

[D.G.]

Mary - The starred shelves are personal shelves (a change that happened in the last round.) For these shelves, you just pick a book that fit that category and you don't have to pick from a particular shelf.

So for instance, for *Series Catch-Up, you'll just read a book from a series you already started (at least that's my interpretation, LOL!)

[Mary X]

I was hoping that's what the meant. So if my fave kind of supe is a dragon shifter than I can just read a dragon shifter book.

I was confused because favorite-supe wasn't a shelf but series catch-up is a shelf.

[[deleted user]]

Another Newbie question. I know that the New2you series is a series you have read no books from, but is the other shelf New Series for a new series to you or when the first book in a series has been published recently??

[★Meghan★]

Ok Ann Willow...here is the easiest way to do it. Anything that doesn't have the asterisks (*) before the shelf name is something that you actually have to pick from the "shelf" itself. The ones with the asterisks (*) are personal shelves which allow you to basically fit anything you want as long as it fits into that category for you. (If that makes sense.)

There are two ways to look and see if a book fits on a "shelf".

Option 1:
You can go to this link: http://www.goodreads.com/shelf
From there you can type in the shelf name at the top and see if your book is on that shelf or pick from the many on the shelves. (I personally like to pick from the many on the shelves.)

Option 2:
You can go the book-you-want-to-read's main Goodreads page and under "Genres", click "see top shelves". This will show you all the shelves that the book has been "shelved" under. If you find the one that was called for that week, you are in luck. Sometimes it could be many people that "shelved" it and sometimes it is only 1 person that "shelved" it. Last round I found a book I wanted to read with the shelf under page 27 or 28...it took forever to find. :)

Hope this helps you understand a little bit better :)

***Just another note! I am excited! I found at least 10 books to fit into each shelf :) And I own each and every one. What is even worse is that I haven't read any of them :)

[D.G.]

Great explanation, ★Meghan★. :)

Something else to add is just because YOU wouldn't put a book under a particular shelf, doesn't mean that anybody else wouldn't. For instance, 8 people have shelved Dark Lover under 'magic' which I'd never do. So it's best to take take a broad approach when you are looking for a book to fit a shelf.

[Dawn (Kat N Hat)]

★Meghan★, thanks for the link. That helped alot with the bookshelves that I don't currently have.

Can't wait for teams to be posted.

[[deleted user]]

Brilliant, thank you girls, that's helped alot. I don't have many e-books, so trying to fit the ones I have to as many shelves as I can. I've been to my local library today and i can get some books for Bingo, but their selection is very poor due to it being so small and old. The rest I will purchase. Really looking forward to starting now :0)

[Susan (susayq ~)]

D.G. ~Shameless Hussy~ wrote: "Great explanation, ★Meghan★. :)

Something else to add is just because YOU wouldn't put a book under a particular shelf, doesn't mean that anybody else wouldn't. For instance, 8 people have shelved..."

There were quite a few tagged with labels I'd never have thought to put them on. I guess it's just best to dig through the shelf and see what's there.

[Paris]

Thank you ladies so much for all of this. I'm a newbie this round and was starting to get a little nervous, but reading your explanations about the shelves and all that, I'm totally not nervous anymore. I cannot wait for teams to be announced and for Sunday to get here. I'm ready to go!

[Mary X]

If you are looking at a specific book to see if it's on a shelf. When looking at the shelves: use Ctrl/F and put the shelf name in the Find box. It'll alert you if that word is on that page. Much faster than looking at all the shelves especially when some books have many pages of shelves.