SOS: Serious Overload of Series discussion

Team #4
Captain: Eldarwen

Members:
Megan
Eldarwen
Leslie Ann

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Happy Reading!

Shelf Announcements ~ Check for the latest shelf announcement & review the requirements for each shelf
Captain's Log ~ Share team's card after you've stamped it
Ok to Stamp? ~ Request ok to stamp 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

Link to print a copy of your bingo card: https://bingobaker.com/#672009bcb99ec8d7

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Hi team, excited to play this round with you!

Hello hello!

Always happy to play SoS Bingo :-)

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TRACKING

#8 -
Megan -
Eldarwen -
Leslie Ann -



#7 -
Megan -
Eldarwen - Tempted by P.C. Cast |
Leslie Ann -



#6 - R - Roadtrip or reaper(s)
Megan - Dead in the Water by Agatha Frost |
Eldarwen - Palm Beach Finland by Antii Tuomainen |
Leslie Ann - Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones |



#5 - M - Moon or magic
Megan - A Cream of Passion by Nancy Warren |
Eldarwen - Was man bei Licht nicht sehen kann by Kerstin Gier |
Leslie Ann - The God of the Woods by Liz Moore | 5th Dec | Review | 4★



#4 - F - Fall or fae
Megan - The Awakening by Nora Roberts | 1st Dec | Review | 4.5★
Eldarwen - Late Eclipses by Seanan McGuire |
Leslie Ann - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe | 6th Dec | Review | 4★



#3 - J - Jack-o-lantern or jacket
Megan - The Pumpkin Spice Café by Laurie Gilmore | 11th Dec | Review | 2.5★
Eldarwen - Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz |
Leslie Ann - Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman | 22nd Nov | Review | 4★



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DONE #2 - S - September or shifter(s)
Megan - The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 4th Dec | Review | 4★
Eldarwen - Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews | 23rd Nov | Review | 4★
Leslie Ann - Fairy Tale by Stephen King | 15th Nov | Review | 5★



DONE - #1 - D - Drizzle or dragon(s)
Megan - Thunderlight by Adrienne Woods | 15th Nov | Review | 4★
Eldarwen - Die Magie der Drachen by Liane Mars | 3rd Dec | Review | 4★
Leslie Ann - The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein | 9th Nov | Review | 4★



DONE - #0 - Free Space
Megan - Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | 15th Nov | Review | 3.5★
Eldarwen - Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine | 17th Nov | Review | 3★
Leslie Ann - Web of Lies by Jennifer Estep | 10th Nov | Review | 4★

Any ideas on a team name?

I'm throwing in a couple:

Four Leaved Clovers
Four Real
Four Play

I'm not so good with the team names hehe.

If nobody else wants to captain, I can do that.

Eldarwen wrote: "Any ideas on a team name?

I'm throwing in a couple:

Four Leaved Clovers
Four Real
Four Play

I'm not so good with the team names hehe.

If nobody else wants to captain, I can do that."

I'm okay with you being captain- thanks for volunteering! :)

For team names:

Falling Four Books
Quad Squad
Four Seasons
Reading Four All Seasons
4-Ever Reading
A FOURce to Be Reckoned With
Four the Fun of It

I do like Four-Leaf Clovers too.

Falling Four Books has a nice ring to it :-)

Perhaps PM your missing team-mate. GR has screwed with the notifications.

And I suggest you tick the Notify me box if you haven't already, so you know when someone posts on your team thread.

I'll pm her.

Shelf #1 ~ 1 Nov: D - "Drizzle" or dragon(s)
Requirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...

* For "drizzle", read a book with rain on the cover, 'rain' or 'mist' in the title, series or author's name or a wet character on the cover

* For dragon(s), read a book found on one of these shelves: GR dragon, GR dragons or SOS dragon

I am here!!! Sorry been a busy fall!!!

Looking for a book now. !

Woohoo! :-)

The choice is so hard with dragon books, but I do love a good dragon book and so many have been published this year since it was Chinese year of the dragon. I've been in heaven - and have spent far too much money, but whatever. It's lovely dragon books hehehe.

I'll go through my shelves a little later and will then decide what I'll read for Dragons and Free Space.

I think I'll read for Free Space (#48 on the SOS BEST OF: Young Adult Fantasy Series) and for Dragon (shelved 30 times as dragon).

Selection Post
Free Space


Book: Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine
Pages: 538
How it fits: on the group's shelf

Selection Post
Shelf #1 ~ 1 Nov: D - "Drizzle" or dragon(s)
The Art of Racing in the Rain /Garth Stein
336 pages
Rain in title

We still need to decide on a team name :-)

And the captain question needs to be clarified as well - I started tracking so we have a bit of tracking for us and the mods, but Leslie Ann, you haven't weighed in yet, so...? :-)

Eldarwen wrote: "We still need to decide on a team name :-)

And the captain question needs to be clarified as well - I started tracking so we have a bit of tracking for us and the mods, but Leslie Ann, you haven't..."

I am totally open on names…
I prefer not to be captain this time..

Selection Post
Free Space
Web of Lies
On the UF list

Good choice on the Free Space book - that series gets better and better.

Alright, so we have the captain thing sorted. Which name would you all prefer to go with? :-)

Added you to Steph's edit list Eldarwen.

Sandra wrote: "Added you to Steph's edit list Eldarwen."

Thanks, Sandra!

Eldarwen wrote: "Falling Four Books has a nice ring to it :-)"

I liked this one too. :)

Added your team name :)

Perfect! :-)

Shelf call tonight, woohoo! :-D

Shelf #2 ~ 8 Nov: S - "September" or shifter(s)
Requirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...

* For "September", read a book published in the month of September within the last 4 years (2021-24); a book with an academia trope; or 'harvest' in the title or series name

* For shifter(s), read a book found on one of these shelves: GR shifter, GR shifters, SOS shifter or SOS were-shifter

Selection Post
Shelf #2 ~ 8 Nov: S - "September" or shifter(s)
Fairy Tale
First published September 6, 2022

Selection Post
S - September or shifter(s)


Book: Sweep of the Heart by Ilona Andrews
Pages: 454
How it fits: tagged shifters 47x and it's on SOS' shelves

Completion Post
Shelf #1 ~ 1 Nov: D - "Drizzle" or dragon(s)
The Art of Racing in the Rain /Garth Stein
336 pages
Rain in title
11/9/24
4 stars
Review.
I have had this book on my tbr for sometime. I am glad I finally read it. It is both a heartwarming and heartbreaking story. Told my Enzo and elderly dying dog. I recommend this book!

Selection Post
Shelf #2: "September" or shifter(s)

Book: The September House
Author: Carissa Orlando
Task: Read a book published in the month of September within the last 4 years
How it fits: First published September 5, 2023

Completion Post
Free Space
Web of Lies
11/10/24
4 stars
On the UF list
Review: It has been a while since I read this series. I thought the first book was just okay. Glad I returned. The second installment of this series was much better. I love Gin as a main character and her world is fascinating . I like most of the secondary characters except for Donovan. I will definitely be continuing on with this series, hopefully with not such a long gap

Mmhh, the second book is better than the first, and the series gets better with each book.

Shelf call tonight, woohoo! :-D


A little update on my reading:
I'm pretty much done except for the last chapter in "Bitter Blood" and I'm a nice chunk into "Sweep of the Heart".

I think I'm also finally decided which book to read for the Dragon shelf but since it may yet be subject to change, I will only post a selection post once I'm done with the other two and actually picking up a book haha.

I finished Thunderlight and am close to finishing Raised by Wolves, will post my completion posts tonight.

Completion Post
Shelf #2 ~ 8 Nov: S - "September" or shifter(s)
Fairy Tale
First published September 6, 2022
11/15/24
5 stars
Review:
I loved this book. It was a rather large book 537 pages. The story moved along and I never wanted to skip chapters ( my sign that I really don’t like what I am reading) Stephen King can weave a story like no one else. The main character is Charlie and I absolutely love him as a character. Great book.

Shelf #3 ~ 15 Nov: J - "Jack-o-lantern" or jacket
Requirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...

* For "Jack-o-lantern", read a book with a cover featuring a pumpkin, a halloween-themed read, or a character or author named 'Jack' or 'Jackie' (other spellings allowed: Jacky, Jacki, etc)

* For jacket shelf, read a book found on one of these shelves: GR cover love or SOS cover-leather-lace

Completion Post
Shelf #1: D - "Drizzle" or dragon(s)

Book: Thunderlight
Author: Adrienne Woods
Task: Dragon
How it fits: shelved 30 times as dragon
Date: 11/15
Rating: 4 stars
Review:
Completely surprised by the ending, (view spoiler)[the Elena twist - not(view spoiler)[ Paul being evil, that I expected (hide spoiler)] (hide spoiler)] not at all what I was expecting. I really want to read the next book in the series to know what's going to happen next!

Completion Post
Shelf: Free Space

Book: Raised by Wolves
Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Task: Free Space
How it fits: #48 on the SOS BEST OF: Young Adult Fantasy Series
Date: 11/15
Rating: 3.5 stars
Review:
This was a quick read that I enjoyed reading. Bronwyn was an okay heroine and I liked how she was able to find the loopholes in the commands. I'm curious to see what the next two books bring and think I'll read them sometime soon.

Selection Post
Shelf #3: J - "Jack-o-lantern" or jacket

Book: A Thousand Pieces of You
Author: Claudia Gray
Task: Jacket
How it fits: #7 on GR cover love list (shelved 161 times as cover-love)

Selection Post
J - "Jack-o-lantern" or jacket


Book: Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz
Pages: 338
How it fits: tagged "cover love" 34x

Selection Post
Shelf #3 ~ 15 Nov: J - "Jack-o-lantern" or jacket
Aurora Rising
Tagged 44 times as cover love

Those covers are indeed quite cool and it's a really good trilogy. I had fun reading it :-)

Completion Post
Free Space


Book: Bitter Blood by Rachel Caine
Pages: 538
Date Read: 17th November 2024
Rating: 3 stars
How it fits: on the group's shelf
Review:
Not quite as good as the others but still a decent instalment in the series. The back-and-forth with Claire and Shane and their trust issues is starting to bug me, and I'm sincerely hoping this was the last time I had to read about their drama in that area. Then again, only two more books left in the series, so there definitely is hope. This also could sort of read like an ending to the series, with a bit of an open end as it is now, but it could have rounded off the series quite nicely with one extra chapter or potentially an epilogue (a decently written one!).

Aaaand our Free Space stamp has been requested :-)

😊 WTG! Your request to stamp Free Space has been approved; if you have any issues stamping your card, let me know. Once you’ve stamped your card, go to the Captain’s Log and share a link with us. Thx!