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Team 7 - Reading in Seventh Heaven

Captain: Karen ��
Sarah
Logan
LaurLa
Jen K
Diane ~Firefly~



Bonus Points:
Earned: 4
Used: 4

Helpful Links:

Dice Roll: (2 dice on Fridays, US Central Time)
R15 SS Post Your Spot
R15 SS Discussion Thread

Time Zone Converter:

ALTERNATE LIST:
**titles exclude leading articles (a, an, the)

2. Author 'G'
3. Title 'O'
4. Number in the Title (Third Grave Dead Ahead or Every Fifteen Minutes)
5. Cover Item: Building
6. Asia
7. Author 'Z'
8. LGBTQ+
9. Book with a funeral in it
10. Set on an island
11. Title 'I'
12. Cover: Blue
13. Set in the future
14. Title 'M'
15. Author uses their middle name/initial (e.g. Robert J. Sawyer, Rita Mae Brown)
16. Cover Item: Food/Drink
17. MC has at least one child
18. Three Word Title (excludes articles like A, An, The) Behind Closed Doors or Etched in Bone
19. Cover Item: Jewelry
20. Author uses a pseudonym
21. Europe
22. Title 'S'
23. Cover Item: Book
24. MC is in their 20's
25. Book with a wedding in it
26. Cover: Red
27. Debut Novel or Debut Author
28. Author 'T'
29. Cover Item: Mode of Transportation
30. Title 'F'
31. Set in a Fictional Location/Universe
32. MC has a pet
33. Cover Item: Money or other form of payment
34. Non-Fiction
35. Two Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) Deadly Silence, The Hunger Games
36. Author 'E'
37. Set anytime between 1600-1900
38. Title 'Y'
39. Four or More Words Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet or Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
40. Set in the 20th century
41. Author 'L'
42. Cover Item: Hands/Arms/Feet/Legs (no other body parts visible)
43. Cover: Purple
44. Set in a place you've visited
45. Published 2021
46. Cover Item: One person
47. Seasonal Theme (i.e Christmas, Halloween etc)
48. Cover: Brown
49. Title 'P'
50. Fantasy
51. Book to Movie/TV (must state how book qualifies: listopia, imdb, precis)
52. Published 2023
53. Cover Item: Weapon
54. Young Adult/New Adult
55. Book that a teammate rated 5 stars
56. Author 'G'
57. Published 2016-2020
58. Cover Item: Furniture
59. Originally published in a language other than English
60. GR average rating >4.0
61. Cover: Yellow/Gold
62. Author 'B'
63. Less than 100 ratings
64. Oceania
65. Science Fiction
66. Published the year you were born
67. Africa
68. Set in space
69. Cover Item: Lamp/Candle
70. Published 2022
71. Cover: Orange
72. Title has a subtitle
73. Set sometime before 1600
74. Cover Item: Hat/Helmet/Other Headwear
75. MC is older than 60
76. Title 'W'
77. MC travels by train
78. Title 'D'
79. School/College/University setting
80. Cover Item: Two or more people
81. Mystery/Thriller
82. Author 'J'
83. MC travels by airplane
84. Published 2001-2010
85. South America
86. Cover Item: Water
87. Award Winner (must state which/when)
88. Cover: Green
89. Cover Item: Animal
90. Author 'B'
91. Published 1950-1999
92. Cover: White
93. Re-read
94. Published before 1950
95. Title 'F'
96. Published 2011-2015
97. Cover Item: Sun/Moon
98. Several authors
99. Cover: Black
100. Title 'R'
101. New to You Author
102. Cover Item: Umbrella/Parasol
103. Cover: Pink
104. Favorite Author
105. Author 'C'
106. One Word Title (excluding articles like A, An, The) The Witness or Divergent
107. Romance
108. Title 'N'
109. North America
110. Author 'H'
111. Title 'V'
112. Author 'S'

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�� Communication is key. Please make sure to check in regularly with your team.

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�� The team's captain is its chief organizer. This includes rolling the dice, posting the team's new spot to the team thread and the Post Your Spot thread, collecting links to team members' review posts in a single post to be linked in the Post Your Spot thread, doublechecking that books and review posts comply with requirements, reminding team members to post their reviews in time if necessary, etc.

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�� Instead of having everything handled by a single team captain, teams can also choose two co-captains to handle the workload.

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Hey team! Excited for another round of the super series challenge!

Hi all - lot's of familiar 'faces'!! Can't wait to start - one my favorite challenges!

Hi team, excited for this!

Hi, everyone! Love this challenge!

Hey team!! I'm so excited to play with you all!

Hi Team! I'm so excited to join you all in this challenge! I've played before and have missed it so much!

Remember to pick a captain! :)

Not it!

If no one else wants to, I can be captain.

I'd prefer not to captain this round.

Thank you Karen for volunteering!! My work travel makes the commitment difficult.

I was going to mention that I can't be captain, so thank you so much Karen for volunteering for the position!

Thank you Karen!

Does anyone have an idea for a team name?

Our first roll is:

Week 1: 4+6=10

Can read:
Standalone, #1 or #10 in series or Alternate: 10. Set on an island

Karen �� wrote: "Does anyone have an idea for a team name?"

Hmm I was thinking something starting with or alliteration with S since we're team seven and we're doing SS.

Super Seven
Story Squad
Series Squad


I'm having trouble with any of those lol

or we can go in a completely different direction.

Page Pirates
Lit Lovers
Book Bandits

First Roll Selection Post

I'll read Assistant to the Villain by Hanna Nicole Maehrer which is the first in the Assistant to the Villain series.

Team name... some ideas


The Reading 24/7s or something similar?
Seven Day Wonders
Reading in Seventh Heaven

I'll be reading Extra Credit #1 Fun Love series. I assume we can start and finish a book today? I started this morning but it's shortish so probably will finish today too.

Seven Day Readers?

Noting that I see the awesome role! I've been on a work trip the last 3 weeks and fly home today. I'm deciding between two books and will confirm when home tomorrow.

Okay, great team names...so could everyone vote on the suggestions. They are:

Super Seven
Story Squad
Series Squad
Page Pirates
Lit Lovers
Book Bandits
The Reading 24/7s
Seven Day Wonders
Reading in Seventh Heaven
Seven Day Readers

I'll vote for Reading in Seventh Heaven

I'm fine with any of them. But if I had to choose, I would want to be a Book Bandit

I'm on board with Diane, I'd like to be a Book Bandit too

I like Reading in Seventh Heaven but of course majority rules, so I'm good with whatever!

Completion Post ♾️ Week 1
Spot ♾️10


Book ♾️ Extra Credit
How it fits ♾️ #1 Fun Love series
Date Read ♾️ 02.16 ★★��
Review
This was an okay first read. It was fun and I liked reading about Chelle's escapades with putting on a socially conscious modern version of "Oliver" but the author's tone towards the 'granola' or 'crunchy' lifestyle, as she called it, was a little much. I mean I understand there are those who take it very far and the author exaggerated it somewhat for comedic affect but I felt like she didn't give equal time to those that have want to authentically live their best life, however that it is. Those that might into that lifestyle probably would be offended in the tone, ridicule and sarcasm I felt coming from the book. But the love story was pretty good and Will's daughter was adorable.

Selection Post Week 1

A Song Below Water
A Song Below Water #1

I'm fine with either name... flip a coin?

I like Reading in 7th Heaven too, but I'm good with a coin flip too :)

I'm reading Rules of Prey by John Sandford, #1 in the Lucas Davenport series.

Okay, we will flip a coin since we seem pretty evenly split between Book Bandit & Reading in Seventh Heaven.

Heads for Book Bandit and Tails for Seventh Heaven.

Tails came up so it's Reading in Seventh Heaven.

COMPLETION POST - Week 1

Diane - /topic/show/...
Jen K - /topic/show/...
Karen - /topic/show/...
LaurLa - /topic/show/...
Logan - /topic/show/...
Sarah - /topic/show/...

Selection Post week 1, spot 10
Six Feet Deep Dish
Six Feet Mystery #1

COMPLETION POST - Week 1 - SPOT #10


Book/Author: Falling Hard Blair Babylon
Date Read: 2/17/24
Pages: 186
Rating: ****
How It Fits: #1 in Series: Billionaires in Disguise: Lizzy
Review: I enjoyed the first book in this series even though it has a major cliffhanger. Lizzy meets Theo, who wants to take things verrry slowly. She really likes him but then meets Mannix who comes on very strong. We get left hanging with a pretty big shocker at the end of this book. Definitely reading on.

COMPLETION POST - Week 1 - SPOT #10

book: Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley
finished: 2/18/24
pgs: 311
how it fits: book 1 of Deep Dish Mystery series
rating: 3 stars
review: Delilah's aunt's caretaker is murdered the night of opening her new deep dish pizza place and to keep it afloat and help her aunt, Delilah starts investigating. (view spoiler)[ Turns out the caretaker was drugging her aunt and involved in a prescription drug ring (hide spoiler)] Was a good start to the series, although the MC was a bit annoying, but the rest of the characters were good.

Completion Post - Week 1
Spot: 10

Book: Rules of Prey by John Sandford
Pages: 479
Finished: 2/19/24
How it fits: Lucas Davenport series #1
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Review:

I was nervous going in as some other folks buddy reading this series didn't care for it. I thought it was a nice police procedural with a fascinating killer. It's very dated, not only in technology but with derogatory language and views of anyone not a cishet white male. Lucas is a womanizer who says he wants to be a dad and marry his baby mama, yet he continues to sleep with another woman the whole time. It felt very against character so it makes me curious how that evolves in future books. I can see why he would be unlikable as a pompous cop who gets away with a lot of illegal activity, but somehow I found him endearing in a Harry Bosch kind of way.

Remember to make sure your completion post includes a review.

Week 1
Spot: 10

Book: A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
Qualification: A Song Below Water #1
Finished: 19 February 2024
Rating: ★★★★

Review:
Tavia is a typical teenager trying to figure out boys, mean girls and parents that don't understand but she is also a siren in a society that fears sirens. It doesn't help that all sirens are black girls and women. Struggling to become herself and hide herself, her one bright spot is her BFF and "sister" Effie. Effie is similarly struggling to figure out who she is while looking for a missing father. When a violent boyfriend is set free after killing his girlfriend because she was a siren, it sets in motion the push that both girls need better find themselves and their strengths.

I really appreciate how fantasy can take on real life issues and push them a bit farther to explore injustice and bias. Many fear a siren even when so few have committed any crime but the fear is the potential of these black women. There was definitely more than enough teenage angst and unnecessary miscommunication but I appreciated the girls coming of age and I really LOVED the gargoyle. If only we could all have a gargoyle to watch over us.

Completion Post
Week: 1
Spot: 10



Book: Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
How it Fits: #1 in Assistant to the Villain series
Pages: 340 pgs
Read: 2.21.24
Rating: 4 stars
Review:

This book has been highly recommended by so many people. It is funny, cute, and a light quick read. It is very slow burn, this isn't a smutty romance. I don't know why I thought it was initially, so I was just a smidge disappointed that it wasn't. I kept going back and forth between a three and a four stars. The ending is what pushed it to a four for me. I think it was a lot of fun to read, but it's not something I'd read over and over. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

Karen �� wrote: "Remember to make sure your completion post includes a review."

Thanks again for the reminder! I've updated my post.

LaurLa wrote: "Karen �� wrote: "Remember to make sure your completion post includes a review."

Thanks again for the reminder! I've updated my post."

No problem, LaurLa.

Just trying to remember, since we are all complete you can roll first thing Fri morning or can you roll early?

Tonight after midnight, we can roll. So I'll have it posted around 12:30 am Central time. I'm a night owl...lol

Did we roll?