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Team #11
Captain: Sarah

Members:
Marisa
Lis
Sarah

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Happy Reading!

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Hiya, Team Caps! Thanks for volunteering to guide your team through a round of BookShelf Bingo!
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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:

Hello, my name is Marisa and I live in Madrid (Spain), what it means that I'll always see the themes on Friday Morning ;)

Glad to know you (please, if I've played with some of you and I don't remember it... excuse me, Dory has more memory than me....) and hoping for a long and entertaining game (and winning, of course...).

BTW, has anybody was tempted, looking at the card, to remove glasses and see if they see right the letters....

Team 11

Free Space
Lis: Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs 4 Stars Review
Marisa: People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle 4 Stars Review
Sarah: Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh 4 Stars Review

Shelf #1: "O" - "Outside" or Oracle(s)
Lis: Archangel's Lineage by Nalini Singh 4.5 Stars Review
Marisa: Hammered by Lindsay Buroker 4 Stars Review
Sarah: Wolfsong by T.J. Klune 5 Stars Review

Shelf #2: "V" - "Vernal Equinox" or Vampire(s)
Lis: The Beloved by J.R. Ward 4.5 Stars Review
Marisa: Sweeter Than Wine by Bianca D'Arc 4 Stars Review
Sarah: Archangel's Light by Nalini Singh 5 Stars Review

Shelf #3: "M" - "Mardi Gras" or Magic
Lis: Hallows End by Kristen Proby 3 Stars Review
Marisa: A Face to Die for by Andrea Kane 4 Stars Review
Sarah: Archangel's Resurrection by Nalini Singh 4 Stars Review

Shelf #4: "G" - "Green" or Gargoyle(s)
Lis: Conquer the Kingdom by Jennifer Estep 4 Stars Review
Marisa: The Gargoyle Gets His Girl by Kristen Painter 3.5 StarsReview
Sarah: Ravensong by T.J. Klune 4 Stars Review

Shelf #5: "S" - "Spring Break" or Shifter(s)
Lis: Wolfsong by T.J. Klune 3 Stars Review
Marisa: Mind Changer by James White 4.5 Stars Review
Sarah: Bride by Ali Hazelwood

Shelf #6: "F" - "Forward" or Fae
Lis: Killer's Kiss by Keri Arthur 4.5 Stars Review
Marisa: The Line Between Here and Gone by Andrea Kane 4 Stars Review
Sarah: Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 4 Stars Review

Shelf #7: "J" - "Jasmine" or Jacket
Lis: House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas 4 Stars Review
Marisa: The Waiting Game by Jayne Ann Krentz 2.5 Stars Review
Sarah: Gold by Raven Kennedy

Shelf #8: "Q" - "Quicken" or Queen
Lis: One Cursed Rose by Rebecca Zanetti 3 Stars Review
Marisa: Dragon of Her Dreams by Bianca D'Arc 5 Stars Review
Sarah: The Fae Princes by Nikki St. Crow 3 Stars Review

Shelf #9: "P" - "Pruning" or PNR
Lis: Reaper by Suzanne Wright 4 Stars Review
Marisa: String of Tears by Dale Mayer 4.5 Stars Review
Sarah: Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare

Shelf #10: "C" - "Clean" or Cyberpunk
Lis: The Noose of a New Moon by Helen Harper 3 Stars Review
Marisa:
Sarah:

Hi again Sarah! Back to back teamies!! Hi Marisa!!

I’m on EST time zone, near Pittsburgh PA in the US.

@Sarah I’m good with you as Captain if you’re interested.

This week is super crazy, so I may be a bit quiet. I have two kids in school. Kid #2 has prom on Friday, and kid#1 graduates with a BS in Biology on Saturday and will be headed to Illinois in the fall for another 4 years for her DVM/ veterinary medicine. Super proud of this kid.

Bright side�� Empty nesting makes time for reading!! Yay!

I will try to hop on later tonight with some name ideas.

Lis! I thought it might be you but I didn't want to assume! Yay!


I'll go ahead and be Captain since we've already had a shelf call.

And we can still brainstorm team names.

I'm going to use my original post as our shelf log.

Shelf #1 ~ 8 May: O - "Outside" or oracle
Requirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...

* For "Outside", read a book with author's first or last name beginning with 'O', a cover with outside image (ie: trees, buildings, vehicles, etc) or 'outside' in title or series name

* For oracle, read a book found on one of these shelves: GR oracle, GR oracles or SOS oracle

Selection Post
O Space

I will be reading Gothikana by RuNyx. The cover has a building, trees, a gate and various other "outside" items.

Selection Post
Free Space

I will be reading Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh it is on the SOS Booshelf.

Hello, totally good with Sarah as captain :D And just a comment... I don't usually make a post for selected books... as it's a way of jinxing them and to have to change it :(
About names.... 7:30 AM, sorry, any name is going to be related to sleep and coffee. I can try to think something later in the day.

Sarah, one comment. The link in the post for GR oracles shelves goes to half-oracles shelf (empty).

The correct GR Oracles link is : GR oracles

Added you to the Captain's list for Steph, Sarah.

I'll make the correction.

Sorry if I'm a little slow to respond for a bit we found a newborn kitten and we are trying to take care of it. Never done it before so it's taking a lot of learning and caring for the little guy.

Sarah wrote: "I'll make the correction.

Sorry if I'm a little slow to respond for a bit we found a newborn kitten and we are trying to take care of it. Never done it before so it's taking a lot of learning and ..."

Ouuuuu! 😍 Take care of the kitten, that's the first thing.

Selection Post
Free Space

Book: People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle
Pages: 320
Option: 2 (A book within a series found on one of SOS' member-generated BEST OF lists: PNR series)

Selection Post
Shelf 1: O

Book: Hammered by Lindsay Buroker
Pages: 297
How it fits: Buildings, a storm and a motorbike in the cover

SOS R25 ~ Selection Post ~ Shelf 1: Outside

Book: Archangel's Lineage by Nalini Singh
Pages: 378
How it fits: Outside mountains and a tree in the background on cover

Luckily I had several books release around the same time and marked this to start but never got to it quite yet�� happy it fits the first shelf. I’ll be listening to this in audio.

SOS R25 Bingo Selection Post ~ Free Space



Book: The Beloved by J.R. Ward
Pages: 432

Another new release I didn’t get a chance to start yet��. I’m slacking on getting after these must read authors. Got sucked into a 7 book apocalyptic series by Kyla Stone at the end of April and couldn’t stop to read my usual favorite authors. But I have a list of materials and supplies needed for life after an EMP event. 😂🤣

I love when the things we already have planned fit right in lol. I happened to get Gothikana out from the library on a whim and it fits.

Sorry, see we are team nameless�� and I’m late with suggestions. Here are some team names via AI. We can use any variation or go back to the beginning. Getting it started.

My more favorable from the lists provided or some variation of could be used.

Eleven Book Babes Brigade
The Eleven Literary Goddesses
Eleven Wonder Women of Words
Eleven Bookish Trio
The Eleven Story Stalkers
Eleven Diva Readers
The Eleven Page Princesses
Eleven Fictional Femme Fatales
Lit Lovers Eleven
Eleven Lit Lovers

The Eleven-fearful Readers
Eleven Lit �� (something)
The Eleven Sexy Scribes
Triple Eleven Bookworms
Eleven She-Readers and a dream
The Eleven Lady Lit Lovers

The Page-Turning Eleven
Eleven Chapters Deep
Bookish Elevens
Literary Eleven
Eleven Minds Unbound
The Eleventh Page Turners
Eleven Literary Voyagers
The Novel Eleven

Then asked for funny

Eleven Book Nerds and a Cat
Eleven Shades of Bookworms
Eleven Lit AF Folks
The Eleven Chapter Champs
Eleven Punny Pages
The Eleven Plot Twisters
Eleven Bookish Trio
The Eleven Story Stalkers

I like "Eleven Fictional Femme Fatales" and "Eleven Book Nerds and a Cat" (cat is a very proper data now :) )

Either one works for me

Just a thought��. What if we use a double L word but sub with 11.

We11-Read Belles and a cat

Fictional Book Be11es and a cat

The Thrill-Fi11ers and a cat

Well-Read Fi11ies and a cat

I like "Fictional Book Be11es and a cat", and "We11-Read Be11es and a cat" as a second.

@Sarah is the tie breaker. Both work for me��. 😊

And how’s the kitten doing?

I like We11-Read Be11es and a Cat


The kitten is doing well so far! He's doubled in size and we are getting used to bottle-feeding and learning his preferences lol. He's stubborn and a fighter which is good. If I can figure out how to post photos I'll share a few of him. We've had him a week and his eyes are finally opening. Cats are born deaf and blind. My boyfriend is pretty sure he was only just born the day he found him and then abandoned. We had trouble at first with him latching on the bottle so we think maybe that's why mom left him behind.

Glad the kitten is doing well! I'm sure you're will be happy when bottle-feeding is more distant :D
And we already have name ;)

Yay! Happy to hear your kitten is thriving. What color is the fur baby?

Not sure if you’re a Facebooker��. But there’s a Pet Vet Corner group that you could search on feeding and caring for newborn kittens. You can ask questions to the vets. But they are super picky about posts. But you can probably find answers without posting if you look.

I don't really use FB all that much but I'll look into it. Thanks for suggesting it!

He's an orange baby. I think he'll have some white too, but won't know for sure until he's a bit bigger as he's still filling out his fur.

And added your name :)

Glad the kittie is doing so well!

Sandra wrote: "And added your name :)

Glad the kittie is doing so well!"

Thank you Sandra!

Orange tabbies are fun�� they have just a little bit more sass 😂🤣. My daughter has chosen an orange tabby kitten to take with her to vet school. ❤️🐈

Lis wrote: "Orange tabbies are fun�� they have just a little bit more sass 😂🤣. My daughter has chosen an orange tabby kitten to take with her to vet school. ❤️🐈"

We have a 7 monthish old orangie already and he's quite the character lol I completely know what you mean by the sass.

Completion Post



Book: Archangel's Sun by Nalini Singh
Shelf: Free space
How it Fits: on SOS Bookshelf
Pages: 360
Rating: 4 Stars
Read: 5.14.24
Review:

I always enjoy another book in the Guild Hunter series so it's really no surprise to me that I gave it 4 stars. However, I think I have mixed feelings about it. I really wanted more about the reborn and everything else that goes with that. Especially after what Titus and Sharine uncover. I wanted more overall plot development. This feelings like filler in that we get a romance between Titus and Sharine and a little bit of information about the overall world involving the Guild Hunters. I like the development of Sharine over the course of the book. But I think this is just more of a build up/background for the next book which features Illium who is Sharine's son. I am very much looking forward to the next book and have been for awhile in the series (as I'm sure others have as well).

Completion Post
Free Space
Book: People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle
Pages: 320
Option: 2 (A book within a series found on one of SOS' member-generated BEST OF lists: PNR series)
Read: 12/05/2024
Rating: ★★★★



Review

A new book in Harmony and a new dust-bunny. I don't know, I've liked this book, I've enjoyed it but it has felt more as a repeat (Burned hero saved by the heroine, dark and dangerous past, family loyalty) and the dust-bunny has not caught me this time. In any case, if you ejoy Harmony, you'll enjoy the book. At this point, I'm very interested in the book about the heroine's sister.

Completion Post
Shelf 1: O
Book: Hammered by Lindsay Buroker
Pages: 297
How it fits: Buildings, a storm and a motorbike in the cover
Read: 13/05/2024
Rating: ★★★★



Review

This is a spin-off from other series, but you can read it without losing anything, as the characters are introduced right in the book. Curious history, urban in ambiance but with all the classic suspects (goblin, orcs, elves, dwarves....). It begins slowly, introducing the characters and the plot, but it goes fast and a lot of action. I'll keep on reading the series.

Shelf #2 ~ 15 May: V - "Vernal Equinox" or vampire(s)
Requirement: Choose a book using one of the following options ...

* For "Vernal Equinox", read a book with a sun, sunrise or sunset on the cover; "sun" in the title or series name; or author's first or last name beginning with V

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

Selection Post
V Space

I will be going with Archangel's Light by Nalini Singh tagged 84 times as vampires.

Completion Post ~ SOS R25 Bingo Shelf #1 ~ O - "Outside"

Title/Author: Archangel's Lineage byNalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter #16
Date Read: 5/15/2024
Shelf: Shelf #1 ~ O: Outside
How it fits: Trees & Mountains on cover
Pages: 378
Rating: ★★★★1/2

Review: I enjoyed this edition of 'as the Archangel's turn'... We got a very quick snippet of peace and happiness before it all starts crumbling down, literally. Something is shaking the foundation of angelkind, no big baddie but all of the earth itself. On the homefront, Elena is pulled back to NYC and divided by her father's health and dangers of world events. The good: I actually enjoyed this book much more than recent books in this series. Felt like we got a peek at several of the characters, but Elena and Rafael are front and center again in this one. Love their love! and a new character is introduced. Just when we think we have mysterious sleeping angels, we get a hint of much much more. Also, Elena's time with her sisters and family was extremely rewarding. The not so good: Still got lost is some of the regular ramblings and multi character drivebys, I think I missed the point on a few of them and their significance. I feel like I need to take notes on angels, who's who, and rate them on a scale of relevancy. I get a little confused at times then add in the adjective and adverb dumps, yikes. Listened to audio, which is always a good "read".

Sorry for the switcheroo but since I haven’t started yet..

SOS R25 Bingo Selection Post ~ Shelf #2: V



Book: The Beloved by J.R. Ward
Pages: 432
How it fits:: The black dagger brotherhood are Vampires

SOS R25 Bingo Selection Post ~ Free Space



Book: Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs
Pages: 416
How it fits? #1 on the SOS' Best of: Urban Fantasy Series list

I have a NetGalley book I need to read. Oops

Lis wrote: "SOS R25 Bingo Selection Post ~ Free Space



Book: Winter Lost by Patricia Briggs
Pages: 416

I have a NetGalley book I need to re..."

Lucky you Lis!!!

Sandra wrote: "Lucky you Lis!!!..."

Weelllll�� I had a couple of really really good ones that expired. 😬😬

I have to try and do better.

Lis wrote: "Sandra wrote: "Lucky you Lis!!!..."

Weelllll�� I had a couple of really really good ones that expired. 😬😬

I have to try and do better."


I always had this problem with NetGalley. I would completely forget I even had books and then once I remembered they would be expired or already released so the review part was unimportant.

Over time and with kid’s activities, it’s been so much easier to listen than finding time to sit still and read read�� I’ve gotten a couple of audios from NetGalley, but books are always a challenge. I’ve discovered the “read aloud�� option and giving it a spin.

Selection Post
Shelf 2: V

Book: Sweeter Than Wine by Bianca D'Arc
Pages: 233
How it fits: Shelved 46 times as Vampires