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R17: Team #7 ~ The Cereal Killers
Just a Hop, Skip & Click AwayHappy Reading!
Shelf Announcements ~ Check for the latest shelf announcement & review the requirements for each shelf
Captain's Log ~ Share team shelf stats prior to requesting a stamp
Stamp Me! ~ Request a stamp for 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 your own copy: 
Yay, can’t wait to start bingo!
Yay!!! Waving hi to my teammies :)
Excellent, we've all checked in.Does anyone want to be Captain, if not I'm always here, so no bother. But if you want it, its yours.
Anyone got any names ~ the quirkier the better IMO.
How about team name - THE CEREAL KILLERSA play on series and we're going to kill it!
Not really interested in doing Captain duty
I like that one Linda :D
It’s a fun name....I like it.For some reason I’m not getting post notifications for this discussion.
I don’t mind being captain but I will have a few weekends in November and December that I will be unavailable.
Val, I can co-captain for when you aren't available :) The Cereal Killers it is then :)
Yeah, its got that winning feel to it :)Anyone picked out their Free Space book yet?
Yes, I have.I am going to read
Manners & Mutiny I am doing Option 2.It is #44 on the Best of YA/Fantasy list and #4 in the Finishing School series, which completes the series.
I've got
from the library, so I'll read that one for Free Space. Its on the Group Bookshelves.
I think I'll go for
from the BEST OF: Paranormal Romance Series list for Free Space.
BookShelf Bingo > R17: Team #7 ~ The Cereal Killers StatsBingo R17 Spreadsheet:
Laura: How the White Trash Zombie Got Her Groove Back by Diana Rowland, 5�, 10/10/2018, Review
Linda C: Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger, 4�, 23/09/2018, Review
Sandra: Ocean Light by Nalini Singh, 5�, 21/09/2018, Review
Valerie: Embers by Suzanne Wright, 4�, 29/09/2018, Review
Laura: The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks, 3�, 18/09/2018, Review
Linda C: The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks, 4�, 18/09/2018, Review
Sandra: Secret Maneuvers by Jessie Lane, 3�, 22/09/2018, Review
Valerie: In Darkness Transformed by Alexis Morgan, 3�, 16/09/2018, Review
Laura: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, 3�, 20/11/2018, Review
Linda C: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman, 5�, 26/09/2018, Review
Sandra: Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb, 4�, 25/09/2018, Review
Valerie: Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay Sands, 3�, 24/09/2018, Review
Laura: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, 5�, 30/10/2018, Review
Linda C: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams, 3�, 03/10/2018, Review
Sandra: Eleventh Grave in Moonlight by Darynda Jones, 5�, 03/10/2018, Review
Valerie: Iron and Magic by Ilona Andrews, 4.5�, 03/10/2018, Review
Laura: Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon, 5�, 08/10/2018, Review
Linda C: Awaken Me Darkly by Gena Showalter, 3�, 12/10/2018, Review
Sandra: Mind Magic by Eileen Wilks, 4�, 12/10/2018, Review
Valerie: Hour of Darkness by Lara Adrian 3�, 09/10/2018, Review
Laura: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, , 3�, 15/10/2018, Review
Linda C: Jane's Warlord by Angela Knight, 3�, 14/10/2018, Review
Sandra: Matchmaker Abduction by Donna McDonald, 3�, 15/10/2018, Review
Valerie: The Renfield Syndrome by J.A. Saare, 4�, 15/10/2018, Review
Laura: Reaper's Property by Joanna Wylde, 3�, 22/10/2018, Review
Linda C: Fan the Flames by Katie Ruggle, 3�, 23/10/2018, Review
Sandra: Born Wild: Black Knights Inc. by Julie Ann Walker, 3.5�, 27/10/2018, Review
Valerie: Pack Challenge by Shelly Laurenston, 3�, 21/10/2018, Review
Laura: Caressed by Ice by Nalini Singh, 3�, 02/11/2018, Review
Linda C:Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs , 5�, 25/10/2018, Review
Sandra: Dead Man Talking by Jana Deleon, 4�, 02/11/2018, Review
Valerie: Phoenix Unbound by Grace Draven, 4�, 31/10/2018, Review
Laura: Hidden by Sophie Jordan, 3�, 07/11/2018, Review
Linda C: Legend of the Highland Dragon by Isabel Cooper, 5�, 04/11/2018, Review
Sandra: How to Date Your Dragon by Molly Harper, 3�, 09/11/2018, Review
Valerie: The Dragon Warrior by Jessie Donovan, 2�, 07/11/2018, Review
Shelf #9: Urban Fantasy 4/4 Stamp Requested
Laura: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher, 45�, 28/11/2018, Review
Linda C: First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones, 4�, 14/11/2018, Review
Sandra:How to Save an Undead Life by Hailey Edwards, 4�, 11/11/2018, Review
Valerie: Magic Triumphs by Ilona Andrews , 5�, 15/11/2018, Review
Laura: Dark house: Experimente o terror by Karina Halle, 2�, 22/11/2018, Review
Linda C: Once a Cowboy by Linda Warren, 3�, 15/11/2018, Review
Sandra:Moon Dance by J.R. Rain, 3�, 23/11/2018, Review
Valerie: Escaping Fate by Regine Abel, 4�, 20/11/2018, Review
Stats Continued....Shelf #11 ~ 21/11/18: Warrior 2/4
Laura: A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Linda C: Elijah by Jacquelyn Frank, 4�, 24/11/2018, Review
Sandra: Viper's Defiant Mate by S.E. Smith
Valerie: Imperator by Anna Hackett, 3�, 26/11/2018, Review
Sandra wrote: "Val, I can co-captain for when you aren't available :) Ok, I'll send you the dates ahead of time when I'm unavailable. Christmas craft fair markets are a necessary evil for me. Sorry I don't do major post edits with hyper links on my phone.
No worries Val, I don't do much of anything on my phone, I'm a computer gal :)
I'm going with an easy read this time around.
Lucky that one person tagged it.
I didn't know she'd written any more Paladins. Will have to check it out :)I think I'll be reading
for Military.
I'll be reading
It is #12 on the list
So for the Military Shelf I'll be reading
Shelf #1: Military
Book: In Darkness Transformed by Alexis Morgan
Rating: 3�
Date Read: 16/09/2018
# Pages: 204
# times shelved: Once
I was pleasantly surprised to see another installment/spin-off in the Paladin series.
I always wondered about people, not knowing they were not strictly human, discovering they could come back to life after dying. With little to no knowledge of their heritage how would they react?
Another aspect is the "Others" or Kalith crossing the barrier and trying to settle down on Earth and fly under the radar. I admit that their culture, or information about it, was pretty scarse in previous books so it was a nice peek into their mind, motivations and family.
All in all, it was a bit too short but a good start to expand on the world of the Paladins.
Book: The Darkest Hour
Author: Maya Banks
Rating: 4 stars
Date Read: 9/18/18
# Pages: 304
How it Fits: #12 on the Military list
Review: A year after his wife's death in a plane crash in South America Ethan is still suffering when he receives a packet of photos and documents purporting she is alive. Ethan's family runs a special ops group, KGI, and they are the perfect group to determine if it's a hoax or real and then to rescue her. But rescuing Rachel is not the end. Ethan and Rachel's marriage was at a low point before she left home and her spotty memory means she doesn't remember that. Can it be salvaged when she does? And Rachel is still a target. Lots of action and angst. Good beginning to a series.
Shelf 1: Military Book: The Darkest Hour by Maya Banks
Rating: 3 Stars
Finished: 18.09.18
Review: I did like this book, but it did miss something for me to give it 5 stars. Its a romance book where the main character finds out he's wife who was dead, is not actually dead. He goes and saves her. She has hard time getting over the drama being kidnapped for a year and also there are people who want her dead. I did like the book enough to read rest of the series.
I'm about halfway finished my Free Space and about a third of the way through my Military book. I just don't know where this week has gone, but I'll be finished with both of them in the next day or two. Promise!
Sandra wrote: "I'm about halfway finished my Free Space and about a third of the way through my Military book. I just don't know where this week has gone, but I'll be finished with both of them in the next day or..."No worries Sandra, this week I’ve been reading anything but my Free Space book si I’m behind too.
I'll be reading
for Favorites :)
Oh shit. I looked at the list and I'm not feeling in a YA vibe. All the others books that interest me are +400 pages. Too long for Bingo or too depressing.
.Luckily for me 3 people shelved
so it with be an easy read, giving me time to catch up on my Free Space book.
Yay, gotta love that. Nothing on the list appealed to me either, so I checked out my library book and there it was.
Interested to see what you think about this one Linda, I considered it but I have to return my library book soonish :)
Shelf #2: Favorites 0/4Laura: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
Linda C: These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman
Sandra: Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb
Valerie: Vampires Like It Hot by Lynsay Sands
Shelf: Free Space
Date: 21/9/18
Rating: ★★★★�
Review:
This is about Bowen Knight, Leader of the Human Alliance, who was shot in the heart at the end of the last book and took a dive into the canal in Venice. His sister, Lily, got the BlackSea Clan to save him & their scientists are working on a way to fix his psychic shield chip embedded in this head, which had been failing, before the shooting.
Kaia Luna, BlackSea shifter, former scientist & now chef at the secret base is loved by all her clanmates & once Bowen wakes up and sees her smile he is done for. Both of them have traumatic pasts, but despite a few bumps in the road, they seem to be on the same wavelength.
The traitor/s are still out there, BlackSea clanmates are still going missing, and other problems also surface.
The BlackSea shifters have been very secretive to date but as this book was mostly set at one of their bases, we got an up close & personal look at how BlackSea operates, which is different to the Wolves & the Leopards. BlackSea is made up of lots of different water based shifters, from whales to octopi to dolphins.
Totally enjoyed and looking forward to the next one.
I'm 70% done on my Military book, it is way more angsty than I was expecting :(
Shelf 1: Military
Date: 22/9/18
Rating: ★★�
Review:
Bobby Baker & Belle Smith were childhood sweethearts, he was the golden boy football hero, straight A student, etc etc, she was the girl from the trailer park whose father beat her up & basically killed her mother. Bobby promised to love her forever, but after a couple of weeks at boot camp, he sent a Dear John letter via his parents. A week later having realised his mistake he sends another letter but she's gone.
Fifteen years later Annabelle Roberts, ATF agent walks into a briefing where Bobby, an ex-ops CIA agent is present. He hadn't ever stopped looking for Belle, and he knew as soon as he saw her, she was still his. Now he just has to convince her.
The premise is good, the characters were believable, the story went into some very dark places, but my god the angst. From both of them. We get alternating POV with this story, and honestly it couldn't have worked if we didn't have it.
At various stages, both of them were, full of anger, revenge, romance, guilt, and repeat, and repeat again.
So despite this being very well written it really just wasn't for me.
Thanks Sandra, Military stamp requested.
CONGRATULATIONS, The Cereal Killers!You now have an updated BINGO card with a stamp on 'military'.Â
[Your updated BINGO card can be viewed on page 1]
Good Job!! :D
Thanks Steph :)
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Wild Hunger (other topics)Viper's Defiant Mate (other topics)
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A Court of Mist and Fury (other topics)
Elijah (other topics)
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Captain: Val & co/captain Sandra
Members:
Sandra
Valerie ~Val Hall~
Laura
Linda C