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R23: Team #9 ~ Nine Wicked Ninjas
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
WooHoo ~ looking forward to first shelf call!
I’d like to pass on being captain. Also, we are on vacation right now. Will be back in town this Sunday. Not sure if I’ll be able to see the first call until then.
Team names ~ not my thing but here goes
Read to the Nines
Three’s a Party
In it to Win it
Nine Tales Read
Welcome to 2023 Bingo ladies :)I've already got my Free Space picked out ~
its a library book that needs to go back to the library shortly. LOL As to Captains, I'm happy to do it if you don't want to Louise. Entirely up to you.
And I think I was on a Team 9 before, so we'll want a name different to that. I'll go have a look at the archives.
Copied from msg #10: Yep, I was on #9 in Round 16, so a no to Dressed to the Nines.
I feel this round we could do with some Ninjas :)
Tracking PostFREE SPACE Stamped
~Melissa~ The Explorer by Elin Peer 26/5/23 ★★★★ Review
Sandra Sleep No More by Jayne Anne Krentz 7/5/23 ★★★★ Review
Louise Once Upon a Hallow's Eve by Danielle Garrett 11/5/23 ★★★★ Review
Shelf #1 Detective/s Stamped
~Melissa~ Taken by Benedict Jacka 10/5/23 ★★★★ Review
Sandra The Trouble With Witches by Kristen Painter 4/5/23 ★★ Review
Louise Tuesday's Child by Dale Mayer 17/5/23 ★★★★ Review
Shelf #2 May Day Stamped
~Melissa~ Asp by Kris Michaels 12/5/23 ★★★★ Review
Sandra Bewicched by Seana Kelly 9/5/23 ★★★★ Review
Louise The Trouble With Witches by Kristen Painter 11/5/23 ★★★ Review
Shelf #3 Cozy Mystery
~Melissa~ Mistletoe Murder 18/5/23 ★★.5 Review
Sandra Miss Frost Solves a Cold Case by Kristen Painter 14/5/23 ★★★ Review
Louise Booked for Murder
Shelf #4 Fae Stamped
~Melissa~ Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs 23/5/23 ★★★★ Review
Sandra Biergarten of the Damned by Seana Kelly 22/5/23 ★★★★★ Review
Louise The Lost Elemental by Tessa Hale 22/5/23 ★★★ Review
Shelf #5 Beware of Bears
~Melissa~ Written in Red by Anne Bishop
Sandra Indirect Lines by Dana Marie Bell 1/6/23 ★★★★ Review
Louise
Shelf #6 Magical Realism
~Melissa~ The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Sandra Lightning in a Mirror by Jayne Ann Krentz
Louise Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
And I've just worked out that shelf call is 8am Fri morning for me. So don't worry if I'm late, I'll just be sleeping LOL It's usually 9am but we've finished daylight saving time.Only 8 hrs to go :D
Sandra wrote: "Yep, I was on #9 in Round 16, so a no to Dressed to the Nines.I feel this round we could do with some Ninjas :)"
I’m liking ninjas
Sandra wrote: "Welcome to 2023 Bingo ladies :)I've already got my Free Space picked out ~
its a library book that needs to go back to the library shortly. LOL As to Captains..."
I’m Captaining UNO and TT happy for you to take the reins
Calls are 11pm my time. I finish work at 11 so can post the shelf when I get in
Shelf #1 ~27 April: DetectiveDIRECT LINK(s) ~ a character who is a detective or police officer; series or title contains “Detective” -or- Paranormal Detective/Detectives
I'm looking for a book :)And Louise, thanks for that, feel free to post the shelf anytime if I don't make it.
And wow, 11pm, what time zone are you in?
Any plays on Ninjas?
For Detective/s shelf I'll try
its on the Paranormal Detectives list.
Sandra wrote: "I'm looking for a book :)And Louise, thanks for that, feel free to post the shelf anytime if I don't make it.
And wow, 11pm, what time zone are you in?"
UK
Sandra wrote: "Any plays on Ninjas?"There’s a film called “Nine Deaths of the Ninja” so maybe a play on that
Selection Post Shelf: Free Space
Once Upon a Hallow's Eve by Danielle Garrett
Pages: 262
How It Fits: On group shelf
Selection PostShelf: Detective
Tuesday's Child by Dale Mayer
Pages: 326
How It Fits: On Paranormal Detectives list
How about Team names ~ Read to the Nines
Three’s a Party
In it to Win it
Nine Tales Read
Nine Deaths of the Ninja
Nine Ninjas Reading
Nine Wicked Ninjas
That's my fav too.Melissa said she was on vacation & back on Sunday, so we may have to wait till then to see if she likes it too.
Sandra wrote: "That's my fav too.Melissa said she was on vacation & back on Sunday, so we may have to wait till then to see if she likes it too."
I’m good with team name Nine Wicked Ninjas.
I’ve seen the shelf call and will pick my book when I’m home on Sunday 😊
Yay ~Melissa~, hope the vacation has been good!
Vacation was fabulous - was so hard to come home. Left 80 degrees to come home to 40s 😫
Found my book for this weeks call. Will post tomorrow when I’m on a computer
OMG 40F is 4C. That is freezing!!!!!No wonder you didn't want to come home.
Sandra wrote: "OMG 40F is 4C. That is freezing!!!!!No wonder you didn't want to come home."
Yep :)
Luckily my sister picked us up and warmed up the car for us
Shelf 1: Detective
by Kristen PainterRating: ★★
Date: 4/5/23
This started out as a big info dump, then the MC had to find out the same information. We could've found out along with her instead of wading through all the guff.
The 2 MCs were ok in a bland dogooder way, no real tension. The only redeeming things were the town itself, Shadowvale, and Beckett.(view spoiler)
If I didn't know better I'd say this was a first book, but I'd enjoyed, in a solid 3 star way, the first Nocturne book a few years ago. Not sure what happened to this one.
I didn't enjoy having to wade through the story and forcing myself to finish as I read it for a challenge. Won't be continuing this series but I will try more of Nocturne Falls.
Shelf #2 ~ 4 May: May DayDIRECT LINK(s) ~ book released in May of any year; character, title or series name contains "May"; author first or last name begins with M or D
For May Day I'll be reading
which hit my kindle yesterday or the day before .
Shelf #2 Selection Post ~ 4 May: May DayDIRECT LINK(s) ~ book released in May of any year; character, title or series name contains "May"; author first or last name begins with M or D
Asp by Kris Michaels
231 pgs/GR
How it fits: last name begins with M
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Selection Post Shelf: May Day
The Trouble With Witches by Kristen Painter
Pages: 378
How It Fits: First published May 13, 2019
Louise wrote: "Selection Post Shelf: May Day
The Trouble With Witches by Kristen Painter
Pages: 378
How It Fits: First published May..."
Hope you enjoy it more than I did Louise :)
Shelf : Free Space
by Jayne Ann KrentzRating: ★★★★
Date: 7/5/23
Another reliable story from JAK.
Lost Night Files, is a podcast, by 3 women who were strangers until they went to the Lucent Springs Hotel, lured there by the prospect of work. Something happened that night, including an earthquake & fire.
None of the 3 women have any memories of their time at the Hotel. Except waking up in a place that was off limits to guests and the place was on fire.
Pallas is an interior designer, but hasn't been able to work in her field since the event. Ambrose Drake is a thriller writer with 2 published novels, who also can't work after going to a sleep institute and thinks he was drugged and also witnessed a murder. He enlists Pallas to help him find the answers of what happened to all of them.
Reminiscent of other books with secret drug experiments (Founders Formulae anyone?) and a seaside location, this book delivers all the murder and mayhem and romance that anyone could want.
Louise, did you get to see the coronation, either in person or on tv?I love the pomp & circumstance so I watched it all on tv :D
All the beautiful clothes & embroidery was lovely.
Sandra wrote: "Louise, did you get to see the coronation, either in person or on tv?I love the pomp & circumstance so I watched it all on tv :D
All the beautiful clothes & embroidery was lovely."
I got to see bits of it on tv but plan on watching it on catch-up tomorrow. I do enjoy the pageantry of it all.
It all looked fantastic! Enjoy tomorrow :D
Shelf : May Day
by Seana KellyRating: ★★★★
Date: 9/5/23
The Sea Wicche Chronicles is a spin off of the Sam Quinn series, first book The Slaughtered Lamb Bookstore and Bar. This new series is set in the same world with cameos from some of the characters in the original series.
Arwyn, is a half wicche and half fae, who is being pressured to join the Corey Witch Council, as she is the most powerful wicche of her generation. Her Gran & her mom are the other 2 Councillors.
She really doesn't want to join as her magic is very hard on her. She has visions but also takes on the emotions and injuries of the victims she sees. She is asked by a detective to help in a missing child case, she also finds out a Corey wicche has gone to the dark side ie become a sorcerer, and Declan is an alpha and she can't read him like she can everyone else.
Declan is a lone werewolf who shows up to do come construction on her art gallery, namely the deck which is over the water.
The other players in this story are the 2 starfish & Cecil the Octopus, and Herbert the tennis ball throwing seal.
This was an excellent first book in the new series, and also the original series is also still going, so more to look forward to.
How's everyone doing with their books?If you need to change any of them, just let me know.
~Melissa~ have you picked a Free Space book yet?
Week 1 Completion PostParanormal Detectives
Taken by Benedict Jacka
313 pgs/GR
How it fits: on list
Finished 5/10/23 4 stars
Review: Luna is now Alex's mage apprentice and mage apprentices are going missing. Alex is asked to investigate. Sander is back to provide assist. Luna is getting better and learning more as apprentice and less surly teenager which was nice. Alex takes Ann and Vari under his wing (even though Vari is basically kicking and screaming the whole way). Alex's world seems to keep getting fuller with each adventure. Love the narrator. Series has a Harry Dresden for teenagers type feel to it. Looking forward to the next.
Sandra wrote: "How's everyone doing with their books?If you need to change any of them, just let me know.
~Melissa~ have you picked a Free Space book yet?"
I'm working on Week 2 book. Haven't picked a Free Space book yet. Will try to get that done this week.
I’m hoping to have my free space and last week’s call done tomorrow 🤞
Updated to here :)
Completion Post Shelf: Free Space
Once Upon a Hallow's Eve by Danielle Garrett
Pages: 262
How It Fits: On group shelf
Date Read: 5/11
Rating: 4*
Review
Lacey is a Vampire who is dragged back to her fathers mansion to fulfill her role to continue the family blood line. Her father sets up a competition for would be suitors but nothing is quite as it seems. A very good to a promising series.
Completion Post Shelf: May Day
The Trouble With Witches by Kristen Painter
Pages: 378
How It Fits: First published May 13, 2019
Date Read: 5/11
Rating; 3*
Review
I enjoy the Nocturne Falls series and the world building in the series and I expected more from this introduction to a new series. It was an okay read but didn’t wow. I missed the lifting of Gracie’s curse, normally if I miss something I will rewind that section and relisten, but the story was that underwhelming I couldn’t be bothered. Not sure if I will continue with this series.
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