The Reader's Bar discussion

Who would like to do this challenge with me? I am going to try and fill in the whole board. See link below for details.

Link: http://www.retreatbyrandomhouse.ca/20...

Denise wrote: "Who would like to do this challenge with me? I am going to try and fill in the whole board. See link below for details.

Link: http://www.retreatbyrandomhouse.ca/20..."

This seems to be the year of book challenges for me.
I can do this challenge since in a given year it seems I have read a book for each of those categories.

Beverly wrote: "Denise wrote: "Who would like to do this challenge with me? I am going to try and fill in the whole board. See link below for details.

Link: http://www.retreatbyrandomhouse.ca/20......"

Ok, great.

Some of these categories are...interesting but I'm in.

Carolyn wrote: "Some of these categories are...interesting but I'm in."

Great

Hey everyone!
I love this idea! Count me in. Hey, Denise, I don't know how to do it; but would you consider setting up a widget for this challenge for this group? That way we could keep up with the books and encourage each other. Just a thought...but count me in either way! This will be fun! :)

Kanita wrote: "Hey everyone!
I love this idea! Count me in. Hey, Denise, I don't know how to do it; but would you consider setting up a widget for this challenge for this group? That way we could keep up with the..."

Great! I will have to look into the widget. Not sure how to do it either. Lol I can also set up a discussion area for the challenge. We can share discussion and progress there.

sounds like fun. it normally takes me anywhere from 4-7 weeks to read a book, so i can probably tackle (worst case) 7 books this year for bingo.

Lindor wrote: "sounds like fun. it normally takes me anywhere from 4-7 weeks to read a book, so i can probably tackle (worst case) 7 books this year for bingo."

Great!

looks pretty cool, I am in.

Leslie wrote: "looks pretty cool, I am in."

Great!

Hey, Denise...thanks so much for being willing! You're doing a great job and having a discussion thread to discuss the BINGO challenge will be great! :) No problem if the widget addition is a challenge. Like I said, I don't know how to do it (and not that I've actually tried...) but widgets are being used in another reading group I'm in so I was figuring it may be an option only moderators can see and have access to setting up. I dunno...but if I can help, let me know.

Kanita wrote: "Hey, Denise...thanks so much for being willing! You're doing a great job and having a discussion thread to discuss the BINGO challenge will be great! :) No problem if the widget addition is a chal..."

I have added a challenge widget to the group. We can continue to use this discussion area to talk about the challenge throughout the year. Good luck!

Denise wrote: "Kanita wrote: "Hey, Denise...thanks so much for being willing! You're doing a great job and having a discussion thread to discuss the BINGO challenge will be great! :) No problem if the widget add..."

Great!
Okay will try the widget and see how it goes.
I will attempt to see if I can fill the bingo card.

Beverly wrote: "Denise wrote: "Kanita wrote: "Hey, Denise...thanks so much for being willing! You're doing a great job and having a discussion thread to discuss the BINGO challenge will be great! :) No problem if..."

Thanks! Let me know if you have any issues. I am going to try my hardest too.

I'm in!

Lulu wrote: "I'm in!"

Great!

Denise wrote: "Kanita wrote: "Hey, Denise...thanks so much for being willing! You're doing a great job and having a discussion thread to discuss the BINGO challenge will be great! :) No problem if the widget add..."

Awesome, Denise! Thanks for setting the widget up for us. I've officially signed up and got my widget up and running!! :)

Kanita wrote: "Denise wrote: "Kanita wrote: "Hey, Denise...thanks so much for being willing! You're doing a great job and having a discussion thread to discuss the BINGO challenge will be great! :) No problem if..."

Great! No problem. Good luck with the challenge.

Hi Ladies -

Since I am not in the mood to finish up a work project - decided to look at the books I have read this month to see how they fit with the Bingo Squares:

A Book By a Female Author
Secrets & Sins by Bettye Griffin
If you enjoy well-written women's fiction you will enjoy this book. This is the author's best book yet.

A Book Set On a Different Continent
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
This year I decided to read more mysteries than I did last year. This is a popular series and while I enjoyed the main character - it was an ok read for me and I probably will not be reading more of the series.

A Book With a Mystery
The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel by Chris Abani
I read this book because I have read other books by this author. This is his 1st mystery novel and absolutely loved it. This book will be in my top reads for 2014 list. Well-written and original storylines.

A Book of Nonfiction
Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities by Craig Steven Wilder
A couple of more pages and I could have counted this book for the more than 500 pages square. :) Very well researched, liked his approach, at times the writing was a little too academic for me.

A Book With a One Word Title
Padre!: A Place Whose Rules Rearrange Your Own by Raven Moore
As an armchair traveler I enjoyed this book written with wit, humor and insight

A Book You Heard About Online
Shovel Ready: A Novel by Adam Sternbergh
Heard some chatter about this book online. Really enjoyed this near-future noir thriller. Looking forward to the next book in this series.

A Book Published This Year
This Dark Road to Mercy by Wiley Cash
Read the author's first novel and really enjoyed it. Everyone was saying that this novel is even better than the first one. And they were right. Contemporary southern literature and the spunky young girl narrator makes this a very good read.

Good info, Beverly

To add onto Beverly's good help...here's a some information on goodreads that provides more information on books that were turned into movies!

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/...

Here are some more one-word title books!

Other Books that were turned into movies:

Lethea wrote: "Other Books that were turned into movies:




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Thanks for the suggestions.

My Pleasure

Okay....I've finally gotten 24 books to match each bingo request! Have fun and keep the suggestions coming, all!

Book w/more than 500 pages


A Forgotten Classic


A book published this year


A Book that Became a Movie


A Book with a Number in the Title


A Book written by someone under 30
$3.99 on Amazon

A Book w/non-human characters


A Funny Book


A Book by a female author


A book w/a mystery


A book w/a one-word title


A book of Short Stories
Free on Kindle

A book set on a different continent


A non-fiction book
or

The first book by a favorite author
$6.99 on Amazon

A book you heard about online
$2.99 on Amazon

A best selling book


A Book based on a true story


A book at the bottom of your reading pile


A book your your friend loves


A book that scares you


A book that is more than 10 years old


The 2nd book in a series


A book w/a blue cover


Hope this helps anyone....I know it helped me. Thanks Beverly for the books you suggested. I will look at those as well to see which I like the best compared to the list here.

How is the challenge going for everyone? Anyone need any suggestions?

I'm reading them and learning about new genre's and other authors everyday! I'm almost finished with My Sister's Keeper....I like the book better than the movie.

I need to look at what I have read lately and see how it fits to the Bingo Challenge. I figured most of the categories are general enough that most of my reading will fit into them. When it gets closer to the end of the year - I will probably have "find" books to fit a category. The hardest one for me will probably be finding an author under 30.

Lethea wrote: "I'm reading them and learning about new genre's and other authors everyday! I'm almost finished with My Sister's Keeper....I like the book better than the movie."

Oh good, I was thinking about reading that one too. Someone told me that book was really good. I never saw the movie. I will watch it after I read the book.

Beverly wrote: "I need to look at what I have read lately and see how it fits to the Bingo Challenge. I figured most of the categories are general enough that most of my reading will fit into them. When it gets cl..."

I thought that one might be a hard category too. That is why I chose that one for next month's theme. We can come up with something together.

Denise wrote: "Beverly wrote: "I need to look at what I have read lately and see how it fits to the Bingo Challenge. I figured most of the categories are general enough that most of my reading will fit into them...."

Actually I had a list and did find one that has been on tbr list. The author was born in 1985



Burial Rites by Hannah Kent

Beverly wrote: "Denise wrote: "Beverly wrote: "I need to look at what I have read lately and see how it fits to the Bingo Challenge. I figured most of the categories are general enough that most of my reading will..."

Second Choice would be:

Divergent by Veronica Roth

I'm in!

Jae' wrote: "I'm in!"

Great!

The next bingo category that is going to be hard for me is:
The First Book by a Favorite Author

If it is a fav author that I have probably read their first book - I am going to have to go through my read "new" authors and see if there is a "fav" there. :)

Beverly wrote: "The next bingo category that is going to be hard for me is:
The First Book by a Favorite Author

If it is a fav author that I have probably read their first book - I am going to have to go through ..."

ok, lol. I actually have one for that category. I like Kimbera Lawson Roby but I have only read her Curtis Black series. So I plan to read Behind Closed Doors.

Beverly wrote: "The next bingo category that is going to be hard for me is:
The First Book by a Favorite Author

If it is a fav author that I have probably read their first book - I am going to have to go through ..."

Any other difficult categories? I can keep those in mind for when I pick next month's theme.

Beverly wrote: "The next bingo category that is going to be hard for me is:
The First Book by a Favorite Author

If it is a fav author that I have probably read their first book - I am going to have to go through ..."

Okay - I looked at my fav authors and came up with two choices (Fav authors for me are authors whose books I automatically buy w/o a 2nd thought).

1st Choice -
The Final Passage by Caryl Phillips

2nd Choice -
One Foot in Eden by Ron Rash

If I can catch them on audio for free....I'm good. I don't care how the books fall on the bingo. I'm just having too much fun......Reading!

Lethea wrote: "If I can catch them on audio for free....I'm good. I don't care how the books fall on the bingo. I'm just having too much fun......Reading!"

Yeah, me too! Like you, this bingo challenge has really gotten me to step outside of my reading comfort zone.

What has been your favorite book that you have read so far in the challenge?

Lethea wrote: "If I can catch them on audio for free....I'm good. I don't care how the books fall on the bingo. I'm just having too much fun......Reading!"

Yes, for me a day without reading is a day without sunshine. :)

Denise wrote: "What has been your favorite book that you have read so far in the challenge?"

My fav book so far that I read for this challenge is:

The Secret History of Las Vegas: A Novel by Chris Abani

It was my book for the "A Book With A Mystery" square

Denise wrote: "What has been your favorite book that you have read so far in the challenge?"

My favorite book so far has been Last Chance Saloon. I read this book to be a book that a friend loved. It is not one that I normally would have read but I enjoyed it.

Beverly wrote: "Hi Ladies -

Since I am not in the mood to finish up a work project - decided to look at the books I have read this month to see how they fit with the Bingo Squares:

A Book By a Female Author
[b..."

Okay I have not purposely been finding books to match the bingo challenge - but after I finish reading a book - I see if it fits a category and so far by chance I have been filling out the squares.

Here are some more squares that I have completed:

A Book With A Blue Cover
[book:How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia|15815364] by Mohsin Hamid
I enjoyed this tongue-in-cheek novel.

The Second Book In a Series
The Trial of Dr. Kate by Michael E. Glasscock III
The Trial of Dr. Kate neatly mixes intrigue, betrayal, secrets and southern sensibilities effectively showing the tensions and alliances living in a rural eastern Tennessee Appalachian town in the early 1950s.

A Book That Became A Movie
Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

A Funny Book
Sandman Slim by Richard Kadrey
Fun, entertaining and great use of humor. I am continuing my reads of "likable" anti-heros.

A Book That Is More Than 10 Years Old
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy by Marie Vieux-Chauvet

A Forgotten Classic
This Child's Gonna Live by Sarah E Wright
Glad that ebooks once again made this book available as it would have been a shame if this book was "lost" to those interested in AA women writers.

A Book That Scares You
Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in Americaby Elliot Jaspin
Scary how laws can be useless in face of a mob.

A Book Written By Someone Under Thirty
Divergent by Veronica Roth

A Book Your Friend Loves
Ruby: A Novel by Cynthia Bond
This will be one of my top reads for the year
Bond’s impressive debut flourishing with exquisite language nails the complexities of the heart and survival in this deeply affecting tale. It is the 1940s in East Texas and young Ruby is plagued with a beauty tempting men to unspeakable evils escaping to New York never fully escaping her past and returns to her home.

Beverly wrote: "Beverly wrote: "Hi Ladies -

Since I am not in the mood to finish up a work project - decided to look at the books I have read this month to see how they fit with the Bingo Squares:

A Book By a F..."

Thanks for the post. I have found a few more books to add to my to read list.

Hi! I just joined the group and would love to participate in the BINGO challenge. I do have a quick question. I have already read about 70 books this year can I take a look at those to see if they fit any of these categories and add them to my BINGO shelf?

Natasha wrote: "Hi! I just joined the group and would love to participate in the BINGO challenge. I do have a quick question. I have already read about 70 books this year can I take a look at those to see if th..."

Sure! Any books that you have read this year qualify. Welcome to the group. I look forward to reading and discussing with you.