EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

Welcome to the 2023 BINGO Reading Challenge, a fun way to read around the block and broaden your bookish horizons. This is a year-long challenge that can be played in a variety of ways.

Regular: say BINGO! You’ve read books that fit in the 5 categories presented on the bingo card in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line.
Blackout: BIGNO! Italian Bingo, you’ve read all the categories of books on the card.
Mix it up: BONIG! Use the card as a way to inspire your reading life. Cross out as many categories of books that you’ve read which interest you.

https:// mfbc.us/m/z4hfvdt << (sorry for the space, Goodreads no longer allows foreign website links) This is the interactive Bingo card, where you can actually cross out the books when you’ve read them. Keep in mind each time you click the link a new card is generated. So please take a screenshot of yours and paste it into your post.


Example post:

1) More than 500 pages: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell- 15 March
2) A book in another language: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami - 7 June



Here is the list of the categories:

1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages


Happy reading!

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can you count the same book for several categories or can you use it only once?

No, it can only count for one category, even if it fits many.

2. How do I paste the picture of the Bingo card into my post?

After clicking on the link, your Bingo card is generated. Here you can either save the picture by right clicking on it, or take a screenshot of it.
Either way, you now need to take the image file (most likely a jpeg) and convert it into a url.
Go onto the website https:// imgbb.com and upload your file.
Now copy the url that is produced, e.g. http:// imgbb.com/a/img921/9567/CEBN7M.jpg and go back to your post on this discussion thread.
At the top right hand corner of your post is a sentence: (some html is ok)
If you click this, a dropdown option list appears. You want to copy the one for inserting an image, pasting the url link you generated in the space provided:

<*img src="https://www.goodreads.com/image..." width="40" height="100" alt="description"/*>

3. Does category 7 - a book in another language- have to have been written in any language or just not English?

The book must have been written in another language from the one you would normally read books in: if you normally read books in French, for example, then it would need to have been written in a different language.

1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
The Reading List - January 7
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandoned
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

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16-19-5-4-22
25-23-13-8-18
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Bingo Reading Challenge 2023

📍1) A book beloved by a friend - In the Woods
2) Because of the cover -
📍3) A book you can finish in a day - Heartstopper: Volume One
4) Longer than 500 pages
📍5) A book by an author from another Country - The Divine Comedy
6) Cookbook
**7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
**15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
**17) Genre you rarely read
**18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
**21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
**23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
**25) Less than 150 pages

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2023 BINGO Challenge
Difficulty level: BONIG (mix it up)

Progress: 25/25

✔️1. Essay Collection: You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays - 6/4/23
✔️2. Longer than 500 pages: Demon's Dream: An Unexpected Love - 1/24/23
✔️3. A Character that has your name: Kemosha of the Caribbean - 7/4/23
✔️4. Favorite Author: Bloodmarked - 1/17/23
✔️5. A book about books or reading: Bookish People - 2/2/23
✔️6. Genre you rarely read: We Are All So Good at Smiling - 3/2/23
✔️7. Favorite topic or theme: A Court of Thorns and Roses - 1/2/23
✔️8. A re-read: Kindred - 7/18/23
✔️9. Cookbook: Cooking from the Spirit: Easy, Delicious, and Joyful Plant-Based Inspirations - 8/10/23
✔️10. A book by an author from another country: Swing Time - 1/22/23
✔️11. Title Longer than 6 words: The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation - 3/9/23
✔️12. Nostalgic Memoir: We're Going to Need More Wine - 1/3/23
✔️13. Banned Book: Heavy - 6/27/23
✔️14. Because of the Cover: Nubia: The Awakening - 1/6/23
✔️15. About Parents and Children: The Sweetest Remedy - 1/11/23
✔️16. Less than 150 pages: Hell Hath No Fury - 1/25/23
✔️17. A Book in Another Language: The Unhoneymooners - 2/10/23
✔️18. Published Before you were born: Another Country - 2/21/23
✔️19. Set in Space: Kwarq - 1/27/23
✔️20. Guilty Pleasure Read: D-City Underworld: Zontae's Reign - 1/28/23
✔️21. A book beloved by a friend: The Leavers - 3/11/23
✔️22. A book you previously abandoned: The Handmaid's Tale - 7/20/23
✔️23. A book you can finish in a day: Demon Time: A Fallen Angel Series - 1/25/23
✔️24. An Award Winner: The Black God's Drums - 2/23/23
✔️25. How-To Book: How to Be a Better Adult - 6/10/23

Going for it!


1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre vou rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

2023 BINGO Reading Challenge

Going for - Blackout: BIGNO! Italian Bingo, you’ve read all the categories of books on the card. (But it will be challenging bc there are a few categories I do not read. So basically, I'll have 5 'genres you rarely read.')

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✔1. Essay collection - The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones 3/29/23
✔2. Longer than 500 pages - The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler 1/3/23
✔3. A character that has your name - Old Maid's Puzzle by Terri Thayer 5/9/23
✔4. Favorite author - M Is for Magic by Neil Gaiman 2/10/23
✔5. A book about books or reading - The Vanishing Type by Ellery Adams 1/9/23
✔6. Genre you rarely read - The Fall by Albert Camus 7/27/23 - philosophy
✔7. Favorite topic or theme - Book Love by Debbie Tung 6/4/23
✔8. A re-read - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue 1/16/23
✔9. Cookbook - Nachos for Dinner: Surprising Sheet Pan Meals the Whole Family Will Love by Dan Whalen 9/1/23
✔10. A book by an author from another country - Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie 1/19/23
✔11. Title longer than 6 words - When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo 1/29/23
✔12. Nostalgic memoir - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson 1/29/23
✔13. Banned book - Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman 1/27/23
✔14. Because of the cover - Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen 2/17/23
✔15. About parents and children - Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward 6/24/23
✔16. Less than 150 pages - A Spindle Splintered 1/22/23
✔17. A book in another language - Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi 1/23/23
✔18. Published before you were born - Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie 1/12/23
✔19. Set in space - Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells 4/16/23
✔20. Guilty pleasure read - Wonton Terror by Vivien Chien 1/6/23
✔21. A book beloved by a friend - Animal Farm 4/15/23
✔22. A book you previously abandoned - The Tokyo Zodiac Murders by Sōji Shimada 9/6/23
✔23. A book you can finish in a day - Custard Crime by Jessica Beck 1/29/23
✔24. An award winner - His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik 1/11/23 - Locus Award for Best First Novel (2007)
✔25. How-to book - How To Ride A Dragon's Storm by Cressida Cowell 9/16/23

0/25

1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read Maybe a Fox
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name Solitaire
25) Less than 150 pages

2023 Bingo Reading Challenge

🌿 1) A book beloved by a friend: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Mar 26
🌿 2) Because of the cover: The Last Beekeeper - May 15
🌿 3) A book you can finish in a day: Foster - Feb 14
🌿 4) Longer than 500 pages: Our Share of Night - Nov 10
🌿 5) A book by an author from another country: Wild Pork and Watercress - Jun 30
🌿 6) Cookbook: American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America - Feb 13
🌿 7) A book in another language: Violeta - Nov 3
🌿 8) How-to book: There Is No Planet B: A Handbook for the Make or Break Years - Mar 7
🌿 9) Essay collection: Vesper Flights - Nov 26
🌿 10) A re-read: The Great Gatsby - Dec 19
🌿 11) A book about books or reading: The Dictionary of Lost Words - Jan 15
🌿 12) An award winner: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau - Feb 1
13) A book you previously abandonded
🌿 14) Published before you were born: The Turn of the Screw - Oct 21
🌿 15) Guilty pleasure read: Spare - Jan 24
🌿 16) Banned book: The Old Man and the Sea - Jun 6
🌿 17) Genre you rarely read: I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jan 30
🌿 18) Favorite topic or theme: The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions - Mar 4
🌿 19) Favorite author: When We Were Orphans - Oct 25
🌿 20) About parents and children: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks - Jan 19
🌿 21) Set in space: Delta-V - Apr 15
🌿 22) Nostalgic memoir: All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me - Mar 12
🌿 23) Title longer than 6 words: The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy - May 11
🌿 24) A character that has your name: The Time Traveler's Wife - Oct 18
🌿 25) Less than 150 pages: Small Things Like These - Feb 15



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0/25

1. Guilty Pleasure read
2. Essay Collection
3. Published before you where born
4. A book you can finish in a day
5. A book in another language
6. About parents & children
7. Because of the cover
8. A book about books or reading
9. An award winner
10. Set in space
11. Banned book
12. Favorite author
13. A book by an author from another country
14. Longer than 500 pages
15. Nostalgic memoir
16. Less than 150 pages
17. Title longer than 6 words
18. A book you previously abandoned
19. How-to book
20. Favorite topic or theme
21. A re-read
22. Cookbook
23. Genre you rarely read
24. A book beloved by a friend
25. A character that has your name

2023 BINGO Reading Challenge
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Completed: 0/25

1. Guilty Pleasure read
2. Essay Collection
3. Published before you where born
4. A book you can finish in a day
5. A book in another language
6. About parents & children
7. Because of the cover
8. A book about books or reading
9. An award winner
10. Set in space
11. Banned book
12. Favorite author
13. A book by an author from another country
14. Longer than 500 pages
15. Nostalgic memoir
16. Less than 150 pages
17. Title longer than 6 words
18. A book you previously abandoned
19. How-to book
20. Favorite topic or theme
21. A re-read
22. Cookbook
23. Genre you rarely read
24. A book beloved by a friend
25. A character that has your name

I will play again and go for Mix it Up - BONIG!
25/25
✔︎1) A book beloved by a friend Coronation Year Sept 24
✔︎2) Because of the cover On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous Mar 17
✔︎3) A book you can finish in a day The Bookstore Sisters Oct 10
✔︎4) Longer than 500 pages Fayne June 26
✔︎ 5) A book by an author from another country Honey & Spice by Bolu Babalola Jan 5
✔︎6) Cookbook Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook Dec 30
✔︎7) A book in another language Victim 2117 Mar 29
✔︎8) How-to book The Comfort Book Apr 6
✔︎9) Essay collection Shrewed: A Wry and Closely Observed Look at the Lives of Women and Girls Sept 5
✔︎10) A re-read Zen Golf: Mastering the Mental GameAug 23
✔︎11) A book about books or reading Thank You for Listening Oct 5
✔︎ 12) An award winner I'm Glad My Mom Died Mar 24
✔︎13) A book you previously abandonded The Art of Racing in the Rain Oct 30
✔︎14) Published before you were born The Hound of the Baskervilles Oct 8
✔︎15) Guilty pleasure read Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics Oct 10
✔︎16) Banned book Mad Honey June 6
✔︎17) Genre you rarely read Moon of the Crusted Snow (dystopian) Jan 14
✔︎ 18) Favorite topic or theme Looking for Jane Jan 16
✔︎19) Favorite author True Colors by Kristin Hannah Feb 5
✔︎ 20) About parents and children The Last House on the Street Jan 10
✔︎21) Set in space A Wrinkle in Time Aug 12
✔︎22) Nostalgic memoir Crying in H Mart May 9
✔︎23) Title longer than 6 words The Disease to Please: Curing the People-Pleasing Syndrome March 12
✔︎24) A character that has your name Tom Lake Aug 21
✔︎25) Less than 150 pages Golden Hills, Oct 10

Bingo Reading Challenge 2023
Mix it Up - BONIG!

16/25

✔ 1) A book beloved by a friend - A World of Curiosities / Louise Penny 1/13/23
✔ 2) Because of the cover Mortal Fear / Robin Cook 1/7/2023
✔ 3) A book you can finish in a day - Dirty Billionaire / Meghan March 1/1/2023
✔ 4) Longer than 500 pages The Talisman / Stephen King Peter Straub 1/3/2023
✔ 5) A book by an author from another country Black Evening / David Morrell 1/12/2023
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
✔ 10) A re-read The Lost World / Michael Crichton 1/10/23
✔ 11) A book about books or reading Secrets in the Stacks / Lynn Cahoon 2/21/22
✔ 12) An award winner - My Dark Vanessa / Kate Elizabeth Russell 1/5/2023
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories / Truman Capote 1/27/23
15) Guilty pleasure read Black Diamond / Brittani Williams 1/13/2023
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
✔ 18) Favorite topic or theme Just the Nicest Couple / Mary Kubica 1/15/23
✔ 19) Favorite author - Fairy Tale / Stephen King 1/4/2023
✔ 20) About parents and children The Lindbergh Nanny / Mariah Fredericks 1/6/23
✔ 21) Set in space - Fallen Heroes / Dafydd ab Hugh 1/14/23
✔ 22) Nostalgic memoir - Finding Me / Viola Davis 1/18/23
✔ 23) Title longer than 6 words E.R. Nurses: Walk My Rounds with Me: True Stories from America's Greatest Unsung Heroes / James Patterson 1/9/23
24) A character that has your name
✔ 25) Less than 150 pages The Clue in the Recycling Bin / Gertrude Chandler Warner 1/3/2023

I've never had the bingo cards regenerate, so I won't be posting mine here, I'll be ticking off on the card itself!

With hardly reading last year, I still managed to do well, but let's see if I can get a blackout again this year! (Even if I don't like the prompts as much)

☑️ 1. A book beloved by a friend: A Man Called Ove - January 20
☑️ 2. Because of the cover: The Wedding Date - February 27
☑️ 3. A book you can finish in a day: Changeling - January 10
☑️ 4. Longer than 500 pages: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - January 8
☑️ 5. A book by an author from another country: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard - January 27
☐ 6. Cookbook
☑️ 7. A book in another language: Clap When You Land - April 30
☐ 8. How-to book
☐ 9. Essay collection
☑️ 10. A re-read: Six of Crows - April 7
☐ 11. A book about books or reading
☑️ 12. An award winner: The Bad Guys: Episode 1 - February 7
☑️ 13. A book you previously abandonded: Heat Wave - January 5
☑️ 14. Published before you were born: Slaughterhouse-Five - February 8
☑️ 15. Guilty pleasure read: The Chalice of the Gods - October 22
☑️ 16. Banned book: Radio Silence - April 26
☑️ 17. Genre you rarely read: I'm Glad My Mom Died - January 4
☑️ 18. Favorite topic or theme: The Silence of the Girls - January 22
☑️ 19. Favorite author: In the Lives of Puppets - February 12
☑️ 20. About parents and children: Deepest, Darkest - January 13
☐ 21. Set in space
☑️ 22. Nostalgic memoir: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing - January 25
☑️ 23. Title longer than 6 words: Alfie Bloom and the Secrets of Hexbridge Castle - January 9
☑️ 24. A character that has your name: Thunderhead - May 17
☑️ 25. Less than 150 pages: Alicia Alonso Takes the Stage - January 27

20/25

January 27: MY FIRST BINGO!
May 17: SECOND BINGO

2023 BINGO Reading Challenge
GOING FOR --> Mix it up: BONIG! Use the card as a way to inspire your reading life. Cross out as many categories of books that you’ve read which interest you.

1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

2023 Bingo Reading Challenge: Blackout



1) A book beloved by a friend Six of Crows
2) Because of the cover Belladonna
3) A book you can finish in a day Kill Joy
4) Longer than 500 pages A Court of Silver Flames
5) A book by an author from another country Thé vert et arsenic (Policier)
6) Cookbook Cravings: Recipes for All the Food You Want to Eat
7) A book in another language Sauve-moi
8) How-to book You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life
9) Essay collection 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think
10) A re-read A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
11) A book about books or reading Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home
12) An award winner I'm Glad My Mom Died
13) A book you previously abandoned Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl―A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship
14) Published before you were born Flowers in the Attic
15) Guilty pleasure read Twisted Love
16) Banned book Gone With the Wind
17) Genre you rarely read Home
18) Favorite topic or theme Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
19) Favorite author Why We Broke Up
20) About parents and children The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read
21) Set in space Ice Planet Barbarians
22) Nostalgic memoir Poirot and Me
23) Title longer than 6 words How to Win Friends and Influence People
24) A character that has your name 24 Girls in 7 Days
25) Less than 150 pages On Confidence

I'll likely use it as the third mix-it-up method of doing a scavenger hunt for books meeting the prompts along the way in mood reading. But keeping up with documenting it via a collective tracking format for the benefit of the challenge will probably be too tedious for me, so I'll make it a private passive thing.

Going for Blackout Bigno! Italian Bingo

1) A book beloved by a friend Lessons in Chemistry ✔️
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions✔️
4) Longer than 500 pages ✔️ Fourth Wing
5) A book by an author from another country Patricia Fisher: Ship's Detective✔️
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language The Devil's Arithmetic✔️
8) How-to book The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Make Your Loved Ones' Lives Easier and Your Own Life More Pleasant ✔️
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading The Starless Sea ✔️
12) An award winner The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating ✔️
13) A book you previously abandoned
14) Published before you were born Sense and Sensibility ✔️
15) Guilty pleasure read ✔️ Clue Krewe
16) Banned book Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History ✔️
17) Genre you rarely read The Picture of Dorian Gray (Horror) ✔️
18) Favorite topic or theme The Woman I Was Born to Be. Susan Boyle✔️
19) Favorite author Fire and Rain✔️
20) About parents and children The Nature of Fragile Things✔️
21) Set in space Project Hail Mary
22) Nostalgic memoir 700 Sundays✔️
23) Title longer than 6 words Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets✔️
24) A character that has your name Duck for Cover & Other Tales
25) Less than 150 pages A Psalm for the Wild-Built✔️

2023 BINGO Reading Challenge
Challenge level : BONIG! Use the card as a way to inspire your reading life. Cross out as many categories of books that you’ve read which interest you.

✔️1) A book beloved by a friend The Paris Apartment January 10
✔️2) Because of the cover Daughter of the Moon Goddess June 19
✔️3) A book you can finish in a day The Annihilator January 31
✔️4) Longer than 500 pages Final Offer February 3
✔️5) A book by an author from another country - The Legacy January 3
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
✔️10) A re-read Shatter Me March 11
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
✔️13) A book you previously abandoned Where the Crawdads Sing January 6
✔️14) Published before you were born The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer February 14
✔️15) Guilty pleasure read Ignite Me March 13
✔️16) Banned book Haunting Adeline March 3
17) Genre you rarely read
✔️18) Favorite topic or theme The Silent Patient January 28
✔️ 19) Favorite author King of Pride by Ana Huang - May 9
✔️20) About parents and children Love & Gelato February 8
21) Set in space
✔️22) Nostalgic memoir A Man Called Ove June 10
✔️23) Title longer than 6 words Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing January 13
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

Read: 15/25

BONIG! Mix it up!

1) A book beloved by a friend
X 2) Because of the cover Inside Bridgerton
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
X 5) A book by an author from another country The Merciless Ones
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
X 21) Set in space Star Wars: The Princess and the Scoundrel
X 22) Nostalgic memoir The Office BFFs
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

Here is the list of the categories:

1) A book beloved by a friend The Great Oklahoma Swindle: Race, Religion, and Lies in America's Weirdest State 5* Jul 20 (though beloved may be not be the right word, say instead 'very highly recommended')
2) Because of the cover What is Humanism? How do you live without a god? And Other Big Questions for Kids 5* Jun 15
3) A book you can finish in a day The Entertainer and the Dybbuk 4* May 17
4) Longer than 500 pages Victorian Fairy Tales 4* Jun 17
5) A book by an author from another country Anxious People 2* May 27
6) Cookbook Food-Related Stories 2* Mar 28
7) A book in another language Dreaming in Black & White 4* May 15
8) How-to book Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades: 20 Poems and Activities That Meet the Common Core Standards and Cultivate a Passion for Poetry 4* May 8
9) Essay collection Small Comforts: More Comments And Comic Pieces 4* May 8
10) A re-read The Princess and the Goblin 5* Jun 26
11) A book about books or reading Book Love 4* Jun 8
12) An award winner The Thief - Newbery - 3* Jul 8
13) A book you previously abandoned Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery 4* Jun 24 (I should have read it when we owned it, when my kids were young, but didn't.)
14) Published before you were born Stuart Little 3* Jun 28
15) Guilty pleasure read Paris for One and Other Stories 4* Jan 11
16) Banned book Gender Queer: A Memoir 3* Jun 30
17) Genre you rarely read Norman Rockwell's Christmas Book 3* Jun 29
18) Favorite topic or theme Remarkably Bright Creatures 4* Jun 3 (non-human intelligence)
19) Favorite author A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers 4* Jul 13
20) About parents and children Another Day as Emily 3* Jun 13
21) Set in space Quarter Share 4* Jun 28
22) Nostalgic memoir When Africa Was Home 4* Apr. 6
23) Title longer than 6 words The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish 3* May 30 (a wonderful book, just not quite right for me)
24) A character that has your name The Rise and Fall of a Teen-Age Wacko by Mary Anderson 3* May 14 (I can look for something with a Cheryl, but Anderson was easier.)
25) Less than 150 pages Rosetown 4* Jun 19

1) A book beloved by a friend - Nezemaljski izraz njegovih ruku - Mar 30
2) Because of the cover - Buick Rivera - Apr 03
3) A book you can finish in a day - Twelve Angry Men - Jan 26
4) Longer than 500 pages - Svjetlost Evrope u Bosni i Hercegovini - Jan 27
5) A book by an author from another country - Murder on the Orient Express - jan 28
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man - Mar 04
8) How-to book - The Prince - Aug 20
9) Essay collection - Legends of Old Sarajevo - Jan 25
10) A re-read - A Study in Scarlet - Apr 05
11) A book about books or reading - Ljetopis o Kralju Tvrtku - Apr 09
12) An award winner - Nowhere Man - Jan 18
13) A book you previously abandonded - Sarajevo 1914 - Mar 27
14) Published before you were born - The Sign of Four - Apr 10
15) Guilty pleasure read - Perfume: The Story of a Murderer - jan 23
16) Banned book - All Quiet on the Western Front - Mar 29
17) Genre you rarely read - Dracula - Jan 11
18) Favorite topic or theme - Zlatno doba Sarajeva : - Jan 12
19) Favorite author - Second Variety - Mar 02
20) About parents and children - The Radetzky March - Feb 18
21) Set in space - Robot Dreams - May 09
22) Nostalgic memoir - Veliki vojvoda bosanski Sandalj Hranić Kosača - Jan 03
23) Title longer than 6 words - The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul - Jul 15
24) A character that has your name - Sarajevo Marlboro - Mar 26
25) Less than 150 pages - The Captain's Daughter - Feb 23

I'm going to do Mix it up: BONIG! this year



17/25 Read

✔️1) A book beloved by a friend - A Court of Mist and Fury
✔️2) Because of the cover - House of Earth and Blood
3) A book you can finish in a day
✔️4) Longer than 500 pages - Gilded
✔️5) A book by an author from another country - The It Girl
6) Cookbook
✔️7) A book in another language - Beartown
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
✔️10) A re-read - Fight Club
✔️11) A book about books or reading - Book Lovers
✔️12) An award winner - The Graveyard Book
✔️13) A book you previously abandonded - Piranesi
14) Published before you were born - Voyager (Technically I was a couple weeks old but I'm counting it)
✔️15) Guilty pleasure read - Kingdom of Ash
✔️16) Banned book - The Help
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
✔️19) Favorite author - The Stolen Heir
✔️20) About parents and children - Blackmail and Bibingka (Not the main storyline but it is a major part of the book)
21) Set in space
✔️22) Nostalgic memoir - Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls
✔️23) Title longer than 6 words - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
✔️24) A character that has your name - The Assassin's Blade
✔️25) Less than 150 pages - Tuck Everlasting

So, I will join in as well :)

Progress: 24/25

✔️1) Banned Book: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass (Lewis Carroll)
✔️ 2) How-to book: How to Bullet Plan: Everything You Need to Know About Journaling with Bullet Points
✔️3) Set in Space: Project Hail Mary (Andy Weir)
✔️4) Genre you rarely read: Belladonna (Adalyn Grace)
✔️5) A character that has your name: Untethered Sky
✔️6) Longer than 500 pages: The Final Empire (Brandon Sanderson)
✔️7) Nostalgic Memoir: Herbstmilch: Lebenserinnerungen einer Bäuerin (Anna Wimschneider)
✔️8) Published before you were born: Der Platz (Annie Ernaux)
✔️9) A book about books or reading: Book Lovers
✔️10) Favorite author: I Who Have Never Known Men (Jacqueline Harpman)
✔️11) A book in another language: One of Us Is Lying (Karen M. McManus) - english is not my first language ;-)
✔️12) Guilty pleasure read: Bewitched Shadows (Autumn Blake)
✔️13) Less than 150 pages: Elfie Season 1 (Gabrielle Dubois)
✔️14) An Award winner: Demon Copperhead (Barbara Kingsolver)
✔️15) About parents and children: I'm Glad My Mom Died (Jenette McCurdy)
✔️16) A book you can finish in a day: The Stepford Wives (Ira Levin)
✔️17) A book by an author from another country: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong)
18) A re-read
✔️19) A book you previously abandoned: The Devil Wears Prada (Weissberger) - >The former abandonement was justified though
✔️20) Essay collection: Das Winterbuch (Tove Janson)
✔️21) Title longer than 6 words: The long way to a small and angry planet (Becky Chambers)
✔️22) Favorite topic or theme: An English Murder (Cyril Hare) - Murder Mystery
✔️23) A book beloved by a friend: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
✔️24) Because of the cover: Godkiller (Hannah Kaner)
✔️25) Cookbook: Jerusalem (Ottolenghi)

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Let's go for Blackout!

Progress: 13/25

☐ 1) A book beloved by a friend
☐ 2) Because of the cover
The Gilded Wolves
✅ 3) A book you can finish in a day
The Necklace
✅ 4) Longer than 500 pages
La Chica de Nieve
✅ 5) A book by an author from another country
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World - January 17
☐ 6) Cookbook
Friends: The Official Cookbook
✅ 7) A book in another language
La chica que soñaba con un cerillo y un galón de gasolina
☐ 8) How-to book
☐ 9) Essay collection
Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays
✅ 10) A re-read
The Haunting of Hill House
✅ 11) A book about books or reading
The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids
✅ 12) An award winner
Lecciones de química
Las cosas que perdimos en el fuego - Premi Ciutat de Barcelona for Literatura en Lengua Castellana (2017)/Mr. Mercedes - Edgar Award (2015)
✅ 13) A book you previously abandoned
Uglies
✅ 14) Published before you were born
Grandes esperanzas
☐ 15) Guilty pleasure read
✅ 16) Banned book
Monday's Not Coming
☐ 17) Genre you rarely read
soft magic. (Poetry)
✅ 18) Favorite topic or theme
Why Fonts Matter
☐ 19) Favorite author
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
☐ 20) About parents and children
Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children
✅ 21) Set in space
172 Hours on the Moon
☐ 22) Nostalgic memoir
☐ 23) Title longer than 6 words
La niña que recorrió Tierra Fantástica en un barco hecho por ella misma
☐ 24) A character that has your name
✅ 25) Less than 150 pages
La condesa sangrienta

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✔1) A book beloved by a friend - The Wall of Winnipeg and Me
✔2) Because of the cover Love in Winter Wonderland
✔3) A book you can finish in a day -How to Train Your Dragon
✔4) Longer than 500 pages - Strange the Dreamer
✔5) A book by an author from another country - Lemon
6) Cookbook - Eat Joy: Stories & Comfort Food from 31 Celebrated Writers
✔7) A book in another language - The Prisoner of Heaven
✔8) How-to book - How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
✔9) Essay collection -Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory
✔10) A re-read -One Day in December
✔11) A book about books or reading - Yellowface
✔12) An award winner - Coraline
✔13) A book you previously abandonded - The Angel Maker
✔14) Published before you were born - We Have Always Lived in the Castle
✔15) Guilty pleasure read - The Third Wheel
✔16) Banned book - A Thousand Splendid Suns
✔17) Genre you rarely read - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
✔18) Favorite topic or theme - The Escape Room
✔19) Favorite author - The Beatrice Letters
✔20) About parents and children - How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
✔21) Set in space - All Systems Red
✔22) Nostalgic memoir - That Can Be Arranged: A Muslim Love Story
✔23) Title longer than 6 words - I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You
✔24) A character that has your name - Me Before You
✔25) Less than 150 pages -Shadecraft, Vol. 1

1) A book beloved by a friend - I’m Glad My Mom Died 5/31
2) Because of the cover - Of Manners and Murder: A Dear Miss Hermione Mystery 6/18
3) A book you can finish in a day- The Game's Afoot; Or Holmes for the Holidays (Ludwig) GAMES AFOOT OR HOLMES FOR THE Paperback 6/5
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country - Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman - 5/22
6) Cookbook - Will never read one!!!
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - 12/31
11) A book about books or reading - Book Lovers 2/12
12) An award winner - Finding Me: An Oprah's Book Club Pick 2/6
13) A book you previously abandonded - The Bullet That Missed 6/22
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read - A Good Day to Pie 5/10
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read - Churchill's Secret Messenger 6/2
18) Favorite topic or theme - Happy Place 7/3
19) Favorite author - Someone Else's Shoes 6/10
20) About parents and children Beyond That, the Sea 7/12
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir -Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard 3/25
23) Title longer than 6 words - Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: Honor Your Emotions, Nurture Your Self, and Live with Confidence 3/25
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

going to try BONIG!

BINGO
25/25

1) A book beloved by a friend Where the Crawdads Sing 1/16
2) Because of the cover Zoe in Wonderland 2/22
3) A book you can finish in a day The Bridges of Madison County 1/4
4) Longer than 500 pages The President Is Missing 12/11
5) A book by an author from another country Me by Elton John 1/24
6) Cookbook #Eat Meat Less: Good for Animals, the Earth & All 1/11
7) A book in another language The Art of War 11/15
8) How-to book WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power, and Change the Game 5/18
9) Essay collection The Fire Next Time 2/22
10) A re-read The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4/11
11) A book about books or reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 1/3
12) An award winner A Wrinkle in Time 3/8
13) A book you previously abandoned Catch-22 4/26
14) Published before you were born Murder on the Orient Express 2/6
15) Guilty pleasure read Black List 3/1
16) Banned book The Hate U Give 1/25
17) Genre you rarely read Best Poems of Stevie Smith 10/18
18) Favorite topic or theme Playing the Long Game: A Memoir byChristine Sinclair 6/24
19) Favorite author The Partner by John Grisham 2/14
20) About parents and children Spare by Prince Harry 2/16
21) Set in space Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery 8/10
22) Nostalgic memoir A Wild and Precious Life by Edie Windsor 2/8
23) Title longer than 6 words The Five People You Meet in Heaven 5/2
24) A character that has your name The Company of Strangers by Robert Wilson 9/15
25) Less than 150 pages The House on Mango Street 2/21

Blackout
14/25





1. Title longer than 6 words - January 2
You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin
2. A book you can finish in a day - January 3
Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies by Caitlin Doughty
3. Genre you rarely read [true crime] - January 5
The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber
4. A book beloved by a friend - January 6
The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
5. A character that has your name - January 9
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
6. A book by an author from another country - January 10
All the Living and the Dead: from Embalmers to Executioners, an Exploration of the People Who Have Made Death Their Life's Work by Hayley Campbell
7. Favorite topic or theme [nonfiction/humor] - January 17
What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
8. Banned book - January 18
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
9. Longer than 500 pages - January 20
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson
10. A re-read - January 24
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
11. About parents & children - January 29
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
12. Less than 150 pages - January 30
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
13. Favorite author - February 6
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
14. Because of the cover - February 15
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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1. Guilty Pleasure read
2. Essay Collection
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones
3. Published before you where born
White Noise by Don DeLillo
5. A book in another language
8. A book about books or reading
9. An award winner
10. Set in space
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
15. Nostalgic memoir
18. A book you previously abandoned
19. How-to book
22. Cookbook
The Wok: Recipes and Techniques by J. Kenji López-Alt

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2023 Bingo Reading Challenge: Blackout✅
3/25

⬜️ 1) A book beloved by a friend
⬜️ 2) Because of the cover
⬜️ 3) A book you can finish in a day
⬜️ 4) Longer than 500 pages
⬜️ 5) A book by an author from another country
⬜️ 6) Cookbook
⬜️ 7) A book in another language: Marta schläft by Romy Hausmann
⬜️ 8) How-to book: (How to begin a chess game. Chess openings) Jak rozpocząć partię szachową. Cześć C: Debiuty zamknięte by Mirosława Litmanowicz
⬜️ 9) Essay collection: George Orwell
✅ 10) A re-read: Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott
⬜️ 11) A book about books or reading
⬜️ 12) An award winner
⬜️ 13) A book you previously abandonded
⬜️ 14) Published before you were born
⬜️ 15) Guilty pleasure read: The Wicked King by Holly Black
⬜️ 16) Banned book
✅ 17) Genre you rarely read: Маруся Чурай. Історичний роман у віршах by Lina Kostenko
⬜️ 18) Favorite topic or theme
⬜️ 19) Favorite author
⬜️ 20) About parents and children: Urodziny by Carol Wyer
⬜️ 21) Set in space
⬜️ 22) Nostalgic memoir
⬜️ 23) Title longer than 6 words: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
⬜️ 24) A character that has your name
✅ 25) Less than 150 pages: Mathilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Bingo challenge

1) A book beloved by a friend
⬜️ 2) Because of the cover
⬜️ 3) A book you can finish in a day
⬜️ 4) Longer than 500 pages
⬜️ 5) A book by an author from another country
⬜️ 6) Cookbook
⬜️ 7) A book in another language:
⬜️ 8) How-to book
⬜️ 9) Essay collection: George Orwell
⬜️ 10) A re-read
⬜️ 11) A book about books or reading
⬜️ 12) An award winner
⬜️ 13) A book you previously abandonded
⬜️ 14) Published before you were born
⬜️ 15) Guilty pleasure read: The Wicked King by Holly Black
⬜️ 16) Banned book
⬜️ 17) Genre you rarely read
⬜️ 18) Favorite topic or theme
⬜️ 19) Favorite author
⬜️ 20) About parents and children
⬜️ 21) Set in space
⬜️ 22) Nostalgic memoir
⬜️ 23) Title longer than 6 words:
⬜️ 24) A character that has your name
⬜️ 25) Less than 150 pages

Bingo Challenge

✅1) A book beloved by a friend ~ Juniper & Thorn
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
✅12) An award winner ~ Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
✅15) Guilty pleasure read ~ It Happened One Summer
16) Banned book
✅17) Genre you rarely read ~ The Summer of Broken Rules
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
✅21) Set in space ~ Project Hail Mary
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
✅24) A character that has your name ~ Bunny
25) Less than 150 pages

Betsy wrote: "Frequently Asked Questions

3. Does category 7 - a book in another language- have to have been written in any language or just not English?

The book must have been written in another language from the one you would normally read books in: if you normally read books in French, for example, then it would need to have been written in a different language.

I still have question about it. If I usually read in English, should I read a book in French or can it be a French book translated to English? :D

Yeah, I can read no other languages, so I will not be going for blackout. Shame on me.

I will say in my defense however that last month I read Odes to Common Things, poems in side-by-side Spanish and English, and kept teasing out bits from the original Spanish to compare the two renditions. Poetry is, of course, very hard to translate well.

Marta and Cheryl, it can be a translated from French into English book, so anyone can go for Blackout.

What exacty is meant with "banned book"?

When you google banned books USA you'll find a list of some, they are books that are banned from school librarys and such (maybe you could also read ones that have been banned before, like "To kill a Mockingbird" (it was banned in some states I believe)) - at least that is what I think it is referring to.
... I just found a Wikipedia article (List of books banned by governments), maybe you could also use one of those. :)

Betsy wrote: "Marta and Cheryl, it can be a translated from French into English book, so anyone can go for Blackout."

Oh! Well that's easy then. :)

BINGO CHALLENGE HERE WE GO! A Full blackout!

Total: 8/25

1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
✔️ A book you can finish in a day: Tom Gates: Super Good Skills
✔️ Longer than 500 pages: The Fountainhead
✔️ A book by an author from another country: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
✔️ A re-read: The Chic Diet
11) A book about books or reading
✔️ An award winner: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
13) A book you previously abandoned
14) Published before you were born
✔️ Guilty pleasure read: Gone Girl
16) Banned book
✔️Genre you rarely read: The Night is Darkening Round Me
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
✔️Title longer than 6 words: The Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

I'd love to join but I do have some questions:

What is a Guilty Pleasure read? I don't feel guilty reading any book and I don't know how to deal with that prompt.

Cookbook? Does anyone actually read a cookbook from start to end or do you mean a cookbook from which you've cooked a few recipes?

Nostalgic memoir? I don't get that, how does one know if a memoir turns out being nostalgic before you've read it? Shall it be nostalgic for me or for the person who wrote it? And what kind of nostalgia? Maybe I'm overthinking this, the only memoirs I'm planning to read this year is Gandhi's autobiography. Could I count that for this prompt?

Thankyou 🙏

Nike's Bingo 2023

I'll set my mind for a full "BIGNO", let's see how far I'll come 🙂

B 1 Guilty pleasure read: Somna & somna om: 101 sätt att få kroppen att slappna av by Linda Wirén
B 2 About parents and children: The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne
B 3 Banned book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
B 4 Less than 150 pages: Albert Nobbs by George Moore
B 5 A reread: Mio, min Mio by Astrid Lindgren

I 1 Essay collection: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
I 2 Because of the cover: The Moomins and the Great Flood by Tove Jansson
I 3 Favourite author: Blacklands by Belinda Bauer
I 4 Title longer than six words: Fasansfulla händelser i Dunwich och andra noveller av H.P. Lovecraft
I 5 Cookbook: Ägg: recept & teknik by Tove Nilsson

N 1 Published before I was born: Occasion for Loving by Nadine Gordimer
N 2 A book about books or reading: The Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
N 3 A book by an author from another country: Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq
N 4 A book I've previously abandoned: Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
N 5 Genre I rarely read: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré

G 1 A book I can finish in a day: The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs
G 2 An award winner: Valerie; or, The Faculty of Dreams by Sara Stridsberg
G 3 Longer than 500 pages: The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel
G 4 How-to book: How Stella Learned to Talk: The Groundbreaking Story of the World's First Talking Dog by Christina Hunger
G 5 A book beloved by a friend: Island of the Doomed by Stig Dagerman

O 1 A book in another language: A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley I will read this one in English because it's not translated into my language. The other books I'll read in Swedish
O 2 Set in space: Aniara by Harry Martinson
O 3 Nostalgic memoir: Kring denna kropp av Stina Wollter
O 4 Favourite topic or theme: Lykttändaren av Pontus Ljunghill
O 5 A character that's got my name: Nikes Bok by Agnes Lidbeck

Okay, it's unlikely I'll actually get bingo, but it's fun to try anyway :D

1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

Nike, so exciting that you're joining this challenge!

Each category is a prompt to get you reading, and they are sometimes broad on purpose to make it as applicable to each individual. Let me try and show you to help:
A guilty pleasure could be a book or a topic you wouldn't want people to see you reading on the bus.
A cookbook could be a book you want to read cover to cover or cook recipes from.
Gandhi's autobiography could be a nostalgic memoir if it makes you feel that way, it's very personal.

Please remember this is not a competition but a challenge, it's a fun way to see how you read and gets you thinking and connecting topics and books.

Betsy wrote: "Nike, so exciting that you're joining this challenge!

Each category is a prompt to get you reading, and they are sometimes broad on purpose to make it as applicable to each individual. Let me try..."

Thank you, I'm very well aware that this is s challenge. I usually participate in many, many in different groups on GoodReads. 🙂

My question about the guilty pleasure is what I said - I don't feel guilty reading anything so I wouldn't be embarrassed on the bus or any other place. That ' s what I meant. I don't care what other people think whether I read a book by a Nobel Price laureate and some people call me a snob or if I read a crime novel and people think I'm reading trash.

That's why I don't know what to choose for that prompt.

Thankyou for your explanation about the cook books.

When it comes to memoirs or autobiographies it will be a bit difficult. I wouldn't read one because it could make me nostalgic. However the one I mentioned by Gandhi may provoke some nostalgia anyway, since it will remind me of the time I studied International Relations some twenty-five years ago and I wrote a highly rated essay about Gandhi. Does that work?

But please help me suggest a guilty genre? I could read a book about sexuality or a radical political book or a children's book in public without being the slightest embarrassed.

Hello Nike,
I see what you are saying about not feeling guilty about anything you read. It doesn't need to be a sensationalist topic, but it could be from the three topics you suggested - sexuality, radical politics, or a children's book - or you could brainstorm what guilt brings up for you and then select a book from that. For example, it could be the inverse; I feel guilty spending time watching a lot of YouTube videos, so perhaps I could choose a book about time management.

What you described about Gandhi and your connection to your studies could fall under nostalgia, especially if it takes you back to former times.

Betsy wrote: "Hello Nike,
I see what you are saying about not feeling guilty about anything you read. It doesn't need to be a sensationalist topic, but it could be from the three topics you suggested - sexuality..."

Lol, spot on! Time management! I'm absolutely and overwhelmingly lousy at time management. Not because of YouTube, (maybe due to GoodReads though 😉).
That was a very good suggestion - to choose a book with a theme of something I'm a bit ashamed of considering my habits in every day life. Really good idea indeed. Thank you so much 🙏

(I actually got an idea. I'm a bit embarrassed that I have NOT yet read a few books. Especially since I love the movies and they are among the many different genres that I love to read. I think I am the only person my age (52) that still haven't read neither The Lord of the Rings-books nor the Harry Potter-books. Well maybe not the only one but the only one who loves sagas and fantasy.

Could that count?)

I think your idea about not having yet read Harry Potter or The Lord of the Ring type books fits perfectly into the 'guilty' category.
I'm happy you liked my suggestion, looking forward to what you will choose!

B1 - Genre you rarely read Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
I1 - A re-read
N1 - Favorite author Friends And Heroes by Olivia Manning
G1 - A book by an author from another country The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel García Márquez
O1 - A character that has your name: The Wind in the Rosebush and Other Stories of the Supernatural by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

B2 - An award winner Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
I2 - Essay collection
N2 - Banned book The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat
G2 - Nostalgic memoir An Education by Lynn Barber
02 - A book you previously abandoned Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra

B3 - Because of the coverConcentrate: Poems by Courtney Faye Taylor
I3 - Less than 150 pages We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
N3 - A book beloved by a friend
G3 - Title longer than 6 words The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
03 - Set in space In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

B4 - Cookbook To the Last Bite: Recipes and Ideas for Making the Most of Your Ingredients by Alexis deBoschnek
I4 - Published before you were born The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
N4 - How-to bookFour-Season Food Gardening: How to grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs year-round by Misilla dela Llana
G4 - About parents and children Olga Dies Dreaming by Xóchitl González
04 - A book written in another language Metamorphoses by Ovid

B5 - A book about books or reading The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli
I5 - Guilty pleasure read The Sittaford Mystery by Agatha Christie
N5 - Favorite topic or theme Verdict of Twelve by Raymond W. Postgate
G5 - Longer than 500 pages: Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson
O5 - A book you can finish in a day: The Pearl by John Steinbeck

☑️ A book beloved by a friend What if? 2 - Was wäre wenn?: Weitere wirklich wissenschaftliche Antworten auf absurde hypothetische Fragen (12th February)
☑️ Because of the cover Unberechenbar (17th February)
☑️ A book you can finish in a day Dr Grüffelo: Schwäbische Ausgabe (26th January)
☑️ Longer than 500 pages Jane Eyre (17th April)
☑️ A book by an author from another country Der Junge, der Maulwurf, der Fuchs und das Pferd. Eine bewegte Geschichte: Ein Buch, so schön wie eine Umarmung (25th March)
6) Cookbook
☑️ A book in another language A Poem for Every Day of the Year (30th April)
☑️ How-to book Different, Not Less: A neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after (14th March)
9) Essay collection
☑️ A re-read The Secret History (18th August)
☑️ A book about books or reading Drifter
☑️ An award winner Find me: Finde mich (14th March)
☑️ A book you previously abandonded City of Girls* (10th June)
☑️ Published before you were born Die Wiederkehr des Königs (29th January)
☑️ Guilty pleasure read Hochsaison (7th June)
☑️ Banned book The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald (28th June)
☑️ Genre you rarely read STRANGER THINGS: Das offizielle Begleitbuch – ein NETFLIX-Original: Die andere Seite von Stranger Things (30th January)
☑️ Favorite topic or theme Die Abenteuer (22nd January)
☑️ Favorite author Die zwei Türme (20th January)
☑️ About parents and children The Secret Garden (2nd March)
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
☑️ Title longer than 6 words Vom Glück mit der Natur zu leben. (22nd January)
24) A character that has your name
☑️ Less than 150 pages Dudette (21st January)