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Reading Bingo 2025Progress: 20/25
More than 500 pages - 717 pages:
- FINISHED 22/3/25 - 3* (7/10)
Forgotten classic:
- FINISHED 10/6/25 - 4* (8/10)
Became a movie:
- FINISHED 8/8/25 - 3* (7/10)
Published 2025 - 30/1/25:
- FINISHED 4/4/25 - 4+* (9+/10)
Number in title:
- FINISHED 28/1/25 - 5* (9.5/10)
ROW 2:-
Author under 30 - 21 yrs old:
The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker
Non-human characters:
- FINISHED 28/4/25 - 4* (8/10)
Funny book:
- FINISHED 23/4/25 - 4* (9/10)
Female author:
The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse
Book with mystery:
- FINISHED 7/2/25 - 4* (9/10)
ROW 3:-
One-word title:
- FINISHED 11/2/25 - 3* (6/10)
Short stories:
- FINISHED 12/4/25 - 3* (7/10)
Free square:
- FINISHED 6/1/25 - 4* (8/10)
Different continent - USA:
- FINISHED 5/3/25 - 4* (9/10)
Non-fiction:
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
ROW 4:-
1st book by fav. author:
- FINISHED 14/4/25 - 4* (9/10)
Heard about online:
- FINISHED 16/8/25 - 3* (6.5/10)
Best-seller:
- FINISHED 15/2/25 - 4* (9/10)
Based on true story:
The Librarian of Auschwitz: Based on the True Story of Dita Kraus by Antonio Iturbe
Bottom of TBR pile:
- FINISHED 9/7/25 - 4* (8.5/10)
ROW 5:-
Book a friend loves - Sarah (Aussie Readers):
- FINISHED 3/7/25 - 4* (9/10)
Book that scares you:
Crawlspace by Dan Padavona
Over 10 years old - January 2014:
- FINISHED 16/4/25 - 3* (6/10)
2nd in series - Opal Fields #2:
- FINISHED 18/4/25 - 4* (8.5/10)
Blue cover:
- FINISHED 22/3/25 - 4* (8/10)
Looks like a fun board. Row 1
More than 500 pages
A Game of Thrones
A Forgotten Classic
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Became a Movie
Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris
Published this year …2025
James by Percival Everett
Number in Title
V2: A Novel of World War II
Row 2
Written by someone under 30
Non-human characters
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig(finished book)
A Funny Book
Witches Abroad (finished book)
A Female Author
Wuthering Heights
A book with a Mystery
Row 3
A book with a one word title
(finished book)A book of short stories
Free square … A journey … A Walk Through Paris
A book set on a different continent
Non-fiction
Row 4
First book by a favourite author
Heard about online
Best Seller
Based on a true story
Book from bottom of TBR pile
Row 5
Book a friend loves
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library (finished book)
Book that scares you
Book over 10 years old (written before Jan 2015)
2nd in a series
Book with a blue cover
Finished my 1st of this Challenge with:-Row 3 - Free square:
You Are Here by David Nicholls
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Row 1
✔️1.More than 500 pages
The Crow Trap
] Ann Cleeves 535 p. Read 21 january 2025
✔️2.A Forgotten Classic
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips James Hilton 144 p. 22 february 2025✔️3.Became a Movie
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton 276 p. 31 january 2025✔️4.Published this year …2025
Isaac's Song
Daniel Black320 p. Read: 3 february Published january 2025
✔️5.Number in Title
Hunting Zero
Jack Mars 332 p. Read: 6 february Row 2
✔️1.Written by someone under 30
Kat & muis
Ian Rankin 231 p. 19 march Ian Rankin was 27 when this book was published
✔️2. Non-human characters
Cornelia Funke 296 p. Read jan 13 2025 Characters are also fairies, dwarfs,…
✔️3. AFunny Book
Het transgalactische liftershandboek
Douglas Adams 27 march 192 p.✔️4. A Female Author De Japanse minnaar
Isabel AllendeIsabel Allende is a female author
✔️5. book with a Mystery
Rechercheur De Klerck en de sluier van de dood P. Dieudonné
How did the body got in the freezer and whose body is it.
Row 3
✔️1.A book with a one word title
Onmacht
Yvonne Doorduyn 334 p. 15 february 20252.A book of short stories
✔️3. Free square
Zie mij
Jennifer Hillier 384 p. 19 january 2025✔️4. A book set on a different continent
The Home for Unwanted Girls Joanna Goodman 384 p. Read: 18 january 2025 set in Quebecset in America
✔️5.Non-fiction
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life—Before 8AM
Hal Elrod 224 p. 9 february 2025Row 4
✔️1. First book by a favourite author
Een van ons liegt
Karen M. McManus 300 p. 13 february 2025✔️2. Heard about online
Nita Prose 336 p. Read: 16 january 2025 ✔️3. Best Seller
De erfenis
Jennifer Lynn Barnes392 p. 23 january 2025
✔️4. Based on a true story
Paris: de memoires van Abel Sikkink
Bert Wagendorp 386 p. Read: 5 februaryStory of the Commune in Paris (1870)
✔️5. Book from bottom of TBR pile
De pianiste
Elfriede Jelinek 296 p. 28 februaryRow 5
✔️1. Book a friend loves
De verzamelde levens van A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin 224 p. 21 january 2028 Friend was very enthousiastic
✔️2. Book that scares you
Onze Moeder was een Seriemoordenaar
Gregg Olsen 442p. 12 february The evil scares me
✔️3. Book over 10 years old (written before Jan 2015)
The ABC Murders read 9 january 2025
✔️4. 2nd in a series De kleuren van schaduw
Victoria E. Schwab 560 p. 29 march✔️5. Book with a blue cover
Once Hunted Blake Pierce 192 p. 1 february 2025 ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Finished my 2nd of this Challenge with:-Row 1 - number in title:
1984 by George Orwell
Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 3rd of this Challenge with:-Read a book with a mystery:
For My Own Good by Vanessa Garbin
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 4th and 5th of this Challenge with:-Row 3 - One word title:-
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated this one as 3* (6/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Row 4 - Best seller:-
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 6th of this Challenge with:-Row 3 - Different continent (USA):
French Braid by Anne Tyler
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is a wonderful Bingo board! I can't resist.✔️B1 More than 500 pages - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Finished 2/22/25
✔️I1 Forgotten classic - A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor Finished 3/31/25
✔️N1 Became a movie - Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Finished 3/23/25
G1 Published 2025 -
O1 Number in title -
✔️B2 Author under 30 - Now in November byJosephine Winslow Johnson (when she was 24) Finished 5/9/25
✔️I2 Non-human characters - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Finished 4/22/25
✔️N2 Funny book - Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Finished 3/3/25
✔️G2 Female author - Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks Read 2/5/25
O2 Book with mystery -
✔️B3 One-word title - Augustus by John Williams Finished 2/9/25
✔️I3 Short stories - Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin Finished 2/28/25
N3 Free square -
✔️G3 Different continent - The Masterpiece by Émile Zola (Europe) Finished 5/17/25
✔️O3 Non-fiction: Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America by Kurt Andersen Finished 1/19/25
✔️B4 1st book by fav. author - Recitatif by Toni Morrison Finished 1/20/25
✔️I4 Heard about online - It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Finished 2/7/25
✔️N4 Best-seller - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Finished 1/25/25
✔️G4 Based on true story - The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
✔️O4 Bottom of TBR pile - The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler Finished 4/30/25
✔️B5 Book a friend loves - The Chosen by Chaim Potok Finished 4/14/25
✔️I5 Book that scares you - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Finished 4/22/25
✔️N5 Over 10 years old - Light in August by William Faulkner (1932) Finished 4/12/25
✔️G5 2nd in series - Girl with Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien (#2 in Country Girls Trilogy) Finished 3/17/25
✔️O5 Blue cover - Prelude by Katherine Mansfield Finished 4/18/25
Finished my 7th and 8th of this Challenge with:Row 5 - Blue cover:-
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here;-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Row 1 - More than 500 pages - 717 pages:-
George Orwell: A Life by Bernard Crick
Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 9th read of this Challenge with:-Row 1 - Published in 2025 - 30/1/25:
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
Rated this one as 4+* (9+/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 10th read of this Challenge with:-Row 3 - Short stories:
Quickly, While They Still Have Horses by Jan Carson
Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 11th and 12th books of this Challenge with:-Row 4 - 1st book by a favourite author:
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Row 5 - Book over 10 years old - 2014:
Upstairs at the Party by Linda Grant
Rated this one as 3* (6/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 13th read of this Challenge with:-Row #5 - 2nd in a series - Opal Fields #2:
Her Broken Bones by Fiona Tarr
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 14th read of this Challenge with:-Row 2 - Funny book:
Bad Chili by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 15th read of this Challenge with:-Row 2 - Non-human characters:
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Well done Kim! You are flying through the challenge.
Finished my 16th book of this Challenge with:-Row 1: Forgotten classic:
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 17th book of this Challenge with:-Row 5: Book a friend loves - Sarah (Aussie Readers):
Taken by Dinuka McKenzie
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Alannah’s 2025 Reading Bingo Challenge Progress
Completed: 12 out of 25 squares (one book currently in progress)
Completed Bingo Squares and Finished Books:
Column One
* A book more than 500 pages: Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian (finished 9 March)
* A book written by someone under thirty: The House of My Mother by Shari Franke (finished 30 January)
* A book with a one-word title: James by Percival Everett (finished 4 July)
Column Two
* A book with non-human characters: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (finished 18 June)
* A book you heard about online: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (finished 20 April)
Column Three
* A funny book: Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England’s Kings and Queens by David Mitchell (finished 6 January)
* Free square (first audiobook finished): Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (finished 2 January)
Column Four
* A book published this year: The Ladie Upstairs by Jessie Elland (currently reading)
* A book by a female author: Gallant by Victoria E. Schwab (finished 3 January)
* A book set on a different continent: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (finished 28 March)
* The second book in a series: House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas (finished 15 January)
Column Five
* A book with a mystery: Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert (finished 2 January)
* A book of non-fiction: Please Find Attached by Laura Mucha (finished 26 March)
Squares still to complete:
* The first book by a favourite author
* A book your friend loves
* A forgotten classic
* A book of short stories
* A book that scares you
* A book that became a movie
* A best-seller book
* A book that is more than 10 years old
* A book with a number in the title
* A book at the bottom of your TBR pile
* A book with a blue cover
Finished my 18th read of this Challenge with:-Row 4: Bottom of TBR pile:
City of Dark Hearts by James Conan
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
bingo!! (i got the N column)a book that became a movie: The Babysitters Club
A Funny Book: Dog-Man
Free Space
A Best-Selling Book: Before The Coffee Gets Cold
A Book that Is More Than 10 Years Old: The Outsiders
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a book that became a movie: The Babysitters Club
A Funny Book: Dog-Man
Free Space
A Best-Selling Book: Before The Coffee Gets Cold
A Book that Is More Than 10 Year..."
Well done!
12/25✅ 1. A book with more than 500 pages.
Las dos vidas de Mina Índigo by Alaitz Leceaga
2. A forgotten classic.
✅ 3. A book that became a movie.
Las cenizas de Ángela byFrank McCourt
4. A book published this year.
✅ 5. A book with a number in the title.
Historia de un piano: 31887 by Ramón Gener
6. A book written by someone under thirty.
✅ 7. A book with non-human characters.
Guía del autoestopista galáctico by Douglas Adams
✅ 8. A funny book.
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
✅ 9. A book by a female author.
Las gratitudes by Delphine de Vigan
✅ 10. A book with a mystery.
El signo de los cuatro by Arthur Conan Doyle
11. A book with a one-word title.
12. A book of short stories.
✅ 13. Free square.
Materia oscura by Blake Crouch
✅ 14. A book set on a different continent.
El proyecto esposa by Graeme Simsion
El proyecto esposa, Graeme Simsion - Oceanía (Australia)
15. A book of non fiction.
16. The first book by a favourite author.
17. A book you heard about online.
18. A best selling book.
19. A book based on a true story.
20. A book at the bottom of your to be read (TBR) pile.
21. A book your friend loves.
22. A book that scares you.
✅ 23. A book that is more than 10 years old.
El músico ciego by Vladimir Korolenko
✅ 24. The second book in a series.
El efecto matrimonio by Graeme Simsion
✅ 25. A book with a blue cover.
La sociedad secreta de brujas rebeldes by Sangu Mandanna
La sociedad secreta de brujas rebeldes Sangu Mandana
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Finished my 19th read of this Challenge and completed Row 1 with:-Row #1 - Became a movie:
Paper Towns by John Green
Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 20th read of this Challenge with:-Row #4. Heard about online:
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Rated this one as 3* (6.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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