The Perks Of Being A Book Addict discussion

You can play BINGO in a team, or as an individual.

How to Play
◈ Start a new discussion thread in this folder with your team name (or if playing individually, your name)

◈ Get "BINGO" by reading books for five squares horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to create a line (there are 12 possible lines). Books need to have a "read date" after the date you begin (start date doesn't matter).

◈ Only one book per square. (i.e. If you are playing in a team, you read books to cover the squares as a team)

◈ "Free Space" square means you can read any book

◈ There are no requirements on book lengths, or re-reads

◈ Once you or your team finish your BINGO card, you can play again, or move onto the next BINGO card (new cards will be posted progressively. Feel free to send your suggestions for cards to this moderator account!)

◈ You can copy this spreadsheet as a template to track your/your team's progress if you like

◈ Once you have finished your BINGO card, you can download our "Bingo Button" to display on your profile, your blog, or in our BINGO Button folder :)

FAQ
Q: How big can our team be?
A: Totally up to you

Q:How do I find a team?
A: You can ask your Goodreads friends, or post in this thread for team mates

Q: How long do we have to finish?
A: This is a freestyle challenge, so you can set your own goal of challenge length

Q: If in a team, does every player need to read the same number of books?
A: No, it is up to your team how you want to divide the tasks

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Can a single book be used for multiple squares on the card if it fits?

do the words have to be IN the book or ON the cover?? (maybe you should create a Questions thread as well haha!)

Tina wrote: "Can a single book be used for multiple squares on the card if it fits?"

No. One book per square

Christina wrote: "do the words have to be IN the book or ON the cover?? (maybe you should create a Questions thread as well haha!)"

The current bingo card (#1) is cover items, so they are all items that need to be on the cover

Do you have to finish the first card before you start the second one? Or can you fill both up at the same time?

Ashleigh wrote: "Do you have to finish the first card before you start the second one? Or can you fill both up at the same time?"

You can do both at the same time if you like :)

Can a book count for one of the people squares (I'm asking for the Teenager square) if only part of the person is showing (an arm and hand)?

Noa wrote: "Can a book count for one of the people squares (I'm asking for the Teenager square) if only part of the person is showing (an arm and hand)?"

I'm going to say no, because I think for a person it should be a body

FYI - A third Bingo card has now been posted which is words to find in the titles of books

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

Perks Moderator wrote: "FYI - A third Bingo card has now been posted which is words to find in the titles of books

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

can we use plurals of the words?

Yes plurals are ok

Does qualify as a black dress?

Fantastic book, but I just checked my copy and it is definitely a skirt, top and jacket, not a dress

Ok, thanks

If we're in groups that don't seem to be responsive anymore, but we want to keep participating is it okay to start our own individual thread? Or is it too late once we've joined a team?

Tiffany wrote: "If we're in groups that don't seem to be responsive anymore, but we want to keep participating is it okay to start our own individual thread? Or is it too late once we've joined a team?"

Sure, you can make your own or we can change the team name to an individual, up to you

Does this have a start/finish date?

Nancy85 wrote: "Does this have a start/finish date?"

No, it is freestyle :)

I cannot for the life of me figure out how join this!! Help please

Ashley wrote: "I cannot for the life of me figure out how join this!! Help please"

Are you wanting to play with a team or on your own?
You can shout out here:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
if you want to find people to create a team with

On my own!

How does one get a card?

For the words in the title (Bingo Card #3) a few questions:

- can we use subtitles?
- are series names okay?
- does it need to be the word itself in the title? Or for example, for "water" can we use a form of water like "sea" or "river"? Another example would be for "name" can we use someone's name like "Mrs. Polifax" instead?

Thanks!

Jammin Jenny wrote: "For the words in the title (Bingo Card #3) a few questions:

- can we use subtitles?
- are series names okay?
- does it need to be the word itself in the title? Or for example, for "water" can we u..."


subtitles are ok
series name - no
it does need to be the actual word. so water (not lake/sea etc.)

Hi, I'd like to give it a try on my own
Have downloaded the first bingo card, looking forward to the year ahead!

Enjoy, Bev!

◈ Once you or your team finish your BINGO card, you can play again, or move onto the next BINGO card (new cards will be posted progressively. Feel free to send your suggestions for cards to this moderator account!)

So, do you mean we have to finish an entire card to finish it (I see now that I can work on more than one card at once) or is it doen if I get a 5 in a row bingo?
I see that I can work on more than one card at once.

I believe it's just a 5 in a row Bingo, Karin. Though, you could feel free to make it a coverall and complete all the squares.

Kristie wrote: "I believe it's just a 5 in a row Bingo, Karin. Though, you could feel free to make it a coverall and complete all the squares."

Thanks, I'll go for 5 in a row to complete, but if I end up getting more than one 5 in a row on a card, I will. I would rather do this in a year than keep it open ended too long :)