The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Many apologies for the delay in posting the latest seasonal bingo. I had to get a new phone and lost much of the notes I'd created concerning my mini challenge plans. Right now all I have is a list of categories which I will post here so those who are interested can start mapping out their reading. I'll post an official list with letter designations as soon as possible.

FALL BINGO

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character

O1- Foreign Setting
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover

I think I've cobbled together enough to play this challenge.
Basic Bingo rules apply. (Five in a row. Horizontal. Vertical. Diagonal. Around the World. Blackout.)

You're competing against yourself. You only need to get one "bingo" to complete the challenge, but you can get as many as you want.
Copy and paste the template into your own thread, then edit in the books as you read them.

Remember to post BINGO when you finish one so we can celebrate with you. :)

Oh no, Renee! Sorry to hear you lost your notes!

I'm not sure how much I will be able to do, so I'm just going to aim for one BINGO at first.

FALL BINGO

B1- Multiple Awards - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
B2- Never Finished -
✔ B3- Courtroom or Crime - Murder on Gramercy Park
✔ B4- Orange Cover - The Realms of the Gods
✔ B5- Politics - The King's Daughter

✔ I1- Finish a Series - Winter
✔ I2- Beloved Children's - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
✔ I3- Adventure - Emilie and the Sky World
✔ I4- Dysfunctional Family - Cursed Moon
✔ I5- Sweater on Cover - Named of the Dragon

✔ N1- GR Award Nominated - The Emperor's Blades
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

✔ G1- First Person POV - An Officer and a Spy
G2- Red Cover -
✔ G3- Unfamiliar Territory - The Winds of Khalakovo
✔ G4- Highly Recommended - Jane Steele
✔ G5- Supernatural Character - Blood Bound

✔ O1- Foreign Setting - The Red Lily Crown: A Novel of Medici Florence
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
✔ O4- Religion - Child of Flame
✔ O5- Brown Cover - Wine of Violence

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character

O1- Foreign Setting
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover

Thanks, Guys! I think we have everything we need to play now. Have fun!

Renee's FALL BINGO

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character

O1- Foreign Setting
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover

FALL BINGO

B1- Multiple Awards - The Westing Game
B2- Never Finished - Mister God, This is Anna
B3- Courtroom or Crime - We Need to Talk About Kevin
B4- Orange Cover - - Knit Two Together
B5- Politics - Schindler's List

I1- Finish a Series - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
I2- Beloved Children's - That Was Then, This Is Now
I3- Adventure - The Adventures of Augie March
I4- Dysfunctional Family - Not My Father's Son
I5- Sweater on Cover -

N1- GR Award Nominated - Every Last One
N2- Challenges Social Norms - Lolita
N3- FREE - The Circle
N4- Senior Romance - C is for Corpse
N5- Hometown Setting - Station Eleven

G1- First Person POV - B is for Burglar
G2- Red Cover - - Cross Bones
G3- Unfamiliar Territory - Romeo and Juliet
G4- Highly Recommended - A Brief History of Time
G5- Supernatural Character - The Fellowship of the Ring

O1- Foreign Setting - Candide
O2- Time Travel - The Indian in the Cupboard
O3- Illustrated - Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice
O4- Religion - Book of Mercy
O5- Brown Cover - - Of Mice and Men

Sorry it's slightly late, but here's the Autumn Bingo Board!

Oh, this one will be challenging for me. Looks goid!

Mo's FALL BINGO

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished - Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine *Read 15 Nov 16*
B3- Courtroom or Crime - The Crucifix Killer *Read 22 Oct 16*
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics - The Nose *Read 2 Nov 16*

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family - The History of Mr. Polly *Read 24 Nov 16*
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE - First Star I See Tonight *Read 27 Nov 16*
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV - The Kreutzer Sonata *Read 16 Oct 16*
G2- Red Cover - No Longer Human *Read 4 Dec 16*
G3- Unfamiliar Territory - Tim *Read 14 Nov 16*
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character - The Executioner *Read 5 Nov 16*

O1- Foreign Setting - White Nights *Read 6 Nov 16*
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated - I Sense a Coldness to Your Mentoring *Read 4 Dec 16*
O4- Religion - Silence *Read 30 Oct 16*
O5- Brown Cover - Howards End *Read 21 Dec 16*

B1- Multiple Awards - White Teeth
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime - The Girl In The Ice
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series - MaddAddam
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family - The Boleyn Inheritance (Nothing screams dysfunctional family like annuling the marriage of your 4th wife and beheading your 5th)
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated - The Fireman
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE - The Fall Guy
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV - The Woman in Black
G2- Red Cover - The Enchanted
G3- Unfamiliar Territory - The Devil Wears Prada
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character

O1- Foreign Setting - Lucky Jim
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated - The Slippery Slope
O4- Religion - The Year of the Flood
O5- Brown Cover

Ha! Nice choice for dysfunctional family!

Yay! I love Bingo. Going to try for more than one this time, but this is my busy time of year at work so we will see!

FALL BINGO

B1-Multiple Awards: Everything Is Illuminated (11/4)
B2-Never Finished
B3-Courtroom or Crime: November 22, 1963 (12/17)
B4-Orange Cover
B5-Politics: Living History (11/23)

I1-Finish a Series
I2-Beloved Children's
I3-Adventure
I4-Dysfunctional Family
I5-Sweater on Cover: Delicacy (11/5)

N1-GR Award Nominated
N2-Challenges Social Norms
N3- Free
N4-Senior Romance
N5-Hometown Setting

G1-First Person POV: Breakfast at Tiffany's (11/26)
G2-Red Cover
G3-Unfamiliar Territory: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (10/19)
G4-Highly Recommended
G5-Supernatural Character

O1-Foreign Setting: My First Loves (10/12)
O2-Time Travel: The Eyre Affair (11/25)
O3-Illustrated: Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (10/22)
O4-Religion: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (12/15)
O5-Brown Cover: Persuasion (10/27)

I'm having trouble interpreting what "unfamiliar territory" would be. How are others interpreting this one?

Chase- I interpret it as a genre you don't usualy read, or possibly an author you don't read usualy. I hope this helps!

That's how I'd interpret it, but if you have another viable definition, that works, too.

I may try this, hope I have the time. Looks like fun.

B1 -
B2 -
B3 - Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by James Patterson
B4 -
B5-

I1 - End of Watch by Stephen King (3rd in Mr. Mercedes series)
I2 -
I3 - The Lost Island by Preston and Childs
I4 -
I5 -

N1 -
N2 -
N3 - Free
N4 -
N5- Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay

G1 -
G2 - Wife 22 by Melanie Gideon
G3 - Before He Kills by Blake Pierce
G4 -
G5 - Looking for Mr. Good Witch by Joyce and Jim Lavene

O1 - Pirate by Clive Cussler
O2 -
O3 - The Delaware Detectives by Dana Rongione
O4 -
O5 -

Of course I'll give this another shot! if i can that is...
FALL BINGO

B1-Multiple Awards
B2-Never Finished
B3-Courtroom or Crime
B4-Orange Cover - Halloween stories for kids (22/10/16)
B5-Politics

I1-Finish a Series
I2-Beloved Children's
I3-Adventure - Paper (22/10/16)
I4-Dysfunctional Family
I5-Sweater on Cover

N1-GR Award Nominated
N2-Challenges Social Norms
N3- Free
N4-Senior Romance
N5-Hometown Setting

G1-First Person POV
G2-Red Cover
G3-Unfamiliar Territory
G4-Highly Recommended
G5-Supernatural Character - Haunted Love (23/10/16)

O1-Foreign Setting:
O2-Time Travel
O3-Illustrated
O4-Religion
O5-Brown Cover

Let's try to bingo again:

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime - Hello, Darkness
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series - Up From the Grave
I2- Beloved Children's - War Horse
I3- Adventure - A Plague of Zombies
I4- Dysfunctional Family - After Her
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated - 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
N2- Challenges Social Norms - Bound
N3- FREE - Bed of Roses
N4- Senior Romance - Skintight (it's a subplot)
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover - Dead Even
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended - Doctor Sleep
G5- Supernatural Character - Kitty Goes to Washington

O1- Foreign Setting - Between Shades of Gray
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion - Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear
O5- Brown Cover

Gosh, already Autumn!!! Since I'm really not sure how many books I can fit until the end of the year, I'll aim for one bingo. Anything more will be a bonus ;O)

B1- Multiple Awards - Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (review) 5*
B2- Never Finished - Our Mutual Friend (review) 4.5*
B3- Courtroom or Crime - Sad Cypress (review) 4*
B4- Orange Cover - Foundation (review) 4.5*
B5- Politics - Invader 2nd book in the excellent Foreigner series - scifi politics & linguistics (review) 4.5*

I1- Finish a Series - The Swan Riders (review) 4.5*
I2- Beloved Children's - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (review) 4.5*
I3- Adventure - Touch (review) 4*
I4- Dysfunctional Family - First & Then (review) 4*
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated - Six of Crows (review) 4.5*
N2- Challenges Social Norms - The Essex Serpent (review) 4.5*
N3- FREE - Dark Matter (review) 4.5*
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV - Thin Air (review) 4*
G2- Red Cover - Sparkling Cyanide (review) 4*
G3- Unfamiliar Territory - Guards! Guards! my first Pratchett (review) 4*
G4- Highly Recommended - Mansfield Park finally read all of her great novels! (review) 5*
G5- Supernatural Character - Superior excellent LGBT novelette about superheroes' sidekicks (review) 4.5*

O1- Foreign Setting - The Hating Game (review) 4*
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated - Blake et Mortimer tome 24 Le testament de William S. (review) 4*
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover - Company Town (review)

Yay, let's do this!

FALL BINGO

B1- Multiple Awards - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe * completed Nov. 24th
B2- Never Finished -Mockingjay
B3- Courtroom or Crime -
B4- Orange Cover -
B5- Politics - Animal Farm

I1- Finish a Series - Sweet Reckoning *completed Nov. 15th
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV - Everything, Everything *completed Oct. 23rd
G2- Red Cover -Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them *completed Dec. 13th
G3- Unfamiliar Territory- Seeing Stars *completed Nov. 27th
G4- Highly Recommended - Pride and Prejudice *completed Oct. 25th
G5- Supernatural Character - Carry On *completed Nov. 6th

O1- Foreign Setting
O2- Time Travel - The Time Machine
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover

So glad to see you all here!

I got a BINGO! Straight across on the 3 row.

That's all you need. Congrats, Kathy!

Bit late to the party, but i'm gonna give it a go anyway

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics Catching Fire Read 19th November

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character The Shadow Cabinet Read 11th November

O1- Foreign Setting
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover Dissolution read 18th November

Bingo with some great reads :O)
(message 22)

Nice Work!

Thanks Renee :0)
Got another one. How are you doing?

Lol. I have fallen off the bingo board! Must climb back up.

My dysfunctional family slot went to Hart's Hope. I think it qualifies pretty well... A woman kills her baby to gain power, and though neither she nor the father know it, he is her step son in a convoluted way, and then his father wants to kill him... Just a tad dysfunctional

Lmao. Yes, that sounds quite dysfunctional.

Finally got my first BINGO, with the G column! See comment 23

I FINALLY got my first BINGO, too! My goal was to get multiple BINGOs, but a few books I chose took me a long time to get through (I'm looking at you Living History and Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth...even though I enjoyed both)! Hopefully I can get one more before the official start of winter on the 21st, but I'm also trying to finish up some other challenges for this year.

O1-Foreign Setting: My First Loves (10/12)
O2-Time Travel: The Eyre Affair (11/25)
O3-Illustrated: Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (10/22)
O4-Religion: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth (12/15)
O5-Brown Cover: Persuasion (10/27)

Great job, Ladies!

Congrats Danielle and Amanda :O)
Wouldn't mind trying Everywhere Everywhere, and Austen is always a favourite, of course

Autumn Bingo 2016
This challenge will be found in the MINI CHALLENGE ARCHIVE for 2016 updates. Hope to see you among the 2017 Challenges!