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Jazzy's BINGO-BANGO-BONGO Challenge 2020



25/25

✅ 1. Classic of Asia
A Personal Matter (1964) - Kenzaburō Ōe

✅ 2. Classic Mystery or Crime
Strangers on a Train (1950) - Patricia Highsmith

✅ 3. Old School Classic (from the Group Shelf)
The Happy Prince (1888) - Oscar Wilde

✅ 4. Classic Science Fiction or Fantasy
The Day of the Triffids (1951) - John Wyndham

✅ 5. Classic of Oceana
The Secret Key, and Other Verses (1913) - George Essex Evans(Australia)

✅ 6. Classic Tragedy
Richard III (1593) - William Shakespeare

✅ 7. Group Bingo Participant Pick (from Pamela)
The Asphalt Jungle - W.R. Burnett

✅ 8. Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize
Big Blonde (1929) - Dorothy Parker (1929 O. Henry Award - American)

✅ 9. Book from the Bigger Read List
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 - Anton Chekhov

✅ 10. Classic Western
My Brilliant Career (1901) - Miles Franklin

✅ 11. Book Published 200+ Years Ago
Inferno (1320) - Dante Alighieri

✅ 12. Classic Drama or Play
The First Part Of King Henry The Sixth (1623) - William Shakespeare

✅ 13. Reader's Choice
Carol (1952) - Patricia Highsmith

✅ 14. Poetry or Essay Collection
Goblin Market (1862) - Christina Rossetti

✅ 15. Book Published the Year You Were Born
Trustee from the Toolroom (1960) - Nevil Shute

✅16. Memoir, Autobiography, or Biography
Memoirs of Mistral (1906) - Frédéric Mistral

✅ 17. Book from the Group's 2020 Bookshelf
The Body Snatcher (1884) - Robert Louis Stevenson

✅ 18. Classic Short Story
The Beast in the Cave (1918) - H.P. Lovecraft

✅ 19. Banned Book (Banned in Nazi Germany and Francoist Spain.)
The Story of Ferdinand (1936) - Munro Leaf

✅ 20. Classic Adventure
Dune (1965) - Frank Herbert

✅ 21. Classic of Europe
A Happy Boy (1860) - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

✅ 22. Classic Gothic or Horror
The White Ship (1919) - H.P. Lovecraft

✅ 23. New School Classic (from the Group Shelf)
A Rose for Emily (1930) - William Faulkner

✅ 24. Classic Science or Philosophy
Notes from the Underground (1864) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

✅ 25. Classic of the Americas
The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) - Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Good luck on your challenge, Jazzy!

Rosemarie wrote: "Good luck on your challenge, Jazzy!"

Ooh thank you! Maybe you can help me with finding the Group Shelves cos i can't find them anywhere!

Jazzy, go to the group's home page using the website, not the app, and click on group bookshelf
The list is there by whether it has been read, currently reading or to-read. Therw are a lot of books on the list.

Welcome to the Bingo Challenge, Jazzy. I hope you have a great year reading in 2020.

Katy wrote: "Welcome to the Bingo Challenge, Jazzy. I hope you have a great year reading in 2020."

Many thanks Katy!

Rosemarie wrote: "Jazzy, go to the group's home page using the website, not the app, and click on group bookshelf
The list is there by whether it has been read, currently reading or to-read. Therw are a lot of books..."

I think the problem is no one tells you where to find 'bookshelf' and it is extremely tiny tiny print so it just looked like a blur to me. I had looked through all the threads, but had to look online for where to find it with drawings and diagrams! :)

I know how complicated goodreads can be. When I first joined I used only the app and missed out on a lot, like the group Bookshelf and links to books.

What is this 'Bigger Read List?' I don't know what it means.

Jazzy wrote: "What is this 'Bigger Read List?' I don't know what it means."

That'll be this list here: https://www.englishpen.org/translatio...

Many thanks Aubrey. I love that song with your name in it by the way x

I love the name of your challenge Jazzy. It's amazing that you already have four squares down!

I agree with Rosemarie, the app is horrible. You can't do or see a lot of things on there.

Thank you Sue! Some were short books to be fair, hope you're having fun reading!

I have chosen all my books for BINGO BANGO BONGO!
By the way, I am new to this group, but having a great time sorting all these challenges so far! Thanks Bob <3

Welcome, Jazzy. This group will give you challenge fever.

Wow!! You are good to complet the whole box already being at 6 read books! Wish you good luck and a nice reading time! :-)
( Oh and by the way you convinced me to do the Bingo Challenge as well! ;-) )

HUZZAH Irphen! and thank you so much Sara xxx

Thanks for the challenge, I enjoyed these books.
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Congratulations! That is an amazibg achievement. It is only mid-March & you are done.

Liesl wrote: "Congratulations! That is an amazibg achievement. It is only mid-March & you are done."

Why many thanks Liesl! This was fun! xx

Way to go, Jazzy!

Congratulations!!!! You're absolutely amazing!

Cheers Rosemarie and Philina!!! xx

Philina, I think the word you were looking for is 'boring', cos I just sat around the house reading too many books :)

Congratulations Jazzy.

Congratulations!! Must be a record.

Jazzy this is amazing! I am blown away by the rapidity of your finish and by the quality of the books/stories read. I hope you enjoyed it!

Thank you Katy, Bob, and Lynn! I have had a most marvellous time, some books were longer, some were shorter, and it's not over yet because I have so many more challenges to do! xx

Has everyone else been enjoying their books so far?

Jazzy wrote: "Thank you Katy, Bob, and Lynn! I have had a most marvellous time, some books were longer, some were shorter, and it's not over yet because I have so many more challenges to do! xx

Has everyone els..."

I read two contemporary books that I would never have picked on my own. Both are from the group bookshelf. One was a murder mystery, sort of, and the other a spy novel. I gave them both 4 stars. Both books Snow Falling on Cedars and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy were densely written and it was essential to pay attention to the details, so in both I actually reread chapters here and there to make sure I had not missed anything. I am looking for something lighter and quicker to read next.

Wow, that was some speed! Congrats on your challenge.

Ila wrote: "Wow, that was some speed! Congrats on your challenge."

Thank you Ila! Hope you're enjoying your challenges as well!

Lynn, I love Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy! Glad you had some good books, you might want to read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold too x

Jazzy wrote: "Lynn, I love Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy! Glad you had some good books, you might want to read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold too x"

Thanks!