Pick-a-Shelf discussion

BINGO (10 weeks: starting 1-May to 10-Jul)



An alternate version from the usual Bingo rules, everyone will have the same card (as above) & we won't be calling out numbers (tasks).

These Mini Challenges are designed to assist participants to complete their JRI! prompts with a bit more fun. The challenge is to fit the square's task with your JRI! prompt. Note that all books read for Bingo must fit in a JRI! prompt.

You may have questions about a task or two but I'm going to leave Mini Challenge to be a very flexible one: Do as you think is the right interpretation of the task. If your conscience won't leave you alone, then ask the question ;)

FREE square is just that, FREE! You don't have to read any book for this square.

How to use your Pass:
You may use your Pass to skip the task of a square and read any book you want to cross out that square. The only condition being that book will also be use for Just Read It!

Pick your goal and Bingo! line/s for the next 10 weeks:

Easy - 1 Bingo! (4-5 books noting Free square)
Moderate - 3 Bingo! (min 11 books)
Hard - Blackout! (24 books)

Note: In anticipating your question, yes, you can crossover the book for Blind Date which you haven't read with Bingo

Template (in order of vertical Bingo lines, left to right)

Female Author
Series book with even number serial
Author has died
Author still living
An Anthology

Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”
A novella (<200p)
Non Fiction
Has X or Z
Male author

Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”
#ownvoices
FREE
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf
Real life setting

Title has punctuation
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”
Author born in a year ending 0
Award Winning
Author identifies as LGBTQIA

Fictional setting
Series book with odd number serial
Published 2020
Debut novel
Author initials found in “Just Read It!”

Amy

Ashley

Bea

Dee

Ed

Joanna

Judy

June

Kristina Simon

Lagullande

LaurLa

Lusie

LynnB

Marina

Meg

Pat

Rosemary

Stacey

Tien

BINGO (1-May to 10-Jul)
HARD: Blackout
24/24 books

🗸 Female Author: To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs #14) -Read 05/12
🗸 Series book with even number serial: Voice of the Violin (Commissario Montalbano #4) -Read 05/01
🗸 Author has died: Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy #1) - Read 05/02
🗸 Author still living: How to Make Gravy -Read 05/05
🗸 An Anthology: Flesh Series: Shorts -Read 05/11

🗸 Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”: The Bridge to Holy Cross (The Bronze Horseman #2) -Read 05/11
🗸 A novella (<200p): The Swan Maiden: An Australian Faery Tale (150p) -Read 05/14
🗸 Non Fiction: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies -Read 05/21
🗸 Has X or Z: Excursion to Tindari (Commissario Montalbano #5) -Read 05/06
🗸 Male author: The Word is Murder (Hawthorne #1) -Read 05/09

🗸 Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”: The Silver Brumby (Silver Brumby #1) -Read 05/09
🗸 #ownvoices: Fly on the Wall -Read 05/19
FREE
🗸 Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf: Notes from the Teenage Underground -Read 05/28
🗸 Real life setting: Looking Good Dead (Roy Grace #2) -Read 05/11

🗸 Title has punctuation: Whiskey When We're Dry -Read 05/09
🗸 Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”: Patriot Games (Jack Ryan #1) -Read 05/15
🗸 Author born in a year ending 0: Checkers -Read 05/19
🗸 Award Winning: In the Dark Spaces -Read 05/14
🗸 Author identifies as LGBTQIA: Riders in the Chariot -Read 06/01

🗸 Fictional setting: Winter (The Lunar Chronicles #4) -Read 05/16
🗸 Series book with odd number serial: The Killing Moon (Dreamblood #1) -Read 05/13
🗸 Published 2020: Mum & Dad -Read 05/26
🗸 Debut novel: The Dark In-Between -Read 05/07
🗸 Author initials found in “Just Read It!”: Agent 6 (Leo Demidov #3) -Read 05/24

BINGO (May 1 - July 10)
Moderate - 3 Bingo! (min 11 books)

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✔ ✔ N ✔ ✔
B I ✔ G O
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✔ ✔ N G O

✔Female Author - The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan, read 3 May 2020, prompt 5
✔Series book with even number serial - A Deadly Affair at Bobtail Ridge by Terry Shames, read 5 May 2020, #4, prompt 5
Author has died
✔Author still living - The Marriage Lie, Kimberly Belle, 17 Jun 2020, prompt 6
✔An Anthology - Seven Stones to Stand or Fall: A Collection of Outlander Fiction, read 9 Jun 2020, prompt 2

✔Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf” - Today We Go Home, Kelli Estes, 2 May 2020, prompt 3
✔A novella (<200p) - Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party, Alexander McCall Smith, 3 May 2020, 176 pp., prompt 5
Non Fiction
✔Has X or Z - Six Cats a Slayin', Miranda James, 9 May 2020, prompt 5
✔Male author- Rennie Airth, The Death of Kings, 31 May 2020, prompt 4

✔Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”- Everybody's Fool, Richard Russo, 22 Jun 2020, prompt 6
#ownvoices
✔FREE
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf
Real life setting

Title has punctuation
✔Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf” - An Irish Country Practice by Patrick Taylor, read 3 Jun 2020, prompt 6
Author born in a year ending 0
✔Award Winning - Sweetland by Michael Crummey, read 5 Jun 2020, prompt 6
Author identifies as LGBTQIA

Fictional setting
✔Series book with odd number serial - The Book Supremacy, read 6 May 2020, #13, prompt 4
Published 2020
✔Debut novel - If The Creek Don't Rise, 29 Jun 2020, prompt #6
Author initials found in “Just Read It!”

I had to google #ownvoices. I hadn't heard of that before.

LynnB wrote: "I had to google #ownvoices. I hadn't heard of that before."

oh really? Do you need any help or ok with that? I'm sure there would be a shelf and/or listopia with that tag :)

Tien wrote: "LynnB wrote: "I had to google #ownvoices. I hadn't heard of that before."

oh really? Do you need any help or ok with that? I'm sure there would be a shelf and/or listopia with that tag :)"

No, I'm fine with it after figuring out what it was :)

BINGO (May 1 - July 10) ❑ ☑
Hard - Blackout! (24 books)

Read: 24 / 24 books (1 pass used)

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B
☑ Female Author The Little Bookshop of Love Stories [15-may-20] ★★★ (Prompt 5)
☑ Series book with even number serial Maker's Curse (Prompt 4) [2-may-20] ★★★★
☑ Author has died The Shell Seekers (Prompt 2) [16-may-20] ★★
☑ Author still living I Believe in a Thing Called Love [9-may-2020] ★★★★ (prompt 5)
☑ An Anthology The Firefly Dance (Prompt 1) [26-may-20] ★★★



I
☑ Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf” - The Summer Garden (The Bronze Horseman #3) [7-jun-20] ★★ (Prompt 2)
☑ A novella (<200p) Final Assignment (Promise Falls #1,5) [15-jun-20] ★★★★ (Prompt 4)
☑ Non Fiction (used pass) Never Kiss a Duke (Prompt 6) [15-jun-20] ★★★
☑ Has X or Z Tatiana and Alexander (Prompt 2) [6-may-20] ★★★★
☑ Male author Somewhere in the Dark (Prompt 5) [12-jun-20] ★★



N
☑ Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!” - Summer at Firefly Beach (Prompt 5) [20-may-20] ★★★
☑ #ownvoices Written in the Stars [17-may-20] ★★★★ (prompt 5)
☑ FREE
☑ Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf - PAS 05 Hollywood: Ghosted [15-may-2020] ★★★★
☑ Real life setting The Little Teashop in Tokyo [13-may-2020] ★★★ (prompt 5)



G
☑ Title has punctuation Amy & Roger's Epic Detour (Prompt 5) [15-jun-20] ★★★
☑ Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf” - Infinite Us [28-may-20] ★★★ (prompt 5)
☑ Author born in a year ending 0 - 1950 Sanctuary [12-jun-20] ★★★
☑ Award Winning - Premio Scerbanenco (2013) The Vanished Ones (Prompt 4) [21-may-20] ★★★★
☑ Author identifies as LGBTQIA The Black Tides of Heaven (prompt 5) [14-jun-20] ★★★



O
☑ Fictional setting Once Upon a Summer Day (Prompt 4) [30-may-20] ★★★★
☑ Series book with odd number serial The Hypnotist (#3) (Prompt 4) [8-may-20] ★★★
☑ Published 2020 The Banty House (Prompt 5) [28-may-20] ★★★
☑ Debut novel Seeking Glory (Prompt 5) [17-may-20] ★★★★
☑ Author initials found in “Just Read It!” - J.I. The Light of All That Falls (Prompt 2) [31-may-20] ★★★★

Bingo (1 May to 10 July)

Hard - Blackout! (24 books)

✔ Female Author - Werewolves in London - read 03/05
✔ Series book with even number serial - Vampires in Hollywood - read 20/06
✔ Author has died - The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight - read 13/05
✔ Author still living - Death's Golden Whisper: A Meg Harris Mystery - read 16/05
✔ An Anthology - The Thing Around Your Neck - read 17/05

Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”
✔ A novella (<200p) - The Poor Clare - read 02/06
Non Fiction
✔ Has X or Z - La bellezza non ti salverà - read 03/06
✔ Male author - The Mangle Street Murders - read 25/05

✔ Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!” - Unnatural Death - read 20/05
#ownvoices
FREE
✔ Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf - The Memory Police - read 08/06
✔ Real life setting - The Truce - read 05/06

✔ Title has punctuation - The Ghost in the Cap'n Brown House - read 01/05
✔ Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf” - Silent on the Moor - read 23/06
✔ Author born in a year ending 0 - The Martian Chronicles - read 28/06
Award Winning
Author identifies as LGBTQIA

✔ Fictional setting - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz - read 06/06
✔ Series book with odd number serial - Murder is Binding - read 15/06
Published 2020
Debut novel
✔ Author initials found in “Just Read It!” - Manual of Painting and Calligraphy - read 13/06

Total: 17/24

LynnB wrote: "I had to google #ownvoices. I hadn't heard of that before."

Same. I came across this though: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/ow... It might help :)

Bingo - Blackout!
First Bingo: "O" - completed 5/25/20
Second Bingo: "I" - completed 6/9/20
Third Bingo: "B" - completed 6/11/20
Fourth Bingo: "N" - completed 6/21/20
Fifth Bingo: "G" - completed 6/30/20

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First Bingo Plan ("O"): Completed 5/25/20
✔Fictional setting: Island of Silence (Book 2) (Prompt 5) - 5/23/20
✔Series book with odd number serial: The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (Book 3) (Prompt 4) - 5/25/20
✔Published 2020: The City We Became (Prompt 5) - 5/3/20
✔Debut novel: The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (Prompt 3) - 5/11/20
✔Author initials found in “Just Read It!”: Daisy Jones & The Six (Prompt 5) - 5/14/20

Second Bingo plan ("B"): completed 6/11/20
✔Female Author: Bodily Harm (Prompt 3) - 5/22/20
✔Series book with even number serial: Thunderhead (book 2) (Prompt 6) - 6/11/20
✔Author has died: The Souls of Black Folk (Prompt 1) - 5/10/20
✔Author still living: Because I Said So! : The Truth Behind the Myths, Tales, and Warnings Every Generation Passes Down to Its Kids (Prompt 5) - 5/7/20
✔An Anthology: My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales (Prompt 2) - 6/3/20

Third Bingo plan ("N"): completed 6/21/20
✔Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”: Scythe (Prompt 3 or 5) - 5/3/20
✔#ownvoices: Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist (Prompt 6) - 6/19/20
✔FREE
✔Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf (mystery): Lisey's Story (Prompt 6) - 6/9/20
✔Real life setting: The Dressmaker's Gift (Prompt 6) - 6/21/20

Fourth Bingo Plan ("G"): completed 6/30/20
✔Title has punctuation: Time's Convert (Prompt 4) - 5/23/20
✔Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”: Island of Fire (Prompt 5) - 6/17/20
✔Author born in a year ending 0: Witness in Death (Prompt 4) - 6/15/20
✔Award Winning: The Vegetarian (Prompt 3) - 6/14/20
✔Author identifies as LGBTQIA: Record of a Spaceborn Few (Prompt 4) - 6/30/20

Fifith Bingo Plan ("I"): completed 6/9/20
✔Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”: Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago (Prompt 6) - 6/23/20
✔A novella (<200p): South of the Border, West of the Sun (Prompt 5) - 6/3/20
✔Non Fiction: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World (Prompt 5) - 5/18/20
✔Has X or Z: The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller (Prompt 3) - 5/7/20
✔Male author: Men Without Women (Prompt 3) - 5/7/20

Mini Challenge: BINGO (May 1 - Jul 10)

Goal: Hard (blackout/ 24 books)

25/25 (incl. free square)

Female Author - Murder on Gramercy Park - Victoria Thompson (Prompt 4) - finished - 5/16/20
Series book with even number serial - Murder on Marble Row - #6 in Gaslight Mysteries (Prompt 4) - finished - 6/1/20
Author has died - Captive Bride (Johanna Lindsey died 2019) (prompt 5) - finished - 7/19/20
Author still living - Murder in Little Italy (prompt 4) - finished - 6/13/20
An Anthology - North Pole Anthology 1: Books 1-3 (prompt 3) - finished - 8/27/20

Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf” - Awk-Weird - Avery Flynn (Prompt 5) - finished - 6/29/20
A novella (<200p) - Big Sky (188pgs) - (Prompt 5) - finished - 6/24/20
Non Fiction - The Killer Across the Table: Unlocking the Secrets of Serial Killers and Predators with the FBI's Original Mindhunter (prompt 5) - finished - 8/29/20
Has X or Z - Hollie Porter Builds a Raft - Eliza Gordon (Z in authors name) (Prompt 5) - finished - 6/14/20
Male author - A Conspiracy of Faith - Jussi Adler-Olsen (Prompt 4) - Finished - 5/16/20

Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!” - A is for Alibi (prompt 1) - finished - 8/22/20
#ownvoices - Long Way Down (prompt 6) - finished - 8/28/20
FREE - no book required
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf- Bombshell (hollywood shelf)(Prompt 5) - Finished - 6/24/20
Real life setting - Nothing Special (Atlanta, GA)(Prompt 5) - finished - 8/27/20

Title has punctuation - The Girl Most Likely To... (prompt 3) - ellipse in title - finished - 8/19/20
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf” - Cape Refuge (prompt 1) - finished - 8/22/20
Author born in a year ending 0 - Obsidian (prompt 3) - Jennifer L. Armentrout (born 1980 - per fantastic fiction)
Award Winning - MaddAddam (GR choice award for science fiction 2013) (Prompt 4) - finished - 6/20/20
Author identifies as LGBTQIA - Fire and Water - Andrew Grey(Prompt 3) - finished - 5/28/20

Fictional setting - Kat & Mouse: a Crosscannon Roller Derby romance - set in Crosscannon, PA (prompt 4) - Finished - 5/25/2020
Series book with odd number serial - Murder in Chinatown (book 9)(Prompt 4) - Finished - 6/18/20
Published 2020 - Loud Mouth (prompt 5) - finished - 7/9/20
Debut novel - Flirtasaurus - Erin Mallon(Prompt 5) - finished - 8/29/20
Author initials found in “Just Read It!” - Swing and a Miss - Aven Ellis (prompt 5) - Finished - 7/6/20

Mini Challenge: BINGO (May 1-Jul 10)

Goal: Easy - 1 Bingo! (4-5 books noting Free square)

B
Female Author: Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr [Prompt 3] - Read 5/30/20
Series book with even number serial: Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews (#2) [Prompt 5] - Read 6/14/20
Author has died: As a Driven Leaf by Milton Steinberg [Prompt 3] Read 6/29/30
Author still living: Murder for the Halibut by Liz Lipperman [Prompt 3] - Read 5/9/20
An Anthology: (Using Pass) The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny [Prompt 4] - Read 5/19/20

I
Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”
A novella (<200p)
Non Fiction
Has X or Z
Male author

N
Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”
#ownvoices
FREE
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf
Real life setting

G
Title has punctuation
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”
Author born in a year ending 0
Award Winning
Author identifies as LGBTQIA

O
Fictional setting
Series book with odd number serial
Published 2020
Debut novel
Author initials found in “Just Read It!”

Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "LynnB wrote: "I had to google #ownvoices. I hadn't heard of that before."

Same. I came across this though: https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/ow... It might help :)"

Thanks!

yeah i'm a sucker - blackout it is!

Four bingos, completed 11/7/20

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***DONE***Female Author Wayward Son
***DONE***Series book with even number serial Rogue
***DONE***Author has died Parable of the Talents
***DONE***Author still living Below Deck
***DONE***An Anthology Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology

***DONE***Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf” Spring
A novella (<200p) Kindred Spirits
***DONE***Non Fiction The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
Has X or Z
Male author Rich People Problems

***DONE***Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!” All My Puny Sorrows
***DONE***#ownvoices The Surprising Power of a Good Dumpling
***DONE***FREE
***DONE***Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf Beautiful Ruins
***DONE***Real life setting The Truths and Triumphs of Grace Atherton

***DONE***Title has punctuation Kushiel's Justice
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf” Son
***DONE***Author born in a year ending 0 How to Grow a Family Tree
Award Winning Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Author identifies as LGBTQIA Tipping the Velvet

***DONE***Fictional setting Xenocide
Series book with odd number serial The Book of Life
***DONE***Published 2020 The Bass Rock
Debut novel Kokomo
Author initials found in “Just Read It!” Akin

BINGO (1-May to 10-Jul) - Finished
Moderate - 3 Bingo! (min 11 books)

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B✓NGO
B✓✓✓O
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B✓NG✓

✓Female Author: Frostbite - 5/10/2020
Series book with even number serial:
Author has died:
✓Author still living: Incarnate - 6/30/2020
An Anthology:

✓Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”: The Prey - 7/16/2020
✓A novella (<200p): Over Sea, Under Stone - 8/24/2020
✓Non Fiction: The Man Who Listens to Horses - 8/9/2020
✓Has X or Z: Quantum Break: Zero State - 7/4/2020
✓Male author: The Fox Run - 5/8/2020

Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”:
#ownvoices:
✓FREE
✓Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf: Eve - 6/26/2020
Real life setting:

Title has punctuation:
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”:
✓Author born in a year ending 0: The Book of Fate - 7/22/2020
✓Award Winning: Red Queen - 8/15/2020
Author identifies as LGBTQIA:

Fictional setting:
Series book with odd number serial:
Published 2020:
✓Debut novel: Seraphina - 8/2/2020
✓Author initials found in “Just Read It!”: Starcrossed - 5/16/2020

BINGO (1-May to 10-Jul) - DONE!
HARD: Blackout
24/24 books

✔️Female Author: The Stories She Tells by L.K. Chapman - Completed 5/5/20
✔️Series book with even number serial: Out of the Dark (#4 in Orphan X series) - Completed 7/18/20
✔️Author has died: Here in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices by Walter Dean Myers - Completed 5/29/20
✔️Author still living: Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon - Completed 5/12/20
✔️An Anthology: The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War - Completed 5/25/20

✔️Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”: Caged by Ellison Cooper - Completed 5/20/20
✔️A novella (<200p): Bronx Masquerade (167 pages) - Completed 5/15/20
✔️Non Fiction: The New Buffettology: The Proven Techniques for Investing Successfully in Changing Markets That Have Made Warren Buffett the World's Most Famous Investor - Completed 5/30/20
✔️Has X or Z: Maximum Ride Forever - Completed 5/21/20
✔️Male author: Before She Knew Him by Peter Swanson - Completed 5/5/20

✔️Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”: Rewind - Completed 5/18/20
✔️#ownvoices: How It Went Down - Completed 5/17/20
FREE
✔️Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf: A Matter of Chance (Mystery - March) - Completed 5/16/20
✔️Real life setting: The Cairo Affair - Completed 5/13/20

✔️Title has punctuation: Cilka's Journey - Completed 5/15/20
✔️Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”: A Small Town: A Novel of Crime - Completed 5/21/20
✔️Author born in a year ending 0: The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud (born 1970) - Completed 5/26/20
✔️Award Winning: - A Great Reckoning - Barry Award for Best Novel (2017) - Completed 5/11/20
✔️Author identifies as LGBTQIA: Me by Elton John - Completed 5/23/20

✔️Fictional setting: Shadows on the Moon - Completed 5/30/20
✔️Series book with odd number serial: The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #11) - Completed 5/10/20
✔️Published 2020: When You See Me - Completed 5/9/20
✔️Debut novel: Craig & Fred: A Marine, a Stray Dog, and How They Rescued Each Other: Young Reader's Edition - Completed 5/23/20
✔️Author initials found in “Just Read It!”: Masked Prey by John Sandford - Completed 5/8/20

BINGO (1-May to 10-Jul)
HARD: Blackout
21/24 books
---I should have one MONTHLY PASS to use for the last one
(read any book to cross off a square, but the book must be used for a Just Read It prompt)

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✔ Female author
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore, 18 June 20 (prompt 6)
✔ Series book with even number serial
Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh, 1 June 20 - 8th in series (prompt 4)
✔ Author has died
Ghost Stories by M.R. James, 16 May 20 (prompt 1)
✔ Author still living
Clay by David Almond, 8 June 20 (prompt 5)
✔ An anthology
The Allingham Minibus by Margery Allingham, 24 July 20 (prompt 5)

✔ Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”
Casanova's Chinese Restaurant by Anthony Powell, 19 May 20 (prompt 4)
❑ A novella (<200p)
✔ Non Fiction
Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by António R. Damásio, 5 June 20 (prompt 6)
✔ Has X or Z
Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienkiewicz, 3 May 20 (prompt 2)
✔ Male author
Julie, or the New Heloise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 18 June 20 (prompt 2)

✔ Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”
The Mountain in My Shoe by Louise Beech, 2 June 20 (prompt 6)
✔ #ownvoices
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman, 7 June 20 (prompt 5)
✔ FREE
✔ Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf
Miss Julia Lays Down the Law by Ann B. Ross, 19 May 20 - mystery (prompt 4)
✔ Real life setting
New Boy by William Sutcliffe, 10 June 20 - London (prompt 5)

✔ Title has punctuation
Are You Experienced? by William Sutcliffe, 5 May 20 (prompt 5)
✔ Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”
Earth and High Heaven by Gwethalyn Graham, 12 May 20 (prompt 5)
✔ Author born in a year ending 0
With a Bare Bodkin by Cyril Hare, 14 June 20, born 1900 (prompt 5)
✔ Award winning
Waiting by Ha Jin, 8 May 20 (prompt 1)
❑ Author identifies as LGBTQIA

✔ Fictional setting
The Lie Tree by Frances Hardinge, 29 May 20 (prompt 2)
✔ Series book with odd number serial
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay( by Elena Ferrante, 4 June 20 - prompt 4
❑ Published 2020
✔ Debut novel
Trent's Last Case by E.C. Bentley, 21 May 20 (prompt 5)
✔ Author initials found in “Just Read It!”
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, 10 May 20 (prompt 1)

would you count an apostrophe as punctuation? - eg Kushiel's Justice

Meg wrote: "would you count an apostrophe as punctuation? - eg Kushiel's Justice"

yep

Mini-Challenge : BINGO May 1-July 10
Level: Moderate

Female Author- Sugar Money by Jane Harris- June 20
Series book with even number serial: Peter Grant #6 The Hanging Tree- June 19
Author has died- Jazz by Toni Morrison- June 30
Author still living- Lab Girl: A story of Trees, Science and Love- June 18
An Anthology

Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”
A novella (<200p)
Non Fiction
Has X or Z
Male author

Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”
#ownvoices- The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood- Read June 9
FREE
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf
Real life setting

Title has punctuation
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”
Author born in a year ending 0
Award Winning- Pulitzer Fiction 2002 Empire Falls June 8
Author identifies as LGBTQIA- The Traitor Baru Cormorant- June 29

Fictional setting
Series book with odd number serial
Published 2020
Debut novel- The Lesson- June 28
Author initials found in “Just Read It!”- We Are Legion (We Are Bob)- Read June 13

JUST READ IT MINI-BINGO
May 1 - July 31

B
Female Author
Series book with even number serial
Author has died
Author still living
An Anthology

I
Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”
A novella (<200p)
Non Fiction
Has X or Z
Male author

N
Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”
#ownvoices
FREE
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf
Real life setting

G
Title has punctuation
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”
Author born in a year ending 0
Award Winning
Author identifies as LGBTQIA

O
Fictional setting
Series book with odd number serial
Published 2020
Debut novel
Author initials found in “Just Read It!”

I've made my plan for this one. Now I just have to make sure not to read any of them this month

Lusie wrote: "I've made my plan for this one. Now I just have to make sure not to read any of them this month"

Only a few days left, Lusie... surely, not too difficult ha ha ha

Tien wrote: "Lusie wrote: "I've made my plan for this one. Now I just have to make sure not to read any of them this month"

Only a few days left, Lusie... surely, not too difficult ha ha ha"

Let's hope so! lol

Tien wrote: "Lusie wrote: "I've made my plan for this one. Now I just have to make sure not to read any of them this month"

Only a few days left, Lusie... surely, not too difficult ha ha ha"

have you met us? lol!

Lol Dee

Does an Anthology have to have works by different authors or would a collection of stories by the same author count as an Anthology? I was thinking it had to be different authors, but then I was looking here: https://www.goodreads.com/genres/anth... and it suggested that it could be the same author...

Joanna wrote: "Does an Anthology have to have works by different authors or would a collection of stories by the same author count as an Anthology? I was thinking it had to be different authors, but then I was lo..."

either is fine... as long as collection of stories

Tien, this is confusing me "Note: In anticipating your question, yes, you can crossover the book for Blind Date which you haven't read with Bingo" The combination of crossover and haven't read is the part that confuses me.

Does that mean I can use a blind date book for bingo as well (which means using the same book for a prompt, bingo and blind date)?

Lusie wrote: "Does that mean I can use a blind date book for bingo as well (which means using the same boor for a prompt, bingo and blind date)?"

yes!
It's because the challenge period kind of crossover a little and if anyone is like me, they are also behind in reading the blind date challenge books :p

Thanks Tien!

Just Read It Bingo
May 1-- July 31

✅✅✅ G O
✅ ✅ N ✅ ✅
✅ I ✅ G ✅
✅ I ✅ G O
B ✅ ✅✅ ✅

B
Female Author -- Of Blood and Bone 6/4/20 for Prompt 5
Series book with even number serial -- Red Wolf 5/13/20 for Prompt 5
Author has died -- Animal Farm 7/15/20 for Prompt 1
Author still living -- The Institute 7/14/20 for Prompt 1
An Anthology

I
Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf” -- Chasing Cassandra 6/17/20 for Prompt 5. Author Lisa Kleypas
A novella (<200p) -- Closer 6/9/20 107p. Used for Prompt 5
Non Fiction
Has X or Z
Male author -- The Red Pyramid 5/30/20 (prompt 3)

N
Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!” -- My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni -- 5/9/20 for Prompt 4
#ownvoices
FREE
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf -- Vendetta in Death 6/8/20 For Prompt 5 Futuristic Shelf
Real life setting -- Cold Waters 5/22/20 for Prompt 4.

G
Title has punctuation
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf” -- A Perilous Undertaking 5/18/20 for Prompt 3
Author born in a year ending 0
Award Winning
Author identifies as LGBTQIA - The Deep 7/1/20 for Prompt 1.

O
Fictional setting
Series book with odd number serial - Marked 5/26/20 Read for Prompt 3
Published 2020 -- Golden in Death 6/30/20 for prompt 5
Debut novel
Author initials found in “Just Read It!” -- Big Jack by author JD Robb. 5/17/20 for Prompt 5

*****COMPLETED 7/2/20****

Pick-A-Shelf
BINGO (1-May to 10-Jul)
HARD: Blackout
24/24 books


B I N G O
B I N G O
B I ✅ G O
B I N G O
B I N G O


Female Author: The Public Image by Muriel Spark 6/24/20
Series book with even number serial: #6-Dr. No by Ian Fleming 5/16/20
Author has died: - The Small House at Allington by Anthony Trollope 6/3/20
Author still living: Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer 6/1/20
An Anthology: Life Being the Best & Other Stories by Kay Boyle 6/13/20

Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”: The Moving Finger by Agatha Christie 5/18/20
A novella (<200p): Outside Servitude by M.B. Bamba 6/8/20
Non Fiction: The Holy Bible: English Standard Version by Anonymous 6/30/20
Has X or Z: - The Fixer by Bernard Malamud 5/8/20-
Male author: A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 5/28/20

Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”: -Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas -5/12/20
#ownvoices: No Place for Women by Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar-6/21/20
FREE
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf: 2020-03 Mystery- Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming-6/21/20
Real life setting: California- -The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 5/13/20

Title has punctuation: The Vice-Consul by Marguerite Duras 5/2/20
Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”: Indiana by George Sand 5/24/20
Author born in a year ending 0: 1890- The Sea Of Grass by Conrad Richter 5/15/20-
Award Winning: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling 6/30/20-
Author identifies as LGBTQIA: Camino Real by Tennessee Williams-6/18/20

Fictional setting: -The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket 6/10/20
Series book with odd number serial: #3- The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman 5/13/20
Published 2020: This Town Sleeps by Dennis E. Staples 7/2/20
Debut novel: Edwin of the Iron Shoes by Marcia Muller-6/15/20
Author initials found in “Just Read It!”: Hammerhead Ranch Motel by Tim Dorsey 6/27/20

Mini Challenge: BINGO (May 1-Jul 10)

Goal:
Easy - 1 Bingo! (4-5 books noting Free square)
Moderate - 3 Bingo! (min 11 books)
Hard - Blackout! (24 books)

B
1 Female Author:
2 Series book with even number serial:
3 Author has died:
4 Author still living:
5 An Anthology:

I
1 Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf”
2 A novella (<200p)
3 Non Fiction
4 Has X or Z
5 Male author

N
1 Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!”
2 #ownvoices
3 FREE
4 Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf
5 Real life setting

G
1 Title has punctuation
2 Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf”
3 Author born in a year ending 0
4 Award Winning
5 Author identifies as LGBTQIA

O
1 Fictional setting
2 Series book with odd number serial
3 Published 2020
4 Debut novel
5 Author initials found in “Just Read It!”

Mini Challenge: BINGO (May - Jul)
Goal: Hard - Blackout!
Progress: 10/24

🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖

B _ ✅ _ ✅ _ ✅ _ ✅
✅ _ ✅ _✅ _ ✅ _ ✅
✅ _ ✅ _ ✅ _✅ _ ✅
✅ _ ✅ _ N __ G __✅
B __ ✅ _ ✅ _ ✅ _ ✅

🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖🌹☀️🏖

B
Female Author - Beach Read by Emily Henry (prompt 3)
✔︎ Series book with even number serial - The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen Rizzoli & Isles #6 (prompt 4) Read: 6/7/20
✔︎ Author has died - The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (prompt 2) Read: 6/30/20
✔︎ Author still living - Middlegame by Seanan McGuire (prompt 2) Read: 5/31/20
An Anthology - Mirror, Mirror by J.D. Robb & 4 others (prompt 5)

I
✔︎ Author initials found in “Pick-a-Shelf” - Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison (prompt 6) Read: 7/28/20
✔︎ A novella (<200p) - River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey 175 pages (prompt 5) Read: 5/12/20
✔︎ Non Fiction - The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (prompt 1) Read: 5/9/20
✔︎ Has X or Z - The Whisper Man by Alex North X in Alex (prompt 3) Read: 6/28/20
✔︎ Male author - The Holdout by Graham Moore (prompt 3) Read: 5/27/20

N
✔︎ Title starts with a letter from “Just Read It!” -Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (prompt 3) Read: 9/3/20
✔︎ #ownvoices - The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates (prompt 3) Read: 9/10/20
✔︎ FREE
Fits a 2020 Picked Shelf - Secrets in Death by J.D. Robb Mar & Apr (prompt 4)
✔︎ Real life setting - Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed (prompt 5) Read: 5/9/20

G
✔︎ Title has punctuation - The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite (prompt 5) Read: 5/14/20
✔︎ Title starts with a letter from “Pick-a-Shelf” - Echoes in Death by J.D. Robb (prompt 4) Read: 6/26/20
✔︎ Author born in a year ending 0 - Chasing Fire by Nora Roberts born 1950 (prompt 3) Read: 9/25/20
Award Winning - The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1939) (prompt 2)
✔︎ Author identifies as LGBTQIA - Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn (prompt 5) Read: 5/29/20

O
✔︎ Fictional setting - Come Tumbling Down by Seanan McGuire (prompt 4) Read: 5/5/20
✔︎ Series book with odd number serial - Cinder by Marissa Meyer (The Lunar Chronicles #1) (prompt 5) Read: 7/8/20
✔︎ Published 2020 - Network Effect by Martha Wells (prompt 5) Read: 8/9/20
✔︎ Debut novel - Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (prompt 3) Read: 11/6/20
✔︎ Author initials found in “Just Read It!” - The Girl Who Fell to Earth by Sophia Al-Maria (prompt 1) Read: 5/26/20

Kristina Simon wrote: "Mini Challenge: BINGO (May - Jul)
Goal: Hard - Blackout!
Progress: 0/24

B I N G O
B I N G O
B I ✅ G O
B I N G O
B I N G O

Female Author..."

Kristina, I love how you set up the little BINGO box to keep track! I'm going to copy that why I get mine going.

Just Read It! Mini Challenge: BINGO
May-July 2020

My BINGO Mini Challenge (msg 41)

BINGO 1 ~ Left to Right diagonal, down

🍬B ~ female author ~ Defiance ~ 05.14 ★★★★
🍬I ~ novella ~ Bearing All ~ 07.05 ★★★
🍬N ~ free
🍬G ~ award winning ~ Lover Unleashed ~ 05.19 ★★★★
🍬O ~ author initials found in Just Read It ~ Forever Mine ~ 05.16 ★★★

BINGO 2 ~ Right to Left diagonal, down

🍬O ~ fictional setting ~ Dreamweaver ~ 07.03 ★★★
🍬G ~ title starts with letter in Pick a Shelf ~ Fast Lane ~ 05.25 ★★★★
🍬N ~ free
🍬I ~ has X or Z ~ Xander's Mate ~ 07.05 ★★
🍬B ~ anthology ~ Perfect for the Beach ~ 05.15 ★★★

BINGO 3 ~ Top row

🍬B ~ female Author ~ Defiance ~ 05.14 ★★★★
🍬I ~ author Initials found in Pick a Shelf ~ Royally Yours ~ 05.26 ★★★★
🍬N ~ title starts with a letter in Just Read It ~ Summoned to Thirteenth Grave ~ 05.07 ★★★★
🍬G ~ title has punctuation ~ On Hart’s Boardwalk ~ 05.02 ★★★★
🍬O ~ fictional setting ~ Dreamweaver ~ 07.03 ★★★

This is harder that I thought it would be considering we have to use books from our Just Read It lists.... For instance, since I have no Non-fiction on my lists, that leaves out that row/column altogether! Very hard to stop myself from going in search of a book that fits! Glad I already decided not to do blackout...

LaurLa wrote: "This is harder that I thought it would be considering we have to use books from our Just Read It lists.... For instance, since I have no Non-fiction on my lists, that leaves out that row/column alt..."

ah, I was going to say to use your Pass for this but I see you haven't claimed any...

Tien wrote: "LaurLa wrote: "This is harder that I thought it would be considering we have to use books from our Just Read It lists.... For instance, since I have no Non-fiction on my lists, that leaves out that..."

Well, yes. I could try to claim them and use them but I don't know if I'd have enough. Not complaining, it just is what it is.

not to worry but there is still time, only 1 week of Bingo has gone, still 9 to go... and you're free to keep going afterwards on your own steam too :)

Tien wrote: "not to worry but there is still time, only 1 week of Bingo has gone, still 9 to go... and you're free to keep going afterwards on your own steam too :)"

I managed to work 3 bingos, so yay!

LaurLa wrote: "This is harder that I thought it would be considering we have to use books from our Just Read It lists.... For instance, since I have no Non-fiction on my lists, that leaves out that row/column alt..."

Oh, no. I did not realize that. I thought the books just needed to be eligible for a prompt not be planned for a prompt!

So, since all the books in my Bingo plan are owned books...they would fit that prompt but none were actually planned for it. Was I wrong? If so, I will need to re-work my plan.

Plans are flexible, Bea, I find ;)

Really these mini challenges are designed to actually help you read & complete the prompts, not an additional challenge with extra books to read...

Tien wrote: "Plans are flexible, Bea, I find ;)

Really these mini challenges are designed to actually help you read & complete the prompts, not an additional challenge with extra books to read..."

I guess that makes sense. OK...I will re-work my plan and see whether my books will allow me to participate. My problem being that the first 2 prompts were pre-pandemic and relied on library books.

lol - I'd worked out a different plan when pandemic struck... :p

Tien wrote: "lol - I'd worked out a different plan when pandemic struck... :p"

me too