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Summer Bingo 2020
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B2: Congratulations! - An award winning book (can include Goodreads choice awards)
B3: Participation - A group read (this or any other group)
B4: Information - A non-fiction book or one based on a true story
B5: Collaboration - A discovery made through Goodreads such as through recommendations, suggestions from GR friends, newsletter etc.
I1: Listed it - A book from your GR to-read list
I2: Bought it - A book you own but have not yet read
I3: Eyed it - A book you have been meaning to read for a while now
I4: Downloaded it - An ebook you own but that you have not yet read or an audiobook you have not yet listened to
I5: Scored it! - A book you got for free e.g. sale, gift, giveaway, library etc.
N1: Oldie but goodie - A classic
N2: New kid on the block - A book published this year
N3: FREE - Any book that strikes your fancy :)
N4: Yesterday's news - A book released last year that you haven't yet read
N5: Everybody's talking - A buzz-worthy book, one that you have heard others raving about or that everybody but you seems to have read
G1: Nice to meet you - A book by an author new to you
G2: You seem familiar - A book by an author you have heard a lot about
G3: One of the girls - A book by a female author
G4: One of the guys - A book by a male author
G5: Old friends - A book you haven't yet read by an author whose work you like
O1: Take a stand - A stand-alone book
O2: Take a friend - Any book from a series
O3: Take a trip - A book set in different locale, continent or culture from your own
O4: Take a look - An adult book, any genre
O5: Take a break - A YA book
I'm in!Summer Bingo
B1: Exploration - Clap When You Land
B2: Congratulations! - Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
B3: Participation - Dear Martin
B4: Information - The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
B5: Collaboration - American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
I1: Listed it - The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
I2: Bought it - Lord of Shadows
I3: Eyed it - The Silkworm
I4: Downloaded it - In the Woods
I5: Scored it! - Expire
N1: Oldie but goodie - The Turn of the Screw
N2: New kid on the block - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
N3: FREE - The Vanishing Half
N4: Yesterday's news - The Stillwater Girls
N5: Everybody's talking - Beach Read
G1: Nice to meet you - A Curse So Dark and Lonely
G2: You seem familiar - The Outsider
G3: One of the girls - Find Me
G4: One of the guys - Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
G5: Old friends - The Girl Beneath the Sea
O1: Take a stand - The Other Bennet Sister
O2: Take a friend - Edge of Eternity
O3: Take a trip - The Travelling Cat Chronicles
O4: Take a look - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
O5: Take a break - Queen of Air and Darkness
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B1:
B2: Congratulations - Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
B3: Participation - Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka
B4: Information - Beyond Hitler's Grasp by Michael Bar-Zohar
B5: Collaboration - Stig of the Dump by Clive King
I1: Listed it -Stamboul Train by Graham Greene
I2: Bought it - Ahead of Time: My Early Years as a Foreign Correspondent by Ruth Gruber
I3: Eyed it - The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth
I4: Downloaded it -The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates by Xenophon
I5: Scored it - The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
N1: Oldie but goodie - The History of Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
N2:
N3: Free - Clearvigil in Spring Clarivigilia Primaveral by Miguel Ángel Asturias
N4: Yesterday's news - The Mage-Fire War by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
N5:
G1: Nice to meet you - A Good Place to Hide: How One French Village Saved Thousands of Lives During World War II by Peter Grose
G2: Seems familiar - The Professor's House by Willa Cather
G3: One of the girls - Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
G4: One of the guys - The Problem of Pain by C.S. Lewis
G5: Old friends - Le Château des Carpathes by Jules Verne
O1: Take a stand - Journey by Moonlight by Antal Szerb
O2: Take a friend - The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
O3: Take a trip - My Apprenticeship by Maxim Gorky
O4: Take a look - The Harp in the South by Ruth Park
O5: Take a break- These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
After my total failure with Spring bingo, I’ll have to do this one properly!B1: Exploration - The Selkie Mist by Judith Fullerton (fantasy)
B2: Congratulations! - White Teeth by Zadie Smith
B3: Participation - The Awakening by Kate Chopin
B4: Information - Harriet Tubman: A Captivating Guide to an American Abolitionist Who Became the Most Famous Conductor of the Underground Railroad
B5: Collaboration - Call for the Dead by John le Carré
I1: Listed it - Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
I2: Bought it - Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
I3: Eyed it - The Longest Journey by E.M. Forster
I4: Downloaded it - The Split by Sharon J. Bolton
I5: Scored it! - Eve's Diary by Mark Twain
N1: Oldie but goodie - The Lady's Maid's Bell by Edith Wharton
N2: New kid on the block - The Hidden Door: A gripping and moving timeslip romance by Emma-Nicole Lewis published April 2020
N3: FREE - Secrets of the Mist by Kate Ryder
N4: Yesterday's news - The Wish List of Albie Young by Ruby Hummingbird
N5: Everybody's talking - The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
G1: Nice to meet you - Under Darkening Skies by Ray Kingfisher
G2: You seem familiar - The Devil in the Belfry by Edgar Allan Poe
G3: One of the girls - The Secrets of Strangers by Charity Norman
G4: One of the guys - Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
G5: Old friends - Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
O1: Take a stand - The Caretakers by Eliza Maxwell
O2: Take a friend - A Taste For Death by P.D. James
O3: Take a trip - Heidi by Johanna Spyri
O4: Take a look - Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
O5: Take a break - Sara Crewe: or, What happened at Miss Minchin's boarding school by Frances Hodgson Burnett
List completed 3 August
Summer Bingo - yay!B1: Exploration - Every Dark Corner
B2: Congratulations! - Recursion
B3: Participation - Alone In the Dark
B4: Information - Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
B5: Collaboration - This Tender Land
I1: Listed it - Crazy House
I2: Bought it - The Other Woman
I3: Eyed it - Your Perfect Year
I4: Downloaded it - Cleo McDougal Regrets Nothing
I5: Scored it! - Carpool
N1: Oldie but goodie - The Call of the Wild
N2: New kid on the block - The Other People
N3: FREE - The Email Warrior: How to Clear Your Inbox and Keep it That Way
N4: Yesterday's news - The Girl in Red
N5: Everybody's talking - The Hating Game
G1: Nice to meet you - The Sun Down Motel
G2: You seem familiar - Peace Talks
G3: One of the girls - Bedtime Stories for Women [no link found]
G4: One of the guys - Volume Control: Hearing in a Deafening World
G5: Old friends - Sucker Punch
O1: Take a stand - The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
O2: Take a friend - The Fall of Crazy House
O3: Take a trip - The Tenth Island: Finding Joy, Beauty, and Unexpected Love in the Azores
O4: Take a look - One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply
O5: Take a break - Dream Factory
I'm definitely in. Happy summer reading!B1: Exploration
The Epic of Gilgamesh
B2: Congratulations!
Juan Gabriel Vasquez - The Sound of Things Falling
B3: Participation
Amadou Hampate Ba - Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul
B4: Information
Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang
B5: Collaboration
Nawal el Saadawi - Woman at Point Zero
I1: Listed it
Susana Moreira Marques - Now and at the Hour of Our Death
I2: Bought it
Lauren Groff - Florida
I3: Eyed it
David Van Reybrouck - Congo: een geschiedenis
I4: Downloaded it
Jessica Fellowes - The Mitford Murders
I5: Scored it!
Kwame Anthony Appiah - The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
N1: Oldie but goodie
Homeros - Odysseia
N2: New kid on the block
Jim Crumley - The Nature of Summer
N3: FREE
Isabel Allende - The House of the Spirits
N4: Yesterday's news
Xuan Juliana Wang - Home Remedies
N5: Everybody's talking
Jacqueline Woodson - Red at the Bone
G1: Nice to meet you
Mary Paulson-Ellis - The Other Mrs Walker
G2: You seem familiar
Yoko Ogawa - The Memory Police
G3: One of the girls
Caroline Crampton - The Way to the Sea
G4: One of the guys
Tidiane N'Diaye - Le Génocide Voilé
G5: Old friends
Ann Cleeves - White Nights
O1: Take a stand
Violet Moller - The Map of Knowledge: How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities
O2: Take a friend
Elly Griffiths - The Janus Stone: The Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 2
O3: Take a trip
Veronique Tadjo - Reine Pokou: Concerto pour un sacrifice
O4: Take a look
Yrsa Sigurdardottir - My Soul to Take
O5: Take a break
Sophie Anderson - The Girl Who Speaks Bear (this is middle grade, but since I don't own a YA book and don't like reading them I thought this came close enough to the purpose of the prompt)
I think the summer one might be my favourite B1: Lovey (03/09/20)
B2: Gregor The Overlander (06/09/20)
B3: Lost Boy (07/08/20)
B4: Three Little Words (08/07/20)
B5: How I Found You (15/07/20)
I1: Crossed Vol 13 Badlands (08/08/20)
I2: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (14/08/20)
I3: In Order To Live (16/09/20)
I4: Peter Pan (28/07/20)
I5: Spider-Man The Other Evolve Or Die (29/06/20)
N1: The Complete Alice (02/07/20)
N2: Rescue Me (17/07/20)
N3: The Secret Seven: Hurry Secret Seven Hurry(26/07/20)
N4: Fcbd 2019 Spider-Man/Venom (17/07/20)
N5: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (27/08/20)
G1: Nearly Forgotten True Crimes (11/08/20)
G2: Under The Never Sky (08/09/20)
G3: Another Me (30/08/20)
G4: The Wizard Of Oz (26/07/20)
G5: Secrets In Phoenix (13/09/20)
O1: Lily And The Octopus (24/07/20)
O2: The Magician's Nephew (22/07/20)
O3: Fcbd 2019 Avengers/Savage Avengers (23/07/20)
O4: The Black Echo (06/07/20)
O5: The Poet X (25/07/20)
Bingos: BLACKOUT!!
I'm in! Last updated 10/4/2020. 24 books - so close to blackout! Oh well...
Bingos completed: (9) 3's, 4's, G's, I's, 2's, B's, Diag (O1-B5), 1's, N's
✔️ B1: Exploration Kindred 9/6/2020
✔️ B2: Congratulations! March: Book One 9/14/2020
✔️ B3: Participation The Jane Austen Society 7/5/2020
✔️ B4: Information Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 6/30/2020
✔️ B5: Collaboration The Vanishing Half 9/19/2020
✔️ I1: Listed it I Miss You When I Blink: Essays 7/6/2020
✔️ I2: Bought it Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves purchased in 2018 at Texas Book Festival, read 6/28/20
✔️ I3: Eyed it Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation 8/2/2020
✔️ I4: Downloaded it Red at the Bone 8/10/2020
✔️ I5: Scored it! The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal 9/15/2020
✔️ N1: Oldie but goodie The Grapes of Wrath 9/30/2020
✔️ N2: New kid on the block Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family 8/31/2020
✔️ N3: FREE A Woman Is No Man 8/4/2020
✔️ N4: Yesterday's news The Silent Patient 7/12/2020
✔️ N5: Everybody's talking White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 9/17/2020
✔️ G1: Nice to meet you Miracle Creek 8/21/2020
✔️ G2: You seem familiar The Order 8/31/2020
✔️ G3: One of the girls Know My Name: A Memoir 7/30/2020
✔️ G4: One of the guys Nothing to See Here 8/14/2020
✔️ G5: Old friends Small Great Things 7/2/2020
✔️ O1: Take a stand The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration 8/27/2020
✔️ O2: Take a friend Long Road to Mercy 8/24/2020
✔️ O3: Take a trip The Map of Salt and Stars 7/15/2020
✔️ O4: Take a look We Should All Be Feminists 8/30/2020
O5: Take a break We Were Liars or Anne of Green Gables
I'll give it a goB1: Exploration
B2: Congratulations! Mary, Mary
B3: Participation
B4: Information
B5: Collaboration
I1: Listed it
I2: Bought it
I3: Eyed it
I4: Downloaded it
I5: Scored it!
N1: Oldie but goodie Anne of Green Gables
N2: New kid on the block
N3: FREE
N4: Yesterday's news
N5: Everybody's talking
G1: Nice to meet you
G2: You seem familiar
G3: One of the girls
G4: One of the guys
G5: Old friends
O1: Take a stand
O2: Take a friend
O3: Take a trip Paris for One and Other Stories
O4: Take a look
O5: Take a break
Bingo Challenge (June 25-September)G5:
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Well done Rosemarie! I somehow have managed to get two bingo this week the Os and the 4s (message 8)
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I finished my list (message 5) - blackout!
Congrats Trisha. Very impressive that you managed to complete it so quickly!
Valerie wrote: "Congrats Trisha. Very impressive that you managed to complete it so quickly!"Thank you, Valerie.
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Rosemarie wrote: "Wow! Way to go, Trisha!"Thank you, Rosemarie.
I completed my first bingo, the Is (message 7).
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It's a bit late- Way to go, Valerie!
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And today the G's!
I've got two books left to read then I will have my first ever blackout!
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Rosemarie wrote: "That's great news, Beth. Happy reading!"Thank you x
I finally completed the whole Bingo card (message 7)!
Beth, I’m like you...one more for the blackout. :)
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I just got my FIRST EVER blackout and it was also my 60th book of the year *happy dances*
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Beth wrote: "I just got my FIRST EVER blackout and it was also my 60th book of the year *happy dances*"That's great! It's a lot of books to read in such a limited amount of time.
Beth wrote: "I just got my FIRST EVER blackout and it was also my 60th book of the year *happy dances*"Fantastic achievement Beth!
Rosemarie wrote: "Congrats, Beth! 🎉👏🥳"megan wrote: "Beth wrote: "I just got my FIRST EVER blackout and it was also my 60th book of the year *happy dances*"
That's great! It's a lot of books to read in such a limited amount of time."
Valerie wrote: "Beth wrote: "I just got my FIRST EVER blackout and it was also my 60th book of the year *happy dances*"
Fantastic achievement Beth!"
Thanks everybody 😁 xx
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Rosemarie wrote: "I ended up with 5 bingos- the I's, the G's, the O's and the 3's and 4's. It was a fun challenge."Congrats Rosemarie, that's a great result! I also really enjoyed the challenge.
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Made my blackout on September 23rd. Just at the end of summer....looking forward to fall bingo. See message 6 for my list.
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I always enjoy this challenge. I went thru September 30th and finished with 24 books, almost a blackout. Very happy with my nine bingos -- my full list of books is message 9. On to autumn bingo!
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Books mentioned in this topic
The Call of the Wild (other topics)The Vanishing Half (other topics)
Nightblind (other topics)
Queen of Air and Darkness (other topics)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Willa Cather (other topics)Laura Ingalls Wilder (other topics)
Antal Szerb (other topics)
L.E. Modesitt Jr. (other topics)
Sharon J. Bolton (other topics)
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You may set your goal as a single Bingo, as many as you can get, or try to complete the entire board. (As always, many thanks to Karen for creating this Bingo Challenge in the summer of 2014. It's the perfect summer challenge with something for everyone.)
RULES & GUIDELINES
* As with traditional Bingo, you can go for a horizontal, vertical, diagonal, "X" or "around the world". Or aim big and go for a "Blackout!"
* A book can only be used once on the sheet.
* Interpret the categories as broadly as you like.
* Feel free to copy and paste the template below to record your books:
B1: Exploration
B2: Congratulations!
B3: Participation
B4: Information
B5: Collaboration
I1: Listed it
I2: Bought it
I3: Eyed it
I4: Downloaded it
I5: Scored it!
N1: Oldie but goodie
N2: New kid on the block
N3: FREE
N4: Yesterday's news
N5: Everybody's talking
G1: Nice to meet you
G2: You seem familiar
G3: One of the girls
G4: One of the guys
G5: Old friends
O1: Take a stand
O2: Take a friend
O3: Take a trip
O4: Take a look
O5: Take a break