Historical Fictionistas discussion

B-I-N-G-O and Bingo was his name-o!

B1*- HF set in Asia - War Trash
B2- Judge a book by its cover- The Vanishing Half (I actually really dislike this cover!)
B3- Louisiana Purchase- The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
B4- Library Book - Blacktop Wasteland
B5- Politics or Intrigue - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir

I1- Set in Russia/USSR - Child 44
I2- Set on an island - Moloka'i
I3*- HF written by a female author - The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
I4- Indigenous people - The Only Good Indians
I5- An Author's first book - The Song of Achilles

N1- Religion - Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
N2- Oldest Book from TBR (To Read Owned) - Catch-22
N3- FREE - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
N4- Non-binary/Trans Author or character - An Unkindness of Ghosts
N5*- Award Winner - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

G1- Historical Mystery (genre) - The Hellfire Club
G2- Light/Humorous - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
G3- Published between 2010-2020 - Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
G4*- Historical nonfiction or biography - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
G5- POC Author - Invisible Man

O1- Read a book in translation - I Who Have Never Known Men
O2*- HF by a new to you author - The Cross and the Lynching Tree
O3- Set in a Caribbean country - The Book of Night Women
O4- Set in Egypt, Africa, or Middle East - Homegoing
O5- Encryption or Code-breaking - Alan Turing: The Enigma

Task Points: 48

Bonus Points:
Complete 5 tasks in any order = 2 x (1 bonus point)
Complete word BINGO = 5 points (B5,I5,N5,G5,O5)
Complete all of one number = 3 bonus points (B5,I5,N5,G5,O5)

Total Points: 58

Bonus Points Categories:
- Complete 5 tasks in any order = 1 bonus point.
Example: B2, I1, N3, G2, O5
- Complete all of one letter = 2 bonus points.
Example: B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
- Complete all of one number = 3 bonus points.
Example: B1, I1, N1, G1, O1
- Complete a "diagonal" bingo = 4 bonus points.
Example: B1, I2, N3, G4, O5
- Complete the word Bingo = 5 bonus points.
Example: B1, I1, N3, G4, O2
- Complete all of the Standard tasks = 10 bonus points.
Example: B1, I3, N5, G4, O2
- Complete your entire card = 50 bonus points.

Read:
N1 - Religion: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth

1 point

Read:
G5 - POC author: Invisible Man
5 points

Cumulative Total: 6 points

Read:
G2- Light/Humorous - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? And other Questions about Dead Bodies
2 points

G4*- Historical nonfiction or biography - The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
4 points

Cumulative Total: 12 points

Read:
B4- Library Book - Blacktop Wasteland
4 points

5th book, no order bonus = 1 point

Cumulative Total: 17 points

Read: B5- Politics or Intrigue - When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
5 points

Cumulative Total: 21 Points

Read: I5- An Author's first book - The Song of Achilles
5 points
Cumulative total: 27 (corrected from previous count because I keep forgetting my bonus point. LOL)

Read: N3- FREE - Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
3 Points
Cumulative total: 30 points

Read: G3- Published between 2010-2020 - Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
3 Points
Cumulative total: 33 Points

Read: I1- Set in Russia/USSR - Child 44

Read: B2- Judge a book by its cover- The Vanishing Half (I actually really dislike this cover!)