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May 22, 2022 03:40PM
With 75 tasks, we did not intend to set up a planning thread for summer. But are there books you're most excited about getting to read? Tell us your top 5 and which squares you're using to get to them.
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I think these are all Jumbo. As a slow reader, I will be glad to get 5 bingos and that might be a stretch.B7 - Best Books - have had this penciled in off and off in previous seasons
The Year of the French by Thomas Flanagan
G50 - Author born in the 50s - I read Doc a couple of seasons back and want to read the follow-up
Epitaph by Mary Doria Russell
B10 - Author born in the 10s - I have been neglecting Anthony Trollope and am thrilled to have one penned in this season, which will also fill a spot in my 19th Century challenge
John Caldigate by Anthony Trollope
G60 - Book pub'd in the 60s - I have wanted to start this trilogy for several seasons, we'll see if it's as good as I'm hoping
Long Summer Day by R.F. Delderfield
And that's my top 4. There are several more shorter ones that I'm glad to finally have in the top tier of expected reads.
I made more bingos than I can really read, so I am going to pick them based on 'how I feel' at that moment.Now that I am back from our whirlwind family emergency trip, I'm feeling like the seventh bingo I have on my list is the one to start with (!):
i16: The Man in the Wooden Hat**
i18: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
i26: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
i27: The Devil's Novice
i29: Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation**
At the moment, I think I will then move on to the first bingo on my list:
b3: Disgrace**
i17: Horsewatching**
n39: Murder in an Irish Village**
g60: Decision at Doona**
o68: The Horsemaster's Daughter**
**owned books
My planning is not going as planned! HahahahI keep searching for books that will fit the boxes, but then I find them so attractive that I start reading them rather than waiting~~~
Such is the hardship of mine, for books!
(dramatic!!!)
LOLLOLLOL my family thinks it is so funny that I am playing BINGO. They know I hate real bingo and that I never win. Maybe this is my cure, taking something I love, reading, and mixing it with my impatience to hear them "call my number". Here is my first plan for a bingo and it gets 3 books off my Booker Prize List that I am personally reading.
B15 The Gathering-(booker)
I19 Amsterdam-(booker)
N41 One True Loves
G47 Lair of the White Worm
O65 The Sense of an Ending-(booker)
Top 5 only? Yikes. I have 7 BINGOs planned, maybe more if I get some holds. I love this type of challenge - I can gorge myself on Horror and Graphic Novels!!!My first 5:
B9 Nothing But Blackened Teeth
I16 The Hunger
N31 I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 1: Madly Ever After
G47 The Death of Jane Lawrence
O66 The Low, Low Woods
#2
B6 Basketful of Heads
I24 Ladycastle
N36 Saga, Book One
G59 Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
O61 The Wicked + The Divine Deluxe Edition: Year One
OK, I mapped out all 75 books and due to hold times and such I’m already seeing I’ll have to switch orders. There is NO WAY I’ll get through all of them, even with tons of short books and graphic novels…. But I’m really excited about a few!
Books I am excited about:1. Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler
I have enjoyed other works by her and, so, I am excited about this series.
2. Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller
A new author that I looking forward to trying.
3. H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
A book I have wanted to read for awhile. I enjoy birds and am drawn to hawks.
4. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
I love this author and can only wish he were still living to write more. This is one of his that I have been meaning to read for a bit.
5. Well, it is hard to pick another but, since I listed two in item 1, I guess I already have. :)
My basic approach was to pick my top ones to read next. Using paper, different colors of pens, and the computer, I have one Bingo. I would be pleased if I could finish ten books (two bingos). Bingo one is:✔B3 (Booker): The Marrying of Chani Kaufman by Eve Harris. Arranged marriages are of interest.
✔I18 Inspirational I've Been Thinking . . .Reflections, Prayers, and Meditations for a Meaningful Life by Maria Shriver (24 users)
I hope it is inspirational. Judging by the title, it might have a variety/hodgepodge of bits and pieces about life.
✔N44 Two set of double letters in author name The Fortnight in September by R.C. Sherriff I tend to like fiction from the 1930s and this one is about a beach vacation, so perfect for the Summer RwS season.
✔G50, author born in the 50s, fits Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear; #9 in the Maisie Dobbs series. I wasn't able to fit one in last season.
✔O74 "On" in title Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Has low lexile which doesn't matter this season. Looking forward to reading it.
Second Bingo:
✔B13 Bridesmaid The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
✔I24 Adventure: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
N37 Nonhuman main character The Fairy Caravan by Beatrix Potter
✔G 52 GR choice award nominee 2013 My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
✔O72 Set in Ontario Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Third Bingo (15 points each)
The Lord Is My Shepherd: Healing Wisdom of the Twenty-third Psalm by Harold S. Kushner
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
Plan:(view spoiler)
Ninth Bingo
✔
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom
✔
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
✔
Fascination In France by Barbara Cartland
✔
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
✔
The Rings of Saturn by W.G. Sebald
Tenth Bingo
✔
Before and After by Andrew Shanahan
✔
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
✔
A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths
Eleventh Bingo
✔
Precious Bane by Mary Webb
B2 - Title has 2+ B's
Rabbit Is Rich by John Updike
I16 - Author name does not contan the letter "I"
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West
I17 - Title word ends in -ing
Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine
I21 - INFLOW: First letter of title is found in "inflow"
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
I27 - Main character is a Private Eye
Busman's Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey
I30 - Book pub'd in the 30s, any century
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West
N33 - Title has 3+ Ns
The Museum of Unconditional Surrender by Dubravka Ugrešić
G53 - Group Reads! (On RwS bookshelf)
The Diviners by Margaret Laurence
O63 - ORPHAN: first letter of title found in "orphan"
Pratt of the Argus by David Nobbs
O68 - Author name does not contain the letter O
Dizzy by Cathy Cassidy
This was my original plan, but I've already moved things around! It's good that I'm using post-it notes to stick the combinations of 5 books on paper since I'm reading in a different order.Bingo #1
B1 Title has 1 word
Cataloochee by Wayne Caldwell
I18 Inspirational
Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now by Maya Angelou
N44 Author has 2 sets of double letters in name 10.6
The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
G52 Goodreads Choice Nominee 10.1
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
O75 75 Years: Author is Aged (born 1943 and living) 10.3
Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles
Bingo #2
B10 Author born in the 10s (1812)
The Mudfog Papers by Charles Dickens
I16 Author name does not contain the letter "I"
Sarah's Quilt by Nancy E. Turner
N32 Neighbors (on Southern Trail bookshelf) 10.5
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
G50 Author born in the 50s (1957)
The Book Woman's Daughter by Kim Michele Richardson
O 71 One: First book in a series
The Trees by Conrad Richter
Bingo #3
B6 BEARDS: First letter of title is found in "beards"
Requiem by Fire by Wayne Caldwell
I 22 Title has 2 words
The Maid by Nita Prose
N41 Title includes a number
The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
G 58 Ghosts or paranormal
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
O72 Set in: Ohio
The Fields by Conrad Richter
Extra:
I21 INFLOW 10.2
Oh William! by Elizabeth Strout
B9 MPE Page Count of 100-199 10.4
Three Tales by Gustave Flaubert
I tackled planning from two angles. One was the books that are the top of my TBR and noted what squares they qualify for and then I went through the squares that referenced lists and checked if I have any onhand that fit the list. Now I am trying to be realistic about how many books I can read in three months and organize some bingos.
Top 5 book choices:1. B7 City by Clifford D. Simak 15,758 ratings 4.09 average
2. I16 The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
3. N31 Stormy Weather by Paulette Jiles (2007)
4. G54 Life of a Counterfeiter by Yasushi Inoue
5. O67 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
But I see that Connie has Stormy Weather in the Os, so that may be the smarter move.
I am already adjusting the plans. I think I will use City for the square .. a non human main character N37
Lynn wrote: "I am already adjusting the plans. I think I will use City for the square .. a non human main character N37"Nothing is ever set in stone. ;-)
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