The Reading Challenge Group discussion

This challenge will run from September 20 through the end of the year.

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 above to record your books:


🍁🍂🍁 FALL BINGO 🍁🍂🍁

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended
G5- Supernatural Character

O1- Foreign Setting
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover🍁🍂🍁🍂

I thought I would start Fall Bingo 2022! Here's my challenge:

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🍁B1- Multiple Awards Foundryside
🍁B2- Never Finished Lone Wolf Season 1
🍁B3- Courtroom or Crime The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
🍁B4- Orange Cover
🍁B5- Politics First Lord's Fury

🍁I1- Finish a Series The Codex Alera Series 6 Books Collection Set By Jim Butcher
🍁I2- Beloved Children's
🍁I3- Adventure Leviathan Falls
🍁I4- Dysfunctional Family Lavender House
🍁I5- Sweater on Cover

🍁N1- GR Award Nominated Vengeful
🍁N2- Challenges Social Norms Lobizona
🍁N3- FREE I Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America
🍁N4- Senior Romance Verity
🍁N5- Hometown Setting The Winners

🍁G1- First Person POV Soul of the Deep
🍁G2- Red Cover
🍁G3- Unfamiliar Territory Underland: A Deep Time Journey
🍁G4- Highly Recommended Dread Nation
🍁G5- Supernatural Character Cazadora

🍁O1- Foreign Setting The Mountain in the Sea
🍁O2- Time Travel Opus
🍁O3- Illustrated American Roots: Lessons and Inspiration from the Designers Reimagining Our Home Gardens
🍁O4- Religion The Eye Of The Storm
🍁O5- Brown Cover

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Yay!! I ❤️ bingo!

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B1- Multiple Awards - Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital
B2- Never Finished - Consumed
B3- Courtroom or Crime - Desperation in Death
B4- Orange Cover - Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America's Most Fiendish Killer!
B5- Politics - I Must Betray You

I1- Finish a Series - Soul Taken (this is the last book...so far)
I2- Beloved Children's - Chilling Ghost Stories
I3- Adventure - Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
I4- Dysfunctional Family - Constance
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated - The Final Girl Support Group
N2- Challenges Social Norms - Marathoning for Mortals: A Regular Person's Guide to the Joy of Running or Walking a Half-Marathon or Marathon
N3- FREE - Into the Storm
N4- Senior Romance - The Sweet Spot
N5- Hometown Setting - Never Look Back

G1- First Person POV - Dead Man Rising
G2- Red Cover - The Big Bad Wolf
G3- Unfamiliar Territory - The Son and Heir: A Memoir
G4- Highly Recommended - The Choice: Embrace the Possible
G5- Supernatural Character - Star Mother

O1- Foreign Setting - On The First Day Of Christmas
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion - You Are Never Alone: Trust in the Miracle of God's Presence and Power
O5- Brown Cover🍁🍂🍁🍂

Yay! Thanks Eileen.

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I2-Beloved Children's: The Paul Street Boys by Ferenc Molnár

O1-Foreign Setting: The Daffodil Affair by Michael Innes
O2-
O3-Illustrated: Die ersten Deutschen. Der Bericht über das rätselhafte Volk der Germanen. by Siegfried Fischer-Fabian

You're welcome Rosemarie! I love Bingo, ha ha!

I didn't do so well during the last Bingo challenge. Determined to do better this time. I really love the Bingo challenge.

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B1- Multiple Awards - The Rules of Backyard Cricket by Jock Serong
B2- Never Finished - Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: The Early Years by Thomas Mann
B3- Courtroom or Crime - The Secret Witness by Victor Methos
B4- Orange Cover - If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho compiled by Anne Carson
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series - The Rising Tide by Ann Cleeves No. 11 in the Vera series.
I2- Beloved Children's - Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family- The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss
N3- FREE Outback Dawn: The Visitor by Annie Seaton
N4- Senior Romance - The Keepers of the Lighthouse by Kaye Dobbie
N5- Hometown Setting Nest by Inge Simpson

G1- First Person POV Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr
G2- Red Cover
G3- Unfamiliar Territory Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk by Nikolai Leskov
G4- Highly Recommended The Fell by Sarah Moss
G5- Supernatural Character Treacle Walker by Alan Garner

O1- Foreign Setting The Strudlhof Steps: The Depth of the Years by Heimito von Doderer
O2- Time Travel Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
O3- Illustrated Vlad the Rad by Brigette Barrager
O4- Religion - Willowman by Inga Simpson Cricket to me is a religion and my interest is all embracing. This book is brilliant by a brilliant Australian author.
O5- Brown Cover - The Tilt by Chris Hammer especially at the moment as currently an area of serious flooding🍁🍂🍁🍂

Penelope, they're so much fun! Good luck!

I would like to play.

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B1- Multiple Awards 2010: Odyssey Two Finished Sept; 29
B2- Never Finished Something Wicked This Way Comes October 26
B3- Courtroom or Crime
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series
I2- Beloved Children's The Cricket on the Hearth
I3- Adventure
I4- Dysfunctional Family Tess of the D’Urbervilles
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV Walden
G2- Red Cover Writers and Their Notebooks
G3- Unfamiliar Territory The World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster and the Year that Changed Literature
G4- Highly Recommended Demons
G5- Supernatural Character

O1- Foreign Setting The Moonstone Finished October 10
O2- Time Travel The Halloween Tree October13
O3- Illustrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Decoded: The Full Text of Lewis Carroll's Novel with its Many Hidden Meanings Revealed
O4- Religion The Two Popes: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World
O5- Brown Cover🍁🍂🍁🍂 The Organization Man

FINISHED 14/12/2022

(25/25)

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B1- Multiple Awards
DoggerbyShirley Hughes
✔22/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B2- Never Finished
CorpusbyRory Clements
✔24/10/22 ★ ★
B3- Courtroom or Crime
Partners: A Rogue Lawyer Short StorybyJohn Grisham
✔16/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★

B4- Orange Cover
The Universal Brother: Charles de Foucauld speaks to us todaybyLittle Sister Kathleen of Jesus
✔22/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B5- Politics
The Kennedy CurseBYJames Patterson
✔21/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I1- Finish a Series
Bill Martin's Bears Series
✔14/12/2022★ ★ ★ ★
I2- Beloved Children's
Olivia and the Missing ToybyIan Falconer
✔27/9/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
I3- Adventure
My Friend the EnemybyDan Smith
✔14/11/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I4- Dysfunctional Family
Making It: How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me Repair My LifebyJay Blades
✔14/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I5- Sweater on Cover
The Christmas Sweater: A Picture BookbyThe Christmas Sweater: A Picture Book
✔14/12/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

✔1/12/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
N1- GR Award Nominated
Olivia and the Fairy PrincessesbyIan Falconer
✔23/9/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
N2- Challenges Social Norms
Brother John: A Monk, a Pilgrim and the Purpose of LifebyAugust Turak
✔2/11/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
N3- FREE
The Good ServantbyFern Britton
✔7/12/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
N4- Senior Romance
Landlinesby Raynor Winn
✔5/11/22 ★ ★ ★ ★
N5- Hometown Setting
Rag-and-Bone ChristmasbyDilly Court
✔11/12/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

G1- First Person POV
The Woman in Blackby Susan Hill
✔28/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G2- Red Cover
CorduroybyDon Freeman
✔14/12/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
North and Southby Elizabeth Gaskell
✔24/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G4- Highly Recommended
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely FinebyGail Honeyman
✔20/11/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G5- Supernatural Character
Where Snow Angels GobyMaggie O'Farrell
✔ (1/11/22)★★★★
O1- Foreign Setting
The Silver Sword: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisationbyIan Serraillier
✔22/11/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O2- Time Travel
The Trouble with Time TravelbyStephen W. Martin
✔ (1/11/22)★★★★
O3- Illustrated
Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with no FeathersbyJohn Burningham
✔ (30/9/22)★★★★
O4- Religion
The Great Poets: Gerard Manley HopkinsbyGerard Manley Hopkins
✔25/10/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O5- Brown Cover
Too Much GluebyJason Lefebvre
✔14/12/22 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
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Fun! Hope I will do better than last year.

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B1- Multiple Awards: My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the World’s Deadliest Migration Route
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime : The Hummingbird
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics: How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

I1- Finish a Series: Your Inner Hedgehog
I2- Beloved Children's: Coraline
I3- Adventure: The Amur River: Between Russia and China
I4- Dysfunctional Family: Anowa
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated: Everything Is OK
N2- Challenges Social Norms : The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime: Forgotten Cops and Private Eyes from the Time of Sherlock Holmes
N3- FREE : After Me Comes the Flood
N4- Senior Romance
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV: The White Castle
G2- Red Cover:
G3- Unfamiliar Territory : Lakeland Wild
G4- Highly Recommended: The Trees
G5- Supernatural Character: In a Glass Darkly

O1- Foreign Setting: Afterlives
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated: The Madman's Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosities from History
O4- Religion: Small Things Like These
O5- Brown Cover: 🍁🍂🍁🍂

Oooh! I’d love to try this out!

B1- Multiple Awards
B2- Never Finished
B3- Courtroom or Crime A Grave Mistake: A short crime fiction story
B4- Orange Cover
B5- Politics

I1- Finish a Series Fun with Murder
I2- Beloved Children's
I3- Adventure Stiff Competition
I4- Dysfunctional Family Hot Scheming Mess
I5- Sweater on Cover

N1- GR Award Nominated
N2- Challenges Social Norms:
N3- FREE
N4- Senior Romance Standing O
N5- Hometown Setting

G1- First Person POV
G2- Red Cover Hit That
G3- Unfamiliar Territory
G4- Highly Recommended In West Mills
G5- Supernatural Character The Shining

O1- Foreign Setting Bullet Train
O2- Time Travel
O3- Illustrated
O4- Religion
O5- Brown Cover🍁🍂🍁🍂 Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers

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I just finished the B's! See message 2.

Way to go, Eileen!

Thanks!

I just finished my blackout (see message 2) with Little House in the Big Woods! :)

Wow, Vicky, way to go!

Congratulations, Eileen!

Way to go, Vicky!

Thanks!