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message 1: by Gerard (last edited Jul 07, 2023 05:44PM) (new)

Gerard (gerbearrr) | 167 comments Let me try this again!

✔B1: Book Published 1950 - 1999 - Divine Days: A Novel by Leon Forrest 5/5
✔B2: Classic written in your native language - Carpenter's Gothic by William Gaddis 5/5
✔B3: Classic of Europe - The Oppermanns by Lion Feuchtwanger N/A, subject matter too intense to rate, but it's an excellent novel.
✔B4: Classic involving art - Septology Jon Fosse 5/5
✔B5: Classic from your bookshelf - The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare 3/5

I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2023
I2: Classic biography/autobiography or memoir
I3: Classic horror or gothic
I4: Classic comedy, satire, or humor
I5: Book from the group’s Favorites of 2022

N1: Classic of the Americas
✔N2: Classic Western - All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy 4/5
✔N3: Reader’s Choice - When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut 5/5
N4: Classic mystery or thriller
N5: Classic of Africa or Oceania

G1: Classic from a group poll that did not win
G2: Classic action or adventure
G3: Classic history or historical fiction
G4: Class fantasy or science fiction
G5: Book from the Group’s 2023 Bookshelf

✔O1: Book Published before 1900 - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 5/5
✔O2: New-To-You Classic Author - Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather 3/5
O3: Classic of Asia
✔O4: Classic in translation - Despair by Vladimir Nabokov 3/5
O5: Book Published 1900 - 1949 -


message 2: by Katy, Quarterly Long Reads (new)

Katy (kathy_h) | 9554 comments Mod
Have a wonderful year reading in 2023, Gerard; and good luck on your Bingo Challenge.


message 3: by Gerard (last edited Jul 07, 2023 05:44PM) (new)

Gerard (gerbearrr) | 167 comments Mid-year update on my 2023 Bingo Board: looks like I got my first Bingo by completing the "B" section of my board! Also closing out on the "O" section.

This year has consisted of nothing but good to excellent reads for me so far. What I found works best for me is to not plan; I rarely ever stick to reading goals that I write down in advance.

I would like to attempt the blackout challenge and read more women writers this year. If anyone has any suggestions for O3: Classics of Asia, N5: Classic of Africa or Oceania, G2: Action or Adventure, or G4: Fantasy or Science Fiction, I would appreciate it!


message 4: by Terris (last edited Jul 07, 2023 05:54PM) (new)

Terris | 4426 comments I don't know what you have read in the past, but here are my suggestions, Gerard:

Classics of Asia: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Classic of Africa: Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Action/Adventure: King Solomon's Mines (or another by H. Rider Haggard)
Science Fiction: The Illustrated Man or The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

These are all ones I've enjoyed in those categories.
Congratulations on your first Bingo and best of luck on your Black Out! :)


message 5: by Gerard (new)

Gerard (gerbearrr) | 167 comments Terris wrote: "I don't know what you have read in the past, but here are my suggestions, Gerard:

Classics of Asia: The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Classic of Africa: [book:Cry, the Beloved Country|61..."


Thank you, Terris!


message 6: by Wobbley (new)

Wobbley | 2590 comments Here are some suggestions:

Classics of Asia: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Classic of Africa or Oceania: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
Action or Adventure: Watership Down by Richard Adams
Fantasy or Science Fiction: I'm going to put in a second vote for The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

Happy Reading!


message 7: by Carolien (last edited Jul 08, 2023 12:02AM) (new)

Carolien (carolien_s) | 894 comments Congrats with your first bingo!

For a classic of Africa by a female author, these are some possibilities: Joys of Motherhood, The (2nd Edition), So Long a Letter (it's lovely and short), Neighbours: The Story of a Murder (also short), The Map of Love, Circles in a Forest, Women At Point Zero, Children of the New World, The Blind Kingdom (can also work for fantasy as it is speculative fiction), When Rain Clouds Gather (again short).


message 8: by Gerard (new)

Gerard (gerbearrr) | 167 comments Carolien wrote: "Congrats with your first bingo!

For a classic of Africa by a female author, these are some possibilities: Joys of Motherhood, The (2nd Edition), So Long a Letter (it's ..."


Wobbley wrote: "Here are some suggestions:

Classics of Asia: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Classic of Africa or Oceania: Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih
Action or Adventur..."


Thank you for your suggestions! Happy reading to you both as well :)


message 9: by Cynda (new)

Cynda | 5263 comments Hope your reading year is going well Gerard!


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