The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Mission: Claim at least one "Bingo!" before March 20 (the first day of spring)!

RULES & GUIDELINES
Not too many of these as it is supposed to be fun after all :)

* As with traditional Bingo, you can go for a horizontal, vertical, diagonal, "X" or "around the world" (perimeter). Or aim big and go for a black out (all squares)!

* A book can only be used once on the sheet.

* Interpret the categories as broadly as you like.

*You can use books that you’ve read for other challenges as long as they were read within the time constraints of this one. (January 2023-March 2023)

Winter Bingo Template

B1: Award Winner
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series
I2: Middle Grade
I3: Blue Cover
I4: > 400 pages
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic
N2: Made into a Movie
N3: FREE
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: White Cover
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science

There’s a cute graphic of a board somewhere. I’ll post it here if I find it again.

One of my favorites! Thanks!

Winter Bingo Template

B1: Award Winner
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series
I2: Middle Grade
I3: Blue Cover
I4: > 400 pages
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic
N2: Made into a Movie
N3: FREE
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: White Cover
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science

Yes. Just love Bingo.
Winter Bingo Template

B1: Award Winner - The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller - The Unbelieved by Vikki Petraitis
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series - The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
I2: Middle Grade -
I3: Blue Cover - The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg
I4: > 400 pages The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
I5: Personal Improvement Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

N1: Classic
N2: Made into a Movie - Foster by Claire Keegan Movie The Quiet Child.
N3: FREE
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+
G3: White Cover
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical - The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

O1: Published Last Year - Lessons by Ian McEwan
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science

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Love Bingo!

B1: Award Winner - The Last Thing He Told Me
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller - What Happened to the Bennetts
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series - Under One Roof
I2: Middle Grade
I3: Blue Cover - Below Zero
I4: > 400 pages - Into the Fire
I5: Personal Improvement - Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age

N1: Classic - 81 Famous Poems: Audio Companion to Norton Anthology of Poetry
N2: Made into a Movie
N3: FREE - The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor - Meet Me in the Margins

G1: Magical Realism - The Serpent in Heaven
G2: LGBTQ+ - When Tony Met Adam
G3: White Cover - The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical - The Postmaster's Daughter

O1: Published Last Year - The Choice
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering - To the Land of Long Lost Friends
O4: Based on Mythology - The Cassandra Complex: The hotly anticipated adult debut from the multi-million copy bestselling author of Geek Girl
O5: Math/Science - Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Winter Bingo
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B1: Award Winner
Broken GlassbyArthur Miller
✔28/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B2: Graphic Novel
The Giver: Graphic NovelbyP. Craig Russell
✔20/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
B3: Silver Lettering
The Silver SwanbyMichael Morpurgo
✔21/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B4: Mystery or Thriller
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank RedemptionbyStephen King
✔26/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
B5: Current Event Related
Movie Star: They Always Say They're SinglebyJessica Simpson
✔9/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★

I1: Start a Series
Odds AgainstbyDick Francis
✔19/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I2: Middle Grade
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: A BBC Radio full-cast dramatisationbyIan Fleming
✔14/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I3: Blue Cover
The Cat in the Hat Comes BackbyDr. Seuss
✔5/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I4: > 400 pages
Tudor: The Family StorybyLeanda de Lisle
✔20/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I5: Personal Improvement
Just Going to the DentistbyMercer Mayer
✔5/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★


N1: Classic
Oh, the Places You'll Go!byDr. Seuss
✔5/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
N2: Made into a Movie
The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas Hardy
✔8/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
N3: FREE
A Traveller in TimebyAlison UttleybyDr. Seuss
✔5/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

G1: Magical Realism
Where the Wild Things ArebyMaurice Sendak
✔8/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G2: LGBTQ
Brideshead Revisitedby Evelyn Waugh✔8/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
G3: White Cover
Thomas Merton: A Life InspiredbyWyatt North
✔14/3/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
Harry and the Lady Next DoorbyGene Zion
✔26/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
G5: Biographical
Down in the Valley: A Writer's LandscapebyLaurie Lee
✔21/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

O1: Published Last Year
GenevabyRichard Armitage
✔22/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O2: Epistolary
My Dearest Dietrich: A Novel of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Lost LovebyAmanda Barratt
✔12/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
O3: Gold Lettering
Tyrannosaurus DripbyJulia Donaldson
✔4/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
O4: Based on Mythology
The Legend of the BluebonnetbyTomie dePaola
✔26/2/23 ★ ★ ★ ★
O5: Math/Science
Ice Walker: A Polar Bear's Journey through the Fragile ArcticbyJames Raffan
✔26/1/23 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

FINISHED! 20/3/23

My spot

I haven't tried this for a long time!

B1: Award Winner - An Ember in the Ashes
B2: Graphic Novel
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller - The Box in the Woods
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series - Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone
I2: Middle Grade - Dark Waters
I3: Blue Cover - The Fine Print
I4: > 400 pages - Savage Lover
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic - Magic Bites
N2: Made into a Movie
N3: FREE - Rejected
N4: Science Fiction
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+ - Rules for Vanishing
G3: White Cover - Nine Elms
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year - My Killer Vacation
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering - The Blood Witch
O4: Based on Mythology - A Deal with the Elf King
O5: Math/Science

B1: Award Winner
B2: Graphic Novel: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
B3: Silver Lettering
B4: Mystery or Thriller: When No One Is Watching
B5: Current Event Related

I1: Start a Series: Storm Front
I2: Middle Grade
I3: Blue Cover
I4: > 400 pages: A Short History of Queer Women
I5: Personal Improvement

N1: Classic: The Steppenwolf
N2: Made into a Movie: Doctor Sleep
N3: FREE
N4: Science Fiction: Only Bad Options
N5: Humor

G1: Magical Realism
G2: LGBTQ+: The Gentleman's Book of Vices
G3: White Cover
G4: Published In Your Birth Year
G5: Biographical

O1: Published Last Year: Book of Dreams
O2: Epistolary
O3: Gold Lettering
O4: Based on Mythology
O5: Math/Science

I didn't quite make the blackout, but oh well!
Winter Bingo Template

✔ B1: Award Winner I Am Every Good Thing
✔ B2: Graphic Novel Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
B3: Silver Lettering Den of Thieves : a LitRPG adventure
✔ B4: Mystery or Thriller Promise Boys
✔ B5: Current Event Related The Quiet American, Current to the time period in which it was written

✔ I1: Start a Series Out of the Shadows
✔ I2: Middle Grade A Wish in the Dark
✔ I3: Blue Cover
✔ I4: > 400 pages Paladin's Strength
✔ I5: Personal Improvement Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

✔ N1: Classic The Hobbit
✔ N2: Made into a Movie The Mountain Between Us
✔ N3: FREE Mister Monday
✔ N4: Science Fiction Children of Earth and Sky
✔ N5: Humor Spooky Magic

✔G1: Magical Realism Remarkably Bright Creatures
✔ G2: LGBTQ+ Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
✔ G3: White Cover
✔ G4: Published In Your Birth Year Nemesis
✔ G5: Biographical Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest

✔ O1: Published Last Year Paladin's Hope
✔ O2: Epistolary The Moonstone
✔ O3: Gold Lettering The Swordmaster's Daughter
✔ O4: Based on Mythology Winston Chu vs. the Whimsies
✔ O5: Math/Science Into the Fire

You may not have a blackout, Eileen, but you do have a terrific bingo anyway-congrats!

Aww, thanks! I always have fun with the Bingos! I tried to find the Spring one, but couldn't find one. But maybe we can do a Summer one since it's already April? LOL!

Renee is our Bingo lady. We use the same every year, but I'm technologically challenged and copying and pasting is not on my list of skills, Eileen.
Feel free to set up any of the Bingos that we have used in previous years.

Okay, at this late date, I think I'll wait until June and we can do a summer Bingo! It's been a super busy spring with AP exams, ha ha! But thank you! I never want to presume!

You never do, Eileen. We appreciate any help we get in this fun reading challenge group!

Eileen wrote: "Okay, at this late date, I think I'll wait until June and we can do a summer Bingo! It's been a super busy spring with AP exams, ha ha! But thank you! I never want to presume!"

You're a tutor, aren't you?

Yes, pretty much full time! Friday is my only day off, lol. At least until the summer when things are a little less crazy!