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Reading Bingo 2025Progress: 25/25 - COMPLETED 31/12/25
More than 500 pages - 717 pages:
- FINISHED 22/3/25 - 3* (7/10)
Forgotten classic:
- FINISHED 10/6/25 - 4* (8/10)
Became a movie:
- FINISHED 8/8/25 - 3* (7/10)
Published 2025 - 30/1/25:
- FINISHED 4/4/25 - 4+* (9+/10)
Number in title:
- FINISHED 28/1/25 - 5* (9.5/10)
Author under 30 - 21 yrs old:
- FINISHED 12/10/25 - 5* (9.5/10)
Non-human characters:
- FINISHED 28/4/25 - 4* (8/10)
Funny book:
- FINISHED 23/4/25 - 4* (9/10)
Female author:
- FINISHED 31/12/25 - 4* (9/10)
Book with mystery:
- FINISHED 7/2/25 - 4* (9/10)
One-word title:
- FINISHED 11/2/25 - 3* (6/10)
Short stories:
- FINISHED 12/4/25 - 3* (7/10)
Free square:
- FINISHED 6/1/25 - 4* (8/10)
Different continent - USA:
- FINISHED 5/3/25 - 4* (9/10)
Non-fiction:
- FINISHED 27/10/25 - 4* (9/10)
1st book by fav. author:
- FINISHED 14/4/25 - 4* (9/10)
Heard about online:
- FINISHED 16/8/25 - 3* (6.5/10)
Best-seller:
- FINISHED 15/2/25 - 4* (9/10)
Based on true story:
- FINISHED 29/11/25 - 4* (8.5/10)
Bottom of TBR pile:
- FINISHED 9/7/25 - 4* (8.5/10)
Book a friend loves - Sarah (Aussie Readers):
- FINISHED 3/7/25 - 4* (9/10)
Book that scares you:
- FINISHED 13/12/25 - 4* (9/10)
Over 10 years old - January 2014:
- FINISHED 16/4/25 - 3* (6/10)
2nd in series - Opal Fields #2:
- FINISHED 18/4/25 - 4* (8.5/10)
Blue cover:
- FINISHED 22/3/25 - 4* (8/10)
Looks like a fun board. Row 1
More than 500 pages
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows✅
A Forgotten Classic
The Warden✅
Became a Movie
Conclave✅
Published this year …2025
The Hallmarked Man ✅
Number in Title
V2: A Novel of World War II ✅
Row 2
Written by someone under 30
Finding My Way
Non-human characters
Muddle Earth ✅
A Funny Book
Witches Abroad ✅
A Female Author
The Hedgehog Diaries✅
A book with a Mystery
Guilty by Definition ✅
Row 3
A book with a one word title
✅A book of short stories
Free square … A journey …
A Walk Through Paris✅
A book set on a different continent
Westport✅
Non-fiction
Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein✅
Row 4
First book by a favourite author
The Little World of Don Camillo
Heard about online
Paths in the Snow: A literary journey through The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Best Seller
Slow Horses✅
Based on a true story
A Classical Education ✅
Book from bottom of TBR pile
Wuthering Heights
Row 5
Book a friend loves
What You Are Looking For Is in the Library ✅
Book that scares you
The Fear Index✅
Book over 10 years old (written before Jan 2015)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ✅
2nd in a series
Dead Lions✅
Book with a blue cover
How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals ✅
1. 2. 3. 4. 5
Finished my 1st of this Challenge with:-Row 3 - Free square:
You Are Here by David Nicholls
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...Row 1
✔️1.More than 500 pages
The Crow Trap
] Ann Cleeves 535 p. Read 21 january 2025
✔️2.A Forgotten Classic
Good-Bye, Mr. Chips James Hilton 144 p. 22 february 2025✔️3.Became a Movie
The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton 276 p. 31 january 2025✔️4.Published this year …2025
Isaac's Song
Daniel Black320 p. Read: 3 february Published january 2025
✔️5.Number in Title
Hunting Zero
Jack Mars 332 p. Read: 6 february Row 2
✔️1.Written by someone under 30
Kat & muis
Ian Rankin 231 p. 19 march Ian Rankin was 27 when this book was published
✔️2. Non-human characters
Cornelia Funke 296 p. Read jan 13 2025 Characters are also fairies, dwarfs,…
✔️3. AFunny Book
Het transgalactische liftershandboek
Douglas Adams 27 march 192 p.✔️4. A Female Author De Japanse minnaar
Isabel AllendeIsabel Allende is a female author
✔️5. book with a Mystery
Rechercheur De Klerck en de sluier van de dood P. Dieudonné
How did the body got in the freezer and whose body is it.
Row 3
✔️1.A book with a one word title
Onmacht
Yvonne Doorduyn 334 p. 15 february 20252.A book of short stories
✔️3. Free square
Zie mij
Jennifer Hillier 384 p. 19 january 2025✔️4. A book set on a different continent
The Home for Unwanted Girls Joanna Goodman 384 p. Read: 18 january 2025 set in Quebecset in America
✔️5.Non-fiction
The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life—Before 8AM
Hal Elrod 224 p. 9 february 2025Row 4
✔️1. First book by a favourite author
Een van ons liegt
Karen M. McManus 300 p. 13 february 2025✔️2. Heard about online
Nita Prose 336 p. Read: 16 january 2025 ✔️3. Best Seller
De erfenis
Jennifer Lynn Barnes392 p. 23 january 2025
✔️4. Based on a true story
Paris: de memoires van Abel Sikkink
Bert Wagendorp 386 p. Read: 5 februaryStory of the Commune in Paris (1870)
✔️5. Book from bottom of TBR pile
De pianiste
Elfriede Jelinek 296 p. 28 februaryRow 5
✔️1. Book a friend loves
De verzamelde levens van A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin 224 p. 21 january 2028 Friend was very enthousiastic
✔️2. Book that scares you
Onze Moeder was een Seriemoordenaar
Gregg Olsen 442p. 12 february The evil scares me
✔️3. Book over 10 years old (written before Jan 2015)
The ABC Murders read 9 january 2025
✔️4. 2nd in a series De kleuren van schaduw
Victoria E. Schwab 560 p. 29 march✔️5. Book with a blue cover
Once Hunted Blake Pierce 192 p. 1 february 2025 ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
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Finished my 2nd of this Challenge with:-Row 1 - number in title:
1984 by George Orwell
Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 3rd of this Challenge with:-Read a book with a mystery:
For My Own Good by Vanessa Garbin
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 4th and 5th of this Challenge with:-Row 3 - One word title:-
Absolution by Jeff VanderMeer
Rated this one as 3* (6/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Row 4 - Best seller:-
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 6th of this Challenge with:-Row 3 - Different continent (USA):
French Braid by Anne Tyler
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
This is a wonderful Bingo board! I can't resist.✔️B1 More than 500 pages - Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Finished 2/22/25
✔️I1 Forgotten classic - A Game of Hide and Seek by Elizabeth Taylor Finished 3/31/25
✔️N1 Became a movie - Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen Finished 3/23/25
G1 Published 2025 -
O1 Number in title -
✔️B2 Author under 30 - Now in November byJosephine Winslow Johnson (when she was 24) Finished 5/9/25
✔️I2 Non-human characters - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Finished 4/22/25
✔️N2 Funny book - Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Finished 3/3/25
✔️G2 Female author - Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks Read 2/5/25
O2 Book with mystery -
✔️B3 One-word title - Augustus by John Williams Finished 2/9/25
✔️I3 Short stories - Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin Finished 2/28/25
N3 Free square -
✔️G3 Different continent - The Masterpiece by Émile Zola (Europe) Finished 5/17/25
✔️O3 Non-fiction: Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America by Kurt Andersen Finished 1/19/25
✔️B4 1st book by fav. author - Recitatif by Toni Morrison Finished 1/20/25
✔️I4 Heard about online - It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis Finished 2/7/25
✔️N4 Best-seller - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Finished 1/25/25
✔️G4 Based on true story - The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel
✔️O4 Bottom of TBR pile - The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler Finished 4/30/25
✔️B5 Book a friend loves - The Chosen by Chaim Potok Finished 4/14/25
✔️I5 Book that scares you - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury Finished 4/22/25
✔️N5 Over 10 years old - Light in August by William Faulkner (1932) Finished 4/12/25
✔️G5 2nd in series - Girl with Green Eyes by Edna O'Brien (#2 in Country Girls Trilogy) Finished 3/17/25
✔️O5 Blue cover - Prelude by Katherine Mansfield Finished 4/18/25
Finished my 7th and 8th of this Challenge with:Row 5 - Blue cover:-
The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here;-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Row 1 - More than 500 pages - 717 pages:-
George Orwell: A Life by Bernard Crick
Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 9th read of this Challenge with:-Row 1 - Published in 2025 - 30/1/25:
Nesting by Roisín O’Donnell
Rated this one as 4+* (9+/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 10th read of this Challenge with:-Row 3 - Short stories:
Quickly, While They Still Have Horses by Jan Carson
Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 11th and 12th books of this Challenge with:-Row 4 - 1st book by a favourite author:
Along Came a Spider by James Patterson
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Row 5 - Book over 10 years old - 2014:
Upstairs at the Party by Linda Grant
Rated this one as 3* (6/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 13th read of this Challenge with:-Row #5 - 2nd in a series - Opal Fields #2:
Her Broken Bones by Fiona Tarr
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 14th read of this Challenge with:-Row 2 - Funny book:
Bad Chili by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 15th read of this Challenge with:-Row 2 - Non-human characters:
Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Well done Kim! You are flying through the challenge.
Finished my 16th book of this Challenge with:-Row 1: Forgotten classic:
How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Rated this one as 4* (8/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 17th book of this Challenge with:-Row 5: Book a friend loves - Sarah (Aussie Readers):
Taken by Dinuka McKenzie
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Alannah’s 2025 Reading Bingo Challenge Progress
Completed: 12 out of 25 squares (one book currently in progress)
Completed Bingo Squares and Finished Books:
Column One
* A book more than 500 pages: Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian (finished 9 March)
* A book written by someone under thirty: The House of My Mother by Shari Franke (finished 30 January)
* A book with a one-word title: James by Percival Everett (finished 4 July)
Column Two
* A book with non-human characters: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (finished 18 June)
* A book you heard about online: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (finished 20 April)
Column Three
* A funny book: Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England’s Kings and Queens by David Mitchell (finished 6 January)
* Free square (first audiobook finished): Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (finished 2 January)
Column Four
* A book published this year: The Ladie Upstairs by Jessie Elland (currently reading)
* A book by a female author: Gallant by Victoria E. Schwab (finished 3 January)
* A book set on a different continent: The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka (finished 28 March)
* The second book in a series: House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas (finished 15 January)
Column Five
* A book with a mystery: Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert (finished 2 January)
* A book of non-fiction: Please Find Attached by Laura Mucha (finished 26 March)
Squares still to complete:
* The first book by a favourite author
* A book your friend loves
* A forgotten classic
* A book of short stories
* A book that scares you
* A book that became a movie
* A best-seller book
* A book that is more than 10 years old
* A book with a number in the title
* A book at the bottom of your TBR pile
* A book with a blue cover
Finished my 18th read of this Challenge with:-Row 4: Bottom of TBR pile:
City of Dark Hearts by James Conan
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
bingo!! (i got the N column)a book that became a movie: The Babysitters Club
A Funny Book: Dog-Man
Free Space
A Best-Selling Book: Before The Coffee Gets Cold
A Book that Is More Than 10 Years Old: The Outsiders
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a book that became a movie: The Babysitters Club
A Funny Book: Dog-Man
Free Space
A Best-Selling Book: Before The Coffee Gets Cold
A Book that Is More Than 10 Year..."
Well done!
12/25✅ 1. A book with more than 500 pages.
Las dos vidas de Mina Índigo by Alaitz Leceaga
2. A forgotten classic.
✅ 3. A book that became a movie.
Las cenizas de Ángela byFrank McCourt
4. A book published this year.
✅ 5. A book with a number in the title.
Historia de un piano: 31887 by Ramón Gener
6. A book written by someone under thirty.
✅ 7. A book with non-human characters.
Guía del autoestopista galáctico by Douglas Adams
✅ 8. A funny book.
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
✅ 9. A book by a female author.
Las gratitudes by Delphine de Vigan
✅ 10. A book with a mystery.
El signo de los cuatro by Arthur Conan Doyle
11. A book with a one-word title.
12. A book of short stories.
✅ 13. Free square.
Materia oscura by Blake Crouch
✅ 14. A book set on a different continent.
El proyecto esposa by Graeme Simsion
El proyecto esposa, Graeme Simsion - Oceanía (Australia)
15. A book of non fiction.
16. The first book by a favourite author.
17. A book you heard about online.
18. A best selling book.
19. A book based on a true story.
20. A book at the bottom of your to be read (TBR) pile.
21. A book your friend loves.
22. A book that scares you.
✅ 23. A book that is more than 10 years old.
El músico ciego by Vladimir Korolenko
✅ 24. The second book in a series.
El efecto matrimonio by Graeme Simsion
✅ 25. A book with a blue cover.
La sociedad secreta de brujas rebeldes by Sangu Mandanna
La sociedad secreta de brujas rebeldes Sangu Mandana
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Finished my 19th read of this Challenge and completed Row 1 with:-Row #1 - Became a movie:
Paper Towns by John Green
Rated this one as 3* (7/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 20th read of this Challenge with:-Row #4. Heard about online:
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Rated this one as 3* (6.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 21st read of this Challenge with:-Row 2: Author under 30 years old - 21 years:
The First Day of Spring by Nancy Tucker
Rated this one as 5* (9.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 22nd read of this Challenge and Row 3 with:-Row 3 - Non-fiction:
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished Row #4 with my 23rd read of this Challenge:-Row #4 - Based on a true story:-
The Librarian of Auschwitz: Based on the True Story of Dita Kraus by Antonio Iturbe
Rated this one as 4* (8.5/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 24th read of this Challenge and completed Row #5 with:Row #5 - A book that scares you:-
Whistle by Linwood Barclay
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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25/25
1. Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley - finished 2nd January
2. Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert - finished 2nd January
3. Gallant by Victoria E. Schwab - finished 3rd January
4. Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell - finished 6th January
5. House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas - finished 15th January
6. The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke - finished 30th January
7. Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian - finished 9th March
8. Please Find Attached: How Attachment Theory Explains Our Relationships by Laura Mucha - finished 26th March
9. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka - finished 28th March
10. Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor - finished 20th April
11.Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros - finished 18th June
12. James by Percival Everett - finished 4th July
13. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley - finished 27th July
14. Foster by Claire Keegan - finished 27th July
15. The Ladie Upstairs by Jessie Elland - finished 29th July
16. Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner - finished 18th August
17. 107 Days by Kamala Harris - finished 24th September
18. Something Wicked: The Lives, Crimes and Deaths of the Pendle Witches by Carol Ann Lee - finished 21 October
19 Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang - finished 4th December
20. Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins - finished 5th December
21. The Witching Hour: Haunting Tales for Long Dark Nights by Bridget Collins - finished 17th December
22. The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue - finished 27th December
23. The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry - finished 28th December
24. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins - finished 28th December
25. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz - finished 30th December
My full challenge is also linked here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Wow! Congratulations Alannah!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Completed this Challenge with my 25th read, just in time!:-Row #2 - Female author:
The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse
Rated this one as 4* (9/10). My review is here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Great job Kim! Congratulations and Happy New Year!
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Row #2 - Female author:
The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse
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Congratulations Kim!
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