CanadianContent discussion

A place to discuss BINGO 2025

Please feel free to add suggestions reads for any of the squares!

B1: A BIG book that is more than 400 pages (and of course, written by a Canadian author)
B2: A book celebrating Canadian art or music
B3: A book published in 2025
B4: A book that's storyline includes a holiday celebration
B5: A book that has won or has been nominated for an award

I1: A book that you pick up, second hand, from a book sale, a thrift store or a garage sale
I2: Wanda's pick: A book you would like to gift to someone
I3: A book that features more than one time period
I4: A memoir, autobiography or biography about someone you would like to meet.
I5: A book written by or about a feisty senior citizen

N1: A book that inspires kindness to self or others
N2: A book set in a different province from where you live
N3: A book from Canada Reads list for 2025... Kudos if you read all 5!!
N4: A book that someone else recommended to you
N5: A book that inspires positivity to make the world a better place

G1: A book that was not what you expected
G2: Natasha's pick: A book that has been promoted on social media
G3: A book that makes you want to travel to the place of its's setting
G4: Tina's pick: A dusty spine that has been on your TBR shelf for a long time
G5: A non-fiction book that inspires healthier choices

O1: A book that teaches you something about Canadian history that you did not know
O2: A book by someone that had another career before becoming and author
O3: A book that you would recommend to someone younger than you
O4: A book you would like to discuss with a book club
O5: A book that you would recommend to Canada Reads

Just wondering why references to the Giller Prize have been removed this year? Is it because of the controversy or something else?

Hi Allison - honestly, I just broadened it to a prize category as it gives more options to read other prize offerings... and not have to wait all the way until November for the final list. Of course, this square can be a Giller book.

every year, I change up the BINGO and only leave a couple squares the same (namely Canada Reads which seems to have the biggest following in this group)

happy to have feedback for 2026 though...

I’m starting at the top for Bingo and so if anyone wants any suggestions here are a few I’ve thought of. Anne-Marie Macdonald came to mind-I don’t think she’s written a short book. And A Fine Balance is another. Today I was at a used bookstore and I saw that Linden Macintyre has two novels which are just over four hundred pages and Serum or Surum by Greg Hollingsworth is enormous-the pagination is odd so I couldn’t get the total but it’s huge.

I was on my way to drop books off at the library and I passed the best little free library I know of. They stamp all of their books with a little free library stamp. This house has very literate readers and to my surprise there was a Canadian NCL book by Gwendelyn Mcewan which is over four hundred pages., The novel is from the forties. Four hundred pages really daunt me- I did a lot of them in university but with my tik tok brain it’s now a huge reading mountain to climb.

Great suggestions Alan!!

it always makes me smile to think of the impact of LFLs.... I have been ignoring mine a bit and should likely go outside and weed it out and curate it.thanks for the reminder!!

I made a mistake with one of the 400 page books. The correct book is Wind without Rain . It is 506 pages.

I finished We Could Be Rats today and am using it for square B4, as both Thanksgiving and Christmas are included in this novel.

I have never heard of that book and will have to look it up!

anyone interested for 2026? our numbers have dwindled...

BINGO... just squeaked in my last book prior to the end of the year!! how are the rest of you coming along?

I finished our BINGO, but I can’t update my post from my phone. I’ve been keeping track on paper.
I enjoy the BINGO games, and feel that they encourage me to read many Canadian authors and discover “new to me” Canadian authors.

Congrats Kathleen and thanks for the feedback... I will work on a card and even if it is just a couple of us, it will be fun!! do you have a square suggestion this year?

Thank you Susan. If it is not to late - A new to you Canadian author

Awesome - thanks Kathleen!! I have a few more squares to finish and will add this in. great suggestion!!