Three Musketeers (Team One)

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Bess
Dawn*
Andrea

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

BINGO CARD

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Schedule for Calling Categories:


March 9th
March 23rd
April 6th
April 20th
May 4
May 18th
June 1st
June 15th
June 29th
(etc. until a team gets a valid BINGO)

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Free "Passes"

Every person will get (1) "pass" in which they can read a book that doesn't match the called category, BUT the book has to fit the theme of the challenge somehow (i.e. takes place in winter or spring, the characters experience change, the character is young or in their golden years...anything that you have a reason for it to work, really).

You don't have to use the pass and remember that you only get one for the entire challenge. ;)

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Bess - pass available
Dawn - pass available
Andrea - pass available

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

**Important Info**

Every other Wednesday one of the categories will be called (the same one for all teams).

After all team members have read their books and the team captain has posted in this folder to let me know, your square will get a stamp.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

There is no deadline to finish a book, but a book cannot be started prior to the category being called and your team won't get its stamp until everyone on the team has finished and posted.

You also need to check in at least once after each category called.

*New* You can use either the cover or title to match the called category (example below)

Books must be at least 150 pages long (if reading an ebook, please check the paperback or hardcover edition for page count).
NO manga/graphic novels, cookbooks
Audiobooks are fine. As are ARCs.

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

WAYS TO WIN:


Five in a row (any direction), the four corners, or a postage stamp in any corner would all be a valid bingo. Here's a picture that shows what each of them are:



I know this picture shows two postage stamps, but only one would be required.

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Categories:

Winter categories
1. Fire/Fireplace
2. Quilt
3. Boots
4. Sock(s)
5. Sweater
6. Hot Drink*
7. Wreath
8. Christmas Lights
9. Cookie(s)
10. Gift
11. Snow
12. Sleigh

Spring categories
13. Flower(s)*
14. Sunrise/Sunset
15. Puppy/Dog*
16. Kitten/Cat*
17. Fruit*
18. Bride/Groom
19. Heart
20. Rain
21. Tree(s)
22. Ship/Boat
23. Grass/Field
24. Baby/Child

25. FREE SPACE**
** Any book may be used for this space and it may be read any time during the challenge - this category will not be called. The only rule is it has to be started after the start of the challenge.



Categories with an asterick (*): you may get more specific, if needed (example: flowers -- you could use a book with rose in the title)

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Hope you all have fun! Please choose a team captain and, if you'd like, a team name. :)

[Andrea]

Hey Team! Andrea Cox from Texas. I'm so excited about this game! Never played Book Bingo before, but I think I understand how it works. Have either of you played before?

My work schedule is too busy to allow me to be team captain. Do one of you mind taking that position?

Melanie, does the challenge start on March 9? (a.k.a. do we have to wait until that date to read our "free space" books?)

[Andrea]

As for names, let's brainstorm.

What about a Three Musketeers' play on "All for One," which would use our team number?

What ideas do you ladies have on what our team name should be?

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Yes, challenge starts March 9th and books cannot be started before then, including books for the free space. :)

[Andrea]

Thank you, Melanie!

[Bess]

Andrea, sounds great about the team name! I love Alexandre Dumas!! :D

Hi all! Bess from Texas/Louisiana and living in Mesa, AZ! I've never played this game before either and am looking forward to this game!

I will defer team captain to Dawn! She'll rock!! : )

[Andrea]

We'll figure out this game together, then. :) Great to be on your team!

[Dawn]

LOL. I don't mind being team captain. I've played before.

I'm from the Houston area. I love reading (obviously).

Three Musketeers sounds like a great name.

It's really easy guys. We just each find a book that fits the category and read it.

[Andrea]

Do we want "Three Musketeers" or "All for One" as our team name? If another someone joins our crew, we'd have four, and I believe Melanie has left it open for another person to join the three teams that only have three people.

So glad one of us has played before! I'm sure Bess and I will pick it up quickly. You make it sound so easy! :) Can hardly wait till we may begin, and thankfully my current copyedit job will be completed by then. More reading time coming my way soon. Yay!

[Dawn]

I told Melanie that we were the Three Musketeers.

[Bess]

Great to be on both of your team! I love Houston and Texas. I was born there and lived in Cleveland (TX) before venturing out West. :D

Can't wait for the game....I'm so excited!! :D

[Andrea]

Thanks, Dawn!

So excited!

[Andrea]

Has anyone started looking for books that might work for any of the categories yet? I haven't had time, but I might look here in a minute. There are a few categories that may be quite tough, and others that will be really simple. I'm up for brainstorming if you need help coming up with a title/book cover that will work. I may need some advice on some of them too. :)

[Dawn]

I've not even thought of it yet. if I have some time in the next few days, I'll brainstorm.

[Andrea]

During the last period of the Dallas Stars game tonight (they were losing big-time), I multi-tasked and found some books I had for almost every category. The ones I couldn't find anything for are:

wreath
Christmas lights
cookie(s)
fruit*

Any ideas?

[Bess]

Christmas lights??

[Bess]

, apples on the cover...

[Bess]

, references fruit....

[Bess]

, … wreath

[Bess]

… cookie

[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

The first one and last two aren't long enough (looks like they are under the 150 page limit), but all the rest work!

Also, a lot of the newer love inspired Christmas books have wreaths on the cover (right by the love inspired banner)...if that helps. :)

Sorry some of the categories are tough. I'm having the hardest time with socks, lol!

[Bess]

Oh, I forgot the 150 page rule! Thanks so much!!

[Bess]

---Mel, socks!!

--socks too!!

[Bess]

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[Melanie, ✞Moderator, Avid Reader, & Blogger ✞]

Oh, good finds, Bess! Running Home you can just see the socks! :D

[Bess]

:D

[Bess]

, ...here are some for cookies that are long enough

[Andrea]

I found one for sweater:

[Dawn]

Sunrise/Sunset:


Fruit:


Wreath:

[Bess]

Did we want to list some more books based on the categories? I was hoping to help with the more difficult categories. :D

[Bess]

Oh, and if we have others added to our group, we can drop "three" and just be the "Musketeers." :D

[Dawn]

I went through my lists of books I've read and a I found all of these:

Fire/Fireplace


Quilt


Boots


Socks - Didn't find yet

Sweater


Hot Drink


Wreath


Christmas Lights
(there are lights in the trees on this one)


Cookies - Haven't found any yet
Gift - Haven't found any yet

Snow


Sleigh - Haven't found yet

Flowers -


Sunrise/Sunset


Puppy/Dog


Kitten/Cat - Haven't found yet

Fruit


Bride/Groom


Heart


Rain - I don't have any

Trees


Ship/Boat


Grass/Field


Baby/Child


Melanie - feel free to delete any that aren't the page count. I tried to check, but may have missed some.

[Bess]

Wow!! Dawn, you did a lot of work!! :D Way to help the team...I'll have to do this too!

See, I told you you'd make a great captain!! :)

[Dawn]

Bess, it was really just that I was listening to a writing webinar while at work and found myself multitasking.

[Andrea]

Great list, Dawn! Bess, fantastic idea on dropping "Three" if we have more people join our team.

Here are some that I'm thinking about reading for the different categories:

Fire(place):


Quilt:


Boots:


Sock(s):


Sweater:


Hot Drink:


Wreath:


Christmas Lights:


Cookie(s):


Gift:


Snow:


Sleigh:


Flower(s):


Sunrise/Sunset:


Puppy/Dog:


Kitten/Cat:


Fruit:


Bride/Groom:


Heart:


Rain:


Tree(s):


Ship/Boat:


Grass/Field:


Baby/Child:


Free Space:

[Andrea]

What do we want to do on planning when to read our "free space" books? Do we want to do that as soon as we can? Or just see where it fits into our schedules? Any ideas?

[Bess]

Great list Andrea!!

Great question about the "free space." Not sure....

[Dawn]

let's wait and see.

[Andrea]

All righty. I can't wait to see what our first category is!

[Bess]

I'm trying to put my list together...I may have to wing it and head to the library!! :D

[Andrea]

Know what you mean. A few of the titles in my list are books I found on my library's online catalog or books that I'll have to purchase (Half-Price Books or on my Kindle). Waiting to see which categories are called before I track those down.

What are y'all reading now?

I'm wrapping up a copyedit this week, then tackling .

[Bess]

I'm finishing up

Yeah, to buy all the books through Kindle promises to be expensive! :|

[Bess]

With this Bingo game, I'm hoping to throw some of the books that have been on my to-read shelf for the longest time! That way I can justify purchasing more. :D