Genre Bingo Challenge - 2017

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 86:

Coming of Age: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

22/24 books
8/12 Bingos

[Janet]

Update to message 461

Horror - Something Wicked This Way Comes 7/6/17 ****
Paranormal Romance Guilty Pleasures 7/12/17 **
AdventureThe Last of the Mohicans 8/30/17 ***
Coming of Age The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 9/23/17 ****
Literary Fiction The Master and Margarita 10/6/17 ****
Dystopian Naughts & Crosses 10/16/17 ****
Space Opera Citizen of the Galaxy8/2/17 ***
Thriller The Beach 11/6/17 ****
Science Fiction The Door Into Summer 11/10/17 ***
Suspense The Green Mile 11/18/17 *****
20/24

[Ilona]

Update message 27

It has been a while since my last update, so I had to look back at the books that I have read so far and see which I could use for this challenge. I added:

Crime: Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Tragedy: The Great Gatsby
Adventure: A Natural History of Dragons



14/10

[Cheri]

Update: 19/24 chick-lit
Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan (3 stars)

[Sherry]

UPDATE:

23/24 BOOKS Completed ✔



B1 (Classics or Children's Book): Rose Red & Snow White: A Grimms Fairy Tale by Ruth Sanderson [Read 3/17/2017]
B2 (Suspense/ Thriller): My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni [Read 2/24/2017]
B3 (Christian Fiction): Amish Weddings by Leslie Gould [Read 4/3/2017]
B4 (Food or Drink): Handmade Gifts from the Kitchen: More than 100 Culinary Inspired Presents to Make and Bake by Alison Walker [Read 1/16/2017]
B5 (Cultural): The Ancient Egyptians by Elsa Marston [Read 1/18/2017]

I1 (Dystopia): Winter Halo by Keri Arthur [Read 2/8/2017]
I2 (Fiction): Hollow City by Ransom Riggs [Read 2/14/2017]
I3 (Mythology): Flameout by Keri Arthur [Read 2/6/2017]
I4 (Coming of Age): Princess Academy by Shannon Hale [Read 3/26/2017]
I5 (Science Fiction): Illusion Town by Jayne Castle [Read 3/13/2017]

N1 (Mystery): When All The Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz [Read 1/6/2017]
➔ ➔ N2 (Apocalyptic/ Post-apocalyptic):
Autumn by David Moody
N3 FREE SPOT
N4 (Short Stories/Novella): Kat by Kelley Armstrong [Read 5/25/2017]
N5 (Historical Fiction): Irresistible by Mary Balogh [Read 4/16/2017]

G1 (Romance): Forever with You by J. Lynn [Read 3/05/2017]
G2 (Graphic Novel/ Manga): Vampire Knight, Vol. 12, Vol. 12 by Matsuri Hino [Read 2/21/2017]
G3 (Non-Fiction): Teen Witch: Wicca for a New Generation by Silver RavenWolf [Read 4/20/2017]
G4 (YA): Teardrop by Lauren Kate [4/14/2017]
G5 (Horror): The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison [Read 3/30/2017]

O1 (Humor): Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren [Read 7/6/2017]
O2 (Erotica): Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year: Volume 1: Volume 1 by D.L. King [Read 2/28/2017]
O3 (Fantasy): Heartless by Marissa Meyer [Read 2/20/2017]
O4 (Animals): The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by David Rosenfelt [Read 4/14/2017]
O5 (Chick-lit): A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall [Read 5/28/2017]

[Cheri]

Update: 20/24
YA Fantasy
Scarlet by Marissa Meyer (4 stars)

[Delitealex]

Update: 8/10 message 55


Historical fiction-Cocaine Blues 5/2/17
Mystery Final Fondue 5/13/17
Paranormal romance Motor City Witch 5/12/17
Horror: Dead Sky Morning 6/6/17
Urban fantasy: Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic6/8/17
Crime: The Devil's Due 4/20/17
High fantasy: Rough Magick 6/7/17
YA fantasy First Visions 7/3/17

[Mie]

Update msg 99: 6/3
✅ N2 Adventure - The Call of the Wild ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 28

23/24

[Rashmi]

3/3 bingoes completed

Update to msg 458:

Line 1:
Literary fiction: Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Biography: Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
Memoir: Whisper my Secret - J.B. Rowley
Urban fantasy: The Harvesting
Suspense: The Breakdown - B.A. Paris

Line 2:
Biography: Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
YA Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
Adventure: Eight - W.W Mortensen
Coming of Age: This One Summer - Mariko Tamaki
Family Saga: Of Love and Other Demons - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Line 3:
Horror: The Pines - Robert Dunbar
Family Saga: Of Love and Other Demons - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Science Fiction: Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
Crime: The Fifth Witness - Michael Connelly
Space Opera: Leviathan Wakes - James S.A. Corey

Other reads (non-bingoes):
Mystery or thriller: Rage - Stephen King
Dystopian: The Empties - Jess Row
Humor: Lunarbaboon - Christopher Grady

I'm so grateful to the Bingo challenge as I discovered that I really enjoy some genres I hadn't tried before, like Space Opera!
Good luck to everyone working on the Bingo challenge and congratulations to everyone who already met their challenges!

[Barb]

Finished the challenge. Thanks, this was fun!


2017 GENRE BINGO, 1/1 - 12/31
12/12 BINGOS COMPLETE | 24/24 BOOKS READ



BOOKS READ:
✔ ANIMALS NON-FICTION:
Bliss to You: Trixie's Guide to a Happy Life, by Trixie Koontz and Dean Koontz, finished 5/23 ★★★★

✔ CHICK-LIT:
Stiltsville, by Susanna Daniel, finished 2/11 ★★.5

✔ CHILDREN'S:
Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #2), by Chris Grabenstein, finished 4/4 ★★★★

✔ CLASSICS:
The Secret Adversary (Tommy & Tuppence #1), by Agatha Christie, finished 3/22 ★★★

✔ CRIME:
Let Me Whisper in Your Ear (KEY News #3), by Mary Jane Clark, finished 1/4 ★★★.5

✔ FOOD NON-FICTION:
Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes, by Elizabeth Bard, finished 7/9 ★★★

✔ HISTORICAL FICTION:
Suffer Little Children (Sister Fidelma #3), by Peter Tremayne, finished 1/13 ★★★★

✔ NON-FICTION HISTORY:
The Quilt That Walked to Golden: Women and Quilts in the Mountain West – From the Overland Trail to Contemporary Colorado, by Sandra Dallas, finished 4/6 ★★★

✔ HUMOR:
Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys, by Billy Crystal, finished 3/29 ★★★

✔ MAGICAL REALISM:
The Simplicity of Cider, by Amy E. Reichert, finished 5/1 ★★★★

✔ MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY:
Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man, by William Shatner, finished 2/10 ★★★

✔ MUSIC NON-FICTION:
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon – and the Journey of a Generation, by Sheila Weller, finished 4/9 ★★★.5

✔ MYSTERY:
Promise Me (Myron Bolitar #8), by Harlan Coben, finished 1/18 ★★★.5

✔ ROMANCE;
If Not For You (New Beginnings #3), by Debbie Macomber, finished 3/3 ★★★★

✔ SCIENCE FICTION:
Scoundrels, by Timothy Zahn, finished 3/5 ★★★.5

✔ SCIENCE NON-FICTION:
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet, by Neil deGrasse Tyson, finished 3/2 ★★★.5

✔ SHORT STORIES:
What is Not Yours is Not Yours, by Helen Oyeyemi, finished 3/30 ★★★

✔ SPORTS NON-FICTION:
Orr: My Story, by Bobby Orr, finished 7/18 ★★★

✔ TRAVEL NON-FICTION:
Follow the Money: A Month in the Life of a Ten-Dollar Bill, by Steve Boggan, finished 6/1 ★★★.5

✔ SUSPENSE:
A Quarter for a Kiss (Million Dollar Mysteries #4), by Mindy Starns Clark, finished 1/6 ★★★.5

✔ THRILLER:
The Lost Order (Cotton Malone #12), by Steve Berry, finished 1/5 ★★★★.5

✔ WOMEN'S FICTION:
Auld Acquaintance (Prime Time #1), by Ruth Hay, finished 1/3 ★★★

✔ WORDS/BOOKS NON-FICTION:
This is What a Librarian Looks Like: A Celebration of Libraries, Communities, and Access to Information, by Kyle Cassidy, finished 2/26 ★★★★

✔ YOUNG ADULT:
Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm a Supervillain (Please Don't Tell My Parents #1), by Richard Roberts, finished 1/8 ★★★.5






***** CHALLENGE COMPLETE 7/18 *****

[Nik]

Congratulations, Barb!

[Barb]

Thanks :)

[Steven]

Congratulations, Rashmi! Nice to see your grid of genres--seems quite diverse and challenging.

[Rashmi]

Steven wrote: "Congratulations, Rashmi! Nice to see your grid of genres--seems quite diverse and challenging."

Thank you Steven!

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 28 with Biography - Wild Swans: Four Daughters of China - ****

24/24!

[Nik]

Updated OM 106 with:

Biography. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2017.07.22, ★★★★☆).

[20/25]

[Ann]

update #73

12/24

[Nik]

Updated OM 106 with:

Mystery. Fables: Legends in Exile (2017.07.23, ★☆☆☆☆).

[21/25]

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #16.

✅ Space Opera Dune by Frank Herbert 07/23/2017 ★★★★★

14/24

[Laura]

Can I join, please? I will aim for 24.

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 86:

Urban Fantasy: The Man in 3B by Carl Weber


23/24 books
10/12 Bingos

[Rachael]

Updated original post: 11/12

[Alison]

Update to message 25 :-)

[Imbunche]

Essays: Eseje wybrane (Choice of essays) by Virginia Woolf

Completed: 12/15

[Ilona]

Update message 27:

Historical Romance: Outlander



15/10

[Eggp]

July update:
Goal: 21/25, 84.00%

G5: Epic/High Fantasy: The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth, #2) - 23 Jul 2017, 4/5
O5: Historical Nonfiction: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time - 30 Jul 2017, 4/5

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 61
20/24 books 5/12 bingos

[MJ Codename: ♕Duchess♕]

Going for 11 Books
Apparently, I read more of these books than I thought I had so I'm going to focus on the 5 books I'm missing.




Update: Finished "Suspense", Changed "Science Nonfiction" to "Alternate Reality"

✔ Epic/High Fantasy: A Dance with Dragons
✔ Literary Fiction: Norse Mythology
✔ Historical Nonfiction: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
✔ Space Opera: Ender's Shadow
✔ Biography: Alexander Hamilton
✔ Science Nonfiction Alternate Reality: Rook
✔ Memoir: Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
✔ Urban Fantasy: London Falling
✔ Suspense: Pretty Girls
✔ Classics: Wuthering Heights
✔ YA Fantasy: Hawksong
✔ Historical:In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
✔ Historical Romance: Water for Elephants
✔Mystery/Thriller: Brotherhood in Death
✔ Adventure: The Two Towers
✔ Paranormal Romance: The Turn: The Hollows Begins with Death
✔ Humor: Hard For Hardwick: Pounded In The Butt By The Physical Manifestation Of My Own Handsome Late Night Comedy Show
✔ Chick-lit: A Little Night Magic
✔ Coming of Age: The Graveyard Book
✔ Dystopian: The Road
✔ Horror: Dark Matter
✔ Family Saga: The Thirteenth Tale
✔ Science Fiction: City of Night
✔ Crime: Echoes in Death

[Diane L]

I'm down to needing just one more book - historical romance. I accepted that this could take some time because I'm not much of a romance reader.

Today I finished The Art of Hearing Heartbeats that shows the following genres on its main page:
Fiction
Historical
Romance
Book Club

Can I count this as Historical Romance even though the two put together do not appear?

[Cheri]

Update: 21/24
Tragedy

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles (2 stars)

[MJ Codename: ♕Duchess♕]

Diane L wrote: "I'm down to needing just one more book - historical romance. I accepted that this could take some time because I'm not much of a romance reader.

Today I finished [book:The Art of Hearing Heartbeat..."

If you want a couple of good ones: Water for Elephants and The Night Circus are amazing. They're not so romancey that you want to throw up, but there's enough of it that they can count for the square.

[Diane L]

Heather wrote: "If you want a couple of good ones: Water for Elephants and The Night Circus are amazing. They're not so romancey that you want to throw up, but there's enough of it that they can count for the square. "

I read both of those a couple of years ago. Since Water for Elephants would count as Historical Romance, I'm going to count my book. Here is a comparison. Neither has "Historical Romance" on the main page, just "Historical" and "Romance."

From main page of Water for Elephants:
GENRES
Fiction 1,926 users
Historical 1,428 users
Romance 737 users
Book Club 576 users

From main page of The Art of Hearing Heartbeats
GENRES
Fiction 566 users
Historical 194 users
Romance 141 users
Book Club 98 users

[Sherry]

UPDATE:
24/24 BOOKS Completed ✔



B1 (Classics or Children's Book): Rose Red & Snow White: A Grimms Fairy Tale by Ruth Sanderson [Read 3/17/2017]
B2 (Suspense/ Thriller): My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni [Read 2/24/2017]
B3 (Christian Fiction): Amish Weddings by Leslie Gould [Read 4/3/2017]
B4 (Food or Drink): Handmade Gifts from the Kitchen: More than 100 Culinary Inspired Presents to Make and Bake by Alison Walker [Read 1/16/2017]
B5 (Cultural): The Ancient Egyptians by Elsa Marston [Read 1/18/2017]

I1 (Dystopia): Winter Halo by Keri Arthur [Read 2/8/2017]
I2 (Fiction): Hollow City by Ransom Riggs [Read 2/14/2017]
I3 (Mythology): Flameout by Keri Arthur [Read 2/6/2017]
I4 (Coming of Age): Princess Academy by Shannon Hale [Read 3/26/2017]
I5 (Science Fiction): Illusion Town by Jayne Castle [Read 3/13/2017]

N1 (Mystery): When All The Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz [Read 1/6/2017]
N2 (Apocalyptic/ Post-apocalyptic): Autumn by David Moody [Read 8/5/2017]
N3 FREE SPOT
N4 (Short Stories/Novella): Kat by Kelley Armstrong [Read 5/25/2017]
N5 (Historical Fiction): Irresistible by Mary Balogh [Read 4/16/2017]

G1 (Romance): Forever with You by J. Lynn [Read 3/05/2017]
G2 (Graphic Novel/ Manga): Vampire Knight, Vol. 12, Vol. 12 by Matsuri Hino [Read 2/21/2017]
G3 (Non-Fiction): Teen Witch: Wicca for a New Generation by Silver RavenWolf [Read 4/20/2017]
G4 (YA): Teardrop by Lauren Kate [4/14/2017]
G5 (Horror): The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison [Read 3/30/2017]

O1 (Humor): Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren [Read 7/6/2017]
O2 (Erotica): Best Lesbian Erotica of the Year: Volume 1: Volume 1 by D.L. King [Read 2/28/2017]
O3 (Fantasy): Heartless by Marissa Meyer [Read 2/20/2017]
O4 (Animals): The Twelve Dogs of Christmas by David Rosenfelt [Read 4/14/2017]
O5 (Chick-lit): A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall [Read 5/28/2017]

[MJ Codename: ♕Duchess♕]

Diane L wrote: "Heather wrote: "If you want a couple of good ones: Water for Elephants and The Night Circus are amazing. They're not so romancey that you want to throw up, but there's enough of it that they can co..."

I don't really go by GR "genres" since any book that's on a shelf enough times suddenly becomes a part of that genre. I don't know how many fantasy novels I've read that are actual fantasy and are constantly shelved on GR as young adult. It's ridiculous.

[MJ Codename: ♕Duchess♕]

Patti wrote: "Patti wrote: " Fiction/Beach Read
Fiction
Fiction
[b..."

On the first page, there's a pre-made bingo card and an option to make your own. Either save the pre-made one or the one you made and follow the instructions to save the image and upload it here. Then you chose what books to read in order to make a bingo. You can shoot for one or two bingos or cover the whole card.

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #16.

✅ Memoir Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 08/12/2017 ★★★★☆

15/24

[MJ Codename: ♕Duchess♕]

Only have one book left until the card is completely covered.

Bingos 11/12

[Mie]

Update msg 99: 8/3 bingos
✅ B4. Urban fantasy - Marked ⭐️⭐️⭐️

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 61

22/24 books 7/12 bingos

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #16.

✅ Historical Romance Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 08/21/2017 ★☆☆☆☆

16/24

[battie]

Finished my adventure book: Coraline.

1/24

[Nik]

Updated OM 106 with:

Tragedy. The Fault in Our Stars (2017.08.27, ★★☆☆☆).

[22/25]

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 86:

Self-Help: Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown

24/24 books
12/12 Bingos

[Mie]

Update msg 99: 10/3
Books for all genres read :-)
✅ Historical - Crusade in Jeans ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Cheri]

Update: 22/24
Epic/high fantasy
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (5 stars)

[Eggp]

August update:
Goal: 23/25, 92.00%

N1: Coming of Age: Atonement - 04 Aug 2017, 4/5
O3: Chick-lit: Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) - 25 Aug 2017, 3/5

[MJ Codename: ♕Duchess♕]

Completed

[Amy]

Update to message 51

19 out of 24 now finished/reading.
Thanks!

[Kate]

15 books later and finally got a bingo ha