Genre Bingo Challenge - 2017

[Diane L]

Late to the party, but I'd like to play. I generated a card. I removed Horror, PNR and Urban Fantasy because I really don't like Paranormal. I'm almost 60 and just thinking about the TV show Dark Shadows still gives me a shivery creepy feeling. I put in Religion Nonfiction, Military Nonfiction and Christian Fiction instead and still had plenty of genres.

25/25



Row 1
Family Saga - Legacy by James A. Michener, 13 Mar 2017
Chick Lit - Twist and Shout Murder by Rosemary Martin, 8 Mar 2017
Biography - Francis: Pope of a New World by Andrea Tornielli, 30 Jul 2017
Dystopian - The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters, 27 Mar 2017
Adventure - The Doomsday Key by James Rollins, 4 Apr 2017

Row 2
Historical - Ruth Downie wrote Medicus, 17 Mar 2017
Sci-fi - The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, 6 May 2017
YA Fantasy - Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett, 27 May 2017
Mystery/Thriller Rough Justice by Jack Higgins, 15 Mar 2017
Christian Fiction Winds of Autumn by Janette Oke, 9 May 2017

Row 3
Crime The Anubis Slayings by Paul Doherty, 17 Mar 2017
Suspense Doctored Evidence by Michael Biehl, 15 Mar 2017
Science Nonfiction The Dragon Seekers: How An Extraordinary Circle Of Fossilists Discovered The Dinosaurs And Paved The Way For Darwin by Christopher McGowan, 16 Mar 2017
Space Opera - The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold, 14 Jun 2017
Epic/High Fantasy - The Chaos Curse by R.A. Salvatore, 27 May 2017

Row 4
Coming of Age - Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt, 19 Apr 2017
Literary Fiction - The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, 14 Apr 2017
Humor - Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett, 25 May 2017
Religion Nonfiction - Further Still: A Collection of Poetry and Vignettes by Beth Moore, 9 Apr 2017
History Nonfiction - The Persian Expedition by Xenophon, 28 May 2017

Row 5
Historical Romance - The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker, 10 Aug 2017
Magical Realism - Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman, 14 Mar 2017
Classics - Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, 11 Apr 2017
Short Stories - Twelve Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Stories by Jane Yolen, 24 Apr 2017
Memoir - Upstream: Selected Essays by Mary Oliver, 23 May 2017

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[Overbooked ✎]

Magical Realism: The House at the End of Hope Street

Progress 25/25 - Blackout! Challenge completed!



My complete book list for this challenge

[Nik]

Whoa, congrats Kiwi!

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 64
14/24 Books — 1/12 Bingos

[Imbunche]

Dystopian: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

completed: 10/15

[Rashmi]

Update to message 301:

Since Stephen King's "Rage" falls in the 'Mystery/Thriller' genre and "The Breakdown" by B.A. Paris comes under 'Suspense', I have interchanged these two books on my Bingo card. I hope that's alright.

Updated completed books list (6 books completed):

Literary fiction: Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Mystery or thriller: Rage - Stephen King
Suspense: The Breakdown - B.A. Paris
Memoir: Whisper my Secret - J.B. Rowley
YA Fantasy: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - JK Rowling
Dystopian: The Empties - Jess Row

[Overbooked ✎]

Nik wrote: "Whoa, congrats Kiwi!"

Thank you Nik, best of luck with your challenge!

[Kristīne]

Further update to msg #122
YA: "By Your Side"
15/25

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 28 with:

Suspense - Game Changer - ****
Literary Fiction - The Handmaid's Tale - *****

14/17

[Reenah]

Update message 65:

14/25 - 2 bingos!

[Claire]

Classics - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Memoir - When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

Horror - A Darkness In My Soul by Dean Koontz

YA Fantasy - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling

Historical Non-Fiction - Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda

Historical - The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Free Space - The New World by Patrick Ness

Paranormal Romance - The Queen's Witch by Karen Chance

Chick Lit - Shopaholic on Honeymoon by Sophie Kinsella

Dystopia - Glitches by Marissa Meyer

Humour - Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich

Literature - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Mystery - The Unfortunate Decisions of Dahlia Moss by Max Wirestone

Adventure - Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

[Ilona]

Update message 27:

Classics: The Handmaid's Tale



7/10

[Julie]

Updated message 113

[Janet]

Update to message 342

Chick lit - The Time Traveler's Wife ****

5/24

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 28 with Paranormal Romance - The Raven Boys - ****

15/17

[Clare]

updated message 161
Now at 9/16

[Lindsay]

Update msg 8

14/24

[Sarah]

Update -

Overall Progress: 11/24
Bingos Completed: 1/5

Progress: 1/5
✔ B3: Literary Fiction: Breaking and Holding


Progress: 3/5
✔ I1: Memoir: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
✔I3: Historical: Drums of Autumn
✔I5: YA Fantasy: Dorothy Must Die

Progress: 1/5
✔ N2: Dystopian: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
✔N3: FREE SPACE


Progress: 1/5
✔G1: Paranormal Romance: Paranormalcy

Progress: 5/5
✔ O1: Science Fiction: Cinder
✔O2: Chick-lit: Thirty-Two Going on Spinster
✔O3: Graphic Novel: Adulthood Is a Myth
✔O4: Space Opera: Cress
✔O5: Biography: Alexander Hamilton

[Julie]

updated message 113

[Kristīne]

Another update to msg #122
Magical realism: "The Night Circus"
16/25

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #16.

✅ Suspense The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 03/18/2017 ★★★★☆

8/24

[Felicia]

Update Message #127
Suspense- I'll Never Let You Go

2/24

[Kristīne]

New update on msg #122
Poetry: "Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson"
17/25, 3rd bingo!

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 28 with YA Fantasy - The Scorpio Races - **** (16/3/17). I've also decided I want to increase my goal to the max (;)), so I'm at 16/24 now. :)

[[deleted user]]

Updated Message 64

15/24 Books, 2/12 Bingos

[Brianna]

updated message 70

books read → 10 | 10
bingos → 00 | 02

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[Janet]

Update to message 368

Historical nonfiction - Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War ****

6/24

[Rachael]

Updated message 15: 6/12 read which means I am officially halfway through

[Amy]

Update to message 51.

On to book 12/24 now.

[Erin]

Update to message #9

✔ 19. Epic/High Fantasy: The Hobbit

5/24

[Nik]

[10/25] (OM 106)

01. Historical. The Book Thief (2017.01.07, ★★★★☆).
02. Dystopian. Divergent (2017.01.09, ★★★★☆).
03. Space Opera. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2017.01.14, ★★★★★).
04. YA Fantasy. The Bad Beginning (2017.01.14, ★★★☆☆).
05. Classics. The Handmaid's Tale (2017.01.15, ★★★★☆).
06. Adventure. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II (2017.01.16, ★★★☆☆).
07. Literary Fiction. An Untamed State (2017.01.19, ★★★★★).
08. Humour. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2017.02.07, ★★★★★).
09. Graphic Novel. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2017.02.16, ★★★★☆).
10. Science Fiction. The Eternaut (2017.03.08,★★★★☆).

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 86:
YA Fantasy: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton lee Stewart
12/24 books

[Nik]

[11/25] (OM 106)

01. Historical. The Book Thief (2017.01.07, ★★★★☆).
02. Dystopian. Divergent (2017.01.09, ★★★★☆).
03. Space Opera. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2017.01.14, ★★★★★).
04. YA Fantasy. The Bad Beginning (2017.01.14, ★★★☆☆).
05. Classics. The Handmaid's Tale (2017.01.15, ★★★★☆).
06. Adventure. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II (2017.01.16, ★★★☆☆).
07. Literary Fiction. An Untamed State (2017.01.19, ★★★★★).
08. Humour. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2017.02.07, ★★★★★).
09. Graphic Novel. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2017.02.16, ★★★★☆).
10. Science Fiction. The Eternaut (2017.03.08,★★★★☆).
11. Short Story. Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Story (2017.03.09, ★★☆☆☆).

[Erin]

Update to message #9

✔ 8. Paranormal Romance: Island of Glass

6/24

[Nik]

[12/25] (OM 106)

01. Historical. The Book Thief (2017.01.07, ★★★★☆).
02. Dystopian. Divergent (2017.01.09, ★★★★☆).
03. Space Opera. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2017.01.14, ★★★★★).
04. YA Fantasy. The Bad Beginning (2017.01.14, ★★★☆☆).
05. Classics. The Handmaid's Tale (2017.01.15, ★★★★☆).
06. Adventure. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II (2017.01.16, ★★★☆☆).
07. Literary Fiction. An Untamed State (2017.01.19, ★★★★★).
08. Humour. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2017.02.07, ★★★★★).
09. Graphic Novel. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2017.02.16, ★★★★☆).
10. Science Fiction. The Eternaut (2017.03.08,★★★★☆).
11. Short Story. Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Story (2017.03.09, ★★☆☆☆).
12. Memoir. The Complete Persepolis (2017.03.27, ★★★★☆).

[[deleted user]]

Update to message #16.

✅ Crime The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 03/28/2017 ★★★★★

9/24

[Sarah]

Update!

Overall Progress: 12/24
Bingos Completed: 1/5

Progress: 1/5
B1: Short Stories/Novellas: Breakfast at Tiffany's
B2: Self Help
✔ B3: Literary Fiction: Breaking and Holding
B4: Family Saga: Hour of the Bees
B5: Horror: The Fireman

Progress: 3/5
✔ I1: Memoir: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between
I2: Adventure:
✔I3: Historical: Drums of Autumn
I4: Coming of Age: To Kill a Mockingbird
✔I5: YA Fantasy: Dorothy Must Die

Progress: 2/5
N1: Humor: Don't Want to Miss a Thing
✔ N2: Dystopian: The Book of the Unnamed Midwife
✔N3: FREE SPACE
N4: Epic/High Fantasy
✔N5: Classics: The Princess Bride

Progress: 1/5
✔G1: Paranormal Romance: Paranormalcy
G2: Science Nonfiction
G3: Tragedy
G4: Crime: Flesh and Blood
G5: Suspense

Progress: 5/5
✔ O1: Science Fiction: Cinder
✔O2: Chick-lit: Thirty-Two Going on Spinster
✔O3: Graphic Novel: Adulthood Is a Myth
✔O4: Space Opera: Cress
✔O5: Biography: Alexander Hamilton

[Barb]

Updating message #58
Covered 14 of the 24 spaces, and I've finally finished my first bingo!

[Paul Emily]

Updated message 28 with Historical Nonfiction - Hidden Figures - ****

17/24

[Janet]

Update to message 381

Historical Romance - The French Lieutenant's Woman ****

7/24

[Janine]

13/25 So close to quite a few bingos!



I wasn't sure quite how to use the free space, but decided to use it as another genre of my choice. I chose essay.

Chick lit - Paris for One and Other Stories
Space Opera - Hold Back The Stars
Urban Fantasy - All the Birds in the Sky
Short Stories / Novella - Binti
Free Space - Essay - We Should All Be Feminists

[Kristīne]

Update on msg #122
Biography: "Frida Kahlo (Critical Lives)"
18/25, 4th bingo.

[Lindsay]

Update msg 8

The Girl with a Clock for a Heart - mystery

15/24 and 1 bingo

[Eggp]

March update:
Goal: 14/25, 56.00%

O1: Suspense: The Bad Seed - 11 Mar 2017, 3/5
N3: FREE SPACE: The Croning - 21 Mar 2017, 4/5

[Reenah]

Update message 65: 16/25 books - 2/12 bingos

[Natalie]

Bingo #1
Suspense Private Royals
Historical Romance Anne Perry's Merry Mysteries: Two Victorian Holiday Novels
Free Space
Coming of Age
Horror

Bingo#2
Classics
YA Fantasy
Historical The Spanish Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon
Historical Romance Anne Perry's Merry Mysteries: Two Victorian Holiday Novels
Mystery or Thriller Come and Get Us
4/10

[Vicki]

Update to Original Post # 341

14/24 books 1 bingo

Literary Fiction - The Bell Jar
Classics - Jane Eyre
Chick-Lit - The Bloom Girls
Horror - Ghost Radio
YA Fantasy - Alanna: The First Adventure
Adventure - The Hidden Oracle
Dystopian - The Priest
Science Fiction - The Host
Historical Non-Fiction - The Wicked Boy: The Mystery of a Victorian Child Murderer
Crime - Dead Drop: A Girl's Guide to Homicide
Suspense - Garment of Shadows
Mystery/Thriller - Run, Girl
Epic/High Fantasy - A Court of Mist and Fury
Space Opera - On Silver Wings

[Ju]

Updating from pledge post #125: Still aiming for 3 bingos.



Coming of age - Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
Epic fantasy - Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
YA Fantasy - Liesmith by Alis Franklin
Mystery - The Opposite of Life by Narrelle M. Harris (just realised this got counted twice as crime as well so I'll read a different book for that square).
Science Fiction - Martians Abroad by Carrie Vaughn
Literary Fiction - Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
Adventure - Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Magical Realism - Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day by Seanan McGuire

[Rachael]

Updated message 15: 7/12

[Ann]

Update #73

7/24