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BOTNS #282: BOTNS Summer Reading Bingo!
Melissa -- I had to smile as I drew a mental picture of you swaying up and down the aisle voyeuristically inspecting the reading material of other passengers. A couple years ago I decided to spy on what folks were reading on the beach at Nags Head. Fifty Shades of Gray seemed to the be favorite that summer.
Readnponder...I'm going home tomorrow and I plan to do it again!!! I only saw a few romance novels and the others had their books at such an angle I couldn't see the title. There were several Kindle and IPad readers too! I used to travel a lot more than I do now and observing what folks were reading in the airport was a favorite activity! It also helped strike up a few conversations whether it was over what I was reading or they were reading.
I hate e-readers because I can't spy on what people are reading! So I have to ask them. And I almost always will. Usually I'll just say, "So, what are you reading? Is it any good? Would you recommend it?" Most of the time people will be friendly about responding, but every now and then I'll get someone who will stare at me with a "none-of-your-business" glare and then look back down. See--if you weren't reading on your Kindle or Nook, I wouldn't have to bother you! ;)
I have a BINGO:With a one-word title: Faust - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
By an author who shares your first name: Chapman's Odyssey - Paul Bailey
Fantasy: Glory Road - Robert A. Heinlein
Cozy Mystery: Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage - M. C. Beaton
(And for the middle "free" square, I decided to read a book I would have normally not read): Zen and the Art of Knitting - Bernadette Murphy
I have a BINGO:With a one-word title: Faust - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
By an author who shares your first name: Chapman's Odyssey - Paul Bailey
Fantasy: Glory Road - Robert A. Heinlein
Cozy Mystery: Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage - M. C. Beaton
(And for the middle "free" square, I decided to read a book I would have normally not read): Zen and the Art of Knitting - Bernadette Murphy
Congrats to Rachel and Paul on their bingos! :-) (Those are the ones I see on this page -- I'm sure there are others!)
Going for a full card - officially hit the halfway mark finishing my 12th book. Will do the full list at the end :)
I'm close to a bingo -- I need to read a graphic novel and finish a book that I started and didn't finish previously. That one might be hard -- I have a "Couldn't finish" shelf, and I looked back over it and I'm *really* not interested in restarting any of them. May have to think more about others that didn't pass my 100 page test in the past.
BINGO!I have 5 cards and I am trying to get a bingo on each one before the summer is over. So far I only have one:
Been on TBR for longer than 2 years: The Paris Wife
A play : The History Boys
Free Square: (using this square as book of my choice) Delicious!
By an author of different culture: Americanah
With an animal on the cover: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering
America on the Appalachian Trail
I'm working on another Bingo... just need to start a book that I think I will dislike. trying to decide what that is going to be. It may be The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer as I haven't enjoyed any of her books thus far and had no intention of reading her latest, but I may give it a shot.
Bingo! Recommended by a family member: Jodi Picoult's The Storyteller.
Part of a Series: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce #4)
Free Space: Buried Among the Bones by Alan Bradley (Flavia #5)
Young Adult novel: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
Borrowed from the library: The World to Come by Dara Horn
Bingo!Published in 2014: The Vacationers by Emma Straub
With a red cover: Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
That you started but never finished: The Preacher by Camilla Lackburg
With a one-world title: Americanah by Chichimanda Ngozi Adichie
Set in the place where you live (NYC): Terminal City by Linda Fairstein
I have read 11 spaces on the card and am trying for a blackout. Luckily, I have been able to make almost all my summer reading for my book groups as well as free reads fit squares. Finally, a challenge I can meet!!
Kate wrote: "Bingo!Published in 2014: The Vacationers by Emma Straub
With a red cover: Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
That you started but never finished: The Preacher by Camilla Lackburg
With a one-..."
Congratulations!!
Melissa wrote: "Bingo! Recommended by a family member: Jodi Picoult's The Storyteller.
Part of a Series: I Am Half-Sick of Shadows by Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce #4)
Free Space: Buried Among the Bones by Alan B..."
Congratulations, Melissa!
Margali wrote: "I'm close to a bingo -- I need to read a graphic novel and finish a book that I started and didn't finish previously. That one might be hard -- I have a "Couldn't finish" shelf, and I looked back ..."Margali -
I recently read a graphic novel that I enjoyed, This One Summer:
http://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2014/0...
I'm listening to the latest episode of the podcast and it reminded me that I should probably make sure my bingo card was updated. After adding my latest read to it, I see I have my first bingo!Here are the books I've read so far:
Ozma Of Oz - L. Frank Baum
Dracula - Bram Stoker
The Crucible - Arthur Miller
Superman: Red Son
The Hundred-Year House - Rebecca Makkai
Elizabeth Is Missing - Emma Healey
The Time Machine - H.G. Wells
Jane Doe's Return - Jenni Holbrook/Jen Talty
My first BingoPublished in 2014- While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell
Thriller-Shadows Still Remain by Peter De Jonge
Free square- I watched a book to movie adaptation Maleficent
Set in the place where you live (Northern Kentucky)the Water's Edge by Elizabeth Farris
Audiobook- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Now I am two books away from Bingo on my second card. I read:
With a number in the title-Kilometer 99: A Novelby Tyler McMahon
Young adult-The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
I hope to finish Published before 1970 and By an author of a different culture before Bingo ends.
BINGO!To Rise Again at a Decent Hour - Audiobook
Flowers for Algernon - Reread something
FREE SQUARE: Visited the Cervantes/Don Quixote Museum this month (works for me!)
Uzumaki, Vol. 1 - Graphic Novel
Life After Life - Longer than 500 pages
Ann & Michael, thanks for the fun! I look forward to more Bingo challenges.
Does this count as a book with only words on the cover? Need opinions! It was very good, but so sad.
. By the way, this author is Celeste and I believe someone named Celeste was looking for authors earlier for that square.
Victoria wrote: "Does this count as a book with only words on the cover? Need opinions! It was very good, but so sad. . By the way, this author is Celeste and I be..."It looks like it's only words to me. There's no person or other object on it :)
Thanks! I might have to start focusing now and reading for more bingos. I have more than one open square, that if completed, would resulted in more than one bingo. So I need to go find something "everyone" has read and read 7 more short stories. I don't think I can complete a cover all though, because I don't think I will fill in "reread something". I just don't do that. But on this particular card, I only have 6 squares remaining open. It was a good card!
BINGO!!!Thriller/Suspence - A Brewing Storm
With A Child on the Cover - The Truth About Alice
Set in Another Country - The Penny Thief
That you saw someone reading - The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America’s Coldest Cases
Graphic Novel - Relish
Valerie wrote: "BINGO!!!Thriller/Suspence - A Brewing Storm
With A Child on the Cover - The Truth About Alice
Set in Another Country - The Penny Thief
That you ..."
Congrats to all the BINGO winners!
BINGO #2: Found in a used bookstore: Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
Longer than 500 pages: Steve Jobs
That you chose because of the cover: One Last Dance
Historical fiction: The Good Lord Bird
Published before 1970: The Good Earth
Trying for a blackout on two different cards. Hopefully before summer ends. If not, I keep reading!
So congrats to the bingo winners! I'm excited because I got 2 more by filling in one square. So here they are (some repeats from my earlier bingos). Six words or more in title: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
10 short stories: won't list them all here
By author of different gender: We Are Not Ourselves
Science fiction: The Martian
Booktopia author: The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress
Cozy mystery: Bruno, Chief Of Police
On TBR list for two years: Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
Longer than 500 pages: Fall of Giants
Only words on cover: Everything I Never Told You
10 short stories: not listing all
Oh! I have another one on a different card. This makes 5 total. Author of different gender: Denali's Howl: The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
10 short stories: ibid
Part of series: The Silkworm
Six words or more in title: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
One word title: Bittersweet
This is still a very enjoyable game and I've read some great books this summer!
BINGO!With a number in the title: 11/22/63
By a small press: Myths for the Modern Age: Wold Newton Universe
Part of a series: The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (King, Stephen)
Longer than 500 pages: The Fifties
Six words or more in the title: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
This has been so much fun and fun to make my first post after just being an observer.
Congrats, Victoria and Jeff. :) I've filled in seven squares so far but am nowhere near close to Bingo. Having a lot of fun with this though.
Victoria wrote: "This is still a very enjoyable game and I've read some great books this summer! ..."
I agree! This game has made me seek out things that I probably never would have read. And I've enjoyed them! I think I might print out a few more Bingo cards to tackle in the fall and winter months!
BINGO!Recommended by a Family Member: The Chocolate Cat Caper
10 Short Stories: all by Dame Agatha Christie
By an author of a different gender: Defending Jacob
Graphic novel: Preludes & Nocturnes
Biography or memoir: 10% Happier
Kim wrote: "BINGO!Recommended by a Family Member: The Chocolate Cat Caper
10 Short Stories: all by Dame Agatha Christie
By an author of a different gender: Defending Jacob
Graphic novel: Preludes & Nocturnes..."
Thanks to you I am reminded that I really wanted to read "Preludes and Nocturnes" I recently read American Gods and I will be excitedly starting on The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
Laura wrote: "Congrats, Victoria and Jeff. :) I've filled in seven squares so far but am nowhere near close to Bingo. Having a lot of fun with this though."I took the easy way to Bingo. I choose from my unread stacks to fill it in. Now I can tell my wife that my hundreds of unread books came in very handy.
I'm just bragging. I got another bingo (I do have 4 cards going).Author of different gender: The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
One word title: Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love
Free square
Number in title: One Plus One
Thriller/suspense: Bird Box
And I highly recommend
. Maybe not as good as
, but if you liked one, you should like the other. I did not however enjoy
near as much as these other two. Any of these also work for the "only words on the cover" square.
Working on my bingo and I need an to read a book by an author with my first name... Which is Jessica. My nook search turned up several self published authors, but the only one I recognized was Jessica Fletcher from the murder She Wrote Series. Does anyone have any suggestions on great Jessica authors?? Thanks
Bingo!Historical Fiction: Seven Locks: A Novel by Christine Wade
An audiobook: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Set in the Place where you Live: The Bridge by Doug Marlette
By an author of a different gender: The Farm by Tom Rob Smith
By a Small Press: Byrd by Kim Church
What fun!
Jessica wrote: "Working on my bingo and I need an to read a book by an author with my first name... Which is Jessica. My nook search turned up several self published authors, but the only one I recognized was Jess..."I searched on goodreads and the picking seems pretty slim for Jessica. Unless you like romance I think. I saw a cozy mystery and maybe a YA. The same author names came up many times, I guess they are prolific.
Jessica wrote: "Working on my bingo and I need an to read a book by an author with my first name... Which is Jessica. My nook search turned up several self published authors, but the only one I recognized was Jess..."Hmm, Jessica is a tough one! This might be YA, but sounds like it has a graphic/photo element that might be interesting? Good luck!
Chopsticks by Jessica Anthony
Mod
One that is on my TBR list is
by Jessica Brockmole. It has 4 stars from other readers.
Thanks for all the suggestion everyone!! I'll check them out!!
Hi all,I'm pretty close to done with Olive Kitteridge and am wondering if it fits the "only words on the cover" square.
Second Bingo! This one just sort of came together without my looking for it!Cozy Mystery: Murder is Binding
Borrowed from the Library: Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Nonfiction: Brain on Fire
Recommended in a BOTNS episode: We Were Liars
By an author of a different gender: The Farm
Congrats, Carey! I really want to read The Farm after reading the sampler and hearing Ann's review, but it's not available through my elibrary and I have so many other books to read....
I've been playing two cards. Just got BINGO #3 on one of them. The other card--still no bingo. BINGO #3:
Longer than 500 pages: Steve Jobs
By any Bookstopia author: A Burnable Book
Graphic novel: Watchmen
Translation: The Hypnotist
That you think you will dislike: Where You Left Me (which I actually did dislike)
This challenge has been fun. It's forced me to read genres that I wouldn't normally have picked up. And I've learned a few things about myself in the process--for instance, I am not a graphic novel person. So there's that.
All, Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book is on sale (ebook) today for $1.99. I just got my daily Bookperk notice. I'll try not to be sad that I bought it for $12.99 since I was happy to support Professor Holsinger and I'll try to hope that maybe my purchase put more money in his pocket (maybe my own delusion, but I'm going with that). But if you still need a Booktopia author for your Bingo, here you go!
I just got my first BINGO!A novella:Annabel Scheme
By an author of a different gender: Time and Again
With a number in the title: Ajax Penumbra 1969
That "everyone" but you has read: 1984
That you chose because of the cover: The Memory Keeper's Daughter
This is so fun! I've got a few more BINGOs just about to be completed on my card, so you'll be hearing from me again soon.
Happy Reading!
Loving the summer bingo! Looking for a good historical fiction recommendation to fill a corner square on my card. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Bess wrote: "Loving the summer bingo! Looking for a good historical fiction recommendation to fill a corner square on my card. Any suggestions? Thanks!"I recommend The Chaperone.
I finally made BINGO! 10 Short Stories: ONE MORE THING by B. J. Novak
An Audiobook: FROG MUSIC by Emma Donohue
Chosen for Cover: THE UNCHANGEABLE SPOTS OF LEOPARDS by Kristopher Jansma
Part of a Series: THE RED ROAD by Denise Mina
Graphic Novel: STITCHES by David Small
This was a fun way to read for the summer :)
Bess wrote: "Loving the summer bingo! Looking for a good historical fiction recommendation to fill a corner square on my card. Any suggestions? Thanks!"I recently finished reading The Major's Daughter: A Novel which is just out -- it's a novel set during WWII in New Hampshire. I liked the language, setting, and that I learned something about that era I didn't know.
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