BOTNS #282: BOTNS Summer Reading Bingo!

[Laura]

Christine, I'm sorry for the loss of your stepfather and brother. (You may find that some of your reading you've already done this summer will help you fill out your cards.)

[Carey]

Victoria wrote: "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...."

Thanks, Victoria! I have to say, about The Farm, I didn't like it as much as I was anticipating. Maybe I was expecting too much from it?

[Amy]

Christine, I'm so sorry to read about the loss of your brother and step-father. Sending good thoughts, prayers and best wishes in your time of grief.

[Linda]

Oh, Christine, I'm so sorry to hear this. You must be devastated. Lots of cyber hugs and prayers coming in your direction.

[Carol]

Christine wrote: "I was just reading some of these posts about the bingo. I haven't been on this site in quite some time so had a lot of posts to go through. I had planned to join along as it really sounded fun but ..."Hopefully our expressions of sorrow at your loss will help you during this difficult time.

It is interesting to read about your brother's love of the Beatles. I hope reading the biography your brought home with you will bring you some comfort.

Hugs to you.

[Cora]

I just got my 2nd BINGO:

Biography or memoir: Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way
Currently on the bestseller list: Bossypants
Free Square: I watched Snowpiercer based on The Escape
By an author of a different culture: Thanks for the Memories
That you chose because of the cover: The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Also, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss, Christine.

[Sandy]

I have two bingos (working with four cards)!

Currently bestseller: The Silkworm
Middle Grade: The Unseen Guest
middle sq: movie & book "How to Train Your Dragon"
Borrowed from library: Longbourne
Six words in title: The Story of the Human Body

Series: Breach of Promise (William Monk)
Six words: see above
10 short stories: two Agatha Christie collections - Double Sin and Pink Pearl
Published in 2014: Dad Is Fat
Everyone has read: Anne of Green Gables

I am starting The Rosie Project for 'words only on cover' category - that will give me two rows of four, but I need 'started but never finished' on one of those rows and haven't come up with anything I want to resume reading.

[Victoria]

Sandy wrote: "I have two bingos (working with four cards)!

Currently bestseller: The Silkworm
Middle Grade: The Unseen Guest
middle sq: movie & book "How to Train Your Dragon"
Borrowed from library: Longbourne..."

That's how I feel about "re-read something" on my cards. I'm just not a re-reader, even for books I really love.

[Melissa]

I also have both those squares: re-read and book you started and haven't finished and I'm feeling a little stumped.

[Donna]

Another BINGO! (2nd for me)

Cozy Mystery: Murder Your Darlings by J.J. Murphy
Author of difference gender: Cop Hater by Ed McBain
Free Square
Thriller/Suspense: The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard
Longer than 500 pages: The Portable Dorothy Parker

[Suzan]

BINGO!

Graphic novel - In Real Life by Cory Doctorow and Lisa Wang
A classic - Emma by Jane Austen
Free square - Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick
Recommended by BOTNS - We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Thriller/suspense - Endangered by Eliot Schrefer

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[Marianne]

I just happened upon this Bingo Game you're playing -- where are the cards!?! I may want to play unless it's now ending...

[Linda]

Marianne wrote: "I just happened upon this Bingo Game you're playing -- where are the cards!?! I may want to play unless it's now ending..."

If this doesn't work, Marianne, go to www.booksonthenightstand.com and look up episode #282. The link is on that program's notes.

http://bullshitbingo.net/cards/custom...

Make sure to refresh a time or two before you print one out to use.

[Marianne]

Thanks Linda!

[Raelynn]

My first bingo:

Nonfiction: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Set in another country: War Brides
Reread something: A Simple Plan
With a child on the cover: When I Found You
Historical fiction: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

[Tim]

I have greatly enjoyed playing bingo this summer. It has encouraged me to read in some new genres. I decided early on that I would fill my whole card. When I did not have a bingo early, I decided it would be fun to fill in the card as much as possible without a bingo. I have now done it!!! I have 20 squares filled (I used my free square to read a book that had been on my TBR list for too long - five years). So now with my last five squares, I will have at least two bingos with each book. Please Ann and Michael do this again with some additional and new categories!!! Thank you for the great challenge!!!

[Cora]

Tim wrote: "I have greatly enjoyed playing bingo this summer. It has encouraged me to read in some new genres. I decided early on that I would fill my whole card. When I did not have a bingo early, I decided i..."

What a fun way to go about it! I'm planning on filling my card up too. Are you going to list your BINGOs as you get them or just tell us your whole card when you're done?

[Tim]

Cora, I think I will just list the books when I finish. Otherwise I will be listing books more than once. I still think I will be able to finish before Labor Day.

[Cora]

I've got my third BINGO:

With an animal on the cover:* The Horse and His Boy
A classic you should have read in school:* The Giver
Free Space: watching Snowpiercer (based on The Escape)
Historical Fiction:* Number the Stars
With a number in the title: Ajax Penumbra 1969

The titles with an * are all favorites of mine that I revisited listening to as audio books. I'm not a huge re-reader, but I've found listening to the audio version is a fun way to revisit old favorites and see if they stand up to how much I loved them years before. Mostly they do.

[JP]

This is such a great idea. I spent an inordinate amount of time yesterday picking all the books. Some categories have more than one option as I just couldn't decide. For example, The Martian, Red Rising, and Old Man's War in Sci-Fi. I liked the samples for all 3.

After selecting the books, I went back to the Bingo board and replaced all the category names with all the book names. Now I have a card with the actual book names on it. So much easier!

[JP]

Anyone have any suggestions for good books done in translation? I did some research but couldn't find anything to really suit me.

Ann and Michael's suggestion for The Cartographer of No Man's Land is excellent. I just started reading the sample and am already hooked. It's an easy sell. I'm a big fan of war novels. One I would highly recommend is one by Irwin Shaw called The Young Lions.

I know I'm a bit late to the bingo party but I love the idea of using the squares to help drive my reading selections. I always have a ton of titles in the queue and can never decide. This makes it a bit more fun and allows me to read widely around a number of genres.

[Laura]

BINGO! :-) A classic you should have read in school: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; Published before 1970: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord; Free Square; Borrowed from the library: Power Play by Danielle Steel; Historical Fiction: The Major's Daughter by J. P. Francis. I've got six other squares filled but nowhere near another bingo at this point, however I'm off of work so we'll see!

[Cora]

BINGO!
That you think you will dislike: Reached (It turns out that I did like it)
Currently on the bestseller list: Bossypants
A classic that you should have ready in school:The Giver
Thriller/suspense: The Good Guy
Middle grade book: The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict

I also saw the movie of The Giver this week. I thought it was a decent adaptation, but it wasn't very compelling.

[Karen]

BINGO!!!!
With One Word Title-
TBR for Longer than 2 years-
Free Square-
By Booktopia Author-
By a Small Press-

[Cora]

BINGO! (x2)

I just filled in the top right corner square which gave me two BINGOs at once. I've already posted a lot of these books, so I'm just going to post the new ones this time:

Poetry Collection: Nine Horses
Borrowed from the library: There's No Place Like Here
Young Adult Novel: The Book of Tomorrow
With a one word title: Delicious!

Delicious! was by far my favorite book that I've read for BOTNS BINGO. It was everything I love about books. I also really enjoyed There's No Place Like Here and The Book of Tomorrow from this list.

[Victoria]

I liked Delicious quite a bit too Cora. Congrats!

[Tim]

Just finished filling in my whole card! Many BINGOS 12 I think!!!

With Only Words on the Cover - Frankenstein
Nonfiction - Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction
By a Small Press - A Highly Unlikely Scenario
With a Child on the Cover - Orphan Train
Recommended in a BOTNS Episode - All the Light We Cannot See
Science Fiction - The Atlantis Gene
By Any Booktopia Author - The Painter
Found in a Used Bookstore - Ringworld
With An Animal on the Cover - First Family
By an Author of Different Gender - Rain Girl
That You Think You Will Dislike - The First Phone Call from Heaven
Graphic Novel - Batman the Dark Knight Returns
Free Square - (used for on my TBR list for too long) Red Mars
That you saw some else reading - The Most Dangerous Man in America
That you started but never finished - Moby Dick
Set in another Country - Dragon's Triangle
With a Red Cover - Antaran Codex
Thriller/Suspense - Supreme Justice
10 Short Stories - From September Analog 7 stories plus I Murdered My Library, The Neighbor, and Rendezvous
Currently on the Bestseller list - The Lincoln Myth
Borrowed from the library - An Officer and a Spy
Longer than 500 pages - Seventh Child
Middle-grade Book (ages 8-12) - The Giver
Recommended by a librarian or bookseller - Fluency
Published before 1970 - 1984

Thanks for the great fun of this summer BINGO. Look forward to doing this again. It helped me to find some new genres that I really enjoyed.

[Michelle]

Bingo!
Published before 1970: The Ministry of Fear by Graham Greene
With a red cover: Sous Chef by Michael Gibney
Middle-grade: The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander
With a number in the title: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Set in another country: Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster

[Cora]

Congrats, Tim! That is quite an accomplishment. It looks like I'm going to be four squares shy of filling in my whole card.

[Susannah]

BINGO!

With a number in the title: One Man Guy
Six words or more in the title: I Shall Be Near to You
Free square: Hotel California: The True-Life Adventures of Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Mitchell, Taylor, Browne, Ronstadt, Geffen, the Eagles, and Their Many Friends
That "everyone" has read but you: Me Before You
Science fiction: The War of the Worlds

YAAAY!

[Melissa]

Congratulations to all those who've shouted bingo this week! I scored my second bingo last night. I had hoped to fill the card but I think I will fall a bit short. All said though: I had a great summer of books thanks in part to the bingo game.

[Tracey]

BINGO at last!
Published before 1970: John Brown's Body
Published in 2014: Landline
Set in the place where you live: The Girl with All the Gifts
Nonfiction: The Chairs Are Where the People Go: How to Live, Work, and Play in the City
That you started but never finished: Granta 125

:)

[Christine]

BINGO! :)
I've got 16 squares read (and a couple part-way read), but only one bingo so far. I may keep filling squares in this fall, but probably won't do all 25. I've got a square for a book "that you think you will dislike" on my card and I just don't think I'll ever pass up the ones I think I'll love for that!

My bingo is across the top row:

That you chose because of the cover


Recommended by a librarian or a bookseller


That you saw someone else reading


Six words or more in the title


Has been on your TBR for longer than two years

[Cora]

Final BINGO for the summer:

Set in the place where you live: The Age of Miracles
Thriller/Suspense: The Good Guy
Has been on your TBR for longer than two years: The Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days
By an author of a different culture: Thanks for the Memories
That "everyone" but you has read: 1984

What a fun journey! Now I'm going to have to get used to picking my own books without criteria again.

[Laura]

It's been great fun playing Bingo with everyone this summer! Thanks for the great idea, Michael and Ann! I got my one bingo and read 6 or 7 other books for squares, with others in progress, so I'm happy with that. :) Happy Labor Day.

[Shona]

Final Bingo for the summer! I had five different bingo cards, read 30 books from Memorial Day to Labor Day and still only ended up with two bingos! My latest:
By an author of a different gender: The Farm
Set in the place where you live: The Yokota Officers Club
With a number in the title: Fourth of July Creek
Translation: Confessions
Nonfiction: A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

It's been fun...looking forward to doing it again next summer!

[Jessica]

BINGO!! This was my first BOTNS reading challenge and it was a lot of fun! Hope they do this again!
Here we go:

Published in 2014: Books of Life by Deborah Harkness
That you started but never finished: Size 14 Isn't Fat Either by Meg Cabot
Young Adult Novel: Exile(Keepers of the Lost Cities #2) by Shannon Messenger
Has been on your TBR for longer than two years: Outlander by Diana Galbadon
With an animal of the cover: Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

I had a couple other squares so I may just try to read the rest of the board for the year.

[Sandy]

I had so much fun!
Working with four cards I had 5 bingos (and so many almosts):

Science fiction - The Martian
# in the title - Top Secret 21
cozy mystery - Cocaine Blues
best seller - The Silkworm
middle grade - The Unseen Guest
audiobook - The Story of English in 100 Words
set where I live - Back Bay
BINGO sq - movie How to Train Your Dragon
from library - Longbourne
6 word title - The Story of the Human Body
before 1970 - Treasure Island
part of a series - Breach of Promise
10 short stories - Double Sin and Pink Pearl
2014 - Dad Is Fat
"everyone" has read - Anne of Green Gables
used bookstore - At Home in Mitford
nonfiction - The Millionaire and the Mummy
only words on cover - The Rosie Project
historical fiction - An Officer and a Spy

If I could just have finished small press (Just One Damn Thing After Another) and more than 500 pages (The Great Game) !!! but a requested book arrived at the library and had to read immediately.

Squares that stymied me: started but never finished, that you think you will dislike, chosen because of cover and that you saw someone else reading.

Thank you for a summer plan.

[EShay]

I forgot to post on Monday, but BINGO! Just in time. I got most of the squares but couldn't get them all in a line :-/ This was a great idea and I had fun getting so much variety into my reading habits.

[Becky]

still no bingo , oh well lol, it was still fun

[Tina]

I wasn't able to manage a coverall but I earned a couple of Bingos. The best part was the family competition it initiated. We had a lot of fun. Thanks for a great summer, Ann & Michael!

[Readnponder]

As of Labor Day, I had bingo in 4 directions.
My revised goal is to complete the card by the end of the year.
THAT MEANS ... I will need to read a fantasy book. Not my genre of choice, but then, that's one of the benefits of reading bingo, right?
The last fantasy I read was Narnia Chronicles. Any recommendations?

[Sandy]

Readnponder wrote: "As of Labor Day, I had bingo in 4 directions.
My revised goal is to complete the card by the end of the year.
THAT MEANS ... I will need to read a fantasy book. Not my genre of choice, but then, t..."

A fantasy recommendation: I loved The Golem and The Jinni - historical New York with magic

[Melissa]

I second the Golem and the Jinni.

[Linda]

I haven't done my figuring yet and did not realize that Labor Day was the end. I don't think that I got a bingo, but got several books in that I might not have read r read as soon without the Bingo.

[Cora]

Readnponder wrote: "As of Labor Day, I had bingo in 4 directions.
My revised goal is to complete the card by the end of the year.
THAT MEANS ... I will need to read a fantasy book. Not my genre of choice, but then, t..."

For fantasy I would recommend Howl's Moving Castle. It's a fun, easy, and completely delightful read.

[Lara]

Readnponder wrote: "As of Labor Day, I had bingo in 4 directions.
My revised goal is to complete the card by the end of the year.
THAT MEANS ... I will need to read a fantasy book. Not my genre of choice, but then, t..."
I loved A Wizard of Earthsea. I keep meaning to read it again, but there are so many new books...

By the way, I like your goal: full card by the end of the year. I am borrowing that. I have many squares covered, but no full lines yet.

[Amy]

I'm a little late, but BINGO - covered my full card. I had just one book to go Labor Day weekend, and since I had started it (and it was technically still summer when I finished) I count it!

[Cora]

Congrats, Amy!

[Lara]

I'm still plugging away. No bingos by the end of summer, but several lines are close. I still plan to have the whole card done by the end of the year.