BOTNS #282: BOTNS Summer Reading Bingo!

[Readnponder]

Sandy wrote: "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..."
Thank you all for the fantasy suggestions. I think I will go with the "Golem and the Jinni" because the word golem keeps popping up in a Chaim Potok novel I'm currently reading. So now I'm curious about these golem.

[Sue]

The Golem and the Jinni is a great choice, and not SO 'fantasy'-ish. There are no dragons and much of the story takes place in the very real world of New York City. Hope you enjoy it!

Readnponder wrote: "Sandy wrote: "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. N..."

[Linda]

BINGO!

(And I had to use the center square).

Hello? Where is everybody?

[Readnponder]

I finished the last square on my card Dec 28. My goal was to check off every square by year-end. The reason I persevered was to be nudged to read out of my comfort zone. But for Bingo, I would not have read: The Great Gatsby (everyone has read but me); The Golum & the Jinni (fantasy); 1984 (number in the title); The Rabbi's Cat (graphic novel); A View from the Bridge (play by Arthur Miller). I'm glad for the Bingo opportunity and hope to do it next summer.

[Lara]

Well done. Alas, I did not fill in my whole card as planned, yet I read man choices I wouldn't have, and keep my tattered card to plan where to go next. Happy 2015 reading!!

[Vicki]

I may have missed this but can one book count for more than one square? I'm reading War of the Worlds and it falls into Science Fiction, a Classic I Should Have Read in High School and Published Before 1970, is that cheating? :)

[Paul]

Vicki, I think the rule is, One book = one square. Using the same book to cover multiple squares is cheating, and if you do it, the Summer Reading Bingo Police will find you.
Just sayin'. :-)

[Vicki]

Lol thank you for the warning Paul! I don't want to get in trouble with the Bingo police! :)

[Gerald]

I don't believe there are rules about checking off multiple squares. I asked about that on another thread and I was told that there were no rules about that.

[Sue]

There are no rules, but I believe it is frowned upon.

Gerald wrote: "I don't believe there are rules about checking off multiple squares. I asked about that on another thread and I was told that there were no rules about that."

[Gerald]

Well I guess I'm going to get frowned upon by somebody here. I have two squares checked off so it's no big deal. It's all for fun. I'll probably un check one but I'll keep the other. I just have to find an ink eraser. I should used a pencil. Btw I ordered a book today based on a bingo block so that's amazing.

[Vicki]

What book?

[Vicki]

What book?

[Gerald]

" All the Light We Cannot see" because it takes place during wartime. On Audible.

[Gerald]

" All the Light We Cannot see" because it takes place during wartime. On Audible.

[Vicki]

I've heard it's supposed to be phenomenal, enjoy it when you get into it!

[Gerald]

Thanks

[Melissa Wiebe]

Would this ( ) be considered to be a verse novel?

[Lara]

I would consider it exactly that. And it's great. Of all the translations, Fagles' is the best.

[Melissa Wiebe]

Thanks!