Nike's new attempt of pursuing a Magic Square/Book Bingo.

[Nike]

B1 Sci-Fi: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin (Russia)
B2 Foodtheme: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer (England)
B3 Set in Canada: White Fang by Jack London
B4 Debut: Gösta Berling's Saga by Selma Lagerlöf (Sweden)
B5 From country I haven't read in 2021: Skogens salt (English title is "Salt of the Jungle" by Nguyễn Huy Thiệp (Vietnam)

I1 Biography/Autobiography: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of Chinaby Jung Chang (China)
I2 Published during the last three years: The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson (Medieval Spain)
I3 Classic Horror: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Austria)
I4 Classic from the 19th Century: Nana by Émile Zola (France)
I5 Book about a Journey: Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Pacific Ocean)

N1 Main Character has a (dis)ability: Gertrud by Hermann Hesse Germany
N2 Set in Africa: Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
N3 Sports or Recreation: Fifty Grand by Ernest Hemingway
N4 Historical Fiction: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (England)
N5 Set by Rivers, Lakes or Swamps: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (USA)

G1 Caribbean Author: The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat (The Writer is from Haiti and the Novel is set in the Dominican Republic)
G2 Nobel Laureate: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
G3 Book between 100 - 200 pages: Samlade Dikter 187 pages by Edith Södergran
G4 Translated from Korean: The White Book by Han Kang (Poland and South Korea)
G5 Medieval Female Writer: Something by Hildegard von Bingen or Heliga Birgitta=Saint Bridget Of Sweden

O1 Nonbinary or Transgender: Albert Nobbs by George Moore (England)
O2 Local Writer: Göteborg 65-07-29: Svensk kriminalhistorias märkligaste dag by Lars-Olof Lampers (from Göteborg/Gothenburg in Sweden)
O3 Translated Female Author: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett <7b>
O4 Epistolary: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (Canada)
O5 Set on the Southern Hemisphere: Mai betyder vatten by Kayo Mpoyi (Tanzania and Zaire)

[Nike]

I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

[Nike]

And book number two is Gertrud Hermann Hesse

[Valerie]

Nike wrote: "I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin"

I really liked We! Hope you do well on your bingo!

[Nike]

Valerie wrote: "Nike wrote: "I've finished the first book for my Bingo Board this year, a wonderful and mindblowing piece of literature: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin"

I ..."

Thank you =)

[Nike]

I've been to Austria and I've met a very fascinating female vampire in Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

[Rosemarie]

I've met her as well, Nike!

[Nike]

Rosemarie wrote: "I've met her as well, Nike!"

Isn't she an intriguing lady to get to know =) (Much more interesting than Dracula I believe)

[Rosemarie]

I agree!

[Nike]

I've been to Vietnam in a beautiful short story collection Skogens salt by Nguyễn Huy Thiệp. I know it has been translated to English with the title "Salt of the Jungle" but I can't find it here on GoodReads.

[Nike]

I've recently arrived from medieval Spain, just in time for the naming of the new country. Exciting. I started my journey in Alhambra, still muslim at the time. The book was The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson.

[Nike]

The sixth book, (my pace concerning this board is not the best) for square G3 Book between 100 and 200 pages: Samlade Dikter by Edith Södergran. Her collected poems, the mayor part of them set in Finland.

[Nike]

The seventh book : The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner for square N4. A disappointment.

[Nike]

G2 Nobel laureate: Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
The second book by Hesse for this board.

[Nike]

O2 Local writer: Göteborg 65-07-29: Svensk kriminalhistorias märkligaste dag by Lars-Olof Lampers

[Nike]

Apparently forgot N3 Sports: Fifty Grand by by Ernest Hemingway

[Nike]

I have also forgotten N5 Set by a river: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

[Rosemarie]

I often lose track of my challenges this time of year.

[Nike]

Rosemarie wrote: "I often lose track of my challenges this time of year."

Well, I guess our minds are already focusing on the challenges next year - I know for sure that I am. 😊

[Nike]

I forgott to update my Bingo Board and I did finally complete one column at New Years Eve! =)