Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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Okay, if you're not playing Group Bingo (or you're just amped up for the extra challenge) here's a solo Bingo card for you to play along with.

The rules are pretty simple - try to get 4 up/down, 4 across, or 4 diagonally to score a Bingo! Squares cannot be combined with other squares with the exception of Read for 2 Straight Hours, Read 500 Pages, and Finish a Book.

I don't know how it will go trying to do group & individual bingo, but we'll see how I do. I'm going to track my progress here.

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B1 - A book with magic:
B2 - A graphic novel/comic: The Land of Lines
B3 - Award nominee/winner:
B4 - Finish a book: Plotted: A Literary Atlas

I1 - A book set in summer: Essential Maps for the Lost
I2 - A book with 1st person POV: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
I3 - A book for ATY challenge:
I4 - A poem: Poem from chapter 1 of And We Stay

N1 - A children's book: The Wonderful Things You Will Be
N2 - A book with a love triangle: Dark Matter (this may be kind of a stretch, but for those who've read it, I do think it fits)
N3 - 500 pages: 1000+
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight: Completed
G2 - A funny book: I Could Pee on This, Too: And More Poems by More Cats
G3 - A short story or novella:
G4 - A book with a non-human character: Dog Songs

Remember, you can use the books you read for the group challenge toward your individual challenge also. :)

I copied your progress post, Katie, hope you do not mind. I'm always up for an extra challenge. ;D

B | I | N | G
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B1 - A book with magic:
B2 - A graphic novel/comic:
B3 - Award nominee/winner:
B4 - Finish a book:

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV:
I3 - A book for ATY challenge:
I4 - A poem:

N1 - A children's book: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
N3 - 500 pages:
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight:
G2 - A funny book:
G3 - A short story or novella:
G4 - A book with a non-human character:

I might as well copy the format too :P


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B1 - A book with magic:
✔B2 - A graphic novel/comic: The Walking Dead, Vol. 03: Safety Behind Bars
B3 - Award nominee/winner:
B4 - Finish a book:

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV:
I3 - A book for ATY challenge:
I4 - A poem:

N1 - A children's book:
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
N3 - 500 pages:
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight:
G2 - A funny book:
G3 - A short story or novella:
✔G4 - A book with a non-human character: The Girl with All the Gifts

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B1 - A book with magic:
B2 - A graphic novel/comic:
B3 - Award nominee/winner:
B4 - Finish a book: All Shook Up

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV:
I3 - A book for ATY challenge:
I4 - A poem:

N1 - A children's book:
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
N3 - 500 pages:
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight:
G2 - A funny book:
G3 - A short story or novella:
G4 - A book with a non-human character:

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B1 - A book with magic:The Graveyard Book
B2 - A graphic novel/comic: El Deafo
B3 - Award nominee/winner: Through the Woods
B4 - Finish a book: Morris: An Intimate Biography

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV: I Am the Cheese
I3 - A book for ATY challenge: Can't do this one as I already finished AtY
I4 - A poem: When I was 13, Virginia Voth audio slam poem

N1 - A children's book: Dark Day in the Deep Sea
N2 - A book with a love triangle: The Sense of an Ending
N3 - 500 pages: over 600 as of Tuesday evening
N4 - A book in a popular series: Free Four: Tobias Tells the Divergent Knife-Throwing Scene

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight: 8/22/16 9:30pm to 11:30pm
G2 - A funny book: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
G3 - A short story or novella: Morris: An Intimate Biography (only 76 readable pages, the other 20 pages were pictures)
G4 - A book with a non-human character:Personal Demons

I doubt I'll make it very far, but why not? Let's see how it goes.

B I N G
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B1 - A book with magic:
B2 - A graphic novel/comic:
B3 - Award nominee/winner:
B4 - Finish a book:

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV:
I3 - A book for ATY challenge:
I4 - A poem:

N1 - A children's book:
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
N3 - 500 pages:
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight:
G2 - A funny book:
G3 - A short story or novella:
G4 - A book with a non-human character:

B1 - A book with magic: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
B2 - A graphic novel/comic: The Complete Maus
B3 - Award nominee/winner:
B4 - Finish a book: Love Letters to the Dead

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV: Devoted
I3 - A book for ATY challenge: Love Letters to the Dead
I4 - A poem: The poem "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop was included in its entirety in Love Letters to the Dead

N1 - A children's book: Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
N3 - 500 pages: Completed August 24
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight: Completed August 23
G2 - A funny book: Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket
G3 - A short story or novella: Callum
G4 - A book with a non-human character:

Well, that's a little frustrating. By the end I have so many nearly full lines, but I don't think I have anything full.

Finally got the bingo! 1007 pages read!

B I N G
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B1 - A book with magic:
B2 - A graphic novel/comic: Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride
B3 - Award nominee/winner: The Cruelest Month (Agatha Award 2008)
B4 - Finish a book: The Haunted Season

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV: From the Land of the Moon
I3 - A book for ATY challenge: The Haunted Season by G.M. Malliet
I4 - A poem: "A Parable" from Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Gluck

N1 - A children's book: The Little Prince
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
N3 - 500 pages: done on Aug.26
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight: done on August 26
G2 - A funny book:
G3 - A short story or novella: The Tell-Tale Heart
G4 - A book with a non-human character:

I'll give it a go, too!


B I N G O
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B1 - A book with magic:
B2 - A graphic novel/comic:
✔ B3 - Award nominee/winner: The Sisters Brothers Man Booker Prize Nominee (2011), Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Fiction (2011), and more
✔ B4 - Finish a book: Necessity

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV:
✔ I3 - A book for ATY challenge: Faust Week 10
I4 - A poem:

N1 - A children's book:
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
✔ N3 - 500 pages: 638
N4 - A book in a popular series:

✔ G1 - Read for 2 hours straight: 3 hours
G2 - A funny book:
✔ G3 - A short story or novella: The Happy Prince and Other Tales
✔ G4 - A book with a non-human character: Necessity Crocus (sentient machine), Hilfa (alien), and multiple gods

B1 - A book With Magic : The Snow Queen's Shadow
B2 - A graphic novel or Comic
B3 - An award winner or nominee
B4 - Finish a book : The Snow Queen's Shadow

I1 - A book set in summer
I2 - A book With 1st person POV : Blood Rites
I3 - A book for the ATY Challenge : Theft of Swords
I4 - Read a poem

N1 - Read a children's book
N2 - A book With a love triangle
N3 - 500 pages : 500/500
N4 - A book in a popular series : Fire

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight : 2 Hours straight
G2 - A funny book
G3 - A short story or novella
G4 - A book With a non human character

Not sure how far I'll get


B I N G O
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B1 - A book with magic:
B2 - A graphic novel/comic:
B3 - Award nominee/winner: The Housekeeper + The Professor
B4 - Finish a book: Het Dolende Schip

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV:
I3 - A book for ATY challenge: Het Dolende Schip
I4 - A poem:

N1 - A children's book:
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
N3 - 500 pages: 954 pages read
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight: done on Wednesday
G2 - A funny book:
G3 - A short story or novella: The Fugitive
G4 - A book with a non-human character:

Well I am going to give this a shot too:

B I N G
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B1 - A book with magic:
B2 - A graphic novel/comic:
B3 - Award nominee/winner:
B4 - Finish a book: My Lady Jane

I1 - A book set in summer:
I2 - A book with 1st person POV:
I3 - A book for ATY challenge:
I4 - A poem:

N1 - A children's book:
N2 - A book with a love triangle:
N3 - 500 pages: 670
N4 - A book in a popular series:

G1 - Read for 2 hours straight: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 2 hours yesterday
G2 - A funny book:
G3 - A short story or novella:
G4 - A book with a non-human character: My Lady Jane