The Reading Challenge Group discussion

Mission: Claim at least one "Bingo!" before June 20 (the first day of summer)!

RULES & GUIDELINES

* As with traditional Bingo, you can go for a horizontal, vertical, diagonal, "X" or "around the world" (perimeter). Or aim big and go for a black out (all squares)!

* A book can only be used once on the sheet.

* Interpret the categories as broadly as you like.

* Feel free to copy and paste the template below to record your books:

Spring Bingo Categories

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

Space for the Board

Reserved for Updates

Becky's Spring Bingo 2017

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

B1: Award Nominated - Postmortem
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress - Carrie

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense - The Shining
I4: Mental Illness -A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year - Into the Water
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE - The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye
N4: Romance - Vampire Academy
N5: Male POV - The Martian

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies - The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play - Alien: Out of the Shadows
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

I'm in for this one.

B1: Award Nominated Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
B2
B3
B4: Green Cover Sämtliche Märchen by Hans Christian Andersen
B5: Pretty Dress The Story of My Life: The Restored Edition by Helen Keller

I1: Published before 1900 Dom Casmurro by Machado de Assis
I2: Travel Falling for Icarus: A Journey among the Cretans by Rory MacLean
I3: Horror or Suspense Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe
I4: Mental Illness Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
I5: Faeries or Fae Phantastes by George MacDonald

N1: Published this year Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
N2:
N3: Free A Tale of a Tub and Other Satires by Jonathan Swift
N4: Romance Antoinette de Mirecourt by Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon
N5: Male POV The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

G1
G2: In Translation My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
G3
G4: Young Adult Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
G5: Magical Powers Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back by P.L. Travers

O1: Fairy Tale retelling Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl
O2: Historical Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
O3: Play Die Braut von Messina by Friedrich Schiller
O4: Based on a true story Night of the Howling Dogs by Graham Salisbury
O5

I'm In!

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover Hidden Away
B5: Pretty Dress Nightshade

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense After the Storm
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae A Court of Wings and Ruin

N1: Published This Year Cheater
N2: Yellow Cover Shades of Gray
N3: FREE Whispers in the Dark
N4: Romance Echoes at Dawn
N5: Male POV A Walk to Remember

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult An Ember in the Ashes
G6: Magical Powers Written in Red

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling What Is Hidden
O2: Historical (F or NF) Never Seduce a Scot
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover Kristy's Great Idea

BINGOS: 2
N's
5's

I'm in! Busy time of year, but we'll see....

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

I'm in!!! I'm going to fill mine in starting with things I've read from the first day of spring!

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir: I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year: The Curse of the Braddock Brides
N2: Yellow Cover: The Girl You Left Behind
N3: FREE: The Battle of the Labyrinth
N4: Romance: Faking It
N5: Male POV: The Last Olympian

G1: Tear-Jerker: Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss and Love
G2: In Translation: A Man Called Ove
G3: Minority Studies: Born a Crime
G4: Young Adult: The Sea of Monsters
G5: Magical Powers: The Titan's Curse

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True Story: Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years
O5: Pink Cover

I'm in :)
B1: Award Nominated: Descender, Vol.2: Machine Moon (SFF awards nominee)
B2: Memoir: Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me by Lily Collins
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress: (I'm using this category for a gorgeous cover): Heartwood Hotel: A True Home and The Greatest Gift

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense: This is Our Story
I4: Mental Illness: Shockaholic by Carrie Fisher
I5: Fairies or Fae: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

N1: Published This Year: Beauty and the Beast novelization
N2: Yellow Cover: Belle's Library
N3: FREE: Tale As Old As Time
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult: Strange the Dreamer
G6: Magical Powers: The Wicked + the Divine, Vol.4: Action Rising

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling: The Crane Wife (a retelling of The Crane Wife folktale)
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

I see new faces and old friends. So nice to have you join in!

I'm in again!

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir - A Stolen Life
B3: Audio Book - Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900 - The Three Musketeers
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense - Blindsighted
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play - The Merchant Of Venice
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

Yay! Ready to start a new board!

Spring Bingo Categories

B1: Award Nominated - Cold Mountain
B2: Memoir - Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves
B3: Audio Book - A Very Merry Hockey Holiday
B4: Green Cover - Daisy in Chains: A Novel
B5: Pretty Dress - The Friday Night Knitting Club (there's not one on the cover but there's 2 lovely knitted dresses in the storyline)

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense - Parasite
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year - Come Sundown
N2: Yellow Cover - The Deep End
N3: FREE - Laces and Lace
N4: Romance - Never Seduce a Scot
N5: Male POV - Golden Son

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF) - His Bloody Project
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

Spring Bingo Categories

B1: Award Nominated - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith - Audie Award for Mystery (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2015)
B2: Memoir - Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil by Deborah Rodriguez
B3: Audio Book - At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson
B4: Green Cover - by Daphne du Maurier
B5: Pretty Dress - by Elizabeth Gaskell

I1: Published before 1900 - Emma by Jane Austen
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense - The Killing Circle by Andrew Pyper
I4: Mental Illness - Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover - by Marissa Stapley
N3: FREE - Blindness by José Saramago
N4: Romance - The Manning Sisters: The Cowboy's Lady\The Sheriff Takes a Wife by Debbie Macomber
N5: Male POV - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

G1: Tear-Jerker - How I Came to Sparkle Again by Kaya McLaren
G2: In Translation - The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling - The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh
O2: Historical (F or NF) - Clara Callan by Richard B. Wright
O3: Play - All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
O4: Based on a True story - 419 by Will Ferguson
O5: Pink Cover

I am in for this Bingo :)
Spring Bingo Categories

B1: Award Nominated - Moonglow
B2: Memoir - Love Warrior
B3: Audio Book The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
I2: Travel - The Walk
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness - The Color Thief: A Family's Story of Depression
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year - In This Grave Hour
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE - Miles to Go
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker With Love from the Inside
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
Snow White: A Graphic Novel
O2: Historical (F or NF) The Edge of Dreams
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover - Revenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos

Vero's Spring Bingo

Read: 17
Bingos: 1 (5s)
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B1: Award Nominated - Ancillary Sword (review)
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book - Waking Gods (review)
B4: Green Cover - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (review)
B5: Pretty Dress - Passing Strange (review)

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel - A Caribbean Mystery (review)
I3: Horror or Suspense - Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day (review)
I4: Mental Illness - Borderline (review)
I5: Fairies or Fae - The Colour of Magic (review)

N1: Published This Year - The Collapsing Empire (review)
N2: Yellow Cover - The Hound of the Baskervilles (review)
N3: FREE
N4: Romance - Screwdrivered (review)
N5: Male POV - Pretender (review)

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G4: Young Adult - Alienated (review)
G5: Magical Powers - Norse Mythology (review)

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling - Hunted (review)
O2: Historical (F or NF) - Waters of Versailles (review)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover - The Dark Days Pact (review)
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I'm in. And quite tickled to see Bingo going strong!

Glennis wrote: "I'm in! Busy time of year, but we'll see....

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play The Importance of Being Earnest
O4: Based on a True story The King of the Wind
O5: Pink Cover

Egad....what was I thinking??? Had a week of 12-18 hour days....and I was thinking of READING? I just need food and sleep!

It all started with you, Karen, my dear! So grateful for your inspiration!

Glennis, I completely agree with you! Rest and restore. You have a few months to work on a bingo and hopefully not all your weeks will be so intense.

First Bingo (G1-G5)! My reads are all in Message 10.

Congrats Amanda ;0)

Thank you!! :-)

YAY Amanda!!!

I got my first bingo- the I's. See message 7.

Congrats to Amanda and Rosemarie! :)))

Woohoo for Rosemarie :O)

Thank you.

Now that my exams are marked and grades have been submitted (yay!) I can play catch up and enter my reads..

B1: Award Nominated
B2: Memoir
B3: Audio Book Shards of Honor
B4: Green Cover
B5: Pretty Dress

I1: Published before 1900
I2: Travel
I3: Horror or Suspense
I4: Mental Illness
I5: Fairies or Fae

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover
N3: FREE
N4: Romance
N5: Male POV

G1: Tear-Jerker The Five Stages of Falling in Love
G2: In Translation
G3: Minority Studies
G5: Young Adult
G6: Magical Powers

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling
O2: Historical (F or NF)
O3: Play
O4: Based on a True story
O5: Pink Cover

Second Bingo--the Ns!

Way to go, Amanda. I really liked the Percy Jackson books.

Thanks! I really like them, too. I actually have you to thank for introducing me to them. You recommended I read one back in Winter Bingo and I got hooked! I'm actually going to start reading The Heroes of Olympus series--have you read those as well?

I am glad you like them. I likes The Heroes of Olympus even more than the first five.

So far, I agree! I tore through the first Heroes of Olympus book and am already halfway through the second. I can't stop!

My first Bingo of the season!

G1: Tear-Jerker: Esther Waters**
G2: In Translation: Solaris**
G3: Minority Studies: Death in Venice**
G4: Young Adult: Killing Mr. Griffin**
G5: Magical Powers: Wicked Appetite**

Great job, Renee. You have some intense books on that Bingo.

Well done :0)

Thanks, Ladies!

I just noticed that I have a second Bingo, see message 7.

B4, I4, N4, G4, O4

I have had it for a while, but I just noticed it today.

Nice when that happens :0)

Got myself a bingo (I've been a little creative with some of the categories).

B3: Audio Book - The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
I3: Horror or Suspense - The Shining
N3: FREE - The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye
G3: Minority Studies - The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World (Based largely on Christianity and Buddhism)
O3: Play - Alien: Out of the Shadows (Produced as an original production by Audible)

That's nice, Gareth. Creativity is good.

I'm SO close to a Blackout! Just one book published in 2017 and I'm done. *taps foot while rechecking status of the library wait-list*

BINGO: Spring Bingo Categories (April-June)

B1: Award Nominated: Under the Udala Trees**
B2: Memoir: Yes Please**
B3: Audio Book: The Poisonwood Bible**
B4: Green Cover: Elizabeth and Her German Garden**
B5: Pretty Dress: Nine Women, One Dress**

I1: Published before 1900: The Small House at Allington**
I2: Travel: Brewster's Millions**
I3: Horror or Suspense: The Secret Agent**
I4: Mental Illness: Maisie Dobbs**
I5: Fairies or Fae: Puck of Pook's Hill**

N1: Published This Year
N2: Yellow Cover: Wicked Charms**
N3: FREE: Wicked Business**
N4: Romance: Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride and Prejudice**
N5: Male POV: My Cousin Rachel**

G1: Tear-Jerker: Esther Waters**
G2: In Translation: Solaris**
G3: Minority Studies: Death in Venice**
G4: Young Adult: Killing Mr. Griffin**
G5: Magical Powers: Wicked Appetite**

O1: Fairy Tale Retelling: Ella Enchanted**
O2: Historical (F or NF): Queen Margot, or Marguerite de Valois**
O3: Play: A Kiss for Cinderella: A Comedy**
O4: Based on a True story: The Power of One**
O5: Pink Cover: Queens' Play**

Bingos Completed:

- B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
- I1, I2, I3, I4, I5
- G1, G2, G3, G4, G5
- O1, O2, O3, O4, O5

- B2, I2, N2, G2, O2
- B3, I3, N3, G3, O3
- B4, I4, N3, G4, O4
- B5, I5, N5, G5, O5

B1, I2, N3, G4, O5 (diagonal)
B5, I4, N3, G2, O1 (diagonal)

I just completed Bingo 3 - a diagonal:
See message 7.

B5 I4 N3 G2 O1

Wow Renee! Impressive! Plenty of time to get the blackout :0)
Congrats Rosemarie and Gareth.

I need to check if what I've read lately fits in the board

Thanks, Vero! I lucked out in that the things I was reading happened to fall nicely into some of the categories. I only had a few things that I read specifically to meet certain criteria (Puck of Pook's Hill,The Cinderella Kiss, Ella Enchanted) but they were all fun, especially Ella Enchanted.

Congratulations, Rosemarie!

Thanks, Renee. And as Véro said-Impressive!

finally a Bingo under the B:
B1: Award Nominated - Cold Mountain
B2: Memoir - Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves
B3: Audio Book - A Very Merry Hockey Holiday
B4: Green Cover - Daisy in Chains: A Novel
B5: Pretty Dress - The Friday Night Knitting Club