The Reading Challenge Group discussion

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B1: Exploration - A book out of your comfort zone
B2: Congratulations! - An award winning book (can include Goodreads choice awards)
B3: Participation - A group read (this or any other group)
B4: Information - A non-fiction book or one based on a true story
B5: Collaboration - A discovery made through Goodreads such as through recommendations, suggestions from GR friends, newsletter etc.

I1: Listed it - A book from your GR to-read list
I2: Bought it - A book you own but have not yet read
I3: Eyed it - A book you have been meaning to read for a while now
I4: Downloaded it - An ebook you own but that you have not yet read or an audiobook you have not yet listened to
I5: Scored it! - A book you got for free e.g. sale, gift, giveaway, library etc.

N1: Oldie but goodie - A classic
N2: New kid on the block - A book released in 2014
N3: FREE - Any book that strikes your fancy :)
N4: Yesterday's news - A book released in 2013 that you haven't yet read
N5: Everybody's talking - A buzz-worthy book, one that you have heard others raving about or that everybody but you seems to have read

G1: Nice to meet you - A book by an author new to you
G2: You seem familiar - A book by an author you have heard a lot about
G3: One of the girls - A book by a female author
G4: One of the guys - A book by a male author
G5: Old friends - A book you haven't yet read by an author whose work you like

O1: Take a stand - A stand-alone book
O2: Take a friend - Any book from a series
O3: Take a trip - A book set in different locale, continent or culture from your own
O4: Take a look - An adult book, any genre
O5: Take a break - A YA book

RULES & GUIDELINES

Not too many of these as it is supposed to be fun after all :)

* As with traditional Bingo, you can go for a horizontal, vertical, diagonal, "X" or "around the world". Or aim big and go for a black out!
* A book can only be used once on the sheet
* Interpret the categories as broadly as you like, there are no book police here
* Personally I wanted this to be a summer challenge so I planned to set August 31 as the end date, but I'm more than happy to be flexible with that
* Feel free to copy and paste the template below to record your books:

B1: Exploration
B2: Congratulations!
B3: Participation
B4: Information
B5: Collaboration

I1: Listed it
I2: Bought it
I3: Eyed it
I4: Downloaded it
I5: Scored it!

N1: Oldie but goodie
N2: New kid on the block
N3: FREE
N4: Yesterday's news
N5: Everybody's talking

G1: Nice to meet you
G2: You seem familiar
G3: One of the girls
G4: One of the guys
G5: Old friends

O1: Take a stand
O2: Take a friend
O3: Take a trip
O4: Take a look
O5: Take a break

Reserved

Bingo challenge
Start date: 7 June 2014
End date: 29 October 2014
Bingos made: ALL

B1: Exploration Annihilation
B2: Congratulations! Enemy Mine
B3: Participation Red Rising
B4: Information The Five Love Languages for Singles
B5: Collaboration Cracked

I1: Listed it Animal Farm
I2: Bought it The Lathe of Heaven
I3: Eyed it The Blade Itself
I4: Downloaded it Fortune's Pawn
I5: Scored it! Love Minus Eighty

N1: Oldie but goodie Northanger Abbey
N2: New kid on the block The Girl with All the Gifts
N3: FREE We Have Always Lived in the Castle
N4: Yesterday's news The Ocean at the End of the Lane
N5: Everybody's talking Saga, Volume 1

G1: Nice to meet you Swords and Deviltry
G2: You seem familiar Ysabel
G3: One of the girls The Goblin Emperor
G4: One of the guys The Last Policeman
G5: Old friends Attachments

O1: Take a stand A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
O2: Take a friend Whose Body?
O3: Take a trip Swans Are Fat Too
O4: Take a look Lock In
O5: Take a break Angelfall

Iasa wrote: "this looks fun, I'm in"

Yay! I'm glad :)

This looks really interesting! I might try and organise this into my Summer Challenge, but I'll have to see! :)

Okay, I've basically added many of my summer reads to this. (Because I can't do my Summer Reads AND this challenge, too many books!).

Start Date: June 19th
End Date: Late September

B1: Exploration - War and Peace
B2: Congratulations! - The Silence of the Lambs (won 1989 Bram Stoker Award)
B3: Participation -
B4: Information - And the Band Played on
B5: Collaboration - Maurice

I1: Listed it - The Odyssey
I2: Bought it - Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
I3: Eyed it - Tess of the d'Urbervilles
I4: Downloaded it - Selected Poems of Byron
I5: Scored it! - Murder at the Vicarage
N1: Oldie but goodie - Wuthering Heights
N2: New kid on the block - A Week in December (not 2014, but it's the latest book on my list)
N3: FREE - Les Misérables
N4: Yesterday's news - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (second latest book on my list)
N5: Everybody's talking - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night -Time - Read 12/06/14

G1: Nice to meet you - Cranford
G2: You seem familiar - For Whom the Bell Tolls
G3: One of the girls - Emma
G4: One of the guys - Dracula
G5: Old friends - Notes from Underground

O1: Take a stand - The Pilgrim's Progress
O2: Take a friend - A Storm of Swords: Steel and Snow
O3: Take a trip - The Kite Runner
O4: Take a look - Master and Commander - Read 11/06/14
O5: Take a break - The Giver

And I think with start/end dates, people may want to set their own? I know that my summer is definitely longer than most, but thats because University doesn't start to late Sept, so the whole of September is technically my summer too.

I like this idea! I'm going to sit down and organize it later but I'm in!

This looks fun, and what great, open categories! I'm in.

Oh My God! I Love This! Your Bingo Boardis adorable, Karen. I must begin plotting now. :D

Holly Goes For The Blackout!! *cheering*

I'm in, too! What Fun!

Start June 1 through September 30

B1: Exploration - When She Woke by Hillary Jordan (July); READ 7/12/14
B2: Congratulations! - Olive Kitteridge- Pulitzer Prize (JUNE)
B3: Participation - The American Heiress (With the Downton Abbey Summer Book Club) (JUNE)
B4: Information - The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman(JULY); READ 7/24/14
B5: Collaboration - Middlesex (JUNE) Reading with Renee!!! READ 7/8/14

I1: Listed it - Housekeeping (JUNE)READ 6/30/14
I2: Bought it - Home (JUNE)
I3: Eyed it - Gilead (JUNE)
I4: Downloaded it - Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman; LISTENED 7-30-14
I5: Scored it! Beer in the Snooker Club by Waguih Ghali: GR Give Away!; READ 9/23/14

N1: Oldie but goodie - Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck; READ 9/7/14
N2: New kid on the block - The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
N3: FREE - The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry; (June) Finished 6-27-14
N4: Yesterday's news - The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
N5: Everybody's talking - Divergent by Veronica Roth (July); READ 7/7/14

G1: Nice to meet you - The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing (JUNE); READ 6/14
G2: You seem familiar - The Egg and I
G3: One of the girls - The Paris Wife by Paula McLain (JUNE)
G4: One of the guys - The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy; READ 4-7-14
G5: Old friends - A Passage to India (JUNE)Finished 6-28-14

O1: Take a stand - The Age of Innocence; READ 9-19-14
O2: Take a friend - Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor by Patrick Taylor
O3: Take a trip - Chickens, Mules And Two Old Fools: Tuck Into A Slice Of Andalucían Life by Victoria Twead, Spain; READ 8/14
O4: Take a look - A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle; READ 8-8-14
O5: Take a break - Walk Two Moons; READ 8-4-14

Bingo challenges
Start date: 1 June 2014
End date: 9 September 2014
Bingos made: 15 = ALL

B1: Exploration - Middlesex**
B2: Congratulations! - Dune**
B3: Participation- Beautiful Day**
B4: Information -
An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny**
B5: Collaboration- Housekeeping**

I1: Listed it - Divergent**
I2: Bought it -
The Girl with All the Gifts**
I3: Eyed it - Bleak House**
I4: Downloaded it -
The Husband's Secret**
I5: Scored it! -
Song of Solomon**

N1: Oldie but goodie -
Middlemarch by George Eliot**
N2: New kid on the block -
The Scientific Method, The Complete Miniseries**
N3: FREE- Phineas Finn**
N4: Yesterday's news - Fangirl**
N5: Everybody's talking-
The Perks of Being a Wallflower**

G1: Nice to meet you-
The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice**
G2: You seem familiar-
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope**
G3: One of the girls-
The Awakening by Kate Chopin**
G4: One of the boys-
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James**
G5: Old friends -
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell**

O1: Take a stand-
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore**
O2: Take a friend- Dune Messiah**
O3: Take a trip-
Girl in Translation**
O4: Take a look -
O Pioneers!**
O5: Take a break- Speak**

Karen, can we back up to June 1 or at least with books we have just started?

Sure Melissa. That makes perfect sense to me :)

To all of you who decided to try this - Holly, Iasa, Kassandra, Brenda, Renee, Melissa - I am so happy you have joined. Looking forward to see your choices :)

This looks very interesting!!!

I've combined a few of my challenge books here so that I'm able to stay on track - I'm striving for the blackout so we'll see how it goes! I will mark those that I have read in bold with the month completed. Thanks for putting this together Karen!

Bingo challenge
Start date: 1 June 2014
End date: 30 September 2014
Bingos made: 2 horizontal lines, 1 vertical line

B1: Exploration - Night
B2: Congratulations! - When God Was a Rabbit
B3: Participation - The Count of Monte Cristo (JULY)
B4: Information - Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin (JUNE)
B5: Collaboration - Take One With You (JULY)

I1: Listed it - The Husband's Secret (SEPTEMBER)
I2: Bought it - Dust by Patricia Cornwell
I3: Eyed it - Dark Places (JUNE)
I4: Downloaded it - The Kings of Cool (JULY)
I5: Scored it! - The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe (AUGUST)

N1: Oldie but goodie - Journey to the Centre of the Earth (JUNE)
N2: New kid on the block - The Serpent of Venice: A Novel (JUNE)
N3: FREE - The Blue Bistro (JUNE)
N4: Yesterday's news - The Blood Gospel
N5: Everybody's talking - Eleanor & Park (SEPTEMBER)

G1: Nice to meet you - This is Where I Leave You (JULY)
G2: You seem familiar - The Dinner (JULY)
G3: One of the girls - I Love Everybody (JUNE)
G4: One of the guys - Looking for Alaska (JUNE)
G5: Old friends - The Guardian (AUGUST)

O1: Take a stand - The Bear (JUNE)
O2: Take a friend - City of Heavenly Fire (AUGUST)
O3: Take a trip - The Expats
O4: Take a look - The Silver Linings Playbook (AUGUST)
O5: Take a break - The Maze Runner (JULY)

Here goes! I am merging some of my other to-reads into this fun mini challenge!

Started 9 June 14
End date 31 December 14

B1: Exploration - Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe ABANDONED Trainspotting READ: 21/08/14
B2: Congratulations! - The Historian: READ 28/11/14
B3: Participation -
B4: Information - Victorian Pharmacy: Rediscovering Home Remedies and Recipes
B5: Collaboration - The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

I1: Listed it - Frankenstein READ: 18/09/14
I2: Bought it - A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold READ: 11/08/14
I3: Eyed it - A Creed for the Third Millennium READ: 25/07/14
I4: Downloaded it - The Woodcutter
I5: Scored it! - Anthem READ: 12/08/14

N1: Oldie but goodie - The Metamorphosis READ: 31/07/14
N2: New kid on the block - The Invention of Wings
N3: FREE - The Gathering of The U'Narai
N4: Yesterday's news - The Ocean at the End of the Lane
N5: Everybody's talking - The Goldfinch

G1: Nice to meet you - Dracula READ: 08/11/14
G2: You seem familiar -Divergent
G3: One of the girls - Parable of the Talents READ: 15/06/14
G4: One of the guys - The Jungle Book READ: 14/07/14
G5: Old friends - Gillespie and I

O1: Take a stand - The Clerkenwell Tales READ: 15/0/14
O2: Take a friend - A Feast for Crows READ: 06/10/14
O3: Take a trip - The Art of Fielding
O4: Take a look - The Snow Child
O5: Take a break - I Capture the Castle

Thanks for posting this. I'm going to try to fit it in for sure!

Welcome, Lucy and Bridget :)

I am so in. I will pop my list up tomorrow. This sounds amazing I cannot wait to start :)

Like Kassandra, I'll mark those that I have read in bold with the month completed. I'm filling in several as notes to myself that I may end up changing.

Start date: 1 June 2014
End date: 31 August 2014

B1: Exploration - The Husband's Secret JUNE
B2: Congratulations! - His Family first Pulitzer Prize for Novel JULY
B3: Participation - The Metamorphosis JULY
B4: Information - Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love JULY
B5: Collaboration - Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell JULY

I1: Listed it - Nine Princes in Amber JUNE
I2: Bought it - Death In Bagheria JUNE
I3: Eyed it - Swan Song JULY
I4: Downloaded it - The Lord of the Rings JUNE
I5: Scored it! - Year's Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy, Volume 1 JUNE

N1: Oldie but goodie - White Fang JULY
N2: New kid on the block - The Headmaster's Wife JULY
N3: FREE - The Case of the Missing Marquess JULY
N4: Yesterday's news - Dust JULY
N5: Everybody's talking - The Ocean at the End of the Lane JULY

G1: Nice to meet you - Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand Samuel Delany JUNE
G2: You seem familiar - The Man in the High Castle PK Dick JUNE
G3: One of the girls - The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge JUNE
G4: One of the guys - A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge JULY
G5: Old friends - Forward the Foundation JULY

O1: Take a stand - The Stand JULY
O2: Take a friend - Paladin of Souls JUNE
O3: Take a trip - Anarchy And Old Dogs JULY
O4: Take a look - Call for the Dead le Carré (his and Smiley's debut) JUNE
O5: Take a break - The Graveyard Book JUNE

Fantastic Challenge Karen!! Am definitely in.. will post my books and other details later as soon as I finalize them :) :)

This is the best idea I've ever heard of! Great job Karen:) I'm in!

Bingo challenge
Start date: 7 June 2014
End date: 31 December 2014
Bingos made: 8

B1: Exploration - Fifty Shades of Mr Darcy: A Parody (November)
B2: Congratulations! - Allegiant (September)
B3: Participation - You Had Me At Hello (June)
B4: Information
B5: Collaboration - Taint(August)

I1: Listed it - Four: A Divergent Story Collection (October)
I2: Bought it - On the Island (October)
I3: Eyed it - Perfect Chemistry (July)
I4: Downloaded it
I5: Scored it! - The Libertine (July)

N1: Oldie but goodie - A Farewell to Arms (November)
N2: New kid on the block - You're the One That I Want (October)
N3: FREE - Pärlan i lakritsremmen (July)
N4: Yesterday's news - Fangirl (November)
N5: Everybody's talking - Beautiful Disaster (August)

G1: Nice to meet you - The Last Summer (July)
G2: You seem familiar - Gone Girl (October)
G3: One of the Girls - Cruel Beauty (June)
G4: One of the guys - Every Day (July)
G5: Old friends - City of Glass (July)

O1: Take a stand - Finding Colin Firth (September)
O2: Take a friend - Long Live the Queen The Immortal Empire #3 (June)
O3: Take a trip - The Harlot (July)
O4: Take a look - The Buddha in the Attic (August)
O5: Take a break - Beautiful Chaos (August)

Glad to see all you new arrivals! Welcome Srividya, Kaylie and Tina :)

OMG this is awesome!

My Bingo Challenge :D


B1: Exploration: Bleak House
B2: Congratulations!: Life of Pi
B3: Participation
B4: Information:Nazis and the Occult: The Dark Forces Unleashed by the Third Reich
B5: Collaboration:

I1: Listed it:The Marriage Certificate
I2: Bought it:The Sinner
I3: Eyed it:Hannibal
I4: Downloaded it:The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
I5: Scored it!:Alex

N1: Oldie but goodie:Lord of the Flies
N2: New kid on the block:
N3: FREE:
N4: Yesterday's news:Inferno
N5: Everybody's talking:Divergent

G1: Nice to meet you:The Knife of Never Letting Go
G2: You seem familiar:The Light Fantastic
G3: One of the girls:The Husband's Secret
G4: One of the guys:The Shining
G5: Old friends:Judas Kiss

O1: Take a stand:Looking for Alaska
O2: Take a friend:The Austere Academy
O3: Take a trip:The Kite Runner
O4: Take a look:Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
O5: Take a break: Catching Fire

Kaylie - I love your titles!

I'm copying the Great bold idea, also.

*Sandy outs herself as Bingo Shark.*

LOL @ Bingo shark.

Sure, those sound fine. I am no expert so those didn't occur to me at all :) I will edit the post

Karen, what I brilliant idea! I wish I could join you, but I'm committed to other challenges at the moment. I might be able join towards the end of the year.
Good luck to all participants!

Yah! Sandy, your going to join us! I love the X and O thingy!

I'll be setting up my list in a few hours. :) Great idea, looks fun!

Hi all
I just joined the group and saw this Bingo game !
It sounds like so much fun.
If it's ok , I'd like to have a start date of June 1st
(I've read 5 books so far ) , and will use them if they will fit into any of the slots .

I'd also like to do a Cover the Card and fill in all the blanks .

I'm not sure yet what my end date will be. We'll see how it goes :)

***B-O-O-K *******B-I-N-G-O***

B1: Exploration

B2: Congratulations!

B3: Participation

B4: Information

B5: Collaboration

*********************************
I1: Listed it

I2: Bought it

I3: Eyed it

I4: Downloaded it

I5: Scored it!

************************************
N1: Oldie but goodie

N2: New kid on the block

N3: FREE

N4: Yesterday's news

N5: Everybody's talking

**************************************
G1: Nice to meet you

G2: You seem familiar

G3: One of the girls

G4: One of the guys

G5: Old friends
******************************************

O1: Take a stand

O2: Take a friend

O3: Take a trip

O4: Take a look

O5: Take a break

Hi Kaye and Trish, nice to have you both.
Kaye - by all means you can use June 1. Also, welcome to the group!

I'm in. I'll try to do all the categories, but will see if I can find a book for each category.

B1: Exploration Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Read 6/17
B2: Congratulations! All the Pretty Horses Read 6/19 https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
B3: Participation The Forsyte Saga Read 6/25-6/26 Group Read with The 1700-1939 Book Club
B4: Information Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Read 6/24
B5: Collaboration The Island Read 6/28

I1: Listed it Summer Days Read 6/17 on TBR since December 2012
I2: Bought it Rough Country Read 6/19
I3: Eyed it Montana Rose Read 6/25
I4: Downloaded it The Lemon Orchard Read 6/19
I5: Scored it! Falling for Fortune Read 6/22

N1: Oldie but goodie A Tale of Two Cities Read 6/18
N2: New kid on the block The Bachelor Doctor's Bride Read 6/30
N3: FREE Read Obsidian Prey 6/28
N4: Yesterday's news Deadly Sight
N5: Everybody's talking The Color Purple Read 6/20

G1: Nice to meet you Running Blind Read 6/21
G2: You seem familiar The Look of Love Read 6/25
G3: One of the girls Hope in a Jar Beth Harbison Read 6/27
G4: One of the guys A Maiden's Grave Read 6/23
G5: Old friends Lost and Found Read 6/23

O1: Take a stand The Sniper Read 6/16
O2: Take a friend Summer Nights Read 6/23
O3: Take a trip Love in the Time of Cholera Read 6/29
O4: Take a look Only By Your Touch Read 6/17
O5: Take a break Anne of Green Gables Read 6/24

Love Love LOVED Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. I literally finished the last page, then turned back to the beginning to read it all again. <3

I agree, great book!

Just popping in to say that I have not abandoned you all. I have been pretty ill with what appears to be strep throat, but it's my second bout in 3 weeks and this time seems worse. Average temp Sunday to Tuesday was 102!
I will update as soon as my system is ready to cooperate. Glad to see that everyone looks like they are having fun meanwhile :)

I hope you feel better soon, Karen!

Karen wrote: "Just popping in to say that I have not abandoned you all. I have been pretty ill with what appears to be strep throat, but it's my second bout in 3 weeks and this time seems worse. Average temp Sun..."

I'm sorry to hear that, Karen. :(

Take care Karen

Feel better soon!! *Sending Health Vibes*

Awkward Timing, but...

BINGO!

G1: Nice to meet you-
The Lemon Orchard by Luanne Rice
G2: You seem familiar-
Can You Forgive Her? by Anthony Trollope
G3: One of the girls-
The Awakening by Kate Chopin
G4: One of the boys-
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
G5: Old friends -
Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

I liked it. Love story with immigration issues.

Renee wrote: "Love Love LOVED Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. I literally finished the last page, then turned back to the beginning to read it all again. <3" I really enjoyed it. I don't know why I waited so long to read it.