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Bingo Challenge #1
Setting up my thread:Line One:
Stand Alone{X} Yellow Cover{} Multiple POV{X} Murder{}
Suspense/Thriller{X}
Line Two:
Animal on Cover{} Magical Creatures{X} Orange Cover{X} Magic{X} Book Rec'd{}
Line Three:
Black Cover{X} H/SPN/PARA{X} FREE{X} Illustrations{X} History{X}
Line Four:
300+ Pages{X} Physical book{X} Series{X} PJ's{X} Retelling{X}
Line Five:
Fall{X} Creepy Cover{X} Dif. Country{X} Graphic Novel{X} School{}
Books:
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- Wildcard (Wildcross #2) by Marie Lu
- Mr & Mrs X (#1-3)
- I Hate Fairland Vol 1
- You
BINGO! Will share picture of my board at the end of the week just in case I get anymore, but from top to bottom:
Multiple POV
Orange Cover
FREE
Series
Different Country
Picture for the curious: https://www.instagram.com/p/BoVAfvfBg...
Do you have to fill the entire box or just like bingo? One line?
One AcrossStand Alone: In Focus Crystals: Your Personal Guide CURRENTLY READING
Yellow Cover: In Focus Palmistry: Your Personal Guide
Multiple POV: Shiang CURRENTLY READING
Murder: The Iliad CURRENTLY READING
Suspense or Thriller: The Writer
For my line:Line Three across:
Black Cover{} Snow Angels
H/SPN/PARA{} The Shining
FREE{X}
Illustrations{} Le Petit Prince
History{} The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Paperback Princess wrote: "Do you have to fill the entire box or just like bingo? One line?"A line of 5, I assume.
Alright - here is the line that I'm doing:Yellow Cover - Not sure what book I'll be reading for this one yet, but will keep everyone up to date on which one I choose
Magical Creatures: The Wall Outside (currently reading)
Horror/Supernatural/Paranormal: CURSE OF THE RED DAWN: A SUPERNATURAL HORROR STORY
Read a Physical Book: The Queen Mother: The Official Biography (currently reading)
Creepy Cover: CURSE OF THE RED DAWN: A SUPERNATURAL HORROR STORY
Diagonal from top right to bottom left:Suspense or Thriller - The Amityville Horror
Magic - The Brilliant Death
FREE SQUARE
Read a Physical Book - The Brilliant Death
Fall Release - The Brilliant Death
Currently reading Amityville Horror, will be reading Brilliant Death soon.
EDIT: Finished Amityville Horror. Started Brilliant Death last night!
EDIT: Finished Brilliant Death. BINGO!
Paperback Princess wrote: "Do you have to fill the entire box or just like bingo? One line?"Just 1 line! Of course you can complete more if you would like :)
Elyse wrote: "Paperback Princess wrote: "Do you have to fill the entire box or just like bingo? One line?"A line of 5, I assume."
Yup!
I'm In! Haven't decided what row I'm doing, I'll just wait and see where the weeks reading takes me.
ElizabethAnne wrote: "I'm In! Haven't decided what row I'm doing, I'll just wait and see where the weeks reading takes me."That sounds like a great idea!
Setting up my tracking line. I am excited about these challenges and hopefully, they will get me out of my current slump. (I am working on a belated O.W.L.S. readathon challenge for this month and I will be using my TBR for this challenge as well.)
Line 2 DOWN
Horror Supernatural Paranormal: Give the Dark My Love
Read Physical Book: Kentucky Ancestry: A Guide to Genealogical and Historical Research work
Row Across CENTER
Black Cover:
Horror Supernatural Paranormal: Give the Dark My Love
FREE SPACE
Illustrations:
Completed Books:
Hey all! Brand new to this group/challenge, I'm very excited. I'm going to try to work on the bottom horizontal line with the following:Fall Release: Vengeful by V.E. Schwab, out 9/25
Creepy Cover: Suicide Club by Rachel Heng - the flowers do make it pretty, but something about that floating arm really creeps me out. {currently reading}
School Setting: Vicious by V.E. Schwab. The characters don't stay in college for the whole book but they definitely start there - gotta reread before Vengeful!
This is just for books you're currently reading, though, right? HALP I'm confused ;-)
Liz wrote: "This is just for books you're currently reading, though, right? HALP I'm confused ;-)"You can use any book you are currently reading or want to read this week :) Hope this helps.
Oh man, the book I'm currently reading (Bone Jack by Sara Crowe) fits a full diagonal if "school setting" can equal "school-aged characters" but I think this book is set during a school break (summer or otherwise): Stand alone (yup), Magical Creatures (yup), free space (thanks!), read a book in your PJs (that's when I am reading it), school setting (eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh almost).So maybe if I finish it this week I'll pick a school set book for my next one (which won't be hard, I have to read a ton of middle grade for some committee work). OR I can pick a fall release because it also fits the diagonal "physical book"/"magic"/"Suspense/thriller" . . .
it must be the practically perfect book bingo book!
So, is it okay if one book fills an entire line? (For example, I've started The Devil in the White City and it clears 11 boxes, including the entire top row... as long as yellow words count as a yellow cover)I am planning on reading other books, I was just curious.
I'm going to be planning my BINGOs around what I already have lined up to read in the next few weeks, so I may have to get creative with some of the weekly boards. My TBR lined up nicely for this week though :) 
[FREE]
Here are the squares they're completing:
Multiple POV | Orange Cover | FREE | Book in a Series | Book Set in a Different Country
This is such a fun pre-readathon challenge!I will most likely be aiming for the middle vertical row (edit: also known as a column, lol), and I will definitely be reading books that meet more than one square.
Edit: BINGO!
I completed the fourth row:
Listen, Slowly Read a physical book; Read a book in your pjs
Cinder Book over 300 pages; Book in a series; Retellings
Don't know if I'll have time to finish, but I'm gonna give it a go!
Shelby wrote: "So, is it okay if one book fills an entire line? (For example, I've started The Devil in the White City and it clears 11 boxes, including the entire top row... as long as yellow words count as a ye..."That's awesome if one book is able to clear that many challenges! It definitely counts :)
Heres my thread.I'm going for row 4.
5/5
Book over 300pgs The Burning Maze
Read a physical book The Burning Maze
Book in a series The Burning Maze
Read a book in your pjs The Burning Maze
Retelling A Study in Charlotte
I forgot this was happening when I picked a new read this morning but I have found a line that fits my week's reading and just added an orange cover.Three Down:
Multiple POV: Thunderhead
Orange Cover: I Was Born For This
FREE: Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?
Book in a Series: Thunderhead
✓ Book Set in a Diff Country: Burial Rites (Iceland)
I am going to do line 4 across:Book over 300 pages:
Read a physical book:
Book in a series:
Read a book in your PJ's"
Retellings:
9/25: Our Dark Duet and The Sinner in progress
I will be reading from the 3rd column this week:Multiple POV
- currently readingOrange Cover:
Free
Book in a series:
- currently readingBook set in a different country (multiple countries - Germany, Morocco, France, Mexico, Italy, India):
- finished 9/25
My 11 year old informs me that she has a Bingo. With just one book.Middle line horizontally.
has a predominately black cover, a haunted house (paranormal), illustrations, and you get the backstory for the haunting, which is set "hundreds of years ago, and there's a plague" (history).I need to step up my game. Or find an equally perfect bingo book. LOL
Leni wrote: "My 11 year old informs me that she has a Bingo. With just one book.Middle line horizontally.
has a predominately black cover, a haunted house (paranorma..."Way to go! Does your daughter recommend this book? My 12 year old daughter loves scary books.
My line will be row 4 across :) Book Over 300 Pages:
currently readingRead a Physical Book:
currently readingBook in a Series:
currently readingRead a Book in Your PJs:
currently readingRetellings (Fairytale, Myth, ect.):
Leni wrote: "My 11 year old informs me that she has a Bingo. With just one book.Middle line horizontally.
has a predominately black cover, a haunted house (paranorma..."Dang! Nice job!
Susan wrote: "Way to go! Does your daughter recommend this book? My 12 year old daughter loves scary books. has a predominately black cover, a haunted hou..."My daughter says the writing is creepy, but didn't scare her (very little that is suitable for her does scare her, she just laps up tales of horror). She says it was quite good though, so she will recommend it!
I think I may have problems joining in the full readathon so I'm going to make the most of the pre-readathon challenges. :)I'm going for 4 across:
Over 300 pages: The Lemon Tree Café Finished
A physical book: The Lemon Tree Café Finished
Book in a series: Sharpe's Battle (#12) TBR
Read a book in your PJ's: Sharpe's Battle TBR
Retellings (Myths): The Gospel of Loki Currently Reading
Bingo! I got very lucky with the top line:Standalone, Yellow Cover, Multiple POV Olive Kitteridge
Murder, Suspense or Thriller The Stonecutter
BINGO! 4th Line
300+ pages, Physical Book, PJs, Retelling = Spinning Silver
Series = Underdogs (1st in a trilogy)
Mod
Fall Release, Book over 300 pgs, Book set in a diff country, History, Book is a series, Read a book in your pjs: The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy
Retellings, Horror , Murder, Multiple POV, Thriller- Frankenstein: Prodigal Son
Read a physical book, Illustrations. Magic, Black cover - Escaping from Houdini
Miriam wrote: "BINGO! 4th Line
300+ pages, Physical Book, PJs, Retelling = Spinning Silver
Series = Underdogs (1st in a trilogy)"
But Spinning Silver hits that one too! Book in a series! One book for the whole line! lol
I am doing fall release first which is the book Sadie by Courtney Summer
The second book is a physical book which will be The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Free Space
The third book is of magic which will be Harry Potter the first book
The fourth book will be It by Stephen King
Free Space
The third book is of magic which will be Harry Potter the first book
The fourth book will be It by Stephen King
BINGO!Diagonal, top left to bottom right:
Stand alone: Tailchaser's Song (finished)
Magical creatures: The Horse and His Boy (reading with my son)
FREE
Read a book in your PJs: Assassin's Quest (currently reading)
School setting: Ender's Game (reading with my son)
Kim wrote: "Do you have to finish the book within the week to meet the challenge? I am in the middle of two books currently that will give me a bingo, one I will definitely have finished this week, one is a ma..."I'm taking it as starting during the corresponding Bingo week and finishing before Dewey's.
Elyse wrote: "Kim wrote: "Do you have to finish the book within the week to meet the challenge? I am in the middle of two books currently that will give me a bingo, one I will definitely have finished this week,..."Yeah, if we can count ongoing books that we already started, we should be able to count books we haven't quite finished. I figure it's an honour system thing. You don't pick up a book and read two pages and then check a bunch of Bingo squares. But if you have, say, a 600+ page book, you shouldn't be penalized for "only" making it through 400 pages.
BINGO!Center column
Multiple POV: "Fair Game" by Patricia Briggs
Orange Cover: "Fin & Lady" by Cathleen Schine
Free Space
Book in a Series: "The Remedy" by Suzanne Young
Book in a Diff. Country: "Falling Kingdoms" by Morgan Rhodes & Michelle Rowen
And I'm close to 2 more bingos. Can anyone recommend a suspense or thriller?
Elyse wrote: "Miriam wrote: "BINGO! 4th Line
300+ pages, Physical Book, PJs, Retelling = Spinning Silver
Series = Underdogs (1st in a trilogy)"
But Spinning Silver hits that one too! Book in a series! One bo..."
I guess that's true. I think of it more as a companion book than a series but in a pinch I could count it like that!
My Line:2 Across
Animal on Cover:White Fang
Magical Creatures:
Orange Cover: (will read The Catcher in the Rye)
Magic:Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen
Book Rec'd to you:
BINGO!!Stand Alone: They Both Die at the End
Magical Creatures: Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. 1
Free Space
Read a Book in Your PJ's: Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. 1
School Setting: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 1
If anyone else read Cardcaptor Sakura Vol. 1.... would it be considered as a retelling? I don't really think so....
With two books I managed to hit two bingos. I've read two other books, but for some reason this is the week of blue, green, and white covers which is killing my card (add the physical book, manga, and illustrations and I'm pretty well stuck at 2).Stand Alone: In Other Lands
Magical Creatures: In Other Lands
Read a Book in Your PJs: Lethal White
School Setting: In Other Lands
Suspense: Lethal White
Book Recommended: In Other Lands
History: Lethal White (the 2012 London Olympics is heavily featured which is technically history!)
Retellings: In Other Lands
School Setting: In Other Lands
Bingo!Line 1 Down
Stand Alone: Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Animal on Cover: Killer Green Tomatoes
Black Cover: The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Book Over 300 Pages: End of Watch
Fall Release: Death and Daisies
Bingo #2Line 1 Across
Stand Alone: Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Yellow Cover: Death and Daisies
Multiple POV: End of Watch
Murder: End of Watch
Suspense or Thriller: End of Watch
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Bingo Challenge 1!
Let's use this thread to keep everyone updated on how your reading is going and how you're doing on the challenges. Of course yell out BINGO once you achieve it!
**UPDATE
If you are unable to obtain a Bingo before Sunday do not worry! You can continue into the following weeks and once you get a bingo move onto the next challenge! You don't loose if you can't complete the bingo before Sunday.