Play Book Tag discussion

My challenge this year will be to participate in the Decades Bingo, read what I can of the states categories where they may align with the monthly tag. I will push my annual count to 36 and see how I do.

Decades BINGO
8108822 PBT Decades BINGO

Instructions:
On the 1st and 15th of every month, we will announce a randomly selected year. If that year is on your card, then you read a book that was originally published that year. For the first month, so that people can plan their first read, I will announce the first year on December 26th followed by the next on January 15th to get us back on track. I apologize that it cannot be sooner, but, like you all, I also have holiday travel and gatherings and this is the earliest I can get the bulk of the BINGO cards made.

We will have one reporting thread and, once you post your review, then you get to fill in that square! I do ask that you notify me which square you are completing (e.g., N-1994) and if you have a BINGO. I will do my best to tally those every two weeks as well.

There will be several different configurations for which you will receive participation points. You will receive the points indicated below for each one that you complete and the first person to complete each one will receive a bonus 10 points.
• traditional BINGO of a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line (5 pts each)
• four corners of the first and last year in your B and O columns (5 pts)
• "X" of diagonal line in each direction (5 pts in addition to the 5 pts you get for each of the diagonal lines under category 1)
• "L" of the entire column of B or O in combination with all of the years along either the top or bottom of the BINGO grid (5 pts in addition to the 5pts you get for each of the regular lines under category 1. The maximum bonus for this is for 2 "L"s)
• blackout for filling in every square on the board. If no one completes a full blackout (it will require that every year announced in on your card and that you read the book!), then the person who has the most squares filled in at the end of the year will get this bonus. (20 pts in addition to all of the points you get for the above combinations)

For this one, you do not have to read a book for the year as soon as it is announced and you do not have to read every single year that is announced. You can be strategic if you like!

Book Category by State
Tag list by state: (https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... )
And finally, the official list of tags for the Poll Ballot Tally challenge:
Alabama - civil rights
Alaska - Inuit
Arizona - Grand Canyon
Arkansas - education
California - Hollywood
Colorado - Rocky Mountains
Connecticut - Constitution
Delaware - business
District of Columbia - presidents
Florida - Disney
Georgia - antebellum
Hawaii - volcanoes
Idaho - nature
Illinois - comedy
Indiana - auto racing
Iowa - politics
Kansas - weather
Kentucky - horses
Louisiana - southern gothic
Maine - Stephen King
Maryland - Navy
Massachusetts - witches
Michigan - Great Lakes
Minnesota - vikings
Mississippi - blues
Missouri - pioneers
Montana - wildlife
Nebraska - farming
Nevada - gambling
New Hampshire - hiking
New Jersey - mafia
New Mexico - extraterrestrials
New York - Broadway
North Carolina - Appalachia
North Dakota - paleontology
Ohio - industry
Oklahoma - Great Depression
Oregon - ecology
Pennsylvania - Amish
Rhode Island - sailing
South Carolina - pirates
South Dakota - frontier
Tennessee - country music
Texas - space
Utah - Mormon
Vermont - libraries
Virginia - FBI
Washington - coffee
West Virginia - mining
Wisconsin - cheese
Wyoming - western

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