EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

2023 BINGO Reading Challenge

Blackout: BIGNO! Italian Bingo, you’ve read all the categories of books on the card.

3/25

1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a dayThe Tea Party in the Woods
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space The Scourge Between Stars
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages The Angriest Monster on Mill Street

EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club
Bingo Reading Challenge 2023
Duration: 1/1/2023 - 12/31/2023

Progress: 22 out of 25

Welcome to the 2023 BINGO Reading Challenge, a fun way to read around the block and broaden your bookish horizons. This is a year-long challenge that can be played in a variety of ways.

Regular: say BINGO! You’ve read books that fit in the 5 categories presented on the bingo card in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line.
Blackout: BIGNO! Italian Bingo, you’ve read all the categories of books on the card.
Mix it up: BONIG! Use the card as a way to inspire your reading life. Cross out as many categories of books that you’ve read which interest you.

https:// mfbc.us/m/z4hfvdt << (sorry for the space, Goodreads no longer allows foreign website links) This is the interactive Bingo card, where you can actually cross out the books when you’ve read them. Keep in mind each time you click the link a new card is generated. So please take a screenshot of yours and paste it into your post.

Here is the list of the categories:

1) A book beloved by a friend:
The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon - ***** - 2/8/2023 - 979 Pages
2) Because of the cover:
Bad Blood by L.A. Banks - **** - 1/7/2023 - 342 Pages
3) A book you can finish in a day:
Part of Your Nightmare by Vera Strange - *** - 1/5/2023 - 218 Pages
4) Longer than 500 pages:
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown - ***** - 1/13/2023 - 736 Pages
5) A book by an author from another country:
If Only It Were True by Marc Levy - ***** - 1/30/2023 - 216 Pages - Originally France

6) Cookbook

7) A book in another language:
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi - **** - 11/25/2023 - 272 Pages
8) How-to book:
The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking by Edward B. Burger - ** - 2/20/2023 - 157 Pages
9) Essay collection:
Quietly Hostile: Essays by Samantha Irby - *** - 8/21/2023 - 304 Pages
10) A re-read:
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris - ***** - 4/1/2024 - 305 Pages

11) A book about books or reading = The Reading List

12) An award winner:
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - ***** - 10/1/2023 - 401 Pages
13) A book you previously abandoned:
Unfinished Symphony by V.C. Andrews - **** - 1/14/2023 - 268 Pages
14) Published before you were born:
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White - ***** - 7/8/2023 - 184 Pages
15) Guilty pleasure read:
I Choose Darkness by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 1/8/2023 - 25 Pages
16) Banned book:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - ***** - 10/18/2023 - 323 Pages
17) Genre you rarely read:
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles - *** - 3/16/2023 - 377 Pages - Black History
18) Favorite topic or theme:
Dead Man's Hand by James J. Butcher - ***** - 3/6/2023 - 384 Pages - Urban Fantasy/Wizards/Magic
19) Favorite author:
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen - ***** - 2/19/2023 - 290 Pages
20) About parents and children:
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood by Lisa Damour - **** - 4/7/2023 - 352 Pages
21) Set in space:
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - ***** - 3/8/2023 - 476 Pages
22) Nostalgic memoir:
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler - *** - 8/30/2023 - 375 Pages
23) Title longer than 6 words:
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living by Nick Offerman - ***** - 1/15/2023 - 352 Pages

24) A character that has your name

25) Less than 150 pages:
Junkyard Cats by Faith Hunter - **** - 1/4/2023 - 141 Pages

1) A Cookbook
2) A Re-read
3) Set in space
4) Published before you were born
5) Essay Collection
6) Longer than 500 pages
7) A book beloved by a friend
8) A book about books or reading
9) Title longer than 6 words
10) Nostalgic memoir: Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
11) A book you can finish in a day
12) Guilty pleasure read
13) Because of the cover
14) A book in another language
15) How-to book
16) About parents and children
17) Favorite topic or theme
18) Favorite author: Carrie Soto Is Back
19) An award winner
20) Banned book
21) A book by an author from another country
22) Genre you rarely read
23) A book you previously abandoned
24) Less than 150 pages
25) A character that has your name

Hello!

I'm gonna attempt regular Bingo first.

C1-D1-E1

1) Favourite author - Northanger Abbey
2) About Parents and Children - The Family Upstairs
3) An Award Winner - Ponti

C1-C2-C5
1) Favourite author - Northanger Abbey
2) A book about books or reading - 84, Charing Cross Road
3) Because of the cover - The End of Men: And the Rise of Women

I am shotting for a Black Out Bingo

1) A book beloved by a friend
2) Because of the cover
3) A book you can finish in a day
4) Longer than 500 pages
5) A book by an author from another country
6) Cookbook
7) A book in another language
8) How-to book
9) Essay collection
10) A re-read
11) A book about books or reading
12) An award winner
13) A book you previously abandonded
14) Published before you were born
15) Guilty pleasure read
16) Banned book
17) Genre you rarely read
18) Favorite topic or theme
19) Favorite author
20) About parents and children
21) Set in space
22) Nostalgic memoir
23) Title longer than 6 words
24) A character that has your name
25) Less than 150 pages

I’m going for Blackout, wish me luck! 🙂



Nostalgic Memoir:
Guilty Pleasure: Good Neighbors
Character with My Name:
Author from Another Country:This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Banned Book:

Favorite Topic/Theme:
Favorite Author:The Graveyard Book
Title Longer than 6 Words:
Published Before I was Born:
Cookbook:

Essay Collection:
A “Re-Read”:
Read in One Day:Evidence of the Affair
Because of the Cover:
About Parents and Children:My Evil Mother

Genre I Rarely Read:
About Books/Reading:
In Another Language:
An Award Winner:American Gods
Previously Abandoned:

A “How-To” Book:
Longer than 500 Pages:Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Beloved by a Friend:
Less than 150 Pages:Pigeon Tony's Last Stand
Set in Space:

Let's go for Mix it up!

Progress: 7/25

✅ 1) A book beloved by a friend
✅ 2) Because of the cover
✅ 3) A book you can finish in a day
☐ 4) Longer than 500 pages
✅ 5) A book by an author from another country
☐ 6) Cookbook
✅ 7) A book in another language
☐ 8) How-to book
☐ 9) Essay collection
☐ 10) A re-read
☐ 11) A book about books or reading
☐ 12) An award winner
☐ 13) A book you previously abandoned
✅ 14) Published before you were born
☐ 15) Guilty pleasure read
☐ 16) Banned book
☐ 17) Genre you rarely read
☐ 18) Favorite topic or theme
☐ 19) Favorite author
☐ 20) About parents and children
☐ 21) Set in space
✅ 22) Nostalgic memoir
☐ 23) Title longer than 6 words
☐ 24) A character that has your name
☐ 25) Less than 150 pages

Because of the cover:
Cookbook:
Set in space:
A book in another language:
Published before you were born: Jurassic Park

A book about books or reading:
Genre you rarely read:
Less than 150 pages: Depart, Depart!
Essay collection
Title longer than 6 words

A book you can finish in a day
A book by an author from another country
Nostalgic memoir
Longer than 500 pages
Guilty pleasure read

An award winner
About parents and children
Banned book: 1984
A book you previously abandoned
Favourite author: Ito Junji's Cat Diary

Favourite topic or theme
A book beloved by a friend
How-to book
A re-read: City of Bones
A character that has your name

Here is the list of the categories: 25/25

1) A book beloved by a friend Deacon King Kong by James McBride 8.15.23 ***
2) Because of the cover An Echo in the Bone by Diana Gabaldon 1.12.23 ***
3) A book you can finish in a day Cats in May by Doreen Tovey 5.1.23 ***
4) Longer than 500 pages - 592 pages - The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough 6.6.23 *****
5) A book by an author from another country - England - The It Girl by Ruth Ware 3.8.23 ****
6) Cookbook Scarpetta's Winter Table by Patricia Cornwell 3.22.23 *****
7) A book in another language Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.3.23 ***
8) How-to book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M. Pirsig 5.24.23 ***
9) Essay collection The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson 2.19.23 ****
10) A re-read Under the Dome by Stephen King 5.3.23 *****
11) A book about books or reading Lisey's Story by Stephen King 1.1.23 *****
12) An award winner Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin 1.18.23 ***
13) A book you previously abandonded The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon 6.12.23 ****
14) Published before you were born 1971 - Published 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence 2.18.23 ****
15) Guilty pleasure read Smokin' Seventeen by Janet Evanovich 3.10.23 ****
16) Banned book The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood 6.24.23 ****
17) Genre you rarely read SPORTS - Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid 3.11.23 ****
18) Favorite topic or theme THRILLER - A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson 1.31.23 ****
19) Favorite author - Stephen King - Sleeping Beauties 1.8.23 ****
20) About parents and children Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage 3.11.23 ****
21) Set in space I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 1.14.23 ****
22) Nostalgic memoir I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 1.19.23 ***
23) Title longer than 6 words Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 2.21.23 *****
24) A character that has your name ANDREA Ask for Andrea by Noelle W. Ihli 2.11.23 *****
25) Less than 150 pages 131 pages Love Story by Erich Segal 6.1.23 *****

Betsy wrote: "I think your idea about not having yet read Harry Potter or The Lord of the Ring type books fits perfectly into the 'guilty' category.
I'm happy you liked my suggestion, looking forward to what yo..."

I love this, and also the idea about, say, a book about Time Management or exercise. I'll put the romance that I read in another category, I think. ;)

So, I think that all I have left is guilty pleasure, nostalgic memoir, and cookbook. Hmm. I guess I will put the romance in for g.p. Oh, and scanning my next page, I found a picture-book that is perfect for n.m.

Ok, and then I found something that will count just fine as a cookbook. So, I'm done! Woot!

Btw, book banning is a real problem this year. Finding things to read will be easier than ever, unfortunately. But, fortunately, writers and publishers are being more bold, so if you have a good library you'll find a title that interests you.

One of the ones that I read, Gender Queer: A Memoir, was intended for teens (YA) but now many libraries have been forced to put it on the adult shelf. Honestly, I think the library should have two copies, one in each place.

I don't remember what I did with the bingo card, so I'll just list the ones I know that I read:

√1. A book beloved by a friend
Oscar Wilde – Picture of Dorian Gray
√2. For the cover
ECR Lorac – Bats in the Belfry
√3. Finished in a day
Lily Williams & Karen Schneemann – Go with the Flow
√4. More than 500 pages
Peter Carey – Oscar and Lucinda
√5. Author from another country
Ellis Peters – The Potter’s Field
√6. Cookbook
Corr, David – Mediterranean Diet
√7. In another language
Charlotte Lucas – Your Perfect Year
√8. How-to book
Sun Tzu – The Art of War
√9. Essay collection
Rebecca Solnit – Men Explain Things to Me
√10. A re-read
Arikawa Hiro – Travelling Cat Chronicles
√11. Book about books
Ray Bradbury – Farenheit 451
√12. Award winner
Dana Stabenow – A Cold Day for Murder
√13. Book previously abandoned
Viet Nguyen – The Sympathizer
√14. Published before 1962
James Baldwin – Go Tell It on the Mountain
√15. Guilty pleasure
Louis L’Amour – Big Medicine
√16. Banned book
Ibram Kendi – How to Be an Anti-Racist
√17. Genre rarely read
Alix Harrow – The Ten Thousand Doors of January
√18. Favorite topic or theme
Ruby Hamad – White Tears, Brown Scars
√19. Favorite author
Ellis Peters – The Rose Rent
√20. About parents and children
Maria Sandovici – Lost Path to Solitude
√21. Set in space
Dan Simmons - Hyperion
√22. Nostalgic memoir
Trevor Noah – Born a Crime
√23. Title longer than 6 words
Mackenzi Lee – A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
√24. A character that has your name
Hillary Mantel – Wolf Hall
√25. Fewer than 150 pages
Ellis Peters – A Rare Benedictine