Winter Bingo 2022

[nova urchin]

❄️ WINTER BINGO ❄️
Please check the pins for more info!

@oak lava

[oak lava]

omg where is this lmao

[nova urchin]

[atomic lotus]

[foggy robin]

What is going on

Where did our old threads go?

[nova urchin]

They're in the archives

[foggy robin]

Ohhh ok

[nova urchin]

We're moving that channel to be forum based!

[foggy robin]

I love that! But someone was going to add more to their autumn card

[nova urchin]

[atomic lotus]

[nova urchin]

#1055165735384653885 will be temporarily open (to send messages) to the Archive Viewer role for one more week

[oak lava]

#bookish-games #1021825870769422497

[red fiber]

[foggy robin]

🫡

I just found out that message links still work after the thread is archived, so that’s groovy!

[atomic lotus]

Sorry if I'm being rude I'm just very excited. When will the bingo card be coming

[red fiber]

I think this night probably, when Maca has enough time! Just a guess though

[oak lava]

Yeah, it's almost done!! Maca will post it as soon as possible

[foggy robin]

My question exactly!

[red fiber]

I‘m so excited to track a new bingo om SG

[grave rapids]

i should try that too this time around!

[red fiber]

Might make it a reading challenge on there if that‘s okay for everyone!

[nova urchin]

Please do!

[red fiber]

Or if nobody else wants to do it because I know some other people have done it before and I don‘t mean no disrespect to their work

[nova urchin]

Did someone make one for Autumn

[red fiber]

Yes!

[nova urchin]

Who

[red fiber]

Amanda did‘

*!

[nova urchin]

Ok PHEW

I made spring and summer and then dropped of the face of the earth

[foggy robin]

Ooo, what does that entail?

Oh on SG gotcha

[red fiber]

Yess

[foggy robin]

I loved it, it’s fun to use. Do y’all only add books after you’ve finished them, or before?

[red fiber]

Mostly when I start reading or am currently reading them!

[foggy robin]

Ok gotcha. I’ve seen other challenges where people seem to use it to plan, and that could be cool too

[red fiber]

Yes!! I‘m too much of a mood reader for that unfortunately LOL

[foggy robin]

Yeah, my plans never pan out exactly as I made them, usually cause a good buddy read will crop up and then I bump something

[grave rapids]

i try to plan because i actually like planning things and having a plan but then i don’t stick to it

[queen wadi]

mood

i started making monthly tbrs for myself again a few months ago but i always end up reading everything else instead :D

[dusk badge]

Fancy forums

[inner bolt]

Hello everyone 😊 sorry for the delay, I was waiting for the forum to be created and finish my shift.

Won't be taking more time, here is the newest bingo card as we officially start the season of ❄️WINTER ❄️

for any questions please ping me, and I'll have another post tomorrow morning (for me) with just general explanation as I'm sure some of the prompts will need clarifications.

[foggy robin]

I'm so excited to hear more!

Is there a reason for the different colors or just trying something new?

[inner bolt]

honestly I just liked the look of it and couldn't settle on all in one colour or a second matching shade so I went with the background 😊

reminds me a bit of monopoly

[foggy robin]

Ooo yeah. I was curious if the outer and inner squares were like new bingos you could get

[inner bolt]

Uuuu 🤔🤔 for now not, but maybe something we can add in the future

[foggy robin]

Could be fun

[foggy robin]

Does it have to be exactly 300 pages? Also, feel free to tell me to wait until tomorrow

[atomic lotus]

Okay so I have some questions you can just answer them Tomorrow I just want to write them down before I forget them
1.what does "set in a country on your list" mean
2.what does "left over" mean
3. The same with "brings out a grinch"
4. Can a sad ending be a bitter sweat ending
And Kit already asked my last question so I won't ask again
Happy holidays ❄️ And thanks for the seasonal bingo:ghostClap:

[dusk badge]

Not to speak on Maca's behalf but I helped with some of the prompts!

1. A country that you'd like to travel to! So in my case I'd like to go to Germany so I'd look for a book set in Germany.
2. Books that you couldn't get around to finishing in 2022 or a book that you planned to read but didn't get around to.
3. A book you ended up disliking after reading it.
4. And I can't answer this one perfectly but I'd say that it can be the case for sure; I'll of course let Maca weigh in more with that.

[red fiber]

here the SG version https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/002cc99e-fd04-4949-ae70-be7eaec4fee8?redirect=true

[grave rapids]

nice, i’m very excited!

[oak lava]

could you maybe edit this message and add the bingo?

like the picture, it would be nice to see it in the forum

[nova urchin]

I can't LOL

I can't edit an old message to put a new photo in it

[oak lava]

even with copy paste?

[narrow barn]

WAIT I TOTALLY DIDNT SEE THIS OMG

[nova urchin]

yep

[lime raptor]

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[runic cloak]

for the 300 pages prompt, does it hv to be exact 300 pages, or is there a range?

[red fiber]

Maca is quite busy at the moment, I‘m sure she will answer the question as soon as she can!

If I had to guess it‘s probably as close to 300 as possible but idk for sure

[runic cloak]

oh ok thx

[oak lava]

oh well, thanks for trying anyway

[inner bolt]

Around 300 pages, give or take

[inner bolt]

Heyoo, so

1. Set in a country on your list can be taken as a list of countries from which you want to read a book from, a list of countries you've visited or want to visit. Figure out what kind of list you may have regarding countries and then pick one.
2. Left over is for books you were supposed to read last year, aka this year still and didn't get to so you move it over for 2023
3. Brings out a Grinch is for books you will dislike or have issues with, a book that will bring out many feelings out of you, or the author
4. Yes it can

[inner bolt]

Around 300 pages more or less.

[foggy robin]

Oh ok cool. I was able to find a few 301s so that will have to do. Oddly enough I have several books in my tbr at exactly 400 lol

[grave rapids]

309 is the closest i can do lol

and funnily enough i also have like 3 books with exactly 400 pages on my tbr xD

[inner bolt]

hahahahaha whoops

[grave rapids]

I wanted to download the bingo but it’s really low quality for some reason?

Galatea for less than 100 pages

[dusk badge]

Would you recommend it? I'm surprisingly a big fan of Madeline Miller and I've not picked it up yet.

[grave rapids]

the actual story is only 25 pages long but yes, I liked it.

[lime raptor]

read in december- It starts with us

[runic cloak]

the gentleman's guide to vice and virtue for focus on growth

and puss in boots for a cat

[foggy robin]

Red Queen for book read in December

[fast perch]

I've decided I'll be joining this one!!!!
Im getting books for Christmas so it should be fun

[narrow barn]

where can you read it?

[atomic lotus]

The invisible life of Addie LaRue-New beginings

[grave rapids]

bought the book at the book store

[narrow barn]

for a 25 page long book?

[grave rapids]

i mean the book itself is about 80 pages because there is a foreword, an afterword and illustrations inside

[narrow barn]

ohhh I see! that makes a lot more sense

[oak lava]

sorry, but why would buying a book with 25 pages from the bookstore not make sense?

[narrow barn]

for me buying a book under 50 pages or like a short story from a book store is kinda unreasonable. so with galatea having illistrations and other extras included in the book, it makes it more reasonable to buy. I hoped that made sense

[atomic lotus]

Wolfsong-Small town setting

[oak lava]

ahhh yes!! sorry i only saw this now
yeah it feels weird to spend money on such a small book but they do publish a lot of books like that, the short story used to be available on madeline miller's website to read for free before

[grave rapids]

tbh I understand why anyone wouldn’t buy Galatea, because from the four books I’ve bought that day it was the most expensive at 21€

[oak lava]

noooo i got this gifted and now i'm just hoping it didn't cost that much but mine doesn't have illustrations afaik

[grave rapids]

it was also the German Edition so it’s more expensive to begin with

[narrow barn]

yes! I agree, if I do want to buy a physical copy of a small book I would try to find it in collection of other small stories, but its not always like that sadly really?! let me go check if its still there

I checked and its not there, you have to buy it to read it will probably just borrow it from the library

ALSO The Graveyard Book by
Neil Gaiman for Read in December

[runic cloak]

as good as dead for book that stole my sleep

[red fiber]

The book that stole my sleep

[red fiber]

A winter read

[jaunty meadow]

mystery - one of us is lying

[sand aspen]

Can I add multiple books at a time? Fir different prompts?

[lime raptor]

fir

then*

[sand aspen]

For*

Lol

[lime raptor]

OH

[red fiber]

Read in December

[red fiber]

Preferably one book at a time like it says in the info on the bingo but nobody can really stop you from adding more of course

[sand aspen]

Oh okay thanks 😊 ☺

[dusk badge]

FIRST STAMP
My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry - Fredrik Backman
Could have easily been a sobby read or a tale about loss but I went with a tale about loss
Genuinely loved it and I'm planning on reading the pseduosequel about one of the characters soon - I'm just in love with his characters and writing style. His dialogue is genuinely very funny, certain parts made me ugly cry at work and overall it's so heartwarming.
I'm hyping this up for fans of Bridge to Terabithia too; very reminiscent of it.

[tight whale]

Damn alright I was wondering where the winter bingo was, just found this 🤣🤣

[tight whale]

@inner bolt , so whenever you get the chance I'm wondering what does new beginnings mean exactly?

[tight whale]

Ok so I finished The Great Gatsby recently for read in December, and I just read the Beauty and the Beast short story for less than 100 pages

[grave rapids]

i‘ve been wondering the same

[queen wadi]

I just realized i forgot to update the bingo before 😔 but here's my progress so far:

• "Funny You Should Ask" for read in december
• "We have always lived in the Castle" for a cat
• "Frankenstein in Baghdad" for a translation
  

[runic cloak]

midnight's children for read in december

[narrow barn]

The Lord of the Flies by William Golding for Debut Novel

[grave rapids]

A Million to One for Read in December

[runic cloak]

song of achilles for sad ending

this bingo is going to kill me with all the sad book prompts

[inner bolt]

hahahahaha a little bit of seasonal sadness never hurt

[atomic lotus]

The book eaters for 300 pages

[dusk badge]

What did you think of it? I've been meaning to get to it for ages.

[runic cloak]

legends and lattes for new beginnings

[foggy robin]

You guys are really going, so many books in just a week!

[red fiber]

Everyone is eager to finish 2023 on a roll apparently!

[atomic lotus]

I liked it. It was a very weird book and the characters had some very Grey morals which I find quite interesting

[grave rapids]

Tallstar‘s Revenge for A Cat

[runic cloak]

i hv holidays rn so i can finish a book a day

[foggy robin]

Oh that makes sense!

[oak lava]

Spy x Family Vol. 8 for !
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis for *a translation *
Dézafi by Frankétienne for read in December

[oak lava]

First Love by Ivan Turgenev for small town setting

[sand aspen]

Lae on fire

[oak lava]

just one more book this year and then i'm done

finishing books i mean, not starting them lol

[cursive ore]

hmm, would Cat's Cradle work for the cat spot, or does it have to be a book with a cat? 🤔

[tight whale]

That's a good question I'm not sure

I'm happy to see you're going the bingo 😁

[cursive ore]

I'm excited to play!

[foggy robin]

I think it works. There’s more than one way to get the cat spot on the bingo

[tight whale]

All the Things I Wish You Knew- a sprinkle of romance

[runic cloak]

a thousand boy kisses for a sobby read

[cursive ore]

Cat's Cradle for a cat

[inner bolt]

It can work. You can have a cat in the name, on the cover, as a character in the book. Different ways to fit a book 🤗

Even as a characters name lol

[cursive ore]

awesome, thank you!

[tight whale]

@inner bolt I was also wondering what new beginnings would pertain to?

[inner bolt]

It can be a book about a big change, a move, a growing up story , something along the lines of that

[tight whale]

Oh ok thankies!

[atomic lotus]

The duchess deal-a cat

[atomic lotus]

The flat share/lejlighed til deling-Read in december

[cursive ore]

We have always lived in a castle - Mental health

[runic cloak]

moved midnight's children to brings out a grinch and it ends with us for read in december

[runic cloak]

it starts with us for a sprinkle of romance

[narrow barn]

always, in december by emily stone for sobby read

[queen wadi]

! - Talking as fast as I can
Winter read - All the Lovers in the Night

[atomic lotus]

The mysterious affair at styles-debut novel

[cursive ore]

The Ocean at the end of the Lane Neil Gaiman for focus on growth

[atomic lotus]

Im finding it difficult to find a book for sobby read. Does it have to be a book where i cried while reading it or could it just be a sad book?

[oak lava]

could it be a book so bad it makes you cry? /hj

[inner bolt]

It can be both.. or a book where some character cries too

[atomic lotus]

The perks of being a wallflower-sobby read

[runic cloak]

landline for 300 pages

[foggy robin]

Two in one day! Fellowship of the Ring for winter read, and The Graveyard Book for leftovers. All done reading, I'm taking the rest of the year off!

[runic cloak]

tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow for 1st read of 2023

[grave rapids]

what do i do if my 1st read of 2023 is gonna be a book i planned for a different square, because i didn't finish it fast enough?

[foggy robin]

Winter Bing lol

[foggy robin]

I don’t get it, you had planned a different read for first read but you’ve already finished another book? Can you delay finishing, like just leave the last chapter? Idk

[grave rapids]

Okay so I planned to finish Legends & Lattes in 2022 and put it on the New Beginnings square. But I didn't manage to do that and now it will probably be my first read of 2023, which means I have to put it on that square instead on the one I planned

[foggy robin]

Ohhh. Maybe you can find another book that works for new beginnings

[oak lava]

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store - Keigo Higashino for a book that stole my sleep
(the last book i've read in 2022 )

[tired fox]

Since I was sick for over a week, I wasn't able to read, but now I finished finally my first book on the Bingo card

[red fiber]

Great First Read of '23

[atomic lotus]

The Paris apartment-first read of 2023

[willow tusk]

Just found out about this Bingo...Here is mine.

[runic cloak]

a thousand splendid suns for story of loss

[tight whale]

I'm excited to continue this bingo

I actually planned out almost all the books again since I had a lot of recommended books

[tight whale]

1st read of 2023- Treacle Walker

[runic cloak]

smaller and smaller circles for mystery. bingo!

[grave rapids]

you are so fast

[jaunty meadow]

i hope to finally finish my next book today

[runic cloak]

its the holidays thats why. once school starts, i'll slow down considerably

[jaunty meadow]

read in december - as long as the lemon trees grow

[grave rapids]

understandable!

[dusk badge]

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E Schwab for Read In December
I'm genuinely quite sorry that I dismissed this book as easily as I did - I intended to read it for a long time because an old friend on here was obsessed with it and being the contrarian that I am I of course ignored his urging on how much he loved it. While it's not my favourite book ever; it is a special read - I enjoyed it a lot and think that the story itself is pretty timeless; very Greek tragedy.
Hats off Mykle

[runic cloak]

love on the brain for bestseller. my second bingo!

[queen wadi]

First read of 2023 - The Haunting of Hill House

[tired fox]

A sprinkle of romance - Restore me

[nova urchin]

First read of 2023
Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

No clue how far I'll be able to get through with this bingo, but I'll aim for one row!

[narrow barn]

New Year’s Kiss by Lee Matthews for 1st read of 2023

[tired fox]

Less than 100 pages - Shadow me

[grave rapids]

The Luminaries for 1st read of 2023!
Now I can finally continue with #1053025355247648769

[queen wadi]

New beginnings - Whereabouts
I think i already forgot what happened in this book (because nothing really did) but i loved listening to this audiobook, really beautiful writing and i liked the way the book was structured!

[atomic lotus]

The Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy-A bestseller

[oak lava]

All the Lovers in the Night - Mieko Kawakami for 1st read of 2023

[cursive ore]

The Drawing of the Three - Stephen King, for Left Over

[foggy robin]

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow for first book read in 2023

[jaunty meadow]

1st read of 23 - do andriods dream of electric sheep

[narrow barn]

the son of neptune by rick riordan for sprinkle of romance loved this read

[runic cloak]

frayed for small town setting and gone girl for left over

[grave rapids]

Legends & Lattes for New Beginnings!

[runic cloak]

what counts for the mental health prompt? will a book with a character suffering from mental health issues ||(a character who committed suicide)|| be enough?

[tight whale]

I think so, gotta ask @inner bolt

[inner bolt]

Suree, it can count

[runic cloak]

thx

[atomic lotus]

Brings out the Grinch -The night circus

[foggy robin]

Oh why did it bring out the grinch?

[atomic lotus]

It had so much potential with its fantasy but the romance really bugged me sometimes

[foggy robin]

Mind if I ask: you don’t like romance or you didn’t like that romance?

[atomic lotus]

i dont like that romance

[willow tusk]

What does 'a sprinkle of romance' really mean ?
A littleeee romance or a proper romance.

[grave rapids]

A sprinkle is usually just a little of something

[narrow barn]

I thought of it like a romance side story in a book. it wasn't the entire book, just parts of it had romance

[tired fox]

What does the "!" mean?

[nova urchin]

It's a free space! Like in traditional bingo cards. You can put any book you want on it, it's basically a spot with no prompt

[tired fox]

Thank you

[runic cloak]

looking for alaska for debut novel

[echo torrent]

hiii, i've decided to try my hand at this challenge, but i'm mostly going with the flow haha. so far i'm only one book in but i'm hoping to get at least one row done by the end of it 😄

[tired fox]

1st read of 2023 - Into the dying light

[willow tusk]

King of Battle and Blood

[willow tusk]

Oops another addition.

[runic cloak]

window shopping for winter read. bingo no. three!

[queen wadi]

Story of loss: Season of Migration to the North
A Bestseller: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

[cursive ore]

The Book Eaters 1st read of 2023

[red fiber]

Finished #1056979190320209961

[foggy robin]

Legends and Lattes for a little romance

[cursive ore]

The Magicians Nephew read with a hot drink

[runic cloak]

thirteen reasons why for mental health, marking my fourth bingo

[tired fox]

The black key (The lone city, part 3) - a bestseller
The marquise of O - left over

[lunar dome]

Hii, I decided to participate in the bingo challenge! It's the first bingo challenge I'm participating in and I'm hoping that it will give me lots of motivation to read more this year! 😆

The Recruit - december read
The Girl with all the Gifts - 1st read of 2023

[echo torrent]

first read of the year! Acts of Service

[dusk badge]

Free space! Any book can go here

Ten O'Clock People by Stephen King for** First Read of 2023** - Neat short story that I found after reading it when I was younger. Cool concept kinda like They Live for ||Smokers||. ||Also surreal to see how common place it was to smoke basically anywhere and everywhere in the late 90s - even in how it's written in the story it's becoming stigmatized||.
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman for Sobby Read
One of my favourite reads in a long while - now in my Top 5 favourite books tbh. I don't cry very easily when it comes to reading (I can definitely be touched and emotional) but yeah, had to put this on sobby because it got me to cry.

[tired fox]

On Liberity - a translation (I read it in german)

[red fiber]

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb for a Sprinkle of Romance (Wanted to some pure romance ‚sprinkled‘ in my current reads)

[foggy robin]

Ooo add to tbr

[grave rapids]

I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki for Mental Health

[runic cloak]

the night circus for library vibes

[atomic lotus]

The book that stole my sleep-The troop

[cursive ore]

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke less than 100 pages (102 pages)

[cursive ore]

im really enjoying marking off the squares 😆

[queen wadi]

Less than 100 pages - The Breakthrough
didn't expect to be as captivated by a 60 page book as i ended up being :D

[atomic lotus]

Ravensong-winter read

[cursive ore]

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream for the free space

[dusk badge]

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree for Read With Hot Drink - My spoilery feelings are in the BR channel but yeah, ideal to read with a hot drink on a wintery day.

[dusk badge]

Oh sorry to ping you Nyx, would you recommend this one?

[cursive ore]

@dusk badge no worries! yes I would. quick disturbing read 🤘🏼

[oak lava]

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow for a bestseller

[dusk badge]

Britt-Marie Was Here By Fredrik Backman for New Beginnings - At this point I might as well try to read all of his work in January because it's so hard for me to stop at this point. His books make my heart feel so full. While Ove is probably my favourite so far, I loved this and My Grandmother Wanted To Say She's Sorry - plus Britt-Marie is a character in that too!
Very unconventional story with an unconventional ending that was imo perfect.

[queen wadi]

A sprinkle of romance - Legends & Lattes

[narrow barn]

My Neighbor Totoro by Hiyao Miyazaki & Tsugiko Kubo for a translation

[lunar dome]

I read A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers for read with a hot drink
The perfect book to read with a cup of tea whilst listening to the rain 🌧️🍵

[echo torrent]

Do only novels count for the challenge, or can it be also essays, novellas, etc? 🙂

[oak lava]

any kind of book counts as long as it's a published book

[foggy robin]

Night Circus for library vibes

[tight whale]

Night Circus- brings out a grinch

[runic cloak]

the seven husbands of evelyn hugo for read with a hot drink

[red fiber]

Anxious People for A Bestseller

[atomic lotus]

The Fellowship of the Ring-Sad ending

[red fiber]

Scattered showers for a book around 300 pages

[foggy robin]

Damn why did I think I could use House of Hollow for small town? Apparently Hampstead Heath is in London

[atomic lotus]

The strange case of Dr.jekyll and Mr.Hyde-left over

[red fiber]

Everything is OK for Mental Health

[runic cloak]

american roommate experiment for set in a country on ur list, my fifth bingo
a bear called paddington for !, my sixth bingo

[tired fox]

Warriors (Dark river) - a cat

[queen wadi]

set in a country on your list - A Man Called Ove

[tired fox]

Call us what we carry - new beginnings

[atomic lotus]

The sandman deluxe edition book 1 -Focus on growth

[lunar dome]

"A Prayer for the Crown-Shy" for !

[tight whale]

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow- story of loss

[lime raptor]

LOSS?!!!

[summer kestrel]

PLEASE

This bingo is so cool! I hope its not too late to participate

C:

“The Gravity of Us” for First read of 2023.

“This is How You Lose the Time War” for A Sprinkle of Romance.

“Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” for Story of Loss.

“Concrete Kids” for Less than 100 pages.

[oak lava]

nah its never too late to join!!

[summer kestrel]

“I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki” for Mental Health.

[summer kestrel]

“Ghost Boys” for Left Over

[south hearth]

I wanted to start doing this yesterday but I thought that it was too late and it'd be weird to ask questions now, but I guess I'll just ask. apologies in advance if the answers to some of these questions are supposed to to be very obvious, I'm dumb.

• what does "winder read" mean? (just a book that I read in winter?)
• does "focus on growth" mean that I should read something more diverse what what I read normally?
• what's "new beginnings"?

[tight whale]

My Heart is a Chainsaw- a bestseller

[red fiber]

generally, the rules aren't that strict, so it's open to your own interpretation as well

1. could be - but some people associate winter with certain themes, topics, and vibes but if you don't really have such associations, it's fine to just do your thing
2. again, open to interpretation, either that or the book focuses on growth
3. I'm not sure to answer this because the book should be about new beginnings - starting a new life, new mindset etc
   I say go with your flow and own interpretation of the prompts because at the end of the day, it's supposed to be a fun challenge and not a homework assignment

But I'm not the host of this challenge but I think Maca might agree with me in spirit

[oak lava]

oh sorry I forgot to reply, Maca has answered these questions before

I personally also like to go with my own interpretation

[flat kite]

2. answers the left over question

Maca

Heyoo, so

1. Set in a country on your list can be taken as a list of countries from which you want to read a book from, a list of countries you've visited or want to visit. Figure out what kind of list you may have regarding countries and then pick one.
2. Left over is for books you were supposed to read last year, aka this year still and didn't get to so you move it over for 2023
3. Brings out a Grinch is for books you will dislike or have issues with, a book that will bring out many feelings out of you, or the author
4. Yes it can

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this is about new beginnings

Maca

It can be a book about a big change, a move, a growing up story , something along the lines of that

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[oak lava]

Idk if there are other answers but I agree with what rin said

[inner bolt]

100% agreement

Honestly the only real rule is to choose books from your tbr, and since everyones tbr is different the promps are flexible to make it work so you don't add new books to the tbr

[south hearth]

Got it, thanks for all the help

[south hearth]

✨ Filled it up~ ✨

! - Slothilda, Volume 1: Living the Sloth Life
First Read of 2023 - The Midnight Library
Set in a Country on Your List - Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief
A Bestseller - The Art of Thinking Clearly
Read in December - Adulthood Is a Myth
Read With a Hot Drink - Big Mushy Happy Lump
A Cat - Herding Cats

[runic cloak]

diary of a young girl for a translation. one square left! my goal is to finish it by tuesday

[foggy robin]

House of Hollow for bestseller

[foggy robin]

Wow you're really slowing down there. It's a shame, you've only read 24 books in 26 days. If only you were taking this reading challenge seriously /s 😂

[atomic lotus]

Heartsong-Story of loss

[grave rapids]

Atlas Paradox for Library Vibes

[narrow barn]

PUT IT IN THE WRONG SQUARE The House of Hades by Rick Riordan for Left Over

[runic cloak]

yes ik. even i cant read that fast. at least i can finish 25 books in 28/29 days which is much better than my track record for last year

[foggy robin]

That has to be some kind of OBC record! Well done!

[willow tusk]

Mid-Month check-in...

[runic cloak]

white nights for less than 100 pages. im done!!

[lime raptor]

CONGRATSSS

[summer kestrel]

Wahoo!!

[nova urchin]

WOOOOOOO CONGRATS!!!!!

You were first to finish the whole bingo card, right?

[oak lava]

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki for mental health

[runic cloak]

yeah i think so

[dusk badge]

The Lord Of The Rings : Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien for my free space - After years of waiting I finally jumped in and started the trilogy proper after reading The Hobbit last month and honestly it's been one of the best experiences in reading I've ever had.

[atomic lotus]

Brothersong- !

[tired fox]

Book lovers - small town setting

[queen wadi]

mental health - Maybe you should talk to someone

[foggy robin]

Ninth House for a mystery

[tight whale]

The Colony- read with a hot drink

[oak lava]

Small Things Like These for winter read

[grave rapids]

Harrow for Free Space because idk where else to put it

[atomic lotus]

A man called Ove-Mental health

My first Bingo🥳

[cursive ore]

The Book Thief for set in a country on your list

[cursive ore]

was hard to place this one

[atomic lotus]

White nights-less than 100 pages

[tight whale]

White Nights- a translation

[narrow barn]

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern for Library Vibes

[oak lava]

A Moveable Feast for left over

[summer kestrel]

“The Night Circus” for A cat

[tired fox]

White nights - sad ending

[tight whale]

A Court of Thorns and Roses- library vibes

[atomic lotus]

Of mice and men-A translation

[foggy robin]

At first I was like, that’s not a translation, but then I remembered other languages, lol. What language did you read it in?

[atomic lotus]

Danish

[foggy robin]

Nice!

[echo torrent]

Guards!Guards! - Terry Pratchett for "A Sprinkle of Romance"
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen for "Left Over"
Politics and the English Language - George Orwell for "Less than 100 pages"

[lunar dome]

The Call of the Wild by Jack London for less than 100 pages

[oak lava]

The Colony for read with a hot drink

[cursive ore]

The Night Circus - brings out a grinch

[foggy robin]

Oh no, another one!

City of the Beasts for translation, translated from Spanish to English

[grave rapids]

Night Circus for Debut
Got my first Bingo

[red fiber]

Surprisingly I was able to fit this non-fic book on Focus on Growth

[foggy robin]

Cat's Cradle for brings out a grinch. Don't get me wrong, this is a good book, but it wasn't for me, and some things made me actively angry

[summer kestrel]

“Cinderella is Dead” for Brings out a Grinch

[oak lava]

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet for debut novel

[dusk badge]

Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin for Brings Out A Grinch. While in the end I ended up at least liking the book - my Grinch nonsense can be seen in #1056979190320209961

[tired fox]

Warriors - Outcast for !

[tight whale]

Small Things Like These- winter read

[summer kestrel]

“When Life Gives You Mangos” for Small Town Setting

[narrow barn]

I have not updated this for some time so here we go!

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Mass for brings out a grinch

The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman for mystery

The Series of Unfortunate Events : The Bad Beginning for story of loss

[cursive ore]

my 1st bingo! The Deep - Nick Cutter for the book that stole my sleep

[cursive ore]

I'm reading The Bad Beginning to my daughter currently!

[narrow barn]

thats so cool hope you two enjoy it!!

[atomic lotus]

Truly devious for read with a hot drink

[willow tusk]

Truly Devious is veryyy good, I love it.

[runic cloak]

its on my tbr and im so excited to read it!

[atomic lotus]

It was good just be aware that its a triology so the mystery doesn't get solved in book 1

[willow tusk]

Yessss

[runic cloak]

yeah ik. i hv the whole boxset

[cursive ore]

I loved the books as a kid so I wanted to share the experience with her!

[queen wadi]

brings out the Grinch - Five Survive

not because the book was that bad, just one of the characters was

[summer kestrel]

Me with Cinderella is Dead

[echo torrent]

"Mad About You" By Mhairi McFarlane for Book that Stole my Sleep

[narrow barn]

The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan for set in a country on your list

[oak lava]

The Night Circus for library vibes

[grave rapids]

Nona the Ninth for winter read because it snowed around the time I started it

[feral glade]

“M is for Monster” by Talia Dutton for first read of 2023 (Sorry I’m late, just joined the server yesterday or the day before)

[summer kestrel]

Welcome welcome!

[feral glade]

Thank you! I was wondering, it says in the rules to update one book at a time, but I don’t want to spam. Would it be better for me to update a bunch of books at once in one message?

[foggy robin]

I would do them all at once if you’re just joining

And then you can update book by book as you go

[feral glade]

Ok thank you!!

[tight whale]

The Three-Body Problem- set in a country on your list

[atomic lotus]

A court of Thorns and roses for a sprinkle of romance

[feral glade]

Quick question- am I supposed to put ONLY books I read after dec 21 (when the bingo started) or can I put I book that I finished before the 21 in the “finished in dec” spot?

[tight whale]

I think it could be any book in December

[feral glade]

Thanks 😊

[tight whale]

No problem!

[foggy robin]

I think the rule is you can add 1 book that you started prior to 12/21, so that could be your one

That was established in prior bingos, so no worries if you didn’t know

Also it’s just a game lol

[feral glade]

“On the Rocks” by Eric Walters for read in December
“Smile” by Raina Telgemeier for bestseller

[feral glade]

Thank you!

[narrow barn]

aww thats amazing!! this is first time reading this series, I always wanted to read it and didn’t get to it until now

[summer kestrel]

“A Monster Calls” for Sobby Read

Does winter read mean read in the winter or set in the winter?
If it’s the first one when is/was winter lmao. We don’t have those seasons here

[tight whale]

Set in winter

[summer kestrel]

Merci beaucoup

[grave rapids]

whoops i did it the other way round

[atomic lotus]

The vanishing stair- Library vibes

[narrow barn]

A Series of Unfortunate Events : The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket for the book that stole my sleep

The Pearl by John Steinback for less than 100 pages

[willow tusk]

Yeahh I still daymares about A series of unfortunate events.

[narrow barn]

ME TOO!! this book is supposed to be a childrens novel, but it still gives me the creeps sometimes, like count olaf

[willow tusk]

yes yes yesss

[tired fox]

Atlas of the heart - Brings out grinch
I don't know, I had really high expectations (too high xD) for this book and it didn't met them. It isn't a bad book, it is just not for me

[oak lava]

The Three-Body Problem for brings out a grinch

[oak lava]

The Travelling Cat Chronicles for a cat

[foggy robin]

Realm Breaker for new beginnings. Alas no bingo yet

[dusk badge]

The Lord Of The Rings : The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien for my Sad Ending. I will not go into details of why but it got me good.

[south hearth]

The Night Circus for Library Vibes

[atomic lotus]

The hand on the wall- Mystery

[red fiber]

Ocean‘s Echo picked from my TBRR (to be re-read)

Also bingo!

[oak lava]

love that TBRR

[red fiber]

typical rin things lol

[queen wadi]

left over - The American Roommate Experiment

[red fiber]

New Beginnings - It‘s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

[dusk badge]

Why We Sleep by Dr. Matthew Walker for The Book That Stole my Sleep. Ironic maybe but I ended up binge reading this whenever I had the time - including when I probably should have been sleeping.

[oak lava]

Husband Material for focus on growth

[foggy robin]

Cemetery Boys for debut novel

[cursive ore]

forgot to add a December read- The Troop && The Two Towers for sad ending

[cursive ore]

A Monster Calls- sobby read .. finished this last night 😥😭

[cursive ore]

The Graveyard Book for new beginnings

[narrow barn]

better than the movies by lynn painter for a bestseller

OH AND THATS A BINGO !!!

[queen wadi]

Sobby read - Forever, Interrupted

got my first bingo!

[cursive ore]

Ghoster- for mystery. 2nd bingo!

[inner bolt]

Everyones doing so amazing, I love seeing all the cards slowly filling up

[queen wadi]

Focus on Growth - The Harp in the South

yes i took a photo of the book to use in the bingo because the only picture of the cover i could find online was so blurry, and i didn‘t want to use another one, but also i was lazy and didn‘t edit the photo or anything so now it looks like this

also i took the photo with my ipad which made me feel like a grandma and a little child at once, but i didn‘t want to get up to get my phone

[cursive ore]

enjoying this so much! 1st time participating and loving it

[cursive ore]

hey, you put in effort! 🤣🤣

[queen wadi]

barely

[cursive ore]

no you did more than barely! that was smart thinking

you could have just gone with the blurry download 🤷🏻‍♀️ gold star for you! lol🌟

[atomic lotus]

The bell jar-set in country on your list

And I'm done

[foggy robin]

I finished The Kiss Curse yesterday for small town book, and then White Nights under 100 pages. And my first bingo, after half of yall have already finished your bingo cards

[tired fox]

Eclipse (Warriors) for read with a hot drink

[lunar dome]

The Last of Us: American Dreams for Left Over
Lost in the Moment and Found for story of loss

[red fiber]

anne of green gables for small town setting

[red fiber]

was in the mood for some poetry before bed so My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun by Emily Dickinson for less than 100 pages

[dusk badge]

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath for Mental Health. Although I had been put off reading it for a large portion of my life, I'm glad to finally have read it. It's a raw, detailed look into mental health and tragically semi-autobiographical.

[tight whale]

Haven't been active on here in a bit, reading a lot and being busy with life. Here's some updates!

The Stolen Heir- new beginnings
The Trees- sobby read
Age of Vice- the book that stole my sleep

[red fiber]

BI: The hidden culture etc. for Read With a Hot Drink (two excellent coffees )

[tired fox]

Long Shadows (Warriors) for the book that stole my sleep

I just wanted to finish the series as soon as possible, to read some sad books, so my sleep suffered a little bit

I have a question to "library vibes", should the book contain a library or does it only have to give the vibes of being in a library (if that makes sense 😅)?

[oak lava]

whatever interpretation you want to go for works, both would work imo

[dusk badge]

Leave The World Behind by Rumaan Alam for Mystery. What a bizarre read- that being said it's very visceral and stomach-wrenching. I've had it on my TBR for a long time and I'm glad I finally got around to it.

[red fiber]

ghost town for sad ending

[oak lava]

A Scatter of Light for a sprinkle of romance
my first bingo

[grave rapids]

how did you like the book?

[oak lava]

i really liked it!! the story and the characters were great even though the ending was a bit too sudden for me. i love Malinda Lo's writing a lot lol even though I don't really enjoy YA that much anymore, but there's just something about her writing and the characters she creates

[tight whale]

The Traveling Cat Chronicles- a cat

Oh finally a bingo lol

[tired fox]

Wind of Change for focus on growth
Guess who's addiction to Warrior Cats-Books is taking over

[dusk badge]

No Longer Human By Osamu Dazai for Set In A Country On Your List. I read this years ago and this is actually my fiancé's favourite book. It's a sobering and very well-written. A lot of the story I could remember well but it doesn't hold a candle to what it's like to actually reread it.

[dusk badge]

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry for Less Than 100 Pages. I actually got to read this with my next door neighbour's little girl! It took a few sessions but it was great

[grave rapids]

Ninth House for mystery!

[summer kestrel]

“If Beale Street Could Talk” for Sad Ending

[dusk badge]

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern for Library Vibes. Took me forever but finally done - actual thoughts are in #1057461710249791540 but overall ||mid af||. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I GOT MY FIRST BINGO YESTERDAY.

[queen wadi]

Arsenic and Adobo for Small Town Setting
got my second and third bingo :D

[cursive ore]

The Bell Jar for debut novel .. bingo #3 🤘

[willow tusk]

Gosh! I forgot to post!

I can almost have 4 bingos!

[narrow barn]

a little princess by frances hodgson burnett for !

[tight whale]

Booth- leftover

[south hearth]

Eleanor & Park for a sprinkle of romance

[feral glade]

The Maze Runner by James Dashner for ‘leftover’

HoO The Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan for ‘set in country on your list’ - can’t wait to go to Italy some day

[foggy robin]

The Two Towers for mental health, cause it is good for my mental health

[summer kestrel]

“White Nights” for A Translation

[queen wadi]

The Sunbearer Trials for Read with a hot drink

[tight whale]

After Sappho- debut novel

[red fiber]

If I Never Met You - A Cat
the cat was the smallest cameo ever but I don‘t have any cat-related books on my tbr, sooo if the shoe fits…

[dusk badge]

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado for Debut Novel. Picked this up on a whim, it's very...mixed.
Small rant about modern horror with general TW for sexuality/feminism/biology: I suppose ||I'm just generally quite burnt out with 'women/feminist horror'. It's a bit more palatable when it's put forward subtextually or that it's trying to convey something new that hasn't been said a hundred times before but most of these stories are like "MEN AMIRIGHT BODY IMAGE ISSUES AMIRIGHT". I'm weary of feminist tales that hold such a grim definition of womanhood and femininity. We are painted as humans owned in parts by various men and corporations, where sex is cold and transactional, where we are seen to be masturbating furiously whenever we're able unless it's stemmed with all the hymens, birthing and, of course, menstruation. Sometimes it reminds me a bit about the critiques/stereotypes of feminine comics only having a set repertoire of subjects in their act but just occasionally throw in a bit of body horror. Make no mistake - I am a woman, I am not disparaging exploring the issues we're faced with or anything of that nature but hearing the same tired 'we're sexually assaulted y'know, we're looked down on by society y'know, we're often not taken seriously y'know' can get very old, very quickly.||
||This was a collection of horror shorts - some of them were very good (albeit sometimes pit against unconventional writing style) but towards the final two I was generally quite burnt out and bored of how sexual these stories were (not that sex is so much an issue in general terms) but literally every story has explicit sex even if there's far more pressing things going on and it's... I think a part of that problem is that it's very disingenuous. I guess the vibe is very tryhard. The things I did like is that it did have some very weird story concepts that when not weighed down with the above problems that were mostly enjoyable; the author is without a doubt very talented though self-indulgent in some of her concepts. I'd love to get into the meat and potatoes about each of the stories but that'd be self-indulgent in my own right lmao but yeah I had to get this off my chest a bit. ||

[tight whale]

The Switch- small town setting

[red fiber]

Unwell Women for Library Vibes because it reminds me of researching similar topics for my high school thesis

[summer kestrel]

“Sense and Sensibility” for Library Vibes

[dusk badge]

Beautiful World Where Are You by Sally Rooney for Focus on Growth. After reading this and Normal People last year I genuinely enjoyed this one much more. Sally Rooney I feel is a bit overhyped but I enjoyed how grounded it was but not foregoing the need to make likeable characters which was a problem for me with her other book. Plus maybe because my best friend and I have a very similar relationship to Eileen and Alice that this hit me a little bit...

[summer kestrel]

“The Bell Jar” for Winter Read

Also first bingo!

[narrow barn]

does anyone know when this bingo ends?

[foggy robin]

It’s on the pictures lol

March 20th or 28th. I’m near-sighted

[summer kestrel]

Yeah mar20

[tight whale]

Nightcrawling- !

[narrow barn]

oh whoops did not see that thanks kit

[foggy robin]

Hell Bent for a book that stole my sleep. I literally stayed up late to finish it last night

[rustic gyro]

I've got 4 categories left to do will post my graphic soon

[tight whale]

Mob Psycho 100 Volume 1- focus on growth

[south hearth]

White Nights for A Translation (I kinda wanted to put it in for 'Sad Ending' but this is an amazing translation so I gotta go with this. I still hate chapter 2 tho)

[rustic gyro]

Thinking of Anxious People for bestseller but not too sure about sobby read, sad ending or library vibes yet

[oak lava]

I'm Glad My Mom Died for 300 pages

[cursive ore]

A Clockwork Orange for story of loss

[queen wadi]

The Iliac Crest for library vibes
The book is full of literary references so i feel like it fits quite well

[cursive ore]

Girl, interrupted for best seller .. double bingo/ 5th bingo

[tired fox]

"A little life" for sobby read

[queen wadi]

What's The Use? for 300 pages

[cursive ore]

The Last House on Needless Street for 300 pages

[feral glade]

The Scorch Trials by James Dashner for free space

[feral glade]

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier for Focus on growth

[tired fox]

"Warrior Cats - Sunrise" for Winter read

[tired fox]

"Midwinterblood" for mystery

Needed to read some weird YA books to mentally recover from "A little life"

[tight whale]

The Hunger Games- sad ending

[dusk badge]

Lae! What did you think of it?

[oak lava]

It was really good!! The content is of course quite horrifying but the way she wrote it a bit more easily to read and process

[tired fox]

"The Anxiety Cure" for mental health

[rustic gyro]

The Thursday Murder Club for bestseller

[dusk badge]

The Moon, The Stars And Madame Burova by Ruth Hogan for 300 Pages. It's so cute I wanna die; I'm going to post a BR for this one to reread. I've read a lot of more reflective, sad or in some cases just not that interesting reads this month but this one stood out as a pleasant diamond in the rough for something that I picked up on a whim.

[dusk badge]

Garth Marenghi's TerrorTome by Garth Marenghi for a sprinkle of romance. I loved this book omfg Did I read a lot of books that have also counted for a sprinkle of romance? Sure. Were any of them as wild as the one in TerrorTome? Not even close. Probably one of the funniest books I've ever read - I doubled down and bought the Audiobook to go along with it, a fantastic treat I don't know if this is something I can recommend to every one because sense of humours etc, but I'm genuinely 5 star-ing it.

“I know writers who use subtext, and they're all cowards.”

“The shriek sounded again. No way was it a human cry. No human vocal cord could produce such a bowel-shatteringly terrifying cacophony as that. An explosion of cracking, snapping, and clacking, like some sinister breakfast cereal.”

[foggy robin]

These Violent Delights for a story of loss

Me googling: Does X Book have
Google suggesting searches: A romance? A kiss? Spice? A death?
Finishing typing: A cat?

Just realized I never added Sense and Sensibility for Focus on Growth

[atomic lotus]

Is there going to be a spring bingo this year?

[south hearth]

there has to be

Fangirl for New Beginnings

[dusk badge]

I believe so!

[tired fox]

"A shadow in RiverClan" for library vibes

"The rider on the white horse" for set in a country on your list

[tight whale]

The Midnight Library- 300 pages

[lime raptor]

⚪ 🖌️ 🚫 🫴 🖕

[atomic lotus]

I think you wrote in the wrong channel
But im gonna guess the subtle art of not giving a fuck

[lime raptor]

OJ SHIT

[lime raptor]

yes you're right

[grave rapids]

The Final Strife for book that stole my sleep because I just couldn’t put it down

[foggy robin]

Omg thank you for the explanation, I thought ayesha just decided to go off

[dusk badge]

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu for Translation. I didn't think that I would enjoy this as much as I did- A lot of was difficult to parse but it was overall pretty fascinating and surreal.

[tired fox]

"Woodwalker and Friends" for 300 pages
Why am I enjoying children's books so much

[rustic gyro]

Dark Archives for library vibes

[dusk badge]

The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz for A Cat. I'm so glad I got around to reading this; this wasn't centred necessarily on a cat for a large swathe of the book and I had this in mind for A Best Seller but there's a particular scene in the end that I don't think I'm going to forget any time soon with a cat as the focal point that makes this kinda ideal...
About The Plot (spoiler free and mostly just opinion but still spoilered): ||So it's weird; I don't know if anyone else has guessed what a major plot development to a book is going to be, carried on reading it and still thoroughly enjoyed it? I can see it being a turn off for some people for sure but I genuinely really liked it! The writing is really solid and the main character has a very defined and at times difficult to sympathize with personality. For those of you who figure themselves as aspiring authors there's a lot to enjoy here too. says lame aspiring author||

[dusk badge]

Nyx I'm really sorry to ping you but I'm desperate to know what you thought of this one I finished it today (have no squares left that it'd fit on tho lmao) and I feel many things

[queen wadi]

The Travelling Cat Chronicles for Sad Ending
this was such a sweet book, so glad i finally read it :(

[cursive ore]

no worries about the pings! only way i'll ever see anything lol .. but um yeah there were a lot of feelings as well for me lol .. the ending specifically ..

[foggy robin]

The Keeper of Night for a country on my list

[dusk badge]

I feel like conceptually it was pretty sound and the imagery/format was cool but at the same time ||felt weirdly rushed and a little underbaked||... I'm intrigued enough to get a few more of his short stories to try though

[red fiber]

Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri for Brings Out the Grinch
While I enjoyed the writing from time to time, the very short chapters were bothering me to no end

[dusk badge]

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin for Bestseller. So... I had this planned for March, picked it up and then did not put it down until I was finished. The lore and worldbuilding were unreal, the plot was genuinely quite severe and meaningful too - especially when all I knew on paper was that it was about a Wizard coming of age. I'm sad I missed out on the BOTM reading of this a few months ago, it was such a fun read with some really memorable characters. Also Taoism!

[south hearth]

The Bell Jar for Brings Out a Grinch

[red fiber]

The World of Yesterday - Stefan Zweig for left over
man should have started a podcast fr

[queen wadi]

Nevermoor for Debut Novel

Only one book left!!

[foggy robin]

Finally read a book with a cat! The Merciful Crow (which was amazing, 4.5 stars, highly recommend) and had a very cute, very determined cat

[narrow barn]

before we were strangers by renee carlino for book read with a hot drink

[oak lava]

don't remember if i've updated this yet, but i've got 3 left, if anyone has recs for sad ending or sobby reads, i'd love to get some i haven't really found any on my tbr i'm in the mood for so maybe something i haven't heard of before would be nice

[queen wadi]

For sad ending, you could read Inseperable by Simone de Beauvoir, i read that yesterday and i loved it, and i think it's a book you'd probably like too!

[oak lava]

omgg okay

tempted to read this in french, but no no i'm not quite there yet

[south hearth]

১৩ নম্বর ঘর (Room Number 13 in English) for Less Than 100 Pages. I could easily put this as Brings out a grinch cuz this book was so freaking boring. This why I don't read books from my own country. I can't read it properly and have to read it slowly; plus I find 3 or 4 words on every page that I don't know the meaning of (yes, I'm not very good at my mother language, might sound like a lie, but it's true). On top of all that the mystery and horror is so bad. A 5 year old could've written this bro. ||Everything that happened was so obvious from the start that I was wondering why they were even having to try to solve the mystery||

[tired fox]

"Red Queen" for debut novel

[cursive ore]

Phantom of the Opera sprinkle of romance

[cursive ore]

The Hunger Games small town setting

[foggy robin]

Added The Three-Body Problem for the read with a hot drink spot cause.... I didn't know where else to put it

I guess I could do ! instead

[dusk badge]

11/22/63 by Stephen King for **Small Town Setting. ** I read this when it was first released years ago, loved it and decided to reread it only to settle on that this is one of the best novels I've ever read.

[nova urchin]

Would anyone be okay with me posting their bingo cards on our twitter? (I know I ask this every few months LOL) Feel free to ping me or react to this message if it's ok!

[oak lava]

i don't mind tag me /j

[foggy robin]

Same

[nova urchin]

How

[oak lava]

figure it out i'm just kidding though lol i don't have twitter for this persona lol

[foggy robin]

Oh yeah Twitter my bad. I thought it was the gram

[nova urchin]

@ebon pelican you have also been given permission for another post

[tired fox]

"Looking for Alaska" for story of loss

Finally finished!

[ebon pelican]

Good job Everyone!! 👏

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Woohooo

Bravoo

[grave rapids]

Stone Blind for brings out a grinch

[atomic lotus]

I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be pinned but I finished a while ago

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Ooh Katto can you explain what you didn't like about this one? I'm a sucker for myth-related historical fiction.

[grave rapids]

hmm i can try xD
i guess my expectations were just different from what the book delivered. i was expecting Medusa’s story from her perspective but we get many different POVs in this book and Medusa herself has less chapters that other characters do.
also i know the author writes a lot of greek mythology based things but this book made it seem like she doesn’t actually like it?? she definitely hates Perseus and it shows.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4963074611
this review resonated with me

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Tysm! Sorry to bug you about it but I've been considering picking it up for a while! The review you linked put it perfectly in a way for me to get

[grave rapids]

you weren't bugging me , no worries!

[flat kite]

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah for Winter Read. So uh it's good, it's ridiculously good. The setting, the characters, the plot- I really can't recommend this enough. Another place to plug the BR for it lmao
Join it to prove me wrong and that it's really garbage and Vaude is soft-hearted or join it and have a fantastic time, I'm really game for either.

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Book Title: The Great Alone
Author: Kristin Hannah
Duration: 15.03.2023 - 15.04.2023
Request Reason: I started reading this and it's so good that I want other people to pick it up and join me. Fans of Educated or Beartown will be all over this. Same goes for fans of historical fiction. :YA_FingerGuns:
GR/SG link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34912895-the-great-alone

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The Great Alone

Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For …

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[atomic lotus]

I dont mean to be rude i just want to know if i did anything wrong and thats why it didnt get pinned

[nova urchin]

Sorry! We're just busy and sometimes we don't see it, or we forget to pin. I'll pin it now!

[queen wadi]

Cultish for book that stole my sleep, because i decided to binge this book instead of taking a much-needed nap

aaaand i‘m done!!

[foggy robin]

Children of Blood and Bone for sad ending. Idk I thought it was sad

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Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt for Left Over. And boy what a left over A case where I enjoyed the book, liked reading the book but I still took over 5 Months to finish this, simply because I got caught up reading other things. It's not even that long???? I read both The Green Mile AND 11.22.63 this month before a 400 page book??? What is even wrong with me But nonetheless I still had a blast with Echo, I had a bit of a reading slump mid-way through but once you get over that hump it's a really interesting concept and Thomas Olde Heuvelt is genuinely really talented.

ALSO FINISHED

[lime raptor]

I hope theres another bingo coming up this time i have time so i can def finish it

[inner bolt]

hahaha a few more days

[lime raptor]

Omg yayy

[feral glade]

PJO The lightning Thief: The graphic novel by Rick Riordan for “library vibes” because I borrowed it 😆

Honestly, I wasnt a fan of it. And the fact it didn’t have page numbers absolutely enraged me

Guts by Raina Telgemeier for mental health

I’m not reading all the kids graphic novel stuff for pleasure, I just want to read them once more before I donate them.

[foggy robin]

I love that!!

[ebon pelican]

3 more remaining! Tomorrow is the last day it's not the last day

[inner bolt]

Saf it's till the 20th

Don't scare me like that

[ebon pelican]

Omg I'm so bad at math

[echo torrent]

When is the deadline for this Bingo? 21st?

[runic cloak]

the 20th

[echo torrent]

Ty!!

[cursive ore]

ahh so wait til the 20th I have to fill my card?!

The Bad Beginning for winter read .. arg 2 left

[inner bolt]

You got this🤞🤞🤞

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NYX NYX NYX :
I also started The Book Eaters I'm gonna grab you when I'm done

[cursive ore]

yusss!!

I have no idea what I'm doing for a translation 😱

[grave rapids]

Tomorrow x3 for read with hot drink

[lime raptor]

is it too late to start this 💀

[nova urchin]

LOL

not really

GO GO GO

[runic cloak]

depends on how fast u read honestly

although it might be a bit better to wait a couple days for the next bingo

[inner bolt]

2 days?? I mean go for it

Challenge the challenge

[oak lava]

The Inseparables for sad ending

[oak lava]

just one more book

[foggy robin]

Yay!

[queen wadi]

Go lae!!

[foggy robin]

Finished The Return of the King for a sobby read

[cursive ore]

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow for a translation (translated German words and had to look up definitions a few times = translation to me!)

[feral glade]

Haha no way am I going to finish this bingo

[chrome socket]

When is the new reading bingo?

[foggy robin]

Sooooon

[feral glade]

I would think it’s starting shortly after Monday. I believe that’s the first day of spring

And unfortunately when I have to go back to school :/

[feral glade]

You’ve got some great books on there!! I see Narnia 👀 I’ve been meaning to start the series. I have all the books in a box set, just need to finish a couple other series first

[cursive ore]

thanks! i completely forgot about that series and you just reminded me i managed to snag book #2 for free which i might be able to finish to complete my card!

[feral glade]

For free?! Oh my goodness. Who doesnt love a free book

[cursive ore]

right?! they have a whole section of free books. my daughter and i managed to snag the entire Series of Unfortunate Events series .. it felt wrong taking them all, almost like stealing because they were free! no one checked them out for years so they pulled them off the shelves

[feral glade]

Ahhhh!! What a lucky find! I’ve never read the books, but I’ve seen the series and part of the movie. Are they good?

[cursive ore]

in my opinion - DONT watch the movies or show. stay far far away from them and indulge yourself in the books only

they came out when i was a kid and loved them.now rereading them as an adult to my 7 year old daughter, the love is still there for the series.

[feral glade]

I’ll have to add them to my ever-growing TBR! Thanks!

[rustic gyro]

I have sad ending and then I’m done too!

[cursive ore]

we got this!!!

[cursive ore]

of course!!<3

[cursive ore]

hot damn i did it .. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for library vibes .. completed my card! 🤘

[tight whale]

Yaaassss gurl!

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So proud of everyone here
The real bingo was the friends we made along the way

[feral glade]

Holy… we’ll done!!

[foggy robin]

Lolita for 300 pages (ish)

[oak lava]

I DID IT!!
Remarkably Bright Creatures for mystery!!

[foggy robin]

Macbeth for Read with a Hot Drink. You could almost finish before the drink gets cold!

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Thank you all for participating in the Winter Bingo and sharing your progress each week. The #1087188187455180981 is officially up, so feel free to join over and check out the new card🍓🍓

[rustic gyro]

getting in just at the end 🥳