Winter Bingo 2025

[topaz zinc]

Attention residents:
Meteorological services are reporting incoming snowfall and a significant drop in temperatures over the coming days. Cold air masses will move across the region, bringing icy conditions, reduced visibility, and potential disruptions to daily activities.

Citizens are advised to take necessary precautions, limit non-essential travel, and ensure homes are properly cozied up. As winter conditions settle in, run to your bookshelf, grab a blanket and settle in for an adventure in another reality.

Keep up with updates through official channels only, and take care of yourselves and those around you.

[topaz zinc]

Welcome to the 2025 Winter Bingo💜

Ending the year on a high note, let's see who gets as many bingos before New Years, but if you already hit your goals, take a break and plan it out till March. The rules are simple:

1. One book per prompt;
2. You can include one book you started before the starting date, otherwise all books need to be started and finished within the event dates;
3. A bingo counts as any line vertical or horizontal;
4. Update the bingo one book at a time, always prioritizing books from your tbr first!

Q&A:

1. The card has 24 prompts and a free slot in the middle to fit any book you wish.
2. Your card can change as the weeks go by, meaning, you can move the books on the prompts to make the best bingo
3. All prompts are always open for interpretation to the individual, but here are some clarifications:

• Blind pick is for choosing a book with closed eyes, blind read is picking a book you don't know much or anything regarding the plot and characters

Happy Reading everyone

[subtle merlin]

Sorry, what are the event dates again?

[topaz zinc]

December 21st - March 20th, you can also see them on the card under the title

[subtle merlin]

Ohh shoot sorry!! And thank you!!

[hazy loom]

[toxic anvil]

Will there also be a Storygraph challenge we can use?

Looking forward January to use the "genre you haven't read all year" 😂

I'm also not sure how I'll get a few of them. (Like "book you wanted for fall bingo" - I don't usually think about potential future bingos when I'm in the current one.)

[hearty tartan]

WINTER BINGO

see y'all in march

[buoyant pagoda]

Let’s go let’s go let’s go!

[topaz zinc]

aaaaa yess, let me see if any <@&835575450230980629> can help on the storygraph part

[robust aurora]

I don't have SG sorry

[olive geyser]

I have TSG, I'll make the challenge.

[olive geyser]

The challenge on TSG!
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/1d0b45b0-cd6e-401c-b7a1-90783848fb7c

[toxic anvil]

Thank you so much!!! 💜

[tulip shoal]

guess I need to finish Emma now as my one book I started before the date for the BotM prompt in case I can't get a copy for future months' picks

[topaz zinc]

thank you a dozen🫶

[ocean moon]

I love the colouring on this one @topaz zinc

[topaz zinc]

Thank uu, i love the colours a lot

[ocean moon]

Omg I did a prompt yesterday without even thinking

[topaz zinc]

wrong thread?

[tardy bough]

yes it should be #1444421066930786314

[buoyant pagoda]

Oops! 😬

I think I saw winter and just posted it

At 5:45 am

[fluid dagger]

I'm using https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1442833228762451998 as the book I started before the bingo, and also for the OBC BOTM prompt

[spark comet]

Finished Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop for set on a different continent than you. This is the book I started before the bingo

Actually I decided to use it for “features a bookstore” prompt lol

[toxic anvil]

shortest book
The River has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

[undone steppe]

red or green cover - Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

[tardy bough]

to anyone with a username starting with a: recs please

[true cove]

Featuring a sport - Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter. (The sport is pool/billiards/snooker, etc.)

[fluid sandal]

First book in a series
Good spirits by B.K. Borison

[short stream]

The Queen of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner for red or green book - also my read before start date book

[fluid sandal]

Purchased this year
All superheroes need PR by Elizabeth Stephens

[true cove]

Provisionally putting Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico in the free space until I figure out where I want.

[wispy pollen]

@vagrant glade asking for a rec for za winter bingo

[minor berry]

@holly jolly
jnix asking for a rec for
za winter bingo

- jpuzzle

[wispy pollen]

updates!

[vagrant glade]

OOOHHHHHHH

lady tan’s circle of women by Lisa See

[wispy pollen]

Thanks!!! I’ve put it on hold from za library. I’ve never read Lisa See before, I’m excited!!

[true cove]

I require the same consideration from you if you please

[toxic anvil]

obc buddy read
The Strength of the Few by James Islington

[wispy pollen]

Ohhhh for a rec??? Lemme do a think

@true cove ok here are some options for u:
Intermezzo - Sally Rooney
Rogues - Patrick Radden Keefe
Chess Story - Stefan Zweig

[grim nimbus]

Lisa See is amazing!!! Love all her books!

[fathom cobalt]

A little behind from (still) trying to finish Emma, but...
First or last book of a series: Assistant the the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer

[grim nimbus]

Book originally wanted for Fall Bingo - The Boleyn Traitor - Philippa Gregory ✨

[true cove]

Speaking of the Tudor era...
Artist/writer, etc. character - Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell (featuring an unnamed throughout Elizabethan playwright iykyk)

[buoyant pagoda]

Publishedf in Your Birthday Month (Feb) - Things we hide from the light

[toxic anvil]

features a bookstore
The Last Bookshop in London by Madeline Martin

awarded or nominated
The Sea Gives up the Dead by Molly Olguin

cozy read by fireplace or heater
(I don’t have either of these, so am hoping curled up under a fuzzy blanket will count)
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders

blind pick from your shelf
The Star of Kazan by Eva Ibbotson

[toxic anvil]

I’m looking for recs from users whose username start with “m.”

[tulip shoal]

Question: for reviewed in book-reviews... does that mean I personally reviewed it or someone else did?

[torn rune]

It's supposed to be you but I see now that the wording can be interpreted differently, so Maca can decide

[crystal field]

local woman missing for set in a different continent from where you live
all rhodes lead here for characters include a writer/artist/musician

[vagrant sierra]

Blind read: No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

[fluid dagger]

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar for "character is a writer"

[fathom cobalt]

OBC BOTM: Emma - Jane Austen

[pine hare]

1/5!

•Shortest Book- Headless Ghost by R.L. Stine
•Birthday Month- The Barking Ghost by R.L. Stine [June]
•OBC BR- Dungeon Meshi Vol 9 by Ryoko Kui
•Last book in the series- Dungeon Meshi Vol 14 by Ryoko Kui
•Blind Read- Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

[tulip shoal]

you're crushing it!

[pine hare]

Doing what I can to avoid another 11 pm day-of completion

[toxic anvil]

Moving The River has Roots to Published in my birth month (March) so I can play The Most Boring Book Ever by Brandon Sanderson in its place. (48p)

set on a different continent from where you live
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

first (or last) book in a series - first
Sabriel by Garth Nix

characters include writer / artist
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

[true cove]

Green or Red Cover - Fresh, Green Life by Sebastian Castillo

[grim nimbus]

Cosy book read by the heater - The Last Devil To Die - Richard Osman 🦊
Shortest Book - The White Book - Han Kang

(Why is my theme accidentally white haha)

[toxic anvil]

12/25

purchased this year
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

blind read
The Collector’s Apprentice by B. A. Shapiro

[buoyant pagoda]

I JUST STARTED LOCAL WOMAN MISSING

Set in a different country - The Hawthorne Spectre

[crystal field]

do you like it so far?

sociopath for genre you haven't read all year

[buoyant pagoda]

It’s good so far. I’m not very far in it so it hasn’t gotten too tense yet

[grim nimbus]

Hello @fluid sandal! Would you be able to recommend a book for me please? 💜

[short stream]

Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by Natale Kelda for blind pick
Final Girls by Mira Grant for blind read (i blind read all my books d:)

[fluid sandal]

Hi,Spectacular things by Beck dorey stein, is it ok for you?

[minor berry]

Hi,Spectacular
things by Beck dorey stein, is
it ok for you?

- keya_na

[green edge]

My board so far, sorry I couldn't update one at a time prompt for this one but will do moving forward.
set on a different continent from where you live - War & Peace (also started before winter bingo)
shortest book – Rogue Protocol
**first or last book in a series **– Heated Rivalry
characters include a writer/artist /musician – Nora Goes Off Script
celebrity book club pick – Brightly Shining (Dua Lipa Service95)

[grim nimbus]

Ooh thankyou! This looks great!

[toxic anvil]

celestial body on cover (has a sun and moon)
The Between by Tananarive Due

genre you haven’t read all year (thriller, sci-fi)
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

[wispy pollen]

^updates!

[true cove]

Blind Read - Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire-Louise Bennett

[toxic anvil]

Oh! Any book recs from users starting with “m”?
@robust oak @sonic merlin @topaz zinc

[sonic merlin]

what are you in the mood for? more than happy to give recs!

[toxic anvil]

Honestly, I’m open to anything other than romance/romantasy at the moment.

If you have any top reads from last year, that could work. I can also try and narrow it down, but no moods are speaking to me.

[sonic merlin]

I can hit you with some authors! anything by Anne Carson (Grief Lessons, Ursula K. Le Guin (The Dispossessed), Virginia Woolf (The Waves).

some books which stayed with me from last year: Hard Rain Falling by Don Carpenter, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo, Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, and L'Assommoir by Émile Zola.

[toxic anvil]

Thank you! I have read a few of these, but will look into the others. More for the tbr!

[grim nimbus]

Red on the cover - Translation State - Ann Leckie

[buoyant pagoda]

Cozy read by a fireplace or heater- The Spitfire Murders

Technically I don’t own a fireplace and my heaters are all along the wall. But I had a cozy blanket, hot chocolate and put a fireplace on YouTube

[topaz zinc]

Uuu should i still give a recc? i just finished a book that was interesting

[toxic anvil]

Yes please! Even if I don’t use it for this bingo, having options is always good.

[robust oak]

omg thank you for tagging me, I didn't know this thread existed!!

Here's my top reads of 2025 with genres attached. In order from top fave

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Swedish🇸🇪 ) - Contemporary Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18774964-a-man-called-ove

The Reformatory by Tananarive Due (American 🇺🇸 [Black]) - Horror ft Historical Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/128747206-the-reformatory

Scythe (#1) by Neal Shusterman (American🇺🇸 ) - Fantasy (YA) ft Science Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954189-scythe

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (American🇺🇸 ) - Science Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54493401-project-hail-mary

Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L Wang (American 🇺🇸 [Asian]) - Fantasy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/208430658-blood-over-bright-haven

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (American🇺🇸 ) - Romance ft Historical Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32620332-the-seven-husbands-of-evelyn-hugo

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (American)🇺🇸 - Horror ft Fantasy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/207611566-witchcraft-for-wayward-girls

Beartown by Fredrik Backman (Swedish 🇸🇪) - Contemporary Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33413128-beartown

As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh (Canadian 🇨🇦 🇸🇾 [Syrian]) - Historical Fiction
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57390604-as-long-as-the-lemon-trees-grow

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward (American🇺🇸 ) - Horror ft Thriller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54621094-the-last-house-on-needless-street

[toxic anvil]

You’re welcome!!

I have read 6 of these and 3 of the others are on the tbr. Will probably add the last as well. Thank you!!

[robust oak]

Catching up on my reads since 21st December

Chinese Cinderella “for red or green on cover”

the house of my mother for “would recommend for someone for performative reading” (not sure if I fully understand this prompt, but I think bc the Netflix doco just released and this book making the GR choice awards I think this fits?? Lots of talk about this at the moment anyway

Five liars for “blind pick”. This was an arc I knew nothing about and just requested

sorrow land for “ celebrity’s book club pick”.
Was a YouTuber I watch!
(Also learnt that rivers Solomon is just not an author for me but I gave them a go)

[soft harness]

Planet Hulk by Sam Humphries for red or green cover

[topaz zinc]

Okey I just finished Lock Every Door by Riley Sieger( may be misspelling the last name).
It was a fast thriller, but not creepy or too psychological

[toxic anvil]

Thanks! I’ll add that too. I don’t think I’ve read that one yet.

[soft harness]

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green for OBC BOTM

[short stream]

Hellsing vol 1 by Kohta Hirano for first in a series

[robust aurora]

#1440977561198002277 for "awarded or nominated" and Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter for "first or last book in a series"

[grim nimbus]

OBC BOTM - Everything is Tuberculosis - John Green

[toxic anvil]

Book originally wanted for fall bingo
Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby

red or green cover
Lady Joker Vol 2 by Kaoru Takamura

**a book you shared in ** #shelfies message
The Facefaker’s Game by Chandler J. Birch

[true cove]

Prize Winner/Nominated - Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout (2009 Pulitzer Winner)

[tulip shoal]

OBC BotM - Emma by Jane Austen
Green Cover - Katabasis by RG Kuang
Features a sport (track & field) - The Long Run by James Acker
5 star prediction - Lore Olympus, vol 9 by Rachel Smythe

[toxic anvil]

would recommend for performative reading
The White Book by Han Kang

[minor berry]

would recommend for
performative reading The
White Book by Han Kang

- 🌸 touji sakura 🌸

[soft harness]

Ghosts of Greenglass House by Kate Milford for characters include a writer/artist/musician

[rigid apex]

hello! maybe someone with username starts with v, can give me book recommendations? 😁

[ocean moon]

https://tenor.com/view/peridot-hiihii-hi-hai-hello-gif-14564276825695089003

Any particular genre?

[rigid apex]

romance/fantasy/mystery- thriller/ MG horror 😁

[grim nimbus]

5 Star Prediction - Kill For Me, Kill For you - Steve Cavanagh

[robust aurora]

ooo did the prediction come true? this is in my shelves!

[grim nimbus]

Almost!! I have it 4 stars for reasons but I read it in one day - it was very enjoyable!

[robust aurora]

ohhhh thank you!!

[green edge]

Switched this one with next one : - features a sport - Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

• first or last book in a series - The long game by Rachel Reid
• genre you haven't read all year - Dubliners by James Joyce (short stories)

[toxic anvil]

features a sport- bonus for winter one (snow boarding)
Shiver by Allie Reynolds

[dense tree]

• Cozy read by the fireplace or your heater:
  Toko Jajanan Ajaib Zenitendo, Vol. 8 - Reiko Hiroshima
• Blind pick from your shelf:
  In His Chart: Chapter 1 - Sousuke Natsukawa
• Red or Green cover:
  Space Invaders - Nona Fernández
• Shortest book:
  Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory - Martha Wells
• Feature a sport - bonus for winter one (Hockey):
  Role Model - Rachel Reid
  -Celestial body on cover or in title:
  Mickey7 - Edward Ashton
• Celebrity Book Club Pick:
  Brightly Shinning - Ingvild H. Rishøi
• Characters include a writer / artist / musician:
  Heartburn - Nora Ephron (FMC is writer cookbook)
• Set on different continent from where you live:
  Parole Teetee - Antje Herden

[dense tree]

Hi, anyone with a username that starts with S, can you recs me your favorite book?

[toxic anvil]

Do you have any specific genre/vibe/etc?

[dense tree]

I don't have any specific genre, but more like in adventure, funny, cozy books atm

[toxic anvil]

Most of these have cozy vibes. Also found family. 1 & 4 have some adventure as well.

For found family (also work for legendary)

1. The Long Way to a Small , Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (or others in the series)
2. The House on the Cerulean Sea or sequel by T. J. Klune
3. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
4. Legends & Lattes or prequel/sequel by Travis Baldree
5. The Empress of Salt and Fortune or others in series by Nghi Vo

[dense tree]

I have the long way to a Small, Angry Planet in my tbr, gonna pick this one. Thank you for your recomendation,Sakura

[toxic anvil]

Yay! I enjoyed it a lot. Hope you do too.

[dense tree]

Sure, I'm looking forward to read it since last year and always hear good thing about this series

[fluid dagger]

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood for "Meant to use in Fall Bingo" - I had originally thought that Atwood, at 85, was the oldest living author on my shelf, but it turns out Joyce Carol Oates is 87

[robust oak]

how to sell a haunted house for “a book you have shared in shelfies” (I shared it back in April last year heh)

[buoyant pagoda]

Shortest Book - My Killer Vacation

Also looking for recommendations from users who’s name starts with S for something romantic OR a mystery novel. Love a good junk food version of both genres as work is a lot and they’re easy

[fathom cobalt]

BOTM - Emma
Red/Green cover - Glow of the Everflame
Book I wanted for Autumn Bingo - Brimstone

[ocean moon]

I am ass at romance suggestions but how about
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54369251-a-wizard-s-guide-to-defensive-baking
I loved this book

I'm absolutely down if you wanna rec me one back

(Or another V named friend)

[robust oak]

i also need rec from someone starting with an M plss, maybe @sonic merlin? But if no takers can i choose vaude for a horror rec?????

fave genres - horror, thriller & sci fi but i will give most things a go except romance/romantasy

[sonic merlin]

maybe Mexican Gothic by Silvena Moreno-Garcia or Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado?

fair warning i haven't read a lot of horror but those were amazing - read them years ago and still think about them regularly

[robust oak]

Oh thank you!!! So quick! I will try Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

[sonic merlin]

hope you enjoy!

[toxic anvil]

All I can think of for mysteries are ones with animals (Shady Hollow series, the cat who series, sneaky pie series). 😅

[toxic anvil]

This was such a cute book! I enjoyed it too.

[buoyant pagoda]

Shady Hollow honestly looks adorable. I’m going to try it

[ocean moon]

I loved every second of it omg

[rigid apex]

okay noted!

any specific genre do you want? 😁

[ocean moon]

I'm super open-minded!

[rigid apex]

Have you read Sweet Bean Paste?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33376821-sweet-bean-paste

[ocean moon]

I have actually and that's such a cool af rec

[rigid apex]

okay.. I'll look another book. wait 😁

[rigid apex]

how about this one? have you read?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/227936042-the-vanishing-cherry-blossom-bookshop

[ocean moon]

Ooh I haven't read this one

Thank you Viv!!!

[rigid apex]

that's great! 😁
u're welcome 🙏

[robust aurora]

#1453163937682948208 for OBC BOTM

[crystal field]

the book of everlasting things for would recommend to someone for performative reading

[short stream]

The Lighthouse Keeper and the Mermaid by Sara Bittner for purchased 2025

[twin obsidian]

Seven Days in June by Tia Williams for character is a writer

[true cove]

Celebrity Book Club Pick - Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (Dua Lipa's Book Club October 2024)

[grim nimbus]

Omg I love this series, I hope you enjoy it!

[robust oak]

The Compound for awarded or nominated (Goodsread choice award for sci fi)

Her body and other parties for recommendation from an OBC member whose username starts with the same letter as your first name (also M for me)

[true cove]

Published in your birthday month - Atonement by Ian McEwan (September)

[wispy pollen]

Updates! Including reading jnix’s rec

[hearty wind]

Alchemised by Senlinyu for a book I wanted for Fall Bingo
Powerless by Lauren Roberts for first book in a series
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston for set on a different continent
The Women Are Not Fin by Hope Reese for a genre I haven’t read all year

[green edge]

Hi I need book recommendation from someone whose username starts with “N”. Maybe @fossil harness, @tall cobalt ? Thank you 🙏🏽

[fossil harness]

Sure! What genre are you into?

You can also check out my ‘read’ shelf on goodreads, id say anything above the 3 star mark is rec

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/115972850-andy?shelf=read

[green edge]

I usually for lit or contemporary fiction. I will check out your shelf. Thanks

[green edge]

I think I found 3 books which are on my tbr from your bookshelf. I am going to see which one I can get - God of the Woods, Divine Rivals & Happy Place 🙂

[fossil harness]

Perfect!

[toxic anvil]

free slot
You Weren’t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White

[short stream]

The Karamazov Brothers by Fyodor Dostoevsky for set on a different continent
The Empress of Time by Kylie Lee Baker for originally wanted to read for fall bingo

for genre you havent read all year, i am positive that the only genres would be non fiction that i would never read, like philosophy or biology atp. can i get a pass

unless there is a different genre that idk about

[true cove]

What one haven’t you read in 2026? That’s how I’m going to do it

[toxic anvil]

I did the same thing. I specifically waited for January to do that one so I didn’t have to struggle to find something.

[fluid dagger]

White Teeth by Zadie Smith for "set on a different continent"

[short stream]

i wanted to do it the hard way

[short stream]

that was meant to be a reply to

[true cove]

Fair play...

A book you wanted for Fall Bingo - The Details by Ia Genberg (I didn't play Fall Bingo, but I did want to read this when I bought it last fall so I'm sticking it there.)

[soft harness]

Paper Girls, Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan for first or last book in a series

[soft harness]

Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Tarantula by Matt Wagner for the free slot

[torn rune]

What did you think of it? I read it last year

[sonic merlin]

did you like it? The Law and Order SVU story cracks me up 🤣

[buoyant pagoda]

Features/mentions a book store/book cafe/library - The Scrooge Conspiracy

Ok well I’ve finished every published book in this series

[robust oak]

It was very unique, especially the SVU one. I did not expect that!! but I'd say i didnt like it overall. I dont like open ended stories, am too autistic for that lmao.
but thank you very much for the rec. Hope you dont feel bad

[sonic merlin]

no, sorry to hear you didn't like it but thank you for taking the chance on a rec from a stranger!

[robust oak]

honestly such a fun prompt, i want more like that!

[soft harness]

I really enjoyed it! I was only assigned the first vol. for a book club, but I might read the rest for fun :>

[fathom cobalt]

Blind read from shelf: This Woven Kingdom
Set on diff. continent: The Map from Here to There

[robust aurora]

#1454569594864799845 for "Purchased this year"

[spark comet]

Heyy @fluid dagger can you recommend me a book please and I can for you if you need it?

[fluid dagger]

oh sure! what kinds of things do you like to read usually?

[spark comet]

Yayyy! I manly read lit fic and horror. But I like to read all genres. I prefer not to read romance and YA :)

[fluid dagger]

I can vibe with that! I recommend maybe Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova (literary horror), maybe Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for gothic horror, or The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich for lit fic

[spark comet]

Thank you so much! Do you also need a recommendation?

[fluid dagger]

I got one from someone whose username starts with B, so I'm all set!

I appreciate it though and I hope you'll let me know how you fair with any of those books

[tulip shoal]

I need a rec from someone with a discord name beginning with L

[minor berry]

I need a rec from
someone with a discord name
beginning with L

- holly jolly lemondrop

[tulip shoal]

and so does haikubot apparently

[hearty wind]

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid for featuring a winter sport

[short stream]

Sold by Patricia McCormick for awarded or nominated

[minor berry]

Sold by Patricia
McCormick for awarded
or nominated

- iggy🍉 wants some mf snow

[fluid dagger]

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins for "First or last book in a series"

[toxic anvil]

How are people doing the 5 star prediction one? I don’t think of books like that, so am not sure how I can complete it while staying true to the prompt.

[fluid dagger]

I pulled one out by an author that I had previously given 5 stars to, with a premise that particularly appealed to me

whether it will actually be a 5 star read isn't clear but here's hoping

[true cove]

The one I am using has a 4.75 and a 5 from two people I follow on SG so I feel like that's a good indicator

[toxic anvil]

Ooo, both of those are good ways to look at it. Thank you!!!

[buoyant pagoda]

Recommend by Sakura!! - Shady Hollow

[toxic anvil]

How did you like it?

[buoyant pagoda]

I liked it! It reminded me Fiona Barton’s books because her main character is also a ||journalist||.

I think I’m going to do the whole series when I get more audible credits haha

[toxic anvil]

Looking her up. Will likely add her books to the tbr.

[toxic anvil]

I am glad! It’s such a nice cozy series.

[buoyant pagoda]

She’s a little late to the writing game but I liked all 3 books

[toxic anvil]

Read this and thoroughly enjoyed it! (Used on Jan bingo instead of this one.)

recommended by OBC member whose username is starts with same letter as your first name
The Waves by Virginia Woolf

@sonic merlin - thanks for the rec! This is not something that I would have picked out myself, so it was nice to try something outside of my usual. ||The descriptions were lovely and I found the parts describing the sun/trees/ocean as it starts pre-dawn until after sunset to be a really neat part of the story.||

[sonic merlin]

we had this as a BR mid last year and it was one of my fave books of the year, so glad you liked it

[topaz zinc]

Thats sooo amazing and super glad you liked it yeyyy

[short stream]

@long swift for recommendation from and OBC member whose username starts with the same letter as your first name do u mind giving me a rec

[long swift]

Any genre preferences? If not I looked at your Storygraph and saw you have No Longer Human on your TBR and I rated it 4 stars, this could be it unless you would prefer something else. From recent ones I enjoyed and can recommend "Elena Knows" by Claudia Piñeiro

[short stream]

hell yeah i'll do No Longer Human and will check out Elena Knows thanks!

[short stream]

The Turn of the Screw by Henry James for OBC BR

[true cove]

Mentions a Bookstore, etc. - On the Calculation of Volume I by Solvej Balle (MC owns an antiquarian book business, visits various antiquarian bookshops, and the library)

[true cove]

Rec from a member &c. - Chess Story by Stefan Zweig (recommended by Jpuzzle!)

[grim nimbus]

Free space - Thank You For Calling The Lesbian Line - Elizabeth Lovatt

[toxic anvil]

reviewed in #book-reviews
Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamara Pierce

[fathom cobalt]

Mentions a bookstore/library: A Study in Drowning

[pine hare]

2/5 Update!

•Book you meant to use for Fall- House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski [my original thriller/horror pick]
•Set on a different continent- Jujutsu Kaisen Vol 6 by Geje Akutami [US vs Japan]
•OBC BOTM- Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green [Jan. BOTM]
•Celestial Body on the cover- Ghost Beach by R.L. Stine [moon]
•Awarded- Sabriel by Garth Nix [won 2 awards and nominated for a 3rd]

[robust aurora]

You Weren't Meant to Be Human for "set in a different continent from where you live"

[green edge]

blind read - sandwich by Cathleen Newman

[topaz zinc]

oh i adore osamu dazaii

Let me know how u liked it

[wispy pollen]

Yayyyyy glad you liked it!!

[robust aurora]

@tardy bough my name starts with an "a" (surprise! /j) , would you mind recommending me a book? any genre whatsoever! thank you!!

[tardy bough]

this is a little on the longer side so if you want a shorter one or can't get a hold of it then please let me know but I'm going to say The Borrowed

can you pick one for me too? any genre but ideally something I haven't read before

[robust aurora]

something they haven't read before
it's abi

ABI

lemme search!!

and thank so much for the recc, it's now in my TBR!

[buoyant pagoda]

Purchased this year - The Commuter

[robust aurora]

have you read These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant? It's a short thriller that I really enjoyed

[tardy bough]

I haven't! thank you for this

[wispy pollen]

Update!

[fluid dagger]

Story of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang for "a genre you haven't read all year." This is both my first hard sci-fi and my first book of short stories of the year

[robust oak]

Everything is Tuberculosis for OBC BOTM

[tulip shoal]

@olive geyser when you can a chance, can you please suggest a book for me?

[olive geyser]

Oooh, of course! Let me think!

[olive geyser]

https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0adafd09-20e5-44b9-b49b-f3bea97a9131

[olive geyser]

Also this
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/36ac1e0d-ed77-4f65-8e01-2e9ea2446793

And this
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3c2e68ee-4ecc-4fcd-903a-191a7711f007

[tulip shoal]

Thank you so much! I will look for them!

[crystal field]

the unbearable lightness of being for awarded or nominated

[grim nimbus]

Bought this year - The Names - Florence Knapp

[soft harness]

The Delicacy by John Albon for set on a different continent from where you live (Europe)

[twin obsidian]

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green for OBC BotM

[true cove]

5 Star Prediction - The Promise by Damon Galgut ( ⭐⭐⭐⭐)

[buoyant pagoda]

Free space - Murder in Bermuda

[fathom cobalt]

nominated: Heartless - Marissa Meyer

[buoyant pagoda]

@toxic anvil look what popped up in my game haha

[toxic anvil]

That’s awesome!!

[short stream]

Yonder by Jabari Asim for characters features an artist

[fluid dagger]

Satantango by László Krasznahorkai for "red cover"

[true cove]

BOTM - Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

[tardy bough]

I can't remember what I've actually posted for this so I'm just going to do a new card

• The Valkyrie's Legacy by Tiana Warner for last book in a series
• Twenty Football Towns by Steve Leach for blind pick from your shelf
• The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei for set on a different continent from where you live
• The Last Father-Daughter Dance by Lisa Wingate for shortest book
• The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey for awarded or nominated
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn for free slot
• Is This A Cry For Help? by Emily Austin for features a library
• Fence Breakthrough: Quarter Clash #1 by CS Pacat for purchased this year
• The Snack Hacker by George Egg for genre you haven't read all year
• Night People by Mark Ronson for celebrity book club pick
• https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1448907196518633583 for OBC BR

[hearty wind]

switched a few things around

[grim nimbus]

Features a book shop - The Passengers on the Hankyu Line - Hiro Arikawa

[tardy bough]

• The Sun Down Motel by Simone St James for celestial body in title
• All the Stars in the Daylight Sky by Maya MacGregor for blind read

[wispy pollen]

Za updates

[minor berry]

First/Last Book in a
Series - Days Without End by
Sebastian Barry

- HarlanGrandisoup

[true cove]

First/Last Book in a Series - Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (reserving the right to move this if needed)

[robust oak]

The Mad wife for OBC BR
Ring Shout for shortest book
Vengeful for a book you originally wanted to read for the fall bingo (it took me SO long to read this sequel ... not sure why)
We Used to Live here for 5 star prediction (didn't end up being 5 stars for me, but 4)

[fluid dagger]

Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali for "would recommend for performative reading" I think?

[short stream]

The Unbroken by C.L Clark for 5 star prediction (but it was not </3)

[crystal field]

kill her twice for 5 star prediction

[toxic anvil]

5 star prediction
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

[short stream]

Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce for cosy read

[minor berry]

Alanna: The First
Adventure by Tamora
Pierce for cosy read

- hot and sour iggy🍉

[robust aurora]

#1329932012819185767 for "characters include a writer/artist/musician"

[soft harness]

Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team by Cullen Bunn for shortest book

[true cove]

Set on a Continent Where I Don't Live - Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (set in Asia [Japan])

[robust aurora]

Rest Stop by Nat Cassidy for shortest book

[true cove]

Performative Reading... - The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares

[fluid dagger]

Orlanda by Jacqueline Harpman for "5 star prediction" - didn't quite get there but still an enjoyable read

[spark comet]

Set on a different continent-Black Lagoon, Vol. 2 by Rei Hiroe (set in Thailand)
Celestial Body on the cover/in the title- The Wolf Steals the Sun by Yatsae
Free Slot- Cherry Blossoms After Winter, Vol. 2 by Bamwoo
Character includes a writer- Beautifully Broken by Cassandra Moll
Genre I haven't read all year- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (nonfiction)
5 Star Prediction- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (It was!)
Book I orginally wanted for fall bingo- Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
**Revieiwed in #book-reviews **- [Paradise Kiss](#book-reviews message)

[fluid dagger]

I always enjoy seeing Piranesi love! glad you liked it

[robust oak]

Vera Wong's Unsolicited advice for murders for "cozy read by the fireplace or your heater". we've had some 40 degree days lately so i skipped the heater and fireplace part of the prompt and swapped it for an aircon, unless OBC wants me to die of heatstroke

Ask for Andrea for "blind pick from your shelf"

[true cove]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1097928104103661589/1466069717818278001/winter_bingo.jpg?ex=697b6752&is=697a15d2&hm=a255a58683b823b2a8f25dc13fb7b8c66c88bdab0236f27bd68741957a2ed371

Reviewed in #book-reviews - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Also did a little shifting

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout -- Nominated or Awarded ➡️ Shared in (#shelfies message)

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico -- Free Space ➡️ Nominated or Awarded (2025 International Booker Shortlist)

[robust aurora]

O Prenúncio das Águas by Rosa Lobato de Faria for "Blind Read" (and it was a SOLID 4.5 star! score!)

[fluid dagger]

https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1452838378046230579 for "Shortest book"

[wispy pollen]

Updates!

[short stream]

The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey for shared in shelfies

[true cove]

Genre I Haven't Read This Year - Ubik by Philip K. Dick (classic sci-fi, or sci-fi in general)

[wary harbor]

All my books from December and January

[fluid dagger]

Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan for "nominated or won" - it was listed for the Booker and won the Giller

[short stream]

A Poison Steeped in Magic by Judy I. Lin for pub in bday month

[crystal elbow]

I joined the server recently. Can I fill the bing card with what I read and matches? Respecting the starting date of this bingo, of course.

And if I can... Do manga count?

[toxic anvil]

Welcome to the server! Hope you have a great time here.

Yes, feel free to fill in based on the card start date with anything you’ve read that fits the prompts in that time frame.
Manga definitely count!

[true cove]

Buddy Read - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo - 19/25

[grim nimbus]

Posted in book reviews: Between Two Fires - Christopher Buhlman

[spark comet]

OBC BOTM- Everything is Tuberculosis
First Book in Series- The Atlas Six
OBC BR- The Canterville Ghost

[buoyant pagoda]

BOTM Everything is tuberculosis

[true cove]

Blind Pick - Open Up by Thomas Morris - 20/25

[crystal elbow]

I finally found time and energy to start filling this I was able to add more than I initially thought! (looks a bit odd because I'm using canva, ignore the landscapes/placeholders). I already know I will be able to fill a few more prompts

[short stream]

Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo for shortest book

[robust aurora]

Onyx Storm for "Wanted to Read it for the Fall Bingo"
seriously just stayed up for the last 200 pages because I needed to be DONE with this

[wispy pollen]

Updates!

[grim nimbus]

Blind pick from my shelf - We Do Not Part - Han Kang

[fluid dagger]

Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay for "OBC BR"

[buoyant pagoda]

Genre you haven’t read all year - Belladonna (horror)

[short stream]

This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell for genre i havent read. i used 2025 for this still, never read a non fiction about race d:

[green edge]

Updated, I was traveling for last couple of weeks so haven't had time to read or update but hoping to get back into it
red or green cover – Is a River Alive?
blind read – Sandwich
purchased this year – Normal People

[robust aurora]

Call of The Fathoms by Emma Hamm for empty space

[fathom cobalt]

Been a while since I updated this...
BLINDREAD: Oathbound by Tracy Deonn
5 STAR: The Same Backward as Forward by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
By the fireplace (well, I was by the A/C): House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Character includes a writer: King of Envy by Ana Huang
Genre I haven't read all year: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Shortest book: Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Rec from OBC member ... : Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson @tulip shoal

[short stream]

Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken for has library

[minor berry]

Silver in the Bone
by Alexandra Bracken
for has library

- iggy feeling romantical🍉

[toxic anvil]

OBC BotM
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennet

[true cove]

Free Spot - The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola - 21/25

[soft harness]

Paper Girls, Vol. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan for 5-star prediction

[torn rune]

How many stars did you end up giving it?

[soft harness]

I was thinking of the whole series, but I thought it was pretty good so 4 or 5 stars lol

I expect the whole series to be good though, it starts off real interesting

[crystal elbow]

Would you consider a blogger/journalist to be a writer? Otherwise, how important needs to be the bookstore or library inside the book to match that prompt? Trying to see where I can fit the book that I'm about to finish (People we meet on vacation) 😅

[tardy bough]

I think so because writing is a big part of what they do!

[green edge]

would recommend to someone for performative reading - Everything is Tuberculosis

[fluid dagger]

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett for published in my birthday month (June)

[true cove]

Celestial Body on Cover/in Title - One Moonlit Night by Caradog Prichard - 22/25

[crystal elbow]

People We Meet on Vacation - MC is a writer (blogger/journalist)
A Sign of Affection vol. 5 - Green cover
Catwings - Shortest book

[robust aurora]

The Haar for Reviewed in book reviews

[green edge]

cozy read by the fireplace or your heater - Exit Strategy

[minor berry]

cozy read by the
fireplace or your heater -
Exit Strategy

- niki_58066

[robust oak]

The One for free spot
The Paleontologist for "book purchased this year"
The Safekeep for genre I havent read all year (romance)

[robust aurora]

#1452939913786949663 for Cosy read by the fireplace or your heater

[toxic anvil]

Complete!

celebrity book club pick
The Guest List by Lucy Foley

[pine hare]

3/5 Update!
•Book shared in #shelfies- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James ( #shelfies message )
•Features a sport- Jujustu Kaisen Vol 7 by Geje Akutami (Baseball)
•Recommendation from someone whose username starts with the same letter as your name- Alanna: the First Adventure [K, recc’d by kopi_pheng]
•Features a bookstore- The Bookshop Book by Jen Campbell
•Read Cosy- An Age of License by Lucy Kinsley

[crystal elbow]

Genre I haven't read in all year: I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom, it's an essays-memoir, which is a genre I haven't read in a long time (and definitely the first of 2026 in that genre).

[short stream]

Contra Amatores Mundi by Graham Thomas Wilcox for reviewed

[minor berry]

Contra Amatores
Mundi by Graham Thomas
Wilcox for reviewed

- iggy feeling romantical🍉

[short stream]

so uh what da hell is performative reading is it that thing where them infamous people on tiktok only read dialogue or sum? so like the perfect book for those types?

[fluid dagger]

I think it's like reading something in public so other people will see you reading it and will make certain assumptions about how smart or politically engaged or whatever you are

[short stream]

ohhh

[tulip shoal]

Oh. I thought something that would make a good readaloud

[fluid dagger]

haha that's possible too! I read it as socially performative, but it could also mean "lends itself well to being performed"

[toxic anvil]

I had the same thought as lemon for that prompt.

[true cove]

Hm, I don't know if I love my choice then

Then again, I think any NYRB can look performative to the right reader, so maybe it's fine.

[torn rune]

Omg this is so wholesome

[crystal elbow]

My first interpretation was the same as lemon's. But I googled the term and saw it meant something else (and I like the reading aloud idea more, tbh)

[tulip shoal]

I didn’t even know there was a different definition

Y’all need to help the old lady out more smh

I mean, I slotted A Raisin in the Sun there, so I guess it works either way lmaooo

[crystal elbow]

Same, I guess this term comes from social media 🤔

[worthy meadow]

ok i realise im v late to the party but still wanna get some prompts done or at least try

what is a blind read?

and anyone with the letter W wanna recommend me a book? I love fantasy and getting into thriller I really like thrillers that give true crime vibes but it doesnt need to be true crime. I also love literary fiction (really good, actually is one of my favs I hope this finds you well is a close second) I do hate spice though so I tend to try and keep the spice to a minimum or skipable if possible

[pine hare]

#1451906509972701317 message Q&A 4!

[fluid dagger]

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery for "mentions a library" - lots of mention of the main character checking out books and films from the local library

[true cove]

Purchased This Year - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre - 23/25

[toxic anvil]

Would it be possible for my card to be pinned? No rush.

[green edge]

Reviewed in #book-reviews – Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

[torn rune]

Sorry we missed it! Just pinned it

[toxic anvil]

No worries at all!!

[robust aurora]

Carrie – Stephen King for 5 star prediction (and 5 stars it is)

[crystal field]

the vanishing half for celebrity book club pick

[true cove]

Shortest Book - Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald - 24/25

(Offshore is the shortest book to win the Booker Prize.)

[crystal elbow]

Shared in shelfies: A Sign of Affection vol. 7
And that means... I got my first bingo line !

[grim nimbus]

First book in a series
Dead Man's Walk - Larry McMurtry 🤠

[tardy bough]

• The Vegetarian by Han Kang for red cover
• These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant for recommendation from OBC member
• Pretty Baby by Chris Belcher for published in your birthday month

[wispy pollen]

So close!!!!!

Slowly but surely …

[crystal elbow]

Celestial body on cover or in title: Red Star Rebels by Amie Kaufman

[fluid dagger]

https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1452169464467558503 for "Read next to a fireplace"

I have central air though haha so I put on a fireplace stream and lit a couple candles

[green edge]

published in your birthday month – Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (March 2025)

[true cove]

Cozy Read - The Summer Book by Tove Jansson - CARD COMPLETED

[fluid dagger]

Aw that book is max cozy, good play

[robust oak]

The Vanishing half for set on a different continent to where you live

[robust aurora]

#1464982383273971712 for Red or Green in cover

[robust oak]

Another update, not quite dead yet for characters include a musician! (Billy)

[crystal field]

the body in the library for features a bookstore, library or book cafe

[crystal field]

heated rivalry for features a sport (extra points for ice hockey?)

[minor berry]

heated rivalry
for features a sport (extra
points for ice hockey?)

- ravenclaw bookbirthday

[short stream]

are DNFs allowed on bingos or nah?

thinkin about it prolly not but just checkin

[tardy bough]

no it has to be a book you've finished 🫡

[soft harness]

The Question: The Deaths of Vic Sage by Jeff Lemire for cozy read by the fireplace or your heater

[tardy bough]

• Katabasis by R.F. Kuang for would recommend to someone for performative reading
• The Fall by Tal Bauer for features a sport
• With Stars In Her Eyes by Andie Burke for features a musician

[short stream]

Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark for recommend for performative reading maybe?

[robust aurora]

Finding My Way bye Malala Yousafzai for Genre I haven't Read All Year (memoir)

[torn rune]

Oooh what did you think of this?

[robust aurora]

solid 4.5 stars, I really enjoyed it
I think part of my enjoyment was listening to the audiobook read by Malala, it really just

I have a hard time scoring memoirs badly though! they're usually always worth reading imo

[torn rune]

Omg relatable, I love memoirs!!

[tulip shoal]

Cozy read - The Body in the Library
Features bookshop - Brigands & Breadknives

[fluid dagger]

White Oleander by Janet Fitch for "celebrity book club" - in this case, Oprah's

[spark comet]

Vicious by VE Schwab~ Read by heater or fireplace (I don’t have a heater or fireplace so I read under a heated blanket)
No Name in the Street by James Baldwin ~ Performative Reading
** The Vegetarian by Han Kang**~ Book with a Red Cover
Melting Point by Pibi ~ Features a sport(plus extra points since it’s hockey!)
Girls’ Last Tour Vol 1 by Tsukumizu~ Awarded or Nominated(Seiun Award for Best Comic 2019)

[soft harness]

Common Sense by Thomas Paine for would recommend to someone for performative reading

[robust oak]

Doing Harm for features a library - I know this is a super weird pick for this prompt (nonfic book about gender bias in medicine) BUT there is actually a library in here that a woman goes to for study soooooooo it counts

[green edge]

a book you have shared in #shelfies – On earth we're briefly gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

[wary harbor]

All the books I read till today

[green edge]

features/ mentions a bookstore, library, book cafe – Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by SATOSHE YAGISAWA

[crystal elbow]

OBC BOTM: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Free space: A Sign of Affection, Volume 8 by suu Morishita

[fluid dagger]

The Book of Records by Madeleine Thien for my free space

[robust aurora]

#1464049159588941855 for OBC BR

[soft harness]

Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden for blind read

[crystal field]

the hobbit for cozy read by your fireplace

[robust aurora]

Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
Would recommend to someone for performative reading

[short stream]

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai for recommended

[wispy pollen]

Getting close!!!

[fluid dagger]

Matrix by Lauren Groff for "wrote a review"

[crystal field]

the extraordinary adventures of arsene lupin for free space

[wispy pollen]

Is earth a celestial body

[toxic anvil]

Yes!

[wispy pollen]

Ok now I have a plan to finish my card

[wispy pollen]

2 more

[green edge]

celestial body on cover or in title – Project Hail Mary
awarded or nominated – Minor Detail

[pine hare]

4/5 Update!

•Blind Pick- The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb by R.L. Stine
•Performative Reading- The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
•Free Space- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
•(red or) Green Cover- Welcome to Camp Nightmare by R.L. Stine
•Genre You Haven’t Read Yet- Phantom of the Auditorium by R.L. Stine [was originally going to use a literary book, but swapped for the first middle-grade book I read back in January]

[fluid dagger]

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for "blind read" - I read this book based on its author and title, which is about as blind as I will ever read a book

[toxic anvil]

One more!!

[tulip shoal]

Yes! I’m reading Lio’s pick for me soon!

[fluid dagger]

A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt for "shared in shelfies"

I'm not sure I'm going to finish this, that prompt about sports is going to be my downfall

[robust oak]

Pieces of her for first or last book in a series
Of Monsters and mainframes for celestial body in cover/title

[robust aurora]

#1416902858166501437 for Celestial body on cover or title (I checked; there's a moon/sun on pretty much every cover )

[fluid dagger]

The Tiger and the Cosmonaut by Eddy Boudel Tan for "Celestial Body on the Cover"

[wispy pollen]

I FINISHED

[green edge]

5-star prediction – Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
I thought it will be 5-star but ended up giving 4.5

[robust aurora]

#1475218571368857793 for "features a sport"
Chess being considered a sport saved me from leaving this prompt open ♟️

[green edge]

blind pick from your shelf - Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

[fluid dagger]

https://discord.com/channels/811077227449286667/1361996863435309189 for "Features a sport" ‼️

[wispy pollen]

U found the sport one!!!

[fluid dagger]

I lucked into one!

[grim nimbus]

Thanks to the Count of Monte Cristo I was stuck on that book for SUCH a long time 😄
Needed a refresher so Ella Minnow Pea was a blind short read

[toxic anvil]

Both are excellent books! Recently reread CoMC. Should reread Ella sometime.

[tulip shoal]

Done!

[wary harbor]

My books till now

[fluid dagger]

The Rainbow Troops by Andrea Hirata for "Purchased this year" - I got this book for free though so we'll call it "Obtained this year"

[crystal field]

the adventures of amina al-sirafi for blind pick from your shelf

[robust aurora]

#1474734964514750495 for "shared in #shelfies"

[tardy bough]

oops I haven't updated this in a while but let me get my card in before the deadline

• The Vanishing Half for OBC BOTM
• Brigands & Breadknives for cosy read by the fireplace/heater
• Firstborn of the Sun for book shared in #shelfies
• The Strength of the Few for 5-star prediction
• Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil for a book you originally wanted for Fall Bingo
• One Word, Six Letters for reviewed in #book-reviews

[torn rune]

WOOOOOOOOOOO LETS GOOOOO

[fluid dagger]

Crow Lake for "recommended by someone whose username shares a first letter with your first name"

I got this recommendation from @drowsy dock, whose wife and mother both really enjoyed this book

unfortunately it looks like I will be one book short on this card!

[minor berry]

unfortunately
it looks like I will be one
book short on this card!

- thelastparanoia

[torn rune]

read a short story, quick!

In my eyes, this is still a win

[robust aurora]

% a win!!

[fluid dagger]

I asked my partner to choose a book from my tbr shelf for the last prompt and he picked a short one, so I miiiiight be able to squeeze it in tonight

[torn rune]

GO GO GO

[olive geyser]

We're all rooting for you!

[fluid dagger]

So much support

[wispy pollen]

Soooo close!!!!

[pine hare]

It’s still March 20th in my time zone so. BR-only Blackout complete

•Five-Star Prediction- In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce
•Read Cozy- Calling All Creeps! by R.L. Stine
•Bought This Year- Age of License (SWAPPED)
•Characters include an artist/writer/musician- Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson [Shallan’s an artist and Hoid’s a musician&storyteller]
•Celebrity Book Club Pick- Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley [Oprah]
•Reviewed in #book-reviews- How I Learned To Fly by R.L. Stine (#book-reviews message)

[fluid dagger]

sliding in 12 minutes under the deadline haha

[wispy pollen]

Omg yall did it !!!!

[torn rune]

Y'ALL SLAYED!!!!

Great job everyone!!!! Hoping to see you all in #1484707511696097310