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Level One Bingo
Four Corners: Mark off the four outside corners of the Bingo board.
Five-in-a-Row: Mark off five squares in a row. This can be done horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Level Two Bingo
Small Box: Mark off all the 9 inner squares of the board (including the free square), leaving blank the 16 outside border squares.

Level Three Bingo
Outside Box: Mark off all 16 of the outer squares, leaving blank the 9 inner squares.

Level Four Bingo
Blackout! Mark off all the squares of the board.

Progress:


B1: I1: N1: G1: O1:

B2: I2: N2: G2: O2:

B3: I3: N3: G3: O3:

B4: I4: N4: G4: O4:

B5: I5: N5: G5: O5:

Ideas:


B1: 18th Century or Earlier Classic: Dangerous Liaisons OR Moll Flanders
✔B2: Book Chosen by the Cover: The Wreath by Sigrid Undset; Read 1/23/19
✔B3: European Classic: Howards End by E.M. Forster; Read 2/14/19
✔B4: Telegraph’s 100 Novels List: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré; Read 3/2/19
✔B5: 20th Century Classic: Reflections in a Golden Eye; Read 3/3/19

✔I1: Book from the Group’s Bookshelf Prior to 2019: Little Women; Read 8/18/19
✔I2: New-to-You Author: Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene; Read 1/16/19
✔I3: Classic Play: Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw; Read 4/14/19
✔I4: Literary Prize of Your Country: The Known World by Edward P. Jones; 2004 Pulitzer Prize; Read 2/15/19
✔I5: Classic on Your Bookshelf For over a Year: The Towers of Silence by Paul Scott; Read 9/21/19

N1: South American Classic: The Tunnel OR The Hour of the Star
✔N2: Short Story Collection: Christmas in the South: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writers by Charline R. McCord; Read 12/14/19
✔FREE SPACE: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie; Read 1/11/19
✔N4: Poetry or Essay Collection: The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes; Read 2/23/19
N5: Asian Classic: Kokoro OR Spring Snow

✔G1: Winner of a Foreign Literary Prize: Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (winner of Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding); Read 12/18/19
✔G2: Classic By a Female Author: The Bird's Nest; Read 10/22/19
✔G3: Classic Non-fiction: My Family and Other Animals; Read 3/16/19
✔G4: Written by Nobel Laureate: Light in August; Read 5/22/19
✔G5: Book from the Group's 2019 Bookshelf: A Pair of Blue Eyes; Read 10/10/19

✔O1: 19th Century Classic: Lady Audley's Secret; Read 11/30/19
O2: Classic Sci-fi or Fantasy: The Tombs of Atuan OR The House on the Strand OR The Lathe of Heaven
O3: Classic Comedy or Satire: A Damsel in Distress OR Miss Buncle's Book OR The Importance of Being Earnest
✔O4: Classic Romance: This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart; Read 6/10/19
✔O5: 21st Century Potential Classic: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles; Read 3/11/19

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Welcome to the Bingo Challenge, Candi! Just couldn't stay away, huh? ;)

Terris wrote: "Welcome to the Bingo Challenge, Candi! Just couldn't stay away, huh? ;)"

Thank you, Terris! I'm a sucker for challenges! ;0

I've checked off my free space by reading Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

My Review

Welcome to the Bingo challenge, Candi. Sorry I missed your post earlier.

Congrats on your first square done.

Katy wrote: "Welcome to the Bingo challenge, Candi. Sorry I missed your post earlier.

Congrats on your first square done."

Thank you, Katy! I'm looking forward to my second year of the bingo challenge :)

You're off to a good start! Agatha Christie usually won't let you down :)

Terris wrote: "You're off to a good start! Agatha Christie usually won't let you down :)"

Thanks, Terris! One can nearly always depend on a Christie novel :)

Great review!
It is not a secret that I am a huge fan of Agatha Christie. Happy to see you enjoyed this novel too.

Veronique wrote: "Great review!
It is not a secret that I am a huge fan of Agatha Christie. Happy to see you enjoyed this novel too."

Thank you, Veronique! Her books are really a lot of fun to read :) And so clever!

I've completed I2: New-to-you author. This really is my first Graham Greene novel! I will definitely read more :)

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

My Review

I've finished B2: Book Chosen by the Cover. I own a copy of this book, with this cover which I love! Unfortunately, I did not end up adoring the story quite as much, lol. Not that it was bad; I just had higher expectations for this one.

The Wreath by Sigrid Undset

My Review

You did pick a beautiful cover!

Thanks, Sara! I think I found this at a library sale :)

It is beautiful indeed :). I agree with your review. From what I read in this group, it should be worthwhile to read the whole trilogy, but I wasn't compelled to read it in one go either.

Lotte wrote: "It is beautiful indeed :). I agree with your review. From what I read in this group, it should be worthwhile to read the whole trilogy, but I wasn't compelled to read it in one go either."

Thank you for reading my thoughts on it, Lotte. Yes, from what I understand from other readers is that this will improve. I will eventually continue on, but not right away :)

I've finished B3: European Classic. I liked it, didn't love it (I wanted to love it!). But after watching the excellent 1992 Merchant Ivory movie adaptation of this, I had an even greater appreciation of it :)

Howards End by E.M. Forster

My Review

It wasn't my favorite either. I liked A Passage to India better!

Terris wrote: "It wasn't my favorite either. I liked A Passage to India better!"

I think that is going to be next on my list when I'm ready to read Forster again, Terris!

Terris wrote: "It wasn't my favorite either. I liked A Passage to India better!"

I loved them both, but I agree that A Passage to India is better.

I've heard from several people that they prefer A Passage to India. I'm looking forward to it!

Finished another for I4: Literary Prize of Your Country. Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize:

The Known World by Edward P. Jones

My Review

Congratulations! Moving right along! :)

Terris wrote: "Congratulations! Moving right along! :)"

Thank you, Terris!

Completed N4: Poetry or Essay Collection:

The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes

My Review

Completed B4: Telegraph’s 100 Novels List:

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

My Review

Candi wrote: "Completed B4: Telegraph’s 100 Novels List:

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
"

Now I've got to read this one for that square!

You should, Katy! I didn't actually have this one planned out for that square initially. I went back to look at the list and realized this book would work!

It's always nice when that happens.

Rosemarie wrote: "It's always nice when that happens."

Yes, it sure is, Rosemarie!

Completed B5: 20th Century Classic:

Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers

My Review

Completed O5: 21st Century Potential Classic (at least in my humble opinion!):

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

My Review

Candi wrote: "Completed O5: 21st Century Potential Classic (at least in my humble opinion!):

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

My Review"


I'm planning on reading this one later in the year. So glad to know that it is a good book.

Candi wrote: "Completed O5: 21st Century Potential Classic (at least in my humble opinion!):

Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

My Review"

I was thinking of using the same book for that category. My opinion is based on even less, since I haven't read it.

Katy - I hope you love this one as much as I did!

Milena - I slated this book for the category before reading it too. I just had a feeling! Reading it confirmed it for me :)

;)

I've completed G3: Classic Non-fiction:

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

My Review

Loved your review!
I've wanted to read Durrell's trilogy, and some of his other stuff, as well as James Herriot's All Creatures Great and Small for awhile, but I never managed to get to it! I bought the Herriot series for my daughter the year she was accepted to vet school :D. She studied in Dublin, so I was really interested in that one. Haven't gotten around to it yet ... someday :)

Thank you, MK! Oh, I hope you can make some time for the trilogy! I also read a couple of the Herriot books when I was a teen and loved them. I plan to re-read them one of these days :) By the way, my mother talked me out of exploring a career in veterinary medicine. She told me I wouldn't be able to handle putting animals down. Sadly, I listened as a child. In retrospect, as a mature adult, I think I would have learned and understood the need and the process in order to handle that aspect of the job as well. I hope it's a rewarding career for your daughter!

Candi wrote: "She told me I wouldn't be able to handle putting animals down. "

I was worried about the very same thing, for my daughter! I suspect, you, like she, would have come to see that often, it's the most compassionate thing, for the animal.

I'm not sure if it's a rewarding career for her -- she was really interested in farm animals and sustainable agriculture, but she is working in a small animal clinic (the one thing she never wanted to do :p).

I'm proud of her, regardless!

It's tough out there and so tricky to make those choices as a young adult. I had a friend once that said "I work to live, not live to work". If there is something fulfilling in your life, then I think that is the best we can do, and more than many others have. At least, that's what I tell myself all the time and am trying to teach my teenagers now!

That's a wonderful philosophy, Candi!
Your teenagers have a wonderful Mom :)

Aww, thanks MK! :)

Finished I3: Classic Play:

Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

My Review

Still no Bingo though! I suppose I should make it a point to read an 18th century classic so I can at least get one bingo!

Sometimes you just have to make it happen, Candi.

Yes, I sure do, Sara! I've just been putting of my selection(s) for the 18th century ;)