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GENRE BINGO CHALLENGE 20204/3 - BINGOs - DONE!
Humour
Travelogue
Gay Fiction
Dystopian
Paranormal
Family Saga
Mystery or Thriller
History
General Nonfiction
Graphic Novel
Coming of Age
Horror
Narrative Nonfiction
Gothic Fiction
Biography
Self-Help
Literary Fiction
Historical Fiction
Short Stories/Novella
Women's Fiction
Memoir
Investigative Journalism -
Essays
Science Nonfiction - The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature by Steven Pinker
JANUARY ROUND UPPopSugar 2020
3/15
A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
Sin: *lust*
44 Chapters About 4 Men by B.B. Easton - 4 stars
A book with a main character in their 20s
Drinking at the Movies by Julia Wertz - 2 stars
A book with more than 20 letters in its title
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell - 3 stars
OTHER:
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - 5 stars
Childfree and Loving It! by Nicki Defago - 2 stars
My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now by Peter Mayle - 2 stars
FEBRUARY ROUND UPPopsugar 2020
4/15
Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner - 3 stars
Genre Bingo Challenge
Self-Help: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz - 4 stars
Coming of Age: The Round House by Louise Erdrich - 4 stars
Memoir: Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction by Elizabeth Vargas - 3 stars
Other
New Year, Same Trash: Resolutions I Absolutely Did Not Keep by Samantha Irby - 4 stars
Around the Writer's Block: Using Brain Science to Solve Writer's Resistance by Rosanne Bane - 5 stars
A Manual for Heartache by Cathy Rentzenbrink - 2 stars
Insomniac City: New York, Oliver, and Me by Bill Hayes - 4 stars
MARCH ROUND UPPOPSUGAR 2020
A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics (Paris)
Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner - 3 stars
A book that's published in 2020
Writers & Lovers by Lily King - 3 stars
A book set in the 1920s
The Missing Millionaire: The True Story of Ambrose Small and the City Obsessed With Finding Him by Katie Daubs - 3 stars
GENRE BINGO CHALLENGE 2020
Dystopian: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - 4 stars
Gothic Fiction: Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell - 3 stars
OTHER:
Veronica by Mary Gaitskill - 3 stars
Travels Through the French Riviera: An Artist’s Guide to the Storied Coastline, from Menton to Saint-Tropez by Virginia Johnson - 4 stars
APRIL ROUND UPPopsugar 2020
9/15
A book that passes the Bechdel test
A Glorious Freedom: Older Women Leading Extraordinary Lives by Lisa Congdon - 4 stars
A book on a subject you know nothing about
The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy by Judith L. Pearson - 3 stars
Genre Bingo Challenge 2020
Literary Fiction
Empire Falls by Richard Russo - 3 stars
Humour
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay - 4 stars
Biography
Alicia by Alicia Appleman-Jurman - 5 stars
OTHER:
Dead Mom Walking: A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters by Rachel Matlow - 5 stars
Naturally Tan by Tan France - 3 stars
MAY ROUND UPGenre Bingo Challenge 2020
Mystery or Thriller
Night Film by Marisha Pessl - 5 stars
Women's Fiction
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell - 5 stars
Historical Fiction
City of Thieves by David Benioff - 5 stars
OTHER
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel- 3 stars
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - 3 stars
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer - 2.5 stars
JUNE ROUND UPGenre Bingo Challenge
Essays
Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby - 3 stars
OTHER
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 2 stars (beautiful writing, but too much realistic violence for my liking)
What Lies Between Us by John Marrs - 3 stars
The Authenticity Project by Clare Pooley - 1 star
JULY ROUND UPGenre Bingo Challenge 2020
Gay Fiction
Tin Man by Sarah Winman - 4 stars
Narrative Nonfiction
The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia by Candace Fleming - 4 stars
Other
Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love by Jonathan Van Ness - 4 stars
Salt Slow by Julia Armfield - 4 stars
The Cockroach by Ian McEwan - 2 stars
AUGUST ROUND UPPopsugar 2020
An anthology
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate - 5 stars
A book with a three word title
We Learn Nothing by Tim Kreider - 4 stars
OTHER:
Bad Seeds: The True Story of Toronto's Galloway Boys Street Gang by Betsy Powell - 4 stars
The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty - 3 stars
Hemingway in Love: His Own Story by A.E. Hotchner - 4 stars
SEPTEMBER ROUND UPPopsugar 2020
A book by a WOC
What We Carry: A Memoir by Maya Lang - 5 stars
Genre Bingo Challenge
Graphic Novel
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll - 5 stars
A Travelogue
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed - 4 stars
History
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution by Orlando Figes - 5 stars
OCTOBER ROUND UPPopsugar 2020
15/15 DONE-ZO - This is the earliest I have ever completed a yearly challenge!
A book with at least a four-star rating on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
That's Mental: Painfully Funny Things That Drive Me Crazy About Being Mentally Ill by Amanda Rosenberg - 4 stars
A book by or about a journalist
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich - 5 stars
GENRE BINGO CHALLENGE 2020
4/3 Bingos finished - I only committed to finishing three, but ended up getting 4.
Horror
Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier - 3 stars
Family Saga
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi - 3 stars
OTHER
Open Book by Jessica Simpson - 5 stars
Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda - 5 stars
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin - 4 stars
I have decided to join the December Advent Calendar challenge. I will be reading one short story per day until Christmas!1. "The Offshore Pirate" from Jazz Age Stories by F. Scott. Fitzgerald
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Books mentioned in this topic
Jazz Age Stories (other topics)A Clockwork Orange (other topics)
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere (other topics)
My Childhood (other topics)
Open Book (other topics)
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15/15 books
1. A book set in a city that has hosted the Olympics (Paris)
Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner2. A book that's published in 2020
Writers & Lovers by Lily King3. A book on a subject you know nothing about
The Wolves at the Door: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy by Judith L. Pearson4. A book with at least a four-star rating on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
That's Mental: Painfully Funny Things That Drive Me Crazy About Being Mentally Ill by Amanda Rosenberg5. A book with a three-word title
We Learn Nothing by Tim Kreider6. A book by or about a journalist
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich7. A book set in the 1920s
The Missing Millionaire: The True Story of Ambrose Small and the City Obsessed With Finding Him by Katie Daubs8. A book with a main character in their 20s
Drinking at the Movies by Julia Wertz9. A book that passes the Bechdel test
A Glorious Freedom: Older Women Leading Extraordinary Lives by Lisa Congdon10. A book by a trans or nonbinary author
Dead Mom Walking: A Memoir of Miracle Cures and Other Disasters by Rachel Matlow11. A book with a map
Travels Through the French Riviera: An Artist’s Guide to the Storied Coastline, from Menton to Saint-Tropez by Virginia Johnson12. A book by a WOC
What We Carry: A Memoir by Maya Lang13. An anthology
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate14. A book featuring one of the seven deadly sins
Sin: *lust*
44 Chapters About 4 Men by B.B. Easton15. A book with more than 20 letters in its title
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm GladwellNOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere by Anna GavaldaMy Childhood by Maxim GorkyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess