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2016 Bingo Challenge
Looking forward to it Leslie! I'll go make a shelf.
Sounds great! The last one was quite fun.
A 1 a book that has been translated--Like Family--Paolo Giordano--01/16 (from the Italian)
A 2 that reminds you of your childhood--Tarzan of the Apes--Edgar Rice Burroughs--07/16
A 3 about an unfamiliar topic--Giraffe Reflections--Dale Peterson--07/16
A 4 about a learning disability--The Sound and the Fury--William Faulkner--07/16
A 5 by an AAB seasonal author--South of the Border, West of the Sun--Haruki Murakami--05/16
B 1 a book with scientists--The Atomic Weight of Love--Elizabeth J. Church--05/16
B 2 about a natural disaster--Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami--Gretel Ehrlich--06/16
B 3 written in epistolary style--Dear Committee Members--Julie Schumacher--06/16
B 4 that includes a major historical event Woman with a Blue Pencil--Gordon McAlpine--01/16 (bombing of Pearl Harbor)
B 5 you have owned for a year or more The Phantom Tollbooth--Norton Juster--03/16
C 1 a book with more than 250 pages--A Widow for One Year--John Irving--537 pages--01/16
C 2 of poetry--Bright Scythe: Selected Poems by Tomas Tranströmer--01/16
C 3 AAB group read--Solaris--Stanisław Lem--01/16
C 4 of Fairy Tales, Mythology: The Giant Slayer The Unfinished World: And Other Stories--Amber Sparks==02/16
C 5 with the protagonist of the opposite gender--The World According to Garp--John Irving--03/16
D 1 a book first published between 1910-1920--Summer--Edith Wharton (published in 1917)
D 2 with magic--A Darker Shade of Magic--V.E. Schwab--05/16
D 3 set in a Country not your own She's Leaving Home--William Shaw--01/16 (England)
D 4 with a colour in the title Blue Monday--Nicci French--03/16
D 5 based on a play--Can You Forgive Her?--Anthony Trollope--03/16 (based on his unsuccessful play "The Noble Jilt")
E 1 a book that features an animal--Mort (e) --Robert Repino--01/16
E 2 by an author with the same name of an ancestor of yours--The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans--Mark Jacobson--07/16
E 3 with a LGBT as protagonist--The Darker Proof--Adam Mars-Jones--01/16
E 4 by a local author--The Serpentine Wall--Jim Debrosse--07/16
E 5 chosen by someone else--The Guest Room--Chris Bohjalian--02/16 (chosen by Dom for Feb. recommendation challenge)
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A 1 a book that has been translated--Like Family--Paolo Giordano--01/16 (from the Italian)
A 2 that reminds you of your childhood--Tarzan of the Apes--Edgar Rice Burroughs--07/16
A 3 about an unfamiliar topic--Giraffe Reflections--Dale Peterson--07/16
A 4 about a learning disability--The Sound and the Fury--William Faulkner--07/16
A 5 by an AAB seasonal author--South of the Border, West of the Sun--Haruki Murakami--05/16
B 1 a book with scientists--The Atomic Weight of Love--Elizabeth J. Church--05/16
B 2 about a natural disaster--Facing the Wave: A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami--Gretel Ehrlich--06/16
B 3 written in epistolary style--Dear Committee Members--Julie Schumacher--06/16
B 4 that includes a major historical event Woman with a Blue Pencil--Gordon McAlpine--01/16 (bombing of Pearl Harbor)
B 5 you have owned for a year or more The Phantom Tollbooth--Norton Juster--03/16
C 1 a book with more than 250 pages--A Widow for One Year--John Irving--537 pages--01/16
C 2 of poetry--Bright Scythe: Selected Poems by Tomas Tranströmer--01/16
C 3 AAB group read--Solaris--Stanisław Lem--01/16
C 4 of Fairy Tales, Mythology: The Giant Slayer The Unfinished World: And Other Stories--Amber Sparks==02/16
C 5 with the protagonist of the opposite gender--The World According to Garp--John Irving--03/16
D 1 a book first published between 1910-1920--Summer--Edith Wharton (published in 1917)
D 2 with magic--A Darker Shade of Magic--V.E. Schwab--05/16
D 3 set in a Country not your own She's Leaving Home--William Shaw--01/16 (England)
D 4 with a colour in the title Blue Monday--Nicci French--03/16
D 5 based on a play--Can You Forgive Her?--Anthony Trollope--03/16 (based on his unsuccessful play "The Noble Jilt")
E 1 a book that features an animal--Mort (e) --Robert Repino--01/16
E 2 by an author with the same name of an ancestor of yours--The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans--Mark Jacobson--07/16
E 3 with a LGBT as protagonist--The Darker Proof--Adam Mars-Jones--01/16
E 4 by a local author--The Serpentine Wall--Jim Debrosse--07/16
E 5 chosen by someone else--The Guest Room--Chris Bohjalian--02/16 (chosen by Dom for Feb. recommendation challenge)
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I will be creating a challenge for the group home page (same as this year's) but in the meanwhile, here is the square for 2016:
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LauraT wrote: "Some squares are really tough. For me the worst will be the book of poetry!"You don't have to do the entire square! :D
But maybe that square will inspire you to read an AAB group poet!
Looking forward to it.B1: A book that has been translated: Look Who's Back by Tirur Vermes
I1: A book that reminds you of your childhood:
N1: A book about an unfamiliar topic: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
G1: A book about a learning disability:
O1: A book by an AAB seasonal author:
B2: A book with scientists:
I2: A book about a natural disaster:
N2: A book written in epistolary style:
G2: A book that includes a major historical event: The Sunrise by Victoria Hislop
O2: A book you have owned for 1 year or more:A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton
B3: A book with more than 250 pages: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
I3: A book of poetry:
N3: An AAB group read:
G3: A book of fairy tales, mythology, or mythic fiction:
O3: A book with a protagonist of the opposite gender:
B4: A book published between 1910-1920:
I4: A book with magic: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by JK Rowling
N4: A book set in a country not your own: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
G4: A book with a colour in its title:
O4: A book based on a play:
B5: A book that features an animal:
I5: A book by an author with same name as an ancestor:
N5: A book with an LGBT protagonist:
G5: A book by a local author:
O5: A book chosen by someone else: The Crossing Places by Elly Griffiths
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I'm in. Last year's card was good fun.B1: A book that has been translated: The Tin Drum by Günter Grass 3 Stars
I1: A book that reminds you of your childhood: Doctor Strange: Season One by Greg Pak 4 Stars
N1: A book about an unfamiliar topic: Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt 5 Stars
G1: A book about a learning disability: The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 4 Stars
O1: A book by an AAB seasonal author: Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4 Stars
B2: A book with scientists: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion 4 Stars
I2: A book about a natural disaster: Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson 5 Stars
N2: A book written in epistolary style: Roomies by Sara Zarr and Tara Altebrando 3 Stars
G2: A book that includes a major historical event: The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown 4 Stars
O2: A book you have owned for 1 year or more: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 4 Stars
B3: A book with more than 250 pages: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner 4 Stars
I3: A book of poetry: North by Seamus Heaney 5 Stars
N3: An AAB group read: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 4 Stars
G3: A book of fairy tales, mythology, or mythic fiction: Aesop's Fables by Aesop 4 Stars
O3: A book with a protagonist of the opposite gender: Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon 4 Stars
B4: A book published between 1910-1920: Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey 3 Stars
I4: A book with magic: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 4 Stars
N4: A book set in a country not your own: The Chimes by Charles Dickens 4 Stars
G4: A book with a colour in its title: Spider-Man: Back in Black by J. Michael Straczynski and Dan Buckley 4 Stars
O4: A book based on a play: Macbeth 4 Stars
B5: A book that features an animal: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary by David Sedaris 5 Stars
I5: A book by an author with same name as an ancestor: Rabbit, Run by John Updike 3 Stars
N5: A book with an LGBT protagonist: Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings 3 Stars
G5: A book by a local author: The Running Path by Lisa M. Miller 3 Stars
O5: A book chosen by someone else: The Best of Me by Nicholas Sparks 2 Stars
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Same name as an ancestor...so if I had an ancestor named Anna Patricia Smith, I could read a book by Patricia Cornwell or L.J. Smith?The book based on a play might be difficult...I can think of more books that were turned into plays...
Edit: for the book based on a play...could any permutation of Shakespeare work?
Oh, I forgot to mention that a play would work for "book based on a play". However, here are some examples of books based on plays:Medea by Christa Wolf
Black Coffee by Agatha Christie (I think that this adaptation was done by someone else after her death)
P.S. Your Cat is Dead by James Kirkwood Jr.
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley (modernized retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear)
Can one book fill two squares? The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species
Myst wrote: "Same name as an ancestor...so if I had an ancestor named Anna Patricia Smith, I could read a book by Patricia Cornwell or L.J. Smith?The book based on a play might be difficult...I can think of m..."
If we can do it this way, it will work for me. My ancestors fled Eastern Europe and came to America through Ellis Island. Many of us have no idea how our surnames were spelled in the old country. But, Eva, Louise, Julia and Anna I can find. ;-)
I'm in, I really enjoyed taking part last year!
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You don't have to do the entire square! :D
But maybe that square will inspire you to read an AAB group ..."
I'll try!!!
B1: A book that has been translated: Avenue of Mysteries
I1: A book that reminds you of your childhood:
N1: A book about an unfamiliar topic:
G1: A book about a learning disability:
O1: A book by an AAB seasonal author:
B2: A book with scientists:
I2: A book about a natural disaster:
N2: A book written in epistolary style:
G2: A book that includes a major historical event:
O2: A book you have owned for 1 year or more: Father of the Rain by Lily King
B3: A book with more than 250 pages:
I3: A book of poetry:
N3: An AAB group read: A Prayer for Owen Meany
G3: A book of fairy tales, mythology, or mythic fiction:
O3: A book with a protagonist of the opposite gender: Landscape of Farewell
B4: A book published between 1910-1920:
I4: A book with magic:
N4: A book set in a country not your own: The Japanese Lover
G4: A book with a colour in its title:
O4: A book based on a play:
B5: A book that features an animal:
I5: A book by an author with same name as an ancestor:
N5: A book with an LGBT protagonist:
G5: A book by a local author:
O5: A book chosen by someone else: Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
Portia wrote: "Myst wrote: "Same name as an ancestor...so if I had an ancestor named Anna Patricia Smith, I could read a book by Patricia Cornwell or L.J. Smith?..."Either first or last name is fine so both those examples Myst gave would work.
Portia wrote: "Can one book fill two squares? The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, a Marine Biologist, and the Fight to Save a Species"
No, each square must be a different book. Sorry!
Ruth wrote: "Where can we put our book lists ?"You can either put in your own thread (in the 2016 Personal Challenges folder) or you can do it here.
Leslie wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Where can we put our book lists ?"You can either put in your own thread (in the 2016 Personal Challenges folder) or you can do it here."
Thanks Leslie...I will put it here :)
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B1: A book that has been translated: The Third Reich (Apr 13)
I1: A book that reminds you of your childhood:
N1: A book about an unfamiliar topic: Paramedic to the Prince (Mar 27)
G1: A book about a learning disability:
O1: A book by an AAB seasonal author:
B2: A book with scientists: Adam's Curse: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Destiny (Jan 9)
I2: A book about a natural disaster:
N2: A book written in epistolary style: Letters from Wanderlust (diary entries; Aug 19)
G2: A book that includes a major historical event: A God in Ruins (Apr 25)
O2: A book you have owned for 1 year or more: Her Fearful Symmetry (Jan 20)
B3: A book with more than 250 pages: The City of Mirrors (602 pgs; Aug 17)
I3: A book of poetry:
N3: An AAB group read:
G3: A book of fairy tales, mythology, or mythic fiction: Egg & Spoon (Feb 3)
O3: A book with a protagonist of the opposite gender: The Lower River (Feb 13)
B4: A book published between 1910-1920: Death in Venice (published in 1912) (Jan 6)
I4: A book with magic: Secondhand Souls (Feb 15)
N4: A book set in a country not your own: The Fishermen (Nigeria; Jan 15)
G4: A book with a colour in its title: Flow Down Like Silver: Hypatia of Alexandria (Aug 12)
O4: A book based on a play: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Aug 6)
B5: A book that features an animal: We're All in This Together (shark; Aug 28)
I5: A book by an author with same name as an ancestor:
N5: A book with an LGBT protagonist: Frog Music (Sept 23)
G5: A book by a local author: Eleanor Rigby (Jul 30)
O5: A book chosen by someone else: Saint Mazie (Feb 20)
Completed:
I didn't do the 2015 one, but I'm in for 2016!
Some of these squares are easy (Scientists!), others not so much, but I'm aiming for the entire square.
If one of my ancestors wrote a book, would that count? If not, can we use just first or last names?
I'm doing a classics bingo challenge for another group, but this one has some fun and different categories so I'll see how far I get with this one!I will be keeping track on my personal challenge page...
Mmm I like it.... Still to finish off my last one from Bingo2015! Maybe I will get a chance tonight.
Patricia wrote: "If one of my ancestors wrote a book, would that count? If not, can we use just first or last names?"Yes certainly! To both questions...
Leslie wrote: "Patricia wrote: "If one of my ancestors wrote a book, would that count? If not, can we use just first or last names?"Yes certainly! To both questions..."
Thanks Leslie, I'm going to read something by my third cousin twice removed, Woody Guthrie!
Leslie wrote: "Oh, I forgot to mention that a play would work for "book based on a play". However, here are some examples of books based on plays:Medea by Christa Wolf
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Is it ok to choose a book inspired by a play? I am thinking of [book:The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey which I would like to read again... A book which focuses on Shakespeare's portrayal of Richard III
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A 1 a book in translation Emile Zola La bestia umana
A 2 that reminds you of your childhood Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
A 3 about an unfamiliar topic Willa Carther, My Ántonia the frontier***
A 4 about a learning disability Luigi Mazzone Un autistico in famiglia: Le risposte ai problemi quotidiani dei genitori di ragazzi autistici
A 5 by an AAB seasonal author Sarah Waters Carezze di velluto ***
B 1 a book with scientists Stanislaw Lem Solaris ***
B 2 about a natural disaster Philip Dick, Ma gli androidi sognano pecore elettriche? ****
B 3 written in epistolar style Lionel Shriver, We Need to Talk About Kevin ***
B 4 that includes a major historical event Seth Grahame-Smith La bugia di Natale The birth of Jesus Christ ***
B 5 you have owned for a year or more Taiye Sebasi La bellezza delle cose fragili ***
C 1 a book with more than 250 pages Anthony Trollope Nina Balatka - pag. 454 ***
C 2 of poetry
C 3 AAB group read Kate Chopin, The Awakening ****
C 4 of Fary Tales, Mytology, Mythic Fiction Silvana De Mari Io mi chiamo Yorsh ***
C 5 with the protagonist of the opposit gender Jo Nesbo, Il pipistrello ****
D 1 a book first published between 1910-1920 Gilbert Keith Chesterton The Innocence of Father Brown ***
D 2 with magic Haley Tanner Cose da salvare in caso di incendio ****
D 3 set in a Country not your own Gregory David Roberts Shantaram ***
D 4 with a colour in the title Zadie Smith White Teeth ***
D 5 based on a play Richard Congreve The Way of the World ***
E 1 a book that features an animal James Herriot, James Herriot's Cat Stories ****
E 2 by an author with the same name of an ancester of yours Anne Brontee Agnes Grey Anna was my great grand mother ***
E 3 with a LGBT as protagonist Olafsdottir Audur Ava, L'eccezione ***
E 4 by a local author Francesca Borrione Il cinema specchio della realtà. Modelli culturali a confronto ****
E 5 chosen by someone elese (Terri for the SWAPP) Jeannette Walls The Glass Castle ****
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A 3 about an unfamiliar topic
A 4 about a learning disability
A 5 by an AAB seasonal author
B 1 a book with scientists
B 2 about a natural disaster
B 3 written in epistolar style
B 4 that includes a major historical event
B 5 you have owned for a year or more
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C 2 of poetry
C 3 AAB group read
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2016 Bingo Challenge*A book that has been translated: In Praise of the Stepmother by Mario Vargas Llosa
*A book that reminds me of my childhood: [book:Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa
*A book about an unfamiliar topic: The Covenant by James A. Michener |
A book about a learning disability: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night by Mark Haddon
A book by an AAB seasonal Author: The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky|
*A book with scientists: Madame Curie - A Biography by Eve Curie by Vincent Sheean|
A book about a natural disaster: Pompeii by Robert Harris
A book written in epistolary style: The Brownings by Joanna Richardson |
*A book that includes a major historical event: The Last Nine Days Of The Bismarck by C.S. Forester|
*A book I have owned for 1 year or more: The Seven Sisters by Margaret Drabble
* A book with more than 250 pages: The Litigators by John Grisham
A book of poetry : Final Harvest: Emily Dickinson's Poems by Emily Dickinson|
Join an AAB group read: Nora Webster byColm Tóibín |
A book of fairy tales, mythology, or mythic fiction: The Golden Fleece by Robert Graves
*A book with protagonist of the opposite gender: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
*A book first published between 1910 - 1920 : A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce|
*A book with magic : [book:The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
*A book set in a country not my own[[book:The Husband's Secret|17802724] by Liane Moriarty
A book with a color in its title: La casa verde by Mario Vargas Llosa
A book based on a play : Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
*A book that features an animal: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein |
A book by an author with the same name as an ancestor Enemies Among Us: A Novel by Bob Hamer: |
*A book with a LGBT protagonist:The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
A book by a local author : Tinisima by Elena Poniatowska
*A book chosen by someone else: We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
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A 1 a book that has been translated Marina or The Readers of Broken Wheel RecommendA 2 that reminds you of your childhood The Forgotten Garden 1/5
A 3 about an unfamiliar topic Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers 1/13
A 4 about a learning disability Love Anthony or Flowers for Algernon
A 5 by an AAB seasonal author Fingersmith
B 1 a book with scientistsThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
B 2 about a natural disaster Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
B 3 written in epistolary style Where'd You Go, Bernadette 1/22
B 4 that includes a major historical event I Am Pilgrim 2/1
B 5 you have owned for a year or more Rebecca
C 1 a book with more than 250 pages Big Little Lies 1/11
C 2 a book of poetry Brown Girl Dreaming
C 3 AAB group read A Prayer for Owen Meany
C4 fairy tales, mythology A Wild Swan: And Other Tales 1/15
C 5 with the protagonist of the opposite gender The Whistling Season 1/27
D 1 a book first published between 1910-1920 Parnassus On Wheels 1/28
D 2 with magic The Magician's Assistant 2/24
D 3 set in a Country not your own Bel Canto
D 4 with a color in the title The Woman in White
D 5 based on a play The Glass Menagerie 2/2
E 1 a book that features an animal The Man Who Listens to Horses
E 2 by an author with the same name of an ancestor of yours Bound for Glory
E 3 with a LGBT as protagonist Trans-Sister Radio
E 4 by a local author Go Down Together: The True, Untold Story of Bonnie and Clyde
E 5 chosen by someone else A Little Life 2/8
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I have also set this up in my 2016 Personal Challenge.A book that has been translated: The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
A book that reminds you of your childhood:
A book about an unfamiliar topic: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.
A book about a learning disability:
A book by an AAB seasonal author:
A book with scientists:
A book about a natural disaster:
A book written in epistolary style:Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend by Matthew Dicks
A book that includes a major historical event: The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering by Norman G. Finkelstein
A book you have owned for 1 year or more:
A book with more than 250 pages: 11/22/63 by Stephen King
A book of poetry:
An AAB group read: Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
A book of fairy tales, mythology, or mythic fiction:
A book with a protagonist of the opposite gender:
A book published between 1910-1920:
A book with magic:
A book set in a country not your own:
A book with a colour in its title:
A book based on a play:
A book that features an animal:
A book by an author with same name as an ancestor:
A book with an LGBT protagonist: Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami.
A book by a local author:
A book chosen by someone else:
I am keeping track in my 2016 Personal Challenge thread. I will occasionally post an update here too though.Don't forget, if you join the challenge on the group homepage, you need to make a special bingo shelf. I called mine (with stunning originality) bingo-2016 but you can choose any name you want. Also, the books on this shelf must have their finished reading date in 2016 - that generally happens automatically when you mark a book as done but feel free to post here if you run into problems.
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Oh no ! Where has my reading list gone ?! I think this happened to me last year as well!
2016 BINGO Challenge :)B1 Book that has been translated: Around the World in 80 Days (Freading)
I1 Reminds me of my childhood: Watership Down
N1 Unfamiliar topic: Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
G1 Learning disability: So B. It
O1 AAB Seasonal Author: The Time Machine by HG. Wells
B2 With scientists: Still Alice by Lisa Genova
I2 Natural Disaster: Age of Miracles
N2 Epistolary style: Ella Minnow Pea
G2 Major historical event: The Wright Brothers
O2 Owned for 1+ years:
B3 More than 250 pages: A Short History of Nearly Everything
I3 Book of Poetry: Florida Poems
N3 AAB Group Read:
G3 Fairy tales, mythic fiction:
O3 Opposite gender protagonist: Yes, My Accent is Real
B4 Published 1910-1920: The Secret Garden
I4 With Magic: Two Years, Eight Months, and Twenty-Eight Nights
N4 Country not your own: Age of Ambition
G4 Color in the title:
O4 Based on a play: The Unexpected Guest
B5 Features an animal: The Art of Racing in the Rain
I5 Author same name as an ancestor: The Marble Collector
N5 LGBT protagonist: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
G5 Local author: Last train to paradise: Henry Flagler and the spectacular rise and fall of the railroad that crossed an ocean (eBook overdrive)
O5 Chosen by someone else: Staying On
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Starting my record: A book that has been translated | Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami - completed 1/4/16
.BINGO 1 Completed 6/8/16
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✓A Book that Has Been Translated: The Moonlit Garden by Corina Bomann
✓A Book with Scientists: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman
✓A Book with More than 250 Pages: Vintage by Susan Gloss
✓A Book Published Between 1910- 1920: My Antonia by Willa Cather
✓A Book that Features an Animal: The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
✓A Book that Reminds You of Your Childhood: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
✓A Book About a Natural Disaster: The Peshtigo Fire of 1871: The Story of the Deadliest Fire in American History by Charles River Editors
✓A Book of Poetry: The Tempers by William Carlos Williams
✓A Book with Magic: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
✓A Book by an Author w/ the Same Name as an Ancestor: The Witch's Bell (Book One) by Odette C. Bell
✓A Book About an Unfamiliar Subject: Elizabeth Is Missing by Emma Healey
✓A Book Written in an Epistolary Style: The Black Robe by Wilkie Collins
✓An AAB Bookread: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
✓A Book Set in a Foreign County: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
✓A Book with a LGBT Protagonist: The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
✓A Book About a Learning Disability: The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson
✓A Book That Includes a Major Historical Event: The Romanovs by by Virginia Cowles
✓A Book of Fairy Tales, Mythology or Mythic Fiction: After Alice: A Novel by Gregory Maguire
✓A Book with a Color in Its Title: The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain
✓A Book by a Local Author: The Fairy Tree by Wendy L. Schmidt
✓A Book by an AAB Seasonal Author: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
✓A Book you Have owned for a Year or More: Miss or Mrs? by Wilkie Collins
✓A Book with a Protagonist of the Opposite Gender: The Gardener of Baghdad by Ahmad Ardalan
✓A Book Based on a Play: The Frozen Deep by Wilkie Collins
✓A Book Chosen by Someone Else: The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
BINGO 2 Completed 6/30/16
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✓A Book that Has Been Translated: Pierced by the Sun by Laura Esquivel
✓A Book with Scientists: Operation Paperclip: The History of the Secret Program to Bring Nazi Scientists to America During and After World War II by Charles River Editors
✓A Book with More than 250 Pages: Blood Defense (Samantha Brinkman, #1) by Marcia Clark
✓A Book Published Between 1910- 1920: Summer by Edith Wharton
✓A Book that Features an Animal: The Animal Psychic by Jackie Weaver
✓A Book that Reminds You of Your Childhood: Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott
✓A Book About a Natural Disaster: The Flood by Émile Zola
✓A Book of Poetry: the three o'clock in the morning sessions by Angie Martin
✓A Book with Magic: The Magic City by E. (Edith) Nesbit
✓A Book by an Author w/ the Same Name as an Ancestor: The Witch and the Commander Book One by Odette C. Bell
✓A Book About an Unfamiliar Subject: No Name by Wilkie Collins
✓A Book Written in an Epistolary Style: Lady Susan by Jane Austin
✓An AAB Bookread: Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
✓A Book Set in a Foreign County: Basil by Wilkie Collins
✓A Book with a LGBT Protagonist: Hickory, Dickory, Dock by Morgan Starr
✓A Book About a Learning Disability: The Trash Collector: A Short Story by Monica Shaughnessy
✓A Book That Includes a Major Historical Event: The History of Mary Prince A West Indian Slave by Mary Prince
✓A Book of Fairy Tales, Mythology or Mythic Fiction: Through a Tangled Wood by Jamie Campbell
✓A Book with a Color in Its Title:Yellow Crocus by Laila Ibrahim
✓A Book by a Local Author: Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber
✓A Book by an AAB Seasonal Author: The History of Mr Polly by H. G. Wells
✓A Book you Have owned for a Year or More: My Lady's Money by Wilkie Collins
✓A Book with a Protagonist of the Opposite Gender: The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
✓A Book Based on a Play: The Lighthouse by Wilkie Collins
✓A Book Chosen by Someone Else: Orchids and Stone by Lisa Preston
Betty wrote: "I really loved the 2015 Bingo challenge, and am excited about a new Bingo square for 2016! :)....
What does E5 "Chosen by someone else" actually mean? Chosen by whom? Sorry if this is a dumb question LOL
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There are several ways to get someone else to choose a book for you. One way is to join one of our periodic Recommendation Swaps - I think that the next one will be in Feb. Another is to just ask here or in one of the other GoodReads groups or use a Book of the Month for one of your groups. Or it could be a book someone gave you as a gift or you could ask a friend, family member or local librarian to recommend a book.
Thanks Leslie- that's simple enough! :)
For "local author", how local does it have to be? Same state? Within approx 75 miles of your city?The only author I read that I know lives in the same state as I do is about a 4 hour drive away.
Myst wrote: "For "local author", how local does it have to be? Same state? Within approx 75 miles of your city?The only author I read that I know lives in the same state as I do is about a 4 hour drive away."
We are leaving each participant to decide for themselves how close "local" is as finding a qualifying author is a distinctly different proposition for someone in London compared to someone in rural Nunavut
Isn't it Nunavut territory? NWT and YKT are both territories...NWT was split into 2 to make Nunavut 17ish years ago. (Not to be picky or anything ;) I was living in Canada at the time so I had a very brief - 30 words or less lecture about the new territory before returning to regular activities.) I can work with that to find an author now that I don't have to stray too far from my preferred genres to find a 'local' author.
I am in.A1 - a book that has been translated - love in lower case - Frances Miralles
A2 - that reminds you of your childhood-Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
A3 - About an unfamiliar topic - The Girls of Atomic City - Denise Keerman
A4 - About a learning disability - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime - Mark Haddon
A5 - By an AAB seasonal author - The History of Mr. Polly - H. G. Wells
B1- a book with scientists - The Alchemy of Murder - Carol McCleary
B2 - about a natural disaster -I Will Send Rain - Rae Meadows
B3 - Written in epistolary style - 84 Charing Cross Road - Helene Hanff
B4 - That includes major historical event - Antietam Assassins - Michael Kilian
B5 - You have owned more than a year - The Expats - Chris Pavone
C1 - A book with more than 250 pages - Poisoned Prose - Ellery Adams
C2 - A book of poetry - Edna St. Vincent Millay - Selected poems
C3 - AAB group read
C4 - of Fairy Tales, Mythology, - The Wishing Spell - Chris Colver
C5 - with the protagonist of the opposite gender - A Simple Murder - Eleanor Kuhns
D1 - a book 1st published between 1910 - 1920 - A Princess of Mars - Edgar Riche Burroughs
D2 - with magic - Sorcery and Cecelia - Wreede/Stevenson
D3 - set in a country not your own - The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
D4 - with a colour in the title - Ice Blue - Emma Jameson
D5 - based on a play - Black Coffee - Agatha Christie
E1 - a booth that features an animal - One Good Dog - Susan Wilson
E2 - by an author with the same name of an ancestor of yours - Twenty Eight and a Half Wishes - Denise Grover Swank (Grover was my grandfathers last name)
E3 - with an LGBT protagonist - Orphan No. 8 - Kim van Alinade
E4 - by a local author - The Brides House - Sandra Dallas
E5 - chosen by someone else - Americanah - C.N. Adichie
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EXTREME CHALLENGE: Complete the entire square (once or multiple times!)
Remember that the challenge doesn't begin until New Year's Day. I know how quickly our members get started on these things so the square won't be posted until December 30th!