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Finished Karamazov... Very happy about that! And it won me 3 Bingos!

Here's my review /book/show/6...

Just got my first bingo! See message 37


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Nancy wrote: "Just got my first bingo! See message 37 ..."

Yay! Congrats Nancy!

Tweedledum wrote: "Finished Karamazov... Very happy about that! And it won me 3 Bingos! ...

Congrats Tweedledum! Well done :)

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For the tiles see my original post (N. 35)

Updated Mickey's 2016 Bingo Challenge

I almost got a Bingo! I might read The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter for my book about fairy tales in order to achieve it.

Because I can't seem to stop myself, I'm in!
Guess I'll go for blackout...

Here's what I have so far with no BINGO in sight...

5/31/16
12 / 25

A 1 Translated from another language The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir Who Got Trapped in an IKEA Wardrobe
A 3 Unfamiliar topic Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey
B 1 Book with scientists French Fried
C 1 250 pages or more Unholy Night
C 5 Protagonist of the opposite gender Insane City
D 2 A book with magic Once a Witch
D 3 A book set in another country Master of Souls
D 4 A book with a color in the title The Blue Afternoon
E 1 A book that features an animal The Big Kitty
E 3 A book with a LGBT protagonist Gay Men Don't Get Fat
E 4 A local author Folks You Meet in Longs and Other Stories by Lee Cataluna
E 5 A book that was chosen by someone else My Life on the Road

Lauri wrote: "Because I can't seem to stop myself, I'm in!"

Welcome Lauri! Hope that you enjoy it.

Somehow I have managed to delete my original list! Grrr and I was doing so well too!

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The titles on my fist post, n. 35

Laura, only 3 books to go before you are done with the whole square!! Wow, you are doing great again this year :)

Slower than last year though Leslie: I'm missing books I usually don't read: poetry, and the two with magic!!!

A 1 a book that has been translated
A 2 that reminds you of your childhood
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: The Lunar Chronicle Series, Cinder
B 2 about a natural disaster
� B 3 written in epistolary style: Go Ask Alice
B 4 that includes a major historical event
� B 5 you have owned for a year or more: Eragon
� C 1 a book with more than 250 pages: Outlander
C 2 of poetry
C 3 AAB group read
C 4 of Fairy Tales, Mythology
C 5 with the protagonist of the opposite gender
D 1 a book first published between 1910-1920
� D 2 with magic: Harry Potter book 1
D 3 set in a Country not your own
� D 4 with a color in the title: The Lunar Chronicle Series, Scarlet
D 5 based on a play
� E 1 a book that features an animal: Mercy Thompson Series, Moon Called
E 2 by an author with the same name of an ancestor of yours
E 3 with a LGBT as protagonist
E 4 by a local author
� E 5 chosen by someone else: Necromancer's Dance

Nice work Nikki!

Love this idea!! Nikki, I read the first Harry Potter this year too...I can't believe I waited this long. Totally hooked on it!!

Two books left!
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For the titles see post 35

Great job, Laura!

Updated Mickey's 2016 Bingo Challenge

If you're looking for a novel to fulfill N2: A book written in epistolary style, I highly recommend We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. The main character, Eva is writing letters to her husband after their son commits a school shooting. It's about her struggles with motherhood and the ways she feel she is (and is not) responsible for the way their son turned out. Really great and the movie adaptation is fantastic also.

I finally got a book about animals -- Birds, Beasts, and Relatives, the second book in Gerald Durrell's memoirs about growing up in Corfu.

Leslie wrote: "I finally got a book about animals -- Birds, Beasts, and Relatives, the second book in Gerald Durrell's memoirs about growing up in Corfu."

I loved his first book about that experience My Family and Other Animals

Mickey wrote: "Updated Mickey's 2016 Bingo Challenge

If you're looking for a novel to fulfill N2: A book written in epistolary style, I highly recommend We Need to Talk About Kevin by [author:Lionel..."

Ohhh...that sounds fascinating. Thanks for the tip, I may go for that one.

Alice wrote: "Mickey wrote: "Updated Mickey's 2016 Bingo Challenge

If you're looking for a novel to fulfill N2: A book written in epistolary style, I highly recommend We Need to Talk About Kevin by..."

I've read it myself for the same spot, and was particularly impressed bu it Alice

LauraT wrote: "Alice wrote: "Mickey wrote: "Updated Mickey's 2016 Bingo Challenge

If you're looking for a novel to fulfill N2: A book written in epistolary style, I highly recommend [book:We Need to Talk About K..."

Thanks Laura. Maybe I'll go for it. Looks like it's on Kindle....hm. ;)

LauraT wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I finally got a book about animals -- Birds, Beasts, and Relatives, the second book in Gerald Durrell's memoirs about growing up in Corfu."

I loved his first book about..."

The first one was a bit better but if you liked it, the second one is worth reading too.

I have decided to reread Jane Austen's Love and Freindship for my epistolary book - I read this several years ago but now that it has been made into a movie, I wanted to refresh my memory :)

I was thinking about it as well Leslie: I also read it several years ago, but I didn't like it as much as I wanted

LauraT wrote: "I was thinking about it as well Leslie: I also read it several years ago, but I didn't like it as much as I wanted"

It was well labelled as "juvenilia"! And now it turns out that the movie is actually based on Lady Susan not Love and Freindship :(

Alice wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Alice wrote: "Mickey wrote: "Updated Mickey's 2016 Bingo Challenge

If you're looking for a novel to fulfill N2: A book written in epistolary style, I highly recommend [book:We Need ..."
Rhonda wrote: Another good book in epistolary style is 84 Charing Cross Road. The movie is also great.

Rhonda wrote: "Alice wrote: "LauraT wrote: "Alice wrote: "Mickey wrote: "Updated Mickey's 2016 Bingo Challenge

If you're looking for a novel to fulfill N2: A book written in epistolary style, I highly recommend ..."

Great recommendation. I just reread it last winter though so I was looking for something else but I would endorse your choice for others :-)

Rhonda and Leslie - that book was actually recommended to me by a friend awhile back, I entirely forgot about it!! It sounds really good. I love books that have a movie, too....not always as good as the book, but I really love seeing a different person's perspective on a story :)

I have learned something new this year and that is the word epistolary. I did not know what that word met until recently. Another book that is a favorite of this type is A Woman of Independent Means.

Just finished reading the play, Harvey by Mary Chase. I loved the movie and wanted to read how the play was written. Slightly different, but still the same great story. Another X, but still not really stringing them together. See msg 98.

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I didn't realize that Harvey was based upon a play! I too loved the movie - Josephine Hull was marvelous as the sister of Jimmy Stewart.

Still plenty of time so don't worry about 'stringing them together' yet!

Leslie wrote: "I didn't realize that Harvey was based upon a play! I too loved the movie - Josephine Hull was marvelous as the sister of Jimmy Stewart.

Still plenty of time so don't worry about 'stringing them ..."

It was a film my father loved! It was a sort of "family language" as we say in Italy for a famous novel by an Italian writer Lessico famigliare. Everytime no one knew who did something - like leaving a light on in an empty room, or placing an empty milk bottle in the fridge - we used to say that Harvey had done it!
I still say it, but my kids, who have not seen the film, look at me as if I'm crazy!!!

You should make them watch it sometime Laura :)

Leslie wrote: "You should make them watch it sometime Laura :)"

I have to look for it

Leslie wrote: "I didn't realize that Harvey was based upon a play! I too loved the movie - Josephine Hull was marvelous as the sister of Jimmy Stewart.

Still plenty of time so don't worry about 'stringing them ..."

Rhonda Wrote: I had the pleasure of seeing Harvey with Jimmy Stewart on the London Stage with my boyfriend later husband. We had front row center seats. It felt you could reach out and touch Harvey

Rhonda wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I didn't realize that Harvey was based upon a play! I too loved the movie - Josephine Hull was marvelous as the sister of Jimmy Stewart.

Still plenty of time so don't worry about '..."


That sounds like a wonderful experience! I think Jimmy Stewart said he loved to play this role.

Rhonda wrote: "Leslie wrote: "I didn't realize that Harvey was based upon a play! I too loved the movie - Josephine Hull was marvelous as the sister of Jimmy Stewart.

Still plenty of time so don't worry about '..."

Wow, I am green with jealousy!! What a great memory to have :)

A couple of questions...

Would The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics count for the major historical event square?

Also, I'm not sure what author with the same name as an ancestor means. (I think I do, but I want to be sure I'm right.)

Tom wrote: "A couple of questions...

Would The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics count for the major historical event square?

Also, I'..."

I would say that the 1936 Olympics counts as a historic event!

Same name as an ancestor I am interpreting to mean an author whose first OR last name is the same as someone in your family tree. I am planning on reading The Beach by Alex Garland, as Garland is the last name of my grandfather... It could be your father or mother's name (but not a sibling's since, though closely related, they are not ancestors).

For the "unfamiliar topic", N1, I read The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. If you haven't read this book, I highly recommend it. I grew up in the area and attended U. of Washington. The book brought back memories of the area. I loved learning about crews, racing, the rivalry of Cal and Washington, and the individual stories of the 9 men. The book also gave side stories into the German side of preparing for the Olympics. See msg 98.

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Theresa wrote: "For the "unfamiliar topic", N1, I read The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. If you h..."

I am reading that now, for a local book club. I'm not sure how much discussable topics there are for a book club, but I am liking the psychology of the novel.

Theresa wrote: "For the "unfamiliar topic", N1, I read The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. If you h..."

I am reading that now, for a local book club. I'm not sure how much discussable topics there are for a book club, but I am liking the psychology of the novel.

Revisiting an old friend, I reread To Kill a Mockingbird. Love this book and needed to read a favorite book for another book club challenge. I haven't read it for a couple of years, so this was perfect. This book filled in O2, a book owned for a year or more.

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You are making good progress with your square Theresa!

Leslie wrote: "You are making good progress with your square Theresa!"

Thank you! I finally have sat down and read books instead of sewing. Really breezing through books now.

Hi!
I just joined the challege and my present status is:

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Nice concept :)

Akanksha wrote: "Hi!
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Gosh Akanksha, you have already almost completed the entire square! Good going (and welcome to the challenge)!

Well I certainly need to pay more attention to this challenge. I did update message 96 with one more though, A Raisin in the Sun for book based on a play. Wonderful! My review.

Kathleen wrote: "Well I certainly need to pay more attention to this challenge. I did update message 96 with one more though, A Raisin in the Sun for book based on a play. Wonderful! My review."

Nice review Kathleen! I have seen the Sidney Poitier film based on the play but haven't read the play itself -- I will have to add it to my list :)

Almost done my chart: as I expected I'm missing only the poerty book!
See Post 35 for details

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