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message 1: by Valerie (last edited Dec 12, 2020 11:30AM) (new)
Jan 02, 2020 04:01AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments B1 Mystery
B2 Translated from Spanish
B3 Set in South America
B4 Memoir
B5 Caribbean Author

I1 Over 500 pages
I2 Set in Africa
I3 Sci-fi/Fantasy
I4 Set during a war
I5 Graphic Novel

N1 Translated from French
N2 Historical Fiction
N3 Wild Card
N4 Set in Oceania
N5 Translated from Portuguese

G1 Set in Asia
G2 Award Winning
G3 Translated from Chinese
G4 YA or Children's
G5 Set on an island

O1 Immigrant Experience
O2 Woman Author
O3 Classic
O4 Translated from Japanese
O5 Set in MENA Country


message 2: by Valerie (new)
Jan 07, 2020 01:52AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments N5 Translated from Portuguese

Ondjaki - Transparent City


message 3: by Valerie (new)
Jan 12, 2020 06:04AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments B5 Caribbean author

Julia Alvarez - In the Time of the Butterflies


message 5: by Valerie (new)
Jan 26, 2020 05:31AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments O2 Woman author

Marie Ndiaye - Three Strong Women


message 6: by Valerie (last edited Jan 26, 2020 05:33AM) (new)
Jan 26, 2020 05:33AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments G2 Award Winning

Marilynne Robinson - Housekeeping (PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel)


message 7: by Valerie (new)
Jan 31, 2020 08:22AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments B1 Mystery

Michael Kestemont - De zwarte koning


message 8: by Valerie (new)
Feb 05, 2020 09:35AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments B4 Memoir

Megan Phelps-Roper - Unfollow: A Journey from Hatred to Hope


message 9: by Valerie (new)
Feb 06, 2020 01:03PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments O1 Immigrant experience

Nikesh Shukla - The Good Immigrant


message 10: by Valerie (new)
Feb 13, 2020 07:09PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments N2 Historical Fiction

Edward Carey - Little


message 11: by Valerie (new)
Feb 17, 2020 02:30PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments G1 Set in Asia

Elisa Shua Dusapin - Winter in Sokcho


message 12: by Valerie (new)
Feb 27, 2020 06:24AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments O5 - Set in a MENA country

Alifa Rifaat - Distant View of a Minaret and Other Stories


message 13: by Valerie (last edited Jul 23, 2020 12:33PM) (new)
Mar 13, 2020 12:51PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments G5 - Set on an Island

Nathacha Appanah - The Last Brother


message 14: by Valerie (new)
Apr 02, 2020 02:18PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments N3 Wild Card

Moussa Konate - L'affaire des coupeurs de têtes


message 15: by Valerie (new)
Apr 12, 2020 03:12AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments B3 - Set in South America

Luis Sepulveda - La Fin de l'histoire

And with this book I got my first bingo!


message 16: by Valerie (new)
Apr 13, 2020 12:06PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments I1 Over 500 pages

Anne Applebaum - Gulag: A History


message 17: by Valerie (new)
Apr 18, 2020 05:51AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments I4 Set During a War

Daniel Kehlmann - Tijl


message 18: by Valerie (new)
Apr 22, 2020 01:59AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments O3 A classic (>50 years)

Arthur Koestler - Darkness at Noon


message 19: by Valerie (new)
May 22, 2020 03:06AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments N1 Translated from French

Driss Chraibi - The Simple Past


message 20: by Valerie (new)
May 22, 2020 03:09AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments G4 - YA or Children's

Anna James - Tilly and the Bookwanderers


message 21: by Valerie (new)
Jul 23, 2020 12:31PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments N4 - Set in Oceania

Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang


message 22: by Valerie (new)
Jul 23, 2020 12:34PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments I2 - Set in Africa

Amadou Hampate Ba - Amkoullel, l'enfant Peul


message 23: by Valerie (last edited Jul 23, 2020 12:38PM) (new)
Jul 23, 2020 12:38PM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments I5 - Graphic Novel

Francois Schuiten - De onzichtbare grens, deel 1


message 24: by Valerie (new)
Aug 08, 2020 10:48AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments O4 Translated from Japanese

Yoko Ogawa - The Memory Police


message 25: by Valerie (last edited Dec 06, 2020 05:53AM) (new)
Dec 06, 2020 04:04AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments I3 Sci-fi/Fantasy

Pasi Ilmari Jaaskelainen - The Rabbit Back Literature Society


message 26: by Valerie (new)
Dec 12, 2020 11:31AM

Valerie (valroos) | 533 comments G3 - Translated from Chinese

Ma Jian - China Dream

And with this I managed to complete the whole bingo card. Hooray!


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