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I loved the Bingo Card but decided to change many of the spaces to fit my personal goals. There are authors and genre's I have yet to explore. I'd love suggestions for any of my spaces!

1. 2nd book in a series: All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small #2 - James Herriot)

2. 200 years or older:

3. WW1 Non-Fiction:The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman

4. WW1 Historical Fiction:

5. US Civil War Historical Fiction:

6; American Western Fiction:

7. Novel by Joseph Conrad (haven't read any):

8. Novel by Charles Dickens (only read A Christmas Carol):

9. Golden Age of Science Fiction:

10. Science Non-Fiction:

11. A Classic Play:

12. Gothic Mystery:

13. Alternate History:

14. Classic Satire:

15. Short Story Collection:The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

16. Asian Author/Novel (haven't read any recently):

17. Russian Author/Novel (never read):

18. Biography of a Woman:

19. Supernatural Horror: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

20. Psychological Thriller:

21. Graphic Novel:

22. Another Book by last year's favorite author (Ken Follett, read Eye of the Needle in 2014):

23. Travel-Italy (Our next vacation in a few years):

24. Published in 2015:

25: Poetry (My biggest struggle)

A great mix Beth - I like your challenge! If I do a challenge this year, I might borrow some of your categories :)

One idea for poetry for you to check out - a book of poetry Spoon River Anthology, a collection of epitaphs on the graves of a fictitious town. Some are clever and some are poignant. Most are quite straightforward to read and not at all pretentious. Don't know if you'll like it or not, but it's available for free in several formats if you want to check it out.

Free Gutenberg editions:

Wikipedia info on the book (published in 1915):

Thanks for the suggestion Greg. I will check that out.

Beth wrote: "I loved the Bingo Card but decided to change many of the spaces to fit my personal goals. There are authors and genre's I have yet to explore. I'd love suggestions for any of my spaces! ..."

Dangerous invitation, that!

·#1 - Love the James Herriot books & coincidentally just rewatched the first season of the BBC adapatation of All Creatures Great and Small. Enjoy :)

·#2 - Jane Austin? Don Quixote? Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling? Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe...

·#7 - I am hoping to read Conrad's Nostromo next year, if you want to join me. Otherwise, if you like spy stories you might check out his The Secret Agent.

·#8 - I am a Dickens fan so it is hard to choose just one, but I would say David Copperfield or Bleak House (although personally I love A Tale of Two Cities).

·#11 -- Why not join in a Group Play? The current play, Anna Christie, won the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama & the group read goes until March 21... or we will be reading a Shakespeare later in the year.

·#12 - do you mean Gothic in setting? Not my favorite subgenre but I have read some good ones...

·#14 - So many to choose from! Our current Group Classic, Vanity Fair, which goes through Jan. 31, would count. I like British satire so I'd recommend Evelyn Waugh, especially the early ones such as Scoop (about colonial journalism), The Loved One (about Hollywood), or Vile Bodies (about 1930s England's 'Bright Young Things').

·#17 -- Another Group Play planned for next year is an Anton Chekhov play. Otherwise, I found Anna Karenina by Tolstoy fairly easy reading...

·#20 - Have you read any Minette Walters? Or Harlan Coben... If you want something more classic, The Talented Mr. Ripley or Brighton Rock might be good choices.

·#22 - Ken Follett has some great thrillers such as Whiteout, The Third Twin, Code to Zero. Or you might want to try one of his historical fictions such as The Pillars of the Earth.

·#24 - Poetry can be challenging! Why not join in a Group Poet so you can have some companionship in your reading & a place to discuss +/or ask questions?

Wow, I love these suggestions and links! I will consider all if these and yes I will join in many of the group reads. For the play, I read and really enjoyed MacBeth this year. Looking forward to more! I have decided on David Copperfield for Dickens.