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Sue's BINGO by BINGO

✔️B1 A Classic by a Nobel Laureate or a Pulitzer Prize Winner. Rabbit Redux Jan 5 stars
✔️B2 A Classic Book in Translation. The Cossacks read March 3 stars
✔️B3 A Classic Comedy or Satire Scoop read March 4 stars
✔️B4 A Classic Written Before 1700 Confessions Jan 5 stars
✔️B5 A Classic of Asia or Oceania The God of Small Things Read April 5 stars

✔️I1 A Classic from our Short Story Group Shelf Letters to a Young Poet: With the Letters to Rilke from the ''Young Poet'' read Aug 4 stars
✔️I2 A Classic from your Personal Bookshelf Elbow Room Pulitzer read March 5 stars
✔️I3 A Classic Historical Fiction or a Nonfiction ] PulitzerLamb in His Bosom 4 stars
✔️I4 A Classic Prize-Winning Female Author The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford Jan 4 stars
✔️I5 A Book Recommended by a Group Member (Sara Port William) Nathan Coulter read Oct 4 stars

✔️N1 A Classic Made into Movie/TV Daisy Miller read Feb 4 stars
✔️N2 A Classic you've been meaning to read. Rabbit Is Rich Pulitzer Read June 4 stars
✔️N3 Free Space House Made of Dawn Jan 5 stars
✔️N4 A Classic on or about the Sea/Ocean Cup of Gold read March 3.5 stars
✔️N5 A Literature Class Book A Farewell to Arms (Modern Library) read March 5 stars

✔️G1 A Classic of North or South America The Garden of Forking Paths read Aug 5 stars
✔️G2 A 21st Century Potential Classic Table for Two read Aug 5 stars
✔️G3 A Classic from our Old School Group Shelf Thérèse Raquin read Sept 4 stars
✔️G4 A Classic New-to-You Author The Stories of John Cheever Jan 4.5 stars
✔️G5 A Classic Play or Classic Poetry CollectionA Woman of No Importance read Oct 4 stars

✔️O1 A Classic Book you begged, borrowed, or stole. Doña Bárbara read Oct 4 stars
✔️O2 A Classic Children's Book or The Secret Garden reread Oct still 5 stars
✔️O3 A Classic Book found by using Literature-map.com from John Cheever Train Dreams
✔️O4 A Classic from our New School Group Shelf Quicksand Jan 4.5 stars
✔️O5 A Classic Book that Reminds You of Someone The 42nd Parallel read July 5 stars
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Welcome to the 2024 Bingo Challenge, Sue! I'm so glad you chose Thérèse Raquin. It is a very interesting story and has really stayed with me! And it looks like we are both reading Scoop next year. I hope it's good. I'm reading his Vile Bodies right now because I need a book that begins with "V" to finish my "A-Z Title Challenge" for my 2023 Buffet. I've read different books by Waugh and he's kind of all over the map -- sometimes I really like him, and sometimes he's just "meh." I hope Scoop is a good one! I guess we'll both find out!!

Enjoy your challenge :)

At least we know we will have the Rabbit books to share next year, Sue. Bonus is they will mark off two more Pulitzers for us!

Terris wrote: "Welcome to the 2024 Bingo Challenge, Sue! I'm so glad you chose Thérèse Raquin.

Thank you, Terris. I'm looking forward to Thérèse Raquin so it's good to know you loved it.

I've read 4 of Waugh's books and you are so right about his books being very different. I've liked or loved all the ones I've read. I'm looking forward to Scoop!

Hello, Sue. I hope you have a lot of fun, and I am glad you joined in.

Sara wrote: "At least we know we will have the Rabbit books to share next year, Sue. Bonus is they will mark off two more Pulitzers for us!"

Looking forward to the Rabbit books with you, Sara and I love how they work for 2 BINGO squares! They also work in the new wonderful Series category in the Buffet! I used to try and make my challenges with unique entries, but with the way this year went I doubled up a lot. Now I'm making it a goal to use as many books as possible in multiple challenges.

LOL. I get very excited when one book clears three challenge boxes!

Lynn wrote: "Hello, Sue. I hope you have a lot of fun, and I am glad you joined it."

Thank you for a great board, Lynn!

Enjoy your planning, Sue!

Oh, I love Therése Raquin! The funny thing is that while reading it (many years ago now but still so vivid in my mind) I didn't like it very much in the beginning. But it started to grow on me during the reading process and after I had finished it, it had stuck within me. One of the books that has made an everlasting and deep impact. I do hope you enjoy it. ʘ⁠‿⁠ʘ

Nike wrote: "Oh, I love Therése Raquin! The funny thing is that while reading it (many years ago now but still so vivid in my mind) I didn't like it very much in the beginning. But it started to grow on me duri..."

That is good to know, Nike. I'll try to continue on if I'm not loving it.

Wobbley wrote: "Enjoy your planning, Sue!"

thank you, Wobbley!

Good luck with your challenge, Sue! I'm happy to see 101 Dalmatians on your list. Happy Reading

Shaina wrote: "Good luck with your challenge, Sue! I'm happy to see 101 Dalmatians on your list. Happy Reading"

Thank you Shaina!

So glad you'll be here, and great ideas so far, Sue! I loved The God of Small Things and Lamb in His Bosom, and I really need to get to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Happy reading!

Sir Gwain is strange and thought-provoking. I think I have a theory in it now. I may have to reread. . .I look forward to any thoughts of yours.

Kathleen wrote: "So glad you'll be here, and great ideas so far, Sue! I loved The God of Small Things and Lamb in His Bosom, and I really need to get to [book:One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Ne..."

Thank you, Kathleen. It's good to know you loved those two!

Cynda will back full time 2024 wrote: "Sir Gwain is strange and thought-provoking. I think I have a theory in it now. I may have to reread. . .I look forward to any thoughts of yours."

That one is very iffy for me, Cynda. I picked it because it's on our bookshelf but I may use a Shakespeare I haven't read for that one

Gor it. . . . I am sure we will read some group read together this year and will discuss that. . . Enjoy your bingo card :-)

Cynda will back full time 2024 wrote: "Gor it. . . . I am sure we will read some group read together this year and will discuss that. . . Enjoy your bingo card :-)"

I look forward to it, Cynda!

The eight books I read in January are working really hard for me so I don't have to. All 6 here were used in 1 or more of my Old and new challenge. All of these were 4 stars or higher.

My favorite January read is House Made of Dawn

Wow, eight books on your Bingo card! You're whipping through your selections!

Wow, all 4-star or more sounds like an amazing reading month!

Connie wrote: "Wow, eight books on your Bingo card! You're whipping through your selections!"

I'm trying hard, Connie. My busy time at work is here and the next few months could be slow. I'm happy with how far I've got and how much I've been able to make each book work on multiple challenges.

Wobbley wrote: "Wow, all 4-star or more sounds like an amazing reading month!"

Thanks Wobbley, I feel good about it!

My only update for February is N1 Daisy Miller. It's not among my favorites from James but I still liked it quite a bit.

Hmm. A short Henry James. I need to try that one. Glad you liked it, and that it found a good home on your bingo board, Sue!

I'm only doing monthly updates for the most part but I just finished my first on in March and it gave me my first BINGO! Steinbeck's Cup of Gold was a 3.5 star read for me. It's well worth reading this early work of his based on the real life Captain Henry Morgan.

Congratulations on your first Bingo, Sue! I've never read "Cup of Gold," but I've enjoyed everything I've read by Steinbeck.

Connie wrote: "Congratulations on your first Bingo, Sue! I've never read "Cup of Gold," but I've enjoyed everything I've read by Steinbeck."

Thank you Connie. It's not among his best, but still quite solid. I enjoyed it.

Well done on your first Bingo!

Wobbley wrote: "Well done on your first Bingo!"

Thank you, Wobbley!

Happy First Bingo, Sue!! You're moving right along ;)

Thank you, Terris!

Congrats on bingo and finding a good Steinbeck, Sue!

Kathleen wrote: "Congrats on bingo and finding a good Steinbeck, Sue!"

Thank you, Kathleen. I was thrilled to find there was another of his that I wasn't aware of.

Congrats on your bingo, Sue! I have noticed a couple of people have read Steinbeck books this year that I've never heard of. His oeuvre is larger than I realized and I need to start checking some of these lesser known books out. I typically enjoy his works.

Laurie wrote: "Congrats on your bingo, Sue! I have noticed a couple of people have read Steinbeck books this year that I've never heard of. His oeuvre is larger than I realized and I need to start checking some o..."

Thank you, Laurie. I need todo the same! I love his writing.

My March BINGO reads were;

The Cossacks by Leo Tolstoy 3 stars.
Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck 3.5 stars
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh 4 stars
A Farewell to Arms by Earnest Hemingway 5 stars
Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson 5 stars

Two 5-star books in one month is amazing!

I'm closing out this completed 2024 BINGO.
I didn't have much time this year for ŷ������ updates and updated most of this board in November & December with books I had read since March. It was still a surprisingly great year of reading , but I missed following everything on ŷ������.

Yay, it's so great that you had a successful year of reading. Look at all those 5-star reads!

Reading is the most important thing, Sue, and it was certainly a great year of that! Hope to see you here more in 2025. :-)

Congratulations on a great reading year, Sue!