#tbr bingo

[peacehopeandrats]

TBR Bingo Finnish!

It took more than the summer just because I was waiting on some holds, but here I stand, ready to enter the Month of Reading with a new Bingo card! If you want the full list of what I read, that is below the cut. I highly recommend just about every book on it.

My favorite new author surprised me.

Stephen Graham Jones is a Native Author and the book The Only Good Indians is a Native horror story. Now, I don't read horror, which is why this being my favorite surprised me. In fact, this was my first ever horror novel so I can't say how it compares to anyone else popular in the field. I can say that being a Native story it very much has that this is the horror WE would experience feel to it. By this I mean I doubt an author of any other background could capture this story as well. There was an emotional element to it that I can't really put a finger on. Just so well written. I'm going to read his other books when I can get my hands on them.

Nonfiction: Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand

Blue Cover: King’s Cage, by Victoria Aveyard

Woods or Trees: In The Woods, by Tana French

Family: A Long Petal Of The Sea, by Isabel Allende

Fantasy: Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard

Animals: The Cat Who Saved Books, by Sosuke Matsukawa

Sports: My Year Of The Racehorse, by Kevin Chong

Realistic Fiction: A Very Typical Family, by Sierra Godfrey

Water: The Bookshop On The Shore, by Jenny Colgan

Paper Book: Rubyfruit Jungle, by Rita Mae Brown

Comedy: The Road To Roswell, by Connie Willis

Graphic Novel: Saga, by Brian K. Vaughn

Free Space: War Storm, by Victoria Aveyard

Fiction: Bluebird, Bluebird, by Atiica Locke

Red Cover: Cemetery Boys, by Aiden Thomas

Sailing: The Girl From Everywhere, by Heidi Heilig

Time: Opposite of Always, by Justin A Reynolds

Native Author: Crooked Hallelujah, by Kelli Jo Ford

Kindle: Song of My Soul, by Ginny Aiken

Orange Cover: Genesis Begins Again, by Alicia D. Williams

Food: Tastes Like War, by Grace M. Cho

Real Person: The Forgotten Founding Father, by Joshua Kendall

Vacation: The Only Good Indians, by

Historical Fiction: Even As We Breathe, by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

Audio Book: When to Rob a Bank, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

[crystal-library]

As I mentioned in this post, I'm changing up how I do my TBR this year! I'm doing four bingo cards with 25 books each, with the plan to read them over three months. I'm still working on recovering from a reading slump, so I don't want to overwhelm myself right off the bat.

I'm super excited to try this method, and I had a lot of fun putting together my TBR for this first quarter! 

I also have a few library loans I want to finish this month:

Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast (for a project)

How to Succeed at Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy

The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson

Here's a full list of the books on my TBR and the prompts they fill for my 2023 Bingo Challenge!

When We Were Magic by Sarah Gailey

Dawn by Octavia E. Butler

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Wait for Night by Stephen Graham Jones (Shortest book you own)

Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert (Disability Rep)

Skyhunter by Marie Lu (On your TBR for over a year)

Obie is Man Enough by Schuyler Bailar (Trans author)

Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed edited by Saraciea J. Fennell (Latinx author)

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds (Banned book)

The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska

The Kinder Poison by Natalie Mae

Here There Are Monsters by Amelinda Bérubé 

Jackpot by Nic Stone

All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody & Christine Lynn Herman

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno Garcia

The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin

Rouge Princess by B.R. Meyers

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon

White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Girls Made of Snow and Glass by Melissa Bashardoust

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

The Martian by Andy Weir

Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson

[macrolit]

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[lerefugedeluza]

Je n'arrive toujours pas à parler de livres correctement, mais bon, j'essaie.

Au début du printemps je m'étais concocté un petit bingo "lire sa PAL" pour faire diminuer mon immense pile à lire. J'ai donc lu neuf livres ces derniers mois et je vous les présente aujourd'hui. Il y a du bon, du très bon et du très mauvais, n'hésitez pas à regarder, commenter avec vos propres lectures & à partager, merci ♡ (et comme j'ai racheté des livres entre temps, ma PAL en est toujours au même point ahahaha)

[ceilingfan5]

[id in alt] we've been trying to get reading again in my server and decided to do it the good old fashioned way! if you wanna play too, here you go! we decided that fanfiction ABSOLUTELY counts, and the same story can count for multiple squares if you read in different sessions. if you've been having trouble getting going on books you've been dying to read, maybe you can reward yourself for bingos/a blackout, or even have a little friendly competition or celebration with friends!

what are you reading right now?

[guardian-angle22]

Can you pleeeease post the original bingo card 🥺🥺 please? Wanna see it all

Sure!

This was my lovely bingo board! I thought I had some good ones in there, but also didn't make it too easy on myself.

My favorite that I was able to mark off was the 'return of jock!TK' (both him playing basketball and also a mention of him playing little league!) and my least favorite was the 'multiple cowboy hats in one scene' because it turned out to be at Gabriel's fucking funeral. What a way to get a square, am I right? 😅

[toopunkrockforshul]

Finally finished the last book for full blackout for 2023 bingo!

All hard mode except the robots one because I wasn't sure going in what role the robot would play. I don't think I can in good conscious claim that he was a protagonist though.

5 star reads (in order of prompt number):

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink

Full details below the cut:

Title with a Title (Hard Mode: Not a title of royalty) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark - 4 stars

Superheroes (Hard Mode: Not related to DC or Marvel) Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro - 4 stars

Bottom of the TBR (Hard Mode: None, its already hard enough) Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater - 4.75

tars

Magical Realism or Literary Fantasy (Hard Mode: Not one of the books in the Magic Realism recs thread) Uncommon Charm by Emily Bergslien and Kat Weaver - 4 stars

Young Adult (Hard Mode: Published in the last 5 years) The Way Back by Gavriel Savit - 4.75 stars

Mundane Jobs (Hard Mode: Does not take place on Earth) Mindtouch by M.C.A Hogarth - 4.75 stars

Published in the 00s (Hard Mode: Not in the top 30 of r/Fantasy best of 2023 list) Sunshine by Robin McKinley - 5 stars

Angels and Demons (Hard Mode: Protagonist is an angel or a demon) When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb - 5 stars

5 SFF Short Stories (Hard Mode: Read an entire SFF anthology or collection) Love After the End:An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead - 4 stars

Horror (Hard Mode: Not Stephen King or H.P. Lovecraft): The Voice of the Blood by Jemiah Jefferson - 4.75 stars

Self-published or Indie Publisher (Hard Mode: self pub and has fewer than 100 ratings) The Dying of the Golden Day by Carrie Gessner - 3.75 stars

Set in the Middle East/Middle Eastern SFF (Hard Mode: Author is of Middle Eastern heritage) The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia - 4.5 stars

Published in 2023 (Hard Mode: Debut novel) Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh - 5 stars

Multiverse and Alternative Realities (Hard Mode: Characters do not walk through a literal door in order to get to another world) The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan - 5 stars

POC Author (Hard Mode: Takes place in a futuristic, sci-fi world) Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee - 4.25 stars

Bookclub or Readalong Book (Hard Mode: read as part of a bookclub and participate in the discussion) Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 2 stars

Novella (Hard Mode: Novella is not published by Tordotcom Publishing) The Seep by Chana Porter - 4.75 stars

Mythical Beasts (Hard Mode: No dragons or dragon-like creatures) Drink Slay Love by Sarah Beth Durst - 3.5 stars

Elemental Magic (Hard Mode: Not V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series or Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series) The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards - 4.75 stars

Myths and Retellings (Hard Mode: Not Greek or Roman mythology) The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie - 4.25 stars

Queernorm Setting (Hard Mode: Not a futuristic setting) The Door into Shadow by Diane Duane - 4.25 stars

Coastal or Island Setting (Hard Mode: The book also features sea-faring) The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty - 4 stars

Druids (Hard Mode: Not The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne) The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach - 4.5 stars

Featuring Robots (Hard Mode: Robot is the protagonist) He, She and It by Marge Piercy - 3.5 stars

Sequel (Hard Mode: Book 3 or on in the series) The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink - 5 stars

[justapalspal]

took a few days of scouting, but I think I have 99.9% of the fics lined up necessary to get a full card bingo on that fluff edition bingo I perused earlier in the week. I wonder if I can read everything I chose in four weeks. Certainly many of the fics are short… and I only put three long fics on the tbr this time 😳

[thegirlwiththelantern]

January TBR | Queer Lit, Demonathon

I did want to focus on classics in December and I still want to now. Hopefully with more success this time! The Tale of Sinuhe by an author(s) once known, trans. R.B. Parkinson The Tale of Sinuhe, acclaimed as the masterpiece of Egyptian poetry, tells of a courtier’s adventures after he flees Egypt. I have The Tale of Sinuhe, and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 B.C. as translated by…

[leticiatoraci]

2023 Reading Bingo Challenge: My TBR

2023 Reading Bingo Challenge: My TBR

I am planning to do this challenge’s hard mode next year. The picture above shows my choices for all rows except row four because I haven’t decided yet which books I’ll pick for its prompts. My Bingo TBR at the moment (not set in stone): 1st Row Mystery: Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle CosimanoH) 1,2 in a series. – First AND second in a series- I must see, perhaps Survival and Migration…

[peacehopeandrats]

Read Every Day In October

And so now begins my next challenge. October starts a special challenge for me, as I am raising awareness (and funds) for the American Cancer Society. I am asking my personal friends and family to either read with me and also find sponsors, cheer me on and hold me accountable, or sponsor me as I read. Some people are donating per book I finish, some are donating per hour I read, some are just giving a total at the end. I love doing this because it takes something I love and uses it to make money for a cause close to my heart. I mean, sure rats die of cancer and I want that ended, but both my Star Trek family and my personal family have lost members to cancer. I read for the memory of all of them, to raise awareness and funds in all their names.

This October, I'm using my Genre Bingo card to pick my books from. The goal is to need another card by the end of the month. Will I make it? Fingers crossed.

[crystal-library]

November TBR

There are two things that I've discovered I love when it comes to To Be Ready lists: Bingo boards and themed lists.

Because I've been in a reading slump for so long, I'm trying not to take on too much at once, so I'm keeping this month's TBR relatively easy. I have some books that I want to finish up from October, and a few that I'm reading for a few posts I'm working on.

I also wanted to make sure I got to read some books in honor of Indigenous People's Heritage Month. (some of these will also be for a post I'm planning!) If anyone has any more book recommendations for Indigenous People's Heritage Month, I would love to hear them! I'm always looking for more book recs!

Full TBR list:

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse

Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes

Deadline by Mira Grant

Blackout by Mira Grant

A Broken Blade by Melissa Blair

[macrolit]

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[axolot-of-ideas]

kagami tsurugi for the character bingo

[readsofawe]

It's that time again! Announcing the #readsofawe Readathon 2024!

FAQ

When is it? Sunset 10/2 to sunset 10/12, from the beginning of Rosh HaShanah to the end of Yom Kippur, also called the Days of Awe (hence the name)

Who can participate? Anyone! Jews, non-Jews, big readers, one-book-a-year types, and anyone in between.

How do I participate?

🍎 Read Jewish books! You don't even have to tell anyone about it :) 📚 Follow the prompts on the bingo card, and post how many squares you fill 🍎 Share your TBR, reviews, and book photos on Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and/or Twitter with the hashtag #readsofawe

What’s the deal with the bingo board? It’s a fun challenge to encourage people to read widely within Jewish literature! Download or screenshot the board and mark off squares when you get them. Feel free to use one book per square OR mark as many squares as apply to each book! Go for a single square, a bingo, a blackout, or just a random pattern! And don’t forget to post your marked-up board when the readathon is over.

[princessofbookaholics]

It's readathon time! This is Diversathon, where we read diverse books! We'll read as many diverse books as we can for the entire month of September (1st to 30th) and there are prompts to help you choose your reads:

prompts:

read a book by an asian author

read a book by an african author

read a book with lgbtq+ representation

read a book by a latinx author

read a book with disability representation

read a book set in a continent different than yours

read a translated book

bonus prompts:

read a book by a ukranian author

read a book by a palestinian author

You can either choose whichever prompts you want to read or try doing the bingo! Feel free to use multiple prompts with a single book, no problem!

Use the hashtag #diversathon for all posts related to the readathon. This can be your TBR, a book review, rant, reading update, absolutely anything you want.