This year I’m teaming up with Mrs B’s Book Reviews for a book bingo reading challenge. We’ve even created our own card!
We have come up with a bingo plan that will ensure I play bingo throughout the year instead of after the fact on the last day of December (which has been my usual game plan). On every first and third Saturday of each month, Mrs B’s Book Reviews and I will post a bingo entry. Given there are 25 squares, we’ll have an extra Saturday in March and June. We aren’t coordinating our squares, because we agree it will be more fun to see what each of us comes up with for each round. Although it would be funny if we coincidentally ended up with the same book for the same square! This is our kick off post, so the first entry will be posted on the 20th January.
Play along if you like! Feel free to use our card and tell us about your entries along the way via the comments on the bingo posts. If you are a blogger, we’d love it if you joined in via your own blogs, but please let us know so we can follow your progress.
Don’t forget to check in with Mrs B’s Book Reviews for her #bookbingo kick off post!
Theresa Smith Writes 
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Hi Theresa (and Mrs B)
If I was to join in, would I link my reviews here in the comment section as I read? And they don’t have to be read in order, do they?
Brenda
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Yes, linking here would be excellent. And no, definitely don’t need to be read in any particular order. Whatever fits or takes your fancy! Thanks for joining in!
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Thanks Theresa 🙂 I’ll be sorting out my reads now!
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Lovely!
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This will be fun!
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I hope you join in Sue!
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Definitely joining in Theresa, looking forward to it. I should have most of the book prompts sorted by tonight. I was going to choose a different one each fortnight but I think it’s best and easier for me to organise the entire list straight off. And oh, what fun!
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Another organised reader! Excellent!! Lovely to have you along for the journey!
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Row #1
Set more than 100 years ago – [book:Burnt by the Flame|37539041] by [author:Sharon Robards|1684084] AA
Written more than 10 years ago – [book:Lost Light|126507] by [author:Michael Connelly|12470] 2003
A memoir – [book:Finding Gobi: The True Story Of A Little Dog And An Incredible Journey|36061624] by [author:Dion Leonard|16100915] AA
More than 500 pages – [book:Congo Dawn|34667960] by [author:Katherine Scholes|300238] AA
A foreign translated novel – [book:The Final Murder|34355086] by [author:Anne Holt|218707]
[bookcover:Burnt by the Flame|37539041] [bookcover:Lost Light|126507] [bookcover:Finding Gobi: The True Story Of A Little Dog And An Incredible Journey|36061624] [bookcover:Congo Dawn|34667960] [bookcover:The Final Murder|34355086]
Row #2
A yellow cover – [book:The Memories That Make Us|36361816] by [author:Vanessa Carnevale|14975334] AA
An author you’ve never read – [book:The Missing Child|36652250] by [author:Alison James|17361567]
Non fiction – [book:Traitors|35633053] by [author:Frank Walker|643206] AA
Collection of short stories – [book:A Maigret Christmas|35074088] by [author:Georges Simenon|9693]
Themes of culture – [book:Framed!: A Young Boy’s Fight to Survive in the Wild Australian Bush|35687947] by [author:M.E. Skeel|15098973] AA
[bookcover:The Memories That Make Us|36361816] [bookcover:The Missing Child|36652250] [bookcover:Traitors|35633053] [bookcover:A Maigret Christmas|35074088] [bookcover:Framed!: A Young Boy’s Fight to Survive in the Wild Australian Bush|35687947]
Row #3
Written by Aussie female – [book:A Place to Remember|36272975] by [author:Jenn J. McLeod|6830545] AA
Written by Aussie male – [book:The Agency|35099824] by [author:James Phelan|4395917] AA
Prize winning – [book:Caleb’s Crossing|11289465] by [author:Geraldine Brooks|211268] AA
Scary – [book:Under a Dark Star|31563031] by [author:Anna Faversham|6905076]
A mystery – [book:Two Kinds of Truth|34604319] by [author:Michael Connelly|12470]
[bookcover:A Place to Remember|36272975] [bookcover:The Agency|35099824] [bookcover:Caleb’s Crossing|11289465] [bookcover:Under a Dark Star|31563031] [bookcover:Two Kinds of Truth|34604319]
Row #4
Forgotten classic – [book:Playing Beatie Bow|395868] by [author:Ruth Park|53234] AA
One word title – [book:Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow|33276673] by [author:Jessica Townsend|16727429] AA
Non human characters –
[book:Esme’s Wish|33634667] by [author:Elizabeth Foster|16257101]5★s 5/1/18 AAFunny – [book:Fatal Chocolate Obsession|23665938] by [author:Sally Berneathy|4638423]
Number in title – [book:Year One|34812815] by [author:Nora Roberts|625]
[bookcover:Playing Beatie Bow|395868] [bookcover:Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow|33276673] [bookcover:Esme’s Wish|33634667] [bookcover:Fatal Chocolate Obsession|23665938] [bookcover:Year One|34812815]
Row #5
Became a movie – [book:The ABC Murders|21085299] by [author:Agatha Christie|123715]
Based on true story – [book:The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge|36155356] by [author:Kali Napier|17133050] AA
Everyone is talking about – [book:Every Note Played|37004600] by [author:Lisa Genova|978484]
Written by someone under 30 – [book:To Hatch a Thief|35716016] by [author:Zara Keane|7729304]
Written by someone over 60 – [book:Manhunt: BookShots|35820184] by [author:James Patterson|3780]
[bookcover:The ABC Murders|21085299] [bookcover:The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge|36155356] [bookcover:Every Note Played|37004600] [bookcover:To Hatch a Thief|35716016] [bookcover:Manhunt: BookShots|35820184]
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Great list Brenda. I’m so pleased you are playing along with us and are so organised too. Some inspiring reads here 🙂
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Thanks Amanda 🙂 I love challenges so the minute I saw this I had to participate! lol
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Great to have you on board again, good luck!
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That didn’t work quite as I had hoped.. delete it if you would prefer Theresa 🙂
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I can still see your titles though. How organised you are! Fabulous!!
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Thanks 🙂 I should have put at the bottom – “subject to change” 😉
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Ha! 😁
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Just printed it off – about to write my post, how do I link up with you and Mrs B?
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If you include a link in your post to our bingo posts we’ll each get a pingback. 😊
Glad to have you along!
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Thanks – I’ve got the posts open at the moment, so I’m working on mine. I’ll probably be a bit more casual with this. How are you marking off your squares?
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Physically? Hadn’t really thought about that.
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Yes, physically, either on the computer or on a print-out. I’m not sure how to do it so I can see the category and then how I’ll display it at the end. Computer graphics and things like that aren’t my strength.
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I’ll have to think about that and I’ll let you know if I come up with something easy!
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Thanks – yes something easy. In theory, I can already mark off one by an Australian woman – review goes live on Thursday, but I’d need to possibly write a separate post about it for the 20th…is that allowed?
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Oh yes, it’s very flexible! Your bingo post can be short and sweet and just link back to your original review. No need to duplicate anything!
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Awesome! I’ll get onto that.
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I hope the pingback worked.
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It did on my end!
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Cool. It’s not showing up my end, let me try refreshing the browser. I know the links worked in the post.
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Finished my second – Row #1 – Memoir – Finding Gobi by Aussie author Dion Leonard – https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2102291908
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Well done! I have finished my first.
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Thanks and well done to you 🙂
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Finished my 3rd – Row #2 – An author never read – The Missing Child by Alison James 5 stars. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2193432944
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You’re whipping through it!
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LOL! Thanks 🙂 Got a good way to go yet though 🙂
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Finished my 4th – Row #5 – Based on true story – The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge by Kali Napier. 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2136363970
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Brenda!! 😃 Reading machine!!
Good pick – I loved this one!
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Yes I think Kali has a great writing future ahead of her 🙂
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Most definitely!
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Finished my 5th – Row #4 Number in Title – Year One by Nora Roberts – 5 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2189535988
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I still have never read a Nora Roberts book!
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Oh my gosh! Really?? I love the In Death series and am right up to date and have started slowly re-reading – and I NEVER re-read! lol
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They must be good then. She’s one of those authors whose books I see everywhere and hear great things about but never have actually committed to.
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Maybe that should be a personal challenge for you this year Theresa – read a Nora Roberts novel 🙂
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Not a bad idea!
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Good luck!! Make sure you choose the type you like to read – she writes so many different genres!!! Happy reading Theresa 🙂
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Finished my 6th – Row #5 Became a Movie – The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie 4 stars. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1986371499
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Good one!
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Finished my 7th – Row #1 – Written more than 10 years ago (2003) – Lost Light by Michael Connelly 4 stars. My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/229632899
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Another author I’ve never read!
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Another great author you’re missing out on Theresa 😉
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There’s sure to be more!
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I recommend them all 😉
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Finished my 8th – Row #2 – Short Stories – A Maigret Christmas by Georges Simenon – https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2202271456
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Finished my 9th – Row #4 – Funny – Fatal Chocolate Obsession by Sally Berneathy 5 stars. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2112897717
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Row #3 – Mystery – Two Kinds of Truth by Michael Connelly – https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2015315904
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Connelly just keeps popping up!
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Row #2 – Yellow Cover – The Memories That Make Us by Vanessa Carnevale. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2144987318
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Yes!! Looking forward to this one! 💞
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Another exceptional story by Vanessa Theresa 🙂
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Row #3 – Written by Aussie female – A Place to Remember by Jenn J McLeod. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2182783756
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I’m looking forward to reading this one Brenda!
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Finished Row #3 – Written by Aussie male – The Agency by James Phelan. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2136358770
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Row #1 – More than 500 pages (593 pages) – Congo Dawn by Katherine Scholes. Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1982633825
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I’ve had this book ever since it came out. I read a review not long ago singing its praises. Bumping it up!
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Same Theresa – the page count is daunting! But oh, such a worth while read 🙂
Am I the only one doing this challenge? No one else is commenting/posting reviews! 😉
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No, there’s a couple doing it on their own blogs and another reader puts her reviews up each fortnight on the new post.
I love long books but tend to put them off as holiday reading.
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Row #5 – Written by someone under 30 – To Hatch a Thief by Zara Keane – https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2206499205
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I just read my under 30 on the weekend. Will be ready for the next round now!
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Are you reading them in order of the list? You’re not posting in here either! lol Am I doing something wrong?
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No, just as they come to me via the books I’m reading at the time.
I do a new post each fortnight for each square. You’re the only one posting here in the original post, but definitely not the only participant!
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There was a couple I missed, so at this stage I have finished 19 of the 25 scheduled to complete 🙂
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Good stuff!!
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I have finished the challenge 🙂 I’m going to post it, but I don’t know if it’ll work (as it does on Goodreads!) Feel free to delete the comment if it’s too messy Theresa!
25/25
Row #1 – COMPLETED
Set more than 100 years ago –
[book:Lady Bird & The Fox|36906656] by [author:Kim Kelly|7011238]4★s 7/4/18 AAWritten more than 10 years ago –
[book:Lost Light|126507] by [author:Michael Connelly|12470]4★s 27/1/18 2003A memoir –
[book:Finding Gobi: The True Story Of A Little Dog And An Incredible Journey|36061624] by [author:Dion Leonard|16100915]5★s 10/1/18 AAMore than 500 pages –
[book:Congo Dawn|34667960] by [author:Katherine Scholes|300238]5★s 25/2/18 AAA foreign translated novel –
[book:The Accident on the A35|35576137] by [author:Graeme Macrae Burnet|8186576]3★s 9/4/18[bookcover:Lady Bird & The Fox|36906656] [bookcover:Lost Light|126507] [bookcover:Finding Gobi: The True Story Of A Little Dog And An Incredible Journey|36061624] [bookcover:Congo Dawn|34667960] [bookcover:The Accident on the A35|35576137]
Row #2 – COMPLETED
A yellow cover –
[book:The Memories That Make Us|36361816] by [author:Vanessa Carnevale|14975334]5★s 10/2/18 AAAn author you’ve never read –
[book:The Missing Child|36652250] by [author:Alison James|17361567]5★s 18/1/18Non fiction –
[book:Susan: Convict’s Daughter, Soldier’s Wife, Nobody’s Fool|34499941] by [author:Stella Budrikis|16537926]3★s 27/4/18 AACollection of short stories –
[book:A Maigret Christmas|35074088] by [author:Georges Simenon|9693]4★s 30/1/18Themes of culture –
[book:Framed!: A Young Boy’s Fight to Survive in the Wild Australian Bush|35687947] by [author:M.E. Skeel|15098973]3★s 25/4/18 AA[bookcover:The Memories That Make Us|36361816] [bookcover:The Missing Child|36652250] [bookcover:Susan: Convict’s Daughter, Soldier’s Wife, Nobody’s Fool|34499941] [bookcover:A Maigret Christmas|35074088] [bookcover:Framed!: A Young Boy’s Fight to Survive in the Wild Australian Bush|35687947]
Row #3 – COMPLETED
Written by Aussie female –
[book:A Place to Remember|36272975] by [author:Jenn J. McLeod|6830545]4.5★s 20/2/18 AAWritten by Aussie male –
[book:The Agency|35099824] by [author:James Phelan|4395917]5★s 23/2/18 AAPrize winning –
[book:Raven Black|2320878] by [author:Ann Cleeves|56067]4★s 19/4/18 CWA Gold Dagger Award 2006Scary –
[book:Shade’s Children|22074187] by [author:Garth Nix|8347]4★s 22/4/18A mystery –
[book:Two Kinds of Truth|34604319] by [author:Michael Connelly|12470]5★s 4/2/18[bookcover:A Place to Remember|36272975] [bookcover:The Agency|35099824] [bookcover:Raven Black|2320878] [bookcover:Shade’s Children|22074187] [bookcover:Two Kinds of Truth|35953976]
Row #4 – COMPLETED
Forgotten classic –
[book:A Little Bush Maid|20640350] BY [author:Mary Grant Bruce|170057]4★s 9/5/18 AAOne word title –
[book:Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow|33276673] by [author:Jessica Townsend|16727429]5★s 3/2/18 AANon human characters –
[book:Esme’s Wish|33634667] by [author:Elizabeth Foster|16257101]5★s 5/1/18 AAFunny –
[book:Fatal Chocolate Obsession|23665938] by [author:Sally Berneathy|4638423]5★s 1/2/18Number in title –
[book:Year One|34812815] by [author:Nora Roberts|625]5★s 20/1/18[bookcover:A Little Bush Maid|20640350] [bookcover:Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow|33276673] [bookcover:Esme’s Wish|33634667] [bookcover:Fatal Chocolate Obsession|23665938] [bookcover:Year One|34812815]
Row #5 – COMPLETED
Became a movie –
[book:The ABC Murders|21085299] by [author:Agatha Christie|123715]4★sBased on true story –
[book:The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge|36155356] by [author:Kali Napier|17133050]4★s 18/1/18 AAEveryone is talking about –
[book:Every Note Played|37004600] by [author:Lisa Genova|978484]4★s 27/3/18Written by someone under 30 –
[book:To Hatch a Thief|35716016] by [author:Zara Keane|7729304]5★s 3/3/18Written by someone over 60 –
[book:Manhunt: BookShots|35820184] by [author:James Patterson|3780]5★s 7/5/18[bookcover:The ABC Murders|21085299] [bookcover:The Secrets at Ocean’s Edge|36155356] [bookcover:Every Note Played|37004600] [bookcover:To Hatch a Thief|35716016] [bookcover:Manhunt: BookShots|35820184]
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Awesome Brenda! Well done! 👍📚
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Thanks Theresa – was a great bingo challenge!
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