So far, November has brought on a lot of social activity for this introverted bookworm. Last Saturday night, my daughter and I went to see the Teatro Alla Scala Ballet Company perform Don Quixote, which was brilliant! This event marked the beginning of the 'crazy phase' which sees my calendar filled with graduation balls, work … Continue reading Bingo! The Perils of Too Much Fun
Book Bingo
Bingo! The Football Whisperer by Mel A Rowe
Book Bingo is getting even more challenging with only a few squares left. I am borderline cheating this round as I attempt to check off: A book with non-human characters Now, it doesn't have the word 'exclusively' in there, so I'm going to go with the idea that there can also be human … Continue reading Bingo! The Football Whisperer by Mel A Rowe
Bingo! The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan
Bingo Saturday is now getting down to the pointy end of the categories. This week, after much procrastination over which square to tick off, I finally settled on the following: A forgotten classic What exactly constitutes a forgotten classic though? The more I thought about it, the more grey this category became. In essence, I thought a … Continue reading Bingo! The Beguiled by Thomas Cullinan
Bingo! The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A book with a mystery Mystery threads itself right the way through this novel so it seemed like the obvious choice for this bingo square. While I read some crime fiction on occasion, mystery has never factored … Continue reading Bingo! The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton
Bingo! The Desert Nurse by Pamela Hart
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A book written by an Australian woman Not quite as easy to come up with a title for this category as you might have thought, which is why I've left it for so long. I have so … Continue reading Bingo! The Desert Nurse by Pamela Hart
Bingo! The Missing Man by Peter Rees
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A non-fiction book I don't read anywhere near the amount of non-fiction as I do fiction, but I'm trying more and more to slot titles in with regularity. Peter Rees has done an extraordinary job with putting … Continue reading Bingo! The Missing Man by Peter Rees
Bingo! A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A book written by someone over 60 A Month of Sundays is Australian author Liz Byrski's tenth novel. This is very much a novel about the joy of reading, what we draw from books, why we read, … Continue reading Bingo! A Month of Sundays by Liz Byrski
Bingo! Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A book that scares you Baby Teeth definitely makes my list of scariest reads. It's the plausibility of this novel that makes it so frightening. Told in alternating perspectives, this story is downright creepy and utterly captivating. … Continue reading Bingo! Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Bingo! Five Years From Now by Paige Toon
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A book with a number in the title I'm so pleased to be able to work this novel into one of my challenges and have the opportunity to highlight it once again. It’s not all … Continue reading Bingo! Five Years From Now by Paige Toon
Bingo! Hive by A.J. Betts
It’s bingo Saturday once again – that rolled around fast! The square I’ve filled for this entry is: A book with a one word title I don't get an awful lot of these so I jumped on using Hive for this challenge. There are some serious issues underlying the story in Hive and … Continue reading Bingo! Hive by A.J. Betts
