Lost in a Good Book

After last years complete nonexistent Book Bingo attempt, I am calling this a win. Not only for making it, but also for getting quite a lot of spaces filled. I liked my categories and I think I managed a great variety in books in filling each spot. Of course practically none have reviews, but maybe through the upcoming year I will be able to fill some review gaps with these books. Especially cause some were really great reads.

I am particularly proud of a few of them because they have been incomplete for decades. Decades. Now I can finally say I have finished them. Things like finally finishing The Hitchiker’s series, or finally finishing a book about The Simpsons I started reading sometime prior to 2010. That has to be an achievement in itself.

I took a few chances on these books too, looking for a certain style of book for research purposes, or to fit a holiday mood. Some were because I needed a book in that moment and it suited, others I had been hanging out to read for ages and finally got around to it. I love doing these bingos because it gives me a chance to pick things up, or finally read something I have had sitting on my shelf patiently waiting. It makes me broaden my reading, but it also makes me read the stuff I want to read but find excuse after excuse, or it seems to hard. I might try and force my hand a bit more next year and get through my TBR and my own shelves, especially because this one was filled accidentally. I should try to actively complete it next time. I already don’t like my chances but one can live in hope.

Did you do a bingo card this year? If you’re looking for ideas check through my bingo tag to find previous years and see if you can challenge yourself next year.

Graphic Novel – The Eleventh Hour by Clint McElroy

Self Published – Slither by Nikki Rae

Movie Adaptation – Nimona by ND Stevenson

Own Voices – Peta Lyre’s Rating Normal by Anna Whateley

Non Fiction – How to Be Ace: A Memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess

Bisexual MC – Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

Anthology – Holiday Haunts by Wendy Dalrymple and Imogen Markwell-Tweed

Short Stories – Through the Woods ed. Emily Carroll

Finish a Series – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

On TBR Pile – The Words We Keep by Erin Stewart

Fairytale Retelling – The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Free Choice – Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major

Was a Gift –Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Author You’ve Never Read – The Eternal Return of Clara Hart by Louise Finch

Chosen for the Cover – Blob by Anne Appert

Retelling a Classic – Dracula Daily by Matt Kirkland/Bram Stoker

Published This Year – Dial M for Mudcake by Kaz Delaney

One Word Title – Royals by Tegan Bennett Daylight

Set in Australia – Law of Entanglement by Laurinda Lawrence

Started and Never Finished – Planet Simpson by Chris Turner

Owned But Never Read – Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett