What I’ve enjoyed with my Book Bingo cards of late is reading whatever books through the year and come December seeing what I can put into my card, then trying to find something to read to fill in the final few boxes if there are any left. I think this time a few choices could be a bit stronger, and of course, one year this will backfire miserably, but for now we’re safe.
With 150+ books at my disposal to choose from I only managed to not fill in two. But the year is not finished yet, I could maybe do it, but I think we’ll call it and aim better next year. I’ll add that in as a new rule, what isn’t completed one year must be on the next year’s card. I vaguely recall that happening in the very beginning but all it resulted in is a lot of empty poetry boxes before I learnt my lesson.
Last year I was going to move more into fantasy, but I’ve not really gone the fantasy route instead there’s a lot of contemporary, my push to at least try a few romances, and of course my rereads were always fun. My diverse reads are getting better and I have found some amazing Aussie YA through my challenge and through the #LoveOzYA tag and website. Though, having said that, the point of the bingo card is to read widely so maybe I need to add poetry and fantasy back on and read more outside the norm.
I am keen to get into a new bingo card. I will say I am going to up my short story and anthology reads, I did have one, technically, but I also needed a Shakespeare spot filled and as it was a Shakespeare anthology it was a toss up which slot it should satisfy. Maybe in the final days of the year I can get through a Shakespeare adaptation and balance out the boxes. But for now, this is my list and I will link up to the reviews when they come out.
Debut Author: All I Ever Wanted by Vikki Wakefield
From Own Shelf: Rocking Horse Hill by Cathryn Hein
Romance: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Chosen for the Cover: Flubby Will NOT Go To Sleep by J. E. Morris
Non-Fiction: A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Aro/Ace Character: The Trouble by Daria Defore
Historical: The Paper Girl of Paris by Jordyn Taylor
Picked Up by Chance: The Bad Mother’s Book Club by Keris Stainton
New author: Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose
Lesbian: Say A Little Prayer by Jenna Voris
Non Human Main Character: The Duck Never Blinks by Alex Latimer
Free Choice: The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
Different Culture: Impossible Music by Sean Williams
Fairytale: The Beast Within by Serena Valentino
On TBR Pile: Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin
CBCA Book: How It Feels to Float by Helena Fox
Published This Year: The View From the Balcony by Janette Paul
Shakespeare Retelling: That Way Madness Lies by Dahlia Adler
Number in the Title: 100 Remarkable feats of Xander by Clayton Zane Comber
Own Voices: Green by Alex Gino
#LoveOZYA: Tin Heart by Shivaun Plozza
Reread A Series: Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde
TV/Movie Adaptation: The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Jilly thinks she’s figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born Deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. 
Rick’s never questioned much. He’s gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff’s acted like a bully and a jerk. He’s let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable. And he hasn’t given his own identity much thought, because everyone else around him seemed to have figured it out.
Before we have a small crisis that it’s almost the end of the year, let’s celebrate I made a Bingo! It’s a great line to cross off too, many great reads in there. I’ve added six this time on top of my original nine. I read a lot of things that didn’t fit into the categories recently but I am glad some still managed to fit in. I am keen to try and fill some of these other boxes because they are ones I don’t usually read. The poor Play box has been neglected from the beginning except one year so I’m hoping to fill that one at some stage.
How to Train Your Dragon
Play It Again
The Vanishing Stair
BE WHO YOU ARE. When people look at George, they think they see a boy. But she knows she’s not a boy. She knows she’s a girl.
