I often think it is a sign of a great blog feature that gets posted in January and then completely ignored and partially forgotten about until a final post in December. Real winning formula there. I feel bad I neglected it so but by some pure miracle I have managed to achieve a Bingo and actually completed all my bubbles! Without trying I filled all but two and they were easy to complete.
I read a great selection of books this year. Even without trying to complete the bingo I read a lot of LGBT books and went on a little binge of m/m books which were divine. I found a couple of favourites doing that, one even became one of my Top 5 for the year! Actually looking at the list four books from my bingo ended up on my Top 5 of 2018 which was excellent. But that is for another post to come.
Looking at my post in January it’s full of optimism because I was going to be more productive and organised. It’s only slightly comical how that has failed.
“I am looking to get a full card this year” – Serendipitous success
“My second idealistic goal is actually doing updates through the year” – Failed hilariously
“Review them” – Smidge successful
I suppose, one can forgive the neglect since I managed to achieve a full card. No updates and few reviews aside, it might be my first win at total completion. I have listed the books below with links if they have reviews if you want to check them out. I will be creating my 2019 Book Bingo card soon if you want to join in for next year, or you are welcome to use one of the ones I have created in previous years.
Beauty in Thorns | A Thousand Perfect Notes | The Younger Man | Christopher Robin: A Boy, Bear, Balloon | Sisterhood Everlasting
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe | Harry Potter | Lord of the Rings | I Want To Be in a Book | Just Juliet
Dear Evan Hansen | Artemis | Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle | Loving Laykn | The Adventure Zone: Here there be Gerblins
The Hate U Give | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Naughty Kitty | I am Jazz | Heartstrings
The Women in Black | Noah’s Song | Vera | Boys Will Be Boys | The Little Prince
This is my third year doing a book bingo challenge and despite the fact I often forget I’ve decided to do it, I enjoy it a lot. With 2018 underway it is another year and another chance to achieve bingo glory. As I stated in my 
It’s time again for another Book Bingo! Having gotten so close to finishing last year I’m looking forward to maybe completing the card this year, but even getting a line or two would be a great achievement. 
As 2016 comes to an end, so too does my 2016 Book Bingo challenge. Given the hectic nature of the past few months, I did admittedly entirely forget about doing this so there are no updates or anything which I’m a bit sad about. The good news is that looking at my read pile I realised I covered a lot of ground in the past few months. I may not have been able to finish my card, but I managed to secure a bingo so I’m taking that as a win. I’m sure the point it to get a line anyway, not fill your card. So I’m pretty stoked, and looking at all the red on my chart I did well considering I thought it fell off the wagon a few months ago. My full list of books read is below, some of them managed to get a review, others didn’t, but I’ve linked in those that had and included their Goodreads link. I may still write reviews for some of these but this is where we stand at the moment. I loved doing this again, I haven’t made up next year’s yet but I have a bunch of new ideas and categories to cover so I’m looking forward to creating it. Did you do any book bingos this year? It definitely helps you read things you may not typically pick up and I’ve discovered some amazing books this way.
