Bookish Bingo Spring 2019

Well this is super heckin late, isn't it? Sorry about that! I wasn't sure if I was going to keep doing this, or keep blogging at all. Time really gets away from you when you're parenting two littles all by yourself! I decided in the end that I do love this blog and Bookish Bingo is one of the most popular and loved features here, so I had to keep doing it. There may or may not be wrap ups from here forward, though. Like I said, time.

Anyway, if you're new here, I put out a Bookish Bingo card seasonally, or every three months. The object is much the same as any bingo-style game, in which you aim to make 5 across, diagonally, or up and down. Around these parts we get a little bit more competitive and many of us aim to cover the whole card. How little or how much you read is up to you. Only one square per book, you may use one DNF title, and the books must be completed in the given three month period. In this case, that period is March, April, and May.

As always, I'll give some recommendations and explain the categories a little bit.

Warm Climate - Could also be warm weather.
- Dangerous Girls
- Rebel of the Sands
- The Forbidden Wish

Large Cast of Characters 
- A Game of Thrones
- Six of Crows
- Gilded Wolves

Weapon on the Cover 
- Grave Mercy
- Empress of All Seasons
- When I Was The Greatest

Spring Release - Releases in March, April, or May of this year
- Red, White and Royal Blue
- The Beast Player
- With the Fire on High

The Undead - Has many interpretations. Could be zombies, vampires, necromancy, you name it.
- Give the Dark My Love
- Reign of the Fallen
- Undead Girl Gang

2019 Debut 
- The Girl King
- Wicked Saints
- We Set the Dark on Fire

Author of Color 
- A Blade So Black
- The Candle and the Flame
- The Tiger at Midnight

Epistolary - Could be letters, notes, emails, texts, anything outside of the normal narrative
- Illuminae
- Night Film
- Georgia Nicolson

Retelling
- Sherwood
- Sea Witch
- The Cold is in Her Bones

School Setting - Magic schools, middle school, college, hell - even assassin schools work
- I Hate Everyone But You
- American Panda
- Vampire Academy

There you have it. Happy reading!

Bookish Bingo: Winter 2018-2019

I'm writing this a few months ahead of time, so I apologize if any information is out of date or weird. If everything has gone according to plan, I had a baby a few days ago! Needless to say, I'm a little busy.

If you don't know, Bookish Bingo is a seasonal feature wherein we try to expand our reading horizons a bit and cover as much of the bingo card as possible. You can only use one square per book, and all books must be read in December, January, or February. To participate, leave a comment below. Here is the card:

As always, here are some ideas for the categories!

Features Technology:
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- The Takedown by Corrie Wang
- Warcross by Marie Lu

Winter Release:
- Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers
- The Disasters by MK England
- King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

Male Main Character: (can be dual POV with one MMC and one FMC)
- The Demon King by Cinda Williams Chima
- In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
- Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler

Set in Europe:
- I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski
- Grim Lovelies by Megan Shepard
- The Girl with the Red Balloon by Katherine Locke 

Co-Authored:
- Undying by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
- Gena/Finn by Hannah Moskowitz and Kat Helgeson
- Honor Among Thieves by Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre

Animal on the Cover:
- The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza by Shaun David Hutchinson
- And the Ocean was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
- The Wren Hunt by Mary Watson

Disabled MC: 
- Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
- The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes
- Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

Spin-Off:
- Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson
- Slayer by Kiersten White
- Courting Darkness by Robin LaFevers

Religious Minority MC: (Muslim, Jewish, etc)
- Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
- Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

2019 Debut:
- We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia 
- Enchantee by Gita Trelease
- Dark of the West by Joanna Hathaway 

Bookish Bingo Summer Wrap-Up

After a confusing schedule conflict, the Summer Bookish Bingo wrap-up is finally here! How did you do? I felt like I read a whole lot but then I put it all together and I only got one bingo. Womp womp. Here's my card:

LGBT: Bingo Love

Realistic Fiction: Call me By Your Name

2018 Debut: Shadow State

June/July/August Release: Grace and Fury

Blue Cover: The Woman in the Window

Illustrations: Check, Please!

Yellow Cover: Harbor Me

Over 5 Years Old: Tithe

Reread: Ironside

Travel: A Heart in the Body of the World

Someone Else Picks: Code Name Verity

Religion: Daughters of the Storm

Metallic Lettering: The Last Namsara

Sci-Fi: The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

If you participated this time around, I'd love to see your completed cards. Leave a link to your wrap-ups in the comments!

Bookish Bingo: Fall 2018

It's that time again! The most wonderful time of the year (Fall) coupled with a brand new Bookish Bingo card! I don't know about you guys, but I'm very excited about the upcoming months. I'm ready to watch scary movies and read spooky books and eat lots of good food - and have a baby!

If you don't know, Bookish Bingo is a seasonal feature wherein we try to expand our reading horizons a bit and cover as much of the bingo card as possible. You can only use one square per book, and all books must be read in September, October or November. To participate, leave a comment below. Here is the card:

As always, here are some ideas to get you started!

Made into a Movie: (you could also use TV show or miniseries. Adapted to the screen!)
- The Handmaid's Tale
- The Darkest Minds
- The Hate U Give

Middle-Grade:
- The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding
- Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
- George by Alex Gino

One Word Title:
- Sadie by Courtney Summers
- Radiance by Cat Valente
- Everless by Sarah Holland

Fire in the Title/On the Cover:
- For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- Fireblood by Elly Blake

Mystery:
- The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn
- Copycat by Hannah Jayne
- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire

History With a Twist:
- Hamilton: The Revolution
- And I Darken by Kiersten White
- The Boleyn King by Laura Anderson

Set in a School:
- Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone

Witches:
- Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson
- Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
- Toil & Trouble ed by Tess Sharpe

2018 Debut:
- You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone by Rachel Lynn Solomon
- American Panda by Gloria Chao
- Ash Princess by Laura Sebastian

Space or Stars: (interpret however you want!)
- Even the Darkest Stars by Heather Fawcett
- The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
- The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

September, October, or November Release:
- Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
- A Blade So Black by LL McKinney
- A Room Away from the Wolves by Nova Ren Suma

Found Family:
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
- Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

Scares You: (I'm going to list books personally scary *to me* but they def don't need to be horror or anything!)
- Nightingale by Amy Lukavics
- The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelinda Berube
- Bird Box by Josh Malerman

Legend or Myth:
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- The Boneless Mercies by April Genevieve Tucholke
- The Forest Queen by Betsy Cornwell

Killers:
- Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers
- Shimmer and Burn by Mary Taranta
- There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

Features Animals:
- City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
- The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
- The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skrutskie

Bookish Bingo Summer 2018

I know the blogging has been spotty around these parts, but I'm pushing past the fatigue and lack of motivation today because it's time for my favorite part of this hobby: Bookish Bingo!

If you don't know, Bookish Bingo is a seasonal feature wherein we try to expand our reading horizons a bit and cover as much of the bingo card as possible. You can only use one square per book, and all books must be read in June, July, and August. To participate, leave a comment below. Here is the card:

Here are some ideas for some of the categories. As always, if you have any questions feel free to drop them in the comments or find me on Twitter.

LGBT+
- Let's Talk About Love
- Reign of the Fallen
- Every Heart a Doorway


Water On the Cover:
- Fear the Drowning Deep
- Song of the Current
- Passenger

2018 Debut:
- The Immortalists
- Sky in the Deep
- Children of Blood and Bone

Asian Author
- American Panda
- Timekeeper
- Library of Fates

June, July, or August Release
- Bright We Burn
- Hullmetal Girls
- Toil & Trouble

Magic
- Caraval
- Wild Beauty
- An Unkindness of Magicians

Illustrations
- The Language of Thorns
- A History of Glitter and Blood
- Illuminae

Adventure
- Six of Crows
- Rebel of the Sands
- Scarlet

Travel
- Wanderlove
- The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
- Isle of Blood and Stone

Summer Thriller
- White Rabbit
- Dangerous Girls
- What We Knew

Set During Wartime
- And I Darken
- Code Name Verity
- Salt to the Sea

Religion
- You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
- Love, Hate, and Other Filters
- Faking Faith

Pirates
- These Rebel Waves
- The Assassin's Curse
- Starflight 

Bookish Bingo: Spring 2018

It’s time for another round of Bookish Bingo. Doing this challenge is honestly so fun and brings me all kinds of joy. I’ve been doing this for FOUR YEARS now! Seriously, the very first round of Bookish Bingo was introduced in March of 2014. That’s insane. Thank you guys for sticking around and playing this silly game with me. It makes me so happy to see all the participants every season. You guys rock.

Anyway, I’m done being sappy.

For those of you who haven’t played before, Bookish Bingo is all kind of simple. The goal is to get as many bingos as possible by reading books that fit the challenges. One book per challenge please; you can also include one DNF. And that’s it!

There will be a giveaway for this round because it’s the anniversary and I’m feeling bubbly.

Giveaway is open internationally (as long as the Book Depository ships to you) and will be open once the wrap-up post goes up in three months.

To play, just comment down below!

As always, here are some ideas to fulfill the challenges. Have fun!

Ocean Theme
– To Kill a Kindgom
– The Summer I Turned Pretty
– Tides

Mythology
   – Antigoddess
– Percy Jackson
– The Song of Achilles

Pink Cover
   – The Merciless
– Reign of the Fallen
– Under the Lights

White Cover
– A Darker Shade of Magic
– The Cruel Prince
– By Your Side

Spring Release
– The Children of Blood and Bone
– White Rabbit
– Sky in the Deep

Retelling
   – The Wrath and the Dawn
– Forest of a Thousand Lanterns
– The Only Thing Worse Than Me is You

Intersectional Diversity
   – Dread Nation
– Wild Beauty
– They Both Die at the End

Aussie Author
   – Unearthed
– Jellicoe Road
– In the Skin of a Monster

2018 Debut
– Let’s Talk About Love
– Blood and Sand
– Out of the Blue

Epistolary– The Tiger’s Daughter
– Illuminae
– Georgia Nicolson

Witches– The Wicked Deep
– Labyrinth Lost
– Bone Witch

Flowers on the Cover– Tyler Johnson Was Here
– Wild Beauty
– Vengeance Road

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Good luck and have fun!