#r/fantasy's book bingo

[whisperofthewaves]

today I was forced to face the fact I might have a problem when continuing an argument my friend asked me "well, how many books did you buy in last month?" and I very confidently replied I did not get more than 5

and then I went to look at the order history and turns out it's 25. (✿◡‿◡)

#nothing important #this is fine #It Was Not Fine #a bunch of them were freebies and $1-$2 deals tho... #good thing I am committed to the r/fantasy bingo this year bc I was able to pull 22/25 books for it from my pile #and now I have a goal

[tar-miriel]

i've started jonathan strange & mr norrell... i'm the bravest girl in belgrade i think. anyway it does feel a bit like doing homework, but in a good way

#mim reads #it's technically for r/fantasy book bingo but also i've wanted to read it for ages

[meltotheany]

hi hi friends! today i am bringing you a little bit of a different post, all about a readathon! but this is also a post that i put a lot of work into, recommending a lot of my favorite reads of all time, so even if you don’t plan on participating, i hope you are able to add a book or two to your tbrs! but this is a readathon that i’ve wanted to do for many years now, but this seems to be the first year that i really have the time and energy to invest in the fun and i am so, beyond words, excited! 🩷 this is a bingo board book challenge hosted by r/fantasy on reddit, where you read (and maybe expand your regular reading) with reading all things speculative! you can do a regular bingo line, you can do a full blackout of the entire board! there is a regular challenge each square and then an added element to make it a hard mode challenge, if so you do wish! there is also hero mode, which basically means you review everything you read on any and all bookish platforms – which i hope to hit as well! you can also substitute one square for any challenge of a past year (this readathon has been happening for a decade now), which i am just going to wait to see if i need to do that during the year, if i am getting stumped and slumped with any particular challenge! and lastly, you can only use one book per author! this is a year long readathon (from april 2024 until march 2025) where the goal is to read a book for each square of the bingo board! and below are all the links to help you find out everything about this reading challenge! and i would love to update throughout the year my progress! and yes, i have already started setting up a bullet journal spread because i have absolutely no chill ever when it comes to being excited for a reading challenge! Announcement April Fool’s Announcement Card Recommendations 10 Year Retrospective Recommendations List on Reddit okay, let me preface this with: all of my recommendations are for the hard mode (hm) extra challenge, because that’s how i plan to participate for the readathon! but also, nothing on this tbr of things i have not read is 100% set on my tbr! i just like to give myself options that i can easily see, but i really just want this to be a fun reading experience all year, without any pressure! i read around 75% sff each year regardless, so i think it will just be a lot of fun to see how my bingo board organically comes together (with me probably purposely reading at the end to actually complete the blackout)! and i am excited to push myself a little bit (maybe with some horror) out of my comfort zone, too! okay, let’s get into the actual bingo card and the actual challenges with some recommendations from me! 💖 1) First in a Series: Read the first book in a series. ━━HARD MODE: The series is more than three books long.  ♡ recommendations i’ve already read: The Singing Hills Cycle, The Stormlight Archive, Greatcoats ☆ recommendations that i might read: Hidden Legacy, The Faithful and the Fallen, The Sun Eater 2) Alliterative Title: Read a book where multiple words in the title begin with the same letter. For example, Legends and Lattes, A Storm of Swords, Children of Blood and Bone. ━━HARD MODE: The title has three words or more that start with the same letter.  ♡ recommendations i’ve already read: This is How You Lose the Time War ☆ recommendations that i might read: The Haunting of Hill House, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Saints of Storm and Sorrow 3) Under the Surface: Read a book where an important setting is either underground or underwater. ━━HARD MODE: At least half the book takes place underground or underwater.  ♡ recommendations i’ve already read: Our Wives Under the Sea, Into the Drowning Deep, The Abyss Surrounds Us, The Deep ☆ recommendations that i might read: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Neverwhere, Fathomfolk 4) Criminals: Read a book in which the main character is a criminal. This could be a thief, assassin, someone who commits mail fraud, etc. ━━HARD MODE: Features a heist.  ♡ recommendations i’ve...

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[toopunkrockforshul]

Finally finished the last book for full blackout for 2023 bingo!

All hard mode except the robots one because I wasn't sure going in what role the robot would play. I don't think I can in good conscious claim that he was a protagonist though.

5 star reads (in order of prompt number):

Sunshine by Robin McKinley

When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb

Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink

Full details below the cut:

Title with a Title (Hard Mode: Not a title of royalty) A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark - 4 stars

Superheroes (Hard Mode: Not related to DC or Marvel) Ordinary Monsters by J.M. Miro - 4 stars

Bottom of the TBR (Hard Mode: None, its already hard enough) Mister Impossible by Maggie Stiefvater - 4.75

tars

Magical Realism or Literary Fantasy (Hard Mode: Not one of the books in the Magic Realism recs thread) Uncommon Charm by Emily Bergslien and Kat Weaver - 4 stars

Young Adult (Hard Mode: Published in the last 5 years) The Way Back by Gavriel Savit - 4.75 stars

Mundane Jobs (Hard Mode: Does not take place on Earth) Mindtouch by M.C.A Hogarth - 4.75 stars

Published in the 00s (Hard Mode: Not in the top 30 of r/Fantasy best of 2023 list) Sunshine by Robin McKinley - 5 stars

Angels and Demons (Hard Mode: Protagonist is an angel or a demon) When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb - 5 stars

5 SFF Short Stories (Hard Mode: Read an entire SFF anthology or collection) Love After the End:An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead - 4 stars

Horror (Hard Mode: Not Stephen King or H.P. Lovecraft): The Voice of the Blood by Jemiah Jefferson - 4.75 stars

Self-published or Indie Publisher (Hard Mode: self pub and has fewer than 100 ratings) The Dying of the Golden Day by Carrie Gessner - 3.75 stars

Set in the Middle East/Middle Eastern SFF (Hard Mode: Author is of Middle Eastern heritage) The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia - 4.5 stars

Published in 2023 (Hard Mode: Debut novel) Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh - 5 stars

Multiverse and Alternative Realities (Hard Mode: Characters do not walk through a literal door in order to get to another world) The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan - 5 stars

POC Author (Hard Mode: Takes place in a futuristic, sci-fi world) Hexarchate Stories by Yoon Ha Lee - 4.25 stars

Bookclub or Readalong Book (Hard Mode: read as part of a bookclub and participate in the discussion) Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - 2 stars

Novella (Hard Mode: Novella is not published by Tordotcom Publishing) The Seep by Chana Porter - 4.75 stars

Mythical Beasts (Hard Mode: No dragons or dragon-like creatures) Drink Slay Love by Sarah Beth Durst - 3.5 stars

Elemental Magic (Hard Mode: Not V.E. Schwab's Shades of Magic series or Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series) The Last Sun by K.D. Edwards - 4.75 stars

Myths and Retellings (Hard Mode: Not Greek or Roman mythology) The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie - 4.25 stars

Queernorm Setting (Hard Mode: Not a futuristic setting) The Door into Shadow by Diane Duane - 4.25 stars

Coastal or Island Setting (Hard Mode: The book also features sea-faring) The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty - 4 stars

Druids (Hard Mode: Not The Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne) The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach - 4.5 stars

Featuring Robots (Hard Mode: Robot is the protagonist) He, She and It by Marge Piercy - 3.5 stars

Sequel (Hard Mode: Book 3 or on in the series) The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home by Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink - 5 stars

#r/fantasy bingo 2023 #rae reads #very glad that I did this challenge it got me to read a bunch of things that had been chilling on my tbr for a while now and #I read a lot of good things because of it #also liked doing this summary cause it helped me do some close ranks and adjust my reviews based on the larger context of the other books #highly reccomend any of the books that are 5 stars and tbh all of the 4.75 ones too #also happy to give more personalized/detailed reviews for specific things or provide trigger warnings as I can remember them #if you'd like! feel free to hmu

[mattimeomeg]

It's Bingo time!

One of the best things about failing is you get to try again. I didn’t read all the books I had lined up for last year’s r/fantasy bingo challenge, but I’m going for it again this year. Even though I didn’t manage to write reviews of all the books I did read, the goal made me take a different approach to reading than I normally would. I spent more time thinking about the style and flow of the…

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[4th-make-quail]

I must not give in to the realm of the elderlings reread urge

the realm of the elderlings reread urge is the r/fantasy book bingo card killer

must.... resist.........

#it's a futile endeavour I fear #I may have just finished my bingo card today but... #I CANNOT RUIN ANOTHER BINGO CARD BY REREADING ALL OF ROTE AGAIN #NOT AGAIN..... #but the siren call is so strong...... #all the beautiful fanart and quotes are not helping......

[peacehopeandrats]

TBR Bingo Finnish!

It took more than the summer just because I was waiting on some holds, but here I stand, ready to enter the Month of Reading with a new Bingo card! If you want the full list of what I read, that is below the cut. I highly recommend just about every book on it.

My favorite new author surprised me.

Stephen Graham Jones is a Native Author and the book The Only Good Indians is a Native horror story. Now, I don't read horror, which is why this being my favorite surprised me. In fact, this was my first ever horror novel so I can't say how it compares to anyone else popular in the field. I can say that being a Native story it very much has that this is the horror WE would experience feel to it. By this I mean I doubt an author of any other background could capture this story as well. There was an emotional element to it that I can't really put a finger on. Just so well written. I'm going to read his other books when I can get my hands on them.

Nonfiction: Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand

Blue Cover: King’s Cage, by Victoria Aveyard

Woods or Trees: In The Woods, by Tana French

Family: A Long Petal Of The Sea, by Isabel Allende

Fantasy: Red Queen, by Victoria Aveyard

Animals: The Cat Who Saved Books, by Sosuke Matsukawa

Sports: My Year Of The Racehorse, by Kevin Chong

Realistic Fiction: A Very Typical Family, by Sierra Godfrey

Water: The Bookshop On The Shore, by Jenny Colgan

Paper Book: Rubyfruit Jungle, by Rita Mae Brown

Comedy: The Road To Roswell, by Connie Willis

Graphic Novel: Saga, by Brian K. Vaughn

Free Space: War Storm, by Victoria Aveyard

Fiction: Bluebird, Bluebird, by Atiica Locke

Red Cover: Cemetery Boys, by Aiden Thomas

Sailing: The Girl From Everywhere, by Heidi Heilig

Time: Opposite of Always, by Justin A Reynolds

Native Author: Crooked Hallelujah, by Kelli Jo Ford

Kindle: Song of My Soul, by Ginny Aiken

Orange Cover: Genesis Begins Again, by Alicia D. Williams

Food: Tastes Like War, by Grace M. Cho

Real Person: The Forgotten Founding Father, by Joshua Kendall

Vacation: The Only Good Indians, by

Historical Fiction: Even As We Breathe, by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle

Audio Book: When to Rob a Bank, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

#tbr bingo #summer tbr bingo

[bushs-world]

So, one of an (additional) challenge of the fantasy book bingo was to write a review of the books you read. I have been putting this off for sometime, but finally decided to sit down and write this book review, especially since I have a lot to talk about.

(also this is my first review so it might get a bit haphazard since it's more me keeping a track of my opinions)

THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5

Author: Samantha Shannon

Genre: Fantasy, Queer relationships

Bingo Square: Queernorm setting

Detailed review under the cut. Contains spoilers

What I loved

Worldbuilding: the worldbuilding in the first half of the book is so well written and the most enjoyable part of this book. There's so much worldbuilding in this novel, from the different kingdoms, their religion, their rulers, their practices and beliefs as well as how they see the other kingdoms. And yet it never feels like exposition or info dump. Which btw there isnt a typical expository dump at the beginning of this book. Instead we are dropped right in the middle of the world and we figure and understand the world slowly as we read through

Weaving of plot: again, in the first half of the plot, there are four different pov characters in different parts of the world. They rarely know each other (except for two characters but they are in different places) and yet somehow the plot connects them together in a very interesting and enjoyable way.

Religion: religion plays a very important part in this book and the difference of beliefs and faiths, and how that causes conflicts is very realistically portrayed in this book. As well as two different religions believing two different versions of the same story. For example, the west follows a religion called virtuedom and thinks of Cleolind, a prominent historical figure as a damsel rescued by their saint after he trapped the dragon while the south believes the saint is a liar and Cleolind was the hero who trapped the dragon, and hail her as the Mother. Similarly, the East worships the dragons of the east and hate the wyrms of the west while the rest of the places don't see any distinction in the two types of dragons and hate both.

Diversity: absolutely adore how diverse the characters in this book were. Eadaz, also called Ead is brown (her characterisation parallels the SWANA region) and sapphic. Loth is a black man. Tané is Asian young girl and Niclays is an old gay man. Sabran, a very prominent character in the book (though not a pov character)who rules as the queen of the strongest kingdom is bi.

Ead and Sabran's relationship: especially during the first part, the slow burn and tension was just *chef's kiss*

Gender neutrality: this book is queernorm so there's no homophobia. Ead is in love with Sabran, Niclays is gay and Tane seems asexual. Also instead of gendered terms like husband or wife, the book uses words like partner. Position of powers is held equally between men and women. And both Ead and Tane are strong fighters who have trained all their life. There's only one issue with the queer stuff of this book which I will discuss in the cons section.

Standalone Fantasy: lastly I loved that this is a standalone fantasy.

What didn't work

Too much plot: the second half of the book is weighed down by too much plot, which imo was totally unnecessary. There was so much additional new information and twists that it was difficult to keep a track of. For the first half it was an understandable simple plot- there r two dragons; the evil wyrms of the west and the benevolent dragons of the east. And the leader of the wyrms was imprisoned under the earth by Cleolind through a sword. Her descendents, now protect the world from the wyrms in a secret order of mages. In the second half suddenly, it was complicated with two different types of magic, two jewels, there's another second woman (that no one knew about) who together with Cleolind binded the dragons, a witch, a mulberry tree, a comet and what not. That along with too many unnecessary subplots made the book too muddled by the second half

Unsatisfactory resolution of subplot: there are often subplots which are set up or pointed towards, only for them to be quickly (and unsatisfactory resolved) in a few pages without the characters actively overcoming any struggles. Instead the subplots are resolved with a very conveniently timed coincidence. For example, the book sets up Loth going into an enemy draconic kingdom for a good length. People worry that he doesn't get hurt. But as soon as he reaches there, the princess of the kingdom very conveniently tells him she's on his side and the kingdom is suffering due to his father. He's out of the kingdom in 4 pages flat and without any struggle (n the draconic kingdom is rarely explored beyond a few passages). Similarly while he's carrying a box from the princess to the priory, he gets attacked by a wyrm and is conveniently found by a friendly mythical animal who not only saves him but also takes him to the priory (n they don't face any other struggle in the middle). Same way, a civil war was hinted for so long only to be thwarted in a very anticlimatic way before it could even start. Magical weapons are lost and found in the same page.

Passive characters: ties into the above point but everything is very conveniently set up for the characters and they rarely need to struggle. Most of the time they discover important stuff totally by chance or someone tells them everything. Tané finds a jewel stitched inside her body totally by chance, without no build up of it before

Weird queer setting: so like the book is queernorm, same sex relationships aren't looked down upon yet the marriage is between a male and female character tho the reason for that is given to be children.

#book review #books and reading #the priory of the orange tree #bush rambles books

[daughterofhecata]

I did both @batmanisagatewaydrug‘s and @macrolit‘s Reading Bingos this year - was aiming for blackouts on both, didn‘t manage it for macrolit’s, but I did get a couple bingos.

Titles for each under the cut, full reading list here.

batmanisagatewaydrug:

translated book: Jonathan L. Howard: Johannes Cabal #1. Seelenfänger. [org. title: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer]

graphic novel: Vincent Burmeister, David Schraven: Unter Krähen. Aus dem Inneren der Republik. [no english title]

nonfiction: Anna Mirga-Kruszelnicka, Jekatyerina Dunajeva: Re-Thinking Roma Resistance throughout History: Recounting Stories of Strength and Bravery.

sequel: Luke Arnold: Fetch Phillips Archives #3. One Foot in the Fade.

poetry collection: Rainer Maria Rilke: Gedichte [herausgegeben vom Hamburger Lesehefte Verlag]

published before 2010: Faye Kellerman: Die Schwingen des Todes [org. title: Stone Kiss]

memoir: Theodor Michael: Deutsch Sein und Schwarz Dazu. Erinnerungen eines Afro-Deutschen. [engl. title: Black German. An Afro-German Life in the Twentieth Century.]

oldest on TBR: Anne Frank: Tagebuch der Anne Frank. 14. Juni 1942 bis 1. August 1944. [org. title: Het Achterhuis/engl. title: The Diary of a Young Girl]

author from a different country: Alexander Wolkow: Zauberland-Reihe #1. Der Zauberer der Smaragdenstadt. [org. title: Волшебник изумрудного города/engl. title: The Wizard of the Emerald City]

romance: Iny Lorentz: Die Feuerbraut [no english title i could find]

essay collection: Scaachi Koul: One Day We‘ll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter.

fantasy: Austin Chant: Peter Darling

novella: Maria Konopnicka: Der Danziger Mendel [org. title: Mendel Gdański/no english title]

debut author: Xiran Jay Zhao: Iron Widow

ghosts or monsters: Jennifer Giesbrecht: The Monster of Elendhaven

short stories: Hendrik Buchna, Marco Sonnleitner, u.a.: Die Drei ??? und der Zeitgeist [no english title; collection of short stories in the german continuation of Robert Arthur’s Three Investigators stories]

banned book: Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird

one word title: K. Ancrum: Darling

published before 2000: Josef Bor: Theresienstädter Requiem [org. title: Terezínské Rekviem/engl. title: The Terezín Requiem]

2022 release: Jonathan Kellerman: City of the Dead. An Alex Delaware Novel.

literary fiction: Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar / Jack Kerouac: On The Road (I’m pretty sure at least one of them qualifies)

YA: Jonathan Stroud: Bartimäus #1. Das Amulett von Samarkand. [org. title: The Bartimaeus Trilogy #1. The Amulet of Samarkand.]

reread: Franz Kafka: Das Urteil [engl. title: The Judgement]

400+ pages: James Ellroy: L.A. Confidential. Stadt der Teufel. [org. title: L.A. Confidential]

macrolit:

Classic Author A/B/C: -

Gothic Fiction: -

Fan Fiction: [no specific work]

published between 1960-1990: Václav Havel: Vernissage [org. title: Vernisáž/engl. title: Unveilling]

Classic Author P/Q/R: Sylvia Plath: The Bell Jar

Biography or Non-Fiction: Justin Fenton: We Own This City. A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption.

Classic Author S/T/U: -

Young Adult: Christina Henry: Lost Boy

Classic Author G/H/I: -

Detective, Horror or Suspense: Tess Gerritsen: Die Chirurgin. [org. title: The Surgeon]

Philosophy or Literary Criticism: Judith Butler: Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity.

Classic Author M/N/O: -

Harlem Renaissance: -

Published between 1990-2022: Ocean Vuong: On Earth We‘re Briefly Gorgeous

Book of Short Stories:  Don Winslow: Broken

published between 1920-1960: Jerzy Andrzejewski: Warschauer Karwoche [org. title: Wielki tydzień/engl. title: Holy Week]

Classic Author D/E/F: Leslie Feinberg: Stone Butch Blues

Children‘s Literature: [any one of the twenty Three Investigator‘s books I read this year]

Poetry or Play: Bożena Keff: Ein Stück über Mutter und Vaterland [org. title: Utwór o Matce i Ojczyźnie/engl. title: A Piece about Mother and Fatherland]

Graphic Novel: Elfriede Jelinek, Nicolas Mahler: Der fremde! störenfried der ruhe eines sommerabends der ruhe eines friedhofs. [no english title]

Classic Author J/K/L: Jack Kerouac: On The Road

Essays or Satire: Scaachi Koul: One Day We‘ll All Be Dead And None Of This Will Matter.

Published before 1920: Maria Konopnicka: Der Danziger Mendel [org. title: Mendel Gdański/no english title]

Classic Author V/W/X/Y/Z: Jiří Weil: Leben mit dem Stern [org. title: Život s hvězdou/engl. title: Life With A Star]

#end of 2022 #reading list #2022 reading bingo #i tried to use as few titles twice as possible #was very much fun to do these bingos #made me more consciously broaden my range #read my first essay collection this year! #read more poetry! #more fantasy again! #a few more 'classics' #not quite as many as i had hoped to but more #also yes @batmanisagatewaydrug i took quite some inspiration from various monthly reading updates and enjoyed most of them! #many of the czech and polish works were for my slavic studies classes but i also enjoyed most of them

[dogstarblues]

okay! accomplishments for today

1. cooked all three meals from scratch, left some of my lunch, but i ate dinner and breakfast completely

2. snacked on mango juice and was normal about it for once (a single glass! and an extra sip!)

3. crocheted 3 rows on my friends blanket

4. painted a painting for my dad's birthday

5. dressed in real clothes

6. did the dishes

7. washed a few pans by hand

8. sketched out a new composition

9. managed to wrastle my schedule into place despite being behind by an hour

10. sprinted for two hours and managed to write 2,328 words, which is more than i estimated during the alotted time per day for book completion.

11. listened to the first few chapters of an audiobook for the r/fantasy bingo even tho i dont have a reddit account i just like challenges<3

12. talked to friends :)

13. hydrated properly today! my lips arent cracked!

14. will now shower and get into pjs

15. i will then brush my teeth. i might have already brushed my teeth today but twice a day is even better

16. i will force myself to relax and do nothing and drink tea even tho i will hate it :))))))))))))) maybe i will comfort-read a favorite webcomic or catch up on some others

#dogstar speaking

[booksopandah]

Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey (Dragonriders of Pern 2)

This is a direct continuation of the first book in the series, and features essentially no skip. For those who aren’t familiar, Pern is a pseudo-medieval world that has very recently started receiving Thread again, a parasitic fungus that falls from a nearby rogue planet and rapidly consumes any organic material. The Dragonriders, after dealing with the first Threadfall in centuries, brought forth heroes of old to help combat the continued plague.

I really enjoy this series, both for discussing it with my mom, and because it has the decency to treat women like people. Not perfectly, there are still issues, but much better than women in typical scifi fantasy books. Lessa is intelligent and strong, Brekke is hardworking and so human. F’lar is clever as always, and F’nor is a dumbass but we love him for trying. There are also some much less fun moments, and characters easy to hate, but thankfully we move on.

If you want a really interesting take on traditional fantasy, especially one which makes use of scifi tropes, and old “ancient aliens” style worldbuilding, then you’ll really enjoy these first two books. For the most part, just really fascinating ideas, and a really adventurous and clever world. Also, it counts for the weird ecology square for the r/Fantasy bingo, which is a plus. Happy reading!

#Dragonquest #anne mccaffrey #dragonriders of pern #books #sff books

[toreadornot]

2024 r/Fantasy Bingo

Trying to get back into reading this year and using the r/Fantasy subreddit's Bingo board as a motivator

It runs from 1 Apr 2024 to 31 Mar 2025 so I've already read 2 books that count! Not sure which squares I'm going to use them for yet because they fit multiple - but for no I'm thinking I have Alliterative Title and Book club book covered.

Full rules in the Reddit Post if anyone else is interested

(Google Sheet template I'm using for tracking - created by shift_shaper on Reddit)

#2024 r/Fantasy bingo #fantasy bingo #reading challenge #reading bingo

[nicholsroy]

2024 reading challenge: first bingo!

Blog | Reading 📚

I have been taking part in the 2024 reading bingo by @macrolit this year and recently got my first "bingo" (although my goal is to complete the entire grid). Thought it would be a good time for a progress report!

Books I've read so far in 2024, with their categories:

1. Classic novel by an author whose name starts with Q, R, S or T: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

2. LGBTQ author: Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

3. Detective, horror or suspense: The Revenge List by Hannah Mary McKinnon

4. Gothic fiction, fantasy or magical realism: Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

5. Published between 2000-2024: The Survivors by Alex Schulman

6. Novella or a book of short stories: Here, the World Entire by Anwen Kya Hayward

7. Biography or non-fiction: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Bingo challenge template under the cut:

#blog #reading #reading challenge #2024 reading bingo #booklr

[rosysreadingrefugium]

Book Bingo 2023

In an effort to consume more and different books, I have decided to take part in r/fantasy's Book Bingo.

The goal is reading books that match the 25 prompts for this year until March 31st 2024. It is a fun challenge designed to coax you out of your reading habits and to read widely in the fantasy genre.

I have already completed following prompts:

Angels and Demons (Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman) on 23 May 2023 (4.5 stars)

Coastal Setting (The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon A. Chakraborty) on 2 June 2023 (4 stars)

Queernorm Setting (Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir) 6 June 2023 (4.75 stars)

For all the rules, click on this link and follow me on this journey into the unknown realms of the fantasy genre.

#rosysreadingrefugium #book blog #booklr #fantasy #book bingo #reading challenge

[mattimeomeg]

Book Review: Project Hail Mary

Book Review: Project Hail Mary

Adventure is out there! Get ready for a wild ride into outer space in a last ditch attempt to save humanity from whatever is causing the sun to go out. Project Hail Mary is Andy Weir’s fourth novel and cements him in my mind as one of the best science fiction writers of our time. This was the first book I read for this year’s r/fantasy bingo challenge, and I’ve recommended it to other readers…

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[4th-make-quail]

since I turned in my bingo card tonight, I figured I'd do an update here as well! I completed the r/fantasy bingo card for the first time on the 24th of February, yay! also managed to review and rate every book (reviews are on my dreamwidth, but I plan on putting them on storygraph soon enough), and I managed a surprising number of hard modes this year!

I had a really good time doing this, and i cannot wait until the 1st of April when the new cards come out! :3 until then, I'm gonna have a fanfic break (which i was gonna do when I finished, buuuut I got eaten by rereading the first three Realm of the Elderlings books ahaha oops).

#quail reads #my dw posts outside of letters are locked to access list only #so feel free to add me there if we're mutuals! #same for storygraph! #fantasy bingo