This year, with as busy as the three of us are, we are pinching a card from @shadowbooker on Instagram. Thanks to justjo2u  for finding her! I would definitely recommend following her if you are on Instagram. She has a lot of lovely book related graphics/digitals that she shares and this one sounds so much fun and definitely stress-free.


(I'd suggest posting this in your own journal but also on other social media sites and even taking recommendations from family and friends. The wider your cast your net, the more choice you will have.) 

We are not quite sure on the prize for 2023 or if there will be one, but we will let you know later in the year. We hope you join us in this challenge. Please feel free to create posts with your book recommendations. Friends definitely include social media friends.

Happy New Year everyone! Kelly, Jenn and Jo
x

Copying Keli's post over from livejournal.

We used random.org number generator:

First place is #4 honor_reid



Second place is #6 severina2001



Congrats!!! honor_reid. Will you please private message me with the email address for the $25 gift card and severina2001 would you please private message justjo2u on DreamWidth for the $10 gift card?

Thank you again for everyone who participated! It was so fun!! Onward to 2023!

This was our final list:
1. gilda_elise
2. nakeisha
3. gavinf1980
4. honor_reid
5. cordeliadelayne
6. severina2001
7. cornerofmadness
8. sn0wing
9. gavinf1980
10. deinonychus_1
11. white_jenna

Paraphrasing Keli's post here which she just added at livejournal.

Just a reminder that if you have completed the 2022 challenge please let me know and I will get you added to the drawing. Also we've added a second place winner for this year who will receive a  $10 or £10 amazon card! If you are not from the US or UK we will try our best to get you the gift card in your own country, but we can't promise.

Thanks again to all who have participated!!

These are the names I have so far. Please let me know if I missed anyone. I will be drawing tomorrow.

Challenge completed

1. gilda_elise
2. nakeisha
3. gavinf1980
4. honor_reid
5. cordeliadelayne
6. severina2001
7. cornerofmadness
8. sn0wing
9. gavinf1980
10. deinonychus_1

Author Rona Halsall is having a book giveaway on Facebook. Usual FB give away - like, share, comment. Not familiar with her as an author but hey... FREE BOOK! There will be three winners chosen and it's worldwide. No restrictions on who can enter.

Here are the books you can choose from.



Link to giveaway

  

So, keli texted me just a bit ago to say that she was able to get her journal imported, so I hopped online and tried the community again.

IT FINALLY WORKED!!!

The book bingo community is totally backed up to DW now! I am so relieved!

DW Book Bingo



stellar_raven has been trying to backup the community for a while now without luck. She was able to backup the profile info and tags but the entries fail.

We are not sure what is going to happen with Livejournal in the future but we are already seeing people leave or contemplate leaving, so it never hurts to have a place to go if it does implode here. I will manually add the current book bingo challenge so we have it. I will also try to remember to add in any new posts over there with the ability to comment at dw too. This is all new to us so bear with... :)

If anyone is at DW and wants an invite, please comment with your DW username.

If anyone has any questions or suggestions, please post in the comments below.

Checking in to see how everyone is doing! Here are some prompts, but feel free to share whatever you like, book or nonbook related.

How is your reading going so far?
Did you get lots of book read in February?
What is on the agenda for March?
How are you doing with your book challenge?

Reading a comment from vysila reminded me that January has blown by and I didn't put up a post to check in! How are you all feeling? I hope January treated you well! Just an update from stellar_raven, one of my partners in crime here. She's just moved into her new house and it will be another week before she gets internet. She will be back with us soon!


↬ Are you on track (your own personal one)?

↬ What are you reading?

↬ How happy are you with your selections so far?

↬ Any recommendations to pass along?

↬ Any "don't touch with a ten foot pole" warnings?

Also bonus question:

↬ Would anyone be interested in a group read sometime in the future?

Please comment below with any book suggestions that begin with the letters U - Z. As time allows we will add to the master list, but please track this post to get an alert sent right to your inbox or email when someone comments.

U
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers
Underworld by Don DeLillo
Unbound by Jim C. Hines
Until Thy Wrath be Past by Åsa Larsson
Up Till Now by William Shatner
Unspeakable Words by Sarah Madison
[Un]Masked by Anyta Sunday & Andrew Q. Gordon
Urban Dragon by J.W. Troemner
Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey
Unleashed by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
Uprooted by Naomi Novik

V
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya Parmar
Virtue at Market Price by E. Pluribus Van Slyke
Vinland Saga Omnibus,(manga) by Makoto Yukimura
Vitro by Jessica Khoury
Venetian Masks by Kim Fielding
The Valiant by Lesley Livingston
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

W
The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
A Wild Woman by Vanessa Vale
Witch Please by Ann Aguirre
Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer
Wolf Tower by Tanith Lee

X
The X-Files: I Want to Believe by Max Allan Collins
Xxxholic manga by Clamp
X Dames (The Lucy Ripken Mysteries, #3) by J.J. Henderson
The Xactilias Project by R J Lawrence
Xoe (Xoe Meyers, #1) by Sara C. Roethle
The X in Sex: How the X Chromosome Controls Our Lives by David Bainbridge
The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton

Y
You’ve Got Tail by Renee George
You by Charles Benoit
The Youngest Templar by Michael P. Spradlin
Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Z
The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks
Zombie, Illinois by Scott Kenemore
Zodiac by Robert Graysmith
Zofloya by Charlotte Dacre
The Z Murders by J Jefferson Farjeon
Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien
Zeus: Conquering His Heart by Wendy Rathbone
Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
Zero-G by William Shatner

Please comment below with any book suggestions that begin with the letters P - T. As time allows we will add to the master list, but please track this post to get an alert sent right to your inbox or email when someone comments.

P
Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han
Payback's A Witch by Lana Harper
Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
Pack by Eve Langlias
Powerless by Tera Lynn Childs & Tracy Deebs
Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe by Melissa de la Cruz

Q
The Quiet Boy by Ben H. Winters
The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt
Queen Emma and the Vikings: Power, Love, and Greed in 11th-Century England by Harriet O'Brien
Q & A by Keith R.A. DeCandido
Qi, Vampires, and Shearing by Christopher J. Timms
Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang MD & Nate Pederson (I really enjoyed this one)
Quantum Tangle by Chris Reher
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Queen of the Dead by Stacey Kade
Queen Bee by Jane Fallon

R
Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
Romantically Challenged by Marina Adair
The Roommate by Rosie Danan

S
Small Favors by Erin A. Craig
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
Sawbones by Melissa Lenhardt
The Season by Sarah MacLean
Satisfied Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade
Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead (and the rest of the series start with S)
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco
Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs
Switched by Amanda Hocking
The Secret Country by Pamela Dean

T
Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
Teach Me by Olivia Dade
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
Taken by a Vampire by Joey W. Hill
The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

Please comment below with any book suggestions that begin with the letters K - O. As time allows we will add to the master list, but please track this post to get an alert sent right to your inbox or email when someone comments.

K
1. Killing November by Adriana Mather
2. The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
3. Kiss of the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon

L
1. Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola
2. Lore Olympus Volume 1 by Rachel Smythe {graphic novel}

M
1. Men Who Hate Women - From Incels to Pickup Artists: The Truth About Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All by Laura Bates
2. Miss Lattimore's Letter by Suzanne Allain
3. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
4. The Mummy or Ramses the Damned by Anne Rice
5. Man-Eaters series by Chelsea Cain, Kate Niemczyk & Lia Miternique {graphic novel}

N
1. Night Play by Sherrilyn Kenyon
2. Night Pleasures by Sherrilyn Kenyon
3. Night Embrace by Sherrilyn Kenyon
4. Nancy Drew: The Curse by Micol Ostow & Carolyn Keene
5. Not the Witch You Wed by April Asher
6. Now You See It... by Vivian Vande Velde

O
1. Olwen Finds Her Wings by Nora Surojegin
2. Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
3. Of Triton by Anna Banks
4. Of Neptune by Anna Banks

Please comment below with any book suggestions that begin with the letters F - J. As time allows we will add to the master list, but please track this post to get an alert sent right to your inbox or email when someone comments.

F
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Fix Her Up by Tessa Bailey
Frostbite by Richelle Mead

G
The Guardian by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Goddess by Josephine Angelini
The Goblin Wood by Hilari Bell
The Goddess Test series by Aimee Carter (all four books start with G)

H
Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole
How to Love Your Neighbor by Sophie Sullivan
Him by Elle Kennnedy & Sarina Bowens
How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather
Haunting the Deep by Adriana Mather
Hereafter by Tara Hudson
Hunting November by Adriana Mather
Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

I
I Kissed A Girl by Jennet Alexander
I Eat Poop.: A Dung Beetle Story by Mark Pett
I Do by Elizabeth Chandler
I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga
In the Time of Dragon Moon by Janet Lee Carey

J
The Janson Equation by Douglas Corleone
The Joy of Sexus: Lust, Love, and Longing in the Ancient World by Vicki León
Jade City Fonda Lee
Joys R Us by Kim Fielding
Just a Matter of Time by Charity Tahmaseb
Jack of Thorns by Amelia Faulkner

Please comment below with any book suggestions that begin with the letters A - E. As time allows we will add to the master list, but please track this post to get an alert sent right to your inbox or email when someone comments.

A
American Royals by Katharine McGee
Acheron by Sherrilyn Kenyon
All The Feels by Olivia Dade
Always and Forever Lara Jean by Jenny Han
Angels Watching Over Me by Lurlene McDaniel
As Old as Time by Liz Braswell

B
Birding is My Favorite Video Game by Rosemary Mosco
Bad Moon Rising by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
Betraying the Pack by Eve Langlais
Between the Lines by Jodi Picoult and Samantha van Leer
Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause
Bookishly Ever After by Isabel Bandeira
Born at Midnight by C.C. Hunter

C
Cupid's Match by Lauren Palphreyman
Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde
Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs

D
Dance with the Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dark Side of the Moon by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The Dream-Hunter by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay (The rest of the series as well start with a D)
Defying Pack Law by Eve Langlais
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde
Dreamless by Josephine Angelini
Dragon's Keep by Janet Lee Carey
Dragonwood by Janet Lee Carey

E
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine

After some discussion, we decided to add THREE free squares for participants to use for those pesky letters that might not be easy to fill. We know that there is some book somewhere out there that would fulfill each square as is, but we don't want anyone to have to force themselves to read a really bad book just to cover a square.

Using the random name picker website, the winner of the $25.00 amazon gift card is.... severina2001



Congrats!! Thanks to everyone who participated. It has been a really fun year seeing all the books being read and sharing your reading journeys. Looking forward to another year. severina2001 I will send you a message with details.

Happy New Year!! We have decided to go back to holding a year long Bingo Challenge, but it will be a tad different than a few years ago. Instead of calling individual bingos, we are staying with the challenge of blacking out the card. We think this is easier for everyone involved, especially us. :) Remember you have the entire year to black it out.

justjo2u had the fun challenge idea of reading a book for each letter of the alphabet. We agreed!



Just a few rules:

1. For card aesthetics, Y and Z are together. You will need to read two books, one beginning with a Y and one beginning with a Z to complete the square.

2. Those definite articles/determiners like A, An and The can be used to cover A and T, etc. However, you can also disregard them. For example: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse could be used to cover either T or B, but not both.

3. You are allowed to use a magazine or fanfic ONE time each to cover a square, as long as it starts with the letter you are covering.

4. Audiobooks can be used as many times as you like.

5. You can use up to THREE free squares to help with those pesky letters that may prove difficult.



Questions (Asked and Answered)

Q: Do we just say we're taking part, and then post our bingo cards in our own blogs? But do we need to link here, so that you know what we're doing?

A: Yes, please let us know you are taking part and then post the card in your own blogs. We will do periodic posts here to ask everyone how they are coming along. Then at the end of the year, if you have covered your card, you can either post a link to your blog (if it's viewable to at least one of the moderators (stellar_raven, justjo2u or keli)), or post a list of your books here to be in the running for the gift card.

Q: Do we only count books that we've started this year, or can books in progress be counted if they're below 50% completed/another value before the year started?

A. If you finish the book in 2022, regardless of when you started it and how far along you are, it counts.

Q. Do you allow graphic novels?

A. Yes! Cover the squares with as many as you like.



Masterposts of book suggestions by letter

Book Suggestions A - E

Book Suggestions F - J

Book Suggestions K - O

Book Suggestions P - T

Book Suggestions U - Z

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We know some of these are not going to be easy, but it's a challenge you have a year to accomplish. A prize will be announced later in the year, but it will more than likely be another amazon gift card. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to post below. We will include any questions asked and answered in this main post.

READY, SET... GO!!

Just a reminder to let me know if you have completed the last challenge (you still have until midnight tonight) or if I forgot you on the other lists (see previous post). I will be holding the drawing this weekend. If you win, I will require your email to send you the amazon gift card. Good luck everyone! Next year's card is going up shortly.

I was late with the last one but early with this one! You still have until midnight on December 31, 2021 to cover your holiday mini challenge card. However, if anyone has already covered their Holiday Bingo card, please comment below and let us know. We will put you on the list for the $25 amazon card drawing at the end of the year.

Hope you are all well and enjoying this lovely time of the year!

Completed

1. justjo2u
2. honor_reid
3. white_jenna


Past Challenge Completion list links below. If someone knows they completed the previous challenges but I failed to get you on the list, now is the time to let me know! :)

#1 New Year's Mini-Challenge Completion List

#2 Spring Mini-Challenge Completion List

#3 Summer Mini-Challenge Completion List

#4 Halloween Mini-Challenge Completion