2024 Book Bingo: April Update

[the_other_sandy]

This challenge is being run by kingstoken, and the master post is here.

Challenge update: 20 books, 4 bingos. 🎉








Two substitutions and two wild cards allowed.

Book in a Series: Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Vol. 2 / art by Sleepy-C ; adapted by Umi ; original story by singNsong ; translation by Hye Young Im
Author You've Never Read Before: Dark Towers by David Enrich
Book Older Than You Are:
Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling: A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
Graphic Novel or Comic: Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan Vol. 5 by Sasami Nitori

Pet or Animal Companion: Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan Vol. 4 by Sasami Nitori
A Main Character Over the Age of 30: Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
LGBTQ+:
Multiple POVs:
Under 100 Pages: Emily in Brazil by Emily McGovern

Romance Plot or Sub-Plot: The Movie-Town Murders by Josh Lanyon
Translated: Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Vol. 1 / art by Sleepy-C ; adapted by Umi ; original story by singNsong ; translation by Hye Young Im
Free Space: Pain Killer by Barry Meier
Humour: Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell
Nonfiction: Remainders of the Day by Shaun Bythell

Thriller or Suspense:
With a Blue Cover:
POC Author: Nightfall Travelers: Leave Only Footprints Vol. 1 by Tomohi
Horror or Paranormal: Deceiver of Minds by Jordan L. Hawk
Colour in the Title: The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks by Josh Lanyon

Seasonal Read: The Mercy of the Sky by Holly Bailey
Book From Your TBR: Go, Flight! by Rick Houston and Milt Heflin
Crime or Mystery: Catering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Sci-Fi or Fantasy: System Collapse by Martha Wells
Banned Book: The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

Comments

[bibliofran]

Woo-hoo! We're less than half-way through the year, and you're well on your way to blacking out the card!

[the_other_sandy]

It's less impressive than it looks. Only 3 of them were full length novels I read with my own eyeballs. The rest were graphic novels, novellas, short stories, audiobooks, or some combination thereof.

But I'm about to take a slight break from this to go on a killing spree in the Marauding Monsters challenge on Goodreads.

[bibliofran]

I can kind of understand saying that graphic novels, novellas, and short stories are less impressive since they (usually) take less time/energy than full novels or nonfiction books. Personally, I think it's fine to count them for bingo cards or other reading challenges that don't specifically ban them. Why do you say that about audiobooks though? I'm actually more impressed by those because I cannot focus on auditory input enough to listen to a whole book that way.

[the_other_sandy]

With print books, you have to find time to dedicate specifically to them and put some effort into focusing on them. I can play audiobooks in my car on my commute or while putting laundry away or whatever. And if my attention wanders for a minute, the audiobook keeps going. The reading experience doesn't come to a crashing halt like it does if my attention wanders while reading with my eyeballs.

I've had a harder time focusing on print books since lockdown for some reason, and I read slower than I used to. ETA: Basically, I can get through an audiobook in a week or two, but I rarely manage to read a print book in under a month these days.