KT Book Bingo – #KTBookBingo Completed

One of the reading challenges I undertook this year was a book bingo from a friend – KT Book Bingo. I had all but completed it until I found a book set in South America. I had tried to find one that I really wanted to read, but wasn’t able to in time and with very few accessible options, I remembered I had a copy of The Bridge Over San Luis Rey, which is set in Peru and a fairly quick read. That was possibly the toughest category to fill, given there are not that many books around set in South America, and at the same time, not many that I was able to find easily or wanted to read. I had wanted to read as a parameter in this challenge because I wanted to enjoy what I was reading, not feel like I had to read it just to fulfil something. So that’s another challenge completed for 2024!

Row One

Conservation themed: Lani and the Universe by Victoria Carless

Contains photographs: The Wonder of Little Things by Vince Copley with Lea McInerney

Read in less than three days: The Secret Science Society in Space by Kathy Hoopmann and Josie Montano

A Paperback book: Wild Love by Kiera Lindsey

Eight Words in the title: Pearly and Pig and the Island of Secrets by Sue Whiting

Row Two

First published before 2010: Dragonclaw (The Witches of Eileanan Book One) by Kate Forsyth

Has a pink cover: Millie: The Cutest Puppy in the World: New Home by Cate Whittle

Non-fiction that isn’t a memoir: Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt’s Ancient Temples from Destruction by Lynne Olson

Released in 2024: Andromache Between Worlds by Gabriel Bergmoser

Features Siblings: Tight Lines by Louise Lambeth

Row Three

Purchased at a bookstore: Unpacking for Greece by Sally Jane Smith

Author’s first name and last name start with vowels: Drop Bear by Evelyn Araluen

In TBR for more than one year: Lemons in the Chicken Wire by Alison Whittaker

Author’s name contains initials: Riz Chester: The Fingerprint Code by R.A. Stephens

Set in a country you haven’t been to: What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan

Row Four

Bought it because it was cheap: The Book of Chance by Sue Whiting (on sale)

A book you would give as a gift: Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie

Features a TV, film, music or stage celebrity: It Takes a Town to Solve a Murder by Aoife Clifford

A book that taught you something: Those Girls by Pamela Rushby

Tenth book you read in 2024: The Fish Girl by Mirandi Riwoe

Row Five

Less than 300 pages: Miss Mary-Kate Martin’s Guide to Monsters: The Bother with the Bonkillyknock Beast by Karen Foxlee

Read whilst on holidays: PD McPem’s Agency for Mysterious Mysteries: The Puzzling Pet Parade by Anna Batteste

Favourite genre: Outlaw Girls by Emily Gale and Nova Weetman

Memoir/biography: Late Bloomer: How An Autism Diagnosis Changed my Life by Clem Bastow

Set in South America: The Bridge over San Luis Rey by Thorton Wilder