Readings Book Bingo Completed-ish

 One final challenge I took part in this year was the Readings book bingo. I managed to tick every prompt apart from the cookbook prompt off, which probably had more to do with time than anything else.

1. 2024 Prize Winner:  A Gift from the Birds by Caroline Stills (Text Prize 2024)
2. A debut author: Earth Speak: Boodjar Wangkiny by Sean McCann and Jade Goodwin
3. Translated fiction: Heidi by Johanna Spyri
4. Fantasy or sci fi: Myrren’s Gift by Fiona McIntosh (fantasy)
5. An Australian Author:  The Girls Who Changed the World: Ming and Maria Explore the Universe by Jackie French
6. Poetry: The Colt from Old Regret by Dianne Wolfer and Erica Wagner
7. Adapted into a show or movie: Miss Austen by Gill Hornby
8. One word title: Salty by Sandi Parsons
9. Based on a true story: Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout
10. A new-to-you author: Blood Moon Bride by Demet Divaroren
11. A classic you’ve never read: Victorian Fairytales edited by Michael Newton
12. A bestseller: The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
13. Suggested by a Readings bookseller: Epically Good Greek Myths by R.A. Spratt (Nanny Piggins)
14. Set near where you live: Into the Wild by Hayley Lawrence
15. Short stories or anthology: Wait Here by Lucy Nelson
16. First book in a series: Tubowgule: A Sydney Opera House History by Melissa-Jane Fogarty, illustrated by Dylan Finney
17. Nonfiction: Anzac Girl: The War Diaries of Alice Ross-King by Kate Simpson
18. Read a cookbook and try a recipe:
19. An animal on the cover: Caution! This Book Contains Deadly Reptiles by Corey Tutt, art by Ben Williams
20. A banned book: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
21. Based on the cover: Bravepaw and the Rotwood Mire by L.M. Wilkinson and Lavanya Naidu
22. A Penguin classic: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
23. Crime or mystery:  This Dream Will Devour Us by Emma Clancey
24. A First Nations Author: A Good Kind of Trouble by Brooke Blurton and Melanie Saward
25. Published in the year of your birth (1986): Space Demons by Gillian