#KTBookBingo 2026 Completed

It’s only the middle of the year, and I have finished this year’s book bingo again.  This year, I thought it might take me a bit longer than usual, as there were some categories that I thought would be a little harder for me to meet. I managed though, and am pleased to have another challenge under my belt for the year. Many of the books have been reviewed,

I loved the way some books just slotted into things, whereas others I purposely chose and then there were a few I realised worked after I had read them, and the ones that had options for a format were good too, as it meant I didn’t have to read something just so it would fit in. Onto the rest of the year and finishing everything else!

1. Made into a TV series: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2. Memoir/Biography: Tove Jansson: Life. Art. Words by Boel Westin, translated by Silvester Mazzarella
3. It has less than 500 pages: It’s a Twin Thing: The Break Up by Kristin Darrell
4. Contains a recipe: Come Home Bigibila: A story of an echidna finding its way back to Country by Corey Tutt and Irma Gold, illustrated by Jessica Tedim
5. A book you bought online: Every Word by Ellie Marnie
6. Has a plant on the cover: A Dash of Adventure by Julie Williams and Mitch Oates
7. Cover is grey, brown or purple: Romeo v Juliet by R.A. Spratt
8. Contemporary fiction: My Brother Otto by Ingrid Laguna
9. Released in 2026: Somewhere by Shelby Matheson
10. Seven words in the title: 18,000 Holes in the Universe: Sand Trapped by Adam Wallace, Lisa Foley and illustrated by James Hart
11. An audio book, e-book or hardcover book: Unmasked: The Ultimate Guide to ADHD, Autism and Neurodivergence by Ellie Middleton
12. That was first published before you were born: The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
13. Has been in your TBR pile for more than 6 months: Kate Forsyth’s Long-lost Fairytales: 21 Forgotten Fairytales by Kate Forsyth, illustrated by Lorena Carrington
14. Set in a real-life place you want to visit: The Stolen Bairn by Katrina Roe Macdonald
15. Purchased at a bookstore (not at an online or variety store): The Society of Literary Marauders by Sasha Walsey
16. Title contains the name of a body part: Finding the Bones by Natalie Conyer
17. Written by an award-winning author: Eleanor Jones is not a Murderer by Amy Doak
18. The author has written 20 or more books: Alice-Miranda in New York by Jacqueline Harvey
19. Non-fiction, and not memoir: The Rebirth of Rapunzel: A Mythic Biography of the Maiden in the Tower by Kate Forsyth
20. By, or about an artist, poet, or dancer:Double Act: Eirene Mort and Nora Kate Weston by Sylvia Martin
21. Features a wedding: Alice-Miranda to the Rescue by Jacqueline Harvey
22. Main character is famous: One Knight Stand by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner
23. Author has three names: Sunday Reilly is all Out of F*cks to Give by Meaghan Wilson Anastasios
24. A five-star read:  Shakespeare in the Garden by Danielle Binks
25. First book you read in 2026: Neeka and the Great Rescue (Wilder Zoo #3) by Tina Strachan, illustrated by Max Hamilton