As per my post two weeks ago when I completed the first round, this is my second go at the bingo card, having completed it early, due to my filling in several squares at once in some posts. This time around. I’ll be trying to only do one book and square a fortnight, so I don’t finish early.
To begin, the text list of my categories is here, clean and empty for me to begin in my next post.
Challenge #4: Book Bingo Take 2
(Rows Across)
Row #1 – –
A book set more than 100 years ago:
A book written more than ten years ago:
A memoir:
A book more than 500 pages:
A Foreign translated novel:
Row #2 –
A book with a yellow cover:
A book by an author you’ve never read before:
A non-fiction book:
A collection of short stories:
A book with themes of culture:
Row #3: –
A book written by an Australian woman:
A book written by an Australian man:
A prize-winning book:
A book that scares you:
A book with a mystery:
Row #4
A forgotten classic:
A book with a one-word title:
A book with non-human characters:
A funny book:
A book with a number in the title:
Row #5
A book that became a movie:
A book based on a true story:
A book everyone is talking about:
A book written by someone under thirty:
A book written by someone over sixty:
Rows Down
Row #1 – –
A book set more than 100 years ago:
A book with a yellow cover:
A book written by an Australian woman:
A forgotten classic:
A book that became a movie:
Row #2
A book written more than ten years ago:
A book by an author you’ve never read before:
A book written by an Australian man:
A book with a one-word title:
A book based on a true story:
Row #3: –
A memoir:
A non-fiction book:
A prize-winning book:
A book with non-human characters:
A book everyone is talking about:
Row #4
A book more than 500 pages:
A collection of short stories:
A book that scares you:
A funny book:
A book written by someone under thirty:
Row #5
A Foreign Translated Novel:
A book with themes of culture:
A book with a mystery:
A book with a number in the title:
A book written by someone over sixty:
I have not started in this post, as I have not chosen where to start yet, but I have some ideas of the books I want to add this time. I will be aiming to read and include the latest Jackie French book in the Miss Lily series, and some others that I have not had a chance to get around to yet. The first post will either be up today, the second or next bingo week, the sixteenth. I have been enjoying this book bingo and will enjoy having another go at it using as many different books as I can.
A prize that works to highlight the voices of women writers in Australia is highly commendable. It serves the purpose of allowing women of Australia, regardless of age, ethnicity, race and so forth, to be represented and be heard in reviews, in writing and across all avenues of connection about Australian Women Writers. Reading has always been a passion of mine and I have always enjoyed Australian literature, and in particular, literature written by Australian Women Writers. In the last two years, I have started to pay more attention to Australian Women Writers that I read, out of curiosity to see what kind of authors populate my list more, whilst still realising that there are many other authors that do not necessarily fall into the category of Australian women writers that I will read and enjoy.
2017 was the first year I took part in the Australian Women Writer’s Challenge, and it was the sixth year it has been running. Keen to read more Australian Women Writers and raise the profile of our wonderfully talented female authors, I signed up in early January 2017, as a way to keep myself occupied whilst building my blog, and to read more local literature. To start, I initially made a list of books I wanted to read, including The Beast’s Garden (a re-read that I never got to), anything new from Lynette Noni and Sulari Gentill, a couple of books I had obtained over Christmas, and A Waltz for Matilda by Jackie French. This list was my base, and from there, within the first month, I had completed my goal with the entirety of The Matilda Saga by Jackie French, and several review books that weren’t quite my style, but that I passed on to those who did enjoy them. From there, many of the books I read were review books from publishers, all genres, growing my list substantially, so I had more than doubled my initial goal by April of the year – perhaps even tripled it by then. So I kept reading, devouring fantasy, historical fiction and crime as my favourite genres for the year.
