Bookish Bingo: 2015 New Year (Updated)

Yes!  Just as one Bookish Bingo reading challenge concludes, another begins.  I'm super stoked.  The challenge is hosted by Great Imaginations and is so much fun. 

Here's the card for this challenge:
Yeah new reading challenges!  And this will also count for Bout of Books 12.  What what!  I will be keeping track of my progress on this post.
 
If you would like to join in, here's the sign-up post.
 
BINGOS
B3, I3, FREE, G3, O3
B1, I2, FREE, G4, O5
B1, B2, B3, B4, B5
G1, G2, G3, G4, G5
 
Finished
 
B1:  Forgotten Fridays Pick:  Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
B2:  Pretty Dress Cover:  The Elite by Kiera Cass
B3:  Blue Cover:  A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
B4:  PoC MC:  Golden Boy by Tara Sullivan
B5:  Gold Lettering:  As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
 
I1:  Start a Series:  The Selection by Kiera Cass 
I2:  Middle Grade:  The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
I3:  Mystery or Thriller:  Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
I4:  Mental Illness:  Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
 
N2:  White Cover:  The One by Kiera Cass
N4:  Romance:  Easy by Tammara Webber
N5:  Male POV:  The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis
 
G1:  Magical Realism:  The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
G2:  LGBTQIA:  We Are Water by Wally Lamb
G3:  Over 400 Pages:  Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy
G4:  2014 Release You Missed:  Landline by Rainbow Rowell
G5:  Super Powers:  The Revenge of Seven by Pittacus Lore
 
O3:  Graphic Novel:  The Walking Dead, Compendium 1 by Robert Kirkman
O5:  Pink Cover:  Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
 
 


Comments

  1. Lori BreeJanuary 3, 2015 at 3:17 PM

    Yay! I'm doing this one too!

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  2. Ronyell (a.k.a. Rabbitearsblog)January 12, 2015 at 4:20 AM

    I'm doing this one too! Wish me luck!

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  3. AnonymousMarch 20, 2015 at 7:12 AM

    Good luck, can't wait to read Landline by Rainbow Rowell.

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    1. MelMarch 20, 2015 at 9:10 AM

      Thanks, Kristin. So far, Landline has been my least favorite of Rowell's books. But I'm not upset that I read it :) Thanks for stopping by!

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