When I first started this, I so didn’t think that I would be so into this. But literally, apparently my days from being into bingo as a kid has come back to haunt me and I’m in deep.
If you remember from a few weeks ago, I posted about me beginning the glorious YA Summer Reads Bingo put on by Kyera @ Kyera’s Library. It’s not to late to get in on the bingo action, especially since you can use all your books from June & July. It’s so much, gals and guys, and I so recommend joining in.
ALSO, I AM 7 BOOKS AWAY FROM A FULL BLOWOUT, AND I CAN’T DEAL WITH IT. Here are some ideas if you wanted to join in.
ROW 1
Book with Yellow Cover – Still have not fully committed to this one yet. I’m working on it. D: D: D:
A Contemporary Read – It’s Not You, It’s Me by Stephanie Kate-Strohm =- so very, very cute
A Book by a Female Author – The Disappearances by Emily Bain Murphy so much wonderfulness
A Book Genre That You Don’t Normally Read – Wild Irish Women (non-fiction) by Marian Broderick – um, thank you, glorious book bingo, because I finially finished this book that has been sitting on my currently reading shelf for more than a year.
A Book Set In a Foreign Country – House of Furies by Madeleine Roux – wasn’t as good as I was hoping this gothic horror book would be, but it really was oh, so pretty! Mandy really just loved it for all the super pretty blue.
ROW 2
The First Book in a Series – Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova
Re-read of an Old Favorite – Cinder by Marissa Meyer
A Finale of a Book Series – A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab
A Book That Was Turned Into a Movie – Simon vs. by Becky Albertalli – it’s in progress so I’m counting it.
A Book With A One-Word Title – Truthwitch by Susan Dennard
ROW 3
A Fantasy Read – I’m working on it…which is concerning because this should be literally so easy. XD
A Book Published This Summer – Love and Other Alien Experiences by Kerri Winfrey – this was kind of majorly oh ugh.
A Book With a Strong Female Heroine – A Gathering of Shadows (Lila Bard!!!) by V. E. Schwab
A Book With Flowers on the Cover – The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone
ROW 4
A Book That Takes Place in Summer – Rethinking this one currently!
A Science Fiction Read – Dreamfall by Amy Plum – oh ugh again.
A Book Set in a Fictional World – The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich
A Standalone – Bad Romance by Heather Demetrios – this was so completely powerful.
A Graphic Novel – Sailor Moon – um, OMG OMG OMG.
ROW 5 – BINGO
A Book With a LGBTQ+ Character – We Are Okay by Nina LaCour wow wow wow
A Book from A Debut Author – Saints and Misfits by S. K. Ali – more wow wow wow
A Historical Fiction Read – Odd & True by Cat Winters – was not a fan of this, peeps, even though I wanted to love it so dearly.
A Book With A Diverse Main Character – When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
A Book About Fandom – Eliza and Her Monsters by Francesca Zappia – so much yessssssssssss.
Wow, you’ve done so well already! A yellow cover is hard! We should all be feminist is kinda yellow though, so maybe that could work? For the bookset in summer, you should totally read I’ll give you the sun by Jandy Nelson. It’s one of my favourites!
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Oooooooh, definitely adding both to the list, Eva!! I’ve yet to try a Jandy Nelson book, but it seems that they are fantastic and with a rec from you, I’ll definitely have to try! 😀
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That’s great to hear!!😀 Jandy Nelson really is a great author! Also, while we’re on the topic of each others book recommendations, I’m going to pick up One of Us Is Lying soon!
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My friend keeps pushing it at me, but I kept pushing it off – but now I super need to get on it. And oooooooh, very funny because I just commented on that on your post. XD I SUPER can’t wait to see what you end up thinking about it!!
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Just read it! You wont be disappointed. That’s indeed funny cuz I just replied to that comment and now I’m replying to this one, so I’m saying this twice, but I can’t wait too!
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Ahahahaha. It works out kind of perfectly then? Just too much excitement for it! And oh, I shall! Next time I see my friend, I’m stealing it from her. XD
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hahaha all the excitement! Definitely do!
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Yes! ❤
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Killing it, lady! This Bingo game sounds like a lot of fun! 🙂
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Thanks so much! I totally believe you would be killing it, too. 😉 I hadn’t tried a bingo before, but this one was really fun. 😀
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Who knows! I can barely keep track of what I’m reading as it is. LOL. Thank goodness for Excel sheets and Goodreads shelves. 🙂 I’m glad you’re having fun with it!
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Ahahahaha. So very true! How does the Excel spreadsheets work? I’ve having some struggles now and need to figure out a way. XD
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Well, I basically take the Goodreads shelves I create each month and sort them by release date, blog tour date, and priority. Then I have columns for my reading status and to remind me to post reviews. I MAY overly complicate things…
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No, no, that sounds so nice, though. I keep losing dates of when I need to read things and post things, but this sounds like such a good, organized way. I might have to try it.
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It’s the only way I have any shot at finishing everything on time. At least the ARCs anyway. Everything else is kind of whatever at this point. You’ll have to let me know if you devise a brilliant system, so we can compare notes!
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Ahahahaha yessssss. I have a few days off coming up soon, and I’m going to try and devise a better system. XD I need to get on my game as well.
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Oooh, nice! Days off for blogging/reading are the best!
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Yes! ❤ I'm tempted to do that week off like you did so I can get myself under control. XD
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It was so helpful! I already feel like I need another one!!!
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Yes! And I’m super sad no holidays are coming up that we can use as an excuse. XD
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So sad when there are no holidays! Labor Day is still way to far off. 😦
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YES. I was thinking, oh, that’s not too far off…until I realized it was literally the first day of August. About a month and some days. D:
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That’s true! August is already flying, and it’s only day 2! LOL.
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I KNOW. This is crazy. :O
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I’m doing summer bingo too but hosted by another blogger!
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Oooooh, that’s super cool! 😀 What is this one called? I feel like I saw it mentioned on your blog before, but I forget what it was called.
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Go Mandy GO! Crush this bingo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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THANKIES. I’MMA GONNA TRY. XD
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I think you can read The Summer I Turned Pretty(Jenny Han) for a book that takes place in summer. I haven’t read it but my sister loved it.
I’m glad you loved Eliza And Her Monsters. I’ve been thinking of buying it. ☺️
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Oooooh, I’ll definitely add that to the list! 🙂 I’ve always heard good things about it.
And YES. IT WAS SO GOOD. I would super recommend. 🙂
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I can definitely recommend the Morgan Matson book Since You’ve Been Gone for a summer read!
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Oooooh. I’ll definitely have to check that one out. I’ve been debating about what Matson book to check out next, and I’ll definitely do that one. 😀
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