My 2016 BINGO Reading Challenge

My 2016 Reading BINGO List.

Are you competitive?

I am. I am even competitive in my reading. Therefore reading challenges spur me on to read more consistently. Last year my goal was to read 57 books.

Did I make that goal? YES! And I did so with 30 books to spare!!!

This year, (starting in my birth month) I want to read 58 books. I will use various “techniques” to get there. One such technique is using BINGO.

In past years I have used other people’s BINGO lists. This year I came up with one of my own. I picked categories because I like to read a bunch of books from the same author, from a series, etc. In other words, I LIKE to batch read from categories.

Below are the 5 categories I finally settled on

• 5 Books by the Author Charles Dickens
• 5 Books I’ve Never Finished
• 5 Books from the Gilmore Girls Books List
• 5 Books from the The Mitford Series by Jan Karon
• 5 Books That Have Been Recommended
• . My list of books is at the very end of this post.

You can go here to fill out and then print your own BINGO Reading List card.

Each time I make a BINGO, I will allow myself a treat. As I am not so good in the reward department, I am not sure what that will be. I would like it to be book related.

•  I don’t want to buy another book as there are TONS of choices on my Kindle and bookshelves and from the library.
• Maybe read a book not ON THE LIST?
• Give me some ideas, please!
• And when I get a BLACKOUT, at that time I will BUY a book from my Amazon Wish List. I have hundreds to choose from. Seriously.

Your Turn . . . 

• Are you competitive – even in reading?
• Do you ever do BINGO Reading Challenges? Why? And how do you reward yourself for completing a BINGO? A blackout?
• Have you ever made up your own BINGO list? If yes, how about linking it?
• If you were to design one similar to mine, what categories would you include?
• How many of the books on my list have you already read? The list is at the end of this post.
• It would be so fun if you’d read along with me. Let me know if you decide to.

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Below are the books in each category. Of course I reserve the right to make changes at any time!

5 Dickens Books

1. Oliver Twist
2. The Old Curiosity Shop
3. Our Mutual Friend
4. David Copperfield
5. The Pickwick Papers‎

5 Unfinished Books

1. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
2. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 
3. Simply Christian by NT Wright
4. The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis
5. Unmapped Darkness by Thomas Finch

5 Gilmore Girls Books

1. S is for Silence by Sue Grafton
2. Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
3. Elle Minnow Pea by
4. Atonement by Ian McEwan
5. Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy

5 Mitford Books

1. These High, Green Hills
2. Out to Canaan
3. A New Song
4. A Common Life: the Wedding Story
5. In This Mountain

5 Recommended Books

1. The Passage by Justin Cronin (Barb)
2. Chocolate Snowman Murders by Joanna Carl
3. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende (Elizabeth)
4. Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World by Anthony Doerr
5. The Lost Island by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (book 3/4)