Book Bingo 2019: Q1 update

We’re nearing the end of Q1 of 2019, and it’s time for a Book Bingo update.

My fellow Book Bingo-ers, I’m interested to hear what you’ve read so far this year — please tell me in the Comments. Also — if any of those categories is staring you down and you’re not sure what to read… let me know! I love a good book recommendation challenge.

The good news: I’m over halfway done! 15 of 25 categories completed

The bad news: The 10 categories that remain are gonna be tougher. We’re looking at Fairy Tale, South Pacific, and Edgar Award: First Novel. And while I’m anticipating these will be the most challenging, invariably a category that seems innocuous is the one that trips me up and has me scrambling in December. Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, here’s a list of the categories I’ve completed and the books I read for each one.

Palate Cleanser

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

Odd Couple

Sunburn by Laura Lippman

Classic I’ve Never read

Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Pushing Boundaries

Rocket Men: The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man’s First Journey to the Moon by Robert Kurson

Explore   

From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein

Place Name

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrow

Life Hack

Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin

Unbelievable

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

Fire

Passion and Affect by Laurie Colwin

Birth

Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken

Romantic

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told by Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman

LGBTQ

Less by Andrew Sean Greer

Novelty Book

Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Map

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

Unruly Woman

Can’t Nothing Bring Me Down: Chasing Myself in the Race Against Time by Ida Keeling

If you’re doing Book Bingo this year, what categories have been the easiest to pick off? Any categories you’re finding challenging?