Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Book Bingo - the Post-Game Edition

I finished reading for Book Bingo 2015 about a week ago, and managed to cover all my squares. Here's the post-game assessment.

I read a couple of extra books, just for my own sake. Across the Great Barrier filled my Western square, but since that is the second book in a trilogy, I reread the first, Thirteenth Child, to refresh my memory. My Young Adult Novel, On the Far Side of the Mountain, is also the second in a trilogy, so I reread My Side of the Mountain first. 

I had three 5-star books, twelve 4-stars, seven 3-stars, and four 2-star books. (The covers below are arranged in descending order of the stars I awarded.) I found out that I'm not a big fan of light and fluffy mysteries and it will probably be a long time before I read another graphic novel. Reading Kent Haruf's last novel was bittersweet, but I also read some great first books, some excellent non-fiction, and was really pleasantly surprised by Stephen King. All in all, it was a pretty good summer for reading!
 
 

6 comments:

  1. Congratulations Bonny! You've got some great new books up there for me to consider. Well done my friend!

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  2. Well done! And you stayed much more true to the topics than I did with mine.

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  3. You impress me (as did everyone who finished with a cover) with the variety of topics and the immensity of your task! Wow, wow!

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  4. YAY!! I've enjoyed following all your progress - and really appreciate the encouragement and recommendations you shared. I'm planning to post on my blog tomorrow about wrapping this up... consider yourself done for that part!

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  5. Woo Hoo!!! What an excellent array of books. (And I just love Stephen King. Always my guilty-pleasure reading. . .)

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  6. Good for you! I have read just a few of those. Lots of exploring to do...

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