There is just something wonderfully evocative about summer reading for me. It recalls those relaxed childhood days long ago when my mother would take my sister and me to the library, I would come home with the allowed ten books, spend all my time reading until my mother told me to go play outside, then go outside and read.
As an adult, I can't lie around and read all summer, but
Books on the Nightstand podcast has a way to recall some of that fun with
Summer Book Bingo. I participated via Mary last year and even though I was a little leery at first, I read some of the best books ever. It's a way for me to get out of my reading comfort zone and hopefully find some great books that I wouldn't have come across otherwise.
Mary is doing it again this year, and I'm going to keep her company with that dreaded "At least 800 pages" square. My card is quite animal-centric, but I'm okay with that. I can't wait to read the book "That your parents wouldn't let you read" and find out why my mother banned it!
Carole is participating, playing herself and creating cards for her library patrons, and I hope you'll consider joining in for some summer reading fun. I've never liked "competitive" reading, and don't set reading goals for myself because that takes away some of the pleasure of reading for me. Summer Book Bingo isn't about winning or losing or even getting a bingo, but it is a chance to virtually read with others and find some great new books. Get your own card
here and get reading!
It's very hard for me to step outside my comfort zone, but maybe I can at least work on a bingo just to stretch myself. My mother allowed us 10 books each, too. It was easy for her to count the books and ask us to find the missing one or two before we schlepped back to the library.
ReplyDeleteI did this last year, and it was . . . interesting! I'm ALL IN for this summer, too. It's a great way to think about my summer reading!
ReplyDeleteOK - I'm going to give it a try. This completely kills my knitting for the summer but that's fine too!
ReplyDeleteInfinite Jest perhaps? (just kidding!) I figure 800+ pages needs to be all fun...I used an Audible credit yesterday and downloaded Outlander #4. I'm so glad you're going to read along this summer too.
ReplyDeleteI can usually fit stuff I want to read into the squares - at least, I could last year. Looking forward to sharing what we are all reading!
ReplyDeleteI just printed out Carole's BOTNS bingo card. Gonna restrict myself to the books on my bookshelf as a way to (finally!) read some of those books that I have purchased but never read.
ReplyDeleteThank you for linking to the Bingo Card! I printed off a few for my reading group members. Last summer we did the Random House challenge.
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