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1christina_reads
I have eight remaining Bingo squares on my card, and I'm about to cross off another one with My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite. It won the Morning News Tournament of Books this year, so I'm counting it for the "prize-winning book" square.
2MissWatson
I filled the "food-related" square with Kochbuch für die kleine alte Frau. This is part memoir, part recipe book by a famous German cookery author now in her nineties who gives tips on cooking for oneself in old age. Ten more left to fill.
3LibraryCin
I think I'll be finishing 2 of my last 3 squares in June!
4LibraryCin
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The Stars are Fire / Anita Shreve
4 stars
Grace and Gene are in an unhappy marriage. They live in Maine and have two young kids. When a wildfire threatens their town and they are forced to evacuate, Grace is waiting at home for Gene to return from helping fight the fire, so they can get out, but it’s too late and she much leave with her kids. She and her best friend/neighbour, Rosie, take their kids and run to the beach. After they are saved from the beach, neither knows where their husbands are, and both of their homes were destroyed.
Apparently, the fire really happened; unfortunately, there was no author’s note to tell me that. It took me quite a while to figure out when the book was set (it was the 1940s). The fire itself was fairly quick in the book, so the bulk of the book was picking up the pieces afterward. It did slow down a bit in the middle for me, but I thought the fire itself was written well, near the start of the book, and it picked up again at the end of the book. Pretty scary, the fire.
I listened to the audio and it kept my attention (this is a good thing, as many don’t!). As I started listening to the book, there were wildfires north of me, and towns were evacuated. The smoke made it to my city. I’m lucky I’ve never had to worry about such a thing, but it is a very real possibility for many people.
The Stars are Fire / Anita Shreve
4 stars
Grace and Gene are in an unhappy marriage. They live in Maine and have two young kids. When a wildfire threatens their town and they are forced to evacuate, Grace is waiting at home for Gene to return from helping fight the fire, so they can get out, but it’s too late and she much leave with her kids. She and her best friend/neighbour, Rosie, take their kids and run to the beach. After they are saved from the beach, neither knows where their husbands are, and both of their homes were destroyed.
Apparently, the fire really happened; unfortunately, there was no author’s note to tell me that. It took me quite a while to figure out when the book was set (it was the 1940s). The fire itself was fairly quick in the book, so the bulk of the book was picking up the pieces afterward. It did slow down a bit in the middle for me, but I thought the fire itself was written well, near the start of the book, and it picked up again at the end of the book. Pretty scary, the fire.
I listened to the audio and it kept my attention (this is a good thing, as many don’t!). As I started listening to the book, there were wildfires north of me, and towns were evacuated. The smoke made it to my city. I’m lucky I’ve never had to worry about such a thing, but it is a very real possibility for many people.
5sturlington
I counted Sunburn by Laura Lippman for the food-related square. This is a domestic thriller written in a noir style, where two characters are keeping secrets. One of the characters is a private investigator but works as a chef, a good enough one to transform an otherwise seedy bar, and his food is often described in the narrative.
6rabbitprincess
I'm filling the "animal in title" square with Invasion of the Cat-People, by Gary Russell.
7sallylou61
For the food related square, I read At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier. An orchard contains fruit trees, in the case of this story, apples. Apples are pictured on the front cover, and part of the story is centered on apple growing with arguments between a married couple about the amount of apples to be grown for eatting versus for making into liquor.
8LibraryCin
Graphic Novel
Fables, Vol. 20. Camelot / Bill Willingham
3.75 stars
As usual, there were smaller storylines going on at the same time, but the main storyline in this volume is Rose Red trying to recreate the Knights of the Round Table. She has a table built in a field, then spreads the word that she is looking for knights to populate her round table. Many Fables gather to see who she will choose.
I really enjoyed this main storyline, as well as the next biggest storyline in this one, involving Snow White and her children. I so love the illustrations in this, and like the others in the series, the borders are a nice “extra” that also helps you figure out which characters/storyline is happening on that page. It ended on a slow note for me, which is mostly whatbrought down my rating by that ¼ star. Overall, though, I quite liked this volume.
Fables, Vol. 20. Camelot / Bill Willingham
3.75 stars
As usual, there were smaller storylines going on at the same time, but the main storyline in this volume is Rose Red trying to recreate the Knights of the Round Table. She has a table built in a field, then spreads the word that she is looking for knights to populate her round table. Many Fables gather to see who she will choose.
I really enjoyed this main storyline, as well as the next biggest storyline in this one, involving Snow White and her children. I so love the illustrations in this, and like the others in the series, the borders are a nice “extra” that also helps you figure out which characters/storyline is happening on that page. It ended on a slow note for me, which is mostly whatbrought down my rating by that ¼ star. Overall, though, I quite liked this volume.
9DeltaQueen50
I've filled in my last two squares for a complete black out of the bingo card.
Artistic Character: The Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man by James Joyce
Topic or Character Relating to Medicine: Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
2019 BingoDog Complete!
Artistic Character: The Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man by James Joyce
Topic or Character Relating to Medicine: Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
2019 BingoDog Complete!
10dudes22
>9 DeltaQueen50: - Excellent!
11LibraryCin
>9 DeltaQueen50: Congrats! I have one more to go...
12sturlington
>9 DeltaQueen50: Way to go!
13LisaMorr
>9 DeltaQueen50: Great job!
I got my second bingo with Dead Beat for title contains homophone word. Seven more squares for a blackout - I may actually do it this year!
I got my second bingo with Dead Beat for title contains homophone word. Seven more squares for a blackout - I may actually do it this year!
14sallylou61
For the book in translation square I read Giants in the Earth by O.E. Rolvaag, translated from the Norwegian by Lincoln Colcord and the author. It is a novel about Norwegians settling on the plains in Dakota Territory in the 1870s and early 1880s.
16sturlington
All right, I'm getting down to the last few squares where it's hard to make a match. I used The Next Time You See Me by Holly Goddard Jones for the Homophone Word in the Title square. This was a well-written suspense novel set in a small town but also a really bleak story.
17VivienneR
Finished Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh which was excellent. I read it years ago and my five-star opinion hasn't changed.
I've still twelve squares to fill but still haven't got a Bingo. :(
I've still twelve squares to fill but still haven't got a Bingo. :(
18MissWatson
I finished Tod am Zollhaus for the artistic character. It is a historical mystery where some of the main characters are players in a travelling company. Very nice start to a series that I will continue.
19Montarville
I have filled three squares so far in June.
Author uses middle name or initial: Cover her Face, P.D. James.
Title with at least 6 words: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, by Frederick Douglass
Eastern European author or setting: The Race to Save the Romanovs, by Helen Rappaport
10 squares to go.
Author uses middle name or initial: Cover her Face, P.D. James.
Title with at least 6 words: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, by Frederick Douglass
Eastern European author or setting: The Race to Save the Romanovs, by Helen Rappaport
10 squares to go.
20sturlington
I read Fun Home by Alison Bechdel, which gives me the Graphic Novel square, one I thought would be difficult to fill. That means I only have 5 open squares left in my card.
21sallylou61
For the fairy tale square, I read Fairy Tales told by Berlie Doherty, illustrated by Jane Ray. This is a collection of 12 fairy tales, definitely geared for children since the editor had happy endings for all the tales with the evil characters being punished. In the illustrations, many of the main characters are people of color.
One square left; I just looked at by library record and saw that my hold on it has arrived.
One square left; I just looked at by library record and saw that my hold on it has arrived.