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kingstoken) wrote2020-12-28 09:23 am
kingstoken) wrote2020-12-28 09:23 am
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Book Bingo Brainstorming
I'm a little late with this, but I've been little busy with end of year stuff. Anyways, we need a book bingo card for 2021, and we need to think up some squares. I will make the card up using the same website as last year. stonepicnicking_okapi, smallhobbit, and whoever else would like to participate this year, please leave your ideas in the comments.
I would really like a square for "sci-fi/fantasy", and maybe ones for "non-fiction" and "graphic novels" but I'm willing to compromise on those two.
List so far (we need 24, plus one free space):
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Non-Fiction
*Graphic Novel
*Crime/Mystery
*Colour in the title
*Number in the title
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Historical (fiction/non-fiction)
*An author you've not read before
*Collection/Anthology
*Recommended
*Published in 2021
*POC Author
*Audiobook/ebook
*Movie/TV tie-in
*YA/Children's
*Classic/Published before 1985
*Award winning/Bestseller
*Female identifying Author
*Banned Book
*Biography/Autobiography
*Romance
*LGBTQ+ Author
*Disabled author
*Hobbies/Crafts
That should do it!
stonepicnicking_okapi, smallhobbit, and whoever else would like to participate this year, please leave your ideas in the comments. I would really like a square for "sci-fi/fantasy", and maybe ones for "non-fiction" and "graphic novels" but I'm willing to compromise on those two.
List so far (we need 24, plus one free space):
*Sci-fi/Fantasy
*Non-Fiction
*Graphic Novel
*Crime/Mystery
*Colour in the title
*Number in the title
*Title begins with first letter of your name
*Historical (fiction/non-fiction)
*An author you've not read before
*Collection/Anthology
*Recommended
*Published in 2021
*POC Author
*Audiobook/ebook
*Movie/TV tie-in
*YA/Children's
*Classic/Published before 1985
*Award winning/Bestseller
*Female identifying Author
*Banned Book
*Biography/Autobiography
*Romance
*LGBTQ+ Author
*Disabled author
*Hobbies/Crafts
That should do it!
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Would you want the science book to be separate from non-fiction? Because I don't know if that would work for everyone. I have to admit can't remember the last time a read a non-fiction science book, it has been a few years at least.
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I do want to keep YA and Classic though!
And I'm firm about Classic and not published before xxxx. That makes me think far too much like my English classes at University (I have a degree in English) and would make me not use it. Classic offers many more opportunities to people, and I think we should have some that are more subjective and open to interpretation for people?
Also, NYT (or your country's equivilant!) bestseller?
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I was thinking as a compromise we could do "Classic/Published before 1985" and everyone can pick what works best for them.
I know the NYT Bestsellers list is a a little suspect on how books get on the list, like people buying 1000s of their own books so they end up on there. However, we could maybe do something similar, maybe award winning?
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Oh, I know all about that! I read the book because of that controversy and researched it.
That happened for the book Handbook for Mortals. The author called bookstores connected with the list and bought all the copies. The New York Times did not know this, and when they found out, they pulled her book.
So in actuality, it was a one-time event that they quickly corrected, and the book that deserved that don't one.
But if you are uncomfortable with it, then yeah, award-winning is a good compromise!
And speaking of, how about a banned book? Do other countries do that? Like, here in the US schools ban books for stupid reasons. There is a banned book week, and libraries give out lists of famously banned books.
I don't mean legally banned, of course! But like, banned in schools. Or maybe a banned book/controversial book?
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We did banned book last year, so I'm open to doing it again. I am also thinking of doing Woman author, or female author, I'm not of he right terminology.
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Book by an LGBTQ+ author?
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Like female author and POC author is easy enough to find out if the author has a picture on their Goodreads, but some authors provide very little information on their bios and don't post personal stuff on twitter.
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I know someone who is deep in the disabled writers community on Twitter. I know through him they really want to get their work out there and are often overlooked. If you want to do this category, I can ask him to recommend some disabled authors, or how to find disabled authors, and you can possibly share it?
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