Hey everyone!

We’re about six months into our first books@lemmy.world Book Bingo challenge. If you didn’t know about it, or if you’ve been debating joining, there’s still plenty of time to participate! You do not need to fill a whole card to complete the challenge: ‘bingo’ is only five squares in a line.

If you’re already working on bingo, how’s it going so far? Doing any fun challenges? Having trouble with any squares or rules? Any and all feedback is welcome and appreciated!

We’ll be doing another post in a few months for 2025 bingo suggestions, and a turn-in post at the beginning of April.

On behalf of myself, Dresden, and JaymesRS, thank you for being here, and happy reading!

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    12 hours ago

    green - easy mode
    red - hard mode

    “Ancillary Justice” really came in clutch as this was the only book from my To Read Pile
    “Ascendance of a bookworm” had Non McGuffin stealing but that was in volume 30 not in volume 32 and 33 that I have read during this bingo. In “The Otome Heroine’s Fight for Survival” every espionage is just MacGuffins so it doesn’t count.
    Eazy Breazy Readzie - I haven’t been on vacation for over a year ;-;
    I don’t read romance so LGBT+ with romance is just non existent form me.

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      4 hours ago

      Wow, you’ve been putting in work; nice job!

      I don’t read romance so LGBT+ with romance is just non existent form me.

      Any form of romantic relationship, or romance as a genre? If it’s the former, then yeah, I can see how that’d be tough. I also skipped a few hard modes that just didn’t seem fun/doable (and I’m sure we’ll work on that for next year’s bingo). If you’re not against relationships in your reading, though, then anything with some form of LGBT+ romance that impacts the main plot should count, not just romance/romcom titles. For instance, a couple of things I read this year happened to involve the LGBT+ protagonist reconnecting with an ex for plot reasons; one was a historical mystery, and the other a contemporary fantasy.

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        1 hour ago

        I have read a book where two aroaces get married but they are incapable of romantic feelings so IMO it’s not romance.

        Wow, you’ve been putting in work; nice job!

        Nah… that’s just my coping mechanism. I was wondering if I got a bingo and went through most of the books that I have read in past 6 months.