June 2023 Bingo & Waiting to Read

1.  Next New Syrian Girl - YA purchased on Audible

2.  The Locked Room (#14 Ruth Garroway) Elly Griffiths 

3.  The Blue Bar -Damyanti Biswas - have on Audible (Mumbai police procedural)

4.  An Echo of Old Books - Barbara Davis - have on Audible (2023, 4.39, mystery)

5.  The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier - have on Audible (Quaker, URR, HistFict)

6.  Knitlandia by Clara Parkes - Audible/essays

7. Geraldine Verne's Red Suitcase - Jane Riley - hae on Audible (widow learning to cope)

8.  America the Beautiful? One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Less Traveled by Blythe Roberson - Audible

9.  Parting the Veil - Paulette Kennedy - have on Audible (moved from La. to Eng, old house, mysterious marriage)

10.  The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart - Audible/Mid Grade novel

11.  The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd - March bookgirls choice -  have on Chirp

12.  Free Radicals - Lila Riesen - YA AfghanAmerican CRF - 2023 (24.50/1 credit)

13.  Fall from Grace - Tim Weaver - have on Audible, Crime thriller, Britain

14.  Close to Home (#5 Tracy Crosswhite) Robert Dugoni - have on Audible

15.  Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver (won the Pulitzer Prize 5/2023!) have on Audible

16.  Across the Desert - Dusti Bowling

17.   Homecoming - Kate Morton - have on Audible

18.   Libby

19.   Libby

20.   Libby

21.  The Unknown Beloved - Amy Harmon, have on Audible (HistFict Myst, Depression)

22.  The Victory Garden - Rhys Bowen - have on Audible (HistFict WWI war garden)

23.  The Lying Club - Annie WArd - have on Audible - (Colorado Boarding School, 3 women, mystery)

24.  The Wrong Side of Goodbye (#19 Harry Bosch) Michael Connelly - have on Chirp

25.  The Girl in the Painting - Tea Cooper - have on Chirp (dual timeline, Australia, HistFict, mystery)

May 2023 Book Bingo & Waiting to Read

 I'm digging myself in deeper and deeper...so many to read!

Final tally:  

1.  Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - have on Libby returned

2.  The Door of No Return - Kwame Alexander - have on Libby returned

3.  Community Board by Tara Conklin - have on Libby

4   Unlikely Animals - Libby

5.  Someone is Always Watching - Libby

6.  Knitlandia by Clara Parkes - Audible/essays

7.  The Lantern Men - next one by Elly Griffiths - Audible

8.  America the Beautiful? One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Less Traveled by Blythe Roberson - Audible

9.  Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow - Audible/2023 Mid Grade novel - reading

10.  The Midnight Children by Dan Gemeinhart - Audible/Mid Grade novel

11.  The Indigo Girl by Natasha Boyd - March bookgirls choice - Chirp

12.  The Persian Pickle Club - Sandra Dallas (1995) May Bookgirls KS, avail on Audible for a credit

13.  The Love Wager by Lynn Painter (2023) 2nd May Bookgirls NE, avail on Audible for a credit

14.  I Must Betray You - Ruta Sepetys Bkgirls Eastern Europe, #3 on WL at TPPL/Libby

15.  Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver (won the Pulitzer Prize 5/2023!) purchased on Audible

16.  Across the Desert - Dusti Bowling

17.  Warrior Girl Unearthed - Angeline Boulley, YA purchased on Audible w/ $10 credit

18.  Next New Syrian Girl - YA purchased on Audible

19.  Free Radicals - Lila Riesen - YA AfghanAmerican CRF - 2023 (24.50/1 credit)

20.  Deep (YA dystopia) on Kindle

April Book Bingo - 2023

1 - March BkGirls US Challenge - The Indigo Girl, South Carolina-have on Chirp

2 - April BkGirls US Challenge -  The Secret Shopper (Kindle) set some in Guam, funny, partially set in CA

3 - Whatever I'm reading on Kindle

4 - Birnam Wood - 2023 waiting on Audible

5 - Waiting on Audible

6 - Waiting on Chirp - Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

7 - Finlay Donovan Knocks "Em Dead - Libby

8 - Wait Listed at the Library

9 - Wait Listed at the Library

10 - any Newbery Award

11 - any recent 4-8 title

12 - YA

13 - 2023 title

14 - a memoir

15 - a "real" book

16 - Kindle Unlimited/Audio

17 - Kindle Unlimited/Audio

18 - short story

19 - 

20 - 

READY TO READ next

Birnam Wood - out 3/23, just purchased with Audible credits

Fall from Grace - Time Weaver, #5 in a series...I read #4 and LOVED it.  Missing persons.

Geraldine Verne's Red Suitcase - 70 year old protagonist for BookGirls YearLong Challenge (KUnl Audio)

The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier

Parting the Veil (Bookbug) Kunl Audio - Louisiana to England Mystery/Thriller

The Dark Room - Lisa Gray Standalone

The Midnight Children - Dan Gemeinhart

The House at the End of the World  - Dean Koontz, 2023 KUnl Audio

Close to Home - Dugoni - Tracy Crosswhite #5 KUnlAudio

Signal Moon (Kate Quinn) short story

Knitlandia

The Unknown Beloved (Harmon) 1923

The Singing Trees (ME)

The Victory Garden (Rhys Bowen)

The Lying Club (Annie Ward) Thriller

Dark Objects (Simon Toyne)

Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

Final Equinox - Andrew Mayne (#2 Jessica Blackwood & Theo Cray)

in Chirp:

The Girl in the Painting - Tea Cooper

Caught - Harlan Coben

The Indigo Girl - Natasha Boyd - March choice for BookGirls

March Bingo

Note:  Bombed out in March!

 It's March 4th and I totally forgot about this until today.  Bummmer....not that I ever achieve anything!

1 - March BkGirls US Challenge - The Indigo Girl, South Carolina-have on Chirp

2 - March BkGirls W. Europe Challenge - Africa - The Lioness (Chris Bohjalian) checked out fr TPPL (also Black Dove, White Raven, a YA HF by Elizabeth Wein about Ethiopia sounds really good) (as well as Unbowed, Wangari Matthai's autobiography)

3 - Whatever I'm reading on Kindle - The Art of Loving Libby Green

4 - Waiting on Audible 

5 - Waiting on Audible

6 - Waiting on Chirp

7 - Wait Listed at the Library - Remarkably Bright Creatures

8 - Wait Listed at the Library Thank You For Listening

9 - Wait Listed at the Library

10 - any Newbery Award

11 - any recent 4-8 title

12 - YA

13 - 2023 title - Murder at Haven's Rock

14 - a memoir

15 - a "real" book

16 - Kindle Unlimited/Audio

17 - Kindle Unlimited/Audio

18 - short story

19 - 

20 - 

READY TO READ next

Birnam Wood - out 3/23, just purchased with Audible credits

Fall from Grace - Time Weaver, #5 in a series...I read #4 and LOVED it.  Missing persons.

Geraldine Verne's Red Suitcase - 70 year old protagonist for BookGirls YearLong Challenge (KUnl Audio)

The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier

Parting the Veil (Bookbug) Kunl Audio - Louisiana to England Mystery/Thriller

Rachel's Story - dystopian!! Kindle only

The Dark Room - Lisa Gray Standalone

The Midnight Children - Dan Gemeinhart

The House at the End of the World  - Dean Koontz, 2023 KUnl Audio

Close to Home - Dugoni - Tracy Crosswhite #5 KUnlAudio

Signal Moon (Kate Quinn) short story

Knitlandia

The Unknown Beloved (Harmon) 1923

The Singing Trees (ME)

The Victory Garden (Rhys Bowen)

The Lying Club (Annie Ward) Thriller

Dark Objects (Simon Toyne)

Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

Final Equinox - Andrew Mayne (#2 Jessica Blackwood & Theo Cray)

in Chirp:

The Girl in the Painting - Tea Cooper

Caught - Harlan Coben

The Indigo Girl - Natasha Boyd - March choice for BookGirls

for April:  The Secret Shopper (Kindle) set some in Guam, funny, partially set in CA

February 2023 Book Spin - Book Bingo - TBR

21.  Wait Listed at the library - Finlay Donovan Is Killing It	5.    Knitlandia – a Knitter Sees the World	22.  Wait Listed at the library - The Matchmaker's Gift	2.  Fountains of Silence	18.  An actual physical book
11.  The Lying Club	9.  Signal Moon	1.  The Fire and the Ore	23.  Wait Listed at the library	14.  023 Newbery Winner - Freewater
13.  The House at the End of the World	7.  The Birchbark House	19.  Memoir	16.  New Middle Grade Novel	20.  A freebie, new, undiscovered on 1/31 - Found Object
23.  Wait Listed at the library	6.  Caught	17.  A New YA Novel	3.  The Dark Room	12.  Lonely Hearts (#4 Jessica Shaw)
8.  Midnight Children	10.  Indigo Girl	15.  2023 Printz Prize Winner	4.  Keeper of Enchanted Rooms	Wait Listed at the library

1.  The Fire and the Ore (Utah/HF) Feb Bkgirls US Challenge

2.  Fountains of Silence - Ruth Sepetys (YA/Spain 1957) Feb Bkgirls W. Europe Challenge

3.  The Dark Room - Lisa Gray standalone KUnl audio

4.  Keeper of Enchanted Rooms – on KUnl

5.   Knitlandia – a Knitter Sees the World, Audible

6.  Caught – Harlan Coben, Chirp

7.  The Birchbark House – Louise Erdrich, Audible

8.  Midnight Children – Dan Gemeinhart , Audible

9.  Signal Moon – Kate Quinn, Audible

10.  Indigo Girl – Natasha Boyd, Chirp

11.  The Lying Club – Annie Ward, Audible

12.  Lonely Hearts #4 Jessica Shaw – Lisa Gray, KUnl audio

13.   The House at the End of the World – Koontz, 2023, KUnl audio

14.  2023 Newbery winner (announced 1/30)

15.   2023 Printz winner (announced 1/30)

16.  New middle grade novel

17.  New YA novel   

18.  An actual physical book

19.  A memoir

20.  A freebie, new, an add-on, undiscovered as of the end of January - Found Object

21.  Wait listed at the library - Finlay Donovan is Killing It

22.  Wait listed at the library - The Matchmaker's Gift

23.  Wait listed at the library - ended up buying it - Murder at Haven's Rock 

24.  Wait listed at the library

25.  Wait listed at the library

READY TO READ next

Fall from Grace - Time Weaver, #5 in a series...I read #4 and LOVED it.  Missing persons.

Geraldine Verne's Red Suitcase - 70 year old protagonist for BookGirls YearLong Challenge (KUnl Audio)

The Last Runaway - Tracy Chevalier

Parting the Veil (Bookbug) Kunl Audio - Louisiana to England Mystery/Thriller

Rachel's Story - dystopian!! Kindle only

Found Object (Anne Frasier, great author)- journalist/mother's murder/2022 KindUnl Audio

The Fire and the Ore (KUnlim) (Utah BkGirls)

The Dark Room - Lisa Gray Standalone

Midnight Children - Dan Gemeinhart

The House at the End of the World  - Dean Koontz, 2023 KUnl Audio

Close to Home - Dugoni - Tracy Crosswhite #5 KUnlAudio

Birchbark House

Signal Moon (Kate Quinn) short story

Knitlandia

The Unknown Beloved (Harmon) 1923

The Singing Trees (ME)

The Victory Garden (Rhys Bowen)

The Lying Club (Annie Ward) Thriller

Dark Objects (Simon Toyne)

Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper

in Chirp:

The Girl in the Painting - Tea Cooper

Caught - Harlan Coben

The Indigo Girl - Natasha Boyd

January 2023 Book Spin & Bingo/ TBR

The Singing Trees (Maine)	The Victory Garden	We Lie Here	Play Dead (Det. Kim Stone)	Knitlandia
2022 YA Novel	The Passport Project	Unpunished #2 Gardiner & Renner	Dark Objects	Violet and Jobie in the Wild
Flor’s Fiasco	Daisy Darker (Wait List at Library)	I Am Majood, Age 10 and Divorced	Keeper of Enchanted Rooms	Attack of the Black Rectangles
Dark Highway #3 Jessica Shaw	Bury the Dead in Driftwood	Ladies Man – Laura Cardinal, No Longer In Print!!	The Birchbark House Louise Erdrich Author Challenge	Northern Lights Bk Challenge – Arctic/Antarctic
The Dark Angel #10 Ruth Galloway	Hide #1 Harriet Foster, 2023 Pub	Ban this Book - Gratz	The Bodyguard (Wait List at Library)	Book Lovers (Wait List at Library)

1.  Keeper of Enchanted Rooms - Charlie N. Holmberg (kindle)

2.  Dark Highway - Lisa Gray (audible)

3.  The Victory Garden - Rhys Bowen (audible)

4.  The Singing Trees - Boo Walker (audible)

5.  The Passport Project - Kelly McIntyre (kindle)

6.  Knitlandia: A Knitter Sees the World - Clara Parkes (audible)

7.  Ban This Book - Alaz Gratz (paper)

8.  Unpunished - Lisa Black (Chirp)

9.  We Lie Here - Rachel Howzell Hall (audible)

10.  The Dark Angel (Ruth Galloway)  - Elly Griffiths (audible)

11.  I Am Mujood, Age 10 and Divorced - Nujood Ali (paper)

12.  Violet and Jobie in the Wild - (SPS library)

13.  Northern Lights - Nora Roberts (don't own - Feb. Read Around the US)

14.  Dark Objects - Simon Toyne (audible)

15.  Flor's Fiasco - Ruby Dixen (kindle)

16.  Bury the Dead in Driftwood (Garrison Gage) Scott William Carter (audible)

17.  Ladies Man (Laura Cardinal) J. Carson Black (Oops, low ratings and seems now OOP)

18.  Play Dead (Det. Kim Stone) - Angela Marsons (think I'd borrowed from the library)

19.  2022 Middle Grade Novel - Attack of the Black Rectangles

20.  2022 YA Novel

 

Add-ons for free spaces

21.  Wait listed at the library - Daisy Darker

22.  Wait listed at the library - Book Lovers

23.  Wait listed at the library - The Bodyguard

24.  2023 Pub - Hide

25.  Louise Erdrich (January Author) Birchbark House (bought on Audible)

READY TO READ next

in Audible:

Dark Angel (Griffiths) #10 Ruth Galloway

Birchbark House

Hide (#1 Harriet Foster) 2023

Signal Moon (Kate Quinn) short story

Knitlandia

The Unknown Beloved (Harmon) 1923

The Singing Trees (ME)

The Victory Garden IRhys Bowen)

The Lying Club (Annie Ward) Thriller

Dark Objects (Simon Toyne)

2023:

The Rose & the Thistle (may need to purchase)

Hide (have - Audible)

The Love Match (may need to purchase)

Encyclopaedia of Faeries 1/10 (may need to purchase)

Rough Sleepers (Tracy Kidder) homelessness in Boston NF (may need to purchase)

April LITSY BookSpin BINGO

1.  The Book of Speculation by Erica Swyler (Kindle)

2.  Sleep Tight by Anne Frasier (Kindle)

3.  The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel (Libby) Abandoned

4.  Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewel (Library WL) Finished

5.  The Ballad of Ami Miles by Kristy Dallas Alley (Chirp)

6.  Shadow Sands (#2 Kate Marshall) by Robert Bryndza (Audible) Finished

7.  The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah (Audible) Abandoned

8.  They Went Left by Monica Hesse (Audible)

9.  The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull (Audible)

10.  The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly (Audible)

11.  The Outcast Dead (#6 Ruth Galloway) by Elly Griffiths

12.  The Legacy Human by Susan Kaye Quinn (Chirp) Finished

13.  Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley (Audible)

14.  To the Grave (#2 Jefferson Tayte Genealogical Mystery) Steve Robinson (KUnlAud)

15.  Bad Memory (#2 Jessica Shaw) Lisa Gray (KUnlAud)

16.  The Rejected Writer's Book Club (#1 Southlea Bay) Suzanne Kelman (KUnlAud)

17.  Binding Vows (#1 MacCoinnish Time Travels) Catherine Bybee (KUnlAud) Finished

18.  A Just-in-from-the-library on Libby (KUnlAud)

19.  Poisonfeather (#2 Gibson Vaughn) Matthew FitzSimmon (KUnlAud)

20.  A new Chirp/Aud purchase Pause

21.  Next-up in a mystery series Shadow Sands (#2)

22.   A New Audible Subscription pick

23.  A Picture Book reviewed on Muddy Puddle The Forest Man

24.  A whim Girl, Lost

25.  A whim The Set Up