October 2021 BINGO Reads

The thread for BINGO reads is getting shorter as more people finish their cards.

I'm still working on mine and just read Hardcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich for the "book that made you laugh" block.

Still working - I decided to use The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay for the "has a love story" block.

I'm still working too--I read The Four Graces as a book recommended by another generation (thanks christina_reads!)

>3 NinieB: You're welcome! :)

For the senior citizen protagonist on my second BingoDOG card I've read Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout. Although it is called a novel, this is actually a collection of stories, all of which include Olive Kitteridge as a character even if she is only mentioned. However, she is a central character in most of them. Although Ms. Strout is only 65 years old (according to the web), she writes beautifully about aging, capturing recognizable characteristics of it. Olive is primarily in her 80s in this book although the stories cover a number of years.

(I still have one square to go on my first BingoDOG card.)

I've decided to use Plainsong by Kent Haruf for the "book contains a love story" block.

That leaves me with 3 more blocks.

I have four squares to go! So will be focusing on them in November.

Finished Spirals in Time for the nature square. Now I just have the central square to finish the card. Yes, I know I've read any number of CATs this year, but I like leaving the middle one to last.

I have found Große, kleine Schwester for the "title describes you" square."Big, little sister" fits me as the eldest and shortest of three sisters.
The book follows two sisters from their childhood home in Brünn from the First to the Second World War and finally flight from Czechoslovakia to Germany.

And there is also A natural history of dragons for the "suggested by another generation" square.

Plus The black dwarf for the dark or light word in the title. Getting close to the finish line...

I read Cooper's Creek, a nonfiction book set in Australia, for the nature or environment square.