Reading Bingo Challenge 2014

 

I decided to join in on the Reading Bingo Challenge thanks to my kul friend for finding things like this :P I loved playing bingo in school and thought this would be a fun challenge.

"We’ve created a printable bingo card with 24 reading challenges! Join us and challenge yourself to read more, to read more widely and to have fun doing it all!
 
You can approach the Reading Bingo card however you like: beginners, start by getting one line; if you’re more advanced, try the whole outside box on the card; experts, fill in the whole card!

We would recommend using one book per space, but if you read a book over 500 pages written by someone under 30, who are we to stop you from cover two squares with one read?

This year, for a little extra challenge, we’ve also created the Reading Bingo Card: YA Edition! We’ve come up with 24 challenges related specifically to books geared to teens. But you don’t have to be a teenager to participate!"

I printed out the 2 cards found here @ http://www.retreatbyrandomhouse.ca/2014/01/reading-bingo-challenge-2014/ so I could refer back to it when choosing my books. I am starting with the original (purple) card and might eventually go on to the YA (orange) one. I'm working on getting 5 in a row first, but I still plan on filling the board with as many different books as I can, preferably 1 for each square. Just like I have been doing for a while now on goodreads, I will try to do "mini" reviews of each book that I read for bingo.

To add my own twist to the challenge, for the purple card, I want to only read books that I am selling for my book business! This means books by Muslim authors. I should read the books I am selling anyway to check the content, so this challenge will be helpful to get through a lot of (different) books, many of which I have wanted to read for a long time! I started to read some of my biz books before I found out about and decided to play bingo, but I will only count the books that I read specifically for the challenge. I am also rereading some books that I have read in the past few years that I haven't written reviews on, but are books included in my biz. With all this being said, below is what I have read so far and under which square they fit. I will link to my review on goodreads for each book and will continue to add them here inshAllah.

1. A book based on a true story (right 1 from free square, down 1)
Traitor? by Terry C. Holdbrooks Jr.
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/645165954?book_show_action=false

2. A book with a number in the title (right 2 from free square, up 2)
The Eighth Scroll by Laurence B. Brown (hope this counts as a number :)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/234950751?book_show_action=false

3. A book by a female author (right 1 from free square, up 1)
If I Should Speak by Umm Zakiyyah
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/235401708?book_show_action=false

4. The second book in a series (right 1 from free square, down 2)
A Voice by Umm Zakiyyah
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/235072490

5. A book with a 1 word title (left 2 from free square)
Footsteps by Umm Zakiyyah
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/254834830?book_show_action=false

6. A book set in a different continent (right 1 from free square)
The Gift by Zaipah Ibrahim
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/784061230?book_show_action=false

7. A book published this year (right 1 from free square, up 2)
Muslim Girl by Umm Zakiyyah
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/954441767

TO BE CONTINUED IA...