Yes I know I said last week that my final Top Reads post was going to be the last for 2019 but you can blame Hayley over at RatherTooFondOfBooks for this one. I spotted #ReadingBingo on her blog yesterday and just had to give it a go myself. Did I get a full house for 2019? Well, let’s see. If you click on the titles under the book covers you will be able to read my reviews.
A Book With More Than 500 Pages
The Love Letter by Lucinda Riley
A Forgotten Classic
Unfortunately, I don’t have anything which fits this category as the vast majority of the books I’ve read were published this year! Must make an effort to read a classic next year.
A Book That Became a Movie
I don’t have anything for this category either although I think that several books I’ve read would make amazing films!
A Book Published This Year
A Book With a Number in the Title
A Thousand Roads Home by Carmel Harrington
A Book Written By Someone Under 30
Oh dear, I’m not doing too well. I don’t think any of the books I’ve read have been by younger authors! Although please correct me if I’m wrong.
A Book With Non Human Characters
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri (no review for this one)
A Funny Book
Between the Stops by Sandi Toksvig
A Book By A Female Author
The Conviction of Cora Burns by Carolyn Kirby
A Book With a Mystery
Flesh and Blood by Emma Salisbury
A Book With A One Word Title
A Book of Short Stories
People Make Glasgow by Lauren Lloyd
Free Square
The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams
A Book Set on a Different Continent
One Winter Morning by Isabelle Broom
A Book of Non Fiction
The First Book By A Favourite Author
The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan
Yes I know that’s not Jenny Colgan’s first novel but it’s the first I have read by her and I enjoyed it so much that she is definitely in the category of a favourite author now!
A Book You Heard About Online
The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing by Mary Paulson-Ellis
A Best-Selling Book
I don’t really follow the book charts much as I just read what I fancy, but I would imagine that this books did rather well based on the success of PS I Love You.
A Book Based on a True Story
When I Had a Little Sister by Catherine Simpson
A Book At The Bottom of Your TBR Pile
A Book Your Friend Loves
Washington Black by Esi Edugan (no review)
A Book that Scares You
A Book That Is More Than Ten Years Old
Nope, nothing for this one I’m afraid.
The Second Book In A Series
A Book With a Blue Cover
One Week Til Christmas by Belinda Missen
So there we go, not quite a full house but a respectable 21/25. I did enjoy looking back over my reading year and picking books for the different squares. If you do Reading Bingo please let me know as I’d love to see your choices!
Portobello Book Blog 
I think you did brilliantly! Are you going to have another go in 2020?
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I’ll probably forget all about it till the end of the year again! But that’s kind of the idea, you just see if what you’ve already read fits the categories rather than it being an ongoing challenge if that makes sense?
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It does!
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Thanks for linking to my post, I’m glad I inspired you to have a go at Reading Bingo! You did really well – I only got a full house because I cheated counting Middlemarch as a forgotten classic. Some of the challenges are hard, it took me ages to find an author under 30 that I’d read in 2019. It’s a fun post to put together though and nice to look back at a reading year. 🙂
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Well done for completing so many of these squares – much more fun to do them in retrospect than have them dictate your reading choices
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Yes I agree although I know a lot of people like to take on challenges throughout the year.
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