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Bingo!: how to improve your odds | Andrew Bowser
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This book is your guide to the game, from the basics to the advanced strategies that will help you come home a winner.
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theokiereader
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#BookSpin #BookSpinBingo

Type A Alert! I developed some personal rules for my 2024 Bingo cards that make the game work better for my life.

1) Even though I am doing the Bingo card, I will always make the #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin selections a priority.
2) Whatever number is selected for the #BookSpin will be automatically replaced by my book club's monthly selection. The title that was listed under that number will be moved to the #25 spot. ⬇️

theokiereader 3) If I have a book to review for NetGalley, I can place that book in any spot. The title that currently occupies that spot will be moved to #24. If I do not have a book to review for NetGalley, #24 becomes a free space that cannot be moved.

4) I made the #25 spot into a mood read. I can place that book in any spot. The title that currently occupies that spot will be moved to #25. ⬇️
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theokiereader 5) Each month will have a theme. This will probably remain “Old Book of the Month Selections” until I‘ve met the first goal of the BOTM Reading Challenge.

6) I will list my oldest, unread BOTMs first, but I will allow myself three newer BOTM selections that I am excited about.
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LiteraryinPA It‘s clever to tweak the game so it works more for you! 11mo
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TheAromaofBooks
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Bookwormjillk Hi Sarah. Happy Thanksgiving. What does Pick mean in this card? 12mo
TheAromaofBooks @Bookwormjillk - I was thinking along the lines of when you post a review on Litsy you can choose Pick, So-So, Pan, or Bail. So it would be one that you would label a Pick, even if it isn't necessarily a 5* read haha And Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!! 12mo
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triplem80
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I've become very good at ALMOST getting a #bookspinbingo -- but not quite! Still, it was a pretty productive reading month with 17 books finished (two that aren't shown here).

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous month!!! 13mo
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willaful
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PuddleJumper Nice! 14mo
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Littlewolf1
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I know I‘m late, but here is my 1st #bookspinbingo list for 2023. I have a lot of books I meant to read last year, so let‘s see how many I can knock off by the end of the month and by 2023.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Bookzombie
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December #BookspinBingo

I had to add an extra book. Somehow the picks and my blanks didn‘t work out, so I added The Christmas Killer.
My #Bookspin is Christmas at the Mysterious Booshop and my #Doublespin is Werewolf on the Western Front.

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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Deblovestoread
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Here‘s my #BookSpinBingo list for October. Lots of buddy read and challenge prompts.

Looking forward to the 2nd @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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julieclair
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Yay! A fun reading month and my first ever #BookSpinBingo!

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Fabulous month!!! 2y
Sargar114 Congrats! I still have yet to achieve that feat but will keep trying 2y
julieclair Thanks, @TheAromaofBooks ! And @Sargar114 , I have been playing since February (when I discovered Litsy) so it took me awhile. You‘ll get there. Maybe this will be your month! 2y
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Chrissyreadit The post office is not letting me mail book to you saying your address does not exist. Can you email me directly with address so I can double check? Also I can give you my phone number for texting in case I need more info? Chrissyreadit@gmail.com 2y
julieclair @Chrissyreadit How strange! I promise my house does exist, lol! I have just emailed you. 🤞😉 2y
julieclair @Chrissyreadit Your test card arrived! Clever idea. I have just emailed you a photo, that you can take to your post office as proof. 🤪 2y
Chrissyreadit Yay!! Your book is hopefully on vacation location 2y
julieclair Perfect! It will be waiting in my mailbox when I arrive on Friday! 👍 Thanks for all your efforts in persuading the USPS to deliver it! 😂🤪📬 2y
julieclair @Chrissyreadit I've got Venetia in my hot little hands! 👍📬😀 2y
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Weisubei
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This is my #bookspinbingo board for July. I got Kaikeyi and Counterfeit as my #bookspin and #doublespin. Still thinking what book I should read

@TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Looks great!! 2y
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Deblovestoread
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5 Bingos. I think that is my best so far. And such a great bunch of books with only 1 DNF. Best of the month: Ten Steps to Nanette, Love After Love, The Midcoast and Three.

Soubhiville 😲 nice! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fabulous month!!! 2y
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Bookzombie
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May #BookspinBingo wrap up

I finished 1 more just before midnight last night!

No bingos for May as I read off list a bit. I read 14 books and I put two books on ice for a little bit.

3 adult fiction print
1 manga
2 comic volumes
3 graphic novels
2 children‘s books
3 audiobooks (read partially in print)

I bailed on #aam , but may try again later. I also didn‘t get to my #bookspin or #doublespin picks.

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Bookzombie
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April #BookspinBingo #wrapup

Two bingos this month! I read 19 books and 1 short story.
7 audio
1 graphic novel
4 children‘s picture books
6 adult fiction in print
1 middle grade fiction
+ 1 DNF

I read one for #aam but I didn‘t get to my #bookspin or #Doublespin for April.

Ruthiella Well done! 👏👏👏 3y
Bookzombie @Ruthiella Thank you!! 3y
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Deblovestoread
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#MarchWrapUp #BookspinBingo

14 books read 3 DNF‘s

5🌟
Fresh Water for Flowers
The Seed Keeper

4.5 🌟
The Island of Missing Trees
The Violin Conspiracy

4 🌟
The Toll
The Silence of Girls
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane
Luck of the Titanic

The rest were 3 to 4 🌟s

Other than the DNF‘s it was a good month. Ready for tomorrow‘s numbers.

Gissy Great! 📚📚📚📚🎉👏👏👏👏 3y
TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Fantastic month!! 3y
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Bookzombie
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March #BookspinBingo #Wrapup

It‘s unlikely I‘m going to finish Tastes Like Candy today, so I‘m calling it for March. Even with free spaces on top of each other, I didn‘t get a bingo! 😄 I read 25 books this month, but only 13 could go on my card. I did finish both my #Bookspin and #Doublespin for the month.

7 audio
2 graphic novels
10 children‘s picture books
5 adult fiction
1 middle grade fiction

I still need to review several of these. 😏

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fabulous month!! 3y
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Bookzombie
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#BookspinBingo

Here is my board for February. The Cure For Death By Lightning is my #bookspin and my #doublespin is The Wild Robot.

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Bookzombie
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December #BookspinBingo #wrapup

I completed one bingo for December!

17 books total:
7 Children‘s books
6 Audio
4 Print

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic month!!! 3y
Bookzombie @TheAromaofBooks Thank you! 🙂 3y
Reggie Congrats on the bingo and Happy New Year, Margie! Hope you had a great night last night. 3y
Bookzombie @Reggie Thank you! Happy New Year to you, Reggie! I hope you had a great night as well. :) 3y
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Chili
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3y
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Pageturner1
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My May Bingo list
#bookspinbingo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 4y
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aperfectmjk
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Okay, here it is in all it's glory... my #BookSpinBingo card for March. I did a terrible job at getting to my #TBRDeckofCards reads for February, so I just rolled those over into this month and then drew new ones. So... this month is a lot of books that may not be my first choice, but who knows, maybe I'll be surprised. So far I'm not off to a good start, so I'm not exactly feeling lucky.

@thearomaofbooks

TheAromaofBooks Looks great!! 4y
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wideeyedreader
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With today‘s movie, I was able to get four bingos! #wintergames2020 #merryreaders

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smilingshelves
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I know I'm a few days late on this one, but it looked like fun!

@EclecticReaders #bookwormbingo

EclecticReaders Nice!! 5y
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MollyLooby
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21/25 Not bad 😎

Got this from @EclecticReaders 😊

EclecticReaders Awesome!! 5y
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Michollio
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EclecticReaders Nice!! 6y
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Gezemice
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#bookwormbingo @EclecticReaders Thanks for the fun bingo!
I have never been to a book signing event, and while I have gotten very sleepy while reading, I have never got to the point where I could not put my book aside and tuck myself in. At least not that I can remember, lol. I am guilty on all other counts.

EclecticReaders Awesome! Hope you make it to a signing event one day, they are really fun! 6y
RaimeyGallant I'm so close! 6y
Gezemice @RaimeyGallant so close to finishing it? 5y
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RaimeyGallant Everything except the ones about re-reading. :) 5y
Gezemice @RaimeyGallant you don‘t re-read? 5y
RaimeyGallant Nope. :) 5y
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ReadWithAJ
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There‘s not many of these I haven‘t done. I‘m close to having read all of Jodi Picoults books but I‘m not quite there. I also didn‘t check the $50 one because I don‘t know what that would be in my currency but I never did that while in the States.

EclecticReaders Awesome!! 6y
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veritysalter
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EclecticReaders Woohoo! 📚 6y
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Lauredhel
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At first I couldn't think of an entire series i had read twice, though I'm sure I must have in childhood. Then I realised - Hitchhiker's Guide. @EclecticReaders

EclecticReaders Amazing!! 👏🏻 6y
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Lauredhel
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At first I couldn't think of an entire series i had read twice, though I'm sure I must have in childhood. Then I realised - Hitchhiker's Guide. @EclecticReaders

Bookgirl All the boxes here! I‘m not sure if that‘s good or bad 😂😂 6y
Lauredhel @Bookgirl I mean... I feel like a lot of them are a pretty low bar! 6y
Bookgirl @lauredhel especially for Littens!!! We live for this stuff! 6y
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Megabooks
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I‘ll play because I can‘t fall asleep! I‘ve done quite a few! @EclecticReaders

KathyWheeler I‘m having sleep issues too. 😞 6y
Megabooks @KathyWheeler I‘m sorry! It sucks. 👎🏻👎🏻 6y
rretzler Yes, I‘m up worrying at almost 4am and can‘t get to sleep. Thought I‘d check Litsy one last time before trying again to sleep. 6y
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Megabooks @rretzler I hope your worries aren‘t too serious. 💜 I‘m in central, so fortunately it‘s only 3 here. 6y
rretzler Not too serious - just my younger son trying out for a club soccer team and which team is the best for him next year. 😄 6y
EclecticReaders Very nice!! 6y
Megabooks @rretzler I hope you were able to get to sleep. Good luck to your son!! 6y
Megabooks @EclecticReaders Thanks! 😁 6y
rretzler Eventually for about 2 hours. Really dragging today! Thanks for the luck - he‘s getting the short end of the stick because we don‘t play politics but believe that hard work and skill can get you somewhere and in the world of club soccer it‘s more about who you know and not what you can do unfortunately. 6y
Megabooks @rretzler I don‘t have kids, but I remember that from when I played tennis my whole childhood. My dad had to start showing up for every match and some practices to get me to proper seed in high school when I switched school districts. I suddenly went from 7 to 3 when my dad started coming. 😒😒 Ridiculous!! 6y
rretzler It‘s crazy! And doesn‘t teach the right lessons - well, maybe it teaches reality, sadly. 6y
Megabooks @rretzler He wasn‘t even harassing the coach. Just sitting in the bleachers. My mom is handicapped, so she couldn‘t come. I was just lucky my dad could take off work. I wish they would take all the politics out of sports!! 6y
Megabooks @rretzler No it doesn‘t. I just wish it were based solely on skill. So many great players get passed over! 6y
Megabooks @rretzler Hey Robin! I hope things went well today! 🤞🏻👍🏻 6y
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DarcysMom
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Megabooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
julesG Yesss! 6y
LibrarianRyan ⭐️👍🤓 6y
tournevis Twinsies! 6y
EclecticReaders Woohoo!! 🥳 6y
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rretzler
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Easy - except that I don‘t really recall that I ever liked the movie version better than the book. Maybe, The Princess Bride, but that was a toss up. Actually just thought of one - The Polar Express was a much better movie than book! So got them all! #bookwormbingo

EclecticReaders The Princess Bride is a pretty popular choice for that square! Great job! 6y
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WorldsOkayestStepMom
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EclecticReaders Nice!! 6y
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britt_brooke
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That was fun! #bookwormbingo

EclecticReaders Awesome! 6y
Reviewsbylola Glad you didn‘t lose a book! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 5y
britt_brooke @Reviewsbylola 😆 Me, too. And surprised! 5y
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twohectobooks
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EclecticReaders Nice!! 6y
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KristenDuck
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#bookwormbingo

BINGO! Haha almost did not cross off the “liked the movie adaptation more” until I remembered Girl Interrupted.

bookishbitch I thought The Jane Austin Book Club movie was better than the book. 6y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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I‘m everything except a re-reader. I rarely do it, and haven‘t ever read a book more than twice. I might have checked out 5+ books at once—when I was a kid. But I don‘t think I have as an adult.

Clean copies of the #bookwormbingo available at @EclecticReaders — thanks for this! 📚♥️

EclecticReaders Nice job! 6y
LogiKitty I'm not much of a re-reader either :3 6y
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Hestapleton
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BAHAHA I love all of this. As to my ONE unchecked, I rarely fly (don‘t take a lot of vacations and have only flown 4 times in the past 6 years) and I always take an e-reader for the plane. I can‘t justify airport $ markups. This is so fun! #bookwormbingo @EclecticReaders

umbrellagirl Monday I will buy a book at the airport on your behalf 🙂 6y
Hestapleton @umbrellagirl hahaha wonderful! 6y
EclecticReaders Awesome! Glad you had fun with it! 6y
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Owlizabeth
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B-I-N-G-OOOOOOO!!!

EclecticReaders Woohoo! Bingo for days!! 6y
tournevis 👏👏👏 6y
TheLibrarian Super Bingo!! 👏🏻 6y
Megabooks 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 6y
vivastory Very impressive! 👏🤘 5y
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MySharonaK
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Book Bingo 😍
Check out @EclecticReaders for an empty one

EclecticReaders Great job! 6y
BooknerdsLife Wow! 👏🏼👏🏼 6y
SarahHarts_books Yay!🎉🎉 5y
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xicanti
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A respectable showing, I think. #bookwormbingo

Edited because I realized I did spend more than $50 one time. I had Barnes & Noble gift cards that I needed to use up on a trip down to the States.

EclecticReaders Nice!! 6y
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TheLibrarian
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#BookwormBingo - I think I nailed it 😂

Check out @EclecticReaders for an unmarked sheet and play along!

DivineDiana I think you did! 6y
EclecticReaders We think so, too! 😄🎉 6y
CoverToCoverGirl Indeed you did! 6y
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silentrequiem
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Blackout for #bookwormbingo! Thanks for sharing @EclecticReaders!

wanderinglynn Awesome job! 🙌🏻 6y
ju.ca.no Good job🤩🤩 6y
readordierachel 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 6y
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Molly_the_mezzo
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#bookwormbingo Hey, this is cool @EclecticReaders ! I have done a lot of these things!

EclecticReaders Very nice!! 👏🏻 6y
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JamieArc
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Not bad! #BookwormBingo. Check out the original post by @EclecticReaders

EclecticReaders Wow, very nice! 6y
Megabooks 👍🏻👍🏻💜🥳 6y
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LiteraryinPA
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@EclecticReaders Thanks for this cool bingo board!

EclecticReaders Wow, awesome!! 6y
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EclecticReaders
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The credit goes to Eva vs the World on Instagram for creating this fun Bingo board, and we thought we‘d share it here for other fellow bookworms to participate. 😊 Screenshot the image and then in your own post use the brush tool to check off the squares you‘ve done. Tag us in your post so we‘re sure to see it! #BookwormBingo

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ShananigansReads
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6 squares in January, not too shabby. #BookBingo2019

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BookFreakOut
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It wouldn't take much work for me to get a bingo on this board! Taken from the B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy twitter. 🚀🧙‍♂️🐉🌠

AlaMich Cool board! 6y
Soubhiville That‘s really fun! 6y
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Irisheyz77
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Excited for the Winter Bingo card from prettydeadlyblog.com

Let me know if you have any suggestions for books to fit the squares 😊

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sprainedbrain
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I am getting so close to finishing my #litsyreadingchallenge2017 bingo card. 😃

This long #thankfullyreading weekend, I plan to finish 2-3 more of them!

freyaheart Part of the rules of magic is in the 70's 7y
freyaheart I recommend it!! Lol there you're covered. 7y
sprainedbrain @freyaheart 😂 Thank you! I had White Teeth picked for that one, but it‘s always nice to have options. 7y
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freyaheart For the over 150 years space 7y
sprainedbrain @freyaheart that one is on my list for another challenge. 🤓 7y
Cinfhen Yay! 7y
Gezemice So cool! Mine is too depressing to look at. I read books just not the ones on the card... 7y
sprainedbrain @Gezemice I know what you mean... I‘ve read soooo many books this year, but somehow haven‘t finished any of my challenges with the books I already had and planned to use. 😬 7y
Liz_M Oooh, thanks for the reminding me to post an update on my own bingo challenge! 7y
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