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As usual I am joining in with

kingstoken book bingo

Non-fiction -

Main character over the age of 30 -

Set in a country other than your own -

Author's Debut/First book -

Graphic Novel or Comic -

Set at a school/university -

No sex/romance -

Historical (fiction or non-fiction) -

Author you've never read before -

ebook/audiobook -

Figures without facial features on the cover -

Crime/Mystery -

Free Space -

Short Story/Novella -

Book Older than you are -

Pet or animal companion -

Female author -

Book made into a film or TV series -

From you TBR -

Humour -

A favourite author blurbed it -

First person POV -

Banned Book -

YA/Children's -

Job/Profession in the title -

Substitution list:

*Over 300 Pages

*Book in Series

*LGBTQ+

*Recommended

*POC Author

*Multiple POVs

*Classic/Retelling

*Sci-fi/Fantasy

*Free Space

*Anthology/Collection

*Biography/Memoir

*Friendship

*Name in the Title

*Movie/TV Tie-in

*With a Woman Protagonist

*From the Library

*Thriller/Suspense

*Set Somewhere You've Been

*Non-Human POV

*Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling

*Under 100 Pages

*Romance Plot or Sub-plot

*Translated

*With a Blue Cover

*Horror or Paranormal

*Colour in the Title

*Seasonal Read

*Number in title

*Three word title

*Craft, Hobby or Cookbook

*Written by an author from your state or country

*Animal on the cover

*Disability or Mental health

*Read a book from the year you were born

*Mythology

*Title begins with first letter of your name

*Dystopian

*Book mentioned in another book

*Diverse reads

*One word title

*Award Winning/Bestseller

*Disabled Author

*Non-western Setting

*Set in your state/country

*Title is at Least Five Words Long

*Indigenous author

*Has illustrations (but not a comic or graphic novel)

*Re-read

This month's

allbingo card

Based on the US public domain and using the Written Word category

Mystery Mile	Giant’s Bread
Private	Last and First Men

October and it's Fall Fest at

allbingo

This is my generic table

Hayride	Smarties
Frighten	Prank

And this my Sherlock Holmes specific one:

Beekeeping	Disguise
Poisonous atmosphere	Fog

The second theme this month at

allbingo is Western.

Here's my card:

Armadillo	Sunbonnet
Chasing a Dream	Rattlesnake

This has to be one of my favourite

allbingo challenges. This year I chose the Holidays theme to give me:

Winter Solstice	Christmas Day
New Years Eve	St. Nikolaus Day

The theme for

allbingo in May is Colour Fest.

rose coloured glasses	yellowed paper
colour blind	purple prose

I have four months to work on this card for

whatif_au

radio/podcast	dystopia	sports
superhero	Wildcard	crack!fic
air travel	high/low fantasy	Regency

This month

allbingo is having an Aesthetics Challenge

I took my card from the embroidery stitch selection

eastern	rice
stem	blind

This month

allbingo is having a Tolkein challenge. There are both specific fandom prompts and general ones; I've gone for General Prompts mixed with Famous Quotes

Birthday	One does not simply walk into Mordor.
Secrets	You shall not pass!

February's bingo card on

allbingo is normally Valentine's themed, and this month I've chosen the established relationship prompts

partnership / teamwork	sharing housework
fighting fair	buying a home together

This is the book bingo card

kingstoken has created for 2025:

Over 300 Pages - Cuddy (Benjamin Myers)

Book in Series - A Terrible Village Poisoning (Hannah Hendy) [audiobook]

LGBTQ+ - Arthur & Teddy are Coming Out (Ryan Love)

From your TBR - Network Effect (Martha Wells)

Recommended - The Long Call (Ann Cleves)

POC Author - The Rose Apple Tree Mystery (Ovidia Yu)

Multiple POVs - Verdict of Twelve (Raymond Postgate)

YA/Children's - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Alan Garner)

ebook/Audiobook - The Colour of Mystery (Joy Ellis) [audiobook]

Classic/Retelling - Wide Sargasso Sea (Jean Rhys)

Female Author - Murder as a Fine Art (Carol Carnac)

Sci-fi/Fantasy - Sourcery (Terry Pratchett)

Free Space - Silence (Shusako Endo)

Anthology/Collection - Never Too Old to Save the World (Addie J King)

Biography/Memoir - Substitute: Author you've never read before - The Paddington Mystery (John Rhode)

Friendship - Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day (Winifred Watson)

Banned Book - Substitute: Animal on the cover - The Penguin Pool Murder (Stuart Palmer)

Name in the Title - Cecile is Dead (Georges Simenon) [audiobook]

Movie/TV Tie-in - Their Finest (Lissa Evans)

With a Woman Protagonist - Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World (Leah Broad)

From the Library - Chatterton Square (E H Young)

Thriller/Suspense - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (John Le Carré) [audiobook]

Set Somewhere You've Been - The Lake District Murder (John Bude)

Crime/Mystery - The Body in the Dumb River (George Bellairs)

Non-Human POV - Exit Strategy (Martha Wells)

The theme for this month's bingo card at

allbingo is Public Domain Day, and my card is taken from the list of books (based on US definition)

All Quiet on the Western Front	Relics and Angels
One of Those Ways	Marriage and Morals

kiramaru7 made such an awesome banner for the

allbingo Fall Fest that I had to make a post in its honour!

The Witch, the Ghost and the Hound from Hell

Here is my

allbingo Sleepytime Bear bingo challenge card

Blue / White	Basket
Floral Decor	Houseplants

For

allbingo 's Fall Fest

Boo!	Cauldron
Smarties	Pumpkin Shaped

September has two

allbingothemes. The first is Pirates and this is my 2x2 card:

compass	East Indies
castaway	powder chest

No idea what I shall be doing with it yet!

And the second is the People with Disabilities Drabble Fest

Compensating for Each Other's Weaknesses	Erasure of Handicapped People
Magical Disability	Family Support Makes a Difference

Here is my bingo card for

allbingo

allbingo Winter Fest in July bingo - probably my favourite bingo of the year!

Build a Snowman	Spiking the punch
Seeing Santa at the department store	Picking the Perfect Tree

And also for the new Games and Entertainment bingo

Roleplaying	Scattergories
Aggravation	Chess

This month

allbingo has a Pride Month theme. I shall be going with my Spooks (MI5) 'Love In All Seasons' 'verse, which starts just after the Sexual Offences Act was passed, but when a relationship between two men was still very much frowned on.

Wedding ring	Dancing
Separation & reunion	First kiss

This month at

allbingo it's Superhero Bingo Month, so here is my card:

Mission	Iron
Victory	Tragedy

This one is for

whatif_au so each square will be a different AU

Medical	Supernatural	Apocalypse
Law Enforcement	WILD CARD	Teacher
The Staff	Pygmalion	Workplace

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31

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