I did two cards this year: one was fully hard mode, and the other was fully regular mode (meaning the books couldn’t count for hard mode). It was fun (and valuable playtesting), but also a lot. Prolly not gonna do that again.

If you did bingo this year, thank you! We enjoy putting it together, and we hope you enjoy playing it.

Veeerrryyy slowly making my way through The Cadaver Client by Frank Tuttle, number 4 in a fun series about a PI in a fantasy city. It’s nice and light (and very short), I just haven’t been reading more than a few pages a day.

Idk why I’ve never considered murder mystery short stories, that sounds great! Gonna put that on my TBR.

I have finally just finished 1984 by George Orwell, and with that, my last bingo square as well. \o/ Overall, I liked it, but found it too drawn out; the book section at the 60% mark especially killed the pacing for me. The appendix about Newspeak at the end was fascinating, though.

I’ve barely been reading, so that + being on the section of 1984 that’s (mostly) unnecessary info dump means I’m still 2/3 of the way through it.

I did finish

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (contemporary) | bingo: continent HM, adaptation, steppin’ up HM, cozy, jerk

A cantankerous old man’s plans are interrupted by new neighbors.

Not my normal fare, but this was a cute, poignant story about found family and starting a new chapter. I knew nothing about it going in, so I was surprised about Ove’s intentions in the first half. A little repetitive in places IMO, but otherwise pretty solid.

I found Authority jarringly different. It’s good in its own way, but… yeah.