Welcome to the 2026 Book Bingo Reading Challenge! Now is the time to dig through those books you read but didn’t review, or pick up that book you’ve been thinking about. Bingo is about vibes and creative interpretations. Most importantly, it’s about fun. The words (or numbers) in the circles are … [Read more]
The Bad Popes by E. R. Chamberlin
CBR18 Bingo - Sheep: These guys are shepherds. The Bad Popes by E. R. Chamberlin is aggressively non-religious. If I read this book without knowing about Catholicism, I wouldn't have picked up that ‘pope’ is supposed to be a religious role. Although I don't think anyone has ever read this … [Read more]
Black and the Trick-or-Treating Trouble by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and LeUyen Pham
At first, I thought Bingo Square 26 cbr18bingo would be a hard one to find a book for. I then remembered that author Shannon Hale’s birthday is January 26 and I had read a book by them that is out and about. It was not the 26th online reader copy that I read, but I could pretend it was. The … [Read more]
Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon
Recently I got on an Ursula Vernon reading kick. I was amazed that I had known about her, but never read anything. And then when I learned they were T. Kingfisher, too, I was intrigued. After all, when one uses two names as a writer, what does that say about the writing style? And when one writes … [Read more]
A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne
While there are a lot of new titles out there, I needed to catch up on some older titles. Books, I keep “meaning to read” and never get around too. I picked up A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe by Mahogany L. Browne. I thought it was a book in verse, but it is more short essays and diary … [Read more]
Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not impact my rating or review. This was so freaking good. You want to read a horror novel set in Scotland? Well here's your book. I honestly worried at first that since I didn't really care for the main character, Tasmin, I wouldn't … [Read more]
One Fearful Yellow Eye by John D. Macdonald
I set a goal for myself to finish the 21-book Travis McGee series this year, and I only recently realized I had somehow passed over this book, the 8th one sequentially. This probably happened because I had gotten confused about which of the series' yellow shades I had read. (Every title has a color … [Read more]
