What will you read in August? Work on your reading goals this month with a new round of Bookish Bingo!
If you share a completed bingo in the comments below before September 1, you’ll receive 20 bonus points!
Click here to read the rules and download your Bookish bingo card below. Make sure you share your progress with us by using #BookishBingo on social media. Let us know what books you’re reading for each prompt below! When you get a bingo, shout it out here.
August Bookish Bingo prompts: Follow BookishFirst on Threads, Rec from TikTok, Secret society, Midnight in the title, Microphone on the cover, Set in a place you want to visit, Stars on the cover, Beauty and the Beast retelling, Character owns a small business, Author’s name begins with T, Title begins with ‘The’, Published in August, Free space, Set in California, Character learns new skill, Alternate history, Set at sea, Protagonist is a doctor, Bought for the cover, Title begins with A, Give another chance to a book you DNFed, Multiple POVs, Blue cover, Rec from a friend, Self or indie published
Midnight in title - Midnight in Siberia / David Greene Character owns small business - The Boy in the Red Dress / Kristin Lambert Takes place in California - Family Style / Thien Pham Bought for the cover - How Can I Help You / Laura Sims Rec from a friend - The First Ladies / Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (the only title so far this month I didn’t enjoy, but I could see how others might benefit from reading it)
Also read: Tom Lake / Ann Patchett Give Me a Sign / Anna Sortino (another rec from a friend)
Currently reading: Something More / Jackie Khalilieh
i did it! i’ve never had one this early in the month before, gottan be a record for me. AND, everything that i’ve read (so far), i could fit on here somewhere. are the stars aligned for me this month?
title begins with ‘The’ = The Gift (Alison Gaylin)
published in August = The Connellys of County Down (Tracey Lange)
free space
set in California = The Many Lives of Mama Love (Lara Love Hardin)
character learns new skill = Guests on Earth (Lee Smith)
Title begins with ‘The’: The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
Published in August: Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
Free Space
Set in California: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Character learns new skill: Fake ID by Lamar Giles
BookishFirst on Threads: Followed 8-2-23
I Want To Visit: Last Night At The Telegraph Club (Malinda Lo)
A “The” Title: The Card Catalogue (The Library Of Congress)
Alternate History: Dread Nation (Justina Ireland)
Completed A “DNF”: See How They Run (James Patterson)
follow BookishFirst on Threads: ✓ set in a place you want to visit: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin title begins with ‘The’: The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli alternate history: Recursion by Blake Crouch give another chance to a book you DNFed: True North by Kelsey Gamble
Title begins with “The” : The House of Eve
Published in August: Looking Glass Sound
Free Space
Set in California: Paying the Piper
Character learns a new skill: Heartbreak Bay
give another chance to a book you DNF
The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women’s Lives 1660-1900 – Ariane Fennetaux & Barbara Burman (tried to read it last year & was just not in the right headpace for its academic prose) multiple POVs
Birnam Wood - Eleanor Catton blue cover
The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Oceans - Susan Casey recommended by a friend
The Parable of the Sower - Octavia E. Butler self- or independently-published
Summer in the City of Roses - Michelle Ruiz Keil (published by Soho Teen, but it doesn’t read like YA, it’s more complex & sophisticated than a lot of that reading level)
Give another chance to a book you DNFed: Die Trying by Lee Child
Multiple POVs: Wonder by R.J.Palacio
Blue cover: The Witcher: A Grain of Truth by Jacek Rembis
Rec from a friend: Circe by Madeline Miller
Self or indie published: Falling Bodies by Rebecca Roanhorse
Some of these prompts were a bit harder than I was expecting and a few of them I was annoyed with myself for reading the “perfect book” for the prompt last month
