March 2024 Bookish Bingo 📗

crystal_dark · March 1, 2024, 7:43pm

I am planning to reread Enchanting Songs For Silent Sirens (Obscure Academy Book #03). I read it in December and remember enjoying it.

crystal_dark · March 1, 2024, 7:48pm

Does anyone have any suggests for a romance book for the prompt: Cover with a black and white photo?

crystal_dark · March 1, 2024, 7:53pm

Another idea I have that would be welcome to ideas for is I am thinking of reading some Fairy tale books based on Rumpelstiltskin, The Frog Prince, and/or The Golden Touch of King Midas so if anyone knows any good ones let me know.

Happy Reading Everyone!

rmarcin · March 2, 2024, 4:48am

Thank you! I read In a Dark, Dark Wood, but not the other two. I appreciate these suggestions!

rmarcin · March 2, 2024, 4:53am

Lemon Meringue Pie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #4)
by Joanne Fluke
or, if just the WORD “Pie” is acceptable - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce #1) by Alan Bradley, OR The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer.

rmarcin · March 2, 2024, 4:57am

The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World’s Most Beloved Animal Doctor
By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
Literary Fiction & Classics, 2022

motthepaladin · March 2, 2024, 6:23am

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge, it’s YA fantasy and was one of my favorite reads last year.

motthepaladin · March 2, 2024, 6:25am

Any recs for dragon books? I will read pretty much anything but I prefer little to no spice.

seast · March 2, 2024, 7:50am

Have you read Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber? Highly recommend! It’s a fiction with magical realism. There’s a pie on the cover I reference to the ‘blackbird pie.’

seast · March 2, 2024, 7:52am

For Rumpelstiltskin, I recommend Gilded by Marissa Meyer. It was a great read. Loved it and recommend.

christinasbooks · March 2, 2024, 3:22pm

Thank you! I’ll check it out

crystal_dark · March 2, 2024, 6:02pm

Thank you for the suggestion and I will look into it.

ashraye · March 3, 2024, 5:41am

Anyone have recommendations for books similar to The Selection by Kiera Cass?

crystal_dark · March 3, 2024, 9:04pm

Dragon Book Recomendations
Enchanted Forest Chronicles Series = Has some Clean Romance if I recall

Jane Austen’s Dragons Series = Clean Romance

Alien Adoption Agency Series = I believe it had some spice but could probably be skimmed over without affecting the story.

seast · March 4, 2024, 12:48am

I really enjoyed that series too. Can’t think of one similar, but I can recommend two that you might enjoy.

If you really enjoyed the dystopian aspect with a cute romantic subplot, I suggest Birthmarked by Caragh O’Brien. It follows a 16yr old girl trained under her mother to be a midwife and she must meet a quota each month, not of births but the number of newborns given to the Enclave to raise. There are two books following: Prized and Promised.

If you really enjoyed the competition aspect, I suggest A Magic Steeped in Poison by Judy I Lin. It’s not a competition for the hand of a royal, but to be the royal shénnóng-shī, a master of the ancient and magical art of tea-making. It is beautifully written with amazing worldbuilding and a unique magic system using tea. There is a sequel.