Comments: 32
Abandoned by user 9 years ago
Yay! Welcome to the games!
Lillelara 9 years ago
This looks so great. I´m feeling awfully tempted to join in the bingo madness as well :). Although I know that I won´t be able to get the "Read in a boat, tent or cabin" one.
Abandoned by user 9 years ago
Lillelara, any non-house sort of a structure is fine: boat, tent, cabin, shed, trailer, henhouse, treehouse, shithouse (couldn't resist, sorry), barn, or stable. ;)
Tannat 9 years ago
Does the entire book need to be read outside? I'm going to be struggling with that one too.
Abandoned by user 9 years ago
It's just for fun - whatever you decide is fair works for me!
Tannat 9 years ago
So it depends on how good we are at justifying the square? Interesting. Is the travel one supposed to be you travelling or travelling in the book?
Abandoned by user 9 years ago
Travelling in the book!
Tannat 9 years ago
Hmm...if anyone hasn't already read it, they could read Murder on the Orient Express for that one.
BrokenTune 9 years ago
That one, I think, is the easiest category for me. :D Love it.
BrokenTune 9 years ago
@Tannat: Yup, that would fit.
Lillelara 9 years ago
Thanks, Moonlight :). I'm visiting my dear colleague in Italy this year and she has a henhouse in her backyard ;).
Murder by Death 9 years ago
HA! That was my first thought when I read MR's post above: "Oh! I have a henhouse! Can I stand to sit in it long enough to read more than a page?". There's also a good chance my chickens would try to eat the book. :D
Lillelara 9 years ago
:D. My colleague only has three chickens. I think I can fend them off ;). Or maybe not? Can chickens be as equally vicious as geese? If that is the case, I will stay clear of the henhouse.
Murder by Death 9 years ago
Depends on the chickens. :) We only have three too, but two of them... they aren't vicious, quite the opposite, but they think everything is something to eat and they experiment with their beaks. (The 3rd chicken - the biggest one - is afraid of her own shadow.)
BrokenTune 9 years ago
Pics? :D
BrokenTune 9 years ago
I have a trip to Orkney coming up - that will be the boat one! I think MR said that this square basically means you read the book anywhere except in your home....

The ones I will struggle with are the genre ones: Sci fi, Romance, Fantasy..... Not really on my shelves. However, this looks too good not to take part. I don't really mind if I don't complete all the squares.
Tannat 9 years ago
Perhaps you will accidentally read a book that you can fit into those genres...
BrokenTune 9 years ago
Perhaps... ;)
Abandoned by user 9 years ago
I am so jealous that you are going to Orkney. I've wanted to visit there since I read Once and Future King.
Do you think you'll find any fewmets there?
BrokenTune 9 years ago
Possible. Quite possible. Though, whether they might be from dragons or the Questing Beast remains to be seen.
BrokenTune 9 years ago
@MR: I've watched that ferry go out there for 10 years. It's about time I got on it!
Abandoned by user 9 years ago
I demand pics.
BrokenTune 9 years ago
I'm sure there will be some. :D
Murder by Death 9 years ago
Add me to the jealous list. I'm going to try to complete a bingo while avoiding the sci-fi square. I don't like sci-fi. :P
Lillelara 9 years ago
And I second the demand for pics :). I want to read Arcadia by Iain Pears, which would fit the SciFi or fantasy bill. The romance one on the other hand will be a tough one.

@MdB: "A long way to a small angry planet" by Becky Chambers is a SciFi book that a lot of non-SciFi-readers love. There isn't a lot scientific stuff going on, the whole book is more about the characters and their relationships. I enjoyed it quite a bit, I just would have wished for an engaging plot.
Murder by Death 9 years ago
@Lillelara: Thanks for that, I'll check it out. Most of what I dislike about science fiction isn't the scence (I'm a bit of science nerd in fact). It's the speculative aspect of the realities and most of them are space related. Space bores me senseless. :P
BrokenTune 9 years ago
Thank you! :D
So the idea is you get as many squares as you can, not get a row or column?
Abandoned by user 9 years ago
You can do rows (vertical, horizontal or diagonal), four corners or black out.