It’s the end of June and there was some fierce competition with Bookthingo’s Kat Mayo winning this month’s Bingo in the spirit of a ShallowReader multi-media cross-platform effort. Let’s hear it for Kat!
As for my Bingo efforts, read on: Continue reading
It’s already the end of May and woot woot! A Willful Woman has won this month’s ShallowreaderBingo! Not only did she win Bingo early in May but she tells me she has scored a book for every single square! So excitement!!!
As for me… *sigh* my own reading has slowed down due to having to do not-so-shallowreading (see my new page on this here blog). Stay tuned for the June Bingo sheet which will be much easier than May’s doozy! Link me to your own Bingo scorecards or tweet to me!
So my squares: Continue reading
The May card is here!
As her prize for winning, two of the boxes have been contributed by Valancy who won last month’s game. Can anyone guess which ones are hers?
Remember that any reading goes – novels, letters, lyrics, news, captions, blogs – the lot!
Join in and play!
It’s the end of April, Easter is upon us (Orthodox folks) and Valancy has won this month’s ShallowreaderBingo!!!! Hurrah! Hurrah! May there be rejoicing!
Meanwhile, I continue to lose at my own game. But read, I did. Here are the squares I scored:
Lady Bridget’s Diary
by Maya Rodale
Bingo Square: Dear Diary
This is the first of Rodale’s new Keeping Up with the Cavendishes series. The Cavendish family is from America. The brother has inherited some duke-ish title so the whole family has packed their bags and moved to the United Kingdom where they struggle to fit in. The duke’s sister Lady Bridget keeps a diary where she reveals all her feels for the Ton and especially horrible Lord Darcy who ends up being her lurve but not before her diary is stolen and a big, dark secret is at risk of being revealed. There are aspects of this book that I loved (one day I even found myself kissing the pages I had just read!) yet the overt Pride and Prejudice parallels annoyed me and the who Team USA brought love to the UK sentiment grated. It is hard being torn in two directions with the one read.
I borrowed this book from a public library in New South Wales.
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The April card is here!
As her prize for winning, two of the boxes have been contributed by Willaful who won last month’s game. Can anyone guess which ones are hers?
Remember that any reading goes – novels, letters, lyrics, news, captions, blogs – the lot!
Join in and play!
It’s March and Willaful won the ShallowreaderBingo!!!! Woooooot! Big shout out!
To this, I say congratulations!
Meanwhile, I didn’t even manage a straight line! However here are the squares that I did score:
Leonetti’s Housekeeper Bride
by Lynne Graham
Bingo Square: It was a dark and stormy night
Oh Lynne Graham novel, how do I love thee! Let me count the ways:
Here is the March card for Shallowreader Bingo! As her prize for winning, two of the boxes have been contributed by Sandra Antonelli. Can anyone guess which ones are hers? Thanks also go to my Huzbah John and my PhD buddy Chrisanthi Giotis who both helped me name some of the squares.
Remember that any reading goes – novels, letters, lyrics, news, captions, blogs – the lot!
And there is a BONUS shout out to anyone who scores on the Hatchback Hero!
Join in and play!
Congratulations to the ShallowreaderBingo! February winner – Sandra Antonelli. Read about Sandra’s winning reads here: ShallowreaderBINGO–It’s Better Than Winning a Meat Tray!
As for my own Bingo card – here is how I fared:
Jane the Virgin
Bingo Square: Netflix and Chill
I absolutely adore Jane the Virgin. It is currently my favourite show ever. It is like a mash up between Days of Our Lives, Harlequin Presents/Sexy Mills & Boon and Arrested Development. What has this got to do with reading, I hear you ask? Well, my sons are also obsessed with the show and my sons watch everything on TV with closed captions turned on. Everything! It drives me batty! But it does mean I read all my viewing. I have also become somewhat obsessed with every news article and interview I can find on Jane the Virgin’s writer Jennie Snyder Urman. I find it unbelievable that she did not grow up watching soaps and telenovelas as she has hit every single bell that as a watcher I enjoy. I am totally in love with Rafael in the show. He is the ultimate Harlequin Presents Lynne Graham gazillionaire. He’s hot, he’s suave and he wears faded salmon oh-so-well. Swoon with me people! Swoon!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hw8MygoGtuk
Here’s a new card for Shallowreader Bingo! As her prize for winning, two of the boxes have been contributed by A Willful Woman who scored a second bingo yesterday. And my sons contributed two boxes too, even though they are not playing. They say that they have genetic rights.
In the meantime, join in and play!
It’s the end of the first Shallowreader Bingo month! A Woot woot! Shout out to A Willful Woman who won this month’s bingo call – head over to her blog to see her winning entry. She won with Laughter, As You Wish, Hero/ine, MnomMnomMnom and used Red for her wildcard. If you have been playing, let us know in the comments which boxes you scored and what you read and there is a new bingo card out on Monday!
As for me, despite not getting any of bingo boxes in a row, I read several books that matched the squares. Here are my notes on them:
Food Whore: a novel of dining and deceit
by Jessica Tom
Bingo Squares: 7 Deadly Sins and MnomMnomMnom
Tia Monroe, a post-graduate student in New York City finds herself ghost writing food reviews for restaurant critic, Micahel Saltz. I wasn’t convinced by how she was caught up in Michael’s fraudulent behaviour, her ethics were (obviously) questionable which culminated in Tia having to reveal all her misdoings and making amends. I think I would . Overall a good read with a view of how reviews can make or break a restaurant.
Moone Boy: The Blunder Years
by Chris O’Dowd (yes – the actor) and Nick V. Murphy
Bingo Squares: Red (errmmmm – yep, there is red on the cover)
This book was funny and weird and made me laugh. I loved the whole Imaginary Friend (IF) story and I love love loved IF Loopy Lou even though Martin (the protaganist) didn’t. I also loved the distinctly Irish voice and culture that is woven through this book.I’m usually wary of celebrity authors but this one is an absolute treat. If you can pull off an Irish accent, it would make a particularly awesome bedtime reading story.
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