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Anyone here participating in this year's r/fantasy book bingo? How's it going if so?

Attached a pic of my card so far. Working my way through Red Sister currently and quite enjoying it, turns out this Mark Lawrence guy is pretty good.

Edit: just realised I said "this year's" bingo when this may in fact be "the last" bingo. Oh well.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You've got some good ones on your list. I didn't realise Legends & Lattes had a sequel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you! It's a prequel out in November. I'd rather he did a sequel or spin off tbh, but I'll take what we're given.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooohh, there will be a new book (sequel?) by Travis Baldtree who wrote Legends and Lattes called Bookshops and Bonedust? Out in November! First cozy fantasy hipster cafés and now a bookshop? That's too perfect! I enjoyed Legends and Lattes a lot, I love Slice of Life anime so this was perfect, though tbh there was more plot and drama here than in most of of these shows ^__^

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Prequel sadly but besides that I'm also quite excited

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Red Sister was quite interesting. IMO the rest of the series doesn't hold up.

I highly recommend Gideon the Ninth down there at the bottom too. Very highly. Why haven't you started yet?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was torn actually between starting that one next and Red Sister. Then I saw some negative comments about Gideon that made me hesitate, so your recommendation is actually much appreciated.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What were the issues people had with it? Pacing in the middle third?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No actually they were saying that the characters were unlikeable and complaining that it apparently has a downbeat ending, neither of which I was feeling up to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the blurb sets up a bad set of expectations. "Lesbian necromancers in space" makes it seem like a Sci-Fi/Fantasy LGBT+ romance novel. Instead you get a mystery in a setting that is only technically science-fantasy with a vague romance side plot.

The ending isn't happy, that is for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is both off-putting and yet still intriguing for me. I'll definitely have to give it a go soon and see how it hits me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't know about it until it had started but as I'd already checked a few boxes, I started to pick books to read/listen to that fit the remaining squares (hard mode, usually) though I haven't decided for certain what I'm going to use for some of the squares. Cool graphic, btw!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I made it using this. That's the latest of many cards, my choices have changed a lot since bingo started. I think the chaos is part of the fun.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wasn't on r/fantasy, how's this work? Is it just there is 1 board that everyone reads titles from and marks their own progress down for?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Basically you read a book that you think fits the title of the bingo squares and if you fill the whole card you win.

Edit: looks like the official page is currently viewable https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/128oxqt/official_rfantasy_2023_book_bingo_challenge/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, that looks like a fun self challenge, I hope this year isn't the last year, even if whoever actually makes it happen migrates off reddit.