Welcome to the fifth Backlist Bingo 2024 Check in! We are enjoying working through our backlist and let’s see how much progress we made in May. Like last time, take a look at what other participants have been reading and which year of books we have been gravitating to as a community.
Ariel’s Backlist Bingo Update
Prompt: Short Stories/Anthology
Book Name: Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed Ed. by Saraciea J. Fennell | Goodreads
Quick review: An anthology I had on my radar for awhile, but I’m thankful to complete the book with this challenge! A powerful collection of essays, poems, and stories about the Latinx experience and the diversity, intersectionality, and nuances found within.
Prompt: A Book of Your Choice
Book Name: Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H. | Goodreads
Quick review: A beautiful memoir of what the author’s experience is as a queer Muslim. In between anecdotes of the author’s life, she writes how the Quran and her faith has helped her grapple with the more difficult parts of navigating her identity and protecting her space.
Prompt: First Book in a Series
Book Name: The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang | Goodreads
Quick review: a slow-paced read that is a historical fantasy that focuses on martial arts and challenging the patriarchy. The characters were well thought out and each POV created a fully dimensional story that came to a satisfying conclusion with hints for more.
Kriti’s Backlist Bingo Update
I had started Love Like a Cephalopod by Cassondra Windwalker (Goodreads) and still haven’t finished it yet so my board is unchanged:
What have people been reading?
The Backlist Bingo Community has now read read 81 books across 24 prompts as part of the challenge.
Here are the new books that made it to our spreadsheet in May:
- SciFi – The Three-body Problem
- A physical book – The Dresden Files – Cold Days, Vera Wang’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
- More than 400 pages – Court of Thorns and Roses
- Short stories/anthology – Shadowed Souls
- First book in a series – Cursed Luck
- Second book in a series – High Jinx
- An award nominated book – All the seas of the world
- Third book in a series – Wicked Beauty (Dark Olympus #3)
- An audiobook/ebook – Happy Place
- Fantasy – Cruel Seduction
How was May for your backlist? Tell us in the comments or add to our spreadsheet. 🙂
As always, we love reading with you and even if you didn’t sign up before, you can join us for this challenge now. 🙂 Add your name to the list of participants here. In the same spreadsheet, you can add your books through the year so please bookmark it. You can tag us on X, BlueSky, Facebook and Instagram (Ariel, Kriti) with your updates. Download a printable copy of the bingo, Instagram story templates and post here.
Check back for updates at the end of next month!
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