August Woman BingoPUP

What are you reading this month?

For the author from Middle East square (and the DeweyCAT) I'm reading The Gaza Kitchen: a Palestinian Culinary Journey by Laila El-Haddad & Maggie Schmitt (641.59). It is more than just a cookbook; in addition to recipes, it discusses the culture of the Gaza Strip. Ms. El-Haddad is also the author of Gaza Mom, which I plan to read sometime.

Made into a movie: Das Leben der Hochgräfin Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns is a fairy tale written at age 13 by Gisela von Arnim, with the help of her mother Bettina von Arnim, whose name helped to publish it, I think. And this gives me my first Bingo on my card.

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Woo Hoo! I just completed my African Author square with We Need New Names by Nonviolet Bulawayo which completes my Woman BingoPup Card.

>2 MissWatson: and >3 DeltaQueen50: Congratulations to Birgit (MissWatson) for completing her first bingo and to Judy (DeltaQueen50) for finishing her whole card!

>4 sallylou61: Thank you, Allison! And congratulations to you, Judy!

Thanks everyone, I found these cards quite easy to fill, they just naturally seemed to fit with my reading.

>3 DeltaQueen50: Congratulations on completing the BingoPUP! You deserve a prize.

Thanks, I will gladly accept and pass the trophy along to the next person who completes their card. I would love to keep the puppy though!

Less than 10 years old: Friesenrebellion was published in 2015. Historical fiction set on the East Frisian island of Borkum during the French occupation in 1811.

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I'm reading The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing. It's partly set in India, so I'll be claiming my "Set in Asia" square when I finish. That will give me bingos in two directions!

I've used Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik for the set in Latin America or Asia square. This was takes place in an alternate Inca Empire & Brazil.

I also finished The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney which fits for the poetry/play square. This is a children's book about the war in Sudan, told through poems and illustrations.

I've finished Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin for the "African Author" square

I've finished reading The Gaza Kitchen by Laila El-Haddad for the author from the Middle East square. This gives me a bingo on the bottom horizontal line.

21. 1920s/30s detective fiction -- Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.
22. Author from Middle East: Gaza Kitchen by Laila El-Haddad by Laila El-Haddad (& Maggie Schmitt)
23. "To be read": East Hope by Katharine Davis.
24. Poetry or plays -- Sometimes the Little Town by Sara M. Robinson (poetry)
25. Male pseudonym -- High Life in Verdopolis by Lord C. A. F. Wellesley, early pseudonym of Charlotte Bronte.

I finished The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing for the "Set in Latin America or Asia" square. That makes four bingos.

>15 Cariola: Congratulations, Cariola. Hope that you are enjoying this "challenge."

For the African author square, I read Changes: a Novel by Ama Ata Aidoo.

This gives me a bingo in the fourth horizontal row down:
16. African author: Changes by Ama Ata Aidoo (Ghanaian).
17. Made into a movie: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
18. Set in Europe, Australia, or New Zealand: The Green Mill Murder by Kerry Greenwood (Australia)
19. about a female critter: Saving Sadie and Sasha by Laura S. Jones (about female pit bulldogs)
20. author over 60: Tall Tail by Rita Mae Brown (age 71)

I read A beautiful place to die by Malla Nunn for the African author square. It was excellent!

>15 Cariola: Congrats! and to you too >17 sallylou61:!

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers was a five-star read for the 1930s detective fiction.

Only 3 squares left to do!

>16 sallylou61:, >19 leslie.98: Thanks--those last squares are going to be more difficult to fill.

Award winner square: One of Ours by Willa Cather, 1923 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. This has been a controversial book; it is divided into two parts: life on a Nebraska farm and serving in World War I. Cather was criticized by some for writing about the war when she had not been there. I think this is a beautifully written book, especially as a study of character and with lovely descriptions of settings. Personally, I preferred the first section of the story.

Finished the Poetry and Plays category with Rough Music by Deborah Digges.

I am struggling with the Woman bingo. Progress is slow.

>24 Kristelh: You are doing fine, Kristel. You already have 2 bingos (2nd horizontal line and 2nd vertical line). This challenge should be fun; do as much of the card as you want. I notice you have only 3 squares left on your BingoDOG, and are using different books for the BingoDOG and Woman BingoPUP, which is admirable.

>25 sallylou61:, thanks for the words of encouragement. I have enjoyed both Bingo Challenges but have just let them happen.

Forgot to post this when I finished. For the short story collection square, I read Get in Trouble by Kelly Link. This was a good collection of speculative fiction stories, I liked more of the stories than I didn't.

Finally got a bingo with An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness for the woman in science square!

I have 10 squares left and I have the 10 books picked out, just a matter of getting them read.