OK, so I know through out the year I occasionally mention my progress on my Bingo card for Reddit Fantasy. I find this to be the funnest reading challenge around and the one I stick consistently with. I know a few people have mentioned some level of interest in it in the past, so since they revealed the new categories today, I wanted to share it with everyone since I know a not all of you visit r/fantasy regularly. I have to give a shout out to u/lrich1024 for doing such an amazing job organizing this every year.
Also, this challenge runs April 1, 2017 – March 31, 2018 so you have an entire year to find a read books!
One of the things I love about it is encourages stepping out of your comfort zone and reading a wider variety of styles, authors, publishing dates, etc. I feel like most reading challenges focus on 1 way to diversify your reading, but don’t necessarily encourage an all around diverse set of books. If you complete the card, this will make sure you read a good range of books. You don’t have to fill every square! You can get Bingo in the traditional sense, but if you are like me, you are going to want to fill all of the boxes.
Also, there is currently a Bingo Recommendations Discussion started by /u/Kopratic where people are leaving book recommendations for each of the squares. Great way to get (or share) some ideas for the completing the challenge. I will scouring this thread for the least weird options for my New Weird square!
And finally, here’s a template of the card, thanks to /u/Millenium_Dodo. I enjoyed filling this out last year and seeing all of my covers. Take a look at my finished 2016 Bingo Card.
So, anyone going to join me this year? I promise, it’s a lot of fun!
New to Reddit? Anyone can read the posts, but if you want to reply (which will be needed to turn in your Bingo Card), you have to create an account and sign in. And then head over to Reddit Fantasy.
If you complete all the Bingo squares, you get nifty flair that shows up next to your username in r/fantasy.
It sounds like fun! However, I am clueless as to how r/Fantasy works. Do I need to sign up for something first?
Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy recently posted…What’s On My Plate – April 2017
That’s actually a good question. I added a little bit in my post above. Pretty much, anyone can read the discussions there, but if you want to post you have to create an account (quick and simple). To turn in the Bingo card, you need to have an account to log in and post. Anyone can play/fill in the Bingo squares, but seeing what others are reading is a lot of fun and pretty interesting. It can help spur ideas for some of those more challenging squares
Lisa (@TenaciousReader) recently posted…News – 2017 r/Fantasy Bingo Revealed
Ha, I’m glad I’m not the only clueless one 😀 but it does sound like fun. You thinking of joining, Tammy?
Evelina recently posted…Book haul #3 and March reading stats
Yeah maybe!
Tammy @ Books, Bones & Buffy recently posted…CHALK by Paul Cornell – Review
Fun! Every year I want to get in on this, maybe it’s finally time. And with SPFBO at least I know I won’t have trouble filling the Self-Pub square 🙂
Mogsy @ BiblioSanctum recently posted…Tough Traveling: Beginnings
Ha ha!! Yeah. That’s actually always a hard one for me. I think my challenges will be the non-fiction, new weird, self published, *maybe* steampunk and non-human protagonist
Lisa (@TenaciousReader) recently posted…News – 2017 r/Fantasy Bingo Revealed
Non-fiction fantasy related book? What would count for that? Bio on authors or something? Other than than I believe I could hit this without really trying; the joy of blogging and getting such a diverse range of submissions.
Nathan (@reviewbarn) recently posted…Tough Traveling- Beginnings
Pornonkitsch (and others) dropped off a bunch of them in the recommendations thread https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/62sfzd/rfantasy_bingo_recommendations_thread/dfourfn/
The only ones I could think of are about the Pyschology in certain series like The game of thrones: http://amzn.to/2oMWtpF
Lisa (@TenaciousReader) recently posted…News – 2017 r/Fantasy Bingo Revealed
It sounds fun! I’m not good at challenges but it’s fun
Melliane recently posted…Stacking the Shelves #221
yeah, this one at least lets you read a wide range, I find I can actually fill *most* of the squares without trying too hard. But then those other squares make me leave my comfort zone a little, which is always good.
Lisa (@TenaciousReader) recently posted…Stacking the Shelves – April 2, 2017
Oh man, this sounds like so much fun 🙂 except I don’t have Reddit :/ and have no time for actually making sense of a new social media xD but I guess I can join later when I have less stuff to do (when he’ll freezes over)? Hehe. I mean, you CAN join later, right?
Evelina recently posted…Book haul #3 and March reading stats