I have bingos threatening to break out all over the place, but so far I remain in suspense. I’ve finished books for Black Cat, Cozy Mystery, Free Square, Country House, and Darkest London this week and today I’m going to start on my Gothic square with Mary Roberts Rinehart’s The Red Lamp.
Calls made so far that are on my card:
*Note: I’ve removed Psych in favour of Romantic Suspense, as it’s the square I flipped, and American Horror Story has been transfigured into Spellbound
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How it works:
If I read a square that hasn’t been called yet, a ghost of stickers-yet-to-come will appear; once the square has been called, the sticker will become fully corporeal. (Alas, this only works in regular browsers, but I’m in too deep to try to do something different now.) As the squares get ticked off, a fully formed image will appear. Previously, I posted the finished image, but this year I’m going to leave it a mystery.
Below is the table that will summarise the books I’ve read for each square, and note if I took advantage of one of the Spell Pack cards, and which one. Book Titles link to my review of the book here.
| Bingo Square | Date Called | Book Title | Date Read | |
| Row #1 | ||||
| Gothic | Sept. 23 | |||
| Genre: Suspense | ||||
| Ghost Stories | The Sun Down Motel | Sept. 13 | ||
| X | Dark Academia | Sept. 24 | Murder 101 | Sept. 2 |
| Southern Gothic | Sept. 15 | |||
| Row #2 | ||||
| Darkest London | Capital Crimes: London Mysteries | Oct. 6 | ||
| Black Cat | Murders and Metaphors | Oct. 8 | ||
| X | Cozy Mystery | Oct. 9 | The Falcon Always Wings Twice | Oct. 3 |
| X | Genre: Mystery | Sept. 3 | Quick Study | Sept. 5 |
| X | International Women of Mystery | Sept. 7 | The Betel Nut Tree Mystery | Sept. 10 |
| Row #3 | ||||
| Grave or Graveyard | Sept. 14 | |||
| X | Deadlands | Sept. 29 | Staked | Sept. 29 |
| X | FREE SPACE | n/a | The Leper of St. Giles | Oct. 9 |
| X | In the Dark, Dark Woods | Sept. 13 | Imaginary Numbers | Sept. 12 |
| X | Psych / Romantic Suspense | Sept. 6 | Turquoise Mask | Oct. 2 |
| Row #4 | ||||
| American Horror Story/Spellbound | Ink & Sigil | Sept. 17 | ||
| X | A Grimm Tale | Oct. 7 | Burn Bright | Sept. 27 |
| It was a Dark and Stormy Night | Murder by Death | Oct. 6 | ||
| X | Monsters | Sept. 18 | Half-off Ragnorok | Sept. 25 |
| Trick or Treat | Sept. 16 | |||
| Row #5 | ||||
| X | Country House Mystery | Oct. 5 | Murder at the Manor | Oct. 8 |
| X | 13 | Sept. 1 | The Thirteen Problems | Sept. 6 |
| X | Locked Room Mystery | Oct. 6 | Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries | Oct. 4 |
| Halloween | Sympathy for the Devil | Oct. 4 | ||
| X | Murder Most Foul | Sept. 5 | Extracurricular Activities | Sept. 3 |
The Spell Pack cards are below – I’ve used a border in the same color as the card to mark the squares where I’ve used one.
Cards used:
Bingo Flip: Lillelara has agreed to trade my Psych square for her Romantic Suspense square.
Transfiguration Spell: Used to transform American Horror Story into Spellbound