BingoDog planning thread

It's that time again, time to get your ideas in for squares to go on the Bingo card. The middle square is always "Read a CAT" so we're after 24 squares.

We have tended not to use squares from the last 2 years, these are posted in the next comment, for reference. I'll use this thread to collate ideas, then whittle the list to ensure there's a mixture of themes: cover, title, author, content for the final 25.

I suggest that we have maybe 3 weeks for discussion, then we'll hopefully have the final list ready for the cards to be designed and the marker magic to happen in December. I have a manic week 13th to 17th, so I'll not be doing anything decisive before the weekend of 18th/19th November.

Ideas list:
Written by an author 65 or older
By an LT author
From a Hugo or Nebula Award Winner
Something written by a person of color
Book by an Indigenous Author
Author shares a name with you or someone you know.
A book by an author of a different socioeconomic status than yourself
A book by an author whose last name starts with the same letter as your LT user name

Reread a favorite book
A book from your wishlist/a book bullet
Fewer than 100 copies on LT
In a Legacy Library
A book from one of the libraries listed under the "Similar libraries" featured on your LT profile page
*Something you wouldn't usually read - used in 2023
Something from the bottom of your to-read list
A current bestseller (especially one you wouldn't normally pick up)
A book about a topic you've never heard of before
A book about a topic about which you have specific knowledge or expertise

Published in 1924
*A book published the year you were born - too personal
First published in the 2020s.
First published in a year ending in 4.

A graphic novel / Graphic Novel or Comic Book
A short story collection / Short-Story Collection or Anthology
not your normal novel
A book of poetry
A play
Epistolary or diary
Told in 2. person
*Something Self-published - not inclusive
*Book originally written in another language than your own / a novel in translation- used in 2022

A book with a one word title.
Title contains a colour
Title contains a person's name
Title contains a day of the week
Title contains "aunt" or "uncle"
The words "Big" or "Little" in the title
Title contains "Library" or "Thing"
*Title contains a number - used in 2023
Title starts with "the", "a" or "an".
A three-word title.
A book with the name of a month in the title
Title with leather
A title or a cover containing a fruit
A book with a cat or dog on the cover
A book with nothing on the cover but the title and author
A book with an ugly cover

A book about sports
A book about a historical event or a fictionalized account of it.
A small business
Relocation
Friendship
Set in the city
*Set in the country - used in 2023
Not set on Earth
A book featuring dragons
Involves warriors or mercenaries
A book about design or fashion
twins
A book set in the future / Something in a future or Dystopian World
The making of …
A puzzle or quest
A Book set in a country you’ve been to
A book set in a place you want to visit
Something that takes place in multiple countries
A book set in the past
A book featuring water
Features senior citizens
Holiday Themed (Halloween, Christmas, Day of the Dead, Kwanza, et. al.)
The book of the worst movie you've ever watched
Something themed around food or cooking
Something that makes you cry
Features a paper based item in the plot
A book with a cat
A book about exploring

A mystery
Historical Fiction book

For reference:
2023 Bingo squares
1 A bestseller from 20 years ago
2 A book about a topic you don’t usually read
3 A book rated above 4 on LT
4 A book that taught you something
5 A memoir
6 A popular author’s first book
7 Art or Craft related
8 Author who shares your zodiac sign
9 book by a local/regional author where you live/have lived
10 Book is set on a plane, train or ship
11 Features a cat (cats) or member of the cat family (leopard, lion, tiger, etc.)
12 Inn or Hotel.
13 Involves an accident
14 Journalist or journalism
15 More than 1000 (or some other number) copies on LT.
16 Music or musician
17 Read a CAT
18 Small town or rural setting
19 STEM topic
20 Switched or stolen identities
21 The next book in a series you started
22 Title contains a number or quantity
23 With a book on the cover
24 With a plant in the title or on the cover
25 Written by an author under 30

2022 Bingo squares
1. An Award Winning book
2. Published in a year ending 2
3. A modern retelling of an older story
4. A book you'd love to see as a movie (maybe starring your favourite actor)
5. A book that features a dog
6. The title contains the letter Z
7. Published the year you joined LT
8. A book by a favourite author
9. A long book (long for you)
10. A book you received as a gift
11. The title contains a month
12. A weather word in the title
13. Read a CAT
14. Contains travel or a journey
15. A book about sisters or brothers
16. A book club read (real or online)
17. A book with flowers on the cover
18. A book in translation
19. A work of non-fiction
20. A book where a character shares a name of a friend
21. A book set in a capital city
22. A children's or YA book
23. A book set in a country other than the one you live
24. A book by an LGBTQ+ author
25. A book with silver or gold on the cover

Reread a favorite book!

A book with a one word title.
A book about a historical event or a fictionalized account of it.

Title contains a colour
Title contains a person's name
A book from your wishlist/a book bullet

A graphic novel
Title contains a day of the week
A short story collection
A book of poetry
A play
A book about sports
Title contains "aunt" or "uncle"

The words "Big" or "Little" in the title

Published in 1924
Written by an author 65 or older

A small business
Relocation
Friendship

A book published the year you were born
Title contains "Library" or "Thing"

Fewer than 100 copies on LT
Title contains a number
Set in the city
Set in the country
Not set on Earth

Excellent, ideas to here captured.
I've grouped them so that you can see the "title contains" suggestions together, for example.

Keep them coming!

I generally find the ‘published in xx’ really difficult, so would prefer to avoid these. Did notice I wasn’t the only one from this years BingoDog thread (several discussions on the ‘bestseller from 20 years ago’).

My suggestions:
Paper
A title or a cover containing a fruit
Epistolary or diary
Told in 2. person
twins
A book set in the future
The making of …
A puzzle or quest
A Book set in a country you’ve been to
A book set in a place you want to visit
A favorite
A book set in the past
A book featuring water

ETA:
A book featuring dragons
Involves warriors or mercenaries
A book about design or fashion

>13 amberwitch: Agree, I have trouble filling a square that is published in a particular year.

Suggestion:
Features senior citizens
In a Legacy Library
By an LT author
A mystery

>14 LadyoftheLodge: “Legacy Library”

I’m not familiar with this phrase. What does it mean?

>15 KeithChaffee: LT contains Legacy Library listings for people, authors for example. You can see a catalog of the books Hemingway had in his own library, for example. There is a direct link all the way at the bottom of this page. Try it!

Plenty of suggestions already! Don't need any from me, but I'd like to follow along. :-)

The good thing about the BingoDOG is that it sends your reading off in directions you wouldn't normally go. I don't usually read SFF but have discovered some great books in that genre. However, "dragons" is very specific. I just couldn't!

>18 pamelad: I'm with you. I do read some fantasy and science fiction but dragons are a step too far for me!

>18 pamelad:, 19 Many of us, maybe most, fill in the squares from our own shelves. For those folks, I think a broader topic is the best.

From a Hugo or Nebula Award Winner
Something Self-published
Title with leather (since this is the 3rd anniversary of Bingo)
Short-Story Collection or Anthology
Holiday Themed (Halloween, Christmas, Day of the Dead, Kwanza, et. al.)
Something you wouldn't usually read
Something from the bottom of your to-read list
Book originally written in another language than your own
Graphic Novel or Comic Book
Historical Fiction book
Something in a future or Dystopian World
Book by an Indigenous Author
Something that takes place in multiple countries
Something published in your birth year
The book of the worst movie you've ever watched
Something that makes you cry
Something themed around food or cooking
Something written by a person of color

Captured to here. And saved this time (doh!)
I've started grouping those that are very similar.

Queries:
>13 amberwitch: what do you mean by paper?

>21 Xtrangeloop: I'm not sure I'd ever want to read a book of the worst movie I've ever watched, this is supposed to be enjoyable!
We've done this more than 3 years. >:-) I have a list of squares going back to 2018.

>13 amberwitch:/>14 LadyoftheLodge: The best seller from 20 years ago has proven rather more problematic. In previous years the square has been phrased "published in a year ending 24", meaning that you've got a range of options (2024, 1924, 1824 etc etc etc)

Only one "on the cover" suggestion so far.

>22 Helenliz: I was thinking a book involving paper in some way - like money, origami, newspaper, a library…

>22 Helenliz: Oh! What anniversary are you on? Each anniversary has a "theme". If this is the sixth, then Iron is the theme.

WRT the worst movie-book, I've found that often times the books are much better and sometimes completely unlike the movie, so you might find a hidden gem!

Goodness, how long have we been doing this? Looking back through old groups, it seems the first BingoDog card was in 2015. So Bingo is 9 years onl in 2024.

>24 Xtrangeloop: I can see that. Maybe if we modify to book of the movie it might be more encompassing.

>23 amberwitch: OK, see where you are coming from.

Self-published books would be a challenge for those of us who rely on our local libraries to get our books. They don’t get reviewed as widely, and they’re less likely to be available from the major library vendors, so they’re less likely to be purchased by most public libraries.

As for “worst” anything, that’s not a word I’d look forward to seeing on a bingo card in any context. The idea, it seems to me, is to provide a fun bit of encouragement for people to think outside their usual reading boxes, and “worst” anything isn’t very encouraging.

>26 KeithChaffee: Agree with both point.

The intention is that the Bingo card is to create some challenge but allow everyone the chance to complete their Bingo cards. Restricting genres, languages, formats, etc. will make it impossible for some participants to complete the card.

I never read fantasy, science fiction, comic books, graphic novels, or languages other than English so these would be blanks for me (e.g. Hugo or Nebula award winner).

To my recollection, "the year you were born" is rejected often because it is personal information. It's often been changed slightly so that in 2023 we had "an author with the same zodiac sign".

Yes, some squares are more difficult to fill than others, but should still be possible for everyone.

>26 KeithChaffee: Self published. I would agree, that can be difficult to source. For me as well.
>26 KeithChaffee: The word "worst": I can understand that perspective. I'd suggest a rephrasing if any of the current candidates using that went on the Bingo card.

>28 VivienneR: the other language does say "originally written in a language other than your own. No requirement to read in a foreign language, a book translated into the language of your choice would fit. It's certainly a square we have used before.

>28 VivienneR: Hugo/nebula awards winners. I tend to avoid selecting genre specific squares for that reason. we've used "award winners" before with no specific award mentioned.

>28 VivienneR:, Comics/graphic novels. I've put these with the other suggestions relating to format. We may end up with one, or we could go with "read a book in a non-traditional format" which might cover poetry, plays, graphic novels etc. In think most genres have short story collections, so that one would be broadly applicable.

>28 VivienneR: Year of birth. It gets suggested regularly, but agree that we tend not to use it.

Ideas still welcome, or potential modifications to makes those suggested more broadly applicable, if people feel some are a bit narrow, difficult or overly specific.

>28 VivienneR: I also do not read the genres you list (unless absolutely necessary) although I don't mind reading translated books but translated titles was in the 2022 BingoDOG.

Several years ago I think that year you were born was changed has birthday near yours (did not need to be same year?). However, I agree about not needing to reveal personal information.

>28 VivienneR: I agree, except for "Book originally written in another language than your own" because I read a lot of them. However, in 2022 we had "book in translation", which is the same.

For science fiction there are classics, like 1984 and Brave New World, but they probably pre-date the awards mentioned.

Squares depending on content are often difficult, because you don't always know in advance e.g. twins, and there might not be many books to choose from.

It took me such a long time to write this post (I left it to do something else) that >29 Helenliz: and >30 sallylou61: covered most of it.

>29 Helenliz: "read a book in a non-traditional format" which might cover poetry, plays, graphic novels etc.

None of those are "non-traditional" formats. Poetry and plays predate the novel, and the graphic novel is nearly 200 years old.

Author shares a name with you or someone you know.
Title starts with "the", "a" or "an".
A three-word title.

A cursory scan of my shelves reveals no books with fruit on the cover or leather (This reminds me of last year's toy diversion. Best not to go there.) in the title.

A book with a cat or dog on the cover
A book with nothing on the cover but the title and author

First published in the 2020s.
First published in a year ending in 4.

>32 KeithChaffee: Feel free to suggest some alternative wording.

>33 pamelad:, >34 lowelibrary:, >35 pamelad: Captured in the list.

>30 sallylou61: &>31 pamelad: Translations. good point, I'll note that in the list.

I have yet to be able to get a bingo card full. There are always squares I can't fill - mostly beacuse of genres I don't read, or things like graphic novels or poetry or memoirs etc.

And really, that's okay. Just sayin'.

>29 Helenliz: Thanks for the explanations, Helen. I trust you wholeheartedly to choose the prompts. I'm having a really bad day (month, actually, I hope not the plural) and get easily ticked off. :)

And my thanks to others who commented too.

>38 VivienneR: I understand, we have all had those.Hang in there, you are among friends. But I agree with the point that the card should be possible for any participants to complete. It's supposed to be fun, not work or stress.

ETA with a question. What are some books that are told in second person (which would be "you")? First person would be "I" and third person would be narrator.

>1 Helenliz: Hi Helenliz,

Thank you very much for taking on this "challenge" of arriving at a BindoDOG card.

Looking at the list of suggestions in >1 Helenliz:, in my opinion a number of them are duplicates/near duplicates from this year's BingoDOG.

Something you wouldn't usually read = topic you don't usually read
Title contains a number -- Title contains a number or quantity
Set in the country -- Small town or rural setting

What does makes you cry mean -- wouldn't you possibly need to read a number of books to find one that makes you cry -- also some people cry much more easily than others do

>40 sallylou61: I don’t want to read a book that makes me cry!

ETA If I want to cry I can read the news.

>38 VivienneR: "But I agree with the point that the card should be possible for any participants to complete. It's supposed to be fun, not work or stress."

Maybe it's just a difference in philosophy. For me, part of the fun is that I will probably wind up reading two or three books that I might otherwise never have picked up, and I don't find that stressful in the least. This group is the Category CHALLENGE, after all, and if you're just going to wind up reading 25 books you were already going to read, where's the challenge? What's the point?

To be sure, I wouldn't want an entire bingo card filled with "17th-century Qatari LGBTQ+ memoir," but if there are a few boxes that push me outside my usual boundaries, that's a good and interesting thing. Maybe I'll be bored by where they push me; maybe I'll be thrilled. Either way, I'll have learned something.

>39 LadyoftheLodge: "What are some books that are told in second person (which would be "you")?"

Jay McInerny's Bright Lights, Big City would be an example. It opens "You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning." Italo Calvino's If On a Winter's Night a Traveler is largely in second person.

>42 KeithChaffee: VivienneR said “some challenge”. >28 VivienneR:

I agree - some, but not so much that it’s a trial.

>42 KeithChaffee: The challenging part for me is when I have to go searching at the library for a book to fit a square when I don't already have one among my hundreds of books. I think that's the fun - and inspiring - side to Bingo. Same goes for all the KITs and CATs.

Regarding "if you're just going to wind up reading 25 books you were already going to read, where's the challenge? What's the point?" I just had a look at my Bingo card this year and 13 were books that were not on my shelves or reading plan, and that I probably wouldn't have picked up otherwise. There's the challenge.

>40 sallylou61: thanks for pointing those out. Noted in >1 Helenliz:

>40 sallylou61:, >41 pamelad: I get that entirely. I also know that it's not a square you know can be filled in advance of reading it.

>38 VivienneR: Thanks. >:-) Hoping your day/week/month all get better.

The problem with how far out of your comfort zone does the card push you is that we all have different comfort zones in the first place. What may look easy to some can be something that another would simply never read. There are ways that an individual could make their own card more of a challenge to themselves. I have, in the past, filled mine just using women writers, for instance.

I'm in the difficult position of trying to please all of the people, which I know to be impossible. It's just a question of how many of you I'm going to piss off to some degree >;-)

>45 Helenliz: I doubt you will upset anyone here with any of the choices you make:)

I really appreciate the effort of putting together and hosting this challenge, and the reading company and inspiration throughout the year.

This is a very nice way of expanding my reading, and way of seeing my reading in another light, but not anything that can piss me of - some squares I get a lot of reading done for, some none at all.

A book with a cat
A book about exploring
A book about a topic you've never heard of before
A book about a topic about which you have specific knowledge or expertise
A book by an author of a different socioeconomic status than yourself
A current bestseller (especially one you wouldn't normally pick up)

>47 kkelley13: Question: How would one know the socioeconomic status of the author/writer?

>48 LadyoftheLodge: A lot of writers share a fair amount about their personal lives or much is known. This would definitely require a little bit of research and may not be available for everyone, but should be attainable for many.

>36 Helenliz: “Feel free to suggest some alternative wording.”

My preference would be not to lump those formats together. Pick one or two of them to use as squares, and then you don’t need to find any awkward blanket term.

And as others have said, thanks for taking on the organizing job. We may grouse and grumble on the way, but I’m sure we’ll all be happy with the results.

>1 Helenliz: As always, thanks for setting this up. We have lots of suggestions this time around.

Looking forward to seeing what we end up with (as always).

>32 KeithChaffee: Suggested wording: not your normal novel

Thanks, Helen. You can't please us all, but thanks for trying!

>42 KeithChaffee: Great examples! 2. person narratives are kind of hard to find (probably because they are also difficult to write well), so maybe not good for this kind of challenge.

Having just read Tranquility by Tuesday, I think it would also be possible to include the kind of self-help books where the author talk to the reader as 'you', although that is not what I understand by 2. person in general:-)

>47 kkelley13: Caught those as well. The book you have expertise or specialist knowledge is a good counter tho this year's squares "Read a topic you don't usually read" and "Read a book that taught you something".

>53 pamelad: That's a good option, thanks.

A book with the name of a month in the title
A book from one of the libraries listed under the "Similar libraries" featured on your LT profile page
A book by an author whose last name starts with the same letter as your LT user name

>56 MissWatson: captured those.

>56 MissWatson: great ideas - I like using LT features to inform our choices in a non-restricting way. Like the suggestion about legacy libraries.

>56 MissWatson: Excellent ideas! I agree that it is good when we can use the LT features. Thank you!

>56 MissWatson: Excellent ideas!

>58 amberwitch: >59 LadyoftheLodge: >60 VivienneR: I'm glad you like it. I'm always reminded by the treasure hunts that there are still so many unexplored corners on LT.

>61 MissWatson: That is the same for me! I always appreciate the Talk threads for the treasure hunts, since I would never solve some of the clues without help.

You guys are off to a roaring start! Despite the ample number of suggestions, I have a few...

A book with an ugly cover

A novel in translation

A collection of short stories

>63 RidgewayGirl: Added these.

>25 Helenliz: Then, I would rework my suggestion to say a book that involves pottery. Pottery is the traditional 9th anniversary gift.

>29 Helenliz: Isn't part of the purpose to gently encourage people out of what they traditionally gravitate towards? In that case, having some genre specific options or some non-traditional mediums or any number of the other suggestions would be a really great way to accomplish that goal. Besides, when you step outside of your comfort zone, you might just discover your new favorite thing (book, genre, type).

>31 pamelad: I disagree that a book in translation is strictly the same thing. The point was to read a book from another cultural source than your own, hence the wording of "originally written in another language than your own". If it's simply something that's in translation, that can be almost any book and definitely can be a book that is definitely originally written in your language but that just happens to be popular enough to be translated.

>32 KeithChaffee: Fair, perhaps the wording was not great, but the point was to venture out from just a "normal book" and introduce some other options into the card.

>45 Helenliz: Oh, that's a really cool self-challenge and a great idea!

>45 Helenliz: You've ran this for years. I'm sure that whatever card you come up with will be fantastic and fun! People will get out of it the same energy they put in. I wouldn't stress.

>56 MissWatson: The similar libraries is a great way to encourage people to use LT too. That's very creative. I know I learned a lot about LT from the halloween treasure hunt; and I'm sure there's much more to learn!

>63 RidgewayGirl: I really enjoyed the "ugly cover" suggestion. I bet it will be a lot of fun and it reminds me of the saying, don't judge a book by its cover. :)

I'll aim to cull the list to a perfect 24 this weekend. Any more thoughts or comment to make, get them in. >:-)

>67 Xtrangeloop: Ahh, OK. More a book written in a different cultural tradition rather than one purely in translation. That does make a different spin on it.

List has been culled. 24 topics selected and sent off to Christina for cards making.

I've taken on board some of the difficult to access comments, discounted anything that would appear to duplicate the CATs that have been selected and then just gone with a selection that I hope gives some balance & variety. Thank you for all the suggestions & comments.

2024 BingoDog card:
1. A book with an ugly cover
2. Something that takes place in multiple countries
3. Set in the city
4. Involves warriors or mercenaries
5. Epistolary or diary format
6. Title contains a person's name
7. Written by an author 65 or older
8. A book with nothing on the cover but the title and author
9. Features a paper based item in the plot
10. Reread a favorite book
11. Something themed around food or cooking
12. A book with fewer than 100 copies on LT
13. Read a CAT
14. A book featuring water
15. A book written in another cultural tradition
16. The words "Big" or "Little" in the title
17. A book featuring twins
18. A short story collection / Anthology
19. Read a current/recent bestseller
20. A book about a topic about which you have specific knowledge or expertise
21. A book about Friendship
22. First published in a year ending in 24
23. A book from one of the libraries listed under the "Similar libraries" featured on your LT profile page
24. Something written by a person of colour
25. A three-word title.

>73 Helenliz: Thanks for all the hard work!

>73 Helenliz: This looks great! Just to clarify, it looks like 12 and 17 are very similar. Was that an oversight or do I not understand how those are different?

Thanks for taking this on, Helenliz. I see some hard ones for me, but I'm off to see what I can find.

>76 kkelley13:. It's taken me 3 goes to get this right. You are right, they are the same and shouldn't be. 17 now changed.

>73 Helenliz: This card has some tough ones! Thanks for taking this on and giving us another year of a group favorite!

>73 Helenliz: Thanks for your time, as I went through the list several titles I've wanted to read came to mind!

>78 Helenliz: This looks like it's giong to be so fun! Thanks for all your hard work!

For item #24 "three-word title", can we ignore "a Novel" after the three words or is that really part of the title?

>87 dudes22: That's one of those "up to you" moments. I would use or ignore the subtitle as it suited me. >:-)

That took a lot of work! Thank you for doing that.

Thanks Helen.

Good, this looks challenging! Thanks for taking this on, Helen. Great work!

>73 Helenliz: Thank you so much for organising this. I love BingoDOG!

Adding my thanks to Helenliz for all her hard work! I now have the final list of squares, but I may not be able to design the cards right away because I'll be traveling over the (US) Thanksgiving holiday. Still, I hope to get them done and over to LShelby soon!

This looks like it will be a lot of fun! Thanks, Helen!

I love the Bingo Dog and add my thanks to Helen, Christina and L Shelby for putting this together for us every year!

Thanks all. Hope there's a mixture in there for everyone to enjoy and challenge.
If someone can set up up a page in the 2024 wiki, I'll populate the squares there too.

At a first glance I thought that this Bingo was a bit more challenging than in previous years, but upon a closer look I saw that I have something on my shelf for every square. Now I just need to read all of those books ;-)

Thank you to everyone involved in making BingoDOG happen! It is one of my favourite parts of the Category Challenge!

>97 MissBrangwen: It looks more challenging to me, too, but I haven't yet investigated what's on my tbr.

>96 Helenliz: I've had a go at setting up a wiki page using the 2023 Wiki as a guide. https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2024_BingoDOG

It's a start! Please let me know if you want changes e.g, there seem to be excessive numbers in the Contents. Would anyone would like to fix that?

I've put a number for each square, but I don't think you need them. Perhaps use them as place-holders for now and delete them when you add the square descriptions.

Here are the Bingo cards for 2024.
The card images (that's where the real work is) were provided by christina_reads -- Thank you!

The magic codes are:

<img src="http://www.lshelby.com/Utilities/Bingo/bingocardC.php?type=CAT2024-1&color=black&markers=9-13-20-5-24-6">


<img src="http://www.lshelby.com/Utilities/Bingo/bingocardC.php?type=CAT2024-2&color=fuchsia&markers=2-13-19-7-22-15">


<img src="http://www.lshelby.com/Utilities/Bingo/bingocardC.php?type=CAT2024-3&color=orange&markers=5-8-17-15-21-1">


Don't forget that you can change the color of the markers to any of the following:
aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, orange, purple, red, silver, teal, white, and yellow

If you haven't used my cards before, instructions on how they work can be found at:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/180134#4971850

If there's any technical problems, drop me a note on my profile.

And, as always, have fun playing BINGO! :)

>100 LShelby: Thank you for once again making your marker magic!

Ohh! They are amazing. Picking the card is going to be a challenge!

Wonderful! Thanks so much to all of you!

Thanks so much!

These are gorgeous - thanks so much to Helenliz, Christina and L. Shelby. We all look forward to playing Bingo with our reading!!

Oh that third one is especially gorgeous! Great work, everyone!
(despite having massively failed at bingo this year, I am sorely tempted to try again next year...)

>102 Helenliz: I was about to comment the same! Hard to choose! They are beautiful!

Thank you Helenliz, Christina and LShelby. I'm looking forward to the 2024 BingoDOG.

They are all lovely, it's difficult to choose one. Thank you Helenliz, Christina and LShelby for your excellent work.

These cards are lovely! Thank you so much, Helenliz, Christina and LShelby!

Thank you Helenliz, Christina and LShelby, these look great!

Which card? What colour should I make my markers? So many decisions!
Thank you once again for the wonderful cards - so clever!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

>73 Helenliz: Great work!

May I ask what a CAT is?

>100 LShelby: These cards are super cool and easy to use! Thank you.

>114 Xtrangeloop: Cats are the main categories and are chosen each year. For 2024 the cats are: History Cat, PrizeCat, and CalendarCat

>116 markon: Ahhh Thank you so much!

https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/2024_BingoDOG Set up to match the pink card.

>117 Xtrangeloop: You can see the CATS on the 2024 Challenge page, they are all listed with their threads.

>118 pamelad: Thank you for doing that.

>120 Helenliz: No worries!

I kicked off the first BingoDog Discussion thread for the year.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/355935

Pop in to report your successes and discuss those squares that are proving less obvious!

Thank you!!! I have 3 squares so far. : )

Two I have failed to report:

My Name is Barbra by Barbara Streisand for title with a name in it. Long, almost 1000 pages but very interesting and well written.

Murder Most Royal by SJ Bennett for three word titile. A fun light series where Queen Elizabeth directs investigations into crimes while staying in the background. It's always funny when law inforcement comes to give the Queen an update on the investigation when she knows more than they do.

Two I have failed to report:

My Name is Barbra by Barbara Streisand for title with a name in it. Long, almost 1000 pages, but very interesting and well written.

Murder Most Royal by SJ Bennett for three word title. A fun light series where Queen Elizabeth directs investigations into crimes while staying in the background. It's always funny when detectives come to give the Queen an update on the investigation when she knows more than they do.

Total of 6 squares filled, I think I can get 2 more filled in the next few days.