Have you been attempting our Summer Reading BINGO this year? We wanted to provide some suggestions to all our readers out there, in case you aren’t sure which books to fill your squares with. Ready for some awesome line making titles?
Read a Banned Book
There are tons of books that have been banned or challenged, and numbers are actually trending upwards lately. It is important to shine light on these titles and defend freedom of information. Here are some titles that have been targeted recently.
Maus by Art Spiegelman
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Looking For Alaska by John Green
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Read a Recipe and Make It
For inspiration, just check out our cookbooks! But if you are looking for books that include recipes with their stories, here are a few choices.
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
The Recipe Box by Viola Shipman
Batter Royale by Leisl Adams
Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen series
From Scratch by Tembi Locke
Laura Childs’ Tea Shop Mysteries
Read a Book That Has Been Turned Into a Movie
Directors have been taking inspiration from books since time immemorial, or at least since movies began. The first full length feature film produced in the United States was an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s novel Les Misérables. Here are some books that inspired recent or upcoming movies, but there are lots more to choose from for this prompt (even the aforementioned Les Mis).
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret by Judy Blume
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Read a Book With a Colour In the Title
Below are an interesting variety of awesome books with colours in the title, but if you’d like more to choose from try searching a colour using the title filter in our catalogue (or check some of the other suggestion lists in this article, there are a few colours hiding in them).
Red Metal by Mark Greaney
The Woman With the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff
Purple Cane Road by James Lee Burke
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
The Last Green Valley by Mark T. Sullivan
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Read the First Book In a Series
Below are the starting titles in an assortment of series that staff have enjoyed and think you might too. But if you are looking for something different, try a series you have on your TBR or start a favourite series over from the beginning. There are lots of choices out there.
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Naked in Death by J.D. Robb
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen
Easy to Find In the Catalogue
For the following squares, instead of short lists we are sending you straight to the catalogue. We apply the filters and subjects so you can just browse the results. Check out the options for the listed prompts using the links below! There is something for everyone!
- Read a Non-Fiction Book
- Read a Book Published in 2023
- Read a Book By an Indigenous Author (also indicated while browsing in person by a medicine wheel sticker)
- Read a Book by a Canadian Author (also indicated while browsing in person by a red maple leaf sticker)
- Read a Memoir or Biography
You’re On Your Own
Some of these prompts staff can assist with if you provide a bit of info but a general list wouldn’t work well here, we need to know more about you! Share what you picked in the comments and remember, we are always here to help as needed.
- Read a Book by a Favourite Author
- Read a Book Someone In Your House Has Already Read (If you live alone, pick a friend or family member)
- Read An Author You’ve Never Tried Before
- Read a Book That’s Been On Your To-Be-Read
- Read a Book In a Location You’d Like To Visit
- Read a Book Recommended by a Friend
- Read a Book Borrowed from WLPL
BINGO Cards are available at all WLPL branches. Completed cards must be submitted by August 26th.
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July 28, 2023 at 12:26 pm
It’s a shame there isn’t more non-fiction around in the espionage genre. After all, real spy thrillers can be just as fast and furious as Mark Greaney’s Gray Man and the Burner. However, they don’t have to be as placid as John le Carré’s novels and shrouded in delicate diction and sophisticated syntax.
So, if you are looking for a real life action packed unadulterated MI6 thriller do try Beyond Enkription, the first of TheBurlingtonFiles series to be published.
It’s set in 1974 and is a fact based stand-alone spy thriller about an accountant (who then worked in Coopers & Lybrand) who unwittingly started working for MI6 by infiltrating an international organised crime gang. Just like the Gray Man he is chased around the world by the bad guys.
The difference between this and the Mark Greaney stuff is that Beyond Enkription is as real as you can get. It’s full of real life characters based on real life scoundrels in MI6 (Pemberton’s People) and was written for espionage cognoscenti – do look up a News Article dated 31 October 2022 on TheBurlingtonFiles website.
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