#BookBingoNW2024
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Book Bingo NW 2024: LGBTQIA+ Poetry/Essays
Colleen Lindsay, Bookseller at Charlie’s Queer Books, offers suggestions to fill your “LGBQTIA+ Poetry/Essays” AND “Suggested by an Independent Bookseller” squares for Book Bingo NW 2024. Since we’re headed toward the last weeks of Book Bingo, I thought I’d share a few suggestions for a category that sometimes intimidates readers: queer poetry and essays. Don’t… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: In Translation
This summer, check out a book in translation! Translated works allow the reader to find new stories and perspectives, delving into another viewpoint or geography through language and story. To fill the In Translation square on your Seattle Public Library #BookBingoNW2024 board, check out the titles suggested below, or find 25 more on this list:… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: BIPOC Romance
This summer, dive into these romances starring Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) characters that may have you smiling or swooning in the sunshine (or rain). The Mis-arrangement of Sana Saeed by Noreen Mughees follows Hijabi Sana Saeed in her pursuit for ishq (a transcendent love that intertwines “mind, body, and soul”) in this second chance romance… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: Friendship
“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.” — Anaïs Nin In 2023, one of our more popular Book Bingo categories was “Read With a Friend.” We often hear how often friends tackle Book Bingo… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: One Big Book
It’s time to read that daunting book. The big one. The good news: it will fill up two squares on your Book Bingo. As a few suggestions for you, I’ve provided a smattering of different genres. Hopefully one of them will appeal. For even more suggestions check out our booklist Book Bingo NW 2024: One… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: Suggested by an Independent Bookseller, Third Place Books
Spencer Ruchti, Author Events Manager for Third Place Books, offers suggestions to fill your “Suggested by an Independent Bookseller” square – and more – for Book Bingo NW 2024. Of Cattle and Men by Ana Paula Maia, translated by Zoë Perry Of Cattle and Men lays bare the brutal labor of the slaughterhouse trade—a bit… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: Sky Creatures
Are you ready for dragons and birds and creatures that FLY? Check out these titles from the #BookBingoNW2024 Sky Creatures list! This was one of our top requested categories from staff and participants and we are thrilled to offer several suggestions. Spread your wings and try something new! Conversations With Birds by Priyanka Kumar –… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: Young Adult
As a former teen librarian, I firmly believe that young adult books can (and should!) be enjoyed by people of all ages. I was so excited to see Young Adult as a category on this year’s Book Bingo and am thrilled to share some of my recent favorites that I think will appeal to teen… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: Queer Joy
“We struggle and fight for our joy — an unreserved and unapologetic joy that springs from our ability to live as we are. It’s a joy worth fighting for and it’s this joy that links all of our struggles together.” — Lady Phyll Readers deserve all kinds of queer stories, but stories that center queer… Continue reading
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Book Bingo 2024: LGBTQIA+ Poetry and Essays
“…and when we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard nor welcomed but when we are silent we are still afraid” Excerpt from “A Litany for Survival” by lesbian poet and activist Audre Lorde Fiction is a powerful method for sharing the joys and struggles of the LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,… Continue reading
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Book Bingo NW 2024: Something that scares you
Most people think of October and its howling autumnal winds when they think of scary stories, but summer is actually the perfect time to cool off with some shivers up your spine. Whether it be reading about a summer camp slasher, books bound in human skin or a dystopian surveillance state, you are sure to… Continue reading
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#BookBingoNW2024 Starts Today
Ready, set, READ! Welcome to the tenth annual Book Bingo, Seattle’s finest reading challenge! Brought to you by Seattle Arts & Lectures and The Seattle Public Library, with support from The Seattle Public Library Foundation and Friends of The Seattle Public Library. Every year, local artists design our Book Bingo boards. This year we have… Continue reading