My 2022 Book Bingo Masterpost

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Sci-fi or Fantasy - The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer
Graphic Novel - Star Trek/X-Men by Scott Lobdell
Crime or Mystery - The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
Author You've Not Read Before - Airframe by Michael Crichton
POC Author - Batman: Nightwalker by Marie Lu

Audio or E-book - The Iron Warrior Returns by Michelle Willingham
Non-Western Setting - **Wild Card** The Widow of Conard County by Rachel Lee **Wild Card**
Translated Book - **Substitution** Number in the Title - Two Wrongs by Mel McGrath **Substitution**
LBGTQ - Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell
Seasonal Read - Dancing in the Dark by Mary Higgins Clark

Crime or Mystery - The Professional by Robert B. Parker
Recommended - His Secret Illuminations by Scarlett Gale 
Free Space - The Lies We Tell by Meg Carter
Book that is part of a series - A Marvelous Light by Freya Marske
Published in 2022 - A Cruel and Faded Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

YA or Children's - Superman: Dawnbreaker by Matt De La Pena
Non-Fiction - The History of the World in Fifty Dogs by Mackenzi Lee
Over 300 Pages - Killing Time by Della Van Hise
Set in your Country or State - A Dark and Hallow Star by Ashley Shuttleworth
Horror or Paranormal- Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Title is at least five words long - Wonder Woman Agent of Peace Vol 1: Global Guardian by Amanda Conner
Collection or Anthology - **Substitution** Diverse reads - A Blanket of Butterflies by Richard Van Camp **Substitution**
Fairy Tale and Fairy Tale Retelling - More Than Enough by Elizabeth Wambhein
Classic or published before 1985 - **Wild Card** Stranger Things and Dungeons and Dragons by Jody Houser **Wild Card**
Place in the Title - Ocean of Secrets, Volume 1 by Sophie Chan

Comments

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TFW I could rec like... half of these solely with Seanan McGuire/Mira Grant titles because I am that readerly fan LOLOL. But I will try to avoid that. For the Horror/Paranormal Rec, definitely ROLLING IN THE DEEP by Mira Grant (which is a novella) followed by INTO THE DROWNING DEEP which is the full length novel sequel. Diverse cast with a fun format including things like transcripts from podcasts/episodes of mockumentaries from the Imagine Network and excepts from academic papers or lectures and that kind of thing, and the big draw - a fairly scientific take on deep sea murderous mermaids. Definitely horror and literally everyone dies in the novella (not a spoiler - the book's description tells you all hands are lost - the horror is about how it happened and then the sequel is family/friends/other scientists heading out to discover the truth for themselves), but so SO good!

For Fairy Tale retelling: BLANCA & ROJA by Anna-Marie McLemore is a fantastic queer Latinx YA retelling/mashup of both Snow White & Rose Red and Swan Lake. Basically anything by McLemore is fantastic, though I always need like an entire box of tissues after LOLOL

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Thank you for the recs! I have actually had someone rec me ROLLING IN THE DEEP before, so two recs means it definitely has to go on the TBR.

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Passing through with a few recs that can fill some squares :D

HERE THE WHOLE TIME by Vitor Martins - It's a LGBTQ+ YA novel translated from Brazilian Portuguese to English and it's super cute. It's about a boy who has to live with his crush for 15 days during summer break.

LET ME HEAR A RHYME by Tiffany D. Jackson - Another YA novel about three teenagers who end up turning their dead friend into a rap star by pretending he is still alive. There are lyrics for each rap single and they're amazing. Warning for gun violence.

A HISTORY OF WILD PLACES by Shea Ernshaw - Mystery/Thriller novel about two people who go missing at different times, but in the same place. It also deals with cults. The writing is pretty unsettling at times which fits the story really well.

JADE CITY by Fonda Lee - Book 1 in a (Urban) Fantasy trilogy that is complete and really is like the Godfatheras as the synopsis claims. There's a lot of intergenerational shenanigans in the form of betrayal and scheming and murder. It's also set in an Asian-inspired world and the plot development is excellent when it comes to consequences and payouts.

[kingstoken]

Thank you for all the book recs! I heard good things about Jade City so I really need to put that on my TBR, all the other ones sound interesting as well.