Anne & Kristilyn’s 2014 Book Bingo Reading Challenge

 You Can go check out the challenge here, and here are the rules

1. Be awesome. If you’re not, this isn’t going to work.
2. The challenge runs from January 1 to December 31, 2014.
3. If you want to participate, you can join in any time of the year! Feel free to write up a blog post with the rules linking back to my and Anne’s blog in your sign-up post. You can add your post to the Linky at the end of this post!
4. If you read one book for the “1 book” in any category, you can’t change it later on when you read another book to “2 books.” Once a square is crossed off, it’s crossed off for good! (Feel free to print off the scoreboard to keep track!)
5. Books read for one square are for that square ONLY and cannot be counted towards another category. This is all about reading ALL THE BOOKS.
6. The FREE SQUARES are a little different this year — now you can use those squares to read ANY book you like of any genre! Woo!
7. You can start your board over again, but ONLY if you receive the stamp of awesome by completing a blackout. The “winners” of the challenge will be the ones who achieve the most winning combinations by the end of 2014.
8. You can feel free to post your reading list for each category, though it’s not a requirement.
9. Having a blog or writing reviews for books read is not required. So long as you want to have fun, you can participate!
10. Every 3 months I will post an update here and all participants can link to their own updates. An update post will go up April 1st, July 1st, October 1st, and December 31st.
11. This isn’t a race, but don’t be afraid to rub your reads in the other player’s face. This will be seen as encouragement. Feel free to use the hashtag #BookBingo2014 on Twitter!

While you can definitely “win” by the boring ol’ vertical or horizontal (or diagonal!) lines, the best ways to win are as follows:

Like it says in the guidelines, the ONLY way to start a new board is to become the SUPER READER! The goal is to read ALL THE BOOKS! To be a winner (thus, to become the awesomest reader around), you’ll want to accomplish as many wins as possible!

TBR Pile
One Book ~ Crossed by Ally Condie
Two Books ~ Home Improvement Undead Edition
Three Books ~ Strange Brew
Four Books ~ An Apple for Creature
Five Books ~ My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding

Mix It Up
Non Fiction ~ Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself by Alan Alda
Classic ~ Atonement by Ian McEwan
Reread ~ Persuasion by Jane Austen
Free Square ~  The Giver by Lois Lowry
Contemporary ~ Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts

Series
One Book ~ Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
Two Books ~ Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis
Three Books ~ The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis
Four Books ~ The Last Battle by C. S. Lewis
Five Books ~ Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire

Genres
Fantasy ~ The Last Unicorn
Free Square ~ Reached
Historical Fiction ~ The Book Thief
Mystery ~ Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Romance ~ The Red Sun Rises

New Releases
One Book ~ Uganda Be Kidding Me
Two Books ~ The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel Volume 2
Three Books ~ Forgotten Girl: Season One - Episode 1 (Steampunk OZ)
Four Books ~
Five Books ~