2025 book bingo: the rationale, the card

[dorinda]

I ran across a cool-looking post on tumblr, a bingo card for "2025 Book Bingo". And I thought that would be a fun way to help me shake up my reading choices this year...I always have some book or other on the go, but often when I don't know what I feel like reading next, I fall yet again into a re-re-re-re-read of some old favorite. (Nothing wrong with old favorites, of course, but sometimes I overdo and am not re-reading out of an active choice but purely because I feel stuck.)

I posted a little report on my first book for the bingo on tumblr the other day, but once I was ready today to post my second one, I found myself strangely hesitant. Not sure why, and I did eventually post it...but for some reason it feels too weird for me to post things like that over there.

Maybe it's because I almost always just use tumblr for 1) browsing pictures, and 2) reblogging other people's posts?? I initiate very few posts--iirc, probably mainly fic announcements. Hmm. I really don't know why, honestly, but there's something about a set of personal book reports that feels more Dreamwidthy for me.

In any case, that's how it feels, and who even knows how my brain works, so I figure I'll put them over here. (Maybe I'll crosspost them on tumblr? Maybe the practice will help me feel more comfortable with it?? Maybe???)

This is the card I'm working from:

Comments

[the_shoshanna]

I would be interested to hear how this goes and what books you pick! And as you know, I'm not on Tumblr...

[dorinda]

This is a win-win situation! \o/

[przed]

I think I'm going to snag that bingo card too. I've been paralyzed about picking a next read from my insanely overstuffed TBR shelf. This will at least give me a framework.

[dorinda]

That's great! I'm glad to be vicariously helpful, and look forward to cheering you on. I'm definitely finding it really useful already as an engine to gun me past the worst of my choice paralysis.

Also how did I not know you were on tumblr?? Thanks for tracking me down. :D

[przed]

Maybe it’ll help me writing a few reviews, too.

I also didn’t know you were on Tumblr, though you must have mentioned it. I’m afraid I’m still on my Stucky bullshit over there. Plus ça change and all that…

[dorinda]

Tumblr is a perfect place to still be on one's bullshit! :D

[sakana17]

Even though I look at Tumblr a lot, I still think of it as more for pictures and gifs and videos than for text posts. I almost never post anything there and if I do, it's just pictures.

I'm very interested to see how your book bingo goes!

[dorinda]

Yeah, somehow I am much more comfortable there with pictures/gifs/video. And I read other people's text posts, but feel awkward about my own. Different vibe, somehow.