The 2019 Bingo Squares explained.

[keli]

If you have any questions regarding any square, or if a particular book will fit any square, please don't hesitate to ask either stellar_raven or myself (keli).

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Paranormal - Books containing any of the following: magic, space, time travel, aliens, ufos, parallel universes, ghosts, etc.
Mystery/Crime/Thriller/True Crime - Mysterious death or a crime

Comments

[stellar_raven]

Looks great! Thanks so much for posting this!

[keli]

No problem!

[aeris444]

Great! I have two questions, just to be sure ;-)

For the fairytale one, does that include myths and legends or not?

For the banned book, does the book needs to be banned actually? Or can it be a book that has been banned? (like 1984 was banned in USSR under Staline). Or a book actually banned somewhere else in the world?

[keli]

Stellar and I have talked about the myth and legends and at this time we are going to say that fairytales do not include them. Fairytales has its own genre and myth and legends fall under a different genre. If you have a hard time finding a fairytale or retelling of one, we can discuss further. :)

As for banned books, no they do not have to be currently banned. If they were banned at one point in time or banned by one group in particular they would count. Your example of 1984 is a perfect one.

Thanks for your great questions!

[aeris444]

Thank you for these clarifications!

No problems for the fairytales! I haven't really thought about that square yet but I just wanted to know in which direction I could go!

[spikedluv]

Question about the cookbook square. Should one read the details of every recipe before it counts, rather than reading the name of the recipe, looking at the picture, deciding you'd never make it and moving on?!! o_O

[keli]

That is an excellent question since this category is quite new to all of us. I am going to make a judgment call and say that as long as you skim all the recipes and get a good feel for the type of foods the book is trying to highlight that will be sufficient. For example, if the book is focused on vegan foods read enough of the recipes that you could actually convey to someone who isn’t vegan the type of the foods vegans eat. People write cookbooks to educate the public about food and as long as you learn something from them that will satisfy the square.

If anyone disagrees, please give me your arguments. :)

[justjo2u]

I think that's fair for this square. No need to thoroughly read every recipe, but skim them, read a few you might like to try. I am trying to do more cooking/baking so I might also make a couple of recipes and post photos!

[keli]

That would be a lot of fun if people posted recipes they tried. I am thinking I am going to do that too.

[justjo2u]

We have some really good ones this year! Exciting!

[keli]

Yes we do! I like the new additions!

[blackjackcat]

In general do children's books count? Or is there a page number expectation?

[keli]

Welcome!! If the children’s book fits in a category you can use it. However generally, we would like to discourage players from filling up their card with children's books that contain a few sentences a page. We have the children’s bingo square for that. YA books on the other hand are a different story though. They are usually the same size as most adult books and those you could essentially use to fill a card. I hope that answers your question. Thanks!

[blackjackcat]

Thanks for explaining. And sorry I meant children's as in children's chapter books, like Artemis Fowl. There are some new one's coming out this year and I am wondering if I can use them?

[keli]

Oh most definitely you can use those!! I’ve been wanting to read those myself. All those types of books are fair game. After a long day at work I love to come home to a good YA book. It’s relaxing.