BOOKISH BINGO 2024 EDITION!

[@colleensnyder8943]

🙋‍♀️This is a new quote to me, “the day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit.” I LOVE it!!!!

[@kristinr4928]

A fun suggestion is to read a book set in a place you want to travel to!

[@katheyy0078]

I love doing that! I read normal people in Dublin and the only part truly enjoyed was the setting haha

[@cameroncallahan8223]

I own 5 books all set in France/Paris 💀 I wanna go back so badddd

[@mademoiselleUK]

Here’s a bookish prompt: read an entire series this year OR read for 24 hours 😄 whichever you prefer ☺️

[@Momofdom]

Completing series seems to be the goal for 2024🎉

[@kriseaf]

Bingo square suggestion: Read a book with a main character named Jesse! Or: Read your longest TBR book. Read a novella. Read a new-to-you (sub-)genre. Also, for indie books, I recommend starting right here on KZbin. Searching for something like "best indie [genre] books 2023/4" will definitely get you some inspiration! The KU book selection has really exploded in all genres, so you'll definitely find something to your tastes.

[@naastyaaaaaaaaa]

Sooo... according to my very important data, you've said 'bookish bingo' 19 times. (Twice you said the words 'bookish' and 'bingo' separately, so I paired them up and counted each pair.) Now we all owe you 19 pages of reading.😌 Thank you, Jesse, for making us more productive readers!

[@timelord1040]

Make a playlist for a book you're reading would be fun.

[@coreasphodel29]

Story Graph's reading challenge lets you opt out of the whole "you're behind/ahead" which is soooo nice.

[@Kay-wp8xf]

As soon as you said nonfiction I had to comment! My favorite FAVORITE nonfiction author is Mary Roach! She writes INCREDIBLY niche books and it's all so well written. My first book by her I read was "Stiff" (what happens with human cadavers in science) and then "Spook" (the science if the afterlife). I believe her newest book is "Fuzz" (when animals break human laws, I haven't read it yet). They're not dark necessarily, but she's a GREAT author and I love her works. The Face maker by Lindsey Fitzharris is about plastic surgery during WWI. Therese O'Neil writes some really good books about the Victorian era, but those are more historical than anything else. It's still niche, but I enjoyed them! I also liked Christmas, A Biography by Judith Flanders, and it reviews the history of Western Christmas traditions. It was a great holiday read!

[@miafireheart7]

Hi Jesse!!!!! I took a break from BookTube while I was in college. I was too sad and overwhelmed when I watched any book content in general during those years because I love to read but I knew I wouldn't be able to read them. However, now that I am finished with school, I am back! You were one of the first BookTubers I have watched back in 2015/2016 (along with Kat, Sasha, Natasha, and Christine) and I must say, it is such a pleasure to be back! It is as if I am reuniting with an old and VERY good friend. I just finished watching your Reading Resolutions for 2024 and I loved it! It was a warm welcome that I didn't know that I needed 🥹 I loved your topics and your raw openness in that video - it was very heartwarming. Thank you Jesse, you are doing great! Oh and you have White book shelves!!!! I was about to say "BYEEEE SHOOOOOO" at your outro lol. I will remember for your next video to sing along with you for your outro. 🎵Byeeee YOOooooo🎵

[@butzichen]

agreed, I don't listen to a lot of audiobooks, but add a puzzle to it and it's such a calming experience, I love it

[@lauren5673]

A memoir I read this year that was not written by a celebrity was “Wild” by Cheryl Strayed and I would recommend that one

[@taceyraulerson1394]

Finish a series you’ve been putting off for a while. This is one of my personal goals this year.

[@tyghe_bright]

I made a bingo for myself and put it in Storygraph. Gamifying my reading really does help keep me going!| A few things I have on mine are: A book with a protagonist over 60, a book from a disabled author, a book with a rainbow on the cover, and a book set in my home town.

[@andreagann4807]

I think it would be fun to do a end of the month book review of your favorite book and least favorite and compare them.

[@NaureenKay]

For non-fiction you should try The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski, I think it's quite a unique and interesting book and gives a different perspective on the purpose of bookshelves and their relationship with the books that rest on them. It's not really a history on bookshelves more like an engineer's view on the design and ingenuity.

[@gabriellabatel]

Yay, I'm an indie author, so I hope you find an indie book you like!

[@Abigael317]

Maybe Jesse can find Indie books by this author!

[@JessPracticing]

Memoir rec: "Educated" by Tara Westover Essay recs: "The View from the Cheap Seats" by Neil Gaiman; "Zen in the Art of Writing" by Ray Bradbury Other nonfiction recs: "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson; "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

[@lillypotter6722]

One of my favourite book is called All the Bright Places. by Jenifer Niven. It’s so good !!! I read it in high school and I still go back to it. 🥰

[@xEmmaberryx]

I actually got back into reading during 2023 because of an indie book. It's called Grimms Puppets by Tom Prater and is a psychological thriller that has crimes in it inspired by the Grimm's Tales. It was so different to the genres I used to read that I just fell in love with it, and thrillers ever since.

[@ellyra412]

I have the same problem with books with an ugly cover and I found the solution : I get the ebook, I don't have to look at the ugly cover that way. And if I love the book, I will wait patiently for a reprint with a different cover that will hopefully come one day.

[@Bings89]

On weekends I tend to read a chapter in between my other activities, this way you don't get bogged down with a long stretch of reading, but can read 5-6 chapters a day.

[@OkayAnnaStasia]

I read the memoir "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Cheryl Strayed last year and it ended up being a 5 star read. It's about a woman who is feeling lost and decides to hike the Pacific Crest Trail by herself, and even though it is a memoir, it reads very much like a novel. It is empowering, emotional, and captivating, I highly recommend it if you're looking for a solid memoir!

[@deetee8100]

I enjoyed this one, too. Have you read “Grandma Gatewood’s Walk?” It’s about a woman in her 60s who hiked the Appalachian Trail. Very good.

[@OkayAnnaStasia]

@@deetee8100 I haven't, I'll have to check it out! thanks for the rec!

[@zoelaird3354]

Memoir Recs: "All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me" by Patrick Bringley - really thought provoking and not really what i thought it would be, but overall a good read "My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business" by Dick Van Dyke - I know celebrity, but he had a pretty interesting life outside of films that i personally didn't know about "One Bead at a Time" by Beverly Little Thunder, and Sharron Proulx-Turner - Very difficult book about one woman's very difficult life, pulls no punches Niche Non-Fiction Recs: "The Library Book" by Susan Orlean - it's about the fire in the Los Angeles Library alternating with the history of the Los Angeles Library "The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick" by Mallory O'Meara - mostly a biography about the woman who created the Monster from the Black Lagoon monster, but also a little bit of a memoir about the author's process of writing the book

[@bumblemee5661]

i just started reading a memoir called "all the young men", which tells the story of a woman named ruth who started taking care of aids patients in the 80s when nobody else would do it. i'm only 80 pages in, but it's really good so far. as of now i'd recommend. (also really sad though, but sad books are common on this channel, i guess)

[@shawnieadams1319]

Read a book from your physical TBR with the prettiest cover. 😍

[@tonichantelle9661]

read a book you wouldnt normally pick, or read a book that is on your tbr that you never pick up

[@artbyamyk1000]

Good luck with your bookish bingo Jesse! My only real goal this year is to work on reading my physical tbr. I also started a reading journal I would like to keep up with. I also wanted to makes some bookmarks for books I'm reading this year. I do a lot of illustration so I'm hoping to make some cool illustrated bookmarks this year! Happy Reading! :D

[@livslibrary]

I have 2 of those book nooks I still need to put together too. Hopefully audiobooks will help! 😅

[@rynfrogley7239]

I HAVE THE BOOK NOOK YOU SHOWED IN THE VIDEO!!!! It was a lot of fun and I think you'll really enjoy it.

[@kathrynsmith1829]

Why not read a classic as the last space in the bingo?

[@fionaknas1711]

For an indie book, I highly recommend Lost Stars (Wicked Academia series) by Jasmine Jenkins and Sophie Suliman! It's a new adult series about these triplets that find out they have magic powers and go to a school in the sky. Gave me major Howl's Moving Castle vibes 😊

[@chezzer2323]

Caitlin Doughty's books are so good !!! Smoke Gets in your Eyes is so interesting.

[@AllDaGoodUsernamesWereTaken]

YES I CANT WAIT FOR THE BOOK REVIEWS ITS WHAT MADE ME START WATCHING YEARS AGO

[@sailinglin584]

Memoir: Braking Traile by Arlene Blum! She was one of the first women to do glacier climbing and study on MIT. The climbing pictures are also fantastic

[@francescakyanda9182]

I reorganized my books last weekend and I really love the layout now, I even have a separate TBR bookshelf, it's a lot of work but you'll love looking at everything once it's nice and neat!

[@AnnaWindrich]

If you are looking for more recommendations from the comments I can recommend „The ten thousand doors of January“ by Alix E. Harrow. The vibes reminded me of „Miss Peregrines home for peculiar children“. It has found family, magical worlds, a dog, great character growth and the writing is extremely beautiful.

[@millieb3823]

Yes I loved this book so much!

[@touche5616]

Agreed. I liked this one more than the Starting House; which just became a Beauty and the Beast retelling.

[@Alyssofhearts13]

This is my favourite book!

[@abigailbabcock7843]

I am also trying to read more nonfiction memoirs this year! I started off strong with Eat a Peach by David Chang, who is a very well-known chef in the New York and LA restaurant scene. It was a super easy read, and I definitely recommend for anyone trying to read more memoirs like me!

[@Silverware-vk1pg]

BINGO Suggestions Slot: 1. read a book with a main character that has the same name as you! 2. read a Light Novel, Manga, Published Webtoon or Manhwa 3. Make your very own outline of a book that you were disappointed in because it had so much potential, or write out a scene. (Who knows this could be a start to something Amazing) 😊

[@elizatash]

When the "Dead" Rose in Britain: Premature Burial and the Misdiagnosis of Death During the Enlightenment by Nicole Salmone - Very niche topic. Great book written by a friend of mine from high school.

[@kello.jello9]

i also have two book nook kits to do and they’re so intimidating! as far as for bingo spaces, two of my fave goals for this year are to read at least 5 new (to me) authors & re-read a book i loved as a kid/teen but haven’t read since

[@WickedWestBooks]

Last year, I read The Unseen Body by Jonathan Reisman, MD. It was a fun way to look at how the body functions, but it was also thorough is describing bodily functions...

[@MayaMad33]

I super recommend “all the living and the dead” by Hayley Campbell. It also about the different industries of death people work on. My favorite chapter was on cryogenics.

[@gosh_darn_odin]

One of my fav nonfiction books is “smoke gets in your eyes” by Caitlin Doughty. She’s a mortician and KZbinr and the book is about her experience working in a funeral home as a crematory operator.

[@twistedlinguistic7347]

Two enjoyable non-celebrity memoirs are "That Went Well" by Terrell Harris Dougan and "Bringing Home the Birkin" by Michael Tonello

[@Elizabethb619]

Super excited to see what you read for the choose your own adventure books (you should 100% do that video if you can get to it this year)! Also "resheveled" killed me 😂

[@AzzaYCF]

I like this book bingo idea - may try it, too! Also, a book which features a main character of an animal that I recently read is Tomorrow by Damian Dibben. It’s a historical fiction/mystery about a centuries old dog who tries to find his master who goes missing. It was a unique book and I really enjoyed it. Learned a lot of new words, too!

[@eddtheevirgo5679]

I’ve only gotten into booktube within the past few months and you’re the first person whose content isn’t simply just entertainment. (Not sure if this next part makes sense) You feel like an actual person trying to have open discussion about something you’re genuinely passionate about.

[@DreamAmongStars]

A couple interesting memoirs I've read not by celebrities: The Honey Bus by Meredith May, The Way Through the Woods: On Mushrooms and Mourning by Long Litt Woon, and Rough Magic: Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race by Laura Prior-Palmer Also, if you would like some nonfiction about niche topics, I recommend episode 226 of the Reading Glasses Podcast -- Microhistories and Girly Drinks!

[@purplexzombie3371]

Nonfiction recs: Stiff by Mary Roach, The Library Book by Susan Orlean, Robin (biography of Robin Williams. I really recommend the audiobook) by Dave Itzkoff, When Women Ruled the World by Kara C ooney, The Monster's Bones by David K Randall

[@AsuraSantosha]

Memoir Rec: Cheryl Strayed's Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

[@kryssygrzybowski723]

I can’t wait for your book review videos!! I watch some of your old ones as I make my way through the shadowhunter chronicles. I definitely think you should do Fourth Wing now that the hype has died down a bit. And Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. I would love to see how you summarize that book and all the emotions you go through!

[@juliar2416]

One non-fiction that is super specific - maybe a bit too much even - is Salt, a world history. It's a chunky book about salt and how it moved from being the most precious thing in the world to something that is sold so cheap everywhere. Just found your channel and subscribed. I also made a bookish bingo for 2024 and we have a few similar squares.

[@farbeneath6581]

I love this idea and I want to do it myself! If I could make a request, I get migraines that are triggered by flashing/flickering lights and patterns. The effect in the video at 0:05 could trigger my migraines. Thanks for considering this!

[@oewins53666]

I am SO INTRIGUED by the book from the year you were born in challenge. That was on the Read Harder by Book Riot challenge list in 2022 (I think?) (specified as: a book that won an award that year, if I recall correctly) and maybe I just picked poorly, but I went with what won the Booker that year and ... absolutely hated it, haven't finished it to this day :D Here's hoping your journey goes better, I'll be watching out for that video :D

[@anna-katehowell9852]

Love seeing more guys on BookTube!

[@kaylacook1522]

Two memoir recommendations: 1) At Home In Japan by Rebecca Otowa is the memoir of an American-Australian woman who marries a Japanese man and moves into his family's traditional home. It's a great look at her life as she adjusts to the culture. 2) The Buddha In The Attic by Julia Otsuka is a literary fiction/collective memoir about the women who were mail-order-brides from Japan and their experiences once they reached the US. Trigger warnings with this book.

[@sophieismyname]

you said you want to read a book recommended in the comments: I love the short story collection biss montage. it's absurd and I love it.

[@CathysEnchantedReads]

I also made one to hit more of my book goals ^^ Looking forward to how you do by the end of the year!

[@k49821]

I always struggled with nonfiction but I read one last year that I loved and thought- oh maybe I just need to read the niche ones 😆 It was The Golden Thread by Kassia St Clair. Covers textiles and history and weaving and fabric in short interesting digestible chapters and it was so random but I was hooked.

[@eden.elizabeth]

a fun idea would maybe be to a read a book each month that is set during that specific month! like a book set in august read in august!

[@dorothyfinley639]

jesse have you ever read the book the sunbearer trials it’s so so so good it’s like hunger games meets percy jackson with like aztec and mayan mythology and it’s queer and trans and the sequel comes out this year it is absolutely phenomenal

[@gabriellabatel]

Me too with the Goodreads goal!

[@theonlyredwolf]

I recommend Alan Cummings' autobio, "Not My Father's Son" It was interesting and a bit plot-twisty. His time on the show, "Who Do You Think You Are?" is mentioned and you may be able to see it on KZbin.

[@Writer9]

BINGO space suggestion ideas: have a pet pick a book for you (I did this with one of my guinea pigs last year: I had two or three options laid out and read whatever book they walked over to), or blind pick a book (same idea as above, but close your eyes and pick one instead) Book recommendations: The Haunting of Sunshine Girl trilogy by Paige McKenzie, The Second Life of Ava Rivers by Faith Gardner, Lies Like Wildfire by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

[@effervescent6979]

I have an autobiography recommendation for you that also covers a more niche topic for a nonfiction book. It's called "Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio" and it's by Peg Kehret. It's written with a younger audience in mind, which I think makes it more enjoyable and easier to read! It's one of my favorite books of all time and I think about it constantly.

[@Abigael317]

Interesting (auto)biography/memoir: Chris Hadfield (the Canadian astronaut). Indie books: ask your library, they might have books by local indie authors.

[@awitchesway]

Some non-fiction recs: A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury Cultish by Amanda Montell How to survive History by Cody Cassidy Blood, Sweat and Pixels by Jason Schreier The Royal Art of Poison by Eleanor Herman The Natural History of Unicorns by Chris Lavers

[@OUTSPOKENWALLFLOWER4444]

You should read On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous. It will give you all the feels!

[@AbbeyMcLeod]

I have some book recommendations for you, Jesse! Non-Fiction: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions From Tiny Mortals About Death - by Caitlin Doughty Chasing the Sun: How the Science of Sunlight Shapes Our Bodies and Minds - by Linda Geddes Memoir: Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise - by Ruth Reichl (all about a restaurant critic for the NYT that went undercover to get an accurate feel of big restaurants, that otherwise would have changed behaviour knowing a critic was there) Hope you pick one up and enjoy!

[@SerenaRosetail]

I only have two goals this year. Read at least 50 books this year. And read some childhood favorites as an adult because I was also born in 1992. I started doing that towards the end of last year and really did enjoy the ones I read. As for memoir recs, I recommend Under The Same Sky by Joseph Kim and Without You There Is No Us by Suki Kim!

[@tunesmelodia]

One of my favorite nonfictions last year was Moonwalking with Einstein.

[@livslibrary]

PLEASE finish Study in Drowning! 😍😍😍

[@grinselamm]

I highly recommend The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers. It's whimsical, full of books, loveable characters and a ton of adventures ;).

[@briannasummers2819]

Selfpub books I always recommend: To Bind Fire by DE Carlson, Chasing the Darkness by Cassie Shanzes, Every Dark Shadow by Sarah Zimm. I also suggest The Wolf of the North by Duncan M. Hamilton.

[@ida574]

Do a "slow read". 1 chapter a day (Preferably books with shorter chapters). I did it last year and it was brilliant. Really got to properly process what was happening and got to know the characters in a different way than when you read a book quickly.

[@butzichen]

Love seeing prompts that I might have inspired🥰

[@ElizziebethBooks]

I was trying to think of something for the last spot but couldn't come up with anything 😭You have such good goals already on there, good luck with them!

[@paperbackenthusiast]

Soooo excited to follow you on this journey and inspired to join

[@lexchamp]

Action Park: Fast Times, Wild Rides, and the Untold Story of America's Most Dangerous Amusement Park about Action Park and Death's Acre about the body farm are two really interesting nonfiction books I've read! Death's Acre is really niche and kinda morbid, it's about a farm where they study the decomposition of bodies, but it's so interesting!

[@TheWordN3rd]

Okay, so for Indie books, I'm relatively knew to the genre, but I have to recommend Small Miracles by Olivie Blake. It's short, it's sweet, it's a silly bucket of sunshine wrapped in a potential apocalypse. Also, some BookTubers that help me find indie recs are currently Cassidy over on Covers with Cassidy and my friend Brianna over at Four Paws and a Book They're both involved in the Self-Published Fantasy Blog Off (SPFBO) which is how I found Small Miracles.

[@Sapphire123.07]

I've got some great book recommendations. 'the hunt', 'the prey', and 'the trap' by Andrew Fukuda. It's a vampire trilogy where vampires are normal and humans are outsiders. I don't know how to explain it without giving things away but trust me it is definitely worth the read! I think it's definitely underrated. If you do read it I'd love to hear your thoughts on them.

[@jamesvanderbilt201]

i just got back into reading and collecting books 2 years ago so I guess that gives me at least 5 more years to buy books based on their cover.

[@mackenziebrynnrap]

Bro this is the kinda sh!t I've been needing to do to gameify writing! (and also possibly probably IRL life too lol XD) so thanks for the inspo dude and I can't wait to see which BINGOs you make this year! (and in different patterns, too. IDK if you've ever played BINGO by making an M on the board or filling out the whole thing, but those are !!! too!)

[@cwreads]

1992: The first goosebumps book was published in the USA. That is really all I could come up with. I was reading VC Andrews in 1992 so I don't remember what books were good that year LOL

[@monika6313]

For the last bingo field I thought about something fun like 'read a book that made you laugh uncontrollably' or '... That made you cry/be emotional ' 😉

[@CallMeSketchie]

New bookstore recommendation if you’re ever in the west coast this year. Vroman’s book store in socal!! My fav indie bookstore

[@patriciapegueros7092]

for non-fiction/memoirs: you should try reading educated by tara westover and another is i am malala both books very inspirational

[@nicolethebumblebee]

Bitten and The Women With a Worm in her Head, both by Pamela Nagami, are great nonfiction books. And thank you for showing the squirrel main character book! I’ve been feeding the squirrels in my backyard and getting a little obsessed with finding books with squirrels in them 😅

[@fizzybb]

A memoir recommendation is Night by Elie Wiesel

[@imperatrice211]

I'd recommend The Lies of Locke Lamora if you haven't read it yet, it's got a found family, great writing and characters, and a heist quality, I read it last year and loved it 😍

[@acommonclare2987]

Omg! We love a canva king! (Please drop the name of the template you used bc it's so classy👀 I want to bingo along too!) I love your library goals! I work at a library so I guess I am technically a librarian. I just finished reading Everyone in this room will someday be dead because of your recommendation and it was so unique and really made me contemplate my thought process/inner dialogue. I also like Masters of Death more than I expected! I think it's worth finishing. A book that I read recently and I think you might enjoy is The Maid by Nina Prose. It was a fun mystery but mostly I liked the main character who is different than others I'm her own unique way. The setting is a fancy hotel which was also fun and it was a quick read in my opinion😊

[@brittanyfrancis5058]

Lol I dropped a book today...twice in a row🤣 guess I should try this bingo board!

[@loganneedslessons]

Book suggestions: Nonfiction, kinda morbid: the royal art of poison, by Eleanor Herman Memoir, by non celebrity, whose perspective is very unique: Furiously Happy, by Jenny Lawson(but really any of her memoirs are great! That one is just my fave)

[@origamiislife4826]

Please read Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune!! It's such an awesome book (plus it's about death as a bonus)

[@PiratePandaX]

I have a non-fiction recommendation! It's called 'The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science' by Sam Kean. Yes this is a bid morbit, but it shows multiple grey aspects of the evolution of medical science in the older days. Most of these researchs are not accepted in the modern day, but it's the only type of of research that is available to this day! For example, hypotherma in humans, this was a full blown experiment, not just some cases doctors were going through. They made people go into hypotherma only for them to die as the doctors did not know how to treat them at that point in time. This was a most facinating read going through centuries of research, but I'm a little bit biaced since I do like medical science and the morbity of it. This book reads very well, it's not dull or lectures text, it's actualy mostly told in more of a story-like format. Hope you will like it too if you decide to pick it up!

[@Eandaediting]

Have you read Stiff by Mary Roach? It's a nonfiction about the journey of cadavers. I think it's about medical cadavers specifically.

[@BrebearMckae]

I love that you're continuing this :P

[@oliviacornwellauthor]

Ooh, indie books! Those are my jam! (as an indie author and reader of indie 😂) I hope you find some good ones! The Windward King by K.T. Ivanrest is fantabulous if you need recs 🔥

[@Echo_Of_Artists]

Oooohhh I got an idea for the last slot! Maybe as an extra challenge it could be going to a book store and only buying 1 book or even none! This would definitely be a challenge for me!😂🤣 also try to read it within a month! I’m even worse at that! 🤪

[@BrandontheBeldam2993]

Jesse if you're looking for a Really Great middle grade novel, I would recommend Dust by Dusti Bowling. Its about this middle school girl named Avalyn who has severe Asthma and the way she tackles her issues is she is a competitive speller. The book deals with issues like Bullying and one scene in particular involving a child is quite shocking to read, but it is Absolutely worth a read!