End of 2024 Book Bingo & Start of 2025 ✨New Reading Prompts Ahead!

[@wandering-reader]

Book Bingo Idea: Finish a series you started in the last 2 years

[@VeraFran]

Jesse, here's how you can accomplish the read a chapter a day without feeling frustrated: pick a short story collection. You can read a story a day and read another book at your normal pace.

[@kristinr4928]

Bingo Idea: Read a book you never thought you'd read (or actually get around to reading)!

[@august7421]

book bingo idea- read a book that you watched the movie/show adaptation first

[@sternentalerswald]

If you really struggle with the one chapter a day prompt, maybe you can find an advent calender book for december since those are meant to be read this way.

[@AbbeyMcLeod]

For the food title prompt - would highly recommend Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth Reichl, and eat anything with garlic as the main flavor (so many options!). The book is about her time as the NYT food critic and how she went undercover to do her reviews, to avoid getting 'special treatment'. Really great book.

[@laceyharder]

Book Bingo Idea: Read a book written by an author from the Southern Hemisphere.

[@bluesey-182]

can't remember if you've read the murderbot diaries before but it's a novella series and it's soooo good. and it's also scifi! 2 bingo squares in one. a book with food in the title is "i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki". haven't read it myself but it's popular at my bookstore

[@christhesquirrel9432]

About 14:43 Books with Food in the title: -Fake Dates & Mooncakes: It's a short romance and super sweet -The books by Lauren Gilmore have most often pastry or something in the title, are on the cosy romance side -Does "A Tempest of Tea" by Hafsah Faizal count for this? -Charlie and The Chocolate Facotry by Roald Dahl -You Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne There are possibly many more but that's really just all I can think of from the top of my head c:

[@mahwish_m]

I thought the dates meant the fruit date, and then when I saw romance, I realized it meant "date" 😂

[@christhesquirrel9432]

@@mahwish_myeah 🙈😂 don’t worry. It would fit that book too

[@graciepeanutpi7537]

I can’t remember if you’ve read it already or not, but for the food prompt- I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

[@SilentHillDA]

Book Bingo Idea: read and choose a nonfiction book about something you’re passionate about or a hobby you love. Example: i’m an avid gamer, read about a studio I love and the development of that game. I really love owls, maybe I should learn more about them. Let me look up nonfiction books.

[@rupps13]

For sci-fi, would recommend Murderbot Dairies. The audio books narrated by Kevin R Free are chef’s kiss! Plus most are just 3-4 hours long.

[@Cherry29011]

Before the coffee gets cold us a good Japanese light novel and birthday girl by Haruki Murakami, this book is just 100 pages and so good.

[@caitlyn.m.t9618]

I actually have a possible tip for the read a book slowly ( a chapter a day) one. I read multiple books at once. It has gotten a little out of hand, just quietly, and I don't usually set bookish goals but one of mine this year is to bring down my current reads number. A t the moment it is 19 or 20 books, I do not recall. Anyways, one thing that happens when you read this many books is that some remain stagnant for a time, and some you tear through at a quick pace. And sometimes, you are not making much progress in any of them. So, now finally getting to the tip for that prompt, I have one book in the rotation that I read one chapter from everyday. So at very least I am making steady pace in at least one book I am reading. That was my reread of Ruin And Rising, but now it is Wolfish which is a nonfiction. I have recently started it up again, and I am very happy that I have.

[@kristinr4928]

I remember reading The Mediator by Meg Cabot as a kid and enjoying it. Just found out there is a "hot ghost" named Jesse after looking it up again 👀🤣

[@theapenning8944]

Jesse have you read Braiding Sweetgrass already? If not I think it's a great book to read a chapter from everyday!

[@AndreaClark-i5g]

book bingo idea: if you manage to get the four outer corners, have a boba book break.

[@Ikataja]

For the food in the title prompt, I recommend Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. It's magical realism, delightfully deep and humorous at the same time. As for the last prompt: Read a fanfiction of a book you gave five stars to. Seeing a story we really like through another reader's eyes can open new perspectives for ourselves

[@HannahReadsFiction]

Please read Ascendance of a Bookworm! It’s about a girl who gets reincarnated into a medieval world and she tries to make all the books. 📚 it’s a light novel, manga and an anime. There’s a bunch of side stories with POV.

[@MaggieMaeReadsBooks]

The Book Nook models are so fun! My current hobby. I have done two this year hahah

[@SerenaRosetail]

For Light Novels, I would recommend Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation. It technically has a lot of Chinese mythology, but I still recommend it. And for the you choose, maybe finish a manga series that you started?

[@atiny_em3ra1ddrag0n]

I don't normally do Bingo but maybe I'll do it this year! Looking forward to your completed book nook model in the Discord! EDIT: I am doing a bingo and one of the squares I am doing is to try to read a book I have previously put on hold or soft-DNFed. I put way too many books on hold because I lose interest at the time.

[@hannahhaasen7284]

I find non-fiction books are really good to read slowly, a chapter a day style. It helps me absorb the information without overwhelming my brain with too much information at once.

[@melanieyputo]

For the chapter a day one, maybe try to find a book that has big ass chapters lol, maybe that'll make it easier.

[@PageswithPaige]

Benjamin Stevenson has Everyone This Christmas Has A Secret and it’s designed to be read like an advent calendar so a chapter a day - might help for your challenge leading up to Christmas 😊

[@corinnahogan4927]

The Glass Castle and Educated are great places to start with memoirs!

[@SarahHulse314]

Books and bingo are literally 2 of my FAVORITE things!!!!

[@jessicaholt7292]

I've followed your channel since 2016 and I have made your channel the first I have become a member of! Thank you for always making such relaxing and interesting content.

[@jessethereader]

aw!! thank you so much for joining. 🥺

[@charlielikestoread]

I make bookish bingo for me and my friends every year, it's very fun! I've not read it yet but how about eating an orange when you read priory of the orange tree (I can't remember if you've read this but I'm 90% certain you'd have looked at the size of it and noped out!) Just picked up a Monsoon Rising and when the book is naked it's mint green (coincidence?) 😂

[@pauieeepau]

If there is an anime you like, they might have light novel spinoffs or sidestories. Some anime or manga were based on light novels. Demon Slayer has 3. Naruto has some based around specific characters. I'm not super familiar with the longer-series light novels though. Good luck~

[@VicandWes]

You’ve inspired me to create a book bingo for 2025 ❤

[@briandalucia6262]

My husband was inspired by yours so now we made our own! I’m excited to see how many we can get done in the year!

[@astoldbykat]

New viewer, so not sure if you've read them or not, but for the sci-fi spot you could try the "Murderbot Diaries" series by Martha Wells. I'm not a sci-fi fan, but these are mostly novellas, and the main character is so relatable. The stories are also a little slow at first, but build up to some great action scenes. The themes are good, too.

[@sh_bookworm]

I love the end of year/ beginning of year bookish videos, Ive been looking forward to them since october lol

[@jessethereader]

Haha! They're always a good time. I love reflecting & also looking forward to what's to come.

[@linkookie4723]

We need a video of you putting the covers back to their books! Sounds like a great video!

[@DejiRodriguez]

For Japanese Light Novels I would recommend 86, either anime and light novel are really awesome. Character development and topics like guilt survivor, war, racism are well covered in a kind of dystopianish light. About the multiple POV books, if you don't mind a trilogy, The Liveship Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb is amazing!

[@hannahhaasen7284]

For the food prompt, there is a cozy fantasy "Can't Spell Treason without Tea" that is just a fun cozy good time. I also really enjoyed the YA fantasy book called "Dragonfruit".

[@caspiansvensson]

A good book to read one chapter a day is a non-fiction book. Like Braiding sweetgrass where every chapter is its own story. You don't have to read that one in particular, but that style of chapter setup.

[@pamelakibildis1177]

Great Video Jesse Have a Great Weekend Happy Reading 📖😊

[@atelierhimee]

This video inspired me to make my own book bingo! My favorite Japanese light novel is Hirano and Kaguira, which I very highly recommend! It's part of the Sasaki and Miyano universe, but honestly you could easily read and enjoy it even if you're not familiar with the manga or anime.

[@shuwei9420]

Death by Bubble Tea is a cozy murder mystery 👀

[@eht367]

One of my favourite mystery books is "Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie" by Alan Bradley --- so if you like pie at all, that's an option! If you don't like pie, it's one to avoid for your bingo prompt 😂

[@atiny_em3ra1ddrag0n]

I love when food/desserts are incorporated into a story 😻 adding this to my list.

[@Shelf_Improvement]

Who doesn't like pie?!

[@drewsambitiousreading2752]

Jesse, I love the thought of a bingo board! Good luck with all of ur reading goals, hopefully you can complete them!!(:

[@coreasphodel29]

This is so fun and clever, Jesse!

[@outi3852]

For some reason the first book that popped in my head when you mentioned the food thing was Bookshops and bonedust. I really enjoyed it, but I don't think it would be good for that challenge 😂

[@brittanyallemanayers3447]

I often read non-fiction books just 1 chapter a day. I can't do it with fiction though 😂

[@Shelf_Improvement]

I need to do this. I want to read more nonfiction but it's hard.

[@AwkwardBookworm]

I had my first ever boba yesterday and now I am obsessed 🥹

[@frannook]

Food in the title: FAKE DATES AND MOONCAKES by Sher Lee! It is *so so* good! And mooncakes are delicious :3

[@destinystone379]

"My Life as a Potato" is one of my favorite middle grade novels. It's so funny and sweet.

[@neriah0728]

I’m in love with the villainess was an amazing light novel! I read the first two of the series!

[@Shelf_Improvement]

Love this video and this concept!

[@lagkage9120]

A light novel recommendation: Ascendance of a bookworm. It's just cute and funny, and ya know we love bookworms ^^

[@BuntinCozymysterylover]

I had totally forgotten about the 2024 book bingo until I saw the notification of this video!🙊 I am afraid to check mine 🙈lol

[@twistedlinguistic7347]

Mint green is my favorite color, too!

[@SasMuffin427]

a book with food in the title that i'd think you'd love is a memoir called i want to die but i want to eat tteokbokki

[@BooksandaHat]

Heya ^^ For the sci-fi books, I highly recommend 'The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet' by Becky Chambers. It truly felt to me like no other sci-fi books I had ever read (and gave me some very distant Firefly vibes ^^)

[@WickedWestBooks]

I got a book nook for christmas and I'm totally working on it while watching your video. Also for multiple POV books I recommend A Plague of Giants by Kevin Hearne.

[@McKennaLeu]

Oh oh! It's middle grade I think but I loved "Pie" by Sarah Weeks. If I remember correctly it also has recipes for some pies in there as well

[@andshereads]

Dude McKay's is my favorite book store. I'm going in 2 weeks. It's an hour and a half away from me so I have to plan ahead.

[@Angeleyes672006]

I got a book Nook for Christmas and am so intimidated. Lol

[@daniellewearshats581]

Did you go to McKay's for the 50th anniversary event?? That was indeed a chaotic day if so! I love the McKay's that I've been to, but it can be a lot if you're not expecting it

[@Dolly_the_Witch]

Keep up the great work! You did great in 2024! Your investment in your work and videos has been amazing! Thank you so much Jesse!

[@spiritofthefaerie]

If salt counts as a food, then I recommend The House of Salt and Sorrows. I have a few other food books I've read but they were all rated 3 stars or lower.

[@thorholf6405]

You could try "The Given Garden" by S. K. Munt for your "Less than 500 ratings"-challenge. It is a bit weird and could have done with more editing but it is truly a great series (and the blurb doesn't do it justice).

[@vwolfuart]

A recommendation for the book for chapter a day. Read an advent book! I read one around Christmas and it was amazing. I read "How Winston came home for Christmas". It's children's book. I am pretty sure the first chapter starts on November 30th, bur I still managed to read one chapter a day before bed. They were short chapters so I recommend 👍 (p.s. if you decide to read it just so you know that's the second book. The first book is called "How Winston delivered Christmas", but the "chapter-a-day" reading is still the same)

[@maya.the.reader]

for the read a chapter a day, you could do a nonfiction, cause they tend to be denser

[@linamekawatches214]

The book I read to check off my "less than x goodreads ratings" was My Mind is Not Yours by Eliot D. Esparza, which was a surprise fave of the year! Also, I'm a librarian, so you can take that as an official recommendation 😉 And! As a light novel fan, you should read The Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation by MXTX, its the BEST!

[@ArvindSisodiya-zm6dg]

so i was talking to a few friends the other day and they all mentioned they read this book called magnetic aura. i didn’t think much of it until i realized how much more confident and magnetic they seemed. one of them got a job offer out of nowhere, and they didn’t even apply for it, the company just reached out. another started attracting amazing people into their life, like the kind of people who actually lift you up instead of draining you. honestly, it’s like something shifted in them after reading it. they don’t walk around talking about it non-stop, but it’s like you can feel it when you’re around them. i didn’t believe in that ‘energy attracts energy’ thing before, but after seeing them change, i had to wonder. if you want a little boost in your personal energy, maybe check it out. not that it’s a magic pill or anything, but it definitely made a noticeable difference for them.

[@cloudprince0]

I always put "Read a book that made me cry" and "Read a book that made me laugh out loud" on my book bingos. I'm kind of an emotional person lmao

[@Andyy88]

For light novel: "Baccano!" I'm always hesitant to recommend this because it's not the easiest one to take in if you're not familiar with it (most readers come from watching the anime first). It's set in prohibition era New York with mafia, gang wars and craziness with a little hint of alchemy 😉. I love it, it was my whole personality like 10ish years ago 😅. There's an audiobook version too.

[@kessm2776]

A book with a main character named Jesse: Broken Hearts and Zombie Parts by William Hussey. I gave this one 5 stars two years ago!! It's about a teenage friendgroup with the dream of making their own horror movie (thus zombie parts). The story explores friendship and queer romance and having insecurities abt your body - just a lot of teen angst. I highly reccomend it and I think you'll really like it!! I think the Jesse in that book is such an awesome character as well😇💞

[@jenniferramirez5618]

My recommendation for books with food in the title are: A Pho Love Story by: Loan Le and Kisses and Croissants by: Anne- Sophie Jouhanneau both are amazing books😊❤

[@caitlyn.m.t9618]

I like doing things like these, so I may give this a try. That being said, some of these will be easy for me. For example, I love novellas. As for like reading a book with a character with the same name as me...I am literally named after a fictional and classical witch in my middle name. I could read the book I am named after, the original classical tale, and there are so many other options. It even shows up in a few disney movies my name. So that won't be hard, I just have to be in the mood for a particular fantasy. The first name...I don't see that happening. I personally would like to see you read some anthologies. I know if I were to do this, I would put a goal to read 3 of my fancy dark fantasy bind ups, because I have quite a lot of them and I haven't read many. By the way these are about 500 pages long each. But reading Lucy Undying is kind of making me want to reread Dracula, and one of those is a Bram Stoker collection. Perhaps I'll pick it up after Equal Rites (Terry Pratchett, and my next read)

[@kriseaf]

For the chapter-a-day, that might suit a non-fiction well, depending on the topic! I've also saw someone advent-reading a Christmas book--each book's day was read each day leading up to Christmas. I think it was a Tessa Bailey book? Or something similar. For light novels, I recommend All You Need Is Kill. Then watch the US movie adaptation, Edge of Tomorrow! So different but so similar! Plus it's sci-fi! For short stories, I always recommend Murderbot, it's so hilarious and fun. And it's sci-fi as well! For the food title, I recommend The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich. It's a standalone graphic novel, queer, super colorful and fun and obviously grilled cheese sandwiches are delish. Or, it's not food but The Midnight Feast (murder mystery/thriller) could be eaten along with a bunch of midnight snacks or something! CLOTH THE BOOKS! THEY'RE SO NEKKID! Happy New Years!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@Aks_12_4]

For the book having character name same as you, The mediator series by Meg Cabot, if you haven't read it.

[@Beqeeangel]

I’m trying to remember the name of a sci-fi book I was assigned waaaaay back in highschool that was actually really good….. MC’s father bought a bunch of land in like Montana and built a self contained society in preparation for WWIII and years later a new government regime comes and rounds everyone up and forces them to live in their new utopia, except the means by which they maintain this utopia is not ideal lol I feel like the title started with an A but I can’t remember!!!

[@aliciawhittom9219]

Joanne Fluke has a whole series of food titled books. The are quick and easy who done it mystery novels.

[@poisonivy5681]

Light novel recommendations: Even If This Love Disappears from the world tonight by Misaki Ichijo, Tunnel To Summer Exit of Goodbyes by Mei Hachimoku, At Night I Become A Monster by Yoru Sumino 💙

[@hannahs_always_reading]

Books with food in the title! The Coincidence of Coconut Cake by Amy E Reichert Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck Bingsu for Two by Sujin Witherspoon

[@em.5224]

For underrated books I'd recommend Sailing by Orion's Star by Katie Crabb!!

[@ashm4738]

I think I'd find reading only a chapter a day difficult if it were fiction. I do that all the time with non-fiction, though, so maybe you can do that?

[@lost.in.prose.]

Book bingo idea: read something far away from your comfort genre

[@deermangivefast]

Here again to beg that you read Airy Nothing by Clarissa Pattern as an underrated book 😭 it was my favorite of 2024, idk how I even found it but it has like 4 reviews lol For light novels: I read "To Every You I've Loved Before" and "To Me, The One Who Loved You" having never read a light novel and I loved them, they intertwine and can be ready in either order

[@naastyaaaaaaaaa]

One of the main characters in Taylor Jenkins Reid's _One True Loves_ is named Jesse.)

[@cathyenfield]

I fully fell in love with sci-fi because of Arthur C. Clarke's books, he's got a few sexist comments here and there (the books are from around the 70s so I try not to get too annoyed), but his concepts are all very fascinating and his stories feel really grounded in the real world/physics. I recommend Rendez-vous with Rama and Childhood's End especially 🤗

[@thepianogirl088]

Don't Call Me a Hurricane by Ellen Hagan is a fictional book written in verse and it has less than 500 ratings--I read it for National Poetry Month last year and enjoyed it

[@megankleynsmith2459]

I'm reading a book with a vegetable in the title at the moment which isn't too bad 😅 it's a BRICK of a book thought. The Potato Factory - Bryce Courtenay

[@banaa9463]

Book with food in the title: Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

[@Lumors]

You could eat an orange while eating Clockwork Orange

[@kara8429]

For book with less than 500 ratings you should read The Dragon Kings of Oklahoma by Ferrett Steinmetz

[@nicoleusserman4730]

Video Idea reading the classics Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, the mummy. Near Halloween. Great Halloween idea

[@abs13687]

If you need some help with books under 500 ratings I'd recommend This House is Not a Home by Katłıà (an Indigenous Canadian story based on true events), Finch House (middle grade horror) and Sistah Samurai (a Fantasy Novella). Hope 2025 treats you well! 😊

[@linkookie4723]

for the light japanese novel: Watermoon, a new japanese release from 2025

[@wordstowordlessthings]

food books: sweet bean paste by durian sukegawa, almond by won-pyung sohn

[@alaenamarie8702]

For your goal to read a memoir: I HIGHLY recommend Matthew Perry’s book. Absolutely beautiful and heartbreaking.

[@heatherbocks]

oooh if you want a rec for an underrated book I just read Weak Heart by Ban Gilmartin which currently has 408 ratings on Goodreads. I thought it was quite good! For food in the title- Black Cake? I haven’t read it though, just heard good things. For sci fi Project Hail Mary is a great like starter sci fi. It’s surprisingly wholesome and sweet. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel is a book that I adored that is more literary sci fi. The Locked Tomb series is something I’m sure the queers have been screaming at you to read 😂 it’s just so much fun, highly recommend. It’s sci fi/ fantasy I guess, but I think it counts.

[@rachelbrie175]

Death by boba tea! Easy!

[@lexismems]

food idea book: a pho love story! it’s a cute ya romance

[@BuntinCozymysterylover]

My light novel rec: "So I'm a Spider, So What?" series by Okina Baba (You are a gamer who hates spiders, that's why I recommend it!😁🕷✨)

[@VicandWes]

Recommendation for lower than 500 ratings: In the Body of a Mind by Kayla Elfers It is a short book of poetry ❤