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I was doing the BINGO sheet at r/Fantasy and I had heard there were a few other subreddits doing them too like r/Romance. I continued my sheet even after I left Reddit, but I’m stuck because I still want to discuss it, but don’t have any desire to return to Reddit in any fashion.

It was due for r/Fantasy on 4/1 and that’s also when they post the new one. Is there anyone else that had started it that wants to discuss theirs or start one of our own going forward?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Never heard of this, what is it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There’s a 25 square (5x5) sheet with a variety of criteria and the goal is to read books over the course of the year that meet those criteria. Sometimes there are 2 levels of challenge where there’s a less challenging way to accomplish it; for example if the category was magical school, the most common ones like Harry Potter might be considered the easy route and if you chose a less common book it would meet the harder criteria.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've been toying with the idea of starting a more generalized one (either on kbin or literature.cafe) for a few months, but I haven't worked up the nerve to propose it yet. Would love to see one somewhere (whatever the genre) b/c I get to discover new books.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I briefly talked to Gabe about it closer to the beginning of the year and it felt like he had a lot on his mind at that time. I had made a more generic one up. proposed bingo sheet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Oh nice, we have some of the same squares. Here's a rough draft of mine (non-fiction compatible!); still needs some rearranging.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nice. If we do one for some community on Lemmy, would you be interested in working together on it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Would love to. Hit me up whenever!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That looks good, what about making it "official" /c/books Bingo card?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I think u/mesericordiae and I are good with that and could put something together, it would just be about making sure that we are copacetic with the mods of the community.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I'd give it a go.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Well, I am pretty much the only active mod here, so I think you are good to go. If you have any questions or need to discuss anything, just let me know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

I'd probably contribute to something like that.