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Book Bingo 2022: April
3 more to add to the bingo.
Graphic Novel: I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi by Gina Siciliano. I got this because I wanted to know more about this Baroque painter after getting stickers of her art as 'bonuses' in an art pack I bought from Etsy. For that purpose, it was great. Very comprehensive. But I think if you wanted this for the 'graphic' part of the graphic novel, you would've been disappointed. The illustrations were fine but not very exciting.
Seasonal Read: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. This is an Inspector Gamache novel in Quebec, and it opens on a village Easter egg hunt. There is much discussion of the history of the egg hunt, and I liked that part. So, the murder takes place in a haunted house during a seance. And I can't help but hear Miss Marple's voice in my head, "My dear, if I wanted to commit a murder, I don't know that I would rely on 'fright.'" And yet that's what this murderer [more or less] does. The motive of the murderer is sort of questionable, too. It's a modern novel and I just don't believe that people actually murder other people for so nebulous a collection of feelings and grudges. Maybe in Midsomer. There is also a police corruption subplot which I didn't care about.
Published in 2022: The Maid by Nita Prose [audiobook narrated by Lauren Ambrose, 9 hours and 37 minutes]. A maid discovers a dead body in a hotel. The maid is autistic (on the spectrum at least) and so I was CRINGING so badly about the way people treat her and take advantage of her but RIGHT at the moment I was going to stop and turn it in, things turn around for her and she gets some real friends and everything gets sorted out. Of course, it had to end with heterosexual romance which made me roll my eyes a little. And some twists. Meh. But the narrating is great. No criticism of that.
Full List
Sci Fi or Fantasy: Companion to Wolves by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. [book]
Graphic Novel: I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi by Gina Siciliano [book]
Crime or Mystery: Riccardino by Andrea Camilleri, trans. by Stephen Sartarelli. [book]
Author You've Not Read Before: The Holladay Case by Burton E. Stevenson. [audiobook] Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. 4 hours, 33 minutes.
Audiobook or E-book: Audiobook or E-book: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman. Narrated by Lesley Manville. 11 hours 49 minutes [audiobook].
Non-Western Setting: Almond by Won-pyung Sohn, trans. by Sandy Joosun Lee.
Translated Book: Moonlight Rests on my Left Palm: Poems and Essays by Yu Xiahua, translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain. [book]
Seasonal Read: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny [book]
Crime or Mystery: Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac [e-book]
Book that is Part of a Series: Network Effect by Martha Wells. [audiobook] Narrated by Kevin R. Free. 12 hours, 48 minutes.
Published in 2022: The Maid by Nita Prose [audiobook narrated by Lauren Ambrose, 9 hours and 37 minutes].
YA or Children's: Amina's Voice by Hena Khan. [book]
Non-fiction: Mark Rothko From the Inside Out by Christopher Rothko. [book]
More than 300 pages: Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton [book]
Horror or Paranormal: The Dead Hours of Night Stories by Lisa Tuttle [book]
Title is at least 5 Words Long: Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell [book]
Graphic Novel: I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi by Gina Siciliano. I got this because I wanted to know more about this Baroque painter after getting stickers of her art as 'bonuses' in an art pack I bought from Etsy. For that purpose, it was great. Very comprehensive. But I think if you wanted this for the 'graphic' part of the graphic novel, you would've been disappointed. The illustrations were fine but not very exciting.
Seasonal Read: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny. This is an Inspector Gamache novel in Quebec, and it opens on a village Easter egg hunt. There is much discussion of the history of the egg hunt, and I liked that part. So, the murder takes place in a haunted house during a seance. And I can't help but hear Miss Marple's voice in my head, "My dear, if I wanted to commit a murder, I don't know that I would rely on 'fright.'" And yet that's what this murderer [more or less] does. The motive of the murderer is sort of questionable, too. It's a modern novel and I just don't believe that people actually murder other people for so nebulous a collection of feelings and grudges. Maybe in Midsomer. There is also a police corruption subplot which I didn't care about.
Published in 2022: The Maid by Nita Prose [audiobook narrated by Lauren Ambrose, 9 hours and 37 minutes]. A maid discovers a dead body in a hotel. The maid is autistic (on the spectrum at least) and so I was CRINGING so badly about the way people treat her and take advantage of her but RIGHT at the moment I was going to stop and turn it in, things turn around for her and she gets some real friends and everything gets sorted out. Of course, it had to end with heterosexual romance which made me roll my eyes a little. And some twists. Meh. But the narrating is great. No criticism of that.
Full List
Sci Fi or Fantasy: Companion to Wolves by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. [book]
Graphic Novel: I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi by Gina Siciliano [book]
Crime or Mystery: Riccardino by Andrea Camilleri, trans. by Stephen Sartarelli. [book]
Author You've Not Read Before: The Holladay Case by Burton E. Stevenson. [audiobook] Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. 4 hours, 33 minutes.
Audiobook or E-book: Audiobook or E-book: The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman. Narrated by Lesley Manville. 11 hours 49 minutes [audiobook].
Non-Western Setting: Almond by Won-pyung Sohn, trans. by Sandy Joosun Lee.
Translated Book: Moonlight Rests on my Left Palm: Poems and Essays by Yu Xiahua, translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain. [book]
Seasonal Read: The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny [book]
Crime or Mystery: Crossed Skis by Carol Carnac [e-book]
Book that is Part of a Series: Network Effect by Martha Wells. [audiobook] Narrated by Kevin R. Free. 12 hours, 48 minutes.
Published in 2022: The Maid by Nita Prose [audiobook narrated by Lauren Ambrose, 9 hours and 37 minutes].
YA or Children's: Amina's Voice by Hena Khan. [book]
Non-fiction: Mark Rothko From the Inside Out by Christopher Rothko. [book]
More than 300 pages: Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica's Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night by Julian Sancton [book]
Horror or Paranormal: The Dead Hours of Night Stories by Lisa Tuttle [book]
Title is at least 5 Words Long: Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell [book]