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I'm really excited about this! I've already made a mental goal of reading at least 50 books this coming year, and ljbookbingo is a big part of that. They've made some changes to the card, some that look exciting, and some that make me glad there are not only two Wildcards, but also 2 category substitutions this round!!! \o/





Row 1:

Fantasy/Sci Fi/Paranormal: Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass series) (Sarah J. Maas)
Mystery/Crime/Thriller/True Crime: Fallout (A V.I. Warshawski Novel) (Sara Paretsky)
Audio Book or eBook: Stags Run (Iron Breakers trilogy) (Zaya Feli)
Number or Color in the Title: One Potion in the Grave (A Magic Potion Mystery) (Heather Blake)
Diverse Reads: Beneath the Sugar Sky (Wayward Children series) (Seanan McGuire)


Row 2:

Children’s or Young Adult: Outcast (Summoner series) (Taran Matharu)
Biography/Autobiography/Non-Fiction: Murder in the Mohawk Valley (Book One) (Christine Oarr Eggleston)
Historical (fiction or non-fiction): The Song of Achilles (Madeline Miller)
Set in your State/Country or Written by a Local Author: A Taste of Murder (A Hemlock Falls Mystery) (Claudia Bishop)
Title Starts with the First Letter of Your Name: The Strangler Vine (A Blake and Avery novel) M.J. Carter


Row 3:

Female Author: Hardcore Twenty-Four (Stephanie Plum series) (Janet Evanovich)
One Word Title: Chainbreaker (Timekeeper series) (Tara Sim)
FREE SPACE: The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus) (Rick Riordan)
Movie Tie-In/Made Into a Movie: Heir to the Jedi (Star Wars) (Kevin Hearne)
Title is at least 6 Words Long: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers


Row 4:

Published This Year: In An Absent Dream (Wayward Children Series) (Seanan McGuire)
Less than 200 pages long Horror: The Two Gentlemen of Altona (Playing the Fool series) (Lisa Henry & J.A. Rock)
Chosen Based on the Cover: The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard Series) (Scott Lynch)
Animal on the cover A Banned Book: Ghost of a Potion (A Magic Potion Mystery) (Heather Blake)
A New-to-You Author: Facing West (A Forever Wilde Novel) (Lucy Lennox)


Row 5:

Comic or Graphic Novel: I Hear the Sunspot (Hidamari ga Kikoeru Book Series) (Yuki Fumino)
A book that is part of a series (4+ books): Rivers of London (Rivers of London series) (Ben Aaronovitch)
TV Tie-In/Turned into a TV Show: The Dead Zone (Stephen King)
WILDCARD Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling: The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus series) (Rick Riordan)
WILDCARD Cookbook or Food Memoir: The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus series) (Rick Riordan)


Category Substitutions:

1. Romance
2. Less than 200 pages long
3. A book that won an award
4. Spin-off or shared universe
5. First person POV
6. A Classic
7. An anthology of short stories
8. A book that features a character with a disability
9. An author's debut novel
10. Set in the future
11. Animal on the cover
12. 100k+ word fanfic

Fantasy/Sci Fi/Paranormal	Mystery/Crime-Thriller/True Crime	Audio Book or eBook	Number or Color in the Title	Diverse Reads
Children’s or Young Adult	Biography/ Autobiography/ Non-Fiction	Historical (fiction or non-fiction):	Set in your State/Country or Written by a Local Author	Title Starts with the First Letter of Your Name
Female Author	One Word Title	FREE SPACE	Movie Tie-In/ Made Into a Movie	Title is at least 6 Words Long
Published This Year	Less than 200 pages long Horror	Chosen Based on the Cover	Animal on the cover A Banned Book	A New-to-You Author
Comic or Graphic Novel	A book that is part of a series (4+ books)	TV Tie-In/Turned into a TV Show	WILDCARD Fairy Tale or Fairy Tale Retelling	WILDCARD Cookbook or Food Memoir