MY READER'S BLOCK: Picture Prompt Book Bingo

SCAM artist alert

Apparently there is someone calling themself "Luigi Calloway" out there who is claiming to be associated with the Mount TBR Reading Challenge. He is contacting authors and telling them if they pay him, then their books will be used for the challenge. It's possible he's also telling people they must pay to participate in any way. Please know that there is absolutely no charge associated in any way with this reading challenge and that this person does NOT represent me or anything associated with my blog. I DO NOT endorse anything that he claims.There will NEVER be a reason for anyone to have to pay for participation in any way for any of my challenges. If only people who exert this much time and effort on scamming people would put it into something worthwhile....like reading their own books! A message to Luigi: Please cease and desist contacting authors (or anyone) in my name or claiming to represent this reading challenge. You absolutely DO NOT.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

Picture Prompt Book Bingo

Mayri at Book Forager is offering the Picture Prompt Book Bingo again this year. I enjoyed it so much last year that I've just got to sign up again. This is a pretty open challenge--just read books that connect in some way with the pictures on the bingo card. An apple? There could be an apple or apple tree on the cover. Or the book could be about a teacher [an apple for the teacher :-)]. As long as you're happy with the connection, Mayri says go for it!

1. Arrowhead: The Feathered Serpent by Edgar Wallace [features character who is an achaeologist/historian who collects artifacts including arrowheads] (7/26/25)

2. Lighthouse: One Fell Sloop by Susan Kenney [boating trip--boaters need lighthouses] (7/3/25)

3. Apple on a branch: Poison for Teacher by Nancy Spain [apple for the teacher] (1/31/25)

Poisoned Apples by Christine Hepperman (3/20/25)

4. Archery target: Murder in the Crypt by Irina Shapiro [one of the characters is very good at archery] (6/26/25)

5. Large telescope: Murder Among Friends by Lange Lewis [two main characters have a date at the observatory--to see the stars] (6/7/25)

6. Human skull: Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective by Leslie Thomas (1/11/25) [Davies solves cold case and finds remains of a teenager missing for 25 years]

7. A stag: Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers (8/29/25) [Lord Peter & Inspector Parker go "hunting" in the woods (where stags live) for clues]

8. Ruins of a temple: The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart (2/4/25) [ruins play a part in the story]

9. A crab: The Voice of the Crab by Charlotte Jay (5/12/25)

10. Sheaf of Wheat: Behold a Fair Woman by Francis Duncan [an old mill where wheat was ground plays a central part in the plot] (2/26/25)

11. Old manual typewriter: Deadly Is the Diamond by Mary Roberts Rinehart [a writer is our narrator] (2/22/25)

12. Cluster of mushrooms: "Inquest" by Henrietta Clandon (2/21/25) [whether or not the first victim was poisoned by mushrooms is a big plot point]

13. Umbrella/parasol: The Incredible Umbrella by Marvin Kaye (3/21/25)

14. Chemistry bottles/test tubes: The Deadly Truth by Helen McCloy (1/15/25) [Scientist as main character]

15. Sun with human face: The Snow Queen by Joan D. Vinge (2/1/25) [Sun for the Summer people in the story...and the coming of the Summer Queen]

16. Roman helmet: Who Will Remember by C. S. Harris (4/19/25) [roman helmet = soldier; man being framed for the murders is a soldier--and so was our hero]