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.

Monday, December 15, 2025

Picture Prompt Book Bingo

Mayri at Book Forager is offering the Picture Prompt Book Bingo again this year. I enjoyed it so much few years 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 plant being potted? There could be an plant or tree on the cover. Or the book could be about a gardener. As long as you're happy with the connection, Mayri says go for it!

1. Teacup: Don Among the Dead Men by C. E. Vulliamy [one of the murders done by poison in tea] (1/7/26)

2. Weighing Scales: Shadows Before by Dorothy Bowers [scales of justice] (1/18/26)

3. Moth: Blotto, Twinks & the Dead Dowager Duchess by Simon Brett [part of plot involves a 1920s British plane--many of which were known as "moths"] (7/15/26)

4. Hand Holding Playing Cards: Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys [lots of card playing on board] (2/4/26)

5. Hot Air Balloon: Frederica by Georgette Heyer (2/22/26)

6. Acorns: Hercule Poirot & the Greenshore Folly by Agatha Christie [oak tree is important] (4/9/26)

7. Human Eye: Death on the Slopes by Norma Schier [at least twelve eyes on the cover] (1/9/26)

8. Cooking Pot over a Campfire: Murder Enters the Picture by Willetta Ann Barber & R. F. Schabeltiz [at least one meal cooked over a fire] (3/20/26)

9. Griffin: Who Done It? by Jon Scieszk (compiled/edited by) [actually shows up in the book (albeit briefly) which totally took me by surprise] (4/25/26)

10. Key: Shadow of Madness by Hugh Pentecost [spare set of keys play an important role] (3/23/26)

11. Hand Holding Threaded Needle: Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives by Sarah Weinman, ed [one of the stories involves the sewing of a shroud] (2/18/26)

12. Octopus: The Body in the Dumb River by George Bellairs [body found in water/octopus found in water] (4/16/26)

13. Plant Being Repotted: High Marks for Murder by Rebecca Kent (1/22//26)

14. Skull & Crossbones: Old Bones by Herman Petersen (1/20/26)

15. Decorative Water Fountain: The Plumley Inheritance by Christopher Bush [water fountains go in gardens; garden is very important] (2/13/26)

16. Pinch-Clip Purse: Two Bronze Pennies by Christ Nickson [pennies would be found in a pinch-clip purse] (7/20/26)