Thanks - do you mean something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbE5hXt27uU
That is a very sweet idea!
I've just started a queer (somewhat furry-adjacent - don't hate me) fantasy novel called Wolf of Withervale by Joaquin Baldwin. Some fascinating world-building around a plot which has been fairly low stakes so far, but I'm hoping will build into something grander.
I've nearly done the top two lines - just need a book with a number in the title, and one from an independent author. But the book I'm currently reading and the one I'm planning to read next should cover those prompts!
Then I've got a scattering of completed prompts in the bottom half of the bingo card. Should hopefully be able to fill those out in the next few months.
It's encouraged me to read certain books and try out ones I hadn't considered before - thanks for setting this up!
I think Red Faction still does a better job of it, because it blends the destruction and physics into one system. i.e. buildings will topple the second they become unstable, rather than only becoming a physics object once they're fully separated.
Hope you enjoy Dark Matter! It's probably my favourite from the books I've read so far this year. I might try out Recursion by the same author at some point!
Hmm have you read Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel? That came to mind for something post-apocalyptic. I'd also recommend The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey.
If you want something engaging and don't mind which genre, two books I've read this year are Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (just finished and loved it) and Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane which are both very fast-paced and hard to put down!
(I assume when you say holiday fiction you just mean some fiction to read over the holidays; not something directly related to christmas/thanksgiving)
Omg what, that's sick
That's why he's Scottish in the remake!
Aha! Finally a good use for the cosmic radiat-inator I've been working on!
The pacing is excellent! You think you've finally reached a calm point and then you get gut-punched with a completely unexpected event. It's been a while since I've found a book so hard to put down too. I keep saying I'll read 1 more page and before I know it I've read 10.
Definitely going to check out his other stuff. I've actually got a copy of Recursion downloaded to my ereader already.
Oh that's interesting! I hadn't heard of that series, but I adored the Alex Rider books as a kid. Horowitz's children's books at least feel well written.