Paperwork Queen

How to spend the first Sunday of every month?  I can tell you for me it is the paperwork queen day for me!  I need to reconcile several lists I keep.  Comparing three lists to make sure I have not missed any book.  I also tend to color coordinate important information to help me identify the most important part I need to keep track of.  I am sure this is confusing to most of you so let me break this down.  

I belong to an online book club where each month we have a new bingo board. I number all the squares so I can correspond the squares with the books I read.  A book can be identified with many squares, but it is the goal to get a bingo each month.  For example reading the Tattooist of Auschwitz met the requirement for many squares (14,1,6,18).  

#1Five star read from Goodreads, 

#6 set during a war, 

#14 a book on my physical TBR pile, 

#18 based on a true story 

I also have a list of books to read for Net Galley (ARC novels), a list I  want to read from the library and a list I can not get from the library or Net Galley, hoping for a book to go on Kindle unlimited.  Is your head spinning like mine?  

Anyway, I have completed that and checked in on my list at the library (I swear, I will never see the Correspondent this year!) and then the NYT and Boston Globe best seller’s list.  I think it is interesting I usually see more of the books I want to or have read on the NYT list.  I have downloaded the new bingo card and uploaded a picture of the old bingo card.  Now I am exhausted!  My lists are organized for the next month!  

Elise sent in an interview with Spencer Quinn with his newest book, Cat on a Hot Tin Woof.  He is the author and creator of the Chet and Bernie books. She also sent in a guest review of Spies and Other Gods by James Wolff.  Elise describes the book as a cat and mouse thriller with mistrust, lies and secrets.  

Take the time to read today.  BTW – my new goal is to ask for less books from Net Galley. I have 12 this month.