👻 The Manuscript Marauders 👻 BookTalk Reading Challenge October 2025 - Page 3

Personal bingo complete ✅

1. Own Voices - My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (242 pages) (BIPOC written by BIPOC)

2. NYT bestseller - Bride by Ali Hazelwood

https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2024/03/03/combined-print-and-e-book-fiction/

3. Holiday/festival themed - Season's Schemings by Katie Bailey (set during Christmas; the characters show up for a Christmas family gathering)

4. A Translation - Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri (originally written in Italian then translated to English)

5. Rated below 3 stars on GR - I Kissed the Grump Next Door by Charity Bee Ames

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/193653097-i-kissed-the-grump-next-door

6. Education/Science themed - Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood (both MCs are engineers)

7. Single word title - Coraline by Neil Gaiman

8. Superhero FF - 5 Times Peter and Tony are Separated. - samos7

9. Part of Series - Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games #2)

10. Written in 1st person - The Broken Vows by Daniel Hurst

11. Movie/Series adaptation - One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus (adapted to a TV show)

12. Animated book cover - It's Not Me, It's You by Alex Light

13. Read by someone else in Aug - Peril at End House by Agatha Christie (read by Shibani)

14. Number in title - Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood

15. Punny title - Faeted to Fall by A K Caggiano

16. Futuristic/Dystopian - Animal Farm by George Orwell

17. Author's name starts with S - Court of Tricksters by S L Prater

18. Author's Debut - Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney

19. Non-human character - The Baby Dragon Cafe by A. T. Qureshi (MCs bond over taking care of a dragon)

20. A retelling - Spindle Fire by Lexa Hillyer (Sleeping Beauty retelling)

21. Historical fiction - Devil in Winter by Lisa Kleypas (Historical romance)

22. Published in 2000s - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (published in 2008)

23. Rec by a member of another team - The Writer by James Patterson (https://www.indiaforums.com/forum/post/167452872)

24. Set in India - Luv Under Starlight by N. M. Patel (set in a village in Gujarat)

25. More than 400 pages - Everyone a Stranger by Kevin O'Brien (414 pages)

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