Hey everyone, we’re now halfway through our third annual community book bingo challenge!

What is book bingo, you ask? Basically, read something for each of five squares in a line on this year’s card, and you’re done! (That's five works total, or more if you want to.) You don’t even have read books: any type or length of literary work, including comics, audiobooks, poems, short-form nonfiction, etc., will do.

There’s still plenty of time (six whole months, in fact). Plus, anything you’ve read since May is eligible, so if you haven’t joined in yet, you may have already made progress by accident! If you'd like help finding bingo reads, the community is always happy to offer recommendations based on what you enjoy; alternatively, check out the challenge on Storygraph for hundreds of (mostly fiction) suggestions.

If you’re already working on bingo, how’s it going so far? (This is also the perfect time to give constructive feedback we can incorporate into next year’s challenge.)

The last day of bingo is April 30th! A turn-in post will go up in the latter half of April. Even if you don’t end up finishing the challenge, we’d love to hear that you gave it a shot!

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On behalf of myself, Dresden, and JaymesRS, thanks for being here, and happy reading!

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[–] 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh wow, that's an interesting coincidence! I read it as part of a presentation I was doing earlier this year on wabi-sabi. What did you make of it?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago* (1 child)

    Whoa lovely, would genuinely appreciate reading or watching that presentation, if you're able to share!

    I read it purely out my own interest of design, and working to appreciate aesthetics more. Honestly it was a neat read; in that of getting a perspective of looking at the world in way I didn't grow up with (left me with things to ponder as I observe the world), also appreciating the author's contrarian stance of change as by the end of the book he moved on from the dark space and shadow motif (as described in the interaction with the architect, which made me chuckle). What about yourself? How'd you find it in relation to your wabi-sabi presentation?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Thanks for sharing! Yes I agree that it was a really interesting perspective on how the change in architecture and lighting at that time took away from the beauty of certain aspects of the home and objects within it. I liked his explanation for how the low roofs and deep eaves of Japanese houses (whilst unique and beautiful to a Western viewer) were in fact a necessity of the climate and building materials available. And the resulting darker houses affected Japanese aesthetics accordingly. In my presentation I linked kintsugi (mending old pottery with gold lacquer - which nowadays might seem a bit garish and not in keeping with the ideas of wabi sabi) back to his ideas of light and shadow. I think he mentions how gold accents have a lot more of a subtle beauty in candlelight and shadow.

    Unfortunately I'm not sure if I have a copy of the presentation but if I find my notes I'll let you know!

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