In the spirit of bingo what have been your bingo wins that maybe you weren't expecting over the years?
For me one of them was definitely the realisation that I do actually enjoy short stories as well as novella's. I love a big book so I thought that I wouldn't for some reason.
I also discovered a love for horror through this and found T kingfisher as well which is now one of my fav authors which in turn also had me find Darcy Coates.
Aside from that I also realised that I definitely like books set on/in the ocean or on boats which also came as a surprise to me (thank you whalefall and the bone ships)
I also just read a lot of good books that I might not have otherwise and enjoy the challenge these prompts bring. I also have my own small bookclub with some friends where we do love to read lgbtqia+ stories as well as from POC authors which bingo has definitely helped find recs for.
As for books that stuck with me: this year it was definitely walking practice by Dolki Min, mainly because I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. Last year it was the bone harp by Victoria Goddard for that same reason with cage of souls by Adrian Tchaikovsky right there with it. Loved the world and the narrative. My first bingo was 2023 where I cemented that I don't like superhero stories but also finally started reading from the first law world which was a win.
What were your wins or surprises? Any books that stuck with you that you read for bingo?