Last December, I posted a 2018 reading goals bingo card for myself. The original post can be viewed here. One year later, I am happy to say, I GOT BINGO! Below are my results.
The categories in bold represent books I read in 2018.
| Novel in verse | Translated work by POC | Religion (fiction or nonfiction) | Short story anthology | Indigenous sovereignty |
| Holiday or cultural event | Settler colonialism | Book of poetry | Decolonizing academia | Book in Spanish |
| JA activism | Reread childhood favorite | Novel (any genre) | Bilingual book | Picture book w POC author and illustrator |
| YA or MG by POC | Nikkei in Japan | Historical fiction by Nikkei writer | Graphic novel by non-Japanese POC | Culinary history |
| Racism in medicine | Sexuality or gender identity | South or Southeast Asian writer | Romance by POC | Memoir by a Black activist |
My 2018 bingo books:
- JA activism – The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration
- Reread childhood favorite – The Best Bad Thing
- Novel (any genre) – Seesaw Girl
- Bilingual book – A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
- Picture book w POC author and illustrator – The Fog
Other books I read in 2018:
- Novel in verse – Forest World
- Indigenous sovereignty – Deer Woman
- Book of poetry – My Mother Was a Freedom Fighter
- YA or MG by POC – Hoodoo
- Historical fiction by Nikkei writer – A Jar of Dreams
- Graphic novel by non-Japanese POC – MFK
- South or Southeast Asian writer – Pashmina
- Memoir by a Black activist – When They Call You a Terrorist
I did not include any Japanese-language books I read this year. I also omitted books which did not fit any of the bingo categories.