KUOW⁠72%

Book Bingo is back! How Seattle, King County readers can participate ⁠28%

By Katie Campbell⁠0%

5/28/2026, 7:21:56 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 23 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Optimism Bias, and Indoctrination, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 28.5% saturation with 133 hits. Analysis detected 740 faulty-reasoning hits from 466 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 38.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (15,339 of 21,171 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 72.50% of the article peer group.

Book Bingo is back for summer 2026, and this reader is already behind. 
Shame. 
This year's veggie-garden-themed cards, designed by artist Vivian Li, have been available at 77 Seattle Public Library and King County Public Library System locations since May 22; readers can also download cards online at the Seattle Arts and Lectures and libraries' websites. 
Yes, we're already six days in at the time of publication, but there's still time to hit all 24 categories. 
Readers have until 6 p.m. on Sept. 8 to submit a card with bingo (a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line across the card) or blackout (with all squares completed). 
Drop off cards at any Seattle or King County library branch to be entered to win prizes. 
Readers who submit a blackout card will be entered in a drawing for one of three grand prizes per library system, including a Seattle Arts and Lectures subscription for four events in the upcoming season. 
"Book Bingo is a chance to pick up something you might not normally choose and see where it takes you," KCLS Executive Director Heidi Daniel said in a press release. 
"In its second year for KCLS, we’re excited to see our community explore new stories, new voices, and new ideas together." 
So, what's on this year's card? 
Some of the categories are perfectly suited to KUOW Book Club members. 
If you read Sonora Jha's "Intemperance" with us this month, consider checking off "Myth & Legend." 
Jha's novel about a woman who invites men to compete for her love is full of Hindu mythology, after all. 
Our June pick, "The Bird with Flaming Red Feet: Seasons with an Uncommonly Common Seabird" by Maria Mudd Ruth, is an easy win on the "Animal" square. 
Plus, readers may get some ideas for getting outside this summer. 
And in July, the "Meet Me Here" crew just so happens to have a month of episodes planned around "Water," including a conversation with Maria Dolan and Kathryn True, the authors of "Seattle Field Guide: Explore Nature in the City." 
Many of the locations in the guide take readers to or around the water. 
No spoilers, but we also have picks coming up this summer that will satisfy other categories, including "PNW Black, Indigenous, or POC Author," "Unplug," "Soothing," and, of course, "Horror" (that is my specialty after all). 
That's at least seven squares covered for KUOW Book Club members! 
The Seattle Public Library also has recommendations posted for each category, and readers are always encouraged to use the "Your Next 5 Books" tool to get personalized ideas straight from librarians. 
Young readers can participate, too, with the youth card designed for ages 17 and under. 
Get your cards, plot your picks, and get reading. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 3.4%Katie Campbell: 2.6%KUOW: 2.6%Confirmation Bias3.4%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.5%KUOW: 1.3%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 2.4%Katie Campbell: 3.0%KUOW: 3.4%Availability Heuristic2.4%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 1.0%KUOW: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.8%KUOW: 1.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 0.9%Katie Campbell: 3.6%KUOW: 7.4%Framing Effect0.9%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 1.1%KUOW: 1.0%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 6.7%Katie Campbell: 0.5%KUOW: 1.0%Status Quo Bias6.7%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 12.4%Katie Campbell: 2.9%KUOW: 3.8%Optimism Bias12.4%This article: 2.8%Katie Campbell: 1.4%KUOW: 1.8%Pessimism Bias2.8%This article: 0.2%Katie Campbell: 4.9%KUOW: 8.0%Negativity Bias0.2%This article: 7.5%Katie Campbell: 1.3%KUOW: 2.0%Self-Serving Bias7.5%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.2%KUOW: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 4.5%Katie Campbell: 2.2%KUOW: 2.0%In-Group Bias4.5%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 2.6%Katie Campbell: 5.2%KUOW: 2.7%Halo Effect2.6%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 8.6%Katie Campbell: 1.0%KUOW: 1.1%Recency Bias8.6%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.5%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 7.5%Katie Campbell: 2.4%KUOW: 4.3%Appeal to Authority7.5%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 1.4%KUOW: 1.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.9%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.2%KUOW: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 4.9%Katie Campbell: 4.1%KUOW: 4.1%Hasty Generalization4.9%This article: 7.5%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.3%Red Herring7.5%This article: 2.4%Katie Campbell: 0.5%KUOW: 0.8%Bandwagon2.4%This article: 6.0%Katie Campbell: 5.6%KUOW: 6.1%Appeal to Emotion6.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 8.6%Katie Campbell: 1.4%KUOW: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)8.6%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.4%KUOW: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.3%KUOW: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.2%KUOW: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 3.7%KUOW: 3.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 4.3%Katie Campbell: 0.8%KUOW: 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)4.3%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 4.3%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.1%Middle Ground4.3%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.1%KUOW: 0.2%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.9%KUOW: 1.0%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 6.4%Katie Campbell: 0.5%KUOW: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection6.4%This article: 16.1%Katie Campbell: 7.4%KUOW: 3.2%Biased Writer Voice16.1%This article: 10.3%Katie Campbell: 3.3%KUOW: 1.5%Indoctrination10.3%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 1.1%KUOW: 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Katie Campbell: 0.0%KUOW: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 28.5%Katie Campbell: 5.8%KUOW: 1.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…28.5%

466 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker11%attributed speech415writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 1 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 42 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 29 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 35 words • 100.0% coverageHeidi Daniel • 30 words • 100.0% coverageHeidi Daniel • 21 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 16 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 27 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 40 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 35 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 31 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 100.0% coverage
Selected voice

Heidi Daniel

100%flagged-word coverage
51 attributed words100% of attributed speech70% writer coverage
0%30.0%60.0%Quote-first Misdirection+58.8 ptsWriter: 0.0%Heidi Daniel: 58.8%58.8%Attempt to Sell a Product -32.0 ptsWriter: 32.0%Heidi Daniel: 0.0%0.0%Biased Writer Voice-18.1 ptsWriter: 18.1%Heidi Daniel: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-11.6 ptsWriter: 11.6%Heidi Daniel: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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