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Hot Yoga - 100 points
1a. A book with a twist
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
100
100
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
100

Author's initials are in:
The Shadow King by Jo Marchant
200
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler
200
The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee
200
Innocent by Scott Turow
200
Edinburgh by Alexander Chee
200

Trust by Hernan Diaz
300
Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell
300
A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom
300
It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo
300
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (France & Vietnam)
300

400
4b. Published before 1922
Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Doestoevsky or Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
400
The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle by Gordon Thomas
400
4d. A book that takes place in more than one era of time
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
400

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
500
5b. A book set primarily in Japan
The Great Passage by Shion Miura
500
The Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood
500
Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold
500
The Bottle Factory Outlet by Beryl Bainbridge
500
Books mentioned in this topic
Ethan of Athos (other topics)A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom (other topics)
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga (other topics)
The House in the Cerulean Sea (other topics)
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
John Boyne (other topics)Lois McMaster Bujold (other topics)
T.J. Klune (other topics)
Margaret Atwood (other topics)
Anne Tyler (other topics)
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Hot Yoga - 100 points
1a. A book with a twist
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
�1b. A romance
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold - 6/26/22 - 2* - My Review
100
�1c. An author you've been meaning to try
The 42nd Parallel by John Dos Passos - 6/9/22 - 3* - My Review
100
�1d. A book with a lot of hype
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune - 6/25/22 - 4.5* - My Review
100
�1e. A person is on the cover
The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir - 6/11/22 - 4* - My Review
100
Jazzercise - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
�2a. PUMP UP THE JAM
The Shadow King: The Bizarre Afterlife of King Tut's Mummy by Jo Marchant - 6/8/22 - 4* - My Review
200
�2b. LET'S GET PHYSICAL
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler - 6/23/22 - 4* - My Review
200
�2c. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story by Hyeonseo Lee - 6/4/22 - 4* - My Review
200
�2d. CANT TOUCH THIS
Innocent by Scott Turow - 6/19/22 - 4* - My Review
200
�2e. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
Edinburgh by Alexander Chee - 6/12/22 - 2* - My Review
200
Cross Fit - 300 points
�3a. A book published in 2022
Trust by Hernan Diaz - 6/10/22 - 3* - My Review
300
�3b. Part of a series of at least three books
Balthazar by Lawrence Durrell - 6/16/22 - 3* - My Review
300
�3c. A book that combines more than one genre
A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom by John Boyne- 6/27/22 - 3* - My Review
(historical fiction, science fiction, literary fiction)
300
�3d. Title includes the name of a place (real or fictional)
It Would Be Night in Caracas by Karina Sainz Borgo - 6/7/22 - 4* - My Review
300
�3e. Set in more than one country (France & Vietnam)
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong - 6/21/22 - 4* - My Review
300
Aquarobics - 400 points
�4a. By an author over the age of 50
How to Fly: In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons by Barbara Kingsolver - 6/6/22 - 3* - My Review
400
4b. Published before 1922
People of the Abyss by Jack London (1903)
�4c. The cover has water on it
Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle by Gordon Thomas - 6/10/22 - 4* - My Review
400
4d. A book that takes place in more than one era of time
On Gold Mountain: The One Hundred Year Odyssey of My Chinese American Family by Lisa See
�4e. A biography or memoir
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham - 6/20/22 - 4.5* - My Review
400
Ninja Warrior - 500 points
�5a. A book with more than 500 pages
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing - 6/12/22 - 3* - My Review (593 pages)
500
5b. A book set primarily in Japan
The Great Passage by Shion Miura
�5c. A collection of essays, poems, or short stories
Stone Mattress: Nine Tales by Margaret Atwood - 6/24/22 - 3* - My Review
500
�5d. A weapon is on the cover
Ethan of Athos by Lois McMaster Bujold - 6/27/22 - 3* - My Review
500
�5e. A book with fewer than 5000 goodreads ratings
The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge - 6/15/22 - 3* - My Review
500
Total to Date: 6100
Updated total 7500