Joyce’s 2022 Summer Reading Challenge

[Joyce]

5100 points

Hot Yoga - 100 points
1a. A book with a twist
1b. A romance - The Perfect Find
1c. An author you've been meaning to try - The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
1d. A book with a lot of hype - Firekeeper's Daughter
1e. A person is on the cover - The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives

Jazzercise - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
2a. PUMP UP THE JAM - Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones
2b. LET'S GET PHYSICAL - The Fair Botanists by Sara Sheridan
2c. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
2d. CANT TOUCH THIS
2e. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - Life in Pieces by Dawn O’Porter

Cross Fit - 300 points
3a. A book published in 2022 - Ten Steps to Nanette
3b. Part of a series of at least three books
3c. A book that combines more than one genre - Payback's a Witch (fantasy/romance)
3d. Title includes the name of a place (real or fictional)
3e. Set in more than one country - The Confessions of Frannie Langton (Jamaica/England)

Aquarobics - 400 points
4a. By an author over the age of 50 - Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín (aged 59 when published)
4b. Published before 1922
4c. The cover has water on it - The Summer Place
4d. A book that takes place in more than one era of time
4e. A biography or memoir - Maybe I Don't Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery

Ninja Warrior - 500 points
5a. A book with more than 500 pages
5b. A book set primarily in Japan - Bullet Train
5c. A collection of essays, poems, or short stories - The Tevye Stories and Others
5d. A weapon is on the cover - The Resistance Man
5e. A book with fewer than 5000 goodreads ratings - The Spirit Engineer

[Joyce]

Planning

Hot Yoga - 100 points
1a. A book with a twist
1b. A romance
1c. An author you've been meaning to try
1d. A book with a lot of hype
1e. A person is on the cover

Jazzercise - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
2a. PUMP UP THE JAM
2b. LET'S GET PHYSICAL
2c. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
2d. CANT TOUCH THIS
2e. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

Cross Fit - 300 points
3a. A book published in 2022
3b. Part of a series of at least three books
3c. A book that combines more than one genre
3d. Title includes the name of a place (real or fictional)
3e. Set in more than one country

Aquarobics - 400 points
4a. By an author over the age of 50 - The Penelopiad
4b. Published before 1922 - The Wreath (Undset)
4c. The cover has water on it
4d. A book that takes place in more than one era of time - To Say Nothing of the Dog
4e. A biography or memoir - Maybe I Don’t Belong Here

Ninja Warrior - 500 points
5a. A book with more than 500 pages
5b. A book set primarily in Japan - An Artist of the Floating World
5c. A collection of essays, poems, or short stories
5d. A weapon is on the cover - The Resistance Man
5e. A book with fewer than 5000 goodreads ratings