Michelle C's 2022 Summer Reading Challenge

[Michelle]

4500/5000

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 - The Push
1e. A person is on the cover



Jazzercise - 200 points
Author's initials are in:
✅ 2a. PUMP UP THE JAM (Ali Hazelwood) - Stuck with You
✅ 2b. LET'S GET PHYSICAL - (Susanna Clarke) - Piranesi
✅ 2c. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF (Neil Gaiman) - Coraline
✅ 2d. CANT TOUCH THIS (Ali Hazelwood) - The Love Hypothesis
✅ 2e. THE FINAL COUNTDOWN (Emily Henry) - Beach Read



Cross Fit - 300 points
✅ 3a. A book published in 2022 - Book Lovers
✅ 3b. Part of a series of at least three books - Under One Roof
✅ 3c. A book that combines more than one genre (historical fiction & magical realism) - Beloved
3d. Title includes the name of a place (real or fictional)
✅ 3e. Set in more than one country United States & Norway - Below Zero



Aquarobics - 400 points
✅ 4a. By an author over the age of 50 (first published in April 1986 on when Diana Wynne Jones (born on August 14, 1934) was 51) - Howl’s Moving Castle
4b. Published before 1922
✅ 4c. The cover has water on it - The Midnight Library
✅ 4d. A book that takes place in more than one era of time - Aurora's End
4e. A biography or memoir



Ninja Warrior - 500 points
5a. A book with more than 500 pages
5b. A book set primarily in Japan
✅5c. A collection of essays, poems, or short stories- The Anthropocene Reviewed
5d. A weapon is on the cover
✅ 5e. A book with fewer than 5000 goodreads ratings (only one when I finished the book) - Leven en laten leven: een gedachtewisseling over abortus en zelfbeschikking

[Michelle]

So far I finished:

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Fits: 5c


Beach Read by Emily Henry
⭐⭐⭐½
Fits: 1b, 1d, 1e, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2e


Coraline by Neil Gaiman
⭐⭐⭐
Fits: 2c


Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Fits: 3b, 4a


Book Lovers by Emily Henry
⭐⭐⭐½
Fits: 1b, 1d, 1e, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2e, 3a

[Michelle]

Two days ago I finished:

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: 1b, 1d, 1e, 2a, 2b, 2d

[Michelle]

Friday I finished:

Leven en laten leven: een gedachtewisseling over abortus en zelfbeschikking by Madeleijn van den Nieuwenhuizen
⭐⭐⭐⭐½
Fits: 1e, 4c, 5e

[Michelle]

I took a break from Goodreads for a bit, but now I'm back. Now I'm back though and able to update with some books I finished. It are not as many as I hoped to finish in the meantime (looking at you Beloved, which was not my kind of book). Here we go:

Aurora's End by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
⭐⭐⭐
Fits: 1a, 1d, 3b, 4d


Beloved by Toni Morrison
⭐⭐
Fits: 1e, 2a, 3c


The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
⭐⭐⭐½
Fits: 1a, 2a, 3e, 4c


Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
⭐⭐⭐½
Fits: 1b, 1e, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b

[Michelle]

Stuck with You by Ali Hazelwood
⭐⭐½
Fits: 1b, 1e, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b


Below Zero by Ali Hazelwood
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: 1b, 1e, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3e

[Michelle]

This week I finished:

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Fits: 1a, 2b, 3c

[Michelle]

The Push by Ashley Audrain
Fits: 1d, 1e
⭐⭐⭐⭐½