Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

I skipped spring challenge but this one looks super fun so I'm joining!

Hot Yoga - 100 points
1a. A book with a twist
✅ 1b. A romance - Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta
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 - Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews
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 - City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
3c. A book that combines more than one genre
✅ 3d. Title includes the name of a place (real or fictional) - The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev
3e. Set in more than one country

Aquarobics - 400 points
✅ 4a. By an author over the age of 50 - The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine
✅ 4b. Published before 1922 - Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
4c. The cover has water on it
✅ 4d. A book that takes place in more than one era of time - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
✅ 4e. A biography or memoir - Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Ninja Warrior - 500 points
✅ 5a. A book with more than 500 pages - The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
✅ 5b. A book set primarily in Japan - Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
✅ 5c. A collection of essays, poems, or short stories - People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami
✅ 5d. A weapon is on the cover - Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews
✅ 5e. A book with fewer than 5000 goodreads ratings - A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Total as of 16/07/2022 - 5000 pts

Book 1
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall - ★★★★★

5e - 500 points
1284 raitings as of 04/06/2022

also fits 3a, 2b, 1b, 1c, 1e

Book 2

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer - ★★★★★

4e - 400 points

also fits 3d

Book 3

The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest by Anatoli Boukreev - ★★★★½

3d - 300 points

also fits 4e

Book 4

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson - ★★★★★

5a - 500 points

also fits 3b, 1e, 1a

Book 5

City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett - ★★★★

3b - 300 points

also fits 1c, 1e

Book 5

Sweet Berries by C.M. Nascosta - ★★★★★

1b - 100 points

also fits 1e and 2d/2e (?)

Book 6

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - ★★★★

4d - 400 points

also fits 1a, 3a, 3c, 3e

Book 7

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome - ★★★★

4b - 400 points

also fits 4c, 1c

Book 8

Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews - ★★★★

A weapon is on the cover:


5d - 500 points

also fits 2b, 2e, 1e

Book 9

Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews - ★★★★½

2b - 200 points

also fits 2d, 2e, 1e

Book 10

People From My Neighbourhood by Hiromi Kawakami - ★★

5c - 500 points

also fits 5b

Book 11

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean - ★★★★

5b - 500 points

also fits 3c, 2a, 1e

Book 12

The House of Stairs by Barbara Vine - ★★★

4a - 400 points

Barbara Vine is the pseudonym of Ruth Rendell (born 1930), this book was first published in 1988