BOOKS FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS
Jesmyn Ward's "Salvage the Bones" finds a poor Gulf coast family riding out this 2005 disaster & its aftermath
Katrina
This famous TV actress shares the same birthday as Swanny -
Christina Applegate
Dad must be relieved when mom of the Emperor species of this returns from a long trek to the ocean & regurgitates fish for the chick
A penguin
A racket-&-net sport peril
A tennis menace
A political operative who handles P.R. crises, like Olivia Pope on "Scandal"
Fixer
Author Curtis Sittenfeld wonders what would've happened if Hillary never married Bill in the novel titled this maiden name
Rodham
Birthday buddies with Eunice, this singer makes sure nothing is left "Unwritten"
Natasha Bedingfield
This time period, from the Latin for "carrying", can test any mom's patience: for an elephant, it can be 22 months & an octopus, 53
Gestation
Cartographic hip-hop verse
A map rap
It's the smallest element of an image on your computer monitor
Pixel
There are an infinite number of books in "The Midnight" this, a 2020 bestseller by Matt Haig
Library
This world famous competitive eater shares a birthday with Swanny
Joey Chesnut
Talk about a passel of kids--this North American marsupial can give birth to as many as 20 babies at a time, each no larger than a bee
An Opposum
A distant Gibson Les Paul
Hoovering is a manipulative tactic that sucks people back into this type of "poisonous" relationship
Toxic
What is the name of the state that Margaret Atwood's novel "The Handmaid's Tale" is set in?
Gilead
This famous DJ and rapper shares a birthday with Eunice:
DJ Khaled
Hens dissolve their own bones if needed to get this element to make shells for their young
Calcium
A grizzly trap
A bear snare
A spiral form; Watson & Crick said make ours a double
Helix
This fantasy book by Rebecca Yarros has spent 69 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List
Fourth Wing
This Peanuts cartoonist shares a birthday with Eunice.
Charles Schulz
Aphids can produce young through this "virgin birth" method with no mating & produce pregnant babies holding more young
Parthenogenesis
Gorgonzola knowledge & proficiency
cheese expertise
It transports water & minerals from the roots of a plant up to the leaves
xylem