BOOKS FROM THE LAST FEW YEARS
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Jesmyn Ward's "Salvage the Bones" finds a poor Gulf coast family riding out this 2005 disaster & its aftermath

Katrina

100

This famous TV actress shares the same birthday as Swanny - 

Christina Applegate

100

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

100

A racket-&-net sport peril

A tennis menace

100

A political operative who handles P.R. crises, like Olivia Pope on "Scandal"

Fixer

200

Author Curtis Sittenfeld wonders what would've happened if Hillary never married Bill in the novel titled this maiden name

Rodham

200

Birthday buddies with Eunice, this singer makes sure nothing is left "Unwritten" 

Natasha Bedingfield

200

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

200

Cartographic hip-hop verse

A map rap

200

It's the smallest element of an image on your computer monitor

Pixel

300

There are an infinite number of books in "The Midnight" this, a 2020 bestseller by Matt Haig

Library

300

This world famous competitive eater shares a birthday with Swanny

Joey Chesnut

300

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

300

A distant Gibson Les Paul

A far guitar
300

Hoovering is a manipulative tactic that sucks people back into this type of "poisonous" relationship

Toxic

400

What is the name of the state that Margaret Atwood's novel "The Handmaid's Tale" is set in?

Gilead

400

This famous DJ and rapper shares a birthday with Eunice:

DJ Khaled

400

Hens dissolve their own bones if needed to get this element to make shells for their young 

Calcium

400

A grizzly trap

A bear snare

400

A spiral form; Watson & Crick said make ours a double

Helix

500

This fantasy book by Rebecca Yarros has spent 69 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List

Fourth Wing

500

This Peanuts cartoonist shares a birthday with Eunice.

Charles Schulz

500

Aphids can produce young through this "virgin birth" method with no mating & produce pregnant babies holding more young

Parthenogenesis

500

Gorgonzola knowledge & proficiency

cheese expertise

500

It transports water & minerals from the roots of a plant up to the leaves

xylem