Infant Trivia I
A fetus develops this sense the earliest, while still in the womb.
hearing
In our Christmas December 2023 read, type-A Niki Randhawa celebrates this titular holiday with bad-boy London musician Sameer.
Diwali
One of the narrators of "The Island of Missing Trees" by Elif Shafak is a holier-than-thou specimen of this type of tree.
fig
In the popular nursery rhyme, Jack and Jill go up the hill to fetch ___.
a pail of water
This contemporary American author's latest bestselling romance "Funny Story" is about jilted fiancee Daphne and her new roommate Miles in Waning Bay, Michigan.
Emily Henry
This biblical name was the most popular name for boys in 2023.
This Giant Pacific Octopus is a lovable narrator in "Remarkably Bright Creatures" by Shelby Van Pelt.
Marcellus
This popular Gen Z actress is a repeat choice for our game "Dream Casting the Book We Just Read."
Zendaya
This literary name was the most popular name for girls in 2023.
Emma
Our book club discussed Sea of Tranquility by this author, who is also known for her Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novel Station Eleven.
Emily St. John Mandel
Newborns cannot see color well at birth. This primary color is the first that infants are able to distinguish.
In "Daughter of the Moon Goddess" by Sue Lynn Tan, immortal Xingyin flees to the Celestial Kingdom and becomes a proficient warrior with this medieval weapon.
bow and arrows
After discussing "Romantic Comedy" by Curtis Sittenfield, we were pretty sure that middle-aged pop music sensation Noah Brewster is based on this real life singer-songwriter.
John Mayer
More traditional members of this ethnoreligious group avoid throwing showers and giving gifts before birth, believing it can draw evil spirits and bring bad luck to the child.
Jewish people
This Virginia-based author is known for Appalachian literature and won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Demon Copperhead.
Barbara Kingsolver
This layer of soft, unpigmented body hair is common in unborn infants and newborns.
lanugo
"All The Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr takes place during WWII in this French city.
Saint-Malo
The Well Read Coven's members are geographically diverse, and their current main residences total this NUMBER of states.
Five - SC, MI, KS, TX, VA
Infants born during this month are statistically heavier, weighing around 200g more than infants born in any other month of the year.
May
This romance author has never been an official feature of book club, but is a member favorite best known for regency and Victorian romance novels such as "Secrets of a Summer Night."
Lisa Kleypas
A commonly used word for diapers in South Africa.
disposable
(Two-part answer) We read these two surprisingly similar novels written by Erin Morgenstern and Alix E Harrow back to back in spring 2023, both featuring books, keys, and portals to other worlds.
The Starless Sea and The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Book club's favorite Dollywood park rides were the ones labelled with this helpful descriptive phrase.
moderate thrills
In Turkey, pregnant women are discouraged from looking at anything unpleasant, including this wild animal.
monkeys
In "One Night on the Island" by this author, main character Cleo takes a sabbatical to a remote Irish island, gets married to herself, and meets divorced photographer Mac.
Josie Silver