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10.1 100 metresFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
194 pages
+10 task
+5 before 1999 (1953)
Task total: 15
Season total: 15
15.1 Olympic ScavengerValiant Women: The Extraordinary American Servicewomen Who Helped Win World War II by Lena Andrews
Cycling Option A - �. . . average-looking women with uncommonly calm demeanors rode their bikes down the streets of occupied France, . . .�
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 15
Post 3
15 point tasks Round 1
Cycling A
20.1 Opening CeremoniesAt the Wolf's Table by Rosella Postorino
(H) 2015-2024
Author born in Italy:
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 20
15.1 Olympic Scavenger Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe by Dean Nicholson
option A: cycling is his mode of transportation
15 task
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15
Running total: 15
10.1 Decathalon 100 metresNot a River by Selva Almada
+10 Task (104p)
Task total = 10
Season total = 10
15.2 Olympic Scavenger Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
Option B: 'Yes, but look here, the Protheroes really did ask me for tennis today."
15 task
5 oldie
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20
Running total: 35
15.1 Olympic ScavengerOlivia Twist by Lorie Langdon
Boxing, Option B
"As I explained," the carriage hit a bump and knocked Olivia's head againsts a paneled wall. With a blink to refocus her vision, she continued, "the man Jack is meeting is corrupt and dangerous.And he won't be alone. Unless you have boxing skills of which I'm unaware, we'll need more than your good looks to help him."
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 35
15.1 Olympic ScavengerThe Dark Horse by Rumer Godden
Horse Option B:
Page 11 "A necessary life-line of the Sisters of Poverty was Solomon, their horse."
+15 task
+ 5 published in 1981
Task total: 20
Season total: 20
15.1 - Olympic ScavengerThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
dive/diving, Option B
"The ship had already been diving for several minutes by the time that Ford Prefect had completed his search of the other compartments of the black ship"
+15 Task
+5 Before 1999 (1980)
Task total = 20
Points total = 20
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15.2 - Olympic ScavengerPartir: Sur les chemins de Compostelle by Lili Sohn
swimming, Option A
This graphic novel is the telling of the author's 2 months walking journey from France to Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
On the chapter related to her preparation, we see a drawing of her swimming at the pool.
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 35
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20.2 Opening CeremoniesThe Peregrine by J.A. Baker
(H) 1964-1976
Author born in UK
+20 Task
+5 Pub 1967
Post Total: 25
Season Total: 60
10.6 Decathlon -- HurdlesRead a book with a Main Page Genre from the right column of the following list. Nested and composite genres such as "urban fantasy" will work.
Note that for task 10.2 you will need to read a book from the paired genre on the left side of the list.
Thriller<-->Nonfiction
I read I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala by Rigoberta Menchúwith a GR of “Nonfiction� from the right side of the list.
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Season total = 10
This should count for Guatalmala in "Countries of the World."
10.2 Decathlon -- Long jumpRead a book with a Main Page Genre from the left column of the following list. Nested and composite genres such as "cozy mystery" will work.
Note that for task 10.6 you will need to read a book from the paired genre on the right side of the list.
Thriller<-->Nonfiction
I read The Push by Ashley Audrain with a GR genre of “Thriller� from the left side of the list corresponding to “Nonfiction� on the Right side used for 10.6.
+ 10 Task
Task Total = 10
Season total = 20
Task 20.1 Opening CeremoniesThe Yellow Dog (Maigret #6) (1931) by Georges Simenon
(C) 1924-1937
Author Georges Simenon born in Liège, BELGIUM
+20 Task
+05 Published before 1999
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 00 + 25 = 25
20.1 Opening CeremoniesThe Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery
(B) 1910-1923
Author born in Canada
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (1911)
Task total = 25
Season total = 25
15.3 Olympic ScavengerSettling Scores: Sporting Mysteries by Martin Edwards
Option A: (athletics) pole-vault:
from the story: The Double Problem "I believe you have reduced pole-vaulting to a fine art, Mr. Thornem' said Ebbie."
15 task
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15
Running total: 65
10.10 1500 metresHouse of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
+10 Task (608 p)
+ 5 Big (608 pages)
Task total = 15
Season total = 15
15.2 Olympic ScavengerDetective Inspector Huss by Helene Tursten
Judo Option B. “A knowledgeable viewer would see a skilled judo master . . . . �
15 pts 15.2 Olympic Scavenger
5 pts Before 1999 - 1998
Task total = 20
Season total = 35
Post 21
15 point tasks Round 1
15.1 Cycling A
15.2 Judo Option B
20.1 Opening CeremoniesThe Night in Lisbon by Erich Maria Remarque
(E) 1951-1963 (pub'd 1962)
Author born in Germany
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1999
Task total = 25
(First Post)
15.1 Olympic ScavengerA Sorrowful Sanctuary by Iona Whishaw
Swim option A
“She swam along the edge of the rocks�
+15 task
Season total: 25
15.1 Olympic ScavengerThe Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
Option B: volleyball
"By the end of the week, my diary looks something like this:
Monday: Volleyball followed by handball with fellow expat American Mom."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 15
15.2 Olympic ScavengerA Most Beautiful Thing by Arshay Cooper
Option A: rowing
From the ŷ blurb: "The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on Chicago's West side who form the first all-black high school rowing team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport, but their lives." If you're a fan of uplifting memoir, this one def fits the bill...quite enjoyed it.
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 30
20.2 Opening CeremoniesFever and Spear by Javier Marías
(H) 1990-2002/Spain
Published 2002, author born in Spain
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Season total = 45
10.1 100 metresPirate Queen: The Life of Grace O'Malley, 1530-1603 by Judith Cook
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 70
15.3 Olympic ScavengerThe Great Rebellion of 1857 in India: Exploring Transgressions, Contests and Diversities by Biswamoy Pati
Horse/horse riding Option B. “It seems likely that the Porahat raja had formally appointed Gonoo as a subordinate vassal, investing him as a ‘Sirdar� through the gift of a turban and a horse.�
15 pts 15.3 Olympic Scavenger
Task total = 15
Season total = 50
Post 30
15 point tasks Round 1
15.1 Cycling A
15.2 Judo Option B
15.3 Horse/horseriding Option B
15.3 - Olympic ScavengerSaison des Roses by Chloé Wary
This graphic novel tells the story of Barbara, captain of the girls' football team of a suburbs city and the difficulty she encounters to fund her team. Several football games are played during the book.
Task total = 15
Points total = 50
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15.4 - Olympic ScavengerDodin-Bouffant : Gourmet Extraordinaire by Mathieu Burniat
At one point of the graphic novel, Dodin-Bouffant is wrestling with the prince that wants to "steal" his cook.
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 65
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20.1 Opening Ceremonies I 2003 - 2014The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
b: Sweden
20 task
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20
Running total: 95
Task 20.2 Opening CeremoniesThe Fencing Master (1988) by Arturo Pérez-Reverte; translated from Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa
(G) 1977-1989
Author Arturo Pérez-Reverte born in Cartagena, Murcia, SPAIN
+20 Task
+05 Published before 1999
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 25 + 25 = 50
15.5 - Olympic ScavengerThe Trouble With Women by Jacky Fleming
On this hilarious graphic novel telling very ironically why no women made History, at one point some are displayed playing tennis
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 80
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10.5 Decathlon - 400 MetresWhat If It's Us by Becky Albertalli
+10 Task (437 pages)
Task total = 10
Season total = 55
20.2 Opening CeremoniesThe House of Godwinsson by E.R. Punshon
(D) 1938-1950/United Kingdom
author born in the UK
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (1948)
Task total = 25
Season total = 50
20.1 Opening CeremoniesThe Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
(B) 1910-1923
Author born in the UK
+20 Task
+ 5 before 1999 (1914)
Task total = 25
Season total = 40
15.1 Olympic ScavengerMy Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Volleyball, Option B � p 34 and the actors actually got to play with it like a volleyball
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 55
20.2 Opening CeremoniesCaptains of the Sands by Jorge Amado
(C) 1924-1937
Author born in Brazil
+20 Task
+ 5 before 1999 (1937)
Task total = 25
Season total = 80
15.2 Olympic ScavengerThe Alps: A Human History from Hannibal to Heidi and Beyond by Stephen O'Shea
Cycling, Option B
"Aside from the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, this race remains one of the most remarkable of the European cycling season."
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 85
20.3 Opening CeremoniesThe Judge's House by Georges Simenon
(D) 1938-1950
Author born in Belgium
+20 Task
+ 5 before 1999 (1940)
Task total = 25
Season total = 105
10.5 400 metresRead a book with 400-499 pages in the MPE.
Essex Dogs by Dan Jones
MPE 464 pages
+10 Task
Season Total 10
15.1 Olympic ScavengerRolling in the Deep by Mira Grant
Swimming, Option A - While the expedition searches for mermaids, lots of swimming goes on.
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 25
15.2 Olympic ScavengerThe Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Boxing, Option B - They went to movies and boxing matches and drank all day., p371
(I thought the round thing on the cover was a basketball, but I guess not;)
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 40
15.3 Olympic ScavengerThe Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
Sail or sailing, Option A - They sail to an island called Green Island to visit one main characters mother. Other sailing happens as well.
+15 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (1896)
Task total = 20
Season total = 60
20.1 Opening CeremoniesLord Jim by Joseph Conrad
on the 1001 list
(A) 1896-1909
Author born in Ukraine (USSR)
+20 Task
+5 Before 1999
Task total: 25
Grand total: 25
20.1 Opening CeremoniesThe Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório
(J) 2015-2024
Author born in Brazil
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Season total = 80
20.2 Opening CeremoniesL'Abbé C by Georges Bataille
on the 1001 list
(D) 1938-1950
Author born in France
+20 Task
+5 Before 1999
Task total: 25
Grand total: 50
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10.4 Decathlon - High Jump
Dune by Frank Herbert
+10 Task (rating 4.27)
+ 5 Big (658 pages)
+ 5 Before 1999 (1965)
Task total = 20
Season total = 20 (assuming this is the reader's first post of the season)
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15.1 Olympic Scavenger
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
Sailing, Option A - the children go in sailing boats around the lakes
+15 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (1930)
Task total = 20
Season total = 40
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20.1 Opening Ceremonies
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber
(H) 1990-2002
Author born in Netherlands
+20 Task
+ 5 Big (922 pages)
Task total = 25
Season total = 65