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15.5 Olympic Scavenger - Round 3The Promise by Tony Birch
Option B, football = "Red came up with the idea of tucking the bottoms of our jeans into our football socks and wrapping electrical tape around them ..."
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 1090
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9x2); 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x3); 15.2 (x3); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x3); 15.5 (x3); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9 (x2); 15.10 (x2)
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7;
15.6 Olympic Scavenger - Round 3Tiger Work: Stories, Essays and Poems About Climate Change by Ben Okri
Option B, cycle- " ' ... cycle of creation and destruction that brought us to this point.'"
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 1105
10.1 (x2); 10.2 (x2); 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9x2); 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x3); 15.2 (x3); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x3); 15.5 (x3); 15.6 (x3); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9 (x2); 15.10 (x2)
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7;
10.6 HurdlesPlatero and I by Juan Ramón Jiménez
[scifi +] classics
+10 Task
+ 5 Old (1914)
Task total = 15
Season total = 535
15.10 Olympic ScavengerLight from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
Option B, football:
"They went to high school, took metal shop, and played football somethwere on the offensive line."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
+100 Finisher Bonus
Season total: 795
Post 551 Karen Michele wrote: "15.10 Olympic ScavengerHorse Heaven by Jane Smiley
Horse or horse-riding Option A- The book is all about horse racing and riding.
+15 Task
+ 5 Big (640)
Task Total: ..."
+5 Before 1999 (published in 1999 works for this)
Post 554 Valerie wrote: "15.3 Olympic Scavenger 2.0The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie
15 task
5 oldie
_____
20
Running total: 895"
What option & sport are you claiming here, Valerie?
10.7 DecathlonDiscus Throw
Sailing Alone Around the World New impression Edition by Slocum, Joshua published by Dover Publications Inc. by. Joshua Slocum
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+10 Task
+5 Before 1999
Task total: 15
Running total: 110
15.6 Olympic ScavengerLet It Bleed by Ian Rankin
Football - Option B - "Rico had been a big football fan..."
Task total: 15
Grand total: 820
Rosemary wrote: "Post 554 Valerie wrote: "15.3 Olympic Scavenger 2.0The Labors of Hercules by Agatha Christie
15 task
5 oldie
_____
20
Running total: 895"
What option & sport are ..."
I'm sorry, Rosemary, for being too fast on the draw with my post. I edited the original with the info.
15.9 Olympic ScavengerThe Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis by George Stephanopoulos
Swimming, Option A: President Ford was an "avid swimmer" who used the new White House outdoor swimming pool. (Chapter 4)
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 135 + 15 = 150
Completed so far: 15.1 golf, B; 15.2 surfboard, B; 15.3 canoe, canoeing A; 15.4 basketball, B, 15.5 tennis, B; 15.6 cycling, B, 15.7 golf, A; 15.8 horse-riding, A; 15.9 swimming, A.
Task 15.10 Olympic ScavengerHORSE
Option B
Forgetting to Remember (2024) by M.J. Rose (female) (ŷ Author) (Paperback 266 pages)
p. 75: “I was turning right on Fulham Road a few minutes later when I suddenly saw the most unusual sight of a HORSE and carriage coming toward me.�
+15 Task
+100 Finisher Bonus
Task Total: 15 + 100 = 115
Grand Total: 405 + 115 = 520
15.4 Olympic Scavenger 2.0Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie
op B: tennis: pg 109 "We were keen on tennis...."
15 task
5 olide
_____
20
Running total: 915
20.1 Opening ceremoniesA Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery by Lawrence Ingrassia
J USA
+20 task
Season total 185
10.1 100 metresO Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
+10 Task (188 pages)
+ 5 Old (1991)
Task total = 15
Season total = 550
15.7 Olympic ScavangerThe Duke and I by Julia Quinn
15 pts Swim/Swimming Option B. “If I am forced to escort Eloise, I may have to swim back to London.�
Task total = 15 pts
Season total = 505 pts
Post 570
15 point tasks Round 2
15.1 Surfing Option A
15.2 Horseback riding Option A
15.3 Swimming Option A
15.4 Golf Option B
15.5 Horse/horseriding Option A
15.6 Canoe/canoeing Option A
15.7 Swim/Swimming Option B
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
20.3 1938-1950 Australia
20.4 1924-1937 Belguim
20.5 1951-1963 Spain
10.10 1500 metres14,000 Things to Be Happy About: The Happy Book by Barbara Ann Kipfer
610p.
Task=10
Big=5
pre 1999=5 (1990)
Task Total:20
Grand Total= 95
Decathlon
� 10.1; 10.10
Olympic Scavenger
� 15.1
20.1 Opening Ceremonies completed
Year bands:
(A) 1896-1909
(B) 1910-1923
(C) 1924-1937
(D) 1938-1950
(E) 1951-1963
(F) 1964-1976
(G) 1977-1989
(H) 1990-2002
� (I) 2003-2014
(J) 2015-2024
Host countries:
Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, � United States, USSR (including any former USSR country: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan)
20.2 Opening Ceremonies F - published in 1975 and author born in Australia
Shogun by James Clavell
Task : 20
Published before 1995 - 5
Big Book : 5
Post total : 30
Season total : 50
10.1 100 meters The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Page count 191
Task : 10
Pre 1999 - published in 1953 - 5
Post total : 15
Season total : 65
10.6 - Hurdles Non fiction : Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C.S. Lewis
Task 10
Published in 1955 - 5
Post total : 15
Season total: 90
10.8 Pole Vault The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
Won Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1995
Task: 10
Pre 1999 - 5
Post total : 15
Season total : 105
10.5 400 meters Patsy by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
Hardcover -426 pages
Task 10
Post total : 10
Season total: 115
10.6 High JumpJane Austen's Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson
10 pts 10.6 High Jump Nonfiction
Task total = 10 pts
Season total = 515 pts
Post 580
15 point tasks Round 2
15.1 Surfing Option A
15.2 Horseback riding Option A
15.3 Swimming Option A
15.4 Golf Option B
15.5 Horse/horseriding Option A
15.6 Canoe/canoeing Option A
15.7 Swim/Swimming Option B
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
20.3 1938-1950 Australia
20.4 1924-1937 Belguim
20.5 1951-1963 Spain
15.8 Olympic Scavenger Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert
15 pts 15.8 Football Option B. “Why isn’t it fun to watch a videotapr of last night’s football game. . . .?
Task total = 15 pts
Season total = 530 pts
Post 581
15 point tasks Round 2
15.1 Surfing Option A
15.2 Horseback riding Option A
15.3 Swimming Option A
15.4 Golf Option B
15.5 Horse/horseriding Option A
15.6 Canoe/canoeing Option A
15.7 Swim/Swimming Option B
15.8 Football Option B
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
20.3 1938-1950 Australia
20.4 1924-1937 Belguim
20.5 1951-1963 Spain
15-6 Olympic ScavengerSailing-Option B
Johnny proposed a trip the mainland for supplies...this was no casual sailing trip , no unannounced entry to that fortified place..
Child of the Prophecy by Juliet Marillier - 596 pages
Points this task 15
Jumbo 5
Total Task 20
Season Total 250
15.10 Scavengar HuntOption B
Arrows of the Queenby Mercedes Lackey
Horse-"She had ridden every horse of age." p 25
Task Points 15
Bonus +5 published before 1999 -1987
Finisher Bonus-100
Grand total: 305
10.5 400 MetresVoss by Patrick White
+10 Task (448 pages)
+ 5 Old (1957)
Task total = 15
Season total = 565
10.7 Discus ThrowA Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson
disc + ring
+10 Task
+5 Before 1999 (1998)
Task total = 15
Points total = 440
10.1 ; 10.2 ; 10.3 ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; 10.7 ; � ; 10.9 ; 10.10
15.1 ; 15.2 ; 15.3 ; 15.4 ; 15.5 ; 15.6 ; 15.7 ; 15.8 ; 15.9 ; 15.10
20.1 ; 20.2 ; 20.3 ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; �
10.9 Javelin ThrowThe Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton
+10 task
+ 5 before 1999 (Published 1922)
Task total: 15
Season total: 605
10.2 Long Jump Thriller/NonFictionA Death in Cornwall by Daniel Silva
MPG Thriller (my 10.6 was a Non-Fiction)
Points this task 10
Season Total 260
15.1 Olympic ScavengerTriptych by Karin Slaughter
Option B, football:
"He was at fooball practice when he said he would be at home."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 810
Rosemary, I believe my number of 15 point tasks is off-My last post for it, #582, should have been 15.7-please let me know if I am wrong on this. Thanks
Joanne wrote: "Rosemary, I believe my number of 15 point tasks is off-My last post for it, #582, should have been 15.7-please let me know if I am wrong on this. Thanks"You are correct: it looks like you accidentally claimed 15.4 twice.
We have your Olympic Scavenger reading as follows:
15.1 We Ride Upon Sticks, hockey
15.2 Arrows of the Queen, "dive"
15.3 The Pasha of Cuisine, "rowing"
15.4 The Patriarch, tennis
15.5 (you also posted this as 15.4 in post 279) The Last Ride of the Pony Express: My 2,000-mile Horseback Journey into the Old West, horse riding
15.6 (which was posted as 15.5) A Dangerous Collaboration, swimming
15.7 (which was posted as 15.6) Child of the Prophecy, "sailing"
RWS Decathlon 10 point 5 400 meters10.5 400 metres
Read a book with 400-499 pages in the MPE.
Manhattan Transfer by John Dos Passos, 448 pp. 1st published 1925.
Points = 10
Bonus = 5 -- Before 1999, 1st pub’d 1925.
Decathlon Finisher Bonus = 100
Total Points = 325
Decathlon 10..5 400 meters.I am going to have to delete these points. This was a re-read, and I think I did the same thing when I read this book before for this group -- which is pretty embarrassing! -- but very typical of me.
My copy of Manhattan Transfer is 448 pp inlength. But the rules of this group state that for page length we have to use the most common English language edition
Manhattan Transfer
which is below the 400 pages necessary for the book to complete this task.
So I am back to 110 points.
And back to the drawing board.
15.7 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Horse - Option B - "Below on the ice stands the horse."
Task total: 15
Grand total: 835
15.8 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
Golf - Option B - "Walton was a 10-minute drive from the cabin, but there wasn't much to see there unless you were into quilts, or antiques, or golf."
Task total: 15
Grand total: 850
Task 20.9 Opening CeremoniesF/1964-1976/
Author: born in Ontario, Canada
CANADA
World of Wonders (The Deptford Trilogy #3) (1975) by Robertson Davies
+35 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1975)
Task Total: 35 + 05 = 40
Grand Total: 520 + 40 = 560
15.8 Olympic Scavenger Round 2The Grifters by Jim Thompson
Swimming-Option B: “He turned swimming eyes on the clerk, eyes flooded with pain-filled puzzlement.� pg. 5
+15 Task
+ 5 before 1999
Post total=20
Season total=430
10.8 Pole Vault The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
+10 Task (Pulitzer and others)
Task total = 10
Season total = 575
Post 571 Linda wrote: "Decathlon 10.4High Jump
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
ŷ rating: 4.33
+10 Task
+5 Before 1999
Task total: 15
+100 Decathlon completed
Fin..."
I'm sorry, Linda, the most popular edition of this book has only 96 pages, and the minimum requirement for Reading With Style is 100 pages. I hope you can find another book to complete the challenge!
Post 585 Kathleen (itpdx) wrote: "10.3 Shot PutMe Times Three by Alex Witchel
+10 task ( currently 3.94)
Season total: 195"
In case anyone is wondering, the rating for this book is 2.94, so this works.
Post 522 Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "15.9 Scavenger HuntReady Player Oneby Ernest Cline
"Each OASIS public school has the own athletic teams including WRESTLING." p 72
Task +15
Grand total: 170"
Jayme, you used wrestling twice, but I can see in Google Books this goes on to say "...including wrestling, soccer, football, baseball, volleyball" so we can score it for volleyball, which you haven't used. So your Scavenger finish still works :)
Nick wrote: "Decathlon 10..5 400 meters.I am going to have to delete these points. This was a re-read, and I think I did the same thing when I read this book before for this group -- which is pretty embarrass..."
I know you can’t use it for the Decathlon task you had it planned for, but if you still want to get points for that book since you’ve already read it, you could use it for Olympic Scavenger: Option B, sail or sailing: “The sail of a catboat was a crimson triangle when it luffed a few feet from the concrete walk.�
+15 Task
+5 Before 1999
Anika wrote: "I know you can’t use it for the Decathlon task you had it planned for, but if you still want to get points for that book since you’ve already read it"We're on a similar thought-wave. I suggested in a PM he could use it for Opening Ceremonies. ;-)
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10.5 400 metres
Table for Two by Amor Towles
464 pages
Task total: 10
Season total: 590