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15.4 Olympic Scavenger Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie
Option A: pg. 60 - 'He rowed with a powerful stroke. The boat leapt forward.'
15 task
5 oldie
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20
Running total: 115
20.1 Opening CeremoniesThe Man Who Died by Antti Tuomainen
(J) 2015-2024
Author born in Finland
+20 Task
Task total=20
Season total=20
15.1 Olympic ScavengerHow to Draw without Talent by Danny Gregory
Golf, Option B: "Much of drawing is a physical process. It's like swinging a golf club."
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 15
15.2 Olympic ScavengerThe Shore Road Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon
Surfboard, surfing, Option B: "While Frank changed into Bermuda shorts and a light jacket, Joe opened a closet and brought out a fishing rod, surfboard, and an air mattress."
+15 Task
+5 Before 1999 (1928)
Task total = 20
Season total = 35
15.2 Olympic ScavengerA Deceptive Devotion by Iona Whishaw
Swim Option B: “To survive you must swim with the current.�
+15 task
Season total: 40
15.2 Olympic ScavengerMary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
Rowing Option B: pg 294 "They had been rowing a long, long time--half a day it seemed at least--yet Liverpool appeared still close at hand . . ."
+15 task
+ 5 oldie (pub 1848)
Task total: 20
Season total: 40
20.3 Opening CeremoniesThe Murdered Banker by Augusto De Angelis
(C) 1924-1937
author born in Italy
+20 Task (pub'd 1935)
+ 5 Before 1999
Task total = 25
Season total = 75
20.1 Opening Ceremonies Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar
I- 2003- 2014
Author born in USA
Task - 20 (published in 2013)
Post total: 20
Season total: 20
15.3 Olympic ScavengerFamily Family by Laurie Frankel
Basketball Option B: Page 267
"Can you dunk?"
"A basketball?" said Davis.
Task total: 15
Season total: 55
20.4 Opening CeremoniesLet the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
(I) 2003-2014
Author born in Sweden
+20 Task
+ 5 Big (513 pages)
Task total = 25
Season total = 130
15.2 Olympic Scavenger-Option B-exact word dive
Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey -Published 1987
Karen was just a fraction ahead of everyone and she dove off the saddle...I knew she and Dantirs were good-I never even knew you could sling shot into a dive
+15 task
+ 5 Styles
Task Total 20
Season Total
15.1 Olympic ScavengerReveal Me by Sappharia Mayer
Option A - Swimming
One character swims at the beach; another swims laps in a pool.
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 65
15.3 Olympic ScavengerUnderland by Robert Macfarlane
Canoe, Option B
"She disappears into a side room, and emerges holding a gaudily painted wooden canoe, two feet or so long, in which stand in single file a zebra, a lion, a tiger and a giraffe."
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 100
15.2 Olympic ScavengerMislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire
Option B - Swim
...swim in the strawberry sea - I listened to the audiobook, so don't have the whole sentence exactly, but Sumi says something like: "I won't see Porter and won't get to swim in the strawberry sea."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Grand total: 80
15.2 Olympic ScavengerThe Hats of Marvello by Amanda Graham
Cycling Option A � Olive cycles to school and to visit her friends
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 155
15.6 - Olympic ScavengerThe Blackhouse by Peter May
Option A Golf
"� to tee up on the first hole and christen the course by playing his first round of golf"
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 95
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15.1 ; 15.2 ; 15.3 ; 15.4 ; 15.5 ; 15.6 ; � ; � ; � ; �
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15.4 Olympic ScavengerGame of Mirrors (Commissario Montalbano #18) by Andrea Camilleri
athletic, option B
"He sat down on the little bed, turned off the torch, and started massaging his foot in the dark, thinking bitterly that his days as an athletic were behind him."
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 115
10.9 Javelin ThrowFemina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramírez
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 125
Post 72 Tien wrote: "15.4 Olympic ScavengerGame of Mirrors (Commissario Montalbano #18) by Andrea Camilleri
athletic, option B
"He sat down on the little bed, turned off the torch, and ..."
Tien, this quote actually has "athlete" not "athletic". But I did find a quote from the book where someone has a "tall, athletic build" so it still works.
Decathlon: 10.4 High JumpRead a book with a Rating higher than 4.25 (min 4.26).
Experience: Thinking, Writing, Language, and Religion by Norman Fischer. 4.75
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 30
Decatholon: 10.3 Shot PutRead a book with a Rating lower than 3.0 (max 2.99).
I read The Old English Baron by Clara Reeve. 2.98
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 40
Linda wrote: "10.1 Decathlon -100 metres Psmith, Journalist by P.G. Wodehouse
+10 Task
+5 Before 1999
Task Total: 15"
Welcome to the challenge, Linda!
15.5 Olympic ScavengerBeyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic by Adam Shoalts
Option A: '...toward the towering whitecapped waves. With my paddle I steered into them. The canoe rode over the crest of the first wave, becoming almost vertical as the bow soared into the open air.'
15 task
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15
Running total: 155
Rosemary wrote: "Post 72 Tien wrote: "15.4 Olympic ScavengerGame of Mirrors (Commissario Montalbano #18) by Andrea Camilleri
athletic, option B
"He sat down on the little bed, turne..."
oh my goodness, I had that other quote but I don't know what happened! I've returned the book today so thankfully, you managed to find it. Thank you!!
15.5 Olympic ScavengerEmily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett
horse, option B
"We made good time on the return journey, for I had noted and memorized every direction given to us by the changeling, even the smallest commands he gave to the horse, taking her left around a frozen puddle rather than right, for instance."
+15 Task
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 140
Post 77 Nick wrote: " Decatholon: 10.3 Shot PutRead a book with a Rating lower than 3.0 (max 2.99).
I read The Old English Baron by Clara Reeve. 2.98
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 40"
+5 Before 1999
10.7 Discus ThrowRemembering by Wendell Berry
+10 task (ring)
+ 5 oldie (pub 1988)
Task total: 15
Season total: 70
Task 15.1 Olympic ScavengerThe Clicking of Cuthbert (Golf Stories #1) (1922) by P.G. Wodehouse
Golf, Option A � each of the ten stories in the book is centered on a man who is playing golf
+15 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1922)
Task Total: 15 + 05 = 20
Grand Total: 50 + 20 = 70
20.3 Opening CeremoniesRuby Red (Edelstein-Trilogie #1) by Kerstin Gier
(H) 2003-2014
Author born in Germany
+20 Task
Post Total: 20
Season Total: 160
Task 20.3 Opening CeremoniesThe Violent Land (1942) by Jorge Amado
(D) 1938-1950
Author Jorge Amado was born in Itabuna, Bahia, BRAZIL
+20 Task
+05 Published before 1999 (1942)
Task Total: 20 + 05 = 25
Grand Total: 70 + 25 = 95
10.3 Decathlon - Shot PutRead a book with a Rating lower than 3.0 (max 2.99).
Five Weeks in the Amazon by Sean Michael Hayes Rating: 2.81
Task total: 10
Season total: 25
Post 84 Valerie wrote: "10.2 Long JumpGlass Houses by Louise Penny
10 task
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10
Running total: 165"
Valerie, please edit your post to let us know which genre you are claiming this for. It could be either Mystery or Thriller...?
15.6 Olympic Scavenger Tony Hawk: Professional Skateboarder by Tony Hawk
Option A: This is a memoir (written for a younger audience) that is basically all about skateboarding. He talks all about his childhood/teenage/young adult years as a skateboarder, in the lingo of the sport.
15 task
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15
Running total: 180
15.3 Olympic ScavengerThe Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
Canoe, canoeing Option A: Main character Barney resides on an island in a Canadian lake and sometimes he uses a canoe for transportation.
+15 Task
+5 before 1999 (1926)
Task Total = 20
Season Total = 55
Completed so far: 15.1 golf, B; 15.2 surfboard, B; 15.3 canoe, canoeing A
15.7 - Olympic ScavengerThis Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews
Cycling Option A: as shown on the cover, the characters are biking a lot through the book.
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Points total = 110
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15.1 ; 15.2 ; 15.3 ; 15.4 ; 15.5 ; 15.6 ; 15.7 ; � ; � ; �
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20.3 Opening CeremoniesThe Passion by Jeanette Winterson
(G) 1977-1989/UK
Published 1987, author born in the UK
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1999
Task total = 25
Season total = 90
10.6 HurdlesIstanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk
NON FICTION
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 170
10.2 Long jumpBig Sky by Kate Atkinson
Mystery
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 20
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.9; ...
15.1 Olympic Scavenger Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward
Option A, Baksetball - mentioned mutliple times, but since it is on the list, I am guessing you will take my word for it ;)
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 35
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.9; ...
15.1;
15.2 Olympic ScavengerNot a River by Selva Almada
Option A, Rowing - ”He begins to row out in the river.� One of a couple of mentions of rowing.
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 50
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.9; ...
15.1; 15.2;
20.1 Opening CeremoniesThe Dark Forest by Liu Cixin
I, China
+20 task
+5 Big (512 pages)
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 75
...; 10.2; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; ...; 10.9; ...
15.1; 15.2;
20.1;
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(I) 2003-2014
Author born in Japan
+20 Task
Task total = 20
Season total = 100