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10.6 HurdlesWhite Sand, Volume 2 by Brandon Sanderson
+10 Task (fantasy)
Task total = 10
Finisher bonus = 100
Season total = 1100
I hope my addition is better this time.
Task 15.6 Olympic ScavengerCANOE
Option B
Fire Exit (2024) by Morgan Talty (male) (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author) (Hardcover 243 pages)
p. 170: “Mary yanked the CANOE from around the house and guided it into the water.�
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 265 + 15 = 280
10.1 100 metres - Round 2Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 550
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 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;
10.4 High Jump - Round 2Human Diastrophism by Gilbert Hernández
Rating of 4.38 at time of posting
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 560
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 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;
10.7 Discus Throw - Round 2Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami
pinBALL, 1973
+10 task
+5 Before 1999
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 575
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 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;
20.4 Opening CeremoniesSteppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
C, Germany
+20 task
+5 Before 1999
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 600
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 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; 20.4;
20.5 Opening CeremoniesHear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami
G, Japan
+20 task
+5 Before 1999
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 625
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 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; 20.4; 20.5;
15.1 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Swimming, Option A - so many examples of people swimming, their speed, their stroke, their lane ...
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 640
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2; 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5;
15.2 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
Skateboarding, Option B - " "Skateboarding is not a crime," said Tom."
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 655
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3; 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5;
15.3 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Tennis, Option B - " He bounced to his feet, did a ramshackle pantomime of a tennis serve."
+15 task
+5 Before 1999
Post Total = 20
Season Total = 675
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4; 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5;
15.4 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2The Herd: how Sweden chose its own path through the worst pandemic in 100 years by Johan Anderberg
Hockey, Option B - " He spent his days punching out code and supervising students writing essays on how to predict National Hockey League results..."
+15 task
Post Total = 15
Season Total = 690
10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5; 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5;
15.1 Olympic Scavenger Round 2The Last Island: Discovery, Defiance, and the Most Elusive Tribe on Earth by Adam Goodheart
15 pts 15.1 Surfing Option A. �. . . the surfers, apparently unaware of the island’s reputation, started riding the breakers. . .�
Task total = 15
Season total = 355 pts
Post 365
15 point tasks Round 2
15.1 Surfing Option A
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
20.3 1938-1950 Australia
10.4 High JumpA Terrible Kindness by Jo Browning Wroe
+10 Task (4.31)
Task total = 10
Decathlon finish = 100
Post total = 110
Season total = 360
10.7 Decathlon, Discus ThrowMaking Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat by David Dosa
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 540
15.2 Olympic ScavengerI'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
Option B, Basketball:
"On my left is a basketball court."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 555
10.5 Decathlon 400 metresGwenhwyfar: The White Spiritby Mercedes Lackey
404 pp
TasK +10
Grand total: 95
15.1 Olympic Scavenger Round 2Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson
Rowing-Option A: person engages in rowing: “On the river, a rower in a scull skimmed along its placid surface.� pg. 6
+15 Task
Post total=15
Season total=310
15.4 Scavenger HuntA Match Made in Autumnby Jessica Booth
Wrestling option B-"wrestled with her unruly brown curls" p 8
Task +15
Grand Total: 110
20.3 Opening Ceremonies (Round 2)Power of Three by Diana Wynne Jones
(F) 1964-1976
Author born in the UK
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (pub 1976)
Task total = 25
Season total = 1125
20.4 Opening Ceremonies (Round 2)Wittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas Bernhard
(G) 1977-1989
Author born in the Netherlands
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (pub 1982)
Task total = 25
Season total = 1150
10.2 Long jumpLe Comte de Monte-Cristo II by Alexandre Dumas
Historical Fiction
+10 Task
+5 Before 1999 (1844)
+5 Big (709 pages)
Task total = 20
Points total = 385
� ; 10.2 ; � ; ... ; 10.5 ; � ; � ; � ; 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 ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; �
10.6 HurdlesWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Historical Fiction => Contemporary
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Points total = 395
� ; 10.2 ; � ; ... ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; � ; � ; 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 ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; �
10.4 High JumpPépin et Olivia - Tome 1 - La grande fête de rien du tout by Camille Jourdy
4,55 average rating
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Points total = 405
� ; 10.2 ; � ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; � ; � ; 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 ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; �
10.1 100 metresLes Ecoptimistes : Remèdes à l'éco-anxieté by Dorothée Moisan
168 pages
+10 Task
Task total = 10
Points total = 415
10.1 ; 10.2 ; � ; 10.4 ; 10.5 ; 10.6 ; � ; � ; 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 ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; � ; �
15.8 ScavengerThe Shame Game by Hannah Murray
Wrestle - Option B: "There was always a chance he'd have to wrestle her down, and Amanda was much stronger than she looked."
Task total: 15
Grand total: 220
15.9 ScavengerThe Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Horse - Option A - characters travel by horseback several times in this YA fantasy novel.
Task total: 15
Grand total: 235
15.10 ScavengerThe Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Horse - Option B: "That horse is stubborn."
Task total: 15
Scavenger Hunt Finish
+100
Total this post: 115
Grand total: 350
20.5 Opening CeremoniesMaigret's Revolver by Georges Simenon
(E) 1951-1963 / Belgium
+25 Task
+5 Old (pub. 1952)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 380
20.6 Opening CeremoniesAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
(C) 1924-1937 / Germany
+25 Task
+5 Old (pub. 1928)
Task total: 30
Grand total: 410
15.1 Scavenger Round 2The Memory of Running by Ron McLarty
Cycle Option A - protagonist travels by bicycle across the USA
Task total: 15
Grand total: 425
10.5 400 metresDracula by Bram Stoker
+10 task (488 Pages)
+ 5 before 1999 (Published 1897)
Task total: 15
Season total: 240
Decathlon Round 210.2 Long jump
Time of the Flies by Claudia Piñeiro
+10 Task: Thriller<-->Nonfiction = Thriller
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 540
10.8 Pole VaultA Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan #1) by Arkady Martine
Hugo Award for Best Novel (2020)
+10 Task
Post Total: 10
Season Total: 620
20.8 Opening CeremoniesCaptain Blood by Rafael Sabatini
(B) 1910-1923 (1922)
Author born in Italy
+30 Task (1922)
+ 5 Before 1999 (1922)
Task total = 35
Season Total: 575
20.9 Opening CeremoniesThe Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham
(D) 1938-1950 (1944)
Author born in France
+35 Task (1944)
+ 5 Before 1999 (1944)
Task total = 40
Season Total: 615
15.5 Olympic ScavengerThe Jackson County Rebellion: A Populist Uprising in Depression-Era Oregon by Jeffrey Max LaLande.
Golf option B: “One notable emigre from Chicago,
Harvard graduate and national golf champion Chandler Egan, came to Medford in 1911.�
+15 task
Season total: 125
20.5 Opening Ceremonies (Round 2)Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
(A) 1896-1909
Author born in the USSR
+25 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (pub 1899)
Task total = 30
Season total = 1180
10.10 1500 MetersPost of Honour by R.F. Delderfield
+10 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (1966)
+ 5 Big (640 pgs)
Task total = 20
Season total = 285
15.2 Olympic Scavenger Round 2The Incense Game by Laura Joh Rowland
15 pts 15.2 Horseback Riding Option A. Samurai ride horses throughout the book.
Task total = 15
Season total = 370 pts
Post 395
15 point tasks Round 2
15.1 Surfing Option A
15.2 Horseback riding Option A
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
20.3 1938-1950 Australia
Decatholon: 10.10 1500 metersRead a book of over 500 pp.
I read The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. 576 pp.
Task Points: 10
Big: 5
Grand Total: 60
Decathlon: 10.9 Javelin ThrowAuthor's inits in JAvelin throw.
I read The Genius of Birds by Jennifer Ackerman.
Task Points: 10
Grand Total: 70
20.1 Opening CeremoniesAmerica (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart
(I)-2003-2014 (2004)
Author born in USA
Task=20
Task Total:20
Grand Total=20
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)
20.6 Opening Ceremonies (Round 2)Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery
(B) 1910-1923
Author born in Canada
+25 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (pub 1919)
Task total = 30
Season total = 1210
Task 10.3 DECATHALON - Shot PutRead a book with a Rating lower than 3.0 (max 2.99).
As of July 24, 2024, Rating is: 2.98
The Story of Land and Sea (2014) by Katy Simpson Smith
+10 Task
Task Total: 10
Grand Total: 280 + 10 = 290
Post 360 Apple wrote: "20.5 Opening CeremoniesHear the Wind Sing by Haruki Murakami
G, Japan
+20 task
+5 Before 1999
Post Total = 25
Season Total = 625"
+5, task 20.5 is worth 25 points
Post 372 Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "15.4 Scavenger HuntA Match Made in Autumnby Jessica Booth
Wrestling option B-"wrestled with her unruly brown curls" p 8
Task +15
Grand Total: 110"
I'm sorry, Jayme, "wrestled" doesn't work, it has to be "wrestle" or "wrestling" and match exactly. Can you find anything else in this book for the Scavenger Hunt?
Rosemary wrote: "Post 372 Jayme(theghostreader) wrote: "15.4 Scavenger HuntA Match Made in Autumnby Jessica Booth
Wrestling option B-"wrestled with her unruly brown curls" p 8
Tas..."
"I tried to focus on the college football recaps." p 83
20.3 Opening Ceremonies1896-1909 - United States
The Call of the Wild
Points this task 20
Before 1999 5
Post Total 25
Season Total 205
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+10 Task (mystery)
Task total = 10
Season total = 990