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20.1 Opening Ceremonies (Round 2)Transit by Anna Seghers
(D) 1938-1950
Author born in Germany
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (pub 1944)
Task total = 25
Season total = 880
15.10 Olympic ScavengerThe Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
Option B: Swim = pg 9 - '.... and is grateful for the anonymity that her swim membership brings.'
15 task
______
15
100 finisher bonus
_____
115
Running total: 540
15.5 Olympic Scavenger (Round 2) Expect Me Tomorrow by Christopher Priest
cycle Option B – from chapter 2 Solar Cycle 10 had come to an end
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 895
10.10 Decathlon, 1500 MetersMidnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham, MPE 538 pages
+10 Task
+5 Big
Task total: 15
Season total: 230
15.8 Olympic ScavengerThe Canyon of the Green Death by F.R. Buckley
Horse-Option B: "And now,” said the stranger who had ridden up on the tired horse, speaking as if he were not violating every social law of southern California, “I’d like you to tell me just what happened to your arm.” pg. 1
+15 Task
+ 5 Before 1999
Task total=20
Season total=160
10.8 Pole VaultThe Promise by Damon Galgut
Booker Prize, 2021
+10 task
Post Total = 10
Season Total = 420
10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5; 10.6; 10.7; 10.8; 10.9; ...
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;
10.10 1500 metresThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
+10 task
+5 Before 1999
+5 Big
+100 10 Point Finisher Bonus
Post Total = 120
Season Total = 540
10.1; 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;
Decathlon 10.1Read a book with 100-199 pages in the MPE.
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
181 pages
published 1972
+10 Task
+ 5 Before 1999
Task Total 15
Season Total 180
10.3 Shot PutPassenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie
avg rating 2.86
+10 Task
+5 Published 1970
Post Total: 15
Season Total: 610
10.1 Decathlon, 100 MetresThanks a Thousand: A Gratitude Journey by A.J. Jacobs, MPE 160 pages
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 240
10.3 Decathlon, Shot PutA Paris Affair by Tatiana de Rosnay, 2.81 avg rating
+10 Task
Task total: 10
+100 Finisher Bonus
Season total: 350
15.6 Olympic Scavenger (Round 2) Translation State by Ann Leckie
swim Option B – from p 249 they swim in the sea they were meant to swim
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 910
15.9 Opening CeremoniesThe Bangalore Detectives Club by Harini Nagendra
15 pts 15.9 Swimming Option A. “The girls swam for over an hour.”
Task total = 15
Season total = 195
Post 316
15 point tasks Round 1
15.1 Cycling A
15.2 Judo Option B
15.3 Horse/horseriding Option B
15.4 horse/horseriding Option A
15.5 Wrestling Option A
15.6 Surfing Option B
15.7 Tennis Option A
15.8 Canoeing Option A
15.9 Swimming Option A
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
15.10 Olympic ScavengerRiga Rising by Luke Richardson
Option B: tennis
"Leo and Allissa watched the exchange as if it were a tennis match, heads turning from side to side."
+15 Task
15.1 Option B: "volleyball"
15.2 Option A: rowing
15.3 Option A: sailing
15.4 Option B: "dive"
15.5 Option B: "golf"
15.6 Option B: "football"
15.7 Option A: swimming
15.8 Option B: "athletic"
15.9 Option B: "wrestling"
15.10 Option B: "tennis"
Task total: 15
+100 Finisher Bonus
Season total: 465
20.9 Opening CeremoniesThe Corpse Who Kills by Marcel Allain
(B) 1910-1923
author born in France
+35 Task
+ 5 Before 1999
Task total = 40
Season total = 265
20.2 Opening Ceremonies (Round 2)The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
(E) 1951-1963
Author born in Italy
+20 Task
+ 5 Before 1999 (pub 1962)
Task total = 25
Season total = 935
10.7 Discus ThrowBallet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
+10 Task (ball)
+ 5 Before 1999 (1936)
Task total = 15
Season total = 250
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20.3 Opening CeremoniesParnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
B- 1910 - 1923; US
20 task
5 oldie
______
25
Running total: 565
Task 10.10 DECATHALON - 1500 metres Read a book with at least 500 pages in the MPE.
MPE is 585 pages.
The Lost Sisterhood (2014) by Anne Fortier
+10 Task
+05 Big – More than 500 pages long in the MPE
Task Total: 10 + 05 = 15
Grand Total: 210 + 15 = 225
15.10 Opening CeremoniesCommon Sense by Thomas Paine
15 pts 15.10 Sail/Sailing Option B. “. . . where we should, in the long run, have two to one the advantage of those who had three or four thousand miles to sail over, before they could attack us, and the same distance to return in order to refit and recruit.”
Pre 1999: 5 pts
Task total = 20
Finisher bonus: 100 pts
Season total = 315 pts
Post 325
15 point tasks Round 1
15.1 Cycling A
15.2 Judo Option B
15.3 Horse/horseriding Option B
15.4 horse/horseriding Option A
15.5 Wrestling Option A
15.6 Surfing Option B
15.7 Tennis Option A
15.8 Canoeing Option A
15.9 Swimming Option A
15.10 Sailing/sail Option B
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
Task 20.6 Opening CeremoniesI/ 2003-2014
Author: Born in Kyoto, Japan
JAPAN
The Kamogawa Food Detectives (#1 of The Kamogawa Food Detectives series) (2013) by Hisashi Kashiwai; translated from Japanese by Jesse Kirkwood
+25 Task
Task Total: 25
Grand Total: 225 + 25 = 250
15.9 Olympic ScavengerEvery Last Fear by Alex Finlay
Cycle-Option B: "The never-ending loop of her life: Evan Pine fixating on a clue, running it into the ground, getting discouraged, swearing he was done with it all, then identifying a new clue and repeating the cycle.” pg. 300
+15 Task
Task total=15
Season total=175
15.3 Olympic Scavenger The Five-Star Weekendby Elin Hilderbrand
Tennis-option A "She joined Field and Oar Club where she played tennis." p 9
Task +15
Grand Total: 85
15.7 Olympic Scavenger (Round 2) The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
swim Option A – in Chapter 32 Scott swims in the river.
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 950
15.7 Olympic ScavengerMurder in the Cathedral by Cora Harrison
Golf Option A: main murder suspects played golf as explained on page 120 (chapter 11): "...she enquired, and was not surprised to hear that the murdered man, the archdeacon, the dean, Dr Babington, and Canon Wilson all played golf and not surprised, either, to have to listen to another story about how the archdeacon had cheated at golf and was generally considered to be a most unpleasant man."
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 115
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 Olympic Scavenger (Round 2) Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
surfing Option B – from page 169 pictures of Santa surfing and stuff
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 1005
20.4 Opening CeremoniesThe Heretic's Apprentice by Ellis Peters
G - 1977 - 1989; UK
20 task
5 oldie
_____
25
Running total: 605
Decathlon Round 210.1 100 metres
A Day, a Night, Another Day, Summer by Christine Schutt
+10 Task: 176 pages
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 495
Decathlon Round 210.5 400 metres
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
+10 Task: 448 pages
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 505
Decathlon Round 210.8 Pole Vault
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips
+10 Task: Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2024)
Task Total: 10
Season Total: 515
15.6 Olympic ScavengerA Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth: Stories by Daniel Mason
Boxing, Option A - The first story is about boxing and the main character is a boxer.
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Season Total: 530
10.2 Decathlon, Long JumpHow to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin, MPG Thriller
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 475
15.1 Olympic ScavengerMotherfield by Julia Cimafiejeva
Option B, sail or sailing:
"you are inside a wooden boat
sailing
toward the navel of the earth"
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 490
Task 15.5 Olympic ScavengerFOOTBALL
Option B
A Dangerous Road (Smokey Dalton #1) (2000) by Kris Nelscott (Hardcover 336 pages)
p. 46: “I saw the same receding hairline – he had apparently started to lose his hair relatively young – a narrow face with a strong jawline, and a powerful neck, the kind weight lifters, boxers, and FOOTBALL players have.”
+15 Task
Task Total: 15
Grand Total: 250 + 15 = 265
10.1 Decathlon, 100 MetresThe Moon That Turns You Back: Poems by Hala Alyan, MPE 112 pages
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 500
10.6 Decathlon, HurdlesPersonal Effects: What Recovering the Dead Teaches Me About Caring for the Living by Robert A. Jensen, MPG Nonfiction
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 510
20.3 Opening Ceremonies A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute
20 pts 20.3 1938-1950 Australia
Pre 1999: 5 pts
Task total = 25
Season total = 340 pts
Post 342
15 point tasks Round 1
15.1 Cycling A
15.2 Judo Option B
15.3 Horse/horseriding Option B
15.4 horse/horseriding Option A
15.5 Wrestling Option A
15.6 Surfing Option B
15.7 Tennis Option A
15.8 Canoeing Option A
15.9 Swimming Option A
15.10 Sailing/sail Option B
20 pt tasks Round 1
20.1 1896-1909 United Kingdom
20.2 1910-1923 United States
20.3 1938-1950 Australia
15.9 Olympic Scavenger (Round 2) The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
horse-riding Option B – throughout the book most of the characters travel by horseback
+15 Task
Task total = 15
Season total = 1020
10.9 Decathlon, Javelin ThrowThe Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 520
10.8 Pole VaultShip Fever: Stories by Andrea Barrett
1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction
+10 task
+ 5 before 1999 (published in 1996)
Task total: 15
Season total: 210
Post 331 Coralie wrote: "15.8 Olympic Scavenger (Round 2) Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
surfing Option B – from page 169 pictures of Santa surfing and stuff
+15 Task"
950 in post 329 + 15 here = 965
Post 346 Connie wrote: "10.8 Pole VaultShip Fever: Stories by Andrea Barrett
1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction
+10 task
+ 5 before 1999 (published in 1996)
Task total: 15
Season total: 210"
210 in post 278 + 15 here = 225
15.10 Olympic ScavengerThe Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown
Dive-Option B: “I hoped nobody had noticed my lack of dignity in that dive for the water.” pg. 100
+15 Task
+ 5 Before 1999
+100 finishers bonus
Post total=120
Season total=295
Rosemary wrote: "Post 346 Connie wrote: "10.8 Pole VaultShip Fever: Stories by Andrea Barrett
1996 National Book Award Winner for Fiction
+10 task
+ 5 before 1999 (published in 1996)..."
Thanks, Rosemary. I'm glad you're keeping track of points better than I am.
10.4 Decathlon, High JumpFrom Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death by Caitlin Doughty, 4.3 average rating
+10 Task
Task total: 10
Season total: 530
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Option B: wrestle or wrestling
"Or: they'd been swimming together, they'd been wrestling in the water and things got out of hand?"
+15 Task
Task total: 15
Season total: 215