Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics

Rush for the Gold: Mystery at the Olympics | John Feinstein

The people have spoken and the games are on! 🏆The SBC Bookish Olympics will kick off tomorrow 14 August at 00:00 and end 21 August at midnight. Thus it will take place over 7 days. The different medals are illustrated above. A novel needs to have 220 pages or more. To qualify for the Silver medal you need to read at least 4 novels. Audiobooks also count as novels but you are only allowed 2 audiobooks in any of the categories. 🏅🏅🏅

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Eyelit Is there a tag? Do we tally at end or as we go along? Excited to get this started! 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub Forgot to mention non-fiction is also considered as a novel. 8y

elkeOriginal Which time zone are we using? 8y

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TheLondonBookworm Woo can't wait! 😊😊 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @Eyelit You can tally as you go along. I'm think stats like pages of the book and the time you took to read the book maybe? Is there anything I'm missing? You can tag the club and let's make it #bookisholympics 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @elkeo I think to keep it easy everyone can use their own time zone. What do you think about this? 8y

elkeOriginal Sounds good to me! Just didn't want to accidentally miss the finish line simply due to living behind other folks time zone-wise! 8y

Varshitha Can't wait.. Let's see how many books I can read in a week.. 8y

read.run.travel Love this! 🏅 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub If anyone thinks of anything else that we should consider for the competition let me know. 8y

jpmcwisemorgan Where do audiobooks fit in? 8y

elkeOriginal This is a great remedy to how Litsy has increased my TBR stacks - the competitions have gotten me reading more than I used to. There is balance! Well, maybe...📚📚📚📚📚 8y

Jlee745 Sounds fun! Will attempt it but doubt I will conquer😕 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @jpmcwisemorgan I think I need some insight here, so audiobooks longer than 6 hours count as a novel? Or how can we do this? 8y

Simona For me tomorrow will be in 4 hours. I'm ready 😅 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @Simona woohoo! We're on the same time zone then 🙂 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @Jlee745 don't worry. I'm basically aiming for bronze or silver. I don't think I'll be able to do 7 novels. 8y

Bookworm54 How many novels for bronze? 2? I love this idea! :) 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @Bookworm54 At first I thought no novels but u actually think 2 is a good idea. I'll quickly adjust the picture. 8y

Simona @TheSpinecrackersBookClub O, nice. I like coincidences. I'm in the process of choosing my books and I already know - Tuesday no reading time for me. 8y

Lizpixie So midnight of the 14th in your time zone right? 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @TheSpinecrackersBookClub Over 6 hours could be novels and under 6 hours could be used short stories??? 8y

jpmcwisemorgan It seems to me that the Silver Medal requirement should include a requirement like 2 novels if the Bronze Medal does. Right now it's just a combination of types so you could actually read less for a Silver than a Bronze. 8y

MrsV Oh, YAAAAASSSSSS, another challenge! 8y

Ms.Story Woooo-hooooo!!!! Can't wait to start this challenge! 8y

LornaDH Maybe... 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @jpmcwisemorgan check out the caption beneath the picture states that for silver you need 4 novels. I'll add it to the pic as well to make it a bit more clear. 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @Lizpixie yup, so the second it changes from the 13th to the 14th you can start 🎟 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @jpmcwisemorgan I think that works audiobooks 6 hours and more are considered as novels. 6 hours and less short stories. 8y

jpmcwisemorgan @TheSpinecrackersBookClub Cool, I missed that part. 😀 8y

OSChamberlain Hell yes! I just finished the snow child so now I can do this! 8y

OSChamberlain Going for gold, too 🏅😁 8y

readinginthedark There's no way I have time to do this right now, but it sounds so fun! Good luck, you guys! 8y

sparklemotion Question: reading only 2 novels qualifies for Bronze? And reading 4 qualifies for Silver? (No graphic novels or short stories) 8y

pppooraikul No way I can win the gold medal. 😂 But I'll aim for it anyway! 🎖🤓 8y

Yamich49 Ahhhh!! I'm gonna try this - we shall see how it goes!! 8y

Laalaleighh Challenge accepted. 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @heartlesstree you need to have read 7 "book products" at the end of the day. So for silver it's 4 novels and 3 graphic novels or short stories and for bronze 2 novels and 5 graphics or shorts 8y

Sue Unfortunately the audio book limit means I'm out. 8y

Chimera I am totally in! 8y

sparklemotion @TheSpinecrackersBookClub ahhh okay, so individual short stories count? Thank you! 8y

Melkyl I am going to see how I do. I agree with @elkeo that while Litsy has increased my TBR piles, it has also encouraged me to read more. 8y

Cinfhen How did I miss this??? I may be a late start but I'm all in... 8y

TheSpinecrackersBookClub @Cinfhen definitely jump in! 8y

WordWaller @Cinfhen wondering how I missed this too.... 8y

Cinfhen @wordwaller come & join the race😉it's fun and good morning motivation❣❣❣ 8y

BethM @TheSpinecrackersBookClub do you have to have started the book on or after 8/14? And where do I log my reads? 8y

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