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15.4 Anyone For Croquet?Croquet is a lawn game played by using a mallet to hit a ball through a certain number of hoops - usually six (in the US) or nine (in the UK). It's been featured several times in books, with the most notable example perhaps being the nonsensical game in Alice in Wonderland which involved flamingos, hedgehogs and playing cards.
Pick one of the following options:
Required State the option.
Option 1 - Read two books, book A and book B.
A: Read a book which is either #6 or #9 in a series. The series must be apparent in greyscale on the GR book page.
B: Read a book which features either an animal/bird (real only, no fictional creatures like unicorns or phoenixes) or playing card(s) on the cover.
Required: post the cover.
Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1.
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15.3 Let The Games Begin2024 is an Olympic year, and this year Paris is the host city. In honour of this, pick one of the following:
Required State the option.
Option 1 - Read two books, book A and book B.
A: The rings on the Olympic flag are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. Read a book whose cover is at least 75% made up of any combination of these colours according to Tineye. A guide to using Tineye can be found here.
Required: Post the cover.
B: Countries who have previously hosted the Summer Olympics include USA, Great Britain, Greece, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Mexico, Canada, Soviet Union, South Korea, Spain, China or Brazil. Read a book at least 50% set in one of these countries.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the description or the GR metadata, provide a reference.
Option 2 - Read one book which satisfies both requirements of option 1.
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15.2 Stars and Stripes ForeverJuly 4th marks Independence Day in the United States. In honour of this, read two books that meet the following criteria:
A - Stars: Each star on the American flag stands for one of the 50 states in the nation. Read a book that has the name of a U.S. state in the title e.g. Heaven, Texas, Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit. State names should appear in full (e.g. New York) with the exception of Dakota, Carolina and Virginia, which may appear without the related cardinal direction.
B - Stripes: Each of the 13 stripes on the American flag stands for one of the original 13 colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island). Read a book that is set at least 50% in one of these states.
Required: If the setting is not evident from the description or the GR metadata, provide a reference.
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15.1 The Long and Short of ItJune 20th is simultaneously the Summer Solstice (longest day of the year) in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year) in the Southern Hemisphere.
This is a two-book challenge. Read two books:
Book 1: Has a page count of 400 or more pages.
Book 2: Has a page count of 200 or fewer pages.
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10.10 - Olympics: BreakingBreaking will be a new Olympic event in Paris.
Breaking is a style of dance that originated in the Bronx in the 1970s and has evolved into a competitive sport.
Competitors are known as "B-Boys" and "B-Girls"
Read a book where the authors first name begins with B.
An author with the first initial B will also count (eg Notes on a Murder)
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10.9 - Olympics: PentathlonThe modern pentathlon is the successor to the ancient pentathlon, which comprised running, jumping, javelin, discus and wrestling.
Read a book with exactly 5 words in the title (not subtitle).
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