Apple’s Comments (group member since Aug 28, 2021)

Apple’s comments from the Reading with Style group.

10.9 Javelin Throw

Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries by Rick Emerson

Post Total = 10
Season Total = 1005

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9x2); 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9 (x2); 15.10 (x2)
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7;

10.5 400 metres

Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor

Post Total = 10
Season Total = 995

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5 (x2); 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9 (x2); 15.10 (x2)
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7;

20.7 Opening Ceremonies

Dead Man's Folly by Agatha Christie
E, United Kingdon

+30 task
+5 Before 1999

Post Total = 35
Season Total = 985

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9 (x2); 15.10 (x2)
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6; 20.7;

15.10 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

Shy by Max Porter

Option B, Basketball - " [The camera noses into the tv room, three huge sunken brown sofas, a mini basketball hoop on the back of the door..."

+15 task
+100 Finisher Bonus

Post Total = 115
Season Total = 950

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9 (x2); 15.10 (x2)
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;

10.6 Hurdles

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Contemporary

+10 task

Post Total = 10
Season Total = 835

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6 (x2); 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9 (x2); 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;

15.9 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Option A, horse-riding - " Fowler got his horse and rode a little behind me as I walked."

+15 task
+5 Before 1999

Post Total = 20
Season Total = 825

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9 (x2); 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;

15.8 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

Spring by Karl Ove Knausgård

Option A, badminton - "I also bought badminton rackets and a net, which I set up in the middle of the lawn, where we played several times a day, either doubles or singles.

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 805

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8 (x2); 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;

15.7 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

Miss Kim Knows and Other Stories by Cho Nam-Joo

Option B, cycle - " Which gave rise to more disputes, more sales, and even more disputes, in a cycle that was either vicious or advantageous – I can't decide."

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 790

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7 (x2); 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;

15.6 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

Spectacles by Sue Perkins
Option B, Rowing - " Dad, what's the best university?" " Er .. how would I know? Um ... one of the rowing ones, I guess. Cambridge! Yes, Cambridge."

+15 task

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 775

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6 (x2); 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;

20.6 Opening Ceremonies

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
D, Sweden

+25 task
+5 Before 1999

Post Total = 30
Season Total = 760

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5; 20.6;

15.5 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

Option B, Golf - " A blockage of circulation causing an irregular swelling. Like a snake that has swallowed a gold ball."

+15 task
+5 Before 1999

Post Total = 20
Season Total = 730

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
15.1 (x2); 15.2 (x2); 15.3 (x3); 15.4 (x2); 15.5 (x2); 15.6; 15.7; 15.8; 15.9; 15.10
20.1; 20.2; 20.3; 20.4; 20.5;

10.10 1500 metres

The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
512 pages

+10 task
+5 Big

Post Total = 15
Season Total = 710

10.1 (x2); 10.2; 10.3; 10.4 (x2); 10.5; 10.6; 10.7 (x2); 10.8; 10.9; 10.10 (x2)
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;

15.4 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

The 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;

15.3 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

God 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;

15.2 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

Dinosaurs 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;

15.1 Olympic Scavenger - Round 2

The 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;

20.5 Opening Ceremonies

Hear 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;

20.4 Opening Ceremonies

Steppenwolf 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;

10.7 Discus Throw - Round 2

Pinball, 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;

10.4 High Jump - Round 2

Human 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;