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BookishMarginalia
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Had to put the book down to watch tennis player Monica Puig win the first EVER gold medal for Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🏅#picapower

Mayread I thought of you two immediately when I read this! Que bueno! 8y
BookishMarginalia @Skiles Seeing the flag go up and hearing the hymn played at an Olympic medal ceremony for the first time since Puerto Rico started competing in 1948: Priceless! 8y
SusanInTiburon Beautiful. 8y
WanderingBookaneer @Skiles : Awwww ❤️🏅🇵🇷🏅 8y
Gissy Very happy for her, for us!!!!! She deserves it!!! 8y
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TheSpinecrackersBookClub
Carrie | Stephen King
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Spinecrackers, so I've been inspired by watching too much Olympics. Being a girl who hasn't competed in any sport except for reading (it is a sport right?) I decided that it could be fun to have our own bookish Olympics! So I want to know what my fellow Litsians think about this? I was thinking maybe we can start the tomorrow (14th) and end it with the end of the Olympics on the 21st. Let me know your thoughts on this 🎖📖🎖📖🎖📖🎖📖🎖📖🎖📖🎖

BookishFeminist Hahaha what are you trying to do with all these challenges, kill us off? 😂 (seriously though this sounds cool so I would be game.) 8y
TheSpinecrackersBookClub @BookishFeminist I was scared it may be a bit too much 😋 you do need to be under a bit of pressure though when your competing in the Olympics. I was however wondering if we shouldn't do this maybe next month? 8y
BookishFeminist @TheSpinecrackersBookClub I am game for whenever because it probably won't change my reading habits too much, but next month is probably more realistic with the other challenge going on in August 😂 8y
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TheLondonBookworm May well be the only time I ever win a sporting medal 😂😂😂😂 8y
Sweettartlaura Do nonfiction books count? How about audiobooks? 8y
TheSpinecrackersBookClub @Sweettartlaura hmm I'm making this up as I go. Yes I definitely think non-fiction can count. As long as it is longer than 200 pages. I think 200 pages should maybe count as a novel. I think the norm is actually 240 pages though. Audiobooks can definitely count as they are also allowed in similar challenges such as @24in48 8y
Sweettartlaura Then I'm in! 😊📚. I have 3 nonfiction I HAVE to read this week, plus a book club book... I'm halfway there 🤗 8y
Sue I'll play :) 8y
TheSpinecrackersBookClub Head over to this link to choose a date that would work best for you to compete in the Bookish Olympics : https://surveyplanet.com/57aee8e0e23cc6112ad89fa7 8y
pppooraikul Great idea. I'm no athletic material but I'm in, whenever. Lol. 8y
Varshitha This is great idea.. But I don't think I can aim for Gold😂 8y
elkeOriginal 7 books in 7 days? Too bad I didn't schedule time off of work! I like the guidelines of 200/240 pages per book though. 8y
Lizpixie 👍👍👍 sounds awesome! 8y
Simona @TheSpinecrackersBookClub Sounds fun, count me in 💯 8y
thecurioushedgehog This sounds like so much fun! @TheSpinecrackersBookClub 8y
tricours I'm in! 8y
ramblingsofareader 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 8y
WanderingBookaneer Count me in! 8y
rachelm I'm in! 8y
gibblr No way I'm making gold, but I could aim for bronze...👍🏼 8y
Eyelit I'm in! Sounds like a fun challenge. 😃 8y
TNbooklover66 Count me in. 8y
sprainedbrain I'm always up for a challenge! 8y
Pandyfish Sounds awesome!! 8y
ScrappyMags Does a cookbook count as a "short novel "? 8y
QueenAnne This sounds amazing! I'm in! 8y
lisakoby I'm in...sounds fun! 8y
LilMamaMastro No medals for real sportsing ? so I'm in! (Some smarta** put a "Senior Games" gold at my station where I was completing wrestling brackets once, though ?) 8y
bookishbunny Count me in! 8y
BookishMarginalia Sounds great! Unfortunately, I'm back at school already, and planning, meetings, grading, and other such activities are taking my time and energy. So I'll be cheering you guys on instead! 8y
intothehallofbooks Sounds like fun!! 8y
Chessa Fun! I'm game. 8y
StephBengtson Awesome!! 8y
ReviewsandReadathons Sounds like an interesting challenge! 8y
Librarianaut Let's do it!! 8y
BekahB I always up for a challenge that motivates me to squeeze in more books! 😀 8y
WanderingBookaneer Today, Puerto Rican tennis player Mónica Puig is playing for silver or gold. No matter what she wins, she will be the first Puerto Rican female playing for the Puerto Rican delegation to win an Olympic medal. When I first read this I thought I'd go for bronze. I have now decided to match Mónica's medal. ???? #PicaPower 8y
Karen3 Sounds totally fun! I'm in. 8y
brendanmleonard I'm in! 8y
RealLifeReading That's so fun! Singapore (where I'm from) just won its first ever gold medal (in the 100m butterfly) so I'm gonna aim for gold! 8y
NovelGirl82 I was so happy for him @RealLifeReading!! That was an amazing race!! 8y
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