Character: Finnick Odair, The Hunger Games Referee: Sx
Hello everyone! Glad you could all pay a visit to district 4. While you're here, you're going to be focusing on swimming - this is the ideal location to showcase your talents. While you likely won't compare to a native district 4 swimmer, you can still aspire to beat your fellow competitors. And yes, I would be willing to demonstrate my point for anyone foolish enough to question it.
Swim meets consist of a multitude of events, varying in the type of stroke performed during the race, as well as the length of the race. Staying true to this structure, there will be 8 swimming events, 8 opportunities to win a gold, silver, or bronze medal! Each race has been assigned a lesser known young adult book, as can be seen in the list below. The longer the distance of a particular race, the longer the book that has been assigned. Races of the same stroke have been assigned similar books that differ merely in length.
One member per country can participate in each race. This member may not have previously read the book assigned to the race which he/she will be competing in. To complete the race, said member must read the assigned book and compose a review that is 50+ words. This review must demonstrate that the member has indeed read the book and must extend beyond repetition of the phrase "It was really good." The first country to post a review that meets the requirements in a particular race will receive the gold medal.
Races:
Butterfly 250 IM - Night, by Eli Wiesel Butterfly 400 IM - Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys
Backstroke 250 IM - Angelfall, by Susan Ee Backstroke 400 IM - The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey
Breaststroke 250 IM - The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han Breaststroke 400 IM - The Story of Us, by Deb Caletti
Freestyle 250 IM - Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad Freestyle 400 IM - Dracula, by Bram Stoker
Once a member has completed a review for one of the races, please post a link to that review in a comment below. The order of submissions will determine the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners for each race.
I still don't understand the fascination with a competition that doesn't revolve around the goal of killing the other contestants and remaining the last competitor standing... It's certainly a strange concept. And exceptionally tame. What's the fun in that?
Aquatics - Swimming
Character: Finnick Odair, The Hunger Games
Referee: Sx
Hello everyone! Glad you could all pay a visit to district 4. While you're here, you're going to be focusing on swimming - this is the ideal location to showcase your talents. While you likely won't compare to a native district 4 swimmer, you can still aspire to beat your fellow competitors. And yes, I would be willing to demonstrate my point for anyone foolish enough to question it.
Swim meets consist of a multitude of events, varying in the type of stroke performed during the race, as well as the length of the race. Staying true to this structure, there will be 8 swimming events, 8 opportunities to win a gold, silver, or bronze medal! Each race has been assigned a lesser known young adult book, as can be seen in the list below. The longer the distance of a particular race, the longer the book that has been assigned. Races of the same stroke have been assigned similar books that differ merely in length.
One member per country can participate in each race. This member may not have previously read the book assigned to the race which he/she will be competing in. To complete the race, said member must read the assigned book and compose a review that is 50+ words. This review must demonstrate that the member has indeed read the book and must extend beyond repetition of the phrase "It was really good." The first country to post a review that meets the requirements in a particular race will receive the gold medal.
Races:
Butterfly 250 IM - Night, by Eli Wiesel
Butterfly 400 IM - Between Shades of Gray, by Ruta Sepetys
Backstroke 250 IM - Angelfall, by Susan Ee
Backstroke 400 IM - The 5th Wave, by Rick Yancey
Breaststroke 250 IM - The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han
Breaststroke 400 IM - The Story of Us, by Deb Caletti
Freestyle 250 IM - Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
Freestyle 400 IM - Dracula, by Bram Stoker
Once a member has completed a review for one of the races, please post a link to that review in a comment below. The order of submissions will determine the gold, silver, and bronze medal winners for each race.
I still don't understand the fascination with a competition that doesn't revolve around the goal of killing the other contestants and remaining the last competitor standing... It's certainly a strange concept. And exceptionally tame. What's the fun in that?