Olympic Reading

By --Deb on

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You may have noticed–the Winter Olympics are going on. Is that affecting your reading time? Have you read any Olympics-themed books? What do you think about the Olympics in general? Here’s your chance to discuss!

(And for the record? My favorite Olympics book is Joy Goodwin’s The Second Mark which tells the story of the three figure skating pairs involved in the 2002 Salt Lake City controversy. The controversy is actually the smallest part of the story–the fascinating part is learning about the training of the three teams–Canadian, Russian, and Chinese. Just saying. And yes, I AM watching the Olympics on tv each night.)

Don’t forget to leave a link to your actual response (so people don’t have to go searching for it) in the comments—or if you prefer, leave your answers in the comments themselves!

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50 responses

  1. vampira2468

    mine
    http://vampira2468.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/cast-the-gold-silver-and-bronze-rings/

  2. Jennifer G.

    Here’s mine.

  3. anthonynorth

    You’ll find mine here:

    ECONOMICS

  4. Becky from Page Turners

    I have never really thought about anything like this before.

    Here is my answer
    http://pageturnersbooks.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympic.html

  5. IceJewel

    Oh well, here’s mine..

    http://icejewel.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday3-olympic.html

  6. iwriteinbooks

    Ho hum…an ex-gymnast’s take…

    BTT: Gold Medal Reading

  7. freda mans

    The only Olympic game that messes with my anything is Hockey.

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-olympic-reading.html

  8. Ambrosia Jefferson

    Fire & Ice Booking Through Thursday

  9. The Literary Omnivore

    The Olympics don’t even faze me. Here’s my answer.

  10. CoversGirl

    Nice to know I’m not the only one pretty much ignoring them! My answer is here.

  11. Michelle

    Short and sweet this week! http://www.michellesmastermusings.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympic.html

  12. bookeywookey

    Not a jot.
    http://bookeywookey.blogspot.com/2010/02/does-reading-magic-mountain-count.html

  13. JLS Hall (Joy's Blog)

    So upset that those opening ceremony hats sold out before I could order one! Oh, well – here’s my answer:

    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympic.html

  14. Nise'

    My BTT

  15. Jennifer

    My BTT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympic.html

  16. Michelle

    Simple question, simple answer:

    http://literarilyspeaking1.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympic.html

  17. Alayne

    Awesome question as it definitely applies to my lack of reading last night! Answer at: The Crowded Leaf.

  18. pam

    I’ve recently started getting back into doing these each week. I forgot how fun they were.

    http://pamr.blogspot.com/2010/02/olympic-reading.html

  19. Lori @ Escape Between The Pages

    Not my favorite question, here’s my response. http://escapebetweenthepages.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-4-olympic.html

  20. Zee @ Notes from the North

    Here is mine

    http://readinginthenorth.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympic.html

  21. gautami tripathy

    Here is mine:

    http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-olympics.html

  22. MizB

    I’d watch snowboarding, if hubby would give up the tv! LOL.

    http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/btt-olympic-reading/

    ~MizB

  23. Cheryl "Mash"

    Mine is here

  24. Kris

    Here’s mine: http://intetextualchronicles.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympics.html

  25. Phyllis

    Booking Through Thursday: Olympics

  26. Jim

    Sorry, couldn’t think of any Olympian-related books I’d read lately other than Percy Jackson. I did something else today: kids books that make me cry. Weird, I’ know. Might make a good future BTT question, though.

    http://www.teacherninjas.com/2010/02/i-admit-i-am-big-crybaby.html

    Thanks.

  27. Chantele

    Here’s mine!:) http://alwayssomethingtoread.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday.html

  28. PicesMuse

    My Olympics have been peppered with multi tasking and other forms of entertainment. My full response is here:

    http://bookminstrel.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympics.html

  29. Sheery

    Here is my resonse:

    http://sheeryhall.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday.html

    I’m going to have to see if my library has The Second Mark because, as you’ll see in my answer, I found all of that so gripping.

  30. fantasylover12001

    Here’s mine:
    http://fangirlsview.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday.html

  31. mervih

    No. I don’t watch it and it doesn’t affect my reading.

    Olympic Reading

  32. Mark A. Swallow

    Reading is better than a good sport!

    http://www.mswallow.typepad.com/

  33. Jessie

    Mine’s not much this week. I haven’t watched and I haven’t read any books that are olympic related. Looking forward to reading what everyone else wrote.

  34. Yvonne

    Mine is here

  35. everybookandcranny

    Here’s my response. http://everybookandcranny.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/booking-through-thursday-olympic-reading/

  36. shareleann

    I don’t have any sort of Television access unless I am at work – so I haven’t seen ANY of the olympics. It’s not affecting my reading at all.

  37. Bluestocking from The Bluestocking Guide

    Here is mine

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  39. Runa

    My answer’s here!

    Yay for the Olympics, wonderful question for this week!

  40. Cathy Ikeda

    Love the Olympics, it’s a family past time. Here’s mine

  41. Karen H.

    I love everything about the Olympics.

    http://scobberlotch.blogspot.com/2010/02/booking-through-thursday-olympic-reads.html

  42. Caty

    Here’s mine: http://miscellaneousmumblings.blogspot.com/2010/02/todays-question-you-may-have-noticedthe.html

  43. Stormi

    not a sports person.

    http://writesthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/02/btt-olympics.html

  44. Chelsea

    What a good BTT! Here’s mine:

    BTT: Winter Olympics

  45. Teresa

    Love this theme!

    http://bookingitkc.blogspot.com/2010/02/btt-21810.html

  46. Sara Harricharan

    And here’s mine!

    http://fictionfusion.blogspot.com/2010/02/winter-olympics-and-reading-bbt.html

  47. Michael

    My late comments are here:

    Booking Through Thursday: Olympic Reading

  48. Matthew

    No, no, and no. My detailed answer (digression) is up. 🙂

  49. pinaymama

    mine is up!

    http://thefishgate.blogspot.com/2010/02/olympic-reading.html

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