Social Distancing Readathon #7 - May 1-3

Some of us are social distancing, others are sheltering in place - and we are all reading together. I know we all have different dates that the shelter-in-place advisories are up, but I can do at least this weekend's readathon (and more, if Massachusetts extends their date of May 4, which is still up in the air).

Welcome to those returning and any newcomers. The "rules" are pretty loose. We run roughly from Friday afternoon to Sunday at midnight in whatever time zone you choose. I'm on vacation (staycation) this week, so instead of waiting 'til 5 p.m. on Friday I'll probably just count the whole day. And of course some of us are having a harder time with focused reading than others, so don't feel like you have to be reading constantly - that's why we have the "Non-book activities" update too. As little or as much reading as you want to do is perfect.

Here are some things you might keep track of throughout the weekend -

Books read from:
Books finished:
Time reading:
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts:
Non-book activities:

Total books finished:
Total read from:
Total time reading:

Who is participating -
1. Mary (bell7)
2. Charlotte (charl08)
3. PawsforThought
4. Katie (katiekrug)
5. Lynda (Carmenere)
6. Benita (benitastrnad)
7. Susanna (susanna.fraser)
8. Leona (mnleona)
9. Jim (drneutron)
10. Dejah_Thoris
11. LibraryLover23
12. Carrie (cbl_tn)
13. SilverWolf28
14. Kerry (aviatakh)
15. Suzanne (Chatterbox)
16. harriet98
17. Rebecca (Rebeki)
18. Cyrel (torontoc
19. Stasia (alcottacre)
20. Kathy (kac522)
21. Paul (PaulCranswick)
22. Richard (richardderus)

Thanks Mary - I'm signing up again please!

I'm in again - hopefully this weekend will not lead to hospital visits.

I'm sure I'll be reading this weekend again....

Yes! Count me in! Thanks, Mary, you're a sweetheart.
My son is graduating virtually from college on Sunday so my reading may be a bit less than even my usual meager attempts at reading but I'll do my best.

I will be joining the group again - as it looks like we will be under lockdown for one more week. And this has been good for my reading stats.

Count me in!

I will do this for the first time. It will help me keep track.

And I'm in again too.

It's remotely possible I'll be called back to work, but count me in!

I'd like to join in again, thank you!

>5 Carmenere: Congrats on your son's graduation!

I’m in again. Although my local area is gradually opening up this week, I am taking a cautious approach since I have asthma. Only going out to pick up my drive thru dairy order on Saturday.

My library extended my returns 2 more weeks. I live about an hour north of Minneapolis.
Let us know how the graduation goes for your son and congrats to him and you.

Count me in!

I'm in again.
Our lockdown level slightly relaxed from yesterday, L4 to L3. We can now order online nonessential items and some restaurants/fastfood are finally re-opened for pickup or delivery.

Back for more....

They are talking about reopening, but only gradually. I doubt whether I'll be called back to work until later in May, if then. The only thing I'd REALLY like to change is to have the farmer's market open as scheduled in late May... Our cases are kind of flattening, and mostly due to clusters in senior's homes, but I'd really like to avoid a kind of on-again, off-again, on-again quarantine.

Can I do the challenge

Hi Mary, I'd like to join in again :)

>8 mnleona: Welcome!

>14 SilverWolf28: A belated welcome, as you joined in last weekend too.

>17 harriet98: Of course! Always happy to have newcomers.

I think I have all of you on the list in >1 bell7:, but give me a shoutout if I ever miss anyone. Glad to have everyone, those returning and new to the readathons.

By the way, Massachusetts extended their advisories through May 18, so I'll definitely be around for a couple more weekends. Working from home through the week, readathons on the weekend has become my new routine.

I'm in! I have to finish a book for my book club zoom meeting on Monday- I was meaning to read it earlier but....

I'll be starting in about an hour, 5pm Fri in Auckland, New Zealand.

I'll be continuing to read from -
Lampie and the children of the sea by Annet Schaap
Check-point by Jean-Christophe Rufin
Go tell the Lemming by Bernice Rubens
Salt Creek by Lucy Treloar - audiobook

After missing last weekend, I am definitely in this one!

Present! Will start Fri eve.

I'm technically reading the following (I have a bad habit of putting books down and forgetting them)

Black England
Black Sun Owen Matthews
Celestial Bodies: Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2019 Jokha Alharthi
The Dutch House: Longlisted for the Women's Prize 2020 Ann Patchett
Familiar Stranger: A Life between Two Islands Stuart Hall
Girl Meets Boy (Canons) Ali Smith
An Orchestra of Minorities: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2019 Chigozie Obioma
The Shadow King Maaza Mengiste
A Stranger City Linda Grant
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander
These Truths: A History of the United States

It would be good to finish one or two this weekend. Especially The Shadow King because the loan expires at the e-library soon.

I am in Mary as usual; a little late to "register" this week.

Starting already with The Drought by JG Ballard

>24 charl08: I can identify with that habit, Charlotte!

9.45pm Fri check-in NZ time

Books read from: Check-point by Jean-Christophe Rufin
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hr
Snacks: Dinner - Jambalaya
Thoughts: enjoying this book
Non-book activities: made some baba ganoush & zhug

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hr

Reading hasn't really happened as yet. I will probably read in bed. I did get about 2 hrs of listening to Salt Creek earlier when out walking.

I am looking forward to a day of (mostly) reading. The books I have going are A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (ARC e-book on my Kindle) and A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner (my own book, reread).

Looking forward to seeing what everyone else is reading and doing this weekend!

I'll start out with The Jane Austen Society and see if I can finish it over the weekend.

>29 cbl_tn: - I am really looking forward to that one, Carrie. I've heard good things about it.

>24 charl08: Please tell me what you think about Black Sun, it's on my wish list at Audible...

I'll start reading soonish, but am battling a migraine today. Yes, again. It's pretty much nonstop these days, between weather and lack of the new CGRP inhibitor drugs. Piffle.

In case anyone fancies a bit of a book festival this weekend (as well as the reading), the Everywhere Book festival is Live today and tomorrow (but also afterwards on Youtube)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTZ58vVNYzl8vTvwK7pXp1g

Happy May, everyone!

I'm almost finished with Lucifer's Hammer and then I'll move on to my Murderbot reread - hooray! First the short story, then All Systems Red. I'm not sure what comes after that, but I have a huge list of 'possible' reads this month.

I started a couple of hours ago. It's now 19:19 UK time.

Books read from: The Diary of a Provincial Lady (now onto the third volume, The Provincial Lady in America), Stillicide by Cynan Jones (completed)
Books finished: 1 (see above)
Pages read: 37
Thoughts: Stillicide was very different from my usual reading material, but I enjoyed it far more than I was expecting. Glad to have read it.
Snacks: custard creams and a cup of tea
Non-book activities: not much. Just lounging and social media

First update - 3:30 p.m. EST

Books read from: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Books finished: 0
Time reading: about 2 hours
Lunch: potato soup and an apple
Thoughts: My week vacation has sped by, and I'm back to working from home Monday. Glad for one more weekend, and that our governor extended the non-essential business closures until May 18 (our numbers of deaths and new cases are still pretty high in my state). Also, A Deadly Education is a blast.
Non-book activities: Visited my parents - outside and social distancing, while I wore a mask - for the first time in months today; paid some bills; messed around on the phone

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 2 hours

Hi Mary! I'm in, as the saying goes. This week's reads are weird.

Books read from: The Rivals and Other Stories, Old Food, The Narcissism of Small Differences –I owe ARC reviews on all of them.
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1h15m
Time posting: 1556
Snacks: two bananas
Thoughts: I really shouldn't say "yes" to DRCs of book-length poems ever again.
Non-book activities: Hugging and smooching my beautiful boy.

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 1h15m

Greetings! My first update, covering noon to 4pm, Friday:

Books read from: 1 Lucifer's Hammer (ebook and audio)
Books finished: 1 Lucifer's Hammer
Time reading: 25 minutes reading, 1:18 listening, total: 1:43
Time posting: around 4pm ET, on a gloriously beautiful day in Georgia
Thoughts: How can I have so many projects left to do when I've been home so much?
Non-book activities: We had extremely heavy and torrential rains this week - I'm still cleaning up. Happily, I can listen to my audio books at least part of the time I'm working. When I can take a real break, it'll be time for Murderbot!

Total books finished: 1 Lucifer's Hammer
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1:43

Just finished all my errands and am off to address the damn migraine. Then I shall be here reading late into the night! I'm starting with August Folly by Angela Thirkell and The Good Assassin by Stephan Talty. Very, very different vibes from these... I'm also listening to Contested Will by James Shapiro, about the Shakespeare authorship controversy.

I've been quite productive. Got groceries with neighbors, sorted out some of my quilting fabric and handed it off to someone who's making masks to donate to shelters and other facilities (and gave her most of the giant spool of elastic I ordered...), dropped off stuff with the dry cleaner (who, thank heavens, is still working), handed off my rent to my landlord and talked to him about building some veggie garden planters to the back of the house (he agreed), picked up the AA batteries I need to make my new pencil sharpener work, dealt with edits and queries on a WSJ piece.... I just need to finish unpacking the groceries now!!

See you this evening...

8.30am Sat check-in NZ time

Books read from: Check-point by Jean-Christophe Rufin & Lampie and the children of the sea by Annet Schaap
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 3 hr
Snacks: morning coffee
Thoughts: shall I do a bush walk today
Non-book activities: sleep

Total books finished: 1 Check-point
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hr

Most of my reading time was spent with Check-point about a humanitarian aid convoy going off mission in 1994 Bosnia. A steady action read.

~3:30pm Texas time

Books read from: North! Or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson
Books finished: 1
Time reading: ~1.5 hours
Thoughts: I may have overextended myself for TIOLI this month, but hopefully the Readathons will help!
Non-book activities: Playing 2 games of Karuba with Kerry

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ~1.5 hours

A good Friday to all. Today it looks like a scene from The Road. It's dreary, damp, chilly. The trees are still bare. What's with that?!

I'll be finishing The Hate U Give which I had put aside for a reread of Bossypants (just what I needed in these crazy times). I'll also be reading from A Walk in the Woods a little virtual getaway.

The grocer was out of everything I wanted for the weekend so tonight will be a simple dinner of tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.

I'll post before bed with a thorough update.

Ten 40 pm in the UK.

Books read from: An ARC romance and The Shadow King
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hrs
Snacks: G & T
Thoughts: I don't like romance novels where they throw in a murder plot to try and add a sense of jeopardy.
If I am currently on p160 of the Shadow King, how many pages do I have to read to finish in 11 days?

Non-book activities: Jonathan Creek. The early 90s episode basically revolved around a guy who wanted a job share but couldn't get one legitimately. How times change?

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 0
Total time reading: couple of hours.

It is about 6:00 p.m. here in sunny Alabama and I am about to start on my Readathon short book for the weekend.

Books read from: Six Square Meters: Reflections From A Small Garden by Margaret Simons
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 0
Snacks: I will have meatloaf and mashed potatoes for supper tonight
Thoughts: It is too pretty of an evening to spend it inside. I plan on eating on my patio.
Non-book activities: work

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 0
Total time reading: couple of hours.

Books read from: The Paris Hours, Are You In? (POWERHOUSE Book 1)
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2h45m
Time posting: 2103 EDT
Snacks: half a bag of COMBOS! Pizza flavor
Thoughts: Perverse of me..."have to" = "not on your life!"
Non-book activities: Worrying about my beautiful boy.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 4h00m

Checking in a little after 9 p.m.

Books read from: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2.5 hours, possibly more
Dinner: Chicken & veggie stir fry, half a grapefruit, and some molasses cookies
Thoughts: I really enjoyed that ARC and have read some fantastic SFF over the last few weeks
Non-book activities: checking on LT threads, did a stretch series for exercise today (the treadmill crapped out on me and won't move, so it's walking outside tomorrow)

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 4.5 hours

I read over 100 pages of Second Person Singular by Sayed Kashua. It is very good.
Dinner- baked chicken, sautéed cauliflower, ginger and tomato, mashed potatoes and pastry for dessert.

Almost 10:30pm in Ohio

Books read from: The Hate U Give
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 3 hrs
Snacks: Golden Oreos
Thoughts: I'd love to eat this entire package of Oreos
Non-book activities: Deactivated my mom's old Tracfone, got a time slot at a competing grocer to pick up products I couldn't get from the grocery store I used today.(grocery shopping has become insane)

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hrs

>47 Carmenere: Wait - you're not supposed to eat the entire pack of Oreos?

Good evening, all. This is my update for 4pm to midnight, Friday.

Books read from: 2 Junkyard Cats (audio), All Systems Red (ebook)
Books finished: 1 All Systems Red
Time reading: 1:39 reading, 46 minuted listening, total: 2:25
Time posting: around midnight
Thoughts: I have never liked basements.
Non-book activities: Still more storm cleanup - I'm beat.

Total books finished: 2 Lucifer's Hammer, All Systems Red
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4:08

For all Murderbot fans:

In case you missed it (I did, until recently), Martha Wells published a Murderbot short story Wired called The Future of Work: Compulsory. It's a prequel to All Systems Red.

You can find it here.

Friday night check-in from Seattle

Books read from: Citizens, How Long ‘Til Black Future Month
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.5 hours
Food: chicken and rice, salad, and strawberries
Thoughts: I’m glad our governor extended the stay-at-home order through May.
Non-book activities: Birding, postcards to voters

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 2.5 hours

Belated check-in. It's nearly 1 a.m. in Rhode Island, and my migraine went from bad to apocalyptic. I DID get to listen to the lyrical audiobook of Old Ways by Robert Macfarlane, at least. The narrator has an amazing, therapeutically relaxing voice! So, this is Friday's reading, all wrapped up together.

Books read from: 4: The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane (audio), August Folly by Angela Thirkell; The Last Protector by Andrew Taylor, The Good Assassin by Stephan Talty
Books finished: None yet...
Time reading: 2.5 hours listening; 2 hours reading

Food: Not much. Toast midday; am about to eat reheated chicken pot pie since migraines mean I can't fuss over cooking. Will have some lemonade with that.
Thoughts: Got an early start to the day and accomplished a lot at least. Dropped off stuff at dry cleaner, met a woman making masks for homeless shelters (she was buying $1 shirts at drycleaner's) and she came by to pick up a whole bunch of surplus quilting fabric and most of the elastic I had. She's going to drop off one of the masks she made for me in exchange! Neighbors went to grocery shop and invited me along. We also went to Walgreen's where I (thankfully) picked up some instant ice packs (which the resident felines still firmly believe contain treats, based on the noise they make.) Finished (nearly) an edit on a WSJ piece running Monday.
Non-book activities: Delighted that it's warming out and the sun tried hard to come out in mid/late afternoon. Battled vicious migraine, so slept. Talked to my father. Sorted out problems with my Verizon phone plan (I changed it, and they suddenly dropped my free minutes to Canada, effective today, but I battled and got them back, and I'm STILL saving $20 a month. Zounds! (AND my data allocation has been boosted...

Readathon to date stats

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: About 4.5 hours

OK, off to eat and then go back to bed.

Friday reading from Chicago:

Books read from: 1
Books finished: 1 The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Time reading: about 2 hours
Food: dinner was takeout from our local Vietnamese place
Thoughts: Reading goals for this weekend:
1) finish McCullough--Done!
2) finish A Wreath of Roses by Elizabeth Taylor
3) listen to more Mansfield Park and read annotations; and
4) read a good chunk of Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind by Sarah Wildman.

Saturday morning check-in, 08:33 in the UK:

Books read from: The Diary of a Provincial Lady, The Evenings by Gerard Reve
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 21
Thoughts: I would normally read more than this first thing in the morning, but I'm still feeling a bit sleepy. Maybe a walk is a good idea.
Non-book activities: watching TV last night, messing about on the Internet this morning

Total books read from: 3
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 58

Ten 40 am Saturday in the UK. (Pleasing symmetry there)

Books read from: An ARC romance and Big Sky
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 3 hrs
Snacks/ Meals: Breakfast. Lots of coffee.
Thoughts: What is a golden oreo?
Once again I have ignored the big list of "should finish" books and picked up a different one instead.
Non-book activities: watering the bit by the tree that always dries out despite the rain we had yesterday. Making toast. Hoovering. Ordering books for small people.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: about five hours.

10pm Sat check-in NZ time

Books read from: Lampie and the children of the sea by Annet Schaap & Go tell the Lemming by Bernice Rubens
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hr
Snacks: dinner - moussaka, red wine
Thoughts: not reading that much
Non-book activities: quick trip to supermarket, phone call to my Mum who turned 92 yrs old today, food prep, watch 3/4 of World War Z

Total books finished: 1 Check-point
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 6 hr

No walk today as rain came on and off all afternoon

>53 charl08: - Vanilla cookie instead of chocolate :)


Saturday, 8:45am in New Jersey
Check-in #1

Books read from since last check-in: Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words (audio), Necessary as Blood, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Books finished since last check-in: 0
Meals/Snacks: Dinner was pasta with vodka sauce, glass of wine, handful of sour gummy bears for a snack
Thoughts: Gorgeous day! Sun!
Non-book activities: cooking dinner, card game, TV, sleep

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3

Saturday! Sigh...I want to go outside and can't. Sigh.

Books read from: I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me, The Paris Hours
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 0h45m
Time posting: 0855 EDT
Snacks: 2 hard-boiled eggs, aka "breakfast"
Thoughts: Villalobos is a love-or-hate writer. I love.
Non-book activities: Worrying about my beautiful boy; we talked this morning, I was really scared for his emotional well-being after.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 4h45m

From about 6:30 pm Friday to 8:40 am Saturday. (Central Time Zone

Reading: Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb, Honor Among Enemies by David Weber

Finished: Flag in Exile by David Weber

Supper was mashed potatoes, breakfast is two bean burritos and an apple.

It is 9:30 a.m. CDT in sunny Tuscaloosa, AL. I have already spent a half hour on the patio with a cup of coffee and the newspaper. Oh! and a bit of time with the book.

Books read from: Six Square Metres - a wonderful little gardening book of 120 pages that I am reading for the NonFiction Challenge hosted by Chatterbox.
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Snacks: breakfast - 1 apple, 1/2 cup of coffee
Thoughts on books: I am really liking this little book. It was perfect for reading outside. Warm, bright sunshine, and quiet. No lawnmowers (evil machines) no cars. No barking dogs. perfect
Non-book activities: Watered my plants and started a list of what I need to purchase today so that I can finish the planting.

Total books finished:
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 30 minutes from the book

Books read from: The Jane Austen Society
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: cereal with fresh berries (blackberries & blueberries), watermelon, hot tea with lemon
Thoughts: I love May! The first two days have been gorgeous in my corner of the world. Thinking I'll spend some time out on the deck reading on the swing. Although I really should be spring cleaning...
Non-book activities: Laundry, walking the dog

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ?

Checking in at 12:50 p.m. EST

Books read from: A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Breakfast: coffee, oatmeal and a banana
Snacks: half a grapefruit, chai tea
Lunch: Chicken & veggie stir fry
Thoughts: Somehow I really want oreos now... also, I'm annoyed that hornets seem to have taken up residence outside the door to my deck and apparently I'll be potting herbs in the dark tonight and spraying down the door.
Non-book activities: laundry, including handwashing; spent some time with the folks I live with, puttering in the apartment

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 5 hours, 45 minutes

Probably going to take a fairly extended break from reading now, as I'm about ready to call my Little and after that, I've got to fold laundry and take a long walk outside

~12:00pm Texas Time

Books read from: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet bt Becky Chambers, The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard, Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym
Books finished: 1
Time reading: ~4.5 hours
Snacks/Breakfast: Cucumbers with hemp seeds, Banana Berry Smoothie
Thoughts: Fighting depression today, not sure why. It may just be because I am tired.
Non-book activities: Making breakfast, showering, talking to Kerry, laundry, unloading dishwasher

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~6 hours

Still reading Second Person Singular-read about 80 pages more
Lunch-white bean salad, tomatoes, hard boiled egg, two small tangerines but I have to break into my last chocolate stash (more in my Monday grocery pickup)

>55 katiekrug: Thanks Katie. We get the normal ones, but haven't seen those.

I haven't done much reading this afternoon (7pm here).
I did pick up The Shadow King, now 218 of 818 (Borrowbox pages confuse me).

I have put some runner and dwarf beans in pots, moved some decorative grass around the back of the garden (fingers crossed it takes!) and decided that I would move my bookshelf. Oh my word, the dust.

Now collapsed with a book again Big Sky and hoping I don't just nod off after the unaccustomed exercise!

Good afternoon! This is my first Saturday update

Books read from: 2 Junkyard Cats (audio), Naked in Death (print)
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2:32 reading, 32 minuted listening, total: 3:04
Time posting: not quite 3pm in Georgia
Thoughts: There are lots of things that I should be doing, but don't want to do.... And I want Oreos, too.
Non-book activities: Again - still more storm cleanup - I'm beat.

Total books finished: 2 Lucifer's Hammer, All Systems Red
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 7:12

>48 Dejah_Thoris: I stopped myself because....Saturday night reading :)

>55 katiekrug: Yes!!! Those are my precious little addictions!

No update for Saturday, as yet. I did a quick curbside pick up for tomorrows steaks. Made a graduation cake and Buckeye Brownies.
Now I'm about to put a chicken in the oven.
I'll absolutely, definitely be reading tonight to relax when I'll be reading A Walk in the Woods

Saturdayafternoon sigh...I *really* want to go outside and can't. Sigh.

Books read from: I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me, The Paris Hours
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1h25m
Time posting: 1516 EDT
Snacks: dark-chocolate granola bar. I bought the wrong ones! I wanted cashew, not chocolate. Damn.
Thoughts: Villalobos is a love-or-hate writer. I love. Alex George ain't blowin' my proverbial dress up, though.
Non-book activities: Yelling at the cleaner who threw my own, personally purchased, cleaning supplies in the dumpster.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 6h10m

Saturday, 3:50pm in New Jersey
Check-in #2

Books read from since last check-in: Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words (audio), The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Books finished since last check-in: 1 (Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words)
Meals/Snacks: PB&J on toast, water
Thoughts: Do I really feel like attempting risotto for the first time tonight?
Non-book activities: completing a jigsaw puzzle, laundry

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3

It's 6:53 p.m. in Rhode Island:

Books read from: 4: The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane (audio), The Last Protector by Andrew Taylor, The Good Assassin by Stephan Talty
Books finished: None yet...
Time reading: Total two hours, one reading and one listening.

Food: Some toast early this morning when I staggered out of bed to review final edits on a story that's running Monday. Promptly staggered back to bed, as I was groggy and still in some pain. Just had an early dinner -- pre-made/reheated chicken tikka masala, rice and some naan. Good.

Thoughts: How do I get my Aimovig back so I can get my life back?? And why does Minka the velveteen kitten like swiping books onto the ground -- one at a time? Am ecstatic that it's warming up and the sun is out (at least for today).

Non-book activities: Finished dealing with the second of two WSJ articles running Monday. Fed a constant stream of treats to Sir Fergus and Minka. Having lots of weird dreams as I napped/tried to zap migraine.

Readathon to date stats

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4 (the three above, plus August Folly by Thirkell
Total time reading: About 4.5 hours

~6:15pm Texas Time

Books read from: The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard, Crampton Hodnet by Barbara Pym, and The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones
Books finished: 1
Time reading: ~2.5 hours
Snacks/Lunch/Dinner: Baked Sweet Potato, Beans and Rice, Baby Carrots
Thoughts: I need to go to bed!
Non-book activities: Played Thurn & Taxis with Kerry, who beat me soundly, took a nap, unloaded and put groceries away

Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~8.5 hours

~4:45 PM Seattle time

Books read from: How Long 'Til Black Future Month
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 4 hours
Food: chicken noodle soup, banana
Thoughts: To cook dinner or to order it, that is the question.
Non-book activities: Catching up on emails

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 6.5 hours

1945 EDT

Books read from: I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me, oLD fOOD
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1h50m
Time posting: 1949 EDT
Snacks: pasta salad, apple
Thoughts: Villalobos is a love-or-hate writer. I love. Ed Atkins is really, really, really, really workin' my nerve.
Non-book activities: Amazonning some new scrubbing brushes, more bleach wipes, and muttering sulphrously about stupid people.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 8h00m

11.45am Sun check-in NZ time

Books read from: Lampie and the children of the sea by Annet Schaap & Go tell the Lemming by Bernice Rubens
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2 hr
Snacks: breakfast - coffee, peanut butter on toast
Thoughts: what shall I read next, library books vs my tbr pile
Non-book activities: catching up on online news, sleep
Total books finished: 2 Check-point, Go tell the lemming
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8 hr

Still raining so it's been a lazy morning.

>65 Carmenere: I hope you're enjoying your Oreos, Lynda!

Here's my Saturday evening update:

Books read from: 3 Junkyard Cats (audio), Naked in Death (print), Artificial Condition (ebook)
Books finished: 1 Naked in Death
Time reading: 1:33 reading, 57 minutes listening, total: 2:30
Time posting: about 8pm on a lovely evening in Georgia
Thoughts: Why am I this tired??? And I keep wanting to buy books. More books. And the fact that I reread Naked in Death is all your fault, Stasia.
Non-book activities: Still cleaning. Lurking on LT. Checking in with friends.

Total books finished: 3 Lucifer's Hammer, All Systems Red, Naked in Death
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 9:42

It is 8:30 p.m. CDT in Alabama and I am going to pack it in for the night.

Books read from: Six Square Metres
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting:
Thoughts: I am tired. It is amazing what an afternoon in the sun will do to you physically.
Non-book activities: I spent the afternoon planting more boder plants and my herbs. I will finish up tomorrow.
Total books finished since Readathon began: 14. I started doing this Readathon the weekend of April 4, 2020
Total read from since I began the Readathon: 22
Total time reading since I began the Readathon: 39

Still working on Second Person Singular but will finish it tomorrow morning.
thinking about what to read next

My final Saturday update, covering 8pm to midnight:

Books read from: 3 Junkyard Cats (audio), Artificial Condition (ebook), The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (ebook)
Books finished: 1 Artificial Condition
Time reading: 2:09 reading, 33 minutes listening, total: 2:42
Time posting: around midnight
Thoughts: I always have felt rather sorry for Marjorie Phelps in The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club and Strong Poison.
Non-book activities: Dishes. LT. Cats.

Total books finished: 4 Lucifer's Hammer, All Systems Red, Naked in Death, Artificial Condition
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 12:24

Eight am in the UK.

Reading report since 7pm last night.

Books read from: Big Sky, New Guy.
Books finished: 1 Big Sky
Time reading: About 5 hours (wanted to find out how the crime would be wrapped up: past my bedtime)
Snacks: Gin and rhubarb fizz
Thoughts: I'm really glad I didn't read this when I got it, as it's a tonic right now.
Non-book activities: Video chat with friend (and her kids, who seemed unable to resist participating, which was nice)

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: I've lost track!

Hmmm, after yesterday's update, it turned out I felt like doing anything but read. That's OK though, as it's mostly been the other way round the last few weeks. So I did some washing, went for a walk, watched TV, helped my husband sort out his bookshelves, did some very minor gardening, started sorting out my son's room with him, including finally putting up a 3D solar system he was given as a present two years ago, learned how to use my husband's treadmill and played Connect 4 and Snakes & Ladders. Just no reading!

I have managed some this morning though, so here's my Sunday morning update, at 09:07 in the UK:

Books read from: The Evenings, The Diary of a Provincial Lady
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 38
Thoughts: Hoping to be as productive today as I was yesterday, as it definitely improved my mood.
Non-book activities: loads yesterday, but just drinking coffee so far today.

Total books read from: 3
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 96

Yes, it's 4:40 a.m. in Rhode Island. Sigh.

Books read from: 4: The Last Protector by Andrew Taylor, The Good Assassin by Stephan Talty, Swann in Love by Marcel Proust, A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman (audio)
Books finished: 1
Time reading: About 5 hours

Food: Fresh strawberries; a diet Pepsi

Thoughts: Grateful my migraine seems to be gone. Hope it lasts.

Non-book activities: Napped, was delighted to find that I can play Rollercoaster Tycoon Classic on my phone (don't ask...) organized my sofa workspace/reading space.

Readathon to date stats:

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6 (the four above, plus August Folly by Angela Thirkell and The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane (audio)

Total time reading: About 9.5 hours

10pm Sun check-in NZ time

Books read from: Lampie and the children of the sea by Annet Schaap & Autobiopsy by Bernice Rubens
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 1.5 hr
Snacks: dinner - chicken & corn soup, moussaka
Thoughts: can the rain stop now
Non-book activities: food prep, supermarket visit, tidy up
Total books finished: 3 Check-point, Go tell the lemming, Lampie and the children of the sea
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 9.5 hr

Heavy rain all day and now into the night. Have Nick Lake's YA Nowhere on earth to read, will pick up another library book as well.

Reading report 6.38pm Sunday.

Books read from: 1 - The Drought.
Books finished: 1
Time reading: About 5 hours
Food: Not yet I'm fasting!
Thoughts: Reading about the absence of water makes me thirsty!
Non-book activities: Finished Finnish Police series Bordertown; some WhatsApp and listening to my 1981 songlist.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 5 hours

Well, my plans went awry last night for more reading after my last update. I talked to my Little for a couple of hours, took a long walk, had dinner, and did a couple of Sudoku puzzles. I planned on picking up a book when my sister called, and we ended up chatting for a couple of hours and only stopped when I said I had to go to bed. More reading today? We'll see, I had a crappy night's sleep and am hoping for a nap later today.

I'm going to see what I can read in A Conspiracy of Kings before church service and go from there to figure out what the day holds.

Sunday, 9:20am in New Jersey
Check-in #3

Books read from since last check-in: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Necessary as Blood
Books finished since last check-in: 1 (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt)
Meals/Snacks: Dinner - Indian takeaway - chicken korma, rice, naan
Thoughts: Still waking up... Time for more coffee
Non-book activities: internet, watched 'Moonstruck' with the Wayne, sleep

Total books finished: 2 (Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt)
Total read from: 3

~9:20am Texas Time

Books read from: The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard and The Trouble with Twelfth Grave by Darynda Jones
Books finished: 1
Time reading: ~3 hours
Breakfast: Humongous salad with romaine lettuce, cucumber, grape tomatoes, black beans and salsa
Thoughts: I need to focus on my own books rather than library books today. The TIOLI challenges!
Non-book activities: Making my breakfast salad, cooking lentils in the Instant Pot, talking to Kerry, LT-ing a little

Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~11.5 hours

I have been on a reading break since 9, so I am getting back to the books soon!

I have never read anything David Mitchell has written that I have enjoyed near as much ass this Guardian piece on why Earthsea is the equal of any and all the wizarding universes.
***
1045 EDT

Books read from: I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me, The Paris Hours, Old Food
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 3h30m
Time posting: 1052 EDT
Snacks: breakfast...dull
Thoughts: Never, never, never accept a DRC from a known publisher of poetry without verifying that it ISN'T poetry. Ed Atkins really, really, really, really worked my nerve the whole way through Old Food.
Non-book activities: Throwing away a used glue trap; attempting to silence Old Stuff's whining and (unsuccessfully) get him to leave the room so I could Zoom w/Rob.

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 11h30m

Good morning! It is another beautiful day in Georgia. This update covers midnight to 11am, Sunday:

Books read from: 2 Junkyard Cats (audio), The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (ebook)
Books finished: 2 The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Junkyard Cats
Time reading: 1:51 reading, 1:14 listening, total: 3:05
Time posting: just after 11am
Thoughts: More listening than reading today, I expect. Seedlings to re-pot.
Non-book activities: Sleep. Making muffins.

Total books finished: 6 Lucifer's Hammer, All Systems Red, Naked in Death, Artificial Condition, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Junkyard Cats
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 15:29

Reading report 11.48pm Sunday.

Books read from: 2 - A Man For All Seasons, The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories
Books finished: 1
Time reading: About 3 hours
Food: Salmon fillet in spicy cream, broccoli & mushroom sauce with roasted potatoes // Rich tea biscuits // water, coffee, mangosteen juice & tea
Thoughts: Wish my seven week weekend was not coming to an end!
Non-book activities: Eating / WhatsApp my mum & SWMBO

Total books finished: 2 The Drought, A Man for All Seasons
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8 hours

Saturday's reading:

Books listened to/read from: 2 --Mansfield Park, Austen, and A Wreath of Roses, Taylor
Books finished: 1 -- A Wreath of Roses; this was a re-read and I definitely got more out of it the second time round.
Time reading & listening: about 5 hours

Food highlight: Went through the Culver's drive-thru and splurged on an order of cheese curds; haven't done that in months

Thoughts: Rather concerned about Dr John Campbell, my daily youtube coronavirus update from the UK. He was very moved, talking about what he feared for third world countries in the coming months. I think he needs a day off from making these videos. It's not all on your shoulders, Dr John.

Non-book activities: drove a bit, updated my April reading, sent spouse out to neigborhood store to pick up 2 additional masks, watched the new Father Brown featuring Flambeau (always a better written episode with Flambeau) and finished up with a Shakespeare & Hathaway repeat.

Sunday Noon Report - includes Friday/Saturday

Books read from: The Time of Contempt (Second Witcher book) and A Casual Vacancy
Books finished: none yet, but will finish Witcher today
Time reading: varied across Frida, Saturday, Sunday morning
Time posting: mid-day Sunday
Snacks: most memorable, Hurricanes after dinner from a local restaurant last might
Thoughts: finally getting some gorgeous weather!
Non-book activities: Lots of yard work on Saturday.

It is 11:30 a.m. CDT on a beautiful Sunday morning in Alabama.

Books read from: Six Square Metres by Margaret Simons and Dry (audio book) by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Books finished: 2
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Thoughts: Simons is correct in her observations about gardening being philosophical.
Non-book activities: I finished planting a few more plants and herbs. Watered everything well and figured out what few odds ends of gardening stuff I need to get from the store this week in order to complete everything.
snacks: Starbucks hazelnut cappuccino - dry and 8 grape flavored gummy bears
Total books finished since Readathon began: 16. I started doing this Readathon thing the weekend of April 4, 2020
Total read from since I began the Readathon: 24
Total time reading since I began the Readathon: 40

I finished listening to Dry yesterday and read the last 5 pages of the book this morning rather than waste time listening to it in the car. I also finished reading my short book for the weekend. Six Square Metres is about gardening and it was one of those quiet therapeutic books that feel so good while sitting in the sun reading with a cappuccino easily at hand. Perfect setting to read this book and I am sorry that the book ended and so ended the experience. I hope tomorrow will be just as nice out in the sun.

>89 drneutron:
I have that book and plan on reading it this summer. I was somewhat disappointed in the first book, but realized that it was not a novel but a series of prequel short stories. Have a good day reading. It is perfect weather for sitting out in the sun and reading here in Alabama. This time of year is one of the few things I like about Alabama.

1245 EDT

Books read from: The Last Question
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 0h30m
Time posting: 1250 EDT
Snacks: lunch...stuffed shells, beet salad, not awful
Thoughts: Sixty-five-year-old sci fi short story that first appeared in Galaxy magazine made into an Audiobook for YouTube...it's a famous classic story, and as with all Asimov, I liked it okay but did not love it.
Non-book activities: Eating lunch. Noodling over my review of Old Food. How much of my exasperation is my innate loathing of poetry and how much is the author's failure to communicate his point (whatever that may have been)?

Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 12h00m

Sunday afternoon update

Books read from: The Jane Austen Society
Books finished: The Jane Austen Society
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: turkey stroganoff, watermelon, blackberry & lemon custard ice cream
Thoughts: Another beautiful May day in my corner of East TN
Non-book activities: Zoom Sunday school; Livestream church service; cooking lunch; watching Unknown with Liam Neeson

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ?

I'll start The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club after I finish watching the movie.

I can finally say "A gorgeous day in Cleveland!" S nice 75f with slight breeze

From last night....
Books read from: A walk in the woods
Books finished:
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: now
Snacks:last night I finished the package of Golen Oreos w/green tea
Thoughts: I can reallly lose myself in this book.
non reading activities: last night, all I did was read.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2

Books read from: 3 - Evicted: Poverty And Profit In The American City by Matthew Desmond, The Invention Of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd, and The Nature Of The Beast by Louise Penny
Books finished: 1 - The Invention Of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Time reading: About 5 hours from Friday to now
Time posting: 2:10pm EST
Snacks: Lunch was an eggless egg salad sandwich
Thoughts: I tried to prioritize reading this weekend and it worked, I finished one book, almost finished another, and I'm around halfway through the third. By the way, I just wanted to say I love reading everyone's updates and seeing what everyone else is reading and doing during this quarantine. Sending good vibes to those of you who seem like you could use them!
Non-book activities: Some yard work and a long walk yesterday since it was really nice weather. Today is cloudy and generally a bit more of a lazy day. I might work on budgeting stuff later, reading Evicted has got me thinking about money. It's been awhile since I did any budgeting and my income and spending levels have changed a bit these last few months.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: About 5 hours

It's 2:30 p.m. in Rhode Island. Meant to post earlier, but got derailed by other stuff.

Books read from this period: 4: The Good Assassin by Stephan Talty, A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman (audio), August Folly by Angela Thirkell, audio of The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane
Books finished: 0
Time reading: About 3 hours

Food: Nothing yet, aside from lemon selzer. About to have lunch.

Thoughts: The sun is out, my migraine is gone, hurrah.

Non-book activities: Sharpened all my colored pencils (LOL); talked to my neighbors and got them to pick up some kleenex and cold cuts from Stop & Shop; listened to NPR

Readathon to date stats:

Total books finished: 1 (The Last Protector by Andrew Taylor; very good.
Total read from: 6, all the above plus Swann in Love by Marcel Proust

Total time reading: About 12.5 hours

It is strange how appropriate things you read in books can be. I found this in Six Square Meters earlier this morning. It is all about supply trains.

"so it is with supermarkets and the city. The trucks bring the produce in. From the supermarket, it travels out in plastic bags, and spray bottles, and tins, and puniest, broken down into modest amounts consumable by individuals and families in the course of a week, finding's its way into everyone's fridge, and then into the gut. And then into the rest of our bodies. Then out again, as we give a crap." pg. 117

4 pm
I am slowly getting to the end of Second Person Singular - two narratives that will begin to connect- I like one but not the other.
I made a cake this afternoon- I usually don't make cakes so..... will report on this one.

Sunday, 4:30pm in New Jersey
Check-in #4

Books read from since last check-in: Necessary as Blood
Books finished since last check-in: 1 (Necessary as Blood)
Meals/Snacks: Lunch from a newly-opened bodega not too far away - one chicken and one beef empanada (both were excellent), Diet Coke
Thoughts: I love a day with lots of book turnover!
Non-book activities: drove an hour into the wilds of rural NJ to visit with a potential dog to adopt :)

Total books finished: 3 (Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Necessary as Blood)
Total read from: 3

8am Mon final check-in NZ time

Books read from: Nowhere on earth by Nick Lake, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Eli Shafak
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1hr
Snacks: breakfast - McDonalds latte & sausage McMuffin
Thoughts: will I like this as much as Lake's other books
Non-book activities: sleep, early morning run to McDonalds for coffee - daughter's request
__
Total books finished: 3 Check-point, Go tell the lemming, Lampie and the children of the sea
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 9.5 hr

Also peeked in and read the prologues/intros to The Pope's Daughter, Where the light falls & The lost Future of Pepperharrow - all library books.

A successful readathon for me, just didn't get to my audiobook as the rain curtailed any walking this weekend.

~2:30 PM on a breezy, cool, partly cloudy Seattle afternoon

Books read from: Citizens, The Screwtape Letters
Books finished: The Screwtape Letters
Time reading: 3 hours
Food: fried rice, watermelon
Thoughts: CS Lewis held up better than I expected after 10-15 years since I last read his stuff.
Non-book activities: Morning Prayer at my church via YouTube followed by a Zoom brunch with my book club.

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 9.5 hours

Half ten at night in the UK. Lovely mild day here.
Reading report since 8am.

Books read from: New Guy, The Shadow King, The Book of Rio.
Books finished: 1 The Book of Rio
Time reading: About 4 hours ( reading past my bedtime caught up with me and I had a lunchtime snooze)
Food & Snacks: Highlight roast dinner. Potatoes are always amazing.
Thoughts: the stories in the Book of Rio are so diverse. I'm really tempted to go order The Book of Khartoum.

Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: I've lost track

~5:00pm Texas Time - Final Check In for Today

Books read from: The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard, Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers by Michael Baden and Marion Roach, and Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Books finished: 1
Time reading: ~4.5 hours
Lunch/Snack: Bean Burritos and Watermelon
Thoughts: Looking forward to seeing what the new week brings
Non-book activities: Playing 3 games of Doodle Quest with Kerry, talking to both Beth and Catey, eating lunch and snacking

Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~16 hours

Off to LT for a bit and then off to bed!

Greetings! The weather remains beautiful here in Georgia. This update covers 11am to 6pm, Sunday:

Books read from: 2 Proper English (audio), Two Minutes to Noon: The Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1, 1923 (ebook)
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1:14 reading, 1:14 listening, total: 2:28
Time posting: just after 6pm
Thoughts: I found out that my workplace is reopening, but with limited hours. My boss know how I feel about the situation, so I haven't been called back yet. But it could happen any time.
Non-book activities: Re-potting seedlings and cuttings. Talking. A bit of LT time.

Total books finished: 6 Lucifer's Hammer, All Systems Red, Naked in Death, Artificial Condition, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Junkyard Cats
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: 17:57

8:05 pm
made a cake! and finished Second Person Singular by Sayed Kashua.

It's about 8:25 p.m. in Rhode Island. and it's a gorgeous warm-ish spring evening.

Books read from this period: 4: August Folly by Angela Thirkell, and Notes From an Apocalypse: Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell
Books finished: 1 (the Thirkell)
Time reading: About 2 hours

Food: Had some roast beef sandwiches with honey mustard for lunch. Am about to eat some fish for dinner, with noodles and peas.

Thoughts: A delightful relaxing day even if I didn't get much work done.

Non-book activities: Did final edits/reads of my WSJ pieces; did laundry, changed bed linen and promptly decided to curl up for a nap. Did some dishes, prepared dinner.

Readathon to date stats:

Total books finished: 2 (The Last Protector by Andrew Taylor; very good, and the Thirkell novel, which felt dated.)
Total read from: 7, all the above plus Swann in Love by Marcel Proust The Good Assassin by Stephan Talty, A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman (audio), and audio of The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane

Total time reading: About 14.5 hours

I'll be reading for several more hours, unless I opt for an Ealing comedy DVD instead.

Sunday, 8:30pm in New Jersey
Check-in #5

Books read from since last check-in: Fade Away, The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs
Books finished since last check-in: 0
Meals/Snacks: glass of wine, some fresh blueberries and raspberries
Thoughts: Both new books are off to a good start
Non-book activities: futzing around the house, food prep, perusing the Kindle Monthly Deals

Total books finished: 3 (Heidi's Guide to Four Letter Words, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Necessary as Blood)
Total read from: 5

This is my last update for this readathon. I'll read a bit more tonight, but nothing new.

Thanks, once again, Mary!

2045 EDT

Books read from: A Gazelle Ate My Homework, The Rivals and Other Stories, The Paris Hours
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 3h30m
Time posting: 2050 EDT
Snacks: dinner...burger, lentil soup
Thoughts: Habib Fanny moving to Detroit not speaking conversational English is my hero.
Non-book activities: Tarting up my review of Old Food, Internetting the art of Ed Atkins, Zooming with Rob for a bit.

Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 15h30m

I won't start any new books, and I am hell-bent on getting The Paris Hours done, but this is my last report. Thank you, Mary, for setting these read-a-thons up!

Sunday evening update

Books read from: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, The Jane Austen Society
Books finished: The Jane Austen Society
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: Dinner was leftover pulled pork, slaw, sweet potato fries; strawberries; carrots
Thoughts: Just noticed that both books I've read this weekend are about social clubs/organizations. That wasn't intentional!
Non-book activities: Walking the dog; talking to a friend in another state on the phone

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?

I may read another chapter or two before I fall asleep, but otherwise I'm calling it a day. Thanks for hosting again! I'll join in again next weekend if we continue this. Tennessee is starting to open up some businesses and activities, but I'm taking a wait and see approach before I jump in.

Final check in of the weekend before I head to bed and back to work tomorrow. 10 p.m. EST.

Books read from: A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
Books finished: 1
Time reading: about two hours
Lunch: potato soup and an apple
Dinner: over easy eggs on wheat toast and bacon
Thoughts: A Conspiracy of Kings wasn't my favorite in this series, but it's growing on me
Non-book activities: church this morning, watching Romeo & Juliet from Shakespeare's Globe, a long walk while listening to LeVar Burton Reads, and cooking

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7 hours and 45 minutes, give or take - mostly on Friday

I'll leave a little time for other folks to post final updates and will put up a new thread for next weekend sometime tomorrow.

10:15pm Cleveland
Not a very productive day for reading.

Books read from: A walk in the woods and Water Dancer
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 45 minutes
Lunch: Garlic naan with olive oil and italian spices dip - Bottle of red wine we rec'd for Christmas from cousins who brought it back from Sicily.
Dinner: Ribeye steaks on the grill, baked potatoes, corn on the cob
Thoughts: I'll do better next time
Non-book activities: Attended virtual graduation from my son's university. It worked out well. No traffic, great parking space, we got to sit with our graduate.

I'm so happy to see you'll be setting up a thread for next weekend Mary. Thanks!!

Suzanne, I look forward to reading your article in the WSJ tomorrow.

~8:30 PM from Seattle

Books read from: For a Muse of Fire
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Food: black bean stew
Thoughts: How is it already Sunday night? How is it already MAY?
Non-book activities: Watched some Netflix

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 11 hours

11:40 p.m. in Rhode Island. and it's a gorgeous warm-ish spring evening.

Books read from this period: 3: Notes From an Apocalypse: Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back by Mark O'Connell, Swann in Love by Marcel Proust, Ride a Pale Horse by Helen MacInnes
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 3 hours

Food: Ate my fish dinner

Thoughts: What happened to the day? Thrilled that the weather is warming up.

Non-book activities: Napped AGAIN. Sigh.

Readathon to date stats:

Total books finished: 2 (The Last Protector by Andrew Taylor; very good, and August Folly by Angela Thirkell)
Total read from: 8, all the above plus The Good Assassin by Stephan Talty, A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman (audio), and audio of The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane

Total time reading: About 17.5 hours

I'll probably read for another 2/3 hours, but am not sure whether I'll actually finish anything else.

Good evening, all. This is my final update of the weekend, covering 7pm to midnight, Sunday:

Books read from: 2 Proper English (audio), Two Minutes to Noon: The Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1, 1923 (ebook), Rogue Protocol (ebook)
Books finished: 1 Two Minutes to Noon: The Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1, 1923
Time reading: 2:28 reading, 1:05 listening, total: 3:33
Time posting: around midnight
Thoughts: Still brooding over the fact that my state is basically reopened. That I'll be called back to work, whether it's safe, or wise, or ethically sound.
Non-book activities: Cat petting. Cooking. Brooding.

Total books finished: 7 Lucifer's Hammer, All Systems Red, Naked in Death, Artificial Condition, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Junkyard Cats, Two Minutes to Noon: The Great Kanto Earthquake of September 1, 1923
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: 21:30 - Yep, I'm a stress reader, alright.

>114 Dejah_Thoris: Good effort, Princess - 7 books over the weekend!

Reading report 12pm Monday Midday.

Books read from: 2 - The Village Witch Doctor and Other Stories, The Overstory
Books finished: 1
Time reading: About 2 hours
Food: croissants & special K cereal with milk, Greek Yogurt with honey // water & tea
Thoughts: Yikes: started work this morning!
Non-book activities: WhatsApp my mum & SWMBO, Sleeping

Total books finished: 3 The Drought, A Man for All Seasons, The Village Witch Doctor
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 10 hours

Sunday reading:

Books read from today: 2--The Tale of Beatrix Potter, Margarer Lane; Paper Love, Sarah Wildman
Books finished today: 0
Time reading today: 5 hours

Total Reading for the Weekend:

Books read from: 5
Books finished: 2
Total time reading this weekend: 12 hours
Accomplished most of the reading goals set for the weekend, so I'm satisfied.

Final check in for yesterday, posted 07:58 Monday morning here in the UK:

Books read from: The Diary of a Provincial Lady
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 23
Thoughts: not much reading this weekend, but I've not felt like settling down with a book.
Non-book activities: some cleaning, tidying and vacuuming, online church service, Zoom chat with parents, TV, exercise on the treadmill

Total books read from: 3
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 119

>115 PaulCranswick: Thanks, Paul, but it's not as impressive as it may appear, lol. I was almost finished with Lucifer's Hammer when we started, three of the others were novella length, two others weren't particularly long and the remaining book, Naked in Death, was a very quick read. And listening to audio books while I worked on projects really helped with the total hours.

It is 11:30 a.m. CDT on a typical summer morning in Alabama. Today promises to be the start of hot and humid. I turned on the AC last night because the inside temperature in my house was 78 degrees. That is too hot for me to sleep comfortably, so time for the AC! It was another good weekend for me at the Social Distancing Readathon. Here are my final statistics for the weekend.

Books read from: Six Square Metres by Margaret Simons, Dry (audio book) by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman, Packing for Mars by Mary Roach

Books finished: 2

Time reading on Sunday: 3 hours

Thoughts: Packing for Mars is going to be a quick read and I wonder why people like this author's work so much. It seems like science lite.

Non-book activities: I finished planting a few more plants and herbs. Watered everything well and figured out what few odds ends of gardening stuff I need to get from the store this week in order to complete everything.

Total books finished since Readathon began: 16. I started doing this Readathon thing the weekend of April 4, 2020
Total read from since I began the Readathon: 25
Total time reading since I began the Readathon: 43

I have to say that I am really enjoying this work at home. I work about half the time because there is so much I can't do from home. I know it will be a mess when I get back to work, but I will deal with that when the time comes. Even though the state of Alabama has called off the quarantine, Tuscaloosa hasn't, so there is some confusion about what we should be doing. I am going to continue to stay at home.

I am ready for another weekend Readathon, so put me in the list for next week.

Add me to the list, too, please....

Thanks, Mary!!

Whoops, day got away from me a little bit!

Here's next week's link.