Memorial Day Weekend Readathon (a.k.a. Social Distancing Readathon #10)

My state announced their reopening plan as of this morning, and while libraries are in Phase 1 (still closed to patrons), I should be good for at least one if not more readathons, as we'll most likely be closed over the weekend.

Welcome to those returning and any newcomers. The "rules" are pretty loose. We generally run from Friday at 5 p.m. to Sunday at midnight in whatever time zone you choose. This weekend being a holiday weekend in the U.S., we've decided to extend through Monday. And I will join in with the early birds this week, as I took Friday off and after a week of meetings will very much be looking forward to using it as a recharge 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. Richard (richardderus)
3. Carrie (cbl_tn)
4. Darryl (kidzdoc)
5. Lynda (Carmenere)
6. Paul (PaulCranswick)
7. Cyrel (torontoc)
8. PawsforThought
9. Kerry (aviatakh)
10. Rebecca (Rebeki)
11. Jim (drneutron)
12. Katie (katiekrug)
13. Suzanne (Chatterbox)
14. LibraryLover23
15. Susanna (susanna.fraser)
16. Dejah_Thoris
17. Katie (katie_krug)
18. Jeff (mahsdad)
19. Janet (streamsong)
20. Nancy (nrmay)
21. Linda (lindapanzo)
22. Kathy (kac522)

Surely it's Friday by now.

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

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

I will plan to join in again and hope that I do better than I did last weekend. I do have Memorial Day off so that will help!

I'm in. As of now I'm scheduled to work on Monday, but I'm off this coming Saturday and Sunday.

Count me in! I love the extended readathon for the holiday weekend. Must find something fabulous to start off summer reading.

i'm in too. It is the end of Ramadan here so I will also be on holiday on Monday.

I'm in- always fun to track my weekend reading!

I'm planning on taking part again.

As I mentioned on the last thread, this is a long weekend in Sweden as we have Ascension Day on Thursday which is a public weekend. And because it's on a Thursday, Friday becomes a "squeeze day" (squeezed in between a public holiday and a weekend) and we have that day off too. And because Wednesday is the day before a public holiday (a "red day" as we call it), we have a half day off. So I should theoretically have a lot of reading time this weekend, but as the past month has shown, that doesn't necessarily result in me actually getting much reading done. We're going to our summer house for at least one day to prepare for summer (turn the water on, get started in the garden, etc.) and we'll probably go orienteering a bit again. But hopefully I'll read a bit too.
Not quite sure what I'll be reading, but I want to at least have made some headway in A Handful of Dust by the end of the week.

I'm in, I'm busy on Sunday but the extra day will make up for that.

I got distracted by other things the weekend just gone and barely did any reading or updating, but I'm hoping to join in properly this weekend. Monday is a public holiday in the UK too, which helps.

I’m in again...

I'm sure I'll be doing some reading this weekend, so count me in :)

>2 richardderus: I wish, Richard!

>8 PawsforThought: Ooh, I like the "squeeze day." I didn't realize you got both Thursday and Friday off in your initial explanation. I thought it was much like what we do with several holidays that fall on weekdays and we take the Monday off and call it "observed." (Presidents Day in February is an example of this, we don't celebrate the exact day anymore.) Having both days off is much nicer.

I'm in again, and while I'm sounding like a broken record now, hopefully will be able to accomplish more reading!!

>13 bell7: Yeah, it's nice. It was especially nice during Christmas and New Years last year because Christmas Eve (which is the day we celebrate) was on a Tuesday which meant we had Monday as a squeeze day, Tuesday off, Wednesday off, Thursday off and then another squeeze day on Friday, then the weekend followed by another squeeze day on Monday and then Tuesday and Wednesday (New Year's) off again. And since the following Monday was Twelfth Night we had that off too. If you took two days off you'd get more than two weeks off.

I'll join in again, thanks!

I'm in!

Isn't it the weekend yet? Why isn't it the weekend yet? What is a weekend, anyway?

>18 Chatterbox: I'll get there before you!

>18 Chatterbox: >19 avatiakh: I've somehow had it in my head all day that it's Thursday....not.

I decided to take tomorrow off from work, so I'm looking forward to a 4-day readathon :)

I'll give it a go.

I'll be starting later today and my current reading includes:

Library books all due 29 May -
The Flight Portfolio by Julie Orringer
Deviation by Luce D'Eramo
Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley

from my shelves
My Michael by Amos Oz

Following the instructions of one of my city's loveliest librarians, the OverDrive loan of The Sacrament by Olaf Olafsson was effected with the absolute minimum of fuss and bother. The county's instructions, which Julie read with me, are *use*less* but she told me what to do and in less than 50 seconds I had the book on my Kindle.

Lesson: Always, always, always ask a librarian.

So that will be my first read of the 'athon.

9.30pm Friday night in Auckland, New Zealand

Well, no update as I haven't read anything except an article in 'The New Zealand Genealogist' magazine.
I'll post again in the morning and hopefully I'll have read something before I go to sleep.

I will start early - I find that I prefer reading non-fiction for some reason- I have started some excellent novels but have put them aside for To End Wars A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild

I will not be in on this Readathon or the next one - daughter in this weekend, visiting my mother the next - but I wanted to wish everyone "Happy Reading!"

>23 avatiakh: Well, you scored a book bullet with the new Tsiolkas novel. Had to hunt it down though. Located on Kindle UK site. Phew.

Check-in #1

11:05 am Friday

Books read from: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Books finished: none

Snacks: just coffee so far
Thoughts: hooray for 4 day weekends
Non-book activities: LTing

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1

So, my preliminary list of books to read...

I'm going to try to finish The Overstory by Richard Powers.

I've started reading an e-galley of Double Agent by Tom Bradby and A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland, also library version of Treachery by S.J. Parris. I've got about an hour of the audiobook of Excellent Women by Barbara Pym left.

Books I'd like to get through over the weekend:

Death in Provence by Serena Kent
The Lark Ascending: The Music of the British Landscape by Richard King
Rage of Vultures by Barry Unsworth
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh
Conviction by Denise Mina
The Invitation by Lucy Foley
The Divinities by Parker Bilal

I'd like to dip into:

Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
Summer Half by Angela Thirkell
Outsider by Linda Castillo
The House of Brides by Jane Cockram
The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks

And there are some audiobooks, too....

Phantom Terror by Adam Zamoyski
Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi
These Women by Ivy Pochoda

I'm going to start now, which is already a better start than last weekend, and will be continuing until the end of Monday. I have three books on the go and hope to finish all of them by the end of the long weekend!

Good day, everyone - happy Friday!

As I have for the last few weekends, I'll start my tracking at noon today (which is just about now) and continue through the holiday Monday. I'm part way through a reread of Friday by Robert A. Heinlein so I'll finish that first. After that, who knows?

>24 richardderus: Speaking for my fellow librarians, you've just made our day! I'm thinking that would be a good mystery title - Why Didn't They Ask a Librarian? (Nods to Agatha.)

>27 alcottacre: We'll miss you! Have a great visit with your daughter and your mother!

>33 cbl_tn: You'd think that, after all these years in this group that's positively stuf't with y'all, I'd've twigged...but noooooo

:-) Glad I could make your day, Carrie!

Books read from: The Sacrament
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1h20m
Time posting: 1245 EDT
Snacks: penne alla vodka
Thoughts: I do so love the spring sunshine on the sea!
Non-book activities: Therapy

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1h20m

Happy Friday Readathoner's!

2:07pm Cleveland, Ohio
I finished my chores and will begin reading, this rainy afternoon, right now!

My line up will include bits and pieces of:
The balance of Murder on the Orient Express
Bone Gap
Study in Scarlett
In the Sea of Crocodiles
Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening

Books read from: I'll start with Murder on the Orient Express
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 0
Time posting: 2:11
Snacks: Hot tea and a strawberry Nutrigrain
Thoughts: Nothing in particular
Non-book activities: Taking care of some things for mom - answering quiz question for 100 book challenge

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

I'll update about 10pm

>27 alcottacre: *waves* Thanks for the good wishes, Stasia, and have fun with your family!

I had originally planned on spending today reading, but I could not focus on a book this morning so gave up and started watching Season 2 of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. I need to get up and move around a bit, after which I'll try to read Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo and if sitting down with a book isn't working for me, I've got an audiobook of Provenance by Ann Leckie ready to go while I knit.

I'll be reading, too. I plan to intersperse reading with household and outside chores.

I just finished a short story called Andaki by Kinyanjui Kombani in my LTER book Nairobi Noir. I hope to finish this and get it reviewed this weekend.

I also be reading Malcom Gladwell's Talking to Strangers for my RLBC (via zoom) next week and All Systems Red: The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.

Where did the month go? I have several more challenge books I want to read yet, besides the above.

I'll join in!

Currently reading open season by C.J. Box.

listening to viva Jacquelina! by L.A. Meyer.

You will notice I'm loving escape fiction these days..

>28 Chatterbox: Ooh that's a rarity, very chuffed. I haven't read any Tsiolkas as yet but I liked C.K. Stead's My name was Judas so thought this might also appeal.

On yesterday's library trip I picked up the latest Liz Nugent, Our Little Cruelties, and I will be naughty and read this first as I just love her books.

Checkin: 8.30am Saturday, Auckland New Zealand
Books read from: My Michael by Amos Oz
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1hr
Snacks: soup
Thoughts: I can do better
Non-book activities: cat watching, meeting prep

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

I'm not sure how accurate I'll be with the actual reading time, but I will check in with page counts and completions (hopefully)

Current open reads for me are...

Agency by William Gibson (audio)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (paper)
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne (Kindle)
The End of the Fucking World by Chares Forsman (GN)

Friday night check-in:

Time: 22:01 in the UK
Books read from: She Came to Stay by Eleni Kyriacou
Books finished: 1 (see above)
Pages read: 122
Thoughts: I was really caught up in this book and was worried I was going to be disappointed in the ending, but I loved the way it was resolved. Since I know the author, it is a relief to know I can tell her quite honestly how much I enjoyed her debut novel.
Non-book activities: attempted a nap, ate dinner, watched TV

Count me in. I do have a 3.5 day weekend and, beyond some lawn/gardening, I'll probably spend much of the weekend reading.

I am slogging through the forthcomng The Jane Austen Societya, debut novel by Natalie Jenner, and definitely want to finish that soon, maybe even tonight

I finished my first book The Shoes of the Fisherman. I hope to catch up and finish a few this long weekend.

Good evening! I hope Friday has been fabulous for everyone.

My first update covers from noon to not quite 7pm, Friday:

Books read from: 1 Friday by Robert A. Heinlein (audio and ebook)
Books finished: none
Time reading: 55 minutes reading, 2:10 listening: 3:05
Thoughts: My library called to let me know that they're beginning curbside pick up of holds on Tuesday!
Non-book activities: Trip to the vet, gardening, a little LT time....

Total books finished: none
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3:05 - 55 reading, 2:10 listening

My goals for the long weekend include finishing The Last Leonardo and reading The Girl of His Dreams. Once I finish those two, I'll move on to Gold Rush Girl, Playlist, and The Road to Urbino. But first I'll see how much walking I can get in before it gets dark now that the rain seems to have stopped for a while.

Books read from: 1 - Emma by Alexander McCall Smith
Books finished: 1 - Emma by Alexander McCall Smith
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 7:00pm EST
Snacks: Supper was take-out from an Indian restaurant, "Chef's Special Curry." It was delish.
Thoughts: I realized that I missed my 12th Thingaversary earlier this month. Maybe it's a sign I should buy 12 books?
Non-book activities: I worked all day, I'm glad it's the weekend!

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

Glad to have a few more newcomers jump in!

Here's my 7 p.m. update:

Books read from: Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2 hours (probably more, but that's the minimum I'm sure of)
Dinner: tater tot hotdish
Thoughts: Glad I was finally able to sit down and concentrate on a book. Now I'm trying to decide what I want to do with my evening - new book, or watch Macbeth?
Non-book activities: cleaning the microwave and potting herbs outdoors (basil and rosemary) were my major projects today, as well as laundry and cooking dinner

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

Check-in #2

8:20 pm Friday

Books read from: Beach Read by Emily Henry, The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black
Books finished: none

Snacks: fresh berries, cut vegetables, a hot dog for dinner
Thoughts: very much enjoying both my reads
Non-book activities: food prep, jigsaw puzzle, Brooklyn99

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2

Late to the party, but I'm in and planning on some comfort reading this weekend.

Happy reading everyone!

Check in #2, 10:00 p.m.

Books read from: The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Snack: apple
Thoughts: This is my first Octavia Butler and I'm sure it won't be the last - really intriguing so far
Non-book activities: writing book reviews and catching up on threads some, general tidying up the place and getting ready for bed

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 3.5 hours

10:25pm check in #2

Books read from: Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
Books finished: 0
Time reading: off and on about 3 hours
Meal/Snack: Dinner: French Toast with fresh fruit - Snack: 2 peanut m&m's, glass of milk
Thoughts: I'm sure I've got this murder figured out
Non-book activities: Cooking dinner, napping

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

>45 Dejah_Thoris: Thanks for those mask companies! I posted on my thread what I've chosen. (ugh, so confusing! What type of fabric, filter insert or not, ties or loops) Mind boggling

>40 avatiakh: I really enjoyed the previous two novels by Tsiolkas that I read, although both are disturbing in different ways. If you like to relate to a sympathetic character, probably NOT a good pick. I think I first read them when The Slap was up for the Man Booker prize, several years ago.

My first update, a roundup of a slow start to the readathon. It's nearly 11 p.m. in Rhode Island:

Books read from: I gravitated to a "re-listen" of Dominion by C.J. Sansom. Also read some of Double Agent by Tom Bradby.
Books finished: none
Reading time: About 4 hours

Snacks: Chicken pot pie for dinner; some selzer and diet Pepsi
Thoughts: Worrying about where my freelance check is; I'm counting on it for rent etc. Should have been here last week, but it wasn't mailed until Monday. Which means it should have arrived today -- but it didn't. So, I'm anxious.
Non-book activities: Dealing with issues with my father; talked to my ex-sister in law about this today. She's worried that the side-effects of the Parkinson's meds are causing some serious problems. My father is in denial, and it's all complicated. A prolonged nap; sigh.

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total reading time: 4 hours

Still reading but I did take time out to watch a documentary film from the " Hot Docs" organization- I saw "The Booksellers" on my computer- not bad for watching!
Dinner- social distancing one with my brother and sister-in-law outside- chicken, potato salad and sautéed bok choi- with fruit and cake for dessert.

>52 Carmenere: You're welcome! Masks are a topic of universal interest these days. I was sitting in the parking lot at the vet's office and got a call from my vet with a treatment related question. While waiting for an x-ray we kept talking and he proceeded to tell me where to purchase masks (medical grade, actually) and hand sanitizer locally.

Good evening! It's been a slow Friday..

This update covers from not quite 7pm to midnight, Friday:

Books read from: 3 Friday by Robert A. Heinlein (audio and ebook), Cat Pictures, Please, and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer (ebook), Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
Books finished: 1 Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
Time reading: 1:54 minutes reading, 0 minutes listening: 1:54
Thoughts: Why was I so reluctant to pick up Unmarriageable? I think I'm going to like it.
Non-book activities: Dinner, clean up, placing book holds with the library

Total books finished: 1 Friday
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4:59 - 2:49 reading, 2:10 listening

>51 bell7: Mary, I really enjoyed Parable of the Sower as well as its sequel Parable of the Talents. I'm glad you are enjoying it, too!

11.30 pm in Montana

Books read from: 3 short stories in Nairobi Noir; 43 pages in Talking to Strangers
Books finished: 0
Dinner - Cauliflower crust pizza
Non-book activities: Lots of outdoor chores after three days of heavy rain.
Thoughts: Bed time! My muscles will be stiff tomorrow!

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

>51 bell7: >56 streamsong: I really liked Parable of the Sower as well. Read it earlier this year for a book club I'm in.

Friday Night Update : It was a work day for me, so I didn't read that much, but what I did was...

Agency - audio about 1 hour. Not that long actual elapsed, tho. I listen to audiobooks at between 1.3x and 1.5x
Oryx and Crake - 30 pages

Total books finished: 0
Total read from : 2

Night all!

Friday's reading:

Books read from: 2: Mansfield Park (audiobook) and Village Affairs by Miss Read
Books finished:1 Village Affairs
Reading time: 5.5 hours (1.5 listening and 4 reading)

Thoughts: Friday was my birthday and got flowers from my husband; phone calls, emails and texts from friends and family; splurged on a dinner picked up at a nice restaurant; and finished with a piece of French silk pie. A good day!

Saturday morning check-in:

Time: 08:49 in the UK
Books read from: L'invitée by Simone de Beauvoir, Spring Flowers, Spring Frost by Ismail Kadare
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 35
Thoughts: Well, my plan was to finish all three books I had on the go before starting a new one, but after finishing this She Came to Stay yesterday, I had the urge to revisit the original book by this name. Or, rather, to read it in French for the first time. Which will probably take me ages. Oh well.
Non-book activities: just sleeping, then waking and drinking coffee so far. I'm still feeling sleepy, so will give up on reading more right now and try to get up and shake off the sleepiness.

Total books read from: 3
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 157

6 am EDT in Atlanta. The birds and I are the only ones who are awake.

Books read from: Mean by Myriam Gurba
Pages read: 26 (pp 32-57 in Mean)
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 35 minutes
Time posting: 5 minutes
Snacks: It's too early for snacks.
Thoughts: I should finish Mean this morning, and I'll probably start Dopesick by Beth Macy next.
Non-book activities: Facebook, New York Times

Total pages read: 26
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 25 minutes

6:30 a.m. in Rhode Island

>60 kidzdoc: well, I'm not in Atlanta, but I'm awake! (and the birds, and the cats).

Books read from: Finishing my "re-listen" of Dominion by C.J. Sansom. Also reading Double Agent by Tom Bradby.
Books finished: none yet, but I'll finish both soon
Reading time: About 5 hours

Snacks: some cheese crackers.
Thoughts: I'll be anxious about the mail all day until it arrives (hopefully with check). Anxious about my father. Migraine is back, but not nearly as bad as it was before I got the Aimovig a week ago.
Non-book activities: Listening to the rain and trying to sleep. Reading news. Playing online solitaire while I listen to audiobook.

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total reading time: 9 hours

7 am EDT in Atlanta. The sun and my neighbors' young children are also up.

Books read from: Mean by Myriam Gurba
Pages read: 28 (pp 58-85 in Mean)
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 35 minutes
Time posting: 25 minutes
Food: It's time for breakfast: leftover tortilla española, an orange and coffee.
Thoughts: Mean is uniquely superb.
Non-book activities: Facebook, New York Times

Total pages read: 54
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 60 minutes

8 am EDT in Atlanta.

Books read from: Mean by Myriam Gurba
Pages read: 10 (pp 86-95 in Mean)
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 15 minutes
Time posting: 5 minutes
Food: Breakfast as mentioned above.
Thoughts:
Non-book activities:

Total pages read: 64
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hr 15 min

11:15 am
I am reading To End All Wars and I am really enjoying it-on page 61
Breakfast earlier- yogurt, blueberries and flax seed and now green tea -oh and a piece of chocolate.

Saturday morning check-in. misty silent morning and that's OK given that everybody and his family, each in seperate cars, were on the streets of Tuscaloosa last night. Two friends and I had pizza together last evening.

Books read from: Dead At Daybreak by Deon Meyer
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts: My short book for this weekend will be An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helen Tursten. My other novel will be the last in the Sci/Fi trilogy of the Bobiverse. I have Monday off so plan on getting lots of reading done.
Non-book activities: going to the plant nursery to get the last of my green things for this year.

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: this weekend 1 hour

>58 kac522: Bleated happy birthday!

Good morning from middle Georgia! It's going to be beautiful (if hot) today, which is particulalry nice since yesterday was overcast and rainy.

This update covers from midnight to not quite noon, Saturday:

Books read from: 1 Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1:36 minutes reading, 0 minutes listening: 1:36
Thoughts: Unmarriageable is dragging a bit....
Non-book activities: Sleep, wasting time online, cat petting.

Total books finished: 1 Friday
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 6:35 - 4:25 reading, 2:10 listening

Good morning from Seattle! Last night I finished a re-read of Whispers Under Ground, and I’m going to plan the rest of my weekend reading over breakfast.

Books read from: Whispers Under Ground
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 3 hours
Food: cereal
Thoughts: Part of me would be happy to just re-read, but I don’t want to go that route. I’ll look for something really escapist and relaxing.
Non-book activities: Laundry

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

Weird duplicate post. Is LT playing tricks this morning?

Check-in #3

12:45pm on Saturday

Books read from: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Books finished: none

Snacks: plain Greek yogurt with sliced banana, blueberries, and raspberries
Thoughts: Rainy, gloomy day - perfect for housework. Or reading....
Non-book activities: boiling eggs, tidying up, general futzing around

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2

1:13pm Ohio

Books read from: Murder on the Orient Express
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2 hours
Snack: Breakfast Raspberries and blueberries on a waffle - coffee
Thoughts: Ugh! How does Ms. Christie always pull the wool over my eyes
Non-book activities: Making breakfast

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

Next up A Study in Scarlett

Almost 1:30 p.m. in Rhode Island

>67 susanna.fraser: Well, I've been doing a LOT of re-reading this month, as well as turning to a lot of audiobooks. In the first case, I think it's about comfort reading; in the second, it's about not being able to actually read when I have a migraine. (The two are related, since a "re-read" of an audiobook by a great narrator is comforting and I don't worry about where I am in the story, because I can always find my place again if I lose track of it.)

Books read from: Speaking of which, re-listening to Dominion by C.J. Sansom. Also reading Double Agent by Tom Bradby. Total of 2 so far!
Books finished: 1, Dominion
Reading time: About 4 hours

Snacks: toast and tea
Thoughts: Waiting for the. mail and being stressed out.
Non-book activities: Actually left the house. Went to pick up some books from the Athenaeum (curbside pickup) and came home again, stopping off to grab some treats for the cats.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total reading time: 13 hours

Time to start thinking about what I'll read next. Maybe an Agatha Christie that I've never read, in the form of an audiobook? I also may pick up with Adam Hochschild's latest, Rebel Cinderella.

Major life events have occurred. I don't know if I'll be back to reading this weekend.

I hope all here have only wonderful reads and finish 50% of their TBRs.

Friday -
Read for hours into the night. Couldn't sleep.
Hubby fixed dinner. :)
Took time out for a couple Bosch episodes on TV.

Saturday -
Finished open season by C.J. Box.
Starting a bad day for sunshine Darynda Jones
Time out for a neighborhood walk before it gets too hot. Sunny and 82 F (28 C.) here today.

>56 streamsong: and 57 Thanks, Janet and Jeff, I am really enjoying it. I'm a little over a third of the way through and expect when I really sit down with it I'll read quite a bit today

Books read from: The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~50 minutes
Lunch: tater tot hotdish
Thoughts: I am tired and annoyed that my back and hip is sore, and I can't figure out if walking or resting would be better for me
Non-book activities: cleaning the bathroom, dusting, sweeping and vacuuming; called my Little; visited with the folks I live with some

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2

I've decided to stop keeping track of time spent reading this weekend. Some days it motivates me but today it's just irritating me.

3:31 pm
Still reading To End All Wars - on page 125
Did vacuuming, and am now going out for a walk.

After finishing The Jane Austen Society late last night, I started a cozy mystery, Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delany. Then, after a morning of yardwork, I took a nap but am now relaxing for the rest of the day, which includes reading the Delany cozy.

Midday checkin from Seattle

Books read from: A Big Surprise for Valentine's Day
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Food: Healthy Choice chicken fried rice
Thoughts: That was a fun sexy escapist romcom read.
Non-book activities: Listened to Lovett or Leave It.

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4.5 hours

Checkin: 8.30am Sunday, Auckland New Zealand

Books read from: My Michael by Amos Oz, Damascus by Christos Tsiolkas, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.5 hr
Snacks: dinner - cauliflower cheese
Thoughts: did I get enough sleep
Non-book activities: internet browsing, sleep

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 3.5hr

Good evening, all.

This update covers from noon to 6pm, Saturday:

Books read from: 3 Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal (print), Cat Pictures, Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer (ebook), The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (audio book)
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1:09 minutes reading, minutes listening: 1:48, 2:58 total
Thoughts: I hate mosquitoes....
Non-book activities: More wasting time online, cat petting, transplanting seedlings....

Total books finished: 1 Friday
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 9:33 - 5:34 reading, 3:58 listening

Afternoon from CA.

Did mostly listening this morning. Audiobooks are a perfect accompaniment to yardwork (at least in my opinion.

Books Read...

Agency by William Gibson - 3:05 hours (FINISHED)
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 24 pages

Total Books Read : 1
Total Read from : 2

Check-in #4

8:00pm on Saturday

Books read from: Beach Read by Emily Henry, The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black
Books finished: none

Snacks: hard boiled egg, raw veggies, chicken sorrentino for dinner
Thoughts: Productive day but with less reading than I'd like...
Non-book activities: housework, jigsaw puzzle, food prep

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2

Good evening! Checking in about 9:30 p.m., and this will be the last update from me tonight - I'll read in bed, but I'm heading there now.

Books read from: The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Books finished: 1
Dinner: takeout pizza
Thoughts: That was really good, but now I need something lighter and less intense
Non-book activities: getting dinner, a sudoku puzzle or two

Total books finished: 2 - Clap When You Land and Parable of the Sower
Total read from: 2

10pm

Books read from: A Study in Scarlet
Books finished:
Time reading: 1 hour (19 pages of teeny tiny print)
Snack: Dinner: home made pepperoni pizza and cucumber salad - tea
Thoughts: Why have I waited so long to read Sherlock Holmes?
Non-book activities: weeding brick patio - cooking dinner

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours

>72 richardderus: Hope it's a good major life event for you, Richard!

Night all! I'll read a little of Bone Gap on my Kindle as I drift off to sleep.

Still reading To End All Wars - now at page 219.
I also viewed 10 playwrights reading their commissioned scripts on Vimeo- there are three segments put on by the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto- I viewed two segments- I'll look at the third some time tomorrow.
I also " viewed " my garden- I have a lot of dead wood to take out of bushes in my backyard.

>80 mahsdad: I couldn't agree more! Audio books are perfect for gardening.

This update covers from 6pm to midnight, Saturday:

Books read from: 3 Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal (print), The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (audio book), Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray (ebook)
Books finished: 1 Unmarriageable
Time reading: 2:56 minutes reading, 55 minutes listening:, 3:51 total
Thoughts: I'm tired. I need to get more accomplished tomorrow.
Non-book activities: More wasting time online, cat petting, kitchen clean up - more of the same.

Total books finished: 2 Friday, Unmarriageable
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 13:24 - 8:30 reading, 4:53 listening

Goodnight, everyone.

12 am EDT in Atlanta.

Books read from: Mean by Myriam Gurba, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
Pages read: 235 (pp 96-174 in Mean, pp 1-56 in Dopesick)
Books finished: 1

Total pages read: 299
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2

Despite reading sporadically throughout the day I had a far better result that I would have thought. With another good effort I should finish Dopesick by this evening.

Just after midnight in Rhode Island.

Books read from: an e-galley of Double Agent by Tom Bradby, The Overstory by Richard Powers and a brief delve into The Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quirk.
Books finished this period: 1, Double Agent
Reading time: 3 hours

Snacks: ham sandwiches
Thoughts: Having an anxiety attack (literally) as I got no mail and thus no check.
Non-book activities: Napping to try to address anxiety attack. Sigh.

Total books finished: 2 (re-read of Dominion by C.J. Sansom via audiobook, and Double Agent)
Total read from: 4
Total reading time: 17 hours

I'll try to find some non-fiction to add to the mix here.

>66 Dejah_Thoris: Thanks!

Saturday Reading

Books read from: 1: Mansfield Park: an annotated edition -- read the annotations for the chapters I listened to in the past few weeks.
Books finished today: 0
Time reading: 2 hours
Thoughts: Had hoped to start another book, but felt sluggush all day. Hope tomorrow is better.

12:30ish in CA

After finishing my audiobook I Venn Diagramed my WL and Libby availability and started The Future of Another Timeline by AnnaLee Newitz. Also read a bit more of my paper book.

Books Read...

The Future of Another Timeline by AnnaLee Newitz - 1:15hr
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 40 pages

Total Books Read : 1
Total Read from : 3

This update covers most of yesterday and this morning, but I haven't done much reading in that time.

Time: 09:48 in the UK
Books read from: The Diary of a Provincial Lady by E.M. Delafield
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 40
Thoughts: Not sure why I thought I would manage to finish another two books during this readathon! Also, I'm onto the final volume, The Provincial Lady in Wartime, and there are definitely some interesting parallels with the current situation.
Non-book activities: yesterday - making a birthday card, sorting through papers and doing some tidying, watching TV, listening to a podcast, spending too long on social media; today - drinking coffee.

Total books read from: 4
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 197

Good day from Amsterdam. Sunday 12:57 pm.

I'm jumping in late. It's rainy and overcast here, a good day for reading.

Book read from: 1 Beagledagboek by Dirk Draulans
Pages read: from 274 to 281. (Out of 519)
Books finished: none

Snacks: up late, so just morning coffee for now.
Thoughts: what's for dinner?
Non-book activities: YouTube and LT

I am no good at keeping time, so I'll just skip that.

7 am EDT in Atlanta.

Books read from: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
Pages read: 30 (pp 57-86 in Dopesick)
Books finished: 1

Total pages read: 329
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2

Dopesick is outstanding, compelling, infuriating and shocking. I'm completely hooked, and I'm sure that I'll finish it by this evening. Assuming that I finish it before bedtime I'll start reading In the Language of My Captor by Shane McCrae, and Beloved by Toni Morrison.

I'll make breakfast now (two scrambled eggs on a toasted bialy, an orange and coffee), and get back to Dopesick.

Good Sunday morning, all! It's a little after 8:30 here, and this is last night's report:

Books read from: Provenance by Ann Leckie
Books finished: 0
Thoughts: For this morning, I can't quite decide what to read and might try a comfort reread of 84, Charing Cross Road before making any real decisions. There's nothing pressing on my plate today, so after (virtual) church I should be able to relax however I decide to.
Non-book activities: n/a went to bed after reading a couple of chapters

Total books finished: 2 - Clap When You Land and Parable of the Sower
Total read from: 3

This morning's activities so far has just been getting up and enjoying my coffee and some quiet time. I'll start getting dressed and having my breakfast, after which I'll start planning out the rest of my day.

10 am EDT in Atlanta.

Books read from: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
Pages read: 42 (pp 87-128 in Dopesick)
Books finished: 1

Total pages read: 371
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2 — Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy, and Mean by Myriam Gurba

I have plenty of leftovers in my refrigerator and freezer, so I may only cook a salmon fillet to go with spring time risotto or gnocchi with Brussels sprouts.

It's about 10:45 a.m. in Rhode Island

Books read from: The Overstory by Richard Powers, Rebel Cinderella by Adam Hochschild and The Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quirk.
Books finished this period: 0
Reading time: 4 hours

Snacks: fresh strawberries
Thoughts: Trying NOT to have an anxiety attack today.
Non-book activities: Last night, watched a few Netflix episodes of "Medici" while having fun with my mandala coloring book. Tried to get some sleep.

Total books finished: 2 (re-read of Dominion by C.J. Sansom via audiobook, and Double Agent)
Total read from: 5
Total reading time: 21 hours

11:00 am - I am continuing to read To End All Wars now on page 267
It is a beautiful day- I'll be outside in the early afternoon and will be watching a webinar later.

11:39 am And just like that it's suddenly summer in Cleveland. 80f for the entire week!

Books read from: A Study in Scarlett
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 1/2 hour
Snack: breakfast: coffee juice scrambled egg and toast - on the patio! yay!
Thoughts: I love summer! Why can't it be longer?
Non-book activities: yoga - making breakfast

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4.5 hours

Check-in #5
11:50am on Sunday

Books read from: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Books finished: none

Snacks: breakfast was banana pancakes and fresh strawberries, coffee
Thoughts: Will I maybe finish a book today?
Non-book activities: sleeping, making breakfast

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2

>94 kidzdoc: I keep hearing that Dopesick is excellent - I should give it a try, as I enjoyed another of her books, Truevine.

>95 Chatterbox: Waiting for the mail these days can be an exercise in frustration - I'm sorry for the anxiety it's causing. I've been there.
And I'm looking forward to hearing what you think of Rebel Cinderella - it's been on my radar since it was published.

It's beautiful (if warm) today in middle Georgia - I need to get things done outside sooner rather than later - thunderstorms in the forecast.

This update covers from midnight to noon, Saturday:

Books read from: 3 The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (audio book), Briarley by Aster Glenn Gray (ebook), Cat Pictures, Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer (ebook)
Books finished: Briarley
Time reading: 1:30 minutes reading, 10 minutes listening:, 1:40 total
Thoughts: It's hard to concentrate on anything but the lightest reading.
Non-book activities: Sleeping, eating, reading the news.

Total books finished: 3 Friday, Unmarriageable, Briarley
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 15:04 - 10:00 reading, 5:04 listening

>72 richardderus: Sending good thoughts, Richard!

HI From Montana where it's 10 AM

Way too many outside chores on Friday and Saturday for my out of shape body. I woke up both Friday and Saturday nights with muscles aching and cramping. So each night, I had a glass of gatorade and some ibuprofen and pulled out a comfort book High Country by Nevada Barr.

Books read from: High Country (on p 123); Talking to Strangers now on page 86
Books finished: 0
Breakfast: toast with an orange
Non-book activities:Beautiful sunny day (finally!). I hope to visit my favorite green house for some flowers and perhaps take a walk
Thoughts: Summer, summer summer!

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2

It's 2:45 p.m. in Rhode Island

Books read from: Rebel Cinderella by Adam Hochschild and The Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quirk (the latter is the current audiobook)
Books finished this period: 0
Reading time: 3.5 hours

Snacks: toast and tea
Thoughts: Stressed out about all kinds of stuff.
Non-book activities: About 15 minutes on Facebook, some e-mails.

Total books finished: 2 (re-read of Dominion by C.J. Sansom via audiobook, and Double Agent by Tom Bradby)
Total read from: 5 (all of the above, plus The Overstory by Richard Powers
Total reading time: 24.5 hours

4 p.m. check-in from East TN

Books read from: The Last Leonardo
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was fruited Swiss steak, Parmesan spinach, roasted sweet potato; sipping on an Italian cream soda now
Thoughts: I wish it wasn't too hot to read outside on my swing
Non-book activities: Zoom Sunday school, online church with my brother & SIL's church in TX, cooking lunch, walking the dog

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

Check-in #6
5:15pm on Sunday

Books read from: The Secret Guests by Benjamin Black, Beach Read by Emily Henry
Books finished: The Secret Guests

Snacks: two slices of Irish cheddar, celery sticks with peanut butter
Thoughts: Where did today go?
Non-book activities: jigsaw puzzle, tidying up

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2

Good afternoon/evening!

This update covers from noon to 6pm, Saturday:

Books read from: 3 The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (audio book), Cat Pictures, Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer (ebook), Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1:05 minutes reading, 2:50 minutes listening:, 3:55 total
Non-book activities: Gardening, hanging out, LT.

Total books finished: 3 Friday, Unmarriageable, Briarley
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 18:59 - 11:05 reading, 7:54 listening

Amsterdam 0:00 hr.

Books read: 2
Two chapters in Beagle Dagboek, not very enthusiastic. Skipped to Post voor mevrouw Bromley not light reading at all, but good.
None finished.

Snacks: some French cheese on toast
Thoughts: tired, my mind is more on music than on reading
Other activities: laundry, email, paying bills over the internet

6 pm EDT in Atlanta.

Books read from: Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy
Pages read: 83 (pp 129-211 in Dopesick)
Books finished: 1

Total pages read: 454
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2 — Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America by Beth Macy, and Mean by Myriam Gurba

I just finished dinner, a crispy-skinned pan fried salmon fillet with spring time risotto and a glass of Shiraz (yes, I know, Katie, but I wanted to save my bottle of Pinot Grigio as cooking wine for paella), while listening to the great contemporary fadista Ana Moura's 2016 self titled album. The only thing that would have better would have been to watch Ana Moura perform in a fado club in Lisbon after dinner.

>99 Dejah_Thoris: Dopesick continues to be very good; I'll definitely finish it tonight. I'll have to read Truevine as well.

Checkin: 11.00am Monday, Auckland New Zealand

Books read from: My Michael by Amos Oz, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hr
Snacks: brunch: latte, sausage muffin
Thoughts: when do I read
Non-book activities: genealogy zoom meeting and follow up admin, talking to family, sleep, morning outing to cafe for latte with daughter.

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4.5hr

I've managed to roll over for another month several of my library books but The Lost Future of Pepperharrow must go back at the end of the week so becomes my main read. I have a couple of library books out that I haven't seen for the entire lockdown period so must launch a determined effort to find them.

>100 streamsong: I haven't read anything by Nevada Barr and I was wondering if I need to read her series in order, or can I jump directly to High Country?

Checking in on my reading for the past 24 hours or so:

Books read from: Highland Dragon Rebel
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 5 hours
Food: most recently, an orange
Thoughts: Every once in awhile I just pause to be boggled by how strange this year is.
Non-book activities: Planned the week's meals and ordered grocery delivery.

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

9:00 p.m. and checking in before I head to bed this Sunday night.

Books read from: Dead At Daybreak by Deon Meyer, An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by Helen Tursten and only a couple of pages out of Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer. On audio I listened to The Reader by Traci Chee and Aeronauts Windlass by Jim Butcher
Books finished: 2 Dead At Daybreak by Deon Meyer and finished listening to The Reader by Traci Chee
Time reading: 7 hours
Food: nice meal on Saturday of grilled pork chops, creamed corn, grilled asparagus, plenty of iced tea. Today I had left over pork chops, potato salad, and left over peach cobbler
Thoughts: There is nothing like getting lost in a good book. I have really enjoyed by romp through most of the Deon Meyer books. Spy thrillers can be so much fun. I continued my short book reading. This week the short book is An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good by the Swedish author Helen Tursten. This one is a series of short stories and so far it is lots of fun. If murder can be called fun
Non-book activities:

Total books finished this weekend: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 7 hours

10:30pm Bedtime

Books read from: A Study in Scarlett
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 1/2 hour
Dinner: Shrimp fettuccine alfredo (Thanks to natashaskitchen.com) I love her recipes
Snack: California Chardonnay and chocolate
Thoughts: So nice to have windows open at night
Non-book activities: Brought out patio chairs from shed - set up mini fountain on deck - plucked weeds between paver bricks on patio - cooked dinner - made potato salad for Memorial Day- cleaned kitchen

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

I'll read in bed a bit, probably won't amount to much.

Sleep tight, readers!

One more check in before bed -

Books read from: Provenance by Ann Leckie
Books finished: 0
Thoughts: Well, I couldn't quite get into my book or come up with a new one I felt like starting (maybe a bit of a book hangover from Parable of the Sower?). Better luck tomorrow.
Non-book activities: knitting, watched a few episodes of Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, and the new 30 for 30 on ESPN tonight about Lance Armstrong

Total books finished: 2 - Clap When You Land and Parable of the Sower
Total read from: 3

>106 kidzdoc: - What'd I do?!?! I like shiraz.... :)

Check-in #7
11:00pm on Sunday

Books read from: Beach Read by Emily Henry
Books finished: Beach Read

Snacks: Dinner was mojo marinated grilled chicken with rice and beans and broccoli, plus a *real* (none of that mix crap) margarita, thanks to my wonderful husband
Thoughts: Beach Read was great. And look at me, finishing two books.
Non-book activities: sous chef-ing dinner, cleaning up kitchen, watching a movie with The Wayne

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2

11:10 pm I am almost at the end of To End All Wars - I am at page 360-the last chapter- I'll finish it tomorrow morning.
Dinner- baked salmon and asparagus, butternut squash soup.

Check in from North Carolina

Gave up on a bad day for sunshine and picked up a great deliverance, 1st in the Linley/Havers detective series by Elizabeth George. Loving this one.

Time out to watch TITANIC and to write postcards for postcrosssing.com - an interesting activity during these homebound days.

This update covers from 6pm to midnight, Sunday:

Books read from: 3 The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (audio book), Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews, Sweep in Peace by Ilona Andrews (ebook)
Books finished: 2 The Gods of Mars and Clean Sweep
Time reading: 2:45 minutes reading, 29 minutes listening:, 3:14 total
Thoughts: All of the sudden I just wat to read something light that I know works out well.
Non-book activities: Nothing exciting....

Total books finished: 5 Friday, Unmarriageable, Briarley, The Gods of Mars, Clean Sweep
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 22:13 - 12:50 reading, 8:23 listening

Good night, all.

Sunday's reading from Chicago:

Books read from: 2: Mansfield Park: an annotated edition and The Time Traveler's Wife, Niffenegger
Books finished:1 Mansfield Park

Time reading: 4 hours

Non-reading activities: finished cataloging my son's books that have been in boxes here for 15 years (he lives in England); pulled out the fans, since it hit the 80s here.

Thoughts: Good to re-visit Mansfield Park and get a different perspective; read 60+ pages of The Time Traveler's Wife and it's not for me, I'm afraid. Not sure I can force myself to read any more, even with all the Chicago bits thrown in.

I did finish Dopesick, but not until early this morning after I fell asleep early last night. It's very good, and I highly recommend it to everyone. I'm on hospital call from 8 am to 8 pm today, but I'll check back in if I get any additional reading done.

>113 katiekrug: I expected to be harshly critiqued for having red wine with fish and vegetable risotto for dinner 😎.

>118 kidzdoc: - Pshaw. I don't believe in those "rules." I believe in drinking what you want to :D

Check-in #9
9:55am on Monday

Books read from: Long, Bright River by Liz Moore
Books finished: 0

Snacks: just coffee so far
Thoughts: Why is my right eye lid so itchy?
Non-book activities: sleeping

Total books finished: 2 (The Secret Guests, Beach Read)
Total read from: 3

It is 10:00 a.m. CDT check in on Monday in Alabama USA.

Books planned to read from this weekend: On audio Sea of Gold: The Reader by Traci Chee and Aeronauts Windlass by Jim Butcher. I also hope to read a bit of my children's book that I am slowly working through Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer. Dead at Daybreak my latest South African spy thriller by Deon Meyer and I want to finish up the Bobiverse books with book 3 All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor. My short book this weekend was An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good by the Swedish author Helene Tursten

Books finished this weekend so far: 3 - I finished reading my short book while eating breakfast on the patio An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten and found myself smiling while reading this murder mystery short story book. I finished listening to the audio version of Sea of Ink and Gold: The Reader by Traci Chee. On Sunday I finished the last of the Deon Meyer books I have in my house - Dead At Daybreak.

Time reading on Sunday night: 3 hours
Time posting:
Snacks:

Thoughts: This morning I went to Starbucks for a cappuccino and got a latte. I should have take it back and insisted on a cappuccino but I was already down the street and didn't think it worth it to go back. I don't like latte's. They are too sweet for me. I then planted my last elephant ear/taro plant for the year and boy howdy! It's hot out there. I will spend the rest of the day reading. I am done planting except for one hole that needs to be filled. I need to go purchase one white caladium and then I am done.

Non book activities: Spent Saturday night and Sunday with my niece and sister. Since Tennessee is no longer under quarantine, (If it ever was?) I drove up to the Tennessee state line on Saturday and we spent the night at a bed and breakfast that we rented. We went antiquing in Columbia, Tennessee and I purchased a couple of old mirrors for my bedroom. I drove home yesterday and enjoyed my first outing in two months.

Total books finished since I started doing the social distancing readathon on the weekend of April 4, 2020: 24
Total read from since April 4, 2020: 33
Total time reading for Readathon: 72 hours

>119 katiekrug: Pshaw. I don't believe in those "rules." I believe in drinking what you want to :D

Same here!

I may get some good reading in after all. I just finished hospital rounds with my team, and there may be little for us to do until we start taking admissions for all the floors at 4 pm.

>108 SilverWolf28: Hi Silverwolf! I've only read a random handful of Nevada Barr's books which focus on the National Parks. This one is number 12, but other than mentioning she is engaged, it reads like a stand alone novel.

9:15 am Montana time

Books read from: High Country - now on page 154; Talking to Strangers - now on page 141
Books finished: 0
Breakfast: Oatmeal, banana, coffee
Thoughts: I splurged and bought a beautiful hanging basket at a nursery yesterday. I wanted something vibrant to attract butterflies and hummingbirds and this is it. I'll try to take a photo later.
Non-book activities: Cleaning, horse chores, lawn mowing; need to cook perhaps veggie soup in crockpot

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: hard to estimate reading time since I read in and out between projects.

1 pm Monday
I finished To End All Wars A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 by Adam Hochschild- it is excellent! Maybe now I can return to fiction.
I have to go and pick up a new ink cartridge for my printer. I have arranged " curbside pickup"
There are two interesting webinars I am seeing later in the afternoon.
The weather? very hot today and for the next two days.

Missed my evening check-in yesterday as my laptop battery died, and by the time it recharged, I was asleep!

It's 1:46 p.m. in Rhode Island

Books read from: Rebel Cinderella by Adam Hochschild, The Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quirk, Excellent Women by Barbara Pym, Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom, The Overstory by Richard POwers
Books finished this period: 2 (the Barbara Pym novel and the thriller by Matthew Quirk, which was entertaining in that it's loosely based on recent DC events -- no spoilers -- but done as a suspense instead of action thriller, it would have been better.)
Reading time: 12 hours

Snacks: About to eat some eggs benedict, picked up from just reopened diner.
Thoughts: Still stressed out. Will not be "reactivated" for my retail job as my intermittent fever and chronic cough disqualified me. Not sorry, I confess.
Non-book activities: Had to run around looking for USB C cord to recharge my phone as the existing one stopped working and I had no backup. Went for walk and picked up brunch. Dealing with migraine, but not as severe as it was pre-Aimovig. Last night watched one more episode of "Medici" on Netflix, which may help to explain the migraine (in addition to low pressure/forecast for rain here).

Total books finished: 4 (re-read of Dominion by C.J. Sansom via audiobook, Double Agent by Tom Bradby, Excellent Women by
Total read from: 7
Total reading time: 36.5 hours

Checking in from Sunny Southern California.

Went out for a little walk, so haven't got any reading in yet this morning, except that I finished the GN The End of the Fucking World, it was the basis for a show that's on Netflix right now

From yesterday afternoon thru this morning, I've read

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - 105 pages
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz (audio) - just shy of 2 hours
The End of the Fucking World by Charles Forsman - Complete

Total books finished - 2
Total read from - 3

Hope you all are having a great day!

>120 benitastrnad: Oh dear about the Starbucks latte. Latte is my go to and I occasionally have a flat white or long black, but these beverages don't come with sugar, you add yourself if you need it.

Checkin: 9.00am Tuesday, Auckland New Zealand

Books read from: The Lost Future of Pepperharrow by Natasha Pulley
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hr
Snacks: dinner: cauliflower with almond tarator
Thoughts: pick up your book
Non-book activities: admin, outings for coffee & shopping, tv news, cats

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 5.5hr

I didn't seem to want to read these past 2 days.
The Lost Future of Pepperharrow is a sequel, the first book I enjoyed but read some years ago and I can't quite settle to the characters even after reading a recap for the first book.

Next weekend is a 3 day one for us in NZ, Queen's Birthday weekend, and we've been told we won't leave level 2 for level 1 till end of June.

Mid-afternoon on a rainy Memorial Day in Seattle:

Books read from: Broken Homes (a re-read), Body Work
Books finished: 2
Time reading: 6 hours, give or take
Food: pizza
Thoughts: Rivers of London works well as a graphic novel, though none of the characters look like I've been imagining them. I'm going to try to keep my mental images in place when I'm reading the regular books, because I like picturing Nightingale as Giles-era Anthony Stewart Head and Beverley Brook as Nicole Beharie.
Non-book activities: a bit of housework

Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 15.5 hours

Welp, I didn't really mean to wait this long before checking in. It turned into much more a day for knitting, so not a lot of reading done but here's a bit from last night and today:

Books read from: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling and The Land, the People, and the Future of Israel by various authors
Books finished: 0
Thoughts: Where did the day go? I finished a knit baby blanket, though, and I'm happy about that
Non-book activities: knitting and binge-watching Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, plus a bit of cooking

Total books finished: 2 - Clap When You Land and Parable of the Sower
Total read from: 5

Might read some this evening after finishing up some French onion soup in the Instant Pot.

Check-in #10
8:00pm on Monday

Books read from: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (audio), Long, Bright River by Liz Moore
Books finished: 0

Snacks: salad for lunch, smoked chicken and roast potatoes and more salad for dinner
Thoughts: This enflamed eyelid is really annoying.
Non-book activities: jigsaw puzzle, cooking, staring into space

Total books finished: 2 (The Secret Guests, Beach Read)
Total read from: 4

That's it for me for this readathon! Thanks again, Mary :)

6pm Check in from CA.

Just finished Oryx and Crake, an excellent, thoughtful(?) dystopian novel tailor made for our current dystopian world. :)

Off to make some more progress on Journey to the Center of the Earth

3 books finished

Evening check-in from Rhode Island at nearly 9:30 p.m.

The Memorial Day fireworks (all informal...) are going off.

Books read from: Rebel Cinderella by Adam Hochschild, Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom, and North From Rome by Helen MacInnes
Books finished this period: none
Reading time: 4.5 hours

Snacks: More ham sandwiches for dinner tonight. Ho hum.
Thoughts: Anxiety attacks continue. Difficulty focusing on anything and frustrated that I couldn't prioritize some work or even house cleaning.
Non-book activities: Two-hour nap was a relief, and put paid to the migraine, thankfully. Listening to everybody set off fireworks. Was on FB for a few minutes

Total books finished: 4 (re-read of Dominion by C.J. Sansom via audiobook, Double Agent by Tom Bradby, Excellent Women by Barbara Pym and The Hour of the Assassin by Matthew Quirk

Total read from: 8 -- The four completed books, plus Rebel Cinderella by Adam Hochschild, audiobook of Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom, The Overstory by Richard Powers and North From Rome by Helen MacInnes
Total reading time: 41 hours

I should finish the new Hochschild book tonight. It's fascinating, dealing with the socialists of the pre-WW1 era in NYC (think, Max Eastman, John Reed, etc. as background characters) and focuses on someone I had never even heard of before starting to read, Rose Pastor Stokes. If I wrap this up, that would make this a successful weekend of reading, even if much of it was on audiobooks and even though I accomplished little/nothing else.

Books read from: The Land, the People, and the Future of Israel by various authors
Books finished: 1
Dinner: a very lazy open-faced tuna fish sandwich on homemade bread
Thoughts: I did not get as much reading done the second half of the weekend, but it was a very nice four days off, and I'm back to work tomorrow
Non-book activities: finishing making French onion soup (tomorrow's dinner, reheated), messed around on my phone, posted on my thread

Total books finished: 3 - Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo, Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, and The Land, the People, and the Future of Israel
Total read from: 5

That's it from me tonight! I'm heading to bed, but will put up next weekend's thread tomorrow.

Books Read from : The Shoes of the Fisherman, The War Hound and the World's Pain, Boomerang, Field Work, The Citadel, Three Dog Night

Books Finished : Fisherman, War hound & Boomerang

Still not working today so at least one more finished.

Here it is the end of Memorial Day and I've barely read anything all weekend. However, I have the day off tomorrow and absolutely nothing else planned so I'll continue my weekend readathon through the day tomorrow.

Books read from: The Last Leonardo
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: leftovers for lunch; cherry vanilla Italian cream soda; yogurt
Thoughts: Where has the weekend gone?
Non-book activities: walked this morning and this evening, wrote a report that's due tomorrow for a volunteer organization; made banana pudding

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

>130 mahsdad:
Publishers Weekly has reported that sales of dystopian literature have been falling since March, while sales of historical fiction is going up. I think that Chatterbox nailed it earlier when she said that people are finding safety in the past. And here I am reading spy thrillers, murder mysteries, and Sci/Fi. I must be on a different planet.

It is 10:30 p.m. CDT check in on Monday in Alabama USA.

Books planned to read from this weekend: On audio Sea of Gold: The Reader by Traci Chee and Aeronauts Windlass by Jim Butcher. I also hope to read a bit of my children's book that I am slowly working through Sea of Trolls by reading a few pages a day. Dead at Daybreak my latest South African spy thriller by Deon Meyer and I want to finish up the Bobiverse books with book 3 All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor and read 35 pages in this book today. My novella this weekend was actually a book of short terse murder mysteries by the Swedish author Helene Tursten. An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good turned out to be good fun.

Books finished this weekend so far: 3 - I finished reading my short book/novella while eating breakfast on the patio An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good by Helene Tursten and found myself smiling while reading this murder mystery short story book. I finished listening to the audio version of book 1 The Reader, in the Sea of Ink and Gold trilogy by Traci Chee. On Sunday I finished the last of the Deon Meyer books I have in my house - Dead At Daybreak. It was a successful reading weekend.

Time reading on Mondayt: 2 hours
Time posting:
Snacks:

Thoughts: Nursery was closed so I went to a used bookstore instead. Amazing I found a book that I thought I would not be able to get until the library reopens in June because I was going to have to place and ILL request for it - Buried Angels by Camilla Lackberg was right there on a shelf, so I nabbed it! Can't believe my luck.

Non book activities: planted one plant this morning. talked on the phone to a friend and went grocery shopping.

Total books finished since I started doing the social distancing readathon on the weekend of April 4, 2020: 24
Total read from since April 4, 2020: 33
Total time reading for Readathon: 74 hours

>132 bell7:
Technically I am still at home because the University is not opened. Even though Alabama is no longer under quarantine rules I am going to play things close to home for the time being. If you do this one more weekend I will participate.

Monday reading:

Books read today: 2: Marriage and Morals among the Victorians, essays by Gertrude Himmelfarb and Lady Oracle, Margaret Atwood
Books finished today: 0
Time reading today: 5.5 hrs

Total Weekend Reading:

Books read: 5
Books finished: 2
Book abandoned: 1
Total time reading: 17 hours over 4 days

>135 benitastrnad: Yeah, I think I might be from the same planet as you Benita. If I look back at my reading this year (especially March on), the majority author-wise has probably been Isaac Asimov, Stephen King and Martha Wells (all hail the Murderbot) :)

Finished up Field Work by Seamus Heaney which means that I managed four books over the long weekend.

Here's a new thread for this coming weekend.