Social Distancing Readathon #47 - February 5 - 7

Welcome to another readathon!

We generally run from Friday at 5 p.m. to Sunday at midnight in whatever time zone you choose, but feel free to start earlier on Friday and wrap up overnight Sunday/Monday, if that's what you want to do.

Here are some things to track throughout the weekend, if you choose:

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. SilverWolf (SilverWolf28) -- Tennessee, USA
2. Susanna (susanna.fraser) -- Seattle, Washington, USA
3. Cyrel (torontoc) -- Toronto, Canada
4. Suzanne (Chatterbox) -- Rhode Island, USA
5. Carrie (cbl_tn) -- Seymour, Tennessee, USA
6. Benita (benitastrnad) -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
7. Lori (thornton37814) -- Tennessee, USA
8. Nancy (nrmay) -- North Carolina, USA
9. Kerry (avatiakh) -- Auckland, New Zealand
10. Paul (PaulCranswick) -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11. Anne (AnneDC) -- Washington DC, USA
12. June (June) -- South Carolina, USA
13. Lynda (Carmenere) -- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
14. Ella (EllaTim) -- Amsterdam, Netherlands

Count me in.

I'm in -reading Execution by S. J. Parris

Sure, I'll join in, though I'll have to balance reading with errands and work.

I'm in again.

I will participate.

I'll be reading some this weekend--maybe not as much as sometimes because I have other things I need to do also.

I'm in. About to finish ordinary grace by William Kent Krueger.

I'm in. It's already Friday evening and I'm away from home for the long weekend, in Wellington, NZ.

Been reading a children's book, Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates. Now will pick up my overdue library book, Paris by Starlight by Robert Dinsdale.

I'm also in again.

Friday evening and I have a few lined up to make progress with this weekend.

At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie
The Tin Drum by Gunter Grass
The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Dare
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
and
Bury the Dead by Peter Carter

I probably won't finish them all but I hope to make a good dent in them.

I'll join but I'm not sure at all what I'll be reading. Anne, Washington, DC.

I'm in again. I really need reading to get me through these hard times. I'll be continuing these four great reads:

What Makes This Book So Great?
A Memory Called Empire
Out of Bounds
The Ministry for the Future

Looking forward to reading a bit after work this evening and before a Zoom chat. I'll be reading out of several books this weekend:

Orley Farm (month-long group read)
Chasing Vines (for a weekly women's Bible study)
They Were Her Property (hope to finish for a Zoom book club meeting later this month)
Spring (hope to finish this weekend)
Race Against Time

Please count me in! Polar Vortex is surrounding Ohio and I'm not going anywhere!
I'll be finishing The Last Season and will begin anyone of the following:
C is for Corpse
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
The Age of Doubt and
Bertie Plays the Blues

I've started off the challenge by reading The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwarz.

Other nonfiction titles on my list are the audiobook of The Kidnapping Club by Jonathan Daniel Wells, The Anarchy by William Dalrymple and an e-galley of The Nine by Gwen Strauss.

On the fiction side, the list is even more diverse. I've started reading Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell, at last. I also want to get going on Homeland Elegies by Ayed Akhtar. I've been reading more light/genre fiction that that probably will continue with another book in Elizabeth Aston's "Darcy" Regency novels (the one I haven't yet read, The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Massoud, The Historians by Cecilia Eckbäck and possibly the e-galley of the upcoming thriller by Henry Porter I just got. I have Leave the World Behind, by Rumaan Alan, from the Athenaeum, which I should read and return. The lovely folks at Europa sent me two books, including Cathedral by Ben Hopkins. Knopf unexpectedly sent me hardcovers of two books, and I may read Consent by Annabel Lyon. Then I have a few unfinished books, like Places in the Darkness by Chris Brookmyre and The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag.

Spoiled for choice. Oh, and I have work to do. Phone calls to make and prepare for. And I have to go to the Athenaeum to pick up a book that's on hold and now that it's open for browsing, check out what I might be missing!

The only thing missing are the energy and hours required....

Participating as well. Started late, diverted by Twitter. But now I have The Tin Drum waiting. Must look for something relaxing as well.

Not so much to report yet, but whatever...

Books read from: The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwartz
Books finished: 0
Time reading: About an hour
Time posting: 5 mins
Snacks: Some diet soda
Thoughts: This is interesting, Part of my 2021 attempt to read more about inequity.
Non-book activities: Cat wrangling, checking e-mail, listening to streaming classical music radio station.

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

>17 Chatterbox: Did you succeed in the cat wrangling?

While I had some reading done prior to 5 p.m., I may not get much in tonight. I'm hosting a Zoom genealogy chat tonight--and those tend to run late. I might get a half-hour or so before bedtime. I should begin in the morning with most of my reading, but I'll have an interruption for a 2-hour webinar, but I should get back to reading. I have church, the Kitten Bowl, and a book club on Sunday, but I hope to squeeze a little reading in then as well.

Books read from: Orley Farm, They Were Her Property
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: bacon, cereal, tea
Thoughts: I am dreading the cold snap ahead.
Non-book activities: Short walk with the dog; also listening to streaming classical music station; getting ready to wash dishes before joining Lori's Zoom genealogy chat.

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

Still reading Execution by S. J. Parris

Friday night: 9:28pm

Books read from: The Last Season - Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Books finished: 1
Time reading: A couple of hours, I began about 3pm then read off and on till 8pm
Snacks: Oatmeal Raisin cookies
Thoughts: I think it's time to go upstairs and read a bit in bed
Non-book activities: texted friends - texted son and actually had a phone conversation with my neighbor - you tube

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

>18 thornton37814: Well, now that they've been fed and watered, had their boxes cleaned and been given treats, they are no longer behaving like velcro kittens (Minka) or sitting atop my feet and staring at me with soulful eyes (Sir Fergus the Fat). So I suppose I did!!

Books read from: The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwartz
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 5 mins
Snacks: chicken tikka masala (pre-packaged but good) with rice; fizzy lemon-flavored water.
Thoughts: This remains interesting. Now it's going beyond the way the privileged can pay up for stuff to the way that "ordinary" folks are disadvantaged by resources being diverted to pay-for-play clients.
Non-book activities: Dinner, took out some garbage? Life in the pandemic...

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

About to seek out (a) some lighter reading and (b) an audiobook to waft me off to sleep...

Friday night check-in
Books read from: Jury by Stephen J. Adler. I plan to start reading Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. My recorded book is Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry.

Books finished: During the last week I finished reading Almost A Woman by Esmerelda Santiago and finished listening to Island of Sea Women by Lisa See.

Time reading since last report: 1 hour
Time posting:
supper: take out Mexican food from the little place a block from my house.

Thoughts: I am tired and have to work tomorrow afternoon. Lots of graduate students need help right now to get started on their research. That will mean less time for reading.
Books Read From: 2

Total time reading this weekend: 1 hour

Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 100
Total read from: 106
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 276 hours since April 2020.

It's 1:30 a.m. and time for bed.

Books read from: The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwartz
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 5 mins
Snacks: hot cross bun
Thoughts: Mind numb, can't brain.
Non-book activities: Gave cats more treats

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

Saturday morning check-in:

Books read from: What Makes This Book So Great, Out of Bounds,
A Memory Called Empire
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting: 7:22 AM
Snacks: chili
Thoughts: All of these books are at least 4 stars.
Non-book activities: cooking

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 5 hours

> 14 Carmenere I see that you are reading a book by Andrea Camilleri. His books should be my jam but the one or two I have tried did not work for me. Can you suggest a starting point?

June

>27 June: June, I'm sorry to say, I can not. I read The Shape of Water last year and thought it fair. I'm bi-passing everything in-between and jumping to The Age of Doubt to fit a TIOLI challenge. If for no other reason, I have fallen in love with the cover art of this series which makes me yearn to be swept away to the stunning artwork. lol

Sat a.m.

Books:
Finished Ordinary Grace by Krueger. :)
Started The Miller's Dance, #9 in the Poldark saga.
FINALLY finished audio ed. of The Beast Player by Uehashi. It took me weeks (months?) I checked it out of the library 3 or 4 times to keep reading and it was worth it. Epic fantasy. :)
Started new audio book - The Huntress, historical fiction by Kate Quinn.

Dinner last night:
baked fish, garden salad, green beans and carrots. Healthy! Until the choc chip cookies . .
Just coffee so far this morning.

Other activity:
sending postcards and notes, walking, cooking, baking, laundry.

weather in N.C:
sunny and cold but warming up later.

Saturday morning check-in:

Books read from: Spring, Orley Farm
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was donut holes and iced coffee
Thoughts: It's a nice morning! I need to enjoy it while it lasts because they say that snow is coming.
Non-book activities: sleep, online shopping, grocery pickup

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?

I'm going to do a bit of cleaning and then go to a hair appointment. I'll get to read for a bit there. I'll take Spring with me since I've already read today's chapters from Orley Farm.

Saturday morning check-in
Books read from: Jury by Stephen J. Adler. I started reading Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker last night before bed. My recorded book is Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry.

Books finished: 0
Time reading since last report: 30 minutes before I got sleepy was all I managed last night. None so far today.
Time posting:
supper: 10 grain hot cereal and coffee

Thoughts: I am getting ready to head out for work and a long afternoon. When I get home I will have to get some dishes in the dishwasher and then I can read and knit and watch TV.
Books Read From: 2

Total time reading this weekend: 1.5 hours

Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 100
Total read from: 106
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 277.5 hours since April 2020.

Saturday 2:00 pm

Well, I've really been slow to get to reading. I did a little reading last night and a little bit this morning.

Books read from: A Promised Land, The Vanishing Half, Devil in a Blue Dress
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 93
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: several hours lurking on threads
Snacks: chick pea and lemon soup, apple
Thoughts: I spent a little time yesterday reading threads and got completely sidetracked by Paul C's list of his top 100 books of the 21st century. Instead of reading I embarked on a list project of my own.
Non-book activities: yoga, farmer's market, tv, phone call with my sister

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 2 hours

I will not have much time to read until this evening because I have two outdoor gatherings with friends this afternoon, taking advantage of the nice weather. (Almost 50 today)

8.30 am Sunday morning check-in

Books read from: The story of the Last Thought by Edgar Hilsenrath, Amos Fortune, free man by Elizabeth Yates, Falling freely, as if in a dream by Leif Persson (audio)

Books finished: 0
Time reading: not enough

Snacks: Kottu porotta at South India restaurant

Thoughts: read more today
Books Read From: 3

Total time reading this weekend: not enough

I'm away from home this weekend and the last two days were busy with family history research. Should have more reading time today.
I managed to visit a few used bookshops here in Wellington, I have a couple of favourites but also managed to finally visit Des Schollum's House of Books, in Lower Hutt near a cemetery I had just been to.
Yes, I bought some books.

Books read from: The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwartz, The Kidnapping Club by Jonathan Daniel Wells, To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley, The Nine by Gwen Strauss
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 5 mins
Snacks: Cereal
Thoughts: Why is it so hard to focus on anything?
Non-book activities: Went to Athenaeum to pick up the book they had on hold for me, and since they are open for browsing for now, picked up MORE books. And a DVD, "Berlin Station". I can return the audiobook of The Kidnapping Club (the story is fascinating but the narrator is making me completely nuts) and read the library version. Then took an Uber out to my friend's place to pick up multiple giant bags of donated kitty litter. They have small rips in them (now sealed up with tape) so they ended up being donated to Rita, who regifted them to me! Now home again and waiting for the next winter storm to start tonight/tomorrow. We have another winter storm warning in effect, starting at dawn. Second one in a week.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8 hours

Saturday afternoon check-in

Books read from: 2 What Makes This Book So Great?, Out of Bounds
Books finished: 1 Out of Bounds
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 4:30 PM

Snacks: milkshake
Thoughts: Out of Bounds was not as good as Still Life by Val McDermid. Disappointing.
Non-book activities: watched a basketball game

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 9 hours

Got off to a bit of late start on reading this weekend, trying to frontload everything else I have to do because there's a windstorm in the forecast, which can mean power outages. I'm hoping that by being very prepared, with all laundry done, all flashlights battery'ed, and all devices fully charged, maybe luck will be such that the power stays on.

Books read from: Kindred, Dying With Her Cheer Pants On
Books finished: none
Time reading: 3 hours
Snacks: cookie
Thoughts: Glad we're finally going to get some proper cold weather because apparently our quince tree needs it to produce next fall.
Non-book activities: Chores upon chores, watched WandaVision

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

Saturday evening check-in:

Books read from: Spring
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: hummus, salami, crackers, chips
Thoughts: Where has the day gone?
Non-book activities: hair appointment, laundry, long walk with dog, telephone call

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?

I'd like to finish They Were Her Property this evening. I just have one more chapter and the epilogue left. I'll probably watch a bit of TV too.

Saturday 7 pm check-in:

Books read from: Bible (ESV), Old Testament Words for Today by Warren W. Wiersbe, Near to the Heart of God by Robert J. Morgan, Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good by Alvin Sanders, The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries edited by Otto J. Penzler, Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope, They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Baked some snickerdoodles (ate two cookies)
Thoughts: I hope we get more snow than is predicted
Non-book activities: genealogy zoom chat, genealogical research

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: 4 hours

Luci in London UK here, currently on Greenwich Mean Time (until the end of next month when our clocks go forward an hour) so it's very late at night here.

Books read from since 5 pm on Friday: 6
Elly Griffiths, The Night Hawks
Sita Brahmachari, Tender Earth
Penelope Lively, Pack of Cards
Jane Smiley, Golden Age
Laura McVeigh, Under the Almond Tree
Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys

Books finished: 0

Thoughts: The Night Hawks is set in autumn 2019 (from September) but clearly written in 2020. Ruth, the main series character, is an academic, and attends a seminar on virtual learning and the use of Zoom. As if worrying about real family and friends isn't enough. I'm now worrying about how fictional characters are coping with life now.....
Non-book activities: Dozing, radio, Bejeweled Blitz

8:30 PM in Seattle

Books read from: Dying With Her Cheer Pants On
Books finished: Dying With Her Cheer Pants On
Time reading: 2 hours
Snacks: Shepherd's pie for dinner. It came out a little soupy but was still tasty.
Thoughts: This was a good day, on the whole
Non-book activities: Cooked dinner

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

Saturday night bedtime check-in
Books read from: Jury by Stephen J. Adler. Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker is my bedtime book. My recorded book is Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry.

Books finished: 0
Time reading since last report: 1.5 hours
Time posting:
Time posting:
supper: On the way home from work I did Whataburger drive through and had the Swiss Mushroom burger and fries. It was hot and it was greasy, but it hit the spot.

Thoughts: I read quite a bit in Jury this morning and evening. This is a very good look at some individual cases right now. I can't wait to read the conclusions, in the last three chapters. Who would have thought that a book like this would be so engrossing.
Books Read From: 3

Total time reading this weekend: 3 hours

Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 100
Total read from: 106
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 279 hours since April 2020.

It's 1:30 a.m. and even my nocturnal self must head for bed at some point.

Books read from since last update: 2, To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley and The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting: 5 mins
Snacks: Roast beef sandwiches
Thoughts: Realizing that when I'm battling grief, I end up reading mindless stuff or else non-fiction. Reading "serious fiction" seems to demand too much of my emotions and attention, it seems. Maybe that explains my reading patterns so far this year?
Non-book activities: Not much, ackshually.

Total books finished: 2, The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwartz and The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8 hours

Malaysia Sunday mid-afternoon

Books read from: At Bertram's Hotel, The Tin Drum, Bury the Dead, A Room of One's Own, Rivers of London
Books finished: 1 At Bertram's Hotel
Time reading: 6 hours
Time posting:
Food : Fried Rice; Glenfiddich 18-year single malt (my first alcoholic beverage of the year)
Thoughts: Reading through sadness
Non-book activities:

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 6 hours

9.30 pm Sunday evening check-in

Books read from: The story of the Last Thought by Edgar Hilsenrath, Amos Fortune, free man by Elizabeth Yates, Nowhere Child by Christian White, Paris by Starlight by Robert Dinsdale

Books finished: 1 Amos Fortune, free man by Elizabeth Yates
Time reading: still not enough

Snacks: coffee & burger

Thoughts: wow, Amos Fortune was a real person
Books Read From: 5

Total time reading this weekend: still not enough

Sunday morning check-in:

Books read from: Spring, Chasing Vines
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was donut holes, a Larabar, and tea
Thoughts: Snow!
Non-book activities: sleep

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?

Getting ready for Zoom church and then I'll watch my brother's church's streaming service while I cook lunch.

Sunday afternoon in Amsterdam.

Books read from: 3
Finished: Clean Sweep
Still reading: The Tin Drum, I dream a World

Time reading:?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast, coffee, knäckebröd with nettle cheese.
Thoughts: I want to go outdoors, there's snow, but it's bound to be icy cold.
Need to do the dishes.

Sunday 10 am check-in:

Books read from: They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel
Books finished: A Dance in Donegal by Jennifer Deibel
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Breakfast was cereal
Thoughts: Not enough snow
Non-book activities: sleeping, starting a big pot of chili, church

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

Sunday am update

As predicted I had very little time to read since my last report yesterday, more or less a chapter in each of my current books. (one is an audiobook, one is a print book, and one is an e-book)

Books read from: A Promised Land, The Vanishing Half, Devil in a Blue Dress
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 62
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: cheese, nuts, hummus, wine. Dinner: achiote chicken and rice from farmers market.
Thoughts: It is snowing now and raining soon--this seems likely to interfere with gathering the family around the firepit for my birthday dinner as previously planned. :(
Non-book activities: patio gathering with friends followed by a porch visit to another friend. Shower. Starting bread dough.

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

Sunday morning check-in on a cold dreary rainy day
Books read from: Jury by Stephen J. Adler. Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker is my bedtime book. My recorded book is Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry.

Books finished: 0
Time reading since last report: 1 hour right before bed.
Time posting:
Snacks: went for my usual Sunday morning Starbucks run to get a cappuccino and a croissant and my work colleague was in line right in front of me. I recognized her new car so we shouted out greetings while in the line.

Thoughts: I read quite a bit in Bruno Chief of Police last night. The author took three full chapters to set up the series and I appreciate that. I just got to the murder right before I shut off the light. I did not sleep well. I had my second Covid shot and I can tell. I am achy. I hope that I don't get a full blown reaction to it like I did when I got the first one. That was a dousey. My 85 year-old mother got the first Moderna shot and ended up in the hospital. She had Covid in December and shouldn't have gotten the shot for 90 days, but somebody flubbed and allowed her to get it. Her doctor instructed her that before she gets the already schedule second shot she MUST talk to him. I was angry because I had told her that she shouldn't get a shot for 90 days, but the County Health Nurse told her differently. Unfortunately for her, she choose to believe the County Health Nurse, because "she's a professional." My mother was right - but also wrong. I am simply bewildered. Didn't anybody bother to read the CDC guidelines? Right now I am headed to the bathtub for a nice long soak in hot water and Epsom salts. I plan on doing nothing work related today. (Let's see how long I stick with that one?). I spent a great deal of time updating my book diary last night and this morning. I am way behind and had to put all of January's entries into it.
Books Read From: 3

Total time reading this weekend: 4 hours

Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 100
Total read from: 106
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 280 hours since April 2020.

Sunday morning scratch that afternoon (where does the time go?)
Update for Saturday

Books finished: 0
Time reading since last report: a couple of hours
Snacks: Last night I had a bean and cheese burrito - this morning a sausage and cheese omelet with cranberry english muffin, juice and coffee

Thoughts: I am torn. As much as I dislike the thought of Tom Brady winning another Super Bowl ring it would be a feather in the cap of people of a certain age. It's never too late!

Books Read From: 3
Books Finished: 1

Total time reading this weekend: Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?

Sunday morning- I am also reading The Tailor Project How 2500 Holocaust Survivors Found a New Life in Canada

Sunday afternoon check-in:

Books read from: Orley Farm
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was macaroni and sausage casserole
Thoughts: Looking forward to a Sunday afternoon nap!
Non-book activities: Online church, cooking lunch & cleaning up afterwards

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?

It's about 2 p.m. in icy Rhode Island, where the snow is drifting down steadily (we have another winter storm).

Books read from since last update: 1, To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 3.5 hours
Time posting: 5 mins
Snacks: Hot cross bun for "brunch"
Thoughts: Excited to have three possible writing projects on deck. Interesting that three of the four books I've read/partly read this weekend have been non-fiction.
Non-book activities: Watching the snow fall. Phone conversations with potential clients.

Total books finished: 3, The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwartz, The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss and To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley
Total read from: 4 (the above, plus The Kidnapping Club by Jonathan Daniel Wells
Total time reading: 11.5 hours

Sunday 4:15 pm

Books read from: Bible (ESV), Old Testament Words for Today by Warren W. Wiersbe, Near to the Heart of God by Robert J. Morgan, Uncommon Church: Community Transformation for the Common Good by Alvin Sanders, The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked-Room Mysteries edited by Otto J. Penzler, Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope, They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Cheeseburger for lunch
Thoughts: The cats didn't react to the Kitten Bowl as much as some years.
Non-book activities: short nap (20 minutes), Kitten Bowl

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: 8 hours

I read another 79 pages today. It doesn't seem like very much, Hoping I can finish Tender Earth in the next few days and make big dents in some of the others. Golden Age will be the next book to reach the top of the pile, and is a very long book at 705 pages so may take some time after that!

The Penelope Lively short story collection suggestions publication dates as 1978 to 1986. I was growing up in those years from 8-17 (birthday is mid-year) - granted this is some years ago but the settings of some of the stories, the attitudes of the characters etc, seem more old fashioned etc than that in terms of attitudes to race, class, gender roles.

Sunday evening update:

Books read from: They Were Her Property
Books finished: They Were Her Property
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: salami and crackers, potato chips, grapes, tea
Thoughts: It's been a productive readathon for me!
Non-book activities: short nap, long walk with dog, Murder, She Wrote marathon on one of the Hallmark channels

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

I'll see if I can finish Spring before a Zoom book club this evening. I'll also start a short story collection, In the Teeth of the Evidence with the aim of reading 1 story per day until I finish.

Sunday night check-in:

Books read from: 2 What Makes This Book So Great? and A Memory Called Empire
Books finished: 1 What Makes This Book So Great?

Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 6:40 PM

Snacks: Baked chicken
Thoughts: We had a surprise last night. Snow! We only have snow every 2 or 3 years.
Non-book activities: housework, cooking

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

Sunday late afternoon:

Books read from: In the Company of Crows and Ravens
Books finished: In the Company of Crows and Ravens
Time reading: 5 hours
Snacks: satsuma
Thoughts: I feel like I should be watching the Super Bowl but I'm just not that invested this year.
Non-book activities: nap, podcast

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 10 hours

It's 8:20 p.m. in Rhode Island and still snowing. Very moist snow, so it's sticking to branches, buildings etc and looks like a postcard.

Books read from since last update: 2 The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Masood and The Doublet Affair by Fiona Buckley
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 5 mins
Snacks: Chicken & rice
Thoughts: Irritated at letting my laptop battery die, so I lost some unsaved content. Grrr.
Non-book activities: Napping, making dinner, watching snow.

Total books finished: 3, The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwartz, The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss and To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley
Total read from: 6 (the above, plus The Kidnapping Club by Jonathan Daniel Wells
Total time reading: 15.5 hours

I've read less than I usually do this weekend. It's been a tough year so far.

Final check-in:

Books read from: Spring
Books finished: Spring
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: hot almond milk & honey
Thoughts: My reading February is off to a great start.
Non-book activities: Zoom book club, laundry

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?

I'm going to hold off on the last update until morning because I think I'll finish the Sayers book in the next hour. However, I'm shutting down the laptop and getting in a more comfortable position surrounded by cats! Just finished the same Zoom book club as Carrie.

Final update; it's about 11:20 p.m. in Rhode Island, and I can hear the sounds of people shoveling snow and plows trying to clear the streets. We got about 8 inches of fluffy white stuff today.

Books read from since last update: 1 The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Masood a
Books finished: 1 (see above)
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 5 mins
Snacks: Diet Pepsi
Thoughts: Delighted to finally have read a good, unputdownable novel.
Non-book activities: Not much. Tried to convince Minka the velveteen kitten to curl up beside me, but she thinks my bedroom is too cold. She's probably right, but I sleep a LOT better in a chilly room these days.

Total books finished: 4, The Velvet Rope Economy by Nelson Schwartz, The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany by Gwen Strauss, To Shield the Queen by Fiona Buckley and The Bad Muslim Discount by Syed Masood.
Total read from: 6 (the above, plus The Kidnapping Club by Jonathan Daniel Wells and The Doublet Affair by Fiona Buckley
Total time reading: 18.5 hours

A good weekend's worth of reading, even if I didn't get much else accomplished. Or not as much as I wanted/needed to.

Sunday night check-in at the end of a cold dreary rainy day
Books read from: Almost finished - but not quite Jury by Stephen J. Adler. Will end the day with Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. This is my bedtime book. My recorded book is Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry.

Books finished: 0
Time reading since last report: 2 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Lunch was Indian food.

Thoughts: I worked on my book diary and almost caught up on it while I watched my Sunday night PBS shows. I am excited about the start of Stanley Tucci's new show on Italian food. that starts next Sunday on CNN. It was a lazy day. I only managed to wash on load of clothes. Oh well - there is tomorrow. I will see how I feel.
Books Read From: 3
Books Finished: 0

Total time reading this weekend: 6 hours

Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 100
Total read from: 106
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 282 hours since April 2020.

Final Check-In for Sunday's Reading

Sunday 4:15 pm

Books read from: In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers, In the Shadow of Power by Viveca Sten
Books finished: In the Teeth of the Evidence by Dorothy L. Sayers
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Homemade chili with Fritos, cheese and crackers
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Book club (by Zoom)

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 10
Total time reading: 10 hours

weekend wrap-up

books:
on the last pages of the miller's dance.
I think a cozy mystery will be next - by book or by crook, and maybe dark fever by Karen Moning.

Good eats on Sunday:
pancakes for breakfast. (my little granddaughter likes this picture book; we all love Tomie DePaola!)
lunch was a ban mi sandwich from a favorite Vietnamese place.
dinner: garden salad, leftover spaghetti, choc chip cookies.

other activity:
Sunday papers, laundry, watched all creatures great and small and the long song. I only just realized this 2nd one, about the end of slavery in Jamaica, is based on a novel.

thoughts:
I've been doing weekend read-a-thons for 8 months, since end of May.
Thinking of a road trip around mid-April. National Park loop? Mississippi? (never been there)

Monday morning 11:58am -Final check in for this weekend

Books read from: C is for Corpse, The Last Season, Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Books finished:
Time reading: Approx 1.5 hours

Snacks: Chili - Paczi
Thoughts: There's something about the ABC Series that pull me in
Non-book activities: Netflix - Emily in Paris

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: about 7 hours
Total time reading: 7 hours

Weekend wrap-up
Books read from: Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom by Stephen J. Adler. Bruno, Chief of Police by Martin Walker. My recorded book is Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry.

Books finished: 1
Time reading since last report: 1 hour
Time posting:
Snacks:

Thoughts: I finished reading Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom by Stephen J. Adler
Books Read From: 3
Books Finished: 1

Total time reading this weekend: 7 hours

Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 101
Total read from: 107
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 283 hours since April 2020.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/329698