Social Distancing Readathon #55 - April 2 - 4
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2021
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1SilverWolf28
Welcome to another readathon!
Happy Easter! Feel free start whenever and to read as your Easter weekend is.
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. Luci (elkiedee) -- London, UK
3. Carrie (cbl_tn) -- Seymour, Tennessee, USA
4. Benita (benitastrnad) -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
5. Anne (AnneDC) -- Washington DC, USA
6. Susanna (susanna.fraser) -- Seattle, Washington, USA
7. Kerry (avatiakh) -- Auckland, New Zealand
8. Suzanne (Chatterbox) -- Rhode Island, USA
9. Nancy (nrmay) -- North Carolina, USA
10. Paul (PaulCranswick) -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11. Cyrel (torontoc) -- Toronto, Canada
Happy Easter! Feel free start whenever and to read as your Easter weekend is.
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. Luci (elkiedee) -- London, UK
3. Carrie (cbl_tn) -- Seymour, Tennessee, USA
4. Benita (benitastrnad) -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
5. Anne (AnneDC) -- Washington DC, USA
6. Susanna (susanna.fraser) -- Seattle, Washington, USA
7. Kerry (avatiakh) -- Auckland, New Zealand
8. Suzanne (Chatterbox) -- Rhode Island, USA
9. Nancy (nrmay) -- North Carolina, USA
10. Paul (PaulCranswick) -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
11. Cyrel (torontoc) -- Toronto, Canada
2elkiedee
I'm planning to join in. Although I'm at home all the time anyway, Easter weekend here is a 4 day weekend, with Bank Holidays (public holidays) on Good Friday and Easter Monday.
It's 8.15 pm here but I might actually start counting from this evening, if not it will be from when I wake up tomorrow until at least midnight on Monday (whether I actually read more in those times is a different matter but the daylight helps). I've not been reading since 5 pm,
I'm also hoping to finish at least one book over this Easter weekend.
It's 8.15 pm here but I might actually start counting from this evening, if not it will be from when I wake up tomorrow until at least midnight on Monday (whether I actually read more in those times is a different matter but the daylight helps). I've not been reading since 5 pm,
I'm also hoping to finish at least one book over this Easter weekend.
3SilverWolf28
>2 elkiedee: Thanks for reminding me that this is Easter weekend.
5benitastrnad
I plan on doing some reading this weekend. I will also be doing some cooking, but I will have time to read as well.
7susanna.fraser
In again.
8avatiakh
I'm in again.
Time posting: Friday 3pm, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen, Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (audio)
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2hrs
Snacks: sparkling water
Thoughts: love listening to the Koestler
Non-book activities: trip out for coffee
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 2hrs
Have a few library books I need to read by 6 April: The Memory Monster is one.
Time posting: Friday 3pm, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: Childhood by Tove Ditlevsen, Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (audio)
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2hrs
Snacks: sparkling water
Thoughts: love listening to the Koestler
Non-book activities: trip out for coffee
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 2hrs
Have a few library books I need to read by 6 April: The Memory Monster is one.
9Chatterbox
wotthehell (as a character in a mystery book kept saying). I'm back for more, though I will have to do some editing work.
Suzanne, in Rhode Island (where temps are back below freezing -- sigh).
Suzanne, in Rhode Island (where temps are back below freezing -- sigh).
10Chatterbox
I've started early; have plunged into an upcoming novel, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale.
11benitastrnad
Friday morning check-in
Books read from: I started a new book this last week - Falling in Love by Donna Leon and I should finish it tonight. I am reading River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon and have a good start on listening to Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand. Both of these are for my real life book discussion groups.
Books finished: 1 - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand
Time reading: .5 hours while eating breakfast this morning
Time posting:
Snacks: breakfast was granola and yogurt
Thoughts: I liked Barefoot and I was so prepared to not like that kind of fluffy "chick lit." However, it turned out to be a good story with a happy ending for most of the characters. I am about 200 pages into the other book by Hilderbrand I am reading/listening to Summer of '69 and I am not liking it as well as I did Barefoot. Neither of these books are the kind of thing I would pick up on my own, but I am reading them from a book discussion group. On our list for the first 6 months of the year the book listed was Barefoot but at our meeting last month, the title was changed to be Summer of '69 so I will end up reading two of her books. My other book club book is River Horse and this is a work of nonfiction that is going to take longer to read, but will definitely have more heft to it than the Hilderbrand books.
Non-book activities: It returned to what passes for winter here in Tuscaloosa. Yesterday was very brisk with Wednesday nighttime lows just above freezing. Last night was the same. I wore my winter coat to work this morning because the wind is blowing and I needed the warmth. I thought it was cold. I have lots to do at work today.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 114
Total read from: 121
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 337.5 hours since April 2020.
Books read from: I started a new book this last week - Falling in Love by Donna Leon and I should finish it tonight. I am reading River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon and have a good start on listening to Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand. Both of these are for my real life book discussion groups.
Books finished: 1 - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand
Time reading: .5 hours while eating breakfast this morning
Time posting:
Snacks: breakfast was granola and yogurt
Thoughts: I liked Barefoot and I was so prepared to not like that kind of fluffy "chick lit." However, it turned out to be a good story with a happy ending for most of the characters. I am about 200 pages into the other book by Hilderbrand I am reading/listening to Summer of '69 and I am not liking it as well as I did Barefoot. Neither of these books are the kind of thing I would pick up on my own, but I am reading them from a book discussion group. On our list for the first 6 months of the year the book listed was Barefoot but at our meeting last month, the title was changed to be Summer of '69 so I will end up reading two of her books. My other book club book is River Horse and this is a work of nonfiction that is going to take longer to read, but will definitely have more heft to it than the Hilderbrand books.
Non-book activities: It returned to what passes for winter here in Tuscaloosa. Yesterday was very brisk with Wednesday nighttime lows just above freezing. Last night was the same. I wore my winter coat to work this morning because the wind is blowing and I needed the warmth. I thought it was cold. I have lots to do at work today.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 114
Total read from: 121
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 337.5 hours since April 2020.
12nrmay
I'm in again.
Books:
Finished Invisible Life of Addie LaRue last night. It was unusual.
Started Send for Me by Lauren Fox. I think this one may be sad..
Finished Micro Living and now reading Small Houses. Houses are another of my hobbies . .
Breakfast: croissants & coffee so far.
Other activity:
Sending postcards; waiting on the needy cat.
Thoughts:
Delighted that my sis & her husband finally found a house, after being outbid on several. It's a hot market. They'll be moving to Chapel Hill, only 2 hrs from me. I will miss the visits to D.C.
New house is on 4 acres. Maybe they will let me build my micro dwelling on their property!
Weather: sunny, 45 F. (7 C.) just before 1p.
Books:
Finished Invisible Life of Addie LaRue last night. It was unusual.
Started Send for Me by Lauren Fox. I think this one may be sad..
Finished Micro Living and now reading Small Houses. Houses are another of my hobbies . .
Breakfast: croissants & coffee so far.
Other activity:
Sending postcards; waiting on the needy cat.
Thoughts:
Delighted that my sis & her husband finally found a house, after being outbid on several. It's a hot market. They'll be moving to Chapel Hill, only 2 hrs from me. I will miss the visits to D.C.
New house is on 4 acres. Maybe they will let me build my micro dwelling on their property!
Weather: sunny, 45 F. (7 C.) just before 1p.
13cbl_tn
My main focus this weekend is D-Day Girls. It's a fairly hefty book and I need to finish it by next weekend for a Zoom book club discussion. I'm interested in the subject, and the writing is good so far.
14avatiakh
Time posting: Saturday 7.30am, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (audio), The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale, The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey, The Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.5hrs
Snacks: dinner - beef n beer casserole
Thoughts: big day ahead
Non-book activities: watching tv series 'The Korean Odyssey'
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 4.5hrs
I'm away from home all day today, driving to Hamilton and taking my 92 yr old mother out for haircut and then to visit her cousin. I should finish my audiobook on the drive.
The Dinsdale book is not grabbing me, a shame as I've enjoyed his other books. I'll still finish it as I own the book. The Treece book is for children and set in Roman Britain and so far is really good.
Books read from: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (audio), The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale, The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey, The Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.5hrs
Snacks: dinner - beef n beer casserole
Thoughts: big day ahead
Non-book activities: watching tv series 'The Korean Odyssey'
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 4.5hrs
I'm away from home all day today, driving to Hamilton and taking my 92 yr old mother out for haircut and then to visit her cousin. I should finish my audiobook on the drive.
The Dinsdale book is not grabbing me, a shame as I've enjoyed his other books. I'll still finish it as I own the book. The Treece book is for children and set in Roman Britain and so far is really good.
15Chatterbox
>14 avatiakh: I remember reading books by Henry Treece when I was young, although I confess I always preferred those by Geoffrey Trease, that were adjacent to them on library shelves! Trease always had strong female characters, and few of his books had royals as their principal characters; he was always interested in "ordinary" lives affected by big stuff happening around them.
Friday afternoon check-in; it's almost 3:30 p.m. in Rhode Island.
Books read from this period: The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale and audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Books finished: none so far
Time reading: about 5 hours?
Snacks: chicken tikka masala with rice for lunch.
Thoughts: Glad it's the weekend
Non-book activities: finished and filed article very early this morning, so had a brief nap midday. Now waiting to get edits back for review. Also will have to venture out into nearly freezing weather to get cat treats or Sir Fergus the Fat will go beserk.
Total books read from: 2 (see above
Total books finished: none yet
Total time reading: 5 hours
Friday afternoon check-in; it's almost 3:30 p.m. in Rhode Island.
Books read from this period: The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale and audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Books finished: none so far
Time reading: about 5 hours?
Snacks: chicken tikka masala with rice for lunch.
Thoughts: Glad it's the weekend
Non-book activities: finished and filed article very early this morning, so had a brief nap midday. Now waiting to get edits back for review. Also will have to venture out into nearly freezing weather to get cat treats or Sir Fergus the Fat will go beserk.
Total books read from: 2 (see above
Total books finished: none yet
Total time reading: 5 hours
16Chatterbox
It's just after 6 p.m. in Rhode Island
Books read from this period: The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale and The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright
Books finished: 1, The Ballerinas
Time reading: about 2 hours
Snacks: nothing except some water
Thoughts: Brrr, it's chilly.
Non-book activities: Read the revised/edited version of my article, no extra lifting required on my part, hurrah.
Total books read from: 3, the two above plus some of the audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Total books finished: 1
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from this period: The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale and The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright
Books finished: 1, The Ballerinas
Time reading: about 2 hours
Snacks: nothing except some water
Thoughts: Brrr, it's chilly.
Non-book activities: Read the revised/edited version of my article, no extra lifting required on my part, hurrah.
Total books read from: 3, the two above plus some of the audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Total books finished: 1
Total time reading: 7 hours
17cbl_tn
Friday night check-in:
Books read from: D-Day Girls
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: dinner was chicken pot pie and a cookie
Thoughts: It was a beautiful day here!
Non-book activities: a couple of long walks, sat on the deck for a socially distant visit with a couple of neighbors, went to get ice cream at a local dairy, nap, laundry, finished Season 2 of The Bay on BritBox.
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ?
I didn't spend as much time reading today as I thought I might because it was so beautiful out. It didn't feel as cold as the thermometer said because the sun was out. It was too nice a day to spend it indoors.
Books read from: D-Day Girls
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: dinner was chicken pot pie and a cookie
Thoughts: It was a beautiful day here!
Non-book activities: a couple of long walks, sat on the deck for a socially distant visit with a couple of neighbors, went to get ice cream at a local dairy, nap, laundry, finished Season 2 of The Bay on BritBox.
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ?
I didn't spend as much time reading today as I thought I might because it was so beautiful out. It didn't feel as cold as the thermometer said because the sun was out. It was too nice a day to spend it indoors.
18susanna.fraser
Friday night check-in
Books read from: Gideon the Ninth
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: chili for dinner
Thoughts: This book is so weird and compelling.
Non-book activities: Work, laundry, cooking
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 2 hours
Books read from: Gideon the Ninth
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: chili for dinner
Thoughts: This book is so weird and compelling.
Non-book activities: Work, laundry, cooking
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 2 hours
19PaulCranswick
I'm in too Silver.
Post lunch Kuala Lumpur, Saturday
Books read from: Love Story, With Murders & Moth Smoke
Books finished: Love Story, With Murders
Time reading: 4 hours
Food: Coffee & Tea / Fried Rice coming
Thoughts: Books aplenty for this Easter Bunny
Non-book activities: Work this morning
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours
Post lunch Kuala Lumpur, Saturday
Books read from: Love Story, With Murders & Moth Smoke
Books finished: Love Story, With Murders
Time reading: 4 hours
Food: Coffee & Tea / Fried Rice coming
Thoughts: Books aplenty for this Easter Bunny
Non-book activities: Work this morning
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours
20elkiedee
Saturday morning (just about): 11.45 am
Since waking up on Friday morning
Books read from: 9
Claire Fuller, Unsettled Ground - FINISHED 03.04.21
Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown - STARTED 03.04.21
Alix E Harrow, The Once and Future Witches
Joanna Moorhead, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
Marianne Wiggins, Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone
Ciara Geraghty, This is Now
Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh - STARTED 02.04.21
Also reading Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Books finished: 1
Pages read: 211
Time reading: Not measured
Time posting: Not measured
Snacks: Tea, yoghurt, pain au chocolat, Gouda, a couple of Ritz crackers, chocolate, crisps, 2 or 3 rather oversized strawberries - fruit on sale locally seems to have got disturbingly large recently
Thoughts: None
Book related: Looking for the start of the month new Kindle deals - a lot seemed to come through on 2 April rather than 1 April. Looking through Netgalley downloads to choose what to read, and messing around on LT
Non-book activities: As per other readathons/weekends - WhatsApp and other social media, Bejeweled Blitz etc. Listening to the radio, though some of that is book related too - adaptations and dramatisations, discussions about books
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 9
Since waking up on Friday morning
Books read from: 9
Claire Fuller, Unsettled Ground - FINISHED 03.04.21
Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown - STARTED 03.04.21
Alix E Harrow, The Once and Future Witches
Joanna Moorhead, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
Marianne Wiggins, Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone
Ciara Geraghty, This is Now
Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh - STARTED 02.04.21
Also reading Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Books finished: 1
Pages read: 211
Time reading: Not measured
Time posting: Not measured
Snacks: Tea, yoghurt, pain au chocolat, Gouda, a couple of Ritz crackers, chocolate, crisps, 2 or 3 rather oversized strawberries - fruit on sale locally seems to have got disturbingly large recently
Thoughts: None
Book related: Looking for the start of the month new Kindle deals - a lot seemed to come through on 2 April rather than 1 April. Looking through Netgalley downloads to choose what to read, and messing around on LT
Non-book activities: As per other readathons/weekends - WhatsApp and other social media, Bejeweled Blitz etc. Listening to the radio, though some of that is book related too - adaptations and dramatisations, discussions about books
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 9
21cbl_tn
Saturday morning check-in:
Books read from: D-Day Girls, Just William
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was blueberry muffin & tea
Thoughts: It's another sunny but chilly day here.
Non-book activities: Grocery pickup
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
I have lots I need to do today, but if my headache doesn't ease up I don't think I'll get most of it done.
Books read from: D-Day Girls, Just William
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was blueberry muffin & tea
Thoughts: It's another sunny but chilly day here.
Non-book activities: Grocery pickup
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
I have lots I need to do today, but if my headache doesn't ease up I don't think I'll get most of it done.
22Chatterbox
It's almost 11:30 a.m. in Rhode Island
Books read from this period: The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley and more of the audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Books finished: none today
Time reading: about 4 hours
Snacks: eggs benedict from local diner, with a small green salad
Thoughts: Still chilly.
Non-book activities: Ran out to the dollar store to get treats for cats and diet soda for moi. Scrutinizing the pattern the branches of the old oak tree outside my window make against the blue sky. Enjoying relative silence, except for birds and occasional traffic noises outside.
Total books read from: 4, the three above plus the book I've finished, below
Total books finished: 1, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from this period: The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley and more of the audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Books finished: none today
Time reading: about 4 hours
Snacks: eggs benedict from local diner, with a small green salad
Thoughts: Still chilly.
Non-book activities: Ran out to the dollar store to get treats for cats and diet soda for moi. Scrutinizing the pattern the branches of the old oak tree outside my window make against the blue sky. Enjoying relative silence, except for birds and occasional traffic noises outside.
Total books read from: 4, the three above plus the book I've finished, below
Total books finished: 1, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Total time reading: 7 hours
23benitastrnad
Saturday morning check-in
Books read from: I am reading River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon and have a good start on listening to Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand. Both of these are for my real life book discussion groups. I started reading Black Diamond by Martin Walker and Route 66 A. D. by Tony Perrottet
Books finished: 2 - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand and Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch yesterday and 1 hour last night
Time posting:
Snacks: breakfast was granola and yogurt
Thoughts: I am starting another book by Martin Walker in his Bruno Courreges series because I requested it from Inter-Library Loan. I thought it would take weeks to get here because ILL has been so slow this past year. But No! It came here in a week and is due back on April 21 so I am reading it instead of some other books that I have lined up.
Non-book activities: It was cold in my house this morning. The last two nights have been chilly and the next couple of nights will be chilly - but the Days! Oh the glorious days. Today it will be 70. The sun is out and I am going to bake a cake for Easter. I will be sharing Easter lunch with some other single friends of mine and I will bring the cake and the asparagus.
I am going to attend a wedding today via Zoom. It will be an experience.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 115
Total read from: 123
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 339.5 hours since April 2020.
Books read from: I am reading River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon and have a good start on listening to Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand. Both of these are for my real life book discussion groups. I started reading Black Diamond by Martin Walker and Route 66 A. D. by Tony Perrottet
Books finished: 2 - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand and Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch yesterday and 1 hour last night
Time posting:
Snacks: breakfast was granola and yogurt
Thoughts: I am starting another book by Martin Walker in his Bruno Courreges series because I requested it from Inter-Library Loan. I thought it would take weeks to get here because ILL has been so slow this past year. But No! It came here in a week and is due back on April 21 so I am reading it instead of some other books that I have lined up.
Non-book activities: It was cold in my house this morning. The last two nights have been chilly and the next couple of nights will be chilly - but the Days! Oh the glorious days. Today it will be 70. The sun is out and I am going to bake a cake for Easter. I will be sharing Easter lunch with some other single friends of mine and I will bring the cake and the asparagus.
I am going to attend a wedding today via Zoom. It will be an experience.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 115
Total read from: 123
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 339.5 hours since April 2020.
24AnneDC
Report on Friday (because I haven't done any reading so far today)
Books read from: Abigail Adams, How Music Works, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hours reading, 95 minutes listening
Pages Read: 99
Time posting: none
Dinner: skillet sausage, peppers and potatoes
Thoughts: A long but productive week just ended, and I am exhausted.
Non-book activities: walk, picked up a prescription, made dinner, TV show (belatedly watching The Americans)
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 2 hours reading, 95 minutes listening
Books read from: Abigail Adams, How Music Works, SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hours reading, 95 minutes listening
Pages Read: 99
Time posting: none
Dinner: skillet sausage, peppers and potatoes
Thoughts: A long but productive week just ended, and I am exhausted.
Non-book activities: walk, picked up a prescription, made dinner, TV show (belatedly watching The Americans)
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 2 hours reading, 95 minutes listening
25nrmay
>23 benitastrnad:
I really liked Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon. I'll have to read the others in his travel trilogy. He appeals to my wanderlust spirit.
Sat, early afternoon.
Books:
finished Send for Me by Lauren Fox. Discovered at the end, this novel is based on a true family story.
Started When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn. Another in the Bridgerton series.
Lots of books waiting; my library requests are all ready at the same time.
good eats;
Great dinner last night at my niece's. Steak, lobster tails, and veggies all roasted on the grill, Prosecco to toast, and apple pie a la mode.
A small celebration of spring and Easter and getting back together with family.
Breakfast was a cinnamon roll and coffee.
Other activity: talked to a landscaper about new pathways and low walls in the garden. Sounds expensive, like everything.
Thoughts of a nap..
weather: Sunny, 55 F. (13 C.) at 2pm
I really liked Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon. I'll have to read the others in his travel trilogy. He appeals to my wanderlust spirit.
Sat, early afternoon.
Books:
finished Send for Me by Lauren Fox. Discovered at the end, this novel is based on a true family story.
Started When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn. Another in the Bridgerton series.
Lots of books waiting; my library requests are all ready at the same time.
good eats;
Great dinner last night at my niece's. Steak, lobster tails, and veggies all roasted on the grill, Prosecco to toast, and apple pie a la mode.
A small celebration of spring and Easter and getting back together with family.
Breakfast was a cinnamon roll and coffee.
Other activity: talked to a landscaper about new pathways and low walls in the garden. Sounds expensive, like everything.
Thoughts of a nap..
weather: Sunny, 55 F. (13 C.) at 2pm
26Chatterbox
It's about 2:30 p.m. in Rhode Island.
Temperature struggling to break above 46 degrees F, or about 7 Celsius.
Books read from this period: The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley; nearly finished with the audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Books finished: none yet today
Time reading: about 2.5 hours
Snacks: some strawberries
Thoughts: I love my cats
Non-book activities: Did another quick review of my upcoming article, and drafted an insert for it.
Total books read from: 4, the three above plus the book I've finished, below
Total books finished: 1, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Total time reading: 14.5 hours
Temperature struggling to break above 46 degrees F, or about 7 Celsius.
Books read from this period: The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley; nearly finished with the audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Books finished: none yet today
Time reading: about 2.5 hours
Snacks: some strawberries
Thoughts: I love my cats
Non-book activities: Did another quick review of my upcoming article, and drafted an insert for it.
Total books read from: 4, the three above plus the book I've finished, below
Total books finished: 1, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
Total time reading: 14.5 hours
27torontoc
I'm in to read this weekend. I'm reading Paper Bullets Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis
I did a lot of cooking yesterday- baked chicken with olives, apricots, and figs and a sort of lasagna with eggplant, zucchini and matzo!
Eating it today
I did a lot of cooking yesterday- baked chicken with olives, apricots, and figs and a sort of lasagna with eggplant, zucchini and matzo!
Eating it today
28Chatterbox
It's nearly 6:30 p.m. in Rhode Island, and we're bracing for temperatures to fall to 27 F/-3 C overnight. Are we sure this is April??
Books read from this period: The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley; the audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Books finished: The Socrates Express
Time reading: about 3.5 hours
Snacks: bottled water, some cheese-flavored nibbles
Thoughts: Mind blank. But that's OK
Non-book activities: Half-nap, curled up under mohair rug (aka "fuzzy blanket")
Total books read from: 4, the three above plus the book I've finished, below
Total books finished: 2, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale and The Socrates Express
Total time reading: 18 hours
Books read from this period: The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley; the audiobook of The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner
Books finished: The Socrates Express
Time reading: about 3.5 hours
Snacks: bottled water, some cheese-flavored nibbles
Thoughts: Mind blank. But that's OK
Non-book activities: Half-nap, curled up under mohair rug (aka "fuzzy blanket")
Total books read from: 4, the three above plus the book I've finished, below
Total books finished: 2, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale and The Socrates Express
Total time reading: 18 hours
29susanna.fraser
Saturday, 5:15 PM
Books read from: Gideon the Ninth
Books finished: Gideon the Ninth
Time reading: 5 hours
Food: bowl of cereal
Thoughts: Probably should've seen the ending coming but SO did not.
Non-book activities: Picked up holds from library
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from: Gideon the Ninth
Books finished: Gideon the Ninth
Time reading: 5 hours
Food: bowl of cereal
Thoughts: Probably should've seen the ending coming but SO did not.
Non-book activities: Picked up holds from library
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 7 hours
30avatiakh
>15 Chatterbox: I don't remember reading Trease or Treece as a child. I also don't remember having had a preference for male or female protagonists as a child. I'm enjoying this one. I have collected quite a few books by both authors over the years and now is the time for me to read them.
Time posting: Sunday noon, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (audio), The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey, Clarice Lispector: complete stories 2x stories on audio
Books finished: 1 Darkness at Noon
Time reading: 3.5hrs
Snacks: poached eggs, coffee
Thoughts: love Lispector's Chicken story
Non-book activities: finish tv series 'The Korean Odyssey', trip out of Auckland
Total books finished: 1 Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 4.5hrs
The Koestler was a riveting listen, really liked it. Yesterday I drove to Hamilton, took my 92 yr old Mum out to get her nails done and then a visit to her cousin. We had a lovely 2 hour visit and then I returned home.
So today daylight saving is over and I could have a sleep in.
I finished 'The Korean Odyssey' on tv and now really want to read Journey to the West but must finish this year's reading of Romance of the Three Kingdoms first.
Time posting: Sunday noon, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler (audio), The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey, Clarice Lispector: complete stories 2x stories on audio
Books finished: 1 Darkness at Noon
Time reading: 3.5hrs
Snacks: poached eggs, coffee
Thoughts: love Lispector's Chicken story
Non-book activities: finish tv series 'The Korean Odyssey', trip out of Auckland
Total books finished: 1 Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 4.5hrs
The Koestler was a riveting listen, really liked it. Yesterday I drove to Hamilton, took my 92 yr old Mum out to get her nails done and then a visit to her cousin. We had a lovely 2 hour visit and then I returned home.
So today daylight saving is over and I could have a sleep in.
I finished 'The Korean Odyssey' on tv and now really want to read Journey to the West but must finish this year's reading of Romance of the Three Kingdoms first.
31Chatterbox
Saturday mid-evening checkin
It's getting on for 9 p.m. in Rhode Island, and the temperature is falling...
Books read from this period: The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright
Books finished: 1, The Plague Year
Time reading: about 2.5 hours
Snacks: ordered Japanese food for dinner. Unaju, white rice, seaweed salad
Thoughts: I may want to read Defoe's book about London in the 17th century plague. I think it will be very different from Wright's plain vanilla (but still interesting) summary overview. I suspect we'll also see more and better books about the pandemic down the road.
Non-book activities: Eating dinner? Listening to the "new standards" show on WQXR -- think Sinatra onwards. My fave non-classical radio show.
Total books read from: 4, The Plague Year, The Ballerinas, The Socrates Express, and Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley (which I'll likely finish tonight)
Total books finished: 3, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year
Total time reading: 20.5 hours
I'll be picking up some new books later on tonight or tomorrow morning. I'd like to finish The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Steph Dray; and likely will pick up Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Checkmate in Berlin by Giles Milton (advance copy) and Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart. Another possibility is an advance copy of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides. One new audiobook will be The Red Horse by James Benn, but I'll also be looking for a nonfiction audiobook.
It's getting on for 9 p.m. in Rhode Island, and the temperature is falling...
Books read from this period: The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright
Books finished: 1, The Plague Year
Time reading: about 2.5 hours
Snacks: ordered Japanese food for dinner. Unaju, white rice, seaweed salad
Thoughts: I may want to read Defoe's book about London in the 17th century plague. I think it will be very different from Wright's plain vanilla (but still interesting) summary overview. I suspect we'll also see more and better books about the pandemic down the road.
Non-book activities: Eating dinner? Listening to the "new standards" show on WQXR -- think Sinatra onwards. My fave non-classical radio show.
Total books read from: 4, The Plague Year, The Ballerinas, The Socrates Express, and Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley (which I'll likely finish tonight)
Total books finished: 3, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year
Total time reading: 20.5 hours
I'll be picking up some new books later on tonight or tomorrow morning. I'd like to finish The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Steph Dray; and likely will pick up Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Checkmate in Berlin by Giles Milton (advance copy) and Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart. Another possibility is an advance copy of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides. One new audiobook will be The Red Horse by James Benn, but I'll also be looking for a nonfiction audiobook.
32benitastrnad
Saturday night check-in
Books read from: I read a little in River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon and a whole lot of Black Diamond by Martin Walker. I have a good start on my recorded book Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand. Both of these are for my real life book discussion groups. I read only a couple of pages of Route 66 A. D. by Tony Perrottet.
Books finished: 2 - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand and Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Time reading: 2 hours today
Time posting:
Snacks: peperoni pizza
Thoughts: I read a bunch this afternoon in Black Diamond by Martin Walker. This series is lots of fun.
Non-book activities: I attended a wedding by Zoom today. The bride has a PhD in physics and her husband is a graphic designer. They got married at 5:00 p.m. today. (get it? 5,4,3,2,1). It was a beautiful day in Alabama and they got married in their backyard with only 7 people there. She wore the traditional Icelandic wedding crown and veil that all the women of her family have worn for their weddings, and an Icelandic belt. She wore gold ballet flats with her tea length dress. It was made of satin with a v neckline and three-quarter length sleeves. It was a very pretty wedding and a perfect combination of modern quirkiness and family tradition.
I baked my Easter cakes today and made the frosting. It is in the refrigerator so I can frost the cakes tomorrow and still had time to read and knit. Very nice day.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 115
Total read from: 123
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 341.5 hours since April 2020.
Books read from: I read a little in River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon and a whole lot of Black Diamond by Martin Walker. I have a good start on my recorded book Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand. Both of these are for my real life book discussion groups. I read only a couple of pages of Route 66 A. D. by Tony Perrottet.
Books finished: 2 - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand and Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Time reading: 2 hours today
Time posting:
Snacks: peperoni pizza
Thoughts: I read a bunch this afternoon in Black Diamond by Martin Walker. This series is lots of fun.
Non-book activities: I attended a wedding by Zoom today. The bride has a PhD in physics and her husband is a graphic designer. They got married at 5:00 p.m. today. (get it? 5,4,3,2,1). It was a beautiful day in Alabama and they got married in their backyard with only 7 people there. She wore the traditional Icelandic wedding crown and veil that all the women of her family have worn for their weddings, and an Icelandic belt. She wore gold ballet flats with her tea length dress. It was made of satin with a v neckline and three-quarter length sleeves. It was a very pretty wedding and a perfect combination of modern quirkiness and family tradition.
I baked my Easter cakes today and made the frosting. It is in the refrigerator so I can frost the cakes tomorrow and still had time to read and knit. Very nice day.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 115
Total read from: 123
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 341.5 hours since April 2020.
33Chatterbox
>30 avatiakh: Not sure that it was a preference, as such, but I do remember (even as a child) being struck by the fact that Trease found ways to include girls and young women into the books for them to possess what we now refer to as "agency". The adventures weren't single sex -- eg girls in boarding schools, boys off having adventures -- and were less formulaic than Enid Blyton's Famous Five books or others of that kind (which still had the girls dishing out the ginger beer and sandwiches...) Most other YA novels had to have their main female characters be royal, or serving royals (eg The Gentle Falcon by Hilda Lewis, which I loved. Even Cynthia Harnett's novels, which were similar in nature (i.e. not about crusades or royal skulduggery) didn't have girls as major actors. Without a good yarn, of course, that wouldn't matter: but combine a thumping good plot and good writing AND having women play key roles (like Kit in Cue for Treason) and wowza.
It's nearly 9 a.m. on Sunday morning in Rhode Island and struggling to get back above freezing. It's supposed to warm up significantly, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Books read from this period: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart and audiobook of The Red Horse by James Benn
Books finished: none since last night
Time reading: 5 hours
Snacks: strawberry pancakes for breakfast
Thoughts: Why do I have such vivid dreams?? It's like going to the movies every night, except I don't get to pick what to see.
Non-book activities: Listening to some music. Feeding cats.
Total books read from: 7, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kupelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart and The Red Horse by James Benn.
Total books finished: 3, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year
Total time reading: 25.5 hours
It's nearly 9 a.m. on Sunday morning in Rhode Island and struggling to get back above freezing. It's supposed to warm up significantly, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Books read from this period: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart and audiobook of The Red Horse by James Benn
Books finished: none since last night
Time reading: 5 hours
Snacks: strawberry pancakes for breakfast
Thoughts: Why do I have such vivid dreams?? It's like going to the movies every night, except I don't get to pick what to see.
Non-book activities: Listening to some music. Feeding cats.
Total books read from: 7, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kupelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart and The Red Horse by James Benn.
Total books finished: 3, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year
Total time reading: 25.5 hours
34elkiedee
Sunday afternoon 2.25 pm
Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday morning
Books read from: 11
Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown
Alix E Harrow, The Once and Future Witches - FINISHED 04.04.21
Joanna Moorhead, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington FINISHED 03.04.21
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Marianne Wiggins, Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone
Ciara Geraghty, This is Now
Claudia Renton, Those Wild Wyndhams - STARTED 04.04.21
Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh
Polly Samson, The Kindness - STARTED 04.04.21
Books finished: 2
Pages read: 290
Time reading: Not measured
Time posting: Not measured
Book related: Some LT and Goodreads updates re acquisitions and books finished and started, choosing what to read next
Non-book activities: As per other readathons/weekends - WhatsApp and other social media, Bejeweled Blitz etc. Listening to the radio, though some of that is book related too - adaptations and dramatisations, discussions about books
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 12
Total pages: 501
Saturday afternoon and evening and Sunday morning
Books read from: 11
Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown
Alix E Harrow, The Once and Future Witches - FINISHED 04.04.21
Joanna Moorhead, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington FINISHED 03.04.21
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Marianne Wiggins, Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone
Ciara Geraghty, This is Now
Claudia Renton, Those Wild Wyndhams - STARTED 04.04.21
Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh
Polly Samson, The Kindness - STARTED 04.04.21
Books finished: 2
Pages read: 290
Time reading: Not measured
Time posting: Not measured
Book related: Some LT and Goodreads updates re acquisitions and books finished and started, choosing what to read next
Non-book activities: As per other readathons/weekends - WhatsApp and other social media, Bejeweled Blitz etc. Listening to the radio, though some of that is book related too - adaptations and dramatisations, discussions about books
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 12
Total pages: 501
35nrmay
Sunday morning in Charlotte NC
Books:
finished when he was wicked by Julia Quinn.
next up is Finlay Donovan is killing it by Elle Cosimano.
currently reading the Sunday papers.
dinner last night was baked fish and vegetables. Husband cooked :)
breakfast: just coffee so far, but a cinnamon roll is in my near future.
Other activity: visiting my mom later this morning. Hope she's perkier than last time.
thoughts: Amazon Prime let me down. I ordered Easter surprises for my nephew and niece that were supposed to be delivered yesterday.. Instead I got a 'sorry your pkgs are late' notice. :(
Hope they come today. :\
weather: sunny, 48 F. (9 C.) right now but supposed to warm up to 70s today. Should be 70s/80s now for the next 10 days. Spring has finally sprung!
Books:
finished when he was wicked by Julia Quinn.
next up is Finlay Donovan is killing it by Elle Cosimano.
currently reading the Sunday papers.
dinner last night was baked fish and vegetables. Husband cooked :)
breakfast: just coffee so far, but a cinnamon roll is in my near future.
Other activity: visiting my mom later this morning. Hope she's perkier than last time.
thoughts: Amazon Prime let me down. I ordered Easter surprises for my nephew and niece that were supposed to be delivered yesterday.. Instead I got a 'sorry your pkgs are late' notice. :(
Hope they come today. :\
weather: sunny, 48 F. (9 C.) right now but supposed to warm up to 70s today. Should be 70s/80s now for the next 10 days. Spring has finally sprung!
36Chatterbox
It's nearly 3:30 p.m. in Rhode Island, and it DID warm up after all -- 57 F/14 C.
Books read from this period: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart
Books finished: Miss Kopp Investigates -- an advance e-galley.
Time reading: 3.5 hours
Snacks: leftover chicken curry with naan bread
Thoughts: Nothing worth reporting
Non-book activities: Did some research for my next articles, and am now prepared to write at least one of them tomorrow. Sent off four invoices (yippee). Trying to battle looming migraine.
Total books read from: 7, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kupelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart and The Red Horse by James Benn.
Total books finished: 4, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright and Miss Kopp Investigates
Total time reading: 29 hours
Books read from this period: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart
Books finished: Miss Kopp Investigates -- an advance e-galley.
Time reading: 3.5 hours
Snacks: leftover chicken curry with naan bread
Thoughts: Nothing worth reporting
Non-book activities: Did some research for my next articles, and am now prepared to write at least one of them tomorrow. Sent off four invoices (yippee). Trying to battle looming migraine.
Total books read from: 7, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kupelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart and The Red Horse by James Benn.
Total books finished: 4, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright and Miss Kopp Investigates
Total time reading: 29 hours
37cbl_tn
Sunday afternoon check-in:
Books read from: D-Day Girls
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was chuck roast & veggies, strawberry ice cream, tea
Thoughts: It's a perfect day outside, with a cloudless blue sky and low 70s.
Non-book activities: sunrise service, Zoom church, cooking lunch & cleaning up afterwards, another online church service, short nap, long walk
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
I'm going to settle in to read a bit now.
Books read from: D-Day Girls
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was chuck roast & veggies, strawberry ice cream, tea
Thoughts: It's a perfect day outside, with a cloudless blue sky and low 70s.
Non-book activities: sunrise service, Zoom church, cooking lunch & cleaning up afterwards, another online church service, short nap, long walk
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
I'm going to settle in to read a bit now.
38benitastrnad
Sunday evening check-in
Books read from: I read a little in River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon and a whole lot of Black Diamond by Martin Walker. I only listened to my recorded book Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand as I drove to and from friend's house for Easter dinner.
Books finished: 2 - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand and Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Time reading: .5 hours so far today
Time posting:
lunch: had a full fledge Easter dinner with two other single friends. One made a lamb roast, one made appetizers, and I made asparagus and rose flavored cupcakes for desert.
Thoughts: It was a nice relaxing day and it was a beautiful spring day. The weather was perfect for a spring holiday. It got into the 70's today. I am going to spend the rest of the evening watching TV and knitting, then plan to read before going to sleep.
Non-book activities:
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 115
Total read from: 123
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 342 hours since April 2020.
Books read from: I read a little in River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon and a whole lot of Black Diamond by Martin Walker. I only listened to my recorded book Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand as I drove to and from friend's house for Easter dinner.
Books finished: 2 - Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand and Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Time reading: .5 hours so far today
Time posting:
lunch: had a full fledge Easter dinner with two other single friends. One made a lamb roast, one made appetizers, and I made asparagus and rose flavored cupcakes for desert.
Thoughts: It was a nice relaxing day and it was a beautiful spring day. The weather was perfect for a spring holiday. It got into the 70's today. I am going to spend the rest of the evening watching TV and knitting, then plan to read before going to sleep.
Non-book activities:
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 115
Total read from: 123
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 342 hours since April 2020.
39cbl_tn
Books read from: D-Day Girls
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: dinner was yogurt, grapes, & tea
Thoughts: I didn't get as much reading done as I had hoped I would, but managed quite a bit. I just have a few chapters left of D-Day Girls, and I might be able to finish it tomorrow evening.
Non-book activities: Short walk
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: dinner was yogurt, grapes, & tea
Thoughts: I didn't get as much reading done as I had hoped I would, but managed quite a bit. I just have a few chapters left of D-Day Girls, and I might be able to finish it tomorrow evening.
Non-book activities: Short walk
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
40avatiakh
>33 Chatterbox: I probably read less historical fiction as a child than you. I remember reading books with animals as the protagonist or just a girl with a horse etc etc.
Time posting: Monday 1.30pm, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey, The Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece, The Garden by Carol Matas, Childhood by Tove Ditlevson
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.5hrs
Snacks: hamburger, coffee
Thoughts: looking forward to a quiet afternoon
Non-book activities: trip to city centre, food prep, grocery shopping
Total books finished: 1 Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 7hrs
I hope to finish a few of these later today. I might ditch Robert Dinsdale's The Toymakers, I loved his first two books but this one does nothing for me. Also I read and enjoyed the first part of his Paris by Starlight earlier this year and yet had no desire to continue to the second part.
Time posting: Monday 1.30pm, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey, The Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece, The Garden by Carol Matas, Childhood by Tove Ditlevson
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.5hrs
Snacks: hamburger, coffee
Thoughts: looking forward to a quiet afternoon
Non-book activities: trip to city centre, food prep, grocery shopping
Total books finished: 1 Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 7hrs
I hope to finish a few of these later today. I might ditch Robert Dinsdale's The Toymakers, I loved his first two books but this one does nothing for me. Also I read and enjoyed the first part of his Paris by Starlight earlier this year and yet had no desire to continue to the second part.
41susanna.fraser
Sunday 9:15 PM
Books read from: Paladin's Strength
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 4 hours
Food: fried chicken for dinner
Thoughts: Glad I decided to take tomorrow off too.
Non-book activities: Zoom church, birdwatching
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 11 hours
Books read from: Paladin's Strength
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 4 hours
Food: fried chicken for dinner
Thoughts: Glad I decided to take tomorrow off too.
Non-book activities: Zoom church, birdwatching
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 11 hours
42PaulCranswick
Sleeping time Sunday night Kuala Lumpur
Books read from: Moth Smoke, Diary of a Murderer
Books finished: Moth Smoke
Time reading: 6 hours
Food: Coffee & Tea & Filet Medallions
Thoughts: Books aplenty for this Easter Bunny
Non-book activities: Take the cat to the vet
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 10 hours
Books read : Love Story, with murders & Moth Smoke
Books read from: Moth Smoke, Diary of a Murderer
Books finished: Moth Smoke
Time reading: 6 hours
Food: Coffee & Tea & Filet Medallions
Thoughts: Books aplenty for this Easter Bunny
Non-book activities: Take the cat to the vet
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 10 hours
Books read : Love Story, with murders & Moth Smoke
43elkiedee
Easter Monday midday
Sunday afternoon and evening and morning morning
Books read from: 6
Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Marianne Wiggins, Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone
Ciara Geraghty, This is Now
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 163
Time reading: Not measured
Time posting: Not measured
Book related: Some LT and Goodreads updates re acquisitions and books finished and started
Non-book activities: As per other readathons/weekends - WhatsApp, Mumsnet and other social media, Bejeweled Blitz etc.
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 12
Total pages: 664
Sunday afternoon and evening and morning morning
Books read from: 6
Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Marianne Wiggins, Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone
Ciara Geraghty, This is Now
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 163
Time reading: Not measured
Time posting: Not measured
Book related: Some LT and Goodreads updates re acquisitions and books finished and started
Non-book activities: As per other readathons/weekends - WhatsApp, Mumsnet and other social media, Bejeweled Blitz etc.
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 12
Total pages: 664
44torontoc
Still reading Paper Bullets
45Chatterbox
>40 avatiakh: I read a few "girl and horse" books back in the day -- the Pullein-Thompson kind of books? One I absolutely loved was We Couldn't Leave Dinah, set in the Channel Islands during WW2. Mary Treadgold.
It's Monday morning, and as it's technically still an Easter celebration in some places (albeit not in the US), I may keep reading in between some work.
Books read from this period: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, North by Shakespeare by Michael Blanding, {The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (re-read via audiobook)
Books finished: The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
Time reading: 5 hours
Snacks: foolishly skipped dinner last night. About to have some cereal
Thoughts: Dreading vaccine dose #2, or rather, the side-effects. Arm is still slightly sore after #1 (Moderna) and has large bruise-like blotch where I got the shot. Piffle.
Non-book activities: Will have to get to pharmacy today, and track down some food. Ho hum.
Total books read from: 9, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kupelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart, The Red Horse by James Benn, North by Shakespeare by Michael Blanding, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Total books finished: 5, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
Total time reading: 34 hours
It's Monday morning, and as it's technically still an Easter celebration in some places (albeit not in the US), I may keep reading in between some work.
Books read from this period: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, North by Shakespeare by Michael Blanding, {The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (re-read via audiobook)
Books finished: The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
Time reading: 5 hours
Snacks: foolishly skipped dinner last night. About to have some cereal
Thoughts: Dreading vaccine dose #2, or rather, the side-effects. Arm is still slightly sore after #1 (Moderna) and has large bruise-like blotch where I got the shot. Piffle.
Non-book activities: Will have to get to pharmacy today, and track down some food. Ho hum.
Total books read from: 9, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kupelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart, The Red Horse by James Benn, North by Shakespeare by Michael Blanding, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman
Total books finished: 5, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
Total time reading: 34 hours
46Chatterbox
Still reading; it's 4:30 p.m.
Books read from this period: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, North by Shakespeare by Michael Blanding, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley and Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
Books finished: 2, Migrations, a five-star novel!! and the re-read of Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley
Time reading: 4 hours
Snacks: mac & cheese
Thoughts: Argh my dental infection is still banging away. On the positive side, approved for some books from Europa via Edelweiss e-galley website.
Non-book activities: Waited ages (an hour plus) for a bus to stop to get to the pharmacy at the mall. Ended up taking a Lyft home, which took only 12 minutes, but cost significantly more.
Total books read from: 10, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kupelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart, The Red Horse by James Benn, North by Shakespeare by Michael Blanding, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman and Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
Total books finished: 7, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Total time reading: 38 hours
Books read from this period: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, North by Shakespeare by Michael Blanding, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley and Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
Books finished: 2, Migrations, a five-star novel!! and the re-read of Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley
Time reading: 4 hours
Snacks: mac & cheese
Thoughts: Argh my dental infection is still banging away. On the positive side, approved for some books from Europa via Edelweiss e-galley website.
Non-book activities: Waited ages (an hour plus) for a bus to stop to get to the pharmacy at the mall. Ended up taking a Lyft home, which took only 12 minutes, but cost significantly more.
Total books read from: 10, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kupelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart, The Red Horse by James Benn, North by Shakespeare by Michael Blanding, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman and Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
Total books finished: 7, The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, The Socrates Express by Eric Weiner, The Plague Year by Lawrence Wright, Miss Kopp Investigates by Amy Stewart, The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman, Queen of Ambition by Fiona Buckley, Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Total time reading: 38 hours
47avatiakh
>45 Chatterbox: I read We Couldn't Leave Dinah a couple of weeks ago. I'm trying to read some of the earlier Carnegie Medal winners and that won in 1941.
Time posting: Tuesday 9am, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey, The Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece, The Garden by Carol Matas
Books finished: 2 The Queen's Brooch & The Garden
Time reading: 3hrs
Snacks: dinner: matzo ball soup
Thoughts: woke up feeling tired
Non-book activities: food prep, watching another Korean tv series
Total books finished: 3 Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, The Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece, The Garden by Carol Matas
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 10hrs
The Queen's Brooch is a children's book set in Roman Britain in the time of Queen Boadicca.
The Garden by Carol Matas is a children's book, sequel to her After the War. This is set around Israel's War of Independence.
I've only 50pages left in The Crystal Singer and pleased that I have the other two books in the trilogy as I've raced through this one.
Only 40pages left in Tove Ditlevsen's Childhood but a slower paced read, to be savoured.
Time posting: Tuesday 9am, Auckland, New Zealand
Books read from: The Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffrey, The Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece, The Garden by Carol Matas
Books finished: 2 The Queen's Brooch & The Garden
Time reading: 3hrs
Snacks: dinner: matzo ball soup
Thoughts: woke up feeling tired
Non-book activities: food prep, watching another Korean tv series
Total books finished: 3 Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler, The Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece, The Garden by Carol Matas
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 10hrs
The Queen's Brooch is a children's book set in Roman Britain in the time of Queen Boadicca.
The Garden by Carol Matas is a children's book, sequel to her After the War. This is set around Israel's War of Independence.
I've only 50pages left in The Crystal Singer and pleased that I have the other two books in the trilogy as I've raced through this one.
Only 40pages left in Tove Ditlevsen's Childhood but a slower paced read, to be savoured.
48elkiedee
Very late Monday night or very early Tuesday morning
Monday afternoon and evening
Books read from: 9
Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Marianne Wiggins, Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone
Ciara Geraghty, This is Now
Claudia Renton, Those Wild Wyndhams
Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh
Polly Samson, The Kindness
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 209
Time reading: Not measured
Time posting: Not measured
Book related: Some LT and Goodreads updates re acquisitions and books finished and started
Non-book activities: As per other readathons/weekends - WhatsApp, Mumsnet and other social media, Bejeweled Blitz etc.
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 12
Total pages: 873 (4 day Easter weekend)
This takes me to 3 books for April so far, with 50 pages of A Rising Man and less than 100 pages of another two books to go.
Monday afternoon and evening
Books read from: 9
Margery Sharp, Cluny Brown
Abir Mukherjee, A Rising Man
Rebecca Pawel, Death of a Nationalist
Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass
Marianne Wiggins, Bet They'll Miss Us When We're Gone
Ciara Geraghty, This is Now
Claudia Renton, Those Wild Wyndhams
Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh
Polly Samson, The Kindness
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 209
Time reading: Not measured
Time posting: Not measured
Book related: Some LT and Goodreads updates re acquisitions and books finished and started
Non-book activities: As per other readathons/weekends - WhatsApp, Mumsnet and other social media, Bejeweled Blitz etc.
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 12
Total pages: 873 (4 day Easter weekend)
This takes me to 3 books for April so far, with 50 pages of A Rising Man and less than 100 pages of another two books to go.
49benitastrnad
Easter Monday night check-in
Books read from: I read a little in River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon. I only listened to my recorded book Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand.
Books finished: 3 - Black Diamond by Martin Walker, Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand and Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Time reading: 3 hours today
Time posting:
lunch: had a nice soup and salad lunch with my friend.
Thoughts: I took a friend to the eye hospital in Birmingham today and she was in the clinic for 2 hours. I sat outside and read so I managed to finish reading book 3 in the Bruno Courreges series. I am really enjoying this series and can't wait to start the next book.
Non-book activities: I took a friend to the eye hospital in Birmingham today and we spent the afternoon shopping for wine for our wine club program and had a long leisurely lunch. It was a very enjoyable day spent in good company.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 116
Total read from: 124
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 345 hours since April 2020.
Books read from: I read a little in River Horse by William Least-Heat Moon. I only listened to my recorded book Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand.
Books finished: 3 - Black Diamond by Martin Walker, Barefoot by Elin Hilderbrand and Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Time reading: 3 hours today
Time posting:
lunch: had a nice soup and salad lunch with my friend.
Thoughts: I took a friend to the eye hospital in Birmingham today and she was in the clinic for 2 hours. I sat outside and read so I managed to finish reading book 3 in the Bruno Courreges series. I am really enjoying this series and can't wait to start the next book.
Non-book activities: I took a friend to the eye hospital in Birmingham today and we spent the afternoon shopping for wine for our wine club program and had a long leisurely lunch. It was a very enjoyable day spent in good company.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 116
Total read from: 124
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 345 hours since April 2020.
