Fourth of July - Social Distancing Readathon #68 - July 2 - 5
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1SilverWolf28
Welcome to another readathon!
Happy Fourth of July! The Readathon will run through Monday. Even if you're not in the US you can still read and post on Monday.
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. Nancy (nrmay) -- North Carolina, USA
5. Benita (benitastrnad) -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
6. Cyrel (torontoc) -- Toronto, Canada
7. Susanna (susanna.fraser) -- Seattle, Washington, USA
8. PawsforThought -- Sweden
9. Lori (thornton37814) -- Tennessee, USA
10. Anne (AnneDC) -- Washington DC, USA
11. Suzanne (Chatterbox) -- Rhode Island, USA
Happy Fourth of July! The Readathon will run through Monday. Even if you're not in the US you can still read and post on Monday.
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. Nancy (nrmay) -- North Carolina, USA
5. Benita (benitastrnad) -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
6. Cyrel (torontoc) -- Toronto, Canada
7. Susanna (susanna.fraser) -- Seattle, Washington, USA
8. PawsforThought -- Sweden
9. Lori (thornton37814) -- Tennessee, USA
10. Anne (AnneDC) -- Washington DC, USA
11. Suzanne (Chatterbox) -- Rhode Island, USA
2elkiedee
I will be joining in. As I'm in the UK, no public holiday here, but I'm not at work and when I'm not otherwise engaged, sometimes weekdays are better for quiet reading time! I think I only have a prospect of finishing one book, if I don't finish it before the readathon, but hope to put some time into reading tomorrow as I haven't really done yesterday or today. Yesterday I collected a big pile of library reservations and grabbed a couple of others from a new books table. So many books I'm really excited about - I can't really claim that I don't have time but I'm not spending enough of it reading.
4nrmay
Count me in!
Just finished reading My Name is Parvana by Deborah Ellis.
I'll be starting A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik and On the black Hill by Bruce Chatwin.
Just finished reading My Name is Parvana by Deborah Ellis.
I'll be starting A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik and On the black Hill by Bruce Chatwin.
5benitastrnad
I will be participating this weekend. It is a three day weekend for us and I have plans for Saturday but I will be reading.
7susanna.fraser
I'm in again!
8PawsforThought
I’ll join in from Sweden. It’s a regular weekend and the last before my holidays start next Friday, but (somewhat ironically) it’s the last calm and peaceful weekend I’m likely to have for quite a while.
I’ll be reading from the following:
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers
If Only They Could Talk - James Herriot
I’ll be reading from the following:
Equal Rites - Terry Pratchett
The Nine Tailors - Dorothy L. Sayers
If Only They Could Talk - James Herriot
9thornton37814
I will join this weekend. I'm planning to read some more of The Secret History of Home Economics from Danielle Dreilinger (due for a book club next weekend), finish an apologetics book, read my Bible and hymn devotional, as well as read one or more fiction books. I do have a couple of other things to work on, but I should have large chunks of reading time.
10AnneDC
I'm in! Long weekend for me, that starts at 1:00 pm, so I'm hoping to get more reading time than I've done lately.
11benitastrnad
Friday check-in
Books reading from: Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin for my real life book discussion group to be held in July. I am most actively reading Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo. I read a whole lot in King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo. I am listening to Watching You by Lisa Jewell for another book discussion group and I am still listening in fits and starts to the psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
Books finished This Week: 1 King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo. I am trying to get all of this series read before I forget what the story lines are. They are getting more complicated as the story progresses.
Time reading today: 1 hour at lunch.
Time posting:
Food: Sandwich and an orange for lunch here at work.
Thoughts: I finished reading King of Scars and wonder why it is that series books keep getting longer and longer as the series progresses. This one was 550 pages and the next one in the series Rule of Wolves is 597 pages. If Bardugo was capable of setting up the Grishaverse in 3 books that were about 350 pages surely she should be able to write one that continues the story in the same amount of space?
Non-book activities: I will be going to the last of my knitting lessons tomorrow and so will be spending a great deal of time on the road. This is a great oppertunity to listen to most of my current book. I hope I can knock it off my current reading list this weekend.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 138
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 396.5 hours since April 2020.
Books reading from: Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin for my real life book discussion group to be held in July. I am most actively reading Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo. I read a whole lot in King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo. I am listening to Watching You by Lisa Jewell for another book discussion group and I am still listening in fits and starts to the psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
Books finished This Week: 1 King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo. I am trying to get all of this series read before I forget what the story lines are. They are getting more complicated as the story progresses.
Time reading today: 1 hour at lunch.
Time posting:
Food: Sandwich and an orange for lunch here at work.
Thoughts: I finished reading King of Scars and wonder why it is that series books keep getting longer and longer as the series progresses. This one was 550 pages and the next one in the series Rule of Wolves is 597 pages. If Bardugo was capable of setting up the Grishaverse in 3 books that were about 350 pages surely she should be able to write one that continues the story in the same amount of space?
Non-book activities: I will be going to the last of my knitting lessons tomorrow and so will be spending a great deal of time on the road. This is a great oppertunity to listen to most of my current book. I hope I can knock it off my current reading list this weekend.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 138
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 396.5 hours since April 2020.
12Chatterbox
Might as well give this another try, though I'll have to balance reading with work. I've had a tough few weeks healthwise, so I'm trying to balance things a bit better. At least the weather is cooling off for a few days! In the 60s out there now, I think. Delightful.
I'm going to try to read 5 of my Athenaeum books (they really want them ALL back NOW) this weekend. Right now I'm reading So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières.
I'm going to try to read 5 of my Athenaeum books (they really want them ALL back NOW) this weekend. Right now I'm reading So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières.
13PawsforThought
Books read from: 2 (If Only They Could Talk and The Nine Tailors
Books finished: 0
Time reading: A couple of hours
Snacks: Watermelon, crisps, a sandwich
Non-book activities: Work, cycling to the shop, travel to summer house
Really enjoying my Herriot book, and actually laughed out loud at a paragraph I read last night, describing a drawing in a veterinary textbook.
“A cow standing in the middle of a gleaming floor while a sleek veterinarian surgeon in a spotless parturition overall inserted his arm to a polite distance. He was relaxed and smiling, the farmer and his helpers were smiling, even the cow was smiling. There was no dirt or blood or sweat anywhere.
The man in the picture had just finished and had moved next door to do a bit of calving just for the sheer pleasure of it, as a kind of dessert.”
Books finished: 0
Time reading: A couple of hours
Snacks: Watermelon, crisps, a sandwich
Non-book activities: Work, cycling to the shop, travel to summer house
Really enjoying my Herriot book, and actually laughed out loud at a paragraph I read last night, describing a drawing in a veterinary textbook.
“A cow standing in the middle of a gleaming floor while a sleek veterinarian surgeon in a spotless parturition overall inserted his arm to a polite distance. He was relaxed and smiling, the farmer and his helpers were smiling, even the cow was smiling. There was no dirt or blood or sweat anywhere.
The man in the picture had just finished and had moved next door to do a bit of calving just for the sheer pleasure of it, as a kind of dessert.”
14Chatterbox
Friday evening update:
Books read from: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières and Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
Books finished: 2, Our American Friend and So Much Life Left Over
Time reading: 3.5 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: sashimi and rice for dinner
Thoughts: Just hoping I have enough energy to get everything accomplished that I need to this weekend, so next week isn't another nightmare.
Non-book activities: Listening to the classical music station, talking to the cats (both at the other end of my bed) and enjoying the cooler weather.
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 3.5 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 1/5
Books read from: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières and Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
Books finished: 2, Our American Friend and So Much Life Left Over
Time reading: 3.5 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: sashimi and rice for dinner
Thoughts: Just hoping I have enough energy to get everything accomplished that I need to this weekend, so next week isn't another nightmare.
Non-book activities: Listening to the classical music station, talking to the cats (both at the other end of my bed) and enjoying the cooler weather.
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 3.5 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 1/5
15susanna.fraser
Friday evening in a Seattle whose weather is, for now, gloriously back to normal:
Books read from: Deathless Divide
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1 hour
Food: Grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner
Thoughts: Looking forward to a 3-day weekend
Non-book activities: work, laundry, played a new board game with my husband and son
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour
Books read from: Deathless Divide
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1 hour
Food: Grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner
Thoughts: Looking forward to a 3-day weekend
Non-book activities: work, laundry, played a new board game with my husband and son
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour
16Chatterbox
Friday bedtime update:
Books read from: 2, Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino and The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper
Books finished: The Devil May Dance
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: piece of key lime pie for dessert
Thoughts: Brain non-functional. Hoping I can sleep tonight.
Non-book activities: Listening to the rain, listening to piano music (Schubert)
Total books finished: 3: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance
Total read from: 4 (see all the above)
Total time reading: 5 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 2/5
Books read from: 2, Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino and The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper
Books finished: The Devil May Dance
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: piece of key lime pie for dessert
Thoughts: Brain non-functional. Hoping I can sleep tonight.
Non-book activities: Listening to the rain, listening to piano music (Schubert)
Total books finished: 3: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance
Total read from: 4 (see all the above)
Total time reading: 5 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 2/5
17elkiedee
Saturday 2.45 pm (from Friday 5 pm)
Books read from: 2
Helen Cox, MUrder by the Minster - FINISHED 03.07.21
Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman - STARTED 03.07.21
Books finished: 1
Pages read: 49
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 2
Total pages read: 49
Books read from: 2
Helen Cox, MUrder by the Minster - FINISHED 03.07.21
Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman - STARTED 03.07.21
Books finished: 1
Pages read: 49
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 2
Total pages read: 49
18thornton37814
Saturday 1:00 PM Update:
Books read from: Bible (ESV), Near to the Heart of God by Robert J. Morgan, The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel, The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger, and Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Lunch was homemade hamburger with chips
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Loving on cats, enjoying the pleasant weather, a little TV
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 5 hours
Books read from: Bible (ESV), Near to the Heart of God by Robert J. Morgan, The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel, The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger, and Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Lunch was homemade hamburger with chips
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Loving on cats, enjoying the pleasant weather, a little TV
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 5 hours
19nrmay
Saturday, early afternoon
Sunny, 79 F. (26 C.) in Charlotte NC
books:
put aside the two forementioned titles. Hoopla is NOT working on my phone. :(
I did well reading my own books in June (12!), so I intend for half my July books to be off my own shelves, starting with:
Pietr the Latvian by George Simenon, on my shelf since Christmas.
Still listening to Mrs Pollifax, Innocent Tourist, Dorothy Gilman.
meals & snacks:
breakfast - toast & coffee; lunch - tacos.
Other activity:
Dropped off books for the tiny library in our neighborhood clubhouse.
Sent postcrossing postcards. FaceTime with granddaughters.
Sunny, 79 F. (26 C.) in Charlotte NC
books:
put aside the two forementioned titles. Hoopla is NOT working on my phone. :(
I did well reading my own books in June (12!), so I intend for half my July books to be off my own shelves, starting with:
Pietr the Latvian by George Simenon, on my shelf since Christmas.
Still listening to Mrs Pollifax, Innocent Tourist, Dorothy Gilman.
meals & snacks:
breakfast - toast & coffee; lunch - tacos.
Other activity:
Dropped off books for the tiny library in our neighborhood clubhouse.
Sent postcrossing postcards. FaceTime with granddaughters.
20susanna.fraser
2 PM Saturday in Seattle, also 79 F/26 C and sunny. (Gotta be pretty rare for Seattle and Charlotte to have the same weather!)
Books read from: Deathless Divide
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: chicken sandwich for lunch
Thoughts: Traffic is starting to return to pre-pandemic levels, which I guess is whatever is the opposite of a silver lining.
Non-book activities: Farmers market, library
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
Books read from: Deathless Divide
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: chicken sandwich for lunch
Thoughts: Traffic is starting to return to pre-pandemic levels, which I guess is whatever is the opposite of a silver lining.
Non-book activities: Farmers market, library
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
21PawsforThought
Books read from: 2 (If Only They Could Talk and The Nine Tailors)
Books finished: 0
Time reading: A couple of hours
Snacks: Tea, chocolate, toast
Non-book activities: Resting, podcasts, trying not to melt in the heatwave
Still enjoying my books, though the slow page-turning on the Archive.org copy of The Nine Tailors is driving me mad.
I sprained my foot so have been lying down for large parts of the evening, but haven’t read as much as I could have.
Books finished: 0
Time reading: A couple of hours
Snacks: Tea, chocolate, toast
Non-book activities: Resting, podcasts, trying not to melt in the heatwave
Still enjoying my books, though the slow page-turning on the Archive.org copy of The Nine Tailors is driving me mad.
I sprained my foot so have been lying down for large parts of the evening, but haven’t read as much as I could have.
22elkiedee
Saturday 10.45 pm
Books read from: 6
Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 116
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 7
Total pages read: 165
Books read from: 6
Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 116
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 7
Total pages read: 165
23Chatterbox
Saturday early evening update:
Books read from: 2, audiobook "re-read" of The Marching Season by Daniel Silva; Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Books finished: none since last night
Time reading: 5 hours?
Time posting: nada
Snacks: grilled cheese sandwich with bacon & tomato. Yum.
Thoughts: Anxiety; feeling overwhelmed, but grateful for cooler weather
Non-book activities: Checked off another work-related task on my "to-do" list. Collected a parcel for my neighbors (they're away for the holiday weekend). Fed cats. Talked to my business partner about our tasks/schedule.
Total books finished: 3: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper
Total read from: 6, The Marching Season, Lady in the Lake and Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
Total time reading: 10 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 2/5
Books read from: 2, audiobook "re-read" of The Marching Season by Daniel Silva; Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Books finished: none since last night
Time reading: 5 hours?
Time posting: nada
Snacks: grilled cheese sandwich with bacon & tomato. Yum.
Thoughts: Anxiety; feeling overwhelmed, but grateful for cooler weather
Non-book activities: Checked off another work-related task on my "to-do" list. Collected a parcel for my neighbors (they're away for the holiday weekend). Fed cats. Talked to my business partner about our tasks/schedule.
Total books finished: 3: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper
Total read from: 6, The Marching Season, Lady in the Lake and Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
Total time reading: 10 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 2/5
24cbl_tn
Saturday evening update:
Books read from: The Secret History of Home Economics, Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
Books finished: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: iced tea
Thoughts: It's been a beautiful day!
Non-book activities: Farmer's market, grocery shopping, napping, binge watching Leverage, laundry, walking the dog.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Secret History of Home Economics, Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
Books finished: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: iced tea
Thoughts: It's been a beautiful day!
Non-book activities: Farmer's market, grocery shopping, napping, binge watching Leverage, laundry, walking the dog.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
25torontoc
I was not sure what to read and settled onSense and Sensibility
Dinner- watermelon, cucumber, red onion and feta salad.
Dinner- watermelon, cucumber, red onion and feta salad.
26thornton37814
Saturday 10:30 pm update:
Books read from: Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
Books finished: Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts: I seem to be reading slower than normal. Will review the completed book tomorrow. I enjoyed it and wanted to finish it. Looking forward to getting back to the non-fiction book.
Non-book activities: Calming cats who don't like the fireworks, trying to figure out (unsuccessfully) where the nearby-sounding siren was, a little TV, odds and ends
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 10 hours
Books read from: Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
Books finished: Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts: I seem to be reading slower than normal. Will review the completed book tomorrow. I enjoyed it and wanted to finish it. Looking forward to getting back to the non-fiction book.
Non-book activities: Calming cats who don't like the fireworks, trying to figure out (unsuccessfully) where the nearby-sounding siren was, a little TV, odds and ends
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 10 hours
27Chatterbox
Saturday 10:45 p.m. update:
Books read from: 2, Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman and Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
Books finished: Lady in the Lake
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: just a diet soda
Thoughts: Annoyed by all the idiots setting off fireworks on JULY 3.
Non-book activities: Nothing much.
Total books finished: 4: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper, Lady in the Lake
Total read from: 7, those finished plus The Marching Season by Daniel Silva, Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino and Just Us
Total time reading: 13 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 3/5
Making good progress on this, at least!!
Books read from: 2, Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman and Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
Books finished: Lady in the Lake
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: just a diet soda
Thoughts: Annoyed by all the idiots setting off fireworks on JULY 3.
Non-book activities: Nothing much.
Total books finished: 4: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper, Lady in the Lake
Total read from: 7, those finished plus The Marching Season by Daniel Silva, Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino and Just Us
Total time reading: 13 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 3/5
Making good progress on this, at least!!
28susanna.fraser
Saturday evening update:
Books read from: Deathless Divide
Books finished: Deathless Divide
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: omelet and collard greens for dinner
Thoughts: The flickers who've been visiting the feeders on my deck are a mated pair with at least one fledgling--gray, fuzzy, and cute.
Non-book activities: dinner, birdwatching, board game
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 5 hours
Books read from: Deathless Divide
Books finished: Deathless Divide
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: omelet and collard greens for dinner
Thoughts: The flickers who've been visiting the feeders on my deck are a mated pair with at least one fledgling--gray, fuzzy, and cute.
Non-book activities: dinner, birdwatching, board game
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 5 hours
29AnneDC
Finally reporting in.
Books read from: 3
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 3 hours reading, 4 hours 40 minutes listening
Pages read: 117 plus 3 1/2 chapters of audiobook
Time posting: 30 minutes
Snacks: cafe latte
Thoughts: For a long weekend I haven't found much time for reading so far. I don't really know what I have been doing.
Non-book activities: cleaned out refrigerator, went to a comedy show, watched tv, talked to daughter, farmers market.
Total books finished:0
Total read from: 3: The Shadow of the Wind, The Invention of Nature, Assassination Vacation
Total time reading: 3 hours reading, 4 hours 40 minutes listening
Books read from: 3
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 3 hours reading, 4 hours 40 minutes listening
Pages read: 117 plus 3 1/2 chapters of audiobook
Time posting: 30 minutes
Snacks: cafe latte
Thoughts: For a long weekend I haven't found much time for reading so far. I don't really know what I have been doing.
Non-book activities: cleaned out refrigerator, went to a comedy show, watched tv, talked to daughter, farmers market.
Total books finished:0
Total read from: 3: The Shadow of the Wind, The Invention of Nature, Assassination Vacation
Total time reading: 3 hours reading, 4 hours 40 minutes listening
30elkiedee
Sunday 5.15 pm
Books read from: 6
Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 138
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, Social media, TV and radio
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 7
Total pages read: 303
Books read from: 6
Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 138
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, Social media, TV and radio
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 7
Total pages read: 303
31nrmay
Sunday, just after noon
Books:
Started yet another, Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams.
It's a library book that I realize I have to finish and return before Thurs. when I'm leaving for 5 weeks.
Finished Liberty: A Centennial History of the Statue of Liberty in Post Cards by Jill Bossert. Interesting item I ordered from Thriftbooks. Arrived in time to send a handful of Liberty cards for the Fourth.
Snacks & meals:
Breakfast - blueberry/banana smoothie, coffee
Dinner discussion underway. I suggested grilling out since it's the Fourth of July. Husband thinking of making soup. Too hot for soup, but if he makes it...fine!
Other activity:
Tending to the old needy cat; Sunday newpapers/puzzles; laundry.
sunny, 81 F. (17 C.)
Books:
Started yet another, Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams.
It's a library book that I realize I have to finish and return before Thurs. when I'm leaving for 5 weeks.
Finished Liberty: A Centennial History of the Statue of Liberty in Post Cards by Jill Bossert. Interesting item I ordered from Thriftbooks. Arrived in time to send a handful of Liberty cards for the Fourth.
Snacks & meals:
Breakfast - blueberry/banana smoothie, coffee
Dinner discussion underway. I suggested grilling out since it's the Fourth of July. Husband thinking of making soup. Too hot for soup, but if he makes it...fine!
Other activity:
Tending to the old needy cat; Sunday newpapers/puzzles; laundry.
sunny, 81 F. (17 C.)
32torontoc
I am almost finished reading Sense and Sensibility
33Chatterbox
It's Sunday afternoon and I have a migraine. ARGH.
So, it's audiobook time again.
Books read from: 2, a bit of Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes and re-listen to The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
Books finished: none since last report
Time reading: 6 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: cereal
Thoughts: Migraine. Hate noise. Hate fact I have to work. Feeling guilty that I haven't been working.
Non-book activities: Rotating ice packs.
Total books finished: 4: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper, Lady in the Lake
Total read from: 9, those finished plus The Marching Season by Daniel Silva (yes, I switched to listening to Silva's debut novel, which I still think is his best, The Unlikely Spy, Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino, Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine and Pandora's Jar.
Total time reading: 19 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 3/5
So, it's audiobook time again.
Books read from: 2, a bit of Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes and re-listen to The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
Books finished: none since last report
Time reading: 6 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: cereal
Thoughts: Migraine. Hate noise. Hate fact I have to work. Feeling guilty that I haven't been working.
Non-book activities: Rotating ice packs.
Total books finished: 4: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper, Lady in the Lake
Total read from: 9, those finished plus The Marching Season by Daniel Silva (yes, I switched to listening to Silva's debut novel, which I still think is his best, The Unlikely Spy, Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino, Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine and Pandora's Jar.
Total time reading: 19 hours
Total Athenaeum book count: 3/5
34benitastrnad
Sunday night check-in
Books reading from: Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin for my real life book discussion group to be held in July. I am getting ready to start Boat People by Sharon Bala. I am listening to Watching You by Lisa Jewell for another book discussion group and I am still listening in fits and starts to the psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
Books finished This Week: 2 King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo and the sequel Rule of Wolves by the same author.
Time reading today: 3 hours while sitting around at the swimming pool.
Time posting:
Food: A slice of pizza for supper
Thoughts: I had fun in the Grisha verse. Now it is on to other books in other places.
Non-book activities: I am sitting here at Starbucks watching the sunset and listening to all the fireworks going off. It is not dry here but the Alabama forestry department has been fighting fires in our national forests this last week and advised against it. I will be going to a Fourth of July cookout tomorrow so will be making potato salad in the morning. I have to do enough for ten people.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 139
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 399.5 hours since April 2020.
Books reading from: Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin for my real life book discussion group to be held in July. I am getting ready to start Boat People by Sharon Bala. I am listening to Watching You by Lisa Jewell for another book discussion group and I am still listening in fits and starts to the psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
Books finished This Week: 2 King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo and the sequel Rule of Wolves by the same author.
Time reading today: 3 hours while sitting around at the swimming pool.
Time posting:
Food: A slice of pizza for supper
Thoughts: I had fun in the Grisha verse. Now it is on to other books in other places.
Non-book activities: I am sitting here at Starbucks watching the sunset and listening to all the fireworks going off. It is not dry here but the Alabama forestry department has been fighting fires in our national forests this last week and advised against it. I will be going to a Fourth of July cookout tomorrow so will be making potato salad in the morning. I have to do enough for ten people.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 139
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 399.5 hours since April 2020.
35thornton37814
Sunday 10 pm check-in:
Books read from: Bible (ESV), Near to the Heart of God by Robert J. Morgan, The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel, The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger, The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries edited by Otto Penzler
Books finished: Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: 4th of July meal: country style ribs, corn on the cob, potato salad, garlic bread; a little later: watermelon
Thoughts: Intended to start one other book today that I didn't get to yet--perhaps. before I go to bed.
Non-book activities: Calming cats who don't like the fireworks, church, figuring out I left my phone in my car after church--didn't miss it for several hours, odds and ends
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 14 hours
Books read from: Bible (ESV), Near to the Heart of God by Robert J. Morgan, The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel, The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger, The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries edited by Otto Penzler
Books finished: Fishing for Trouble by Elizabeth Logan
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: 4th of July meal: country style ribs, corn on the cob, potato salad, garlic bread; a little later: watermelon
Thoughts: Intended to start one other book today that I didn't get to yet--perhaps. before I go to bed.
Non-book activities: Calming cats who don't like the fireworks, church, figuring out I left my phone in my car after church--didn't miss it for several hours, odds and ends
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 14 hours
36cbl_tn
Sunday night check-in:
Books read from: The Secret History of Home Economics, The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson, Drummer Hoff, Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?, Independent Dames
Books finished: The Secret History of Home Economics, Drummer Hoff, Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?, Independent Dames
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: cheese & crackers, tea
Thoughts: It's been a lovely day!
Non-book activities: Church, cooking lunch, watching a couple episodes of Leverage, going out for ice cream, cleaning up kitchen, walking dog, watching fireworks from my deck.
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ?
The total looks impressive, but 4 of the 5 books finished were children's books. :-)
Books read from: The Secret History of Home Economics, The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson, Drummer Hoff, Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?, Independent Dames
Books finished: The Secret History of Home Economics, Drummer Hoff, Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?, Independent Dames
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: cheese & crackers, tea
Thoughts: It's been a lovely day!
Non-book activities: Church, cooking lunch, watching a couple episodes of Leverage, going out for ice cream, cleaning up kitchen, walking dog, watching fireworks from my deck.
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ?
The total looks impressive, but 4 of the 5 books finished were children's books. :-)
37susanna.fraser
Sunday evening update:
Books read from: A Summer For Scandal
Books finished: A Summer For Scandal
Time reading: 3 hours
Food: bean soup and homemade blueberry cobbler
Thoughts: That was a nice, relatively low-stakes book. A good palate cleanser.
Non-book activities: church (in person for the first time since March 2020), board game vs. my husband
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 8 hours
Books read from: A Summer For Scandal
Books finished: A Summer For Scandal
Time reading: 3 hours
Food: bean soup and homemade blueberry cobbler
Thoughts: That was a nice, relatively low-stakes book. A good palate cleanser.
Non-book activities: church (in person for the first time since March 2020), board game vs. my husband
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 8 hours
38AnneDC
Sunday night report
Books read from: 4
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 90 minutes reading, 1 hours 30 minutes listening
Pages read: 59 plus 2 1/2 chapters of audiobook
Time posting: 5 minutes
Dinner: grilled burgers, cacio e pepe pasta with fava beans and peas, green salad, blackberry cobbler
Thoughts: We had a lovely view of DC fireworks from our roof tonight. It's been years since we've had a clear view--some trees have come down over the past two years and though it was sad to lose them it's really opened up our view.
Non-book activities: planted an herb garden, yoga, cooked dinner, had my daughter and her partner over, watched fireworks, did some dishes
Total books finished:0
Total read from: 5: The Shadow of the Wind, The Invention of Nature, Assassination Vacation, Thanks for the Feedback, The Jeffersonian Transformation
Total time reading: 4 1/2 hours reading, 6 hours 10 minutes listening
Books read from: 4
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 90 minutes reading, 1 hours 30 minutes listening
Pages read: 59 plus 2 1/2 chapters of audiobook
Time posting: 5 minutes
Dinner: grilled burgers, cacio e pepe pasta with fava beans and peas, green salad, blackberry cobbler
Thoughts: We had a lovely view of DC fireworks from our roof tonight. It's been years since we've had a clear view--some trees have come down over the past two years and though it was sad to lose them it's really opened up our view.
Non-book activities: planted an herb garden, yoga, cooked dinner, had my daughter and her partner over, watched fireworks, did some dishes
Total books finished:0
Total read from: 5: The Shadow of the Wind, The Invention of Nature, Assassination Vacation, Thanks for the Feedback, The Jeffersonian Transformation
Total time reading: 4 1/2 hours reading, 6 hours 10 minutes listening
39PawsforThought
Monday morning since I fell asleep before posting last night.
Books read from: 1 Equal Rites
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2-ish hours
Snacks: Blueberry pie
Non-book activities: Trying to stay alive in the heat.
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3 (Equal Rites, The Nine Tailors, If Only They Could Talk)
Total time reading: 6-ish hours
Books read from: 1 Equal Rites
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2-ish hours
Snacks: Blueberry pie
Non-book activities: Trying to stay alive in the heat.
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3 (Equal Rites, The Nine Tailors, If Only They Could Talk)
Total time reading: 6-ish hours
40elkiedee
Monday 1.50 pm
Books read from: 5
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 69
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, Social media, TV and radio
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 7
Total pages read: 372
Books read from: 5
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 69
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, Social media, TV and radio
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 7
Total pages read: 372
41AnneDC
Monday noon
Books read from: 6
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 90 minutes reading, 53 minutes listening
Pages read: 69 plus 2 chapters of audiobook
Time posting: 5 minutes
Breakfast: cafe latte and a peach
Thoughts: What to do with my day off?
Non-book activities: sending my 18 year old off on a trip with her friends, conversation with husband, yoga, last night's dishes
Total books finished:0
Total read from: 5: The Shadow of the Wind, The Invention of Nature, Assassination Vacation, Thanks for the Feedback, The Jeffersonian Transformation, Red Summer
Total time reading: 5 hours 40 minutes reading, 7 hours listening
Books read from: 6
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 90 minutes reading, 53 minutes listening
Pages read: 69 plus 2 chapters of audiobook
Time posting: 5 minutes
Breakfast: cafe latte and a peach
Thoughts: What to do with my day off?
Non-book activities: sending my 18 year old off on a trip with her friends, conversation with husband, yoga, last night's dishes
Total books finished:0
Total read from: 5: The Shadow of the Wind, The Invention of Nature, Assassination Vacation, Thanks for the Feedback, The Jeffersonian Transformation, Red Summer
Total time reading: 5 hours 40 minutes reading, 7 hours listening
42elkiedee
Monday 9.20 pm
Books read from: 9
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
Francesca Wade, Square Haunting
Lyndsay Faye, Seven for a Secret
Elizabeth McCracken, Thunderstruck and Other Stories
Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 104
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, Social media, TV and radio
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 11
Total pages read: 476
Books read from: 9
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars
Francesca Wade, Square Haunting
Lyndsay Faye, Seven for a Secret
Elizabeth McCracken, Thunderstruck and Other Stories
Michelle Magorian, Goodnight Mister Tom
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 104
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, Social media, TV and radio
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 11
Total pages read: 476
43Chatterbox
Monday afternoon update:
Feels like a Sunday; it's a holiday Monday. Migraine has abated but I'm still in recovery.
Books read from: 2, re-listen to The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva and The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, dipped back into Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
Books finished: The Unlikely Spy
Time reading: 7 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: ham sandwich, apricots
Thoughts: Ugh.
Non-book activities: Trying to catch up on work -- edits of two things filed Friday, plus work on another project.
Total books finished: 5: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper, Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman and The Unlikely Spy
Total read from: 10, those finished plus The Marching Season by Daniel Silva (dropped this to re-listen to Silva's debut), Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino, Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine, Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes and a re-listen of The Winds of War
Total time reading: 26 hours
Athenaeum book count: 3/5 books read
Feels like a Sunday; it's a holiday Monday. Migraine has abated but I'm still in recovery.
Books read from: 2, re-listen to The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva and The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, dipped back into Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino
Books finished: The Unlikely Spy
Time reading: 7 hours
Time posting: nada
Snacks: ham sandwich, apricots
Thoughts: Ugh.
Non-book activities: Trying to catch up on work -- edits of two things filed Friday, plus work on another project.
Total books finished: 5: Our American Friend by Anna Pitoniak, So Much Life Left Over by Louis De Bernières, The Devil May Dance by Jake Tapper, Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman and The Unlikely Spy
Total read from: 10, those finished plus The Marching Season by Daniel Silva (dropped this to re-listen to Silva's debut), Silent Parade by Keigo Higashino, Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine, Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes and a re-listen of The Winds of War
Total time reading: 26 hours
Athenaeum book count: 3/5 books read
44thornton37814
Monday 8:30 pm check-in:
Books read from: Bible (ESV), Near to the Heart of God by Robert J. Morgan, The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel, The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger, The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries edited by Otto Penzler, Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delany
Books finished:
Time reading: 7 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Main snack has been watermelon today
Thoughts: Horrible headache all day; I decided to see if the audiobook for Delany's book was available--and it was--so I began it in print and have been listening so I don't have to use my eyes so much. (see below for Thoughts continued)
Non-book activities: petting cats, cooking, resting with cold compress to try to get rid of the headache
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 21 hours
Thoughts continued: I should finish three of these in the next couple of days. I could finish two tonight if I thought my headache would allow it. The audiobook goes slower than I normally read. I do have it speeded up a little, but probably not enough. I remembered I wanted to read part of the Christmas stories for "Christmas in July" and then finish it between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So far it's a great collection.
Books read from: Bible (ESV), Near to the Heart of God by Robert J. Morgan, The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel, The Secret History of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger, The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries edited by Otto Penzler, Tea & Treachery by Vicki Delany
Books finished:
Time reading: 7 hours
Time posting:
Snacks: Main snack has been watermelon today
Thoughts: Horrible headache all day; I decided to see if the audiobook for Delany's book was available--and it was--so I began it in print and have been listening so I don't have to use my eyes so much. (see below for Thoughts continued)
Non-book activities: petting cats, cooking, resting with cold compress to try to get rid of the headache
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 21 hours
Thoughts continued: I should finish three of these in the next couple of days. I could finish two tonight if I thought my headache would allow it. The audiobook goes slower than I normally read. I do have it speeded up a little, but probably not enough. I remembered I wanted to read part of the Christmas stories for "Christmas in July" and then finish it between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So far it's a great collection.
45susanna.fraser
Monday 7 PM:
Books read from: The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: chicken with dried fruit and homemade kale chips
Thoughts: Long weekends are always shorter than I want them to be.
Non-book activities: walk in the park, massage, Target run
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 10 hours
Books read from: The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: chicken with dried fruit and homemade kale chips
Thoughts: Long weekends are always shorter than I want them to be.
Non-book activities: walk in the park, massage, Target run
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 10 hours
46torontoc
I finished Sense and Sensibility - great read!
47AnneDC
The end of a three-day weekend.
Books read from: 4
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 78 minutes reading, 135 minutes listening
Pages read: 64 plus 5 chapters of audiobook
Time posting: 5 minutes
Dinner: Pasta with asparagus, peas and smoked salmon
Thoughts: I keep starting new books.
Non-book activities: laundry, making dinner, trip to the store, planting flowers, walking dog, talking with a friend
Total books finished:1 Assassination Vacation
Total read from: 8: The Shadow of the Wind, The Invention of Nature, Assassination Vacation, Thanks for the Feedback, The Jeffersonian Transformation, Red Summer, Thirteen Ways of Looking, A Month in the Country
Total time reading: 7 hours reading, 9 hours 15 minutes listening
Books read from: 4
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 78 minutes reading, 135 minutes listening
Pages read: 64 plus 5 chapters of audiobook
Time posting: 5 minutes
Dinner: Pasta with asparagus, peas and smoked salmon
Thoughts: I keep starting new books.
Non-book activities: laundry, making dinner, trip to the store, planting flowers, walking dog, talking with a friend
Total books finished:1 Assassination Vacation
Total read from: 8: The Shadow of the Wind, The Invention of Nature, Assassination Vacation, Thanks for the Feedback, The Jeffersonian Transformation, Red Summer, Thirteen Ways of Looking, A Month in the Country
Total time reading: 7 hours reading, 9 hours 15 minutes listening
48nrmay
Wrap-up
Books:
Finished the thriller Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams late last night.
Now it's back to Pietr the Latvian and more of my own books.
Almost done listening to Mrs Pollifax, Innocent Tourist by Dorothy Gilman.
Up next - A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
breakfast was oatmeal, coffee.
Other activity:
Getting ready to leave for 5 weeks in California. Hot in NC this time of year, but very pleasant in the Bay Area. I'll be there for my oldest granddaughter's 5th birthday!
While watering my flowers I watched a bunny up on his haunches trying to shake the bird feeder - a bad habit he's learned from the pesky squirrels . .
Sunny, 82 F. (28 C.) at 11am
Books:
Finished the thriller Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams late last night.
Now it's back to Pietr the Latvian and more of my own books.
Almost done listening to Mrs Pollifax, Innocent Tourist by Dorothy Gilman.
Up next - A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
breakfast was oatmeal, coffee.
Other activity:
Getting ready to leave for 5 weeks in California. Hot in NC this time of year, but very pleasant in the Bay Area. I'll be there for my oldest granddaughter's 5th birthday!
While watering my flowers I watched a bunny up on his haunches trying to shake the bird feeder - a bad habit he's learned from the pesky squirrels . .
Sunny, 82 F. (28 C.) at 11am
49elkiedee
Monday late evening/late night
Books read from: 5
Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Books finished: 0joint
Pages read: 51
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, Social media, TV and radio, draft election statement and email discussion because I'm standing as a jobshare candidate
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 11
Total pages read: 527
Books read from: 5
Louise Erdrich, The Night Watchman
Peter Robinson, Not Dark Yet
Carol Shields, Collected Stories
Natalie Haynes, The Children of Jocasta
Ellen Wilkinson, The Division Bell Mystery
Books finished: 0joint
Pages read: 51
Thoughts: LT and Goodreads updates
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, Social media, TV and radio, draft election statement and email discussion because I'm standing as a jobshare candidate
Total books finished: 1
Total books read from: 11
Total pages read: 527
50benitastrnad
Last of the holiday weekend check-in
Books reading from: I started reading Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin, in earnest for my real life book discussion group that meets next Sunday. I started Boat People by Sharon Bala and think this is going to be a winner. I am listening to Watching You by Lisa Jewell and am getting exasperated with women who allow themselves to be manipulated. I am still slowly listening to the psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
Books finished This Week: 2 King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo and the sequel Rule of Wolves by the same author. Done with this series!
Time reading today: 2 hours while eating a leisurely breakfast yesterday and right before bed last night.
Time posting:
Food: Attended a cookout with friends. We had hamburgers, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad (my contribution to the menu), and berry pie with ice cream.
Thoughts: I had fun in the Grisha verse. Now it is on to other books in other places.
Non-book activities: Spent a great morning cooking potato salad. It was fun to cook enough for several people.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 139
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 401.5 hours since April 2020.
Books reading from: I started reading Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin, in earnest for my real life book discussion group that meets next Sunday. I started Boat People by Sharon Bala and think this is going to be a winner. I am listening to Watching You by Lisa Jewell and am getting exasperated with women who allow themselves to be manipulated. I am still slowly listening to the psychological thriller Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough.
Books finished This Week: 2 King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo and the sequel Rule of Wolves by the same author. Done with this series!
Time reading today: 2 hours while eating a leisurely breakfast yesterday and right before bed last night.
Time posting:
Food: Attended a cookout with friends. We had hamburgers, baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad (my contribution to the menu), and berry pie with ice cream.
Thoughts: I had fun in the Grisha verse. Now it is on to other books in other places.
Non-book activities: Spent a great morning cooking potato salad. It was fun to cook enough for several people.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 139
Total time reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 401.5 hours since April 2020.
