Social Distancing Readathon #91 - December 10 - 12
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2021
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1SilverWolf28
Welcome to another readathon!
We generally run from Friday at 5 p.m. to Sunday at midnight in whatever time zone you choose, but feel free to start earlier on Friday and wrap up overnight Sunday/Monday, if that's what you want to do.
Here are some things to track throughout the weekend, if you choose:
Books read from:
Books finished:
Time reading:
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts:
Non-book activities:
Total books finished:
Total read from:
Total time reading:
Who is participating -
1. SilverWolf (SilverWolf28) -- Tennessee, USA
2. Benita (benitastrnad) -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
3. Susanna (susanna.fraser) -- Seattle, Washington, USA
4. Stacia (alcottacre) -- Sherman, Texas, USA
5. Lynda (Carmenere) -- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
6. Chris (ChrisG1) -- Portland, Oregon, USA
7. Paul (PaulCranswick) -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8. Cyrel (torontoc) -- Toronto, Canada
9. Luci (elkiedee) -- London, UK
10. Anne (AnneDC) -- Washington DC, USA
11. The_Hibernator (Rachel) - Richfield, Minnesota, USA
12. Dee (Deedledee) -- Nova Scotia, Canada
13. Nancy (nrmay) -- North Carolina, USA
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. Benita (benitastrnad) -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
3. Susanna (susanna.fraser) -- Seattle, Washington, USA
4. Stacia (alcottacre) -- Sherman, Texas, USA
5. Lynda (Carmenere) -- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
6. Chris (ChrisG1) -- Portland, Oregon, USA
7. Paul (PaulCranswick) -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
8. Cyrel (torontoc) -- Toronto, Canada
9. Luci (elkiedee) -- London, UK
10. Anne (AnneDC) -- Washington DC, USA
11. The_Hibernator (Rachel) - Richfield, Minnesota, USA
12. Dee (Deedledee) -- Nova Scotia, Canada
13. Nancy (nrmay) -- North Carolina, USA
2benitastrnad
I'm again.
Thursday night Update:
Books Read From: Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. Devil You Know by Kit Rocha I am still listening to Raven Tower by Ann Leckie.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage.
Time reading:
Time posting:
Food:
Thoughts: I finished two books this last week. Yeah for me!
Non-book activities: work
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 184
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 495 hours since April 2020.
Thursday night Update:
Books Read From: Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. Devil You Know by Kit Rocha I am still listening to Raven Tower by Ann Leckie.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage.
Time reading:
Time posting:
Food:
Thoughts: I finished two books this last week. Yeah for me!
Non-book activities: work
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 184
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 495 hours since April 2020.
3susanna.fraser
Count me in.
4alcottacre
Having missed last weekend's read-a-thon, I am definitely in this weekend!
6ChrisG1
Count me in again! Currently reading The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson and The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Alexander Mikaberidze
7PaulCranswick
I'm in this weekend.
Looking to finish off The Black Cloud and then Shadow Tag before moving onto more options.
Looking to finish off The Black Cloud and then Shadow Tag before moving onto more options.
11The_Hibernator
I'm in! Goal is 4 hours Audiobook a day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
12benitastrnad
Friday afternoon Update:
Books Read From: Devil You Know by Kit Rocha. Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. I started listening to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage. Raven Tower by Anne Leckie
Time reading: half an hour at lunch
Time posting:
Food: left over mac and cheese and a piece of ham.
Thoughts: Raven Tower is a very strange book. The recording is well done, but the content of this fantasy is strange. Not at all what I expected from Leckie after reading her Imperial Radch series. Oh well - I guess good author's can't hit on all cylinders all the time. I immediately started listening to Book 6 in the Potty Harry series since I will be traveling for Kansas starting on Wednesday. Time to get into the holiday spirit.
Non-book activities: work
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 185
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 495.5 hours since April 2020.
Books Read From: Devil You Know by Kit Rocha. Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. I started listening to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage. Raven Tower by Anne Leckie
Time reading: half an hour at lunch
Time posting:
Food: left over mac and cheese and a piece of ham.
Thoughts: Raven Tower is a very strange book. The recording is well done, but the content of this fantasy is strange. Not at all what I expected from Leckie after reading her Imperial Radch series. Oh well - I guess good author's can't hit on all cylinders all the time. I immediately started listening to Book 6 in the Potty Harry series since I will be traveling for Kansas starting on Wednesday. Time to get into the holiday spirit.
Non-book activities: work
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 185
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 495.5 hours since April 2020.
13alcottacre
>12 benitastrnad: I think that it is cool that you keep track of your total books and hours since the read-a-thon started, Benita.
15susanna.fraser
Friday night:
Books read from: Galactic Stew
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1 hour
Food: steak sandwich
Thoughts: This is going to be a very hectic weekend.
Non-book activities: work, laundry, bill paying, Christmas shopping
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour
Books read from: Galactic Stew
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1 hour
Food: steak sandwich
Thoughts: This is going to be a very hectic weekend.
Non-book activities: work, laundry, bill paying, Christmas shopping
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour
16Carmenere
Friday night update:
Books read from: Give Unto Others
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1 1/2 hours
Food: graham crackers with milk
Thoughts: Should I make stuff cabbages tomorrow or Sunday? - Should I bake cookies tomorrow or Sunday? Will Saturday's storms cause power outages? If so, what can I do around the house in the dark to prepare for Christmas Eve? My mind is swimming in thoughts. Oh My Gosh! I forgot to pick up the cabbage at the grocery store on Thursday. Must get that first thing on Saturday.
Non-book activities: online shopping, youtube
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 1/2 hours
Books read from: Give Unto Others
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1 1/2 hours
Food: graham crackers with milk
Thoughts: Should I make stuff cabbages tomorrow or Sunday? - Should I bake cookies tomorrow or Sunday? Will Saturday's storms cause power outages? If so, what can I do around the house in the dark to prepare for Christmas Eve? My mind is swimming in thoughts. Oh My Gosh! I forgot to pick up the cabbage at the grocery store on Thursday. Must get that first thing on Saturday.
Non-book activities: online shopping, youtube
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 1/2 hours
17PaulCranswick
Saturday evening update:
Books read from: 4 ( The Lover, Horse Latitudes, The Black Cloud & Shadow Tag
Books finished: 2 (the Pinter and the Hoyle)
Time reading: 6 hours
Food: Steak, peas, Yorkshire puddings and horseradish, about a gallon of coffee
Thoughts: 24 hours of reading this weekend
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 6 hours
Books read from: 4 ( The Lover, Horse Latitudes, The Black Cloud & Shadow Tag
Books finished: 2 (the Pinter and the Hoyle)
Time reading: 6 hours
Food: Steak, peas, Yorkshire puddings and horseradish, about a gallon of coffee
Thoughts: 24 hours of reading this weekend
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 6 hours
18AnneDC
Friday/Saturday morning reading:
Books read from:Unsettled Ground, Whose Body?, A Lesson in Secrets
Books finished: 2 (Unsettled Ground, A Lesson in Secrets)
Time reading: 2 hours plus 1 hour 48 minutes listening
Pages read: 89 pages plus 3 chapters audiobook
Dinner: Cobb salad
Thoughts: I'm anticipating a busy weekend and don't know how I will get everything done that I need to.
Non-book activities: dinner out with friends and a holidayish concert at a club, farmers market, yoga
Total books finished: 2 (Unsettled Ground, A Lesson in Secrets)
Total read from: 3 Unsettled Ground, Whose Body?, A Lesson in Secrets
Total time reading: 2 hours plus 1 hour 48 minutes listening
Total pages read: 89 pages plus 3 chapters audiobook
Books read from:Unsettled Ground, Whose Body?, A Lesson in Secrets
Books finished: 2 (Unsettled Ground, A Lesson in Secrets)
Time reading: 2 hours plus 1 hour 48 minutes listening
Pages read: 89 pages plus 3 chapters audiobook
Dinner: Cobb salad
Thoughts: I'm anticipating a busy weekend and don't know how I will get everything done that I need to.
Non-book activities: dinner out with friends and a holidayish concert at a club, farmers market, yoga
Total books finished: 2 (Unsettled Ground, A Lesson in Secrets)
Total read from: 3 Unsettled Ground, Whose Body?, A Lesson in Secrets
Total time reading: 2 hours plus 1 hour 48 minutes listening
Total pages read: 89 pages plus 3 chapters audiobook
20alcottacre
I have not even started yet, but am hopeful of getting in some reading today. I did read briefly last night, but not enough to mention.
21alcottacre
Saturday evening update:
Books read from: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Pleasure of Ruins by Rose Macaulay, and Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
Books finished: A Christmas Carol
Time reading: ~3 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: Watching the Army-Navy game. Go Navy! Beat Army!
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ~3 hours
Books read from: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Pleasure of Ruins by Rose Macaulay, and Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
Books finished: A Christmas Carol
Time reading: ~3 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: Watching the Army-Navy game. Go Navy! Beat Army!
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ~3 hours
22torontoc
I finished The House of Fragile Things Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France by James McAuley -It is very good.
There is a very big wind blowing now- my neighbour's barbecue tipped over onto my nice hydrangea. Well they will have to rescue it in the morning.
Dinner- great left overs.
Next book.... hmm
There is a very big wind blowing now- my neighbour's barbecue tipped over onto my nice hydrangea. Well they will have to rescue it in the morning.
Dinner- great left overs.
Next book.... hmm
23benitastrnad
Saturday night Update
Books Read From: Devil You Know by Kit Rocha. Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved By Bees by Meredith May. I am listening to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage. Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch
Time posting:
Food: Left overs
Thoughts: I got another Gingerbread Bundt Cake baked today and this one was perfect. I stopped at a bakery and noticed that they had an apple pie for sale for $39.00. Blueberry was priced at $40.00. If pies are worth that much I figure that my gingerbread cakes are worth $25.00 each. I need to get another one baked tomorrow and one on Tuesday in order to have enough for the neighbors. This time the cake came out of the pan perfectly. Just goes to show that in order to do baking right you have to be there and hit all those sweet spots.
Non-book activities: getting groceries and doing laundry
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 185
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 496.5 hours since April 2020.
Books Read From: Devil You Know by Kit Rocha. Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved By Bees by Meredith May. I am listening to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage. Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch
Time posting:
Food: Left overs
Thoughts: I got another Gingerbread Bundt Cake baked today and this one was perfect. I stopped at a bakery and noticed that they had an apple pie for sale for $39.00. Blueberry was priced at $40.00. If pies are worth that much I figure that my gingerbread cakes are worth $25.00 each. I need to get another one baked tomorrow and one on Tuesday in order to have enough for the neighbors. This time the cake came out of the pan perfectly. Just goes to show that in order to do baking right you have to be there and hit all those sweet spots.
Non-book activities: getting groceries and doing laundry
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 185
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 496.5 hours since April 2020.
24alcottacre
Saturday night update:
Books read from: Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr, Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich, Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis, The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore, Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami, and
Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck
Books finished: Stones for Ibarra and Shadow Tag
Time reading: ~6 hours
Time posting: 20 minutes or so
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: Listening to music
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~9 hours
Books read from: Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr, Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich, Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis, The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore, Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami, and
Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck
Books finished: Stones for Ibarra and Shadow Tag
Time reading: ~6 hours
Time posting: 20 minutes or so
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: Listening to music
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~9 hours
25elkiedee
9.30 am Sunday morning in London, UK
from Friday at 4 pm to Saturday night
Books read from: 10
Louise Erdrich, The Sentence - FINISHED 11.12.21
Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees - STARTED 11.12.21
Jacqueline Woodson, Red at the Bone - FINISHED 10.12.21
Elly Griffiths, The Midnight Hour
Selina Todd, Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth
Zadie Smith, Grand Union
Jessica Fellowes, Bright Young Dead
Jeremy Mercer, Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs
Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation
Pages read: 350
Books finished: 2
Book related: Visit to the local library to return some books that I'm out of renewals on. Also returned a book so I could borrow Richard Ovenden, Burning the Books from a new books display, and borrowed another interesting looking YA title. LT and GR updates.
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, social media, radio and TV
Total books finished: 2
Total pages read: 350
Total read from: 10
from Friday at 4 pm to Saturday night
Books read from: 10
Louise Erdrich, The Sentence - FINISHED 11.12.21
Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees - STARTED 11.12.21
Jacqueline Woodson, Red at the Bone - FINISHED 10.12.21
Elly Griffiths, The Midnight Hour
Selina Todd, Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth
Zadie Smith, Grand Union
Jessica Fellowes, Bright Young Dead
Jeremy Mercer, Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs
Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation
Pages read: 350
Books finished: 2
Book related: Visit to the local library to return some books that I'm out of renewals on. Also returned a book so I could borrow Richard Ovenden, Burning the Books from a new books display, and borrowed another interesting looking YA title. LT and GR updates.
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, social media, radio and TV
Total books finished: 2
Total pages read: 350
Total read from: 10
27torontoc
I started a book of essays by Ann Patchett -These Precious Days. It is so good!
28AnneDC
Saturday reading:
Books read from: Whose Body?, A Lesson in Secrets, Julie of the Wolves, Dark Money, The Source of Self-Regard, How Music Works, Whose Body?, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
Books finished: 3 (Whose Body, Julie of the Wolves, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story)
Time reading: 4 hours 30 minutes
Pages read: 247 pages
Dinner: Indian food
Thoughts: This might be it for my reading this weekend--time to do some baking.
Non-book activities: dinner and theater (August Wilson Seven Guitars)
Total books finished: 5 (Unsettled Ground, A Lesson in Secrets, Whose Body, Julie of the Wolves, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story)
Total read from: 9 Unsettled Ground, Whose Body?, A Lesson in Secrets, Julie of the Wolves, Dark Money, The Source of Self-Regard, How Music Works, Whose Body?, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
Total time reading: 6 hours 30 minutes reading plus 1 hour 48 minutes listening
Total pages read: 336 pages plus 3 chapters audiobook
Books read from: Whose Body?, A Lesson in Secrets, Julie of the Wolves, Dark Money, The Source of Self-Regard, How Music Works, Whose Body?, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
Books finished: 3 (Whose Body, Julie of the Wolves, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story)
Time reading: 4 hours 30 minutes
Pages read: 247 pages
Dinner: Indian food
Thoughts: This might be it for my reading this weekend--time to do some baking.
Non-book activities: dinner and theater (August Wilson Seven Guitars)
Total books finished: 5 (Unsettled Ground, A Lesson in Secrets, Whose Body, Julie of the Wolves, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story)
Total read from: 9 Unsettled Ground, Whose Body?, A Lesson in Secrets, Julie of the Wolves, Dark Money, The Source of Self-Regard, How Music Works, Whose Body?, In the Dark Streets Shineth: A 1941 Christmas Eve Story
Total time reading: 6 hours 30 minutes reading plus 1 hour 48 minutes listening
Total pages read: 336 pages plus 3 chapters audiobook
29benitastrnad
Sunday evening Update
Books Read From: White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland by Dick Lehr. Devil You Know by Kit Rocha. Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved By Bees by Meredith May. I am listening to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage. Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch and another half hour this afternoon.
Time posting:
Food: Indian food
Thoughts: I didn't want to read any of the books I had started so I started another and this one got my attention. It is White Hot Hate and I have read 50 pages in it so far today. I am thinking this won't take long for me to read.
Non-book Activities: Still doing laundry and baking. Have a batch of dinner rolls rising and the ingredients laid out for another Gingerbread Cake.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 185
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 498 hours since April 2020.
Books Read From: White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland by Dick Lehr. Devil You Know by Kit Rocha. Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved By Bees by Meredith May. I am listening to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage. Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch and another half hour this afternoon.
Time posting:
Food: Indian food
Thoughts: I didn't want to read any of the books I had started so I started another and this one got my attention. It is White Hot Hate and I have read 50 pages in it so far today. I am thinking this won't take long for me to read.
Non-book Activities: Still doing laundry and baking. Have a batch of dinner rolls rising and the ingredients laid out for another Gingerbread Cake.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 185
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 498 hours since April 2020.
30Deedledee
Weekend wrap up
Books read from: Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, The Children of Red Peak by Craig Dilouie, Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge, The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman
Books finished: Christmas Shopaholic, Woman in Red
Non-book activities: Worked on Saturday and then went to a festive evening at a friend's place.
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Books read from: Christmas Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, The Children of Red Peak by Craig Dilouie, Woman in Red by Eileen Goudge, The Most Dangerous Thing by Laura Lippman
Books finished: Christmas Shopaholic, Woman in Red
Non-book activities: Worked on Saturday and then went to a festive evening at a friend's place.
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
31susanna.fraser
This ended up being a very bad reading weekend for me--yesterday in particular was nonstop hectic.
Books read from: Galactic Stew
Books finished: Galactic Stew
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: homemade Christmas candy
Thoughts: I should just accept that my life will be hectic right up through 12/23.
Non-book activities: Too many
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
Books read from: Galactic Stew
Books finished: Galactic Stew
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: homemade Christmas candy
Thoughts: I should just accept that my life will be hectic right up through 12/23.
Non-book activities: Too many
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
32alcottacre
Sunday night update:
Books read from: Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis, The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore, Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami, Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb, The Guncle by Steven Rowley and Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck
Books finished: Miracle and Other Christmas Stories , The Woman They Could Not Silence , Absolutely on Music, Immortal in Death and Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found
Time reading: ~8 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: Watching football
Total books finished: 8
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: ~17 hours
Books read from: Miracle and Other Christmas Stories by Connie Willis, The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore, Absolutely on Music by Haruki Murakami, Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb, The Guncle by Steven Rowley and Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found by Jennifer Lauck
Books finished: Miracle and Other Christmas Stories , The Woman They Could Not Silence , Absolutely on Music, Immortal in Death and Blackbird: A Childhood Lost and Found
Time reading: ~8 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: Watching football
Total books finished: 8
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: ~17 hours
34elkiedee
The rest of Sunday including some late night reading into the early hours
Books read from: 2
Elly Griffiths, The Midnight Hour - FINISHED 12.12.21
Selina Todd, Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth
Pages read: 87
Books finished: 1
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, social media, radio and TV
A quiz night on Zoom. There was a round on art and literature where we did ok but several teams did similarly well. We fell foul of the second of two questions on the Narnia books. I didn't know the answer to the first question about a statue in Copenhagen but a team mate said something about a naked woman and I said oh, is it The Little Mermaid? I've heard a couple of TV or radio things about mermaid novels recently and Hans Christian Andersen was of course Danish. It was the right answer!
Total books finished: 3
Total pages read: 437
Total read from: 10
Books read from: 2
Elly Griffiths, The Midnight Hour - FINISHED 12.12.21
Selina Todd, Snakes and Ladders: The Great British Social Mobility Myth
Pages read: 87
Books finished: 1
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, social media, radio and TV
A quiz night on Zoom. There was a round on art and literature where we did ok but several teams did similarly well. We fell foul of the second of two questions on the Narnia books. I didn't know the answer to the first question about a statue in Copenhagen but a team mate said something about a naked woman and I said oh, is it The Little Mermaid? I've heard a couple of TV or radio things about mermaid novels recently and Hans Christian Andersen was of course Danish. It was the right answer!
Total books finished: 3
Total pages read: 437
Total read from: 10
35ChrisG1
Monday morning summary:
Books read from: The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson, The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Alexander Mikaberidze, Warlord by Bernard Cornwell
Books completed: The Cold Dish
Total pages read: 390
Non-book activities: Hosted a Christmas dinner party for my barbershop quartet & spouses, watched my grandson play in a basketball tournament.
Books read from: The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson, The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Alexander Mikaberidze, Warlord by Bernard Cornwell
Books completed: The Cold Dish
Total pages read: 390
Non-book activities: Hosted a Christmas dinner party for my barbershop quartet & spouses, watched my grandson play in a basketball tournament.
36Carmenere
Saturday and Sunday update:
Books read from: Give unto others
Books finished: none
Time reading: about 2 hours
Food: I can't remember, so it must not be anything worth mentioning
Thoughts: How could I mess up a cookie recipe that I've been making for years?!
Non-book activities:baking and cleaning and watching football
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Books read from: Give unto others
Books finished: none
Time reading: about 2 hours
Food: I can't remember, so it must not be anything worth mentioning
Thoughts: How could I mess up a cookie recipe that I've been making for years?!
Non-book activities:baking and cleaning and watching football
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
37benitastrnad
Monday morning Update
Books Read From: White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland by Dick Lehr. Devil You Know by Kit Rocha. Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved By Bees by Meredith May. I am listening to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage. Raven Tower by Ann Leckie.
Time reading: 1 hour before bed last night and 1 hour this morning.
Time posting:
Food: left over gingerbread cake
Thoughts: White Hot Hate continues to interest me. Partly because I lived 30 miles from Garden City back in the 1980's and saw the demographic changes that were taking place in the city. I am almost 100 pages into the book now and have no intention of stopping reading it. I had an appointment this morning but I ended up waiting and the only book I had with me was Devil You Know so I read about 30 pages in that book. I have picked out the books I am taking home with me to read while I am on vacation, and already have them in the car. I usually take four books and that is what I am taking this time. However, they are big books and I usually don't get that much reading done while at home, so I doubt I will get all four of them read before I come back. I guess I will see.
Non-book Activities: Still doing some laundry and lots of baking. Tomorrow will be a nice day so I am going to clean out my car and do all of my packing in between baking more gingerbread cakes. I will leave for home on Thursday.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 185
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 500 hours since April 2020.
Books Read From: White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland by Dick Lehr. Devil You Know by Kit Rocha. Stallion Gate by Martin Cruz Smith. Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved By Bees by Meredith May. I am listening to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Chaos Monkeys by Antonio Garcia Martinez. Last Night At the Ritz by Elizabeth Savage. Raven Tower by Ann Leckie.
Time reading: 1 hour before bed last night and 1 hour this morning.
Time posting:
Food: left over gingerbread cake
Thoughts: White Hot Hate continues to interest me. Partly because I lived 30 miles from Garden City back in the 1980's and saw the demographic changes that were taking place in the city. I am almost 100 pages into the book now and have no intention of stopping reading it. I had an appointment this morning but I ended up waiting and the only book I had with me was Devil You Know so I read about 30 pages in that book. I have picked out the books I am taking home with me to read while I am on vacation, and already have them in the car. I usually take four books and that is what I am taking this time. However, they are big books and I usually don't get that much reading done while at home, so I doubt I will get all four of them read before I come back. I guess I will see.
Non-book Activities: Still doing some laundry and lots of baking. Tomorrow will be a nice day so I am going to clean out my car and do all of my packing in between baking more gingerbread cakes. I will leave for home on Thursday.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 185
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 500 hours since April 2020.
38SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/337564
39alcottacre
>33 elkiedee: With the exception of one book, Luci, they were all started earlier in the week. Thanks!
