Social Distancing Readathon #92 - December 17 - 19
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
2cbl_tn
I haven't joined in a while. I'm getting my COVID booster tomorrow morning. If I have the same kind of reaction that I did with my second shot, I expect I'll have plenty of time to read on Saturday.
3alcottacre
I am in again!
4Chatterbox
I'm back again. Just getting over my vaccine booster, and with a low-key weekend ahead (unless there's more drama involving my father and his failing health). I have a bunch of reading to tackle if I don't want to end up with a humiliatingly low tally (for me, at least) of books read in 2021.
5AnneDC
I'm in again. Also hoping to get a COVID booster, a Christmas tree, and a haircut this weekend.
6susanna.fraser
I'm in, though since we're having a dinner party Saturday night, I'm on altar guild duty at church Sunday, and I have tickets to the new Spiderman Sunday afternoon, I'll be fitting reading in around the edges.
7torontoc
I'm in- reading Ann Patchett's great collection of essays-These Precious Days
8Carmenere
>2 cbl_tn: Carrie, drink lots and lots of water before your booster. It seemed to reduce the side effects I had with my second dose. Good luck!
10cbl_tn
>8 Carmenere: Oh, thanks so much for the tip! Starting on water now!
11nrmay
I'm in!
Finished Christmas shopping and mailed last Christmas cards so I think I'm almost caught up with holiday doings. Maybe some cooking and baking in the near future and gift-wrapping.
Books:
Day Zero, SciFi by Robert Cargill
Year One by Nora Roberts.
A chilling pandemic novel. I must be crazy, but it popped up from my library holds.
I need another nice warm, cozy Christmas story after this one . .
Sunny, 64 F. (18 C.) in Charlotte.
Finished Christmas shopping and mailed last Christmas cards so I think I'm almost caught up with holiday doings. Maybe some cooking and baking in the near future and gift-wrapping.
Books:
Day Zero, SciFi by Robert Cargill
Year One by Nora Roberts.
A chilling pandemic novel. I must be crazy, but it popped up from my library holds.
I need another nice warm, cozy Christmas story after this one . .
Sunny, 64 F. (18 C.) in Charlotte.
12Chatterbox
>11 nrmay: What is it about pandemic novels?? I've been reading them steadily as well....
13cbl_tn
>8 Carmenere: So far, so good! Not even a sore arm. I have a bottle of water next to my mouse and I'll be keeping one there all afternoon.
14Carmenere
>13 cbl_tn: Great, Carrie. That's what I did after my injection too. Water before and water after, all day long. I really hope it works for you.
15Chatterbox
A quick early update here:
Books read from: 4, 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in This Cruel World by Elif Shafak, The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Never Far Away by Michael Koryta, and the audio book of Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden
Books finished: 1, the novel by Elif Shafak
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: none
Snacks: Leftovers (Young Chow fried rice; some minced pork with eggplant)
Thoughts: I will be extraordinarily glad when filming on a Disney movie (all about witches) across the street finishes. There are 31 trucks parked out there, the crew park their vehicles up and down my street so that no one can move around, and there are giant floodlights pointing straight into my windows from the Armory across the street. Oh, and their only "off" hours seem to be between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. Not kidding.
Non-book activities: Ran errands, including stopping off at the Athenaeum. Listening to some classical guitar on Spotify
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4 (see above)
Total time reading: 3 hours
Books read from: 4, 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in This Cruel World by Elif Shafak, The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Never Far Away by Michael Koryta, and the audio book of Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden
Books finished: 1, the novel by Elif Shafak
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: none
Snacks: Leftovers (Young Chow fried rice; some minced pork with eggplant)
Thoughts: I will be extraordinarily glad when filming on a Disney movie (all about witches) across the street finishes. There are 31 trucks parked out there, the crew park their vehicles up and down my street so that no one can move around, and there are giant floodlights pointing straight into my windows from the Armory across the street. Oh, and their only "off" hours seem to be between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. Not kidding.
Non-book activities: Ran errands, including stopping off at the Athenaeum. Listening to some classical guitar on Spotify
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4 (see above)
Total time reading: 3 hours
16cbl_tn
Books read from: Rachel Ray, John Sevier
Books finished: John Sevier
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: buttermilk
Thoughts: I'm too tired to think!
Non-book activities: walking dog, visiting with neighbors, Zoom chat
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
Books finished: John Sevier
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: buttermilk
Thoughts: I'm too tired to think!
Non-book activities: walking dog, visiting with neighbors, Zoom chat
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
17Carmenere
Friday update:
Books read from: The Comfort Book. I'm going upstairs to read Give Unto Others in bed
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hr
Snacks: Veggie burger and fritos
Thoughts: Thinking I'll make kolach cookies tomorrow and pick up some items at the grocery store or maybe I'll pick up on Sunday if we get all day rain tomorrow
Non-book activities: talked to Sister in law, Watched Hollywood Christmas parade on television
Total books finished: -
Total read from: 2
Books read from: The Comfort Book. I'm going upstairs to read Give Unto Others in bed
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hr
Snacks: Veggie burger and fritos
Thoughts: Thinking I'll make kolach cookies tomorrow and pick up some items at the grocery store or maybe I'll pick up on Sunday if we get all day rain tomorrow
Non-book activities: talked to Sister in law, Watched Hollywood Christmas parade on television
Total books finished: -
Total read from: 2
18alcottacre
>15 Chatterbox: I have 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in This Strange World slated to read in January and Burning the Books scheduled to read this month as part of the TIOLI challenges :)
19cbl_tn
I was doing great after my booster until a couple hours ago. Now I ache all over. No fever, though, so could be worse.
20elkiedee
>15 Chatterbox: and >18 alcottacre: I've read 10 Minutes and am currently reading The Island of Missing Trees, Elif Shafak's newest novel, about Cyprus. There is a large Cypriot population in my area and across north London (and other bits of this city too). Will update on my own reading later this morning.
After reading several posts etc about Burning the Books, I realised it was on the new book display at my local branch library and have been to rescue, er, borrow it.
Suzanne, I see you gave 10 Minutes the same rating that I did a couple of years ago.
After reading several posts etc about Burning the Books, I realised it was on the new book display at my local branch library and have been to rescue, er, borrow it.
Suzanne, I see you gave 10 Minutes the same rating that I did a couple of years ago.
21alcottacre
>20 elkiedee: Luci, do you take part in the TIOLI challenges? If you do, would you mind putting Burning the Books on there as a shared read? I have it on the "alliterative book title" challenge. Thanks!
22alcottacre
Friday Night Wrap Up
Books read from: Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb, The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman, 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard, and Pleasure of Ruins by Rose Macaulay
Books finished: 2
Time reading: ~5.5 hours
Time posting: 10 minutes
Snacks: An apple
Non-book activities: Watching football
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~5.5 hours
Books read from: Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb, The Ritual Bath by Faye Kellerman, 56 Days by Catherine Ryan Howard, and Pleasure of Ruins by Rose Macaulay
Books finished: 2
Time reading: ~5.5 hours
Time posting: 10 minutes
Snacks: An apple
Non-book activities: Watching football
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~5.5 hours
23Carmenere
>19 cbl_tn: I've been thinking about you, Carrie. Thanks for the update. Ok-aches are not too bad. I'm hoping that's the worst of it. Fingers crossed.
24cbl_tn
>23 Carmenere: Thank you! I took two Tylenol and went to bed last night. I'm feeling much better this morning. Although the pain isn't completely gone, I really think the worst is over. More Tylenol has helped tremendously. It's raining out this morning so I'm taking it easy, snuggled up in the recliner with Adrian.
Books read from: Rachel Ray
Books finished: Rachel Ray
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lebkuchen & tea
Thoughts: I think today will be a stay indoors and read day
Non-book activities: Sleep
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: Rachel Ray
Books finished: Rachel Ray
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lebkuchen & tea
Thoughts: I think today will be a stay indoors and read day
Non-book activities: Sleep
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
25torontoc
I finished reading These Precious Days Essays by Ann Patchett It is so good! I am a fan! This is one of those books that I will keep and reread.
Dinner last night( leftovers will be tonight's dinner as well) marinated chicken ( soy sauce and marmalade and white wine vinegar), mashed sweet potatoes and three colour salad (a few different kinds of lettuce, black olives, and sliced oranges) My brother, sister-in-law and nephew were over for dinner.
Dinner last night( leftovers will be tonight's dinner as well) marinated chicken ( soy sauce and marmalade and white wine vinegar), mashed sweet potatoes and three colour salad (a few different kinds of lettuce, black olives, and sliced oranges) My brother, sister-in-law and nephew were over for dinner.
26Chatterbox
>25 torontoc: I think I love Ann Patchett's non-fiction more than her fiction! One of my fave books read in the last decade or two is the history of her friendship with Lucy Grealy, Truth and Beauty. The clear vision, the lovely writing that never devolved into sentimentality -- wonderful.
Stasia/Luci -- I really enjoyed "10 Minutes" by Shafak (I've got her newest novel on deck to read in the new year) and loved Burning the Books. It's one of those tomes that made me want to run off and read about all kinds of new people and topics. I knew about John Leland (Henry VIII's antiquarius) and have two volumes of his travels here in on my shelves, but I'm always thrilled when someone sheds light on other figures who I've grown to be fascinated with (eg, Poggio Bracciolini and The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt.) Then, Ovenden delves into the critical role that archives play for post-colonial societies, and tackles the question of digital content and how to manage it. Both made me think furiously about these topics, which is the ultimate compliment I can pay to a book.
Books read from: 4, The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee, Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis
Books finished: 1, Burning the Books
Time reading: 8 hours
Time posting: none
Snacks: Ordered a "poke bowl" -- brown rice, raw tuna & salmon, edamame, cucumber, carrots, seaweed salad and chopped mango, with a citrus ponzu sauce on the side.
Thoughts: Migraine, so relatively few thoughts. Except that I'm glad audiobooks exist.
Non-book activities: Woke up early and when I couldn't get back to sleep, went and did some coloring on my current super-detailed coloring book project while listening to the Ovenden book. Talked to my father. Wondered about the meaning of life.
Oh, and I'm putting together my list of not-to-be-missed favorite reads of 2021...
Total books finished: 2, 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in This Cruel World by Elif Shafak, and Burning the Books
Total read from: 7; 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Never Far Away by Michael Koryta, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee, The Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis
Total time reading: 11 hours
Stasia/Luci -- I really enjoyed "10 Minutes" by Shafak (I've got her newest novel on deck to read in the new year) and loved Burning the Books. It's one of those tomes that made me want to run off and read about all kinds of new people and topics. I knew about John Leland (Henry VIII's antiquarius) and have two volumes of his travels here in on my shelves, but I'm always thrilled when someone sheds light on other figures who I've grown to be fascinated with (eg, Poggio Bracciolini and The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt.) Then, Ovenden delves into the critical role that archives play for post-colonial societies, and tackles the question of digital content and how to manage it. Both made me think furiously about these topics, which is the ultimate compliment I can pay to a book.
Books read from: 4, The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee, Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis
Books finished: 1, Burning the Books
Time reading: 8 hours
Time posting: none
Snacks: Ordered a "poke bowl" -- brown rice, raw tuna & salmon, edamame, cucumber, carrots, seaweed salad and chopped mango, with a citrus ponzu sauce on the side.
Thoughts: Migraine, so relatively few thoughts. Except that I'm glad audiobooks exist.
Non-book activities: Woke up early and when I couldn't get back to sleep, went and did some coloring on my current super-detailed coloring book project while listening to the Ovenden book. Talked to my father. Wondered about the meaning of life.
Oh, and I'm putting together my list of not-to-be-missed favorite reads of 2021...
Total books finished: 2, 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in This Cruel World by Elif Shafak, and Burning the Books
Total read from: 7; 10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Never Far Away by Michael Koryta, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee, The Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis
Total time reading: 11 hours
27elkiedee
Friday 4.30 pm to Saturday 8 pm
Books read from: 9
Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
Jeremy Mercer, Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs
Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List
Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation
Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age
John Sutherland, Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me
Marian Keyes, Grown Ups
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 135
Book related: LT updates
Non-book activities: TV and radio, Bejeweled Blitz, WhatsApp and Social Media, fiddling with my phone, a bit of online shopping and looking stuff up, trying to work out plans for the coming week and failing, hibernating.
Total books finished: 0
Total pages read: 135
Total read from: 9
Books read from: 9
Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
Jeremy Mercer, Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs
Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List
Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation
Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age
John Sutherland, Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me
Marian Keyes, Grown Ups
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 135
Book related: LT updates
Non-book activities: TV and radio, Bejeweled Blitz, WhatsApp and Social Media, fiddling with my phone, a bit of online shopping and looking stuff up, trying to work out plans for the coming week and failing, hibernating.
Total books finished: 0
Total pages read: 135
Total read from: 9
28alcottacre
I am heading to bed early tonight - CFS is hitting me hard today - so here is my report for Saturday:
Books read from: Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb, Pleasure of Ruins by Rose Macaulay, In the Dark Streets Shineth by David McCullough, Exit Strategy by Martha Wells, Hindoo Holiday by J.R. Ackerley, and The Promise by Damon Galgut
Books finished: 2
Time reading: ~3 hours
Time posting: None
Snacks: Licorice
Non-book activities: Watching football
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~8.5 hours
Books read from: Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb, Pleasure of Ruins by Rose Macaulay, In the Dark Streets Shineth by David McCullough, Exit Strategy by Martha Wells, Hindoo Holiday by J.R. Ackerley, and The Promise by Damon Galgut
Books finished: 2
Time reading: ~3 hours
Time posting: None
Snacks: Licorice
Non-book activities: Watching football
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~8.5 hours
29alcottacre
>26 Chatterbox: Stasia/Luci -- I . . . loved Burning the Books. It's one of those tomes that made me want to run off and read about all kinds of new people and topics.
I am not sure if that is a good thing or not. The BlackHole is already so big!
I am not sure if that is a good thing or not. The BlackHole is already so big!
30torontoc
I am reading Mrs. Osmond by John Banville
31elkiedee
Saturday 8 pm
Books read from: 10
Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
Jeremy Mercer, Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs - FINISHED 19.12.2021
Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List
Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation
Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age
John Sutherland, Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me
Soho Crime anthology, The Usual Santas
Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves
Books finished: 1
Pages read: 120
Non-book activities: TV and radio, Bejeweled Blitz, WhatsApp and Social Media
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 255
Total read from: 11
Books read from: 10
Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
Jeremy Mercer, Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs - FINISHED 19.12.2021
Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List
Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation
Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age
John Sutherland, Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me
Soho Crime anthology, The Usual Santas
Stef Penney, The Tenderness of Wolves
Books finished: 1
Pages read: 120
Non-book activities: TV and radio, Bejeweled Blitz, WhatsApp and Social Media
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 255
Total read from: 11
32Carmenere
Saturday update:
Books read from: The Comfort Book, Cape Cod and Give Unto Others
Books finished: -
Time reading: probably about 3 hours
Snacks: Spaghetti w/garlic bread - fudge
Thoughts: Surprisingly, I'm enjoying Thoreau's walk thru Cape Cod circa late 1800's
Non-book activities: House cleaning
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
BTW: You've been quiet, Carrie. Hope all's well.
Books read from: The Comfort Book, Cape Cod and Give Unto Others
Books finished: -
Time reading: probably about 3 hours
Snacks: Spaghetti w/garlic bread - fudge
Thoughts: Surprisingly, I'm enjoying Thoreau's walk thru Cape Cod circa late 1800's
Non-book activities: House cleaning
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
BTW: You've been quiet, Carrie. Hope all's well.
33nrmay
Sunday - mid-day
Books:
Put aside Day Zero briefly while I finish Year One.
Both are SciFi. In the first one, AI robots rise up, demanding freedom.
Year One is about a global pandemic and the aftermath.
Dinner last night: Husband's beef stew and his homemade cookies, with leftovers for tonight.
I'm so fortunate that he likes to cook.
Thinking of scaring up a little brunch right now.
Other activity:
Brother-in-law was here for dinner and overnight on Fri.
Today is a reading day! No obligations. It's cool and rainy and perfect for sitting by the gas logs w/ cat and book on my lap and maybe another cup of coffee.
Books:
Put aside Day Zero briefly while I finish Year One.
Both are SciFi. In the first one, AI robots rise up, demanding freedom.
Year One is about a global pandemic and the aftermath.
Dinner last night: Husband's beef stew and his homemade cookies, with leftovers for tonight.
I'm so fortunate that he likes to cook.
Thinking of scaring up a little brunch right now.
Other activity:
Brother-in-law was here for dinner and overnight on Fri.
Today is a reading day! No obligations. It's cool and rainy and perfect for sitting by the gas logs w/ cat and book on my lap and maybe another cup of coffee.
34Chatterbox
Books read from since yesterday evening: 4, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis and Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough (and two Texan co-authors). All audiobooks because of migraine.
Books finished: none this period
Time reading: 6 hours
Time posting: none
Snacks: an apple turnover
Thoughts: Existential angst.
Non-book activities: Dealing with resolving some issues for my neighbors (away due to family emergency) and my father.
Total books finished this readathon: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, and Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden
Total read from: 7; 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Never Far Away by Michael Koryta, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee, The Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis, Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough
Total time reading: 17 hours
I probably will finish one or two more books by tomorrow morning.
Books finished: none this period
Time reading: 6 hours
Time posting: none
Snacks: an apple turnover
Thoughts: Existential angst.
Non-book activities: Dealing with resolving some issues for my neighbors (away due to family emergency) and my father.
Total books finished this readathon: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, and Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden
Total read from: 7; 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Never Far Away by Michael Koryta, Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge by Richard Ovenden, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee, The Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis, Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough
Total time reading: 17 hours
I probably will finish one or two more books by tomorrow morning.
35cbl_tn
>32 Carmenere: All is well! I spent a lot of time yesterday working on a family history project. I started feeling poorly late yesterday afternoon, but Tylenol perked me up.
Books read from: A Curse Dark as Gold, Stage-Coach and Tavern Days
Books finished: John Sevier, Rachel Ray
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was a Cobb salad from Zaxby's
Thoughts: It's another dreary day outside. A good day for staying indoors and reading!
Non-book activities: Sleep, church
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: A Curse Dark as Gold, Stage-Coach and Tavern Days
Books finished: John Sevier, Rachel Ray
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was a Cobb salad from Zaxby's
Thoughts: It's another dreary day outside. A good day for staying indoors and reading!
Non-book activities: Sleep, church
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
36benitastrnad
Sunday afternoon 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. I am listening to Circe by Madeline Miller.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Time reading: 1 hour before bed last night and 1 hour this morning.
Time posting:
Food: mess of pottage (lentil) sand Blueberry shortcake
Thoughts: White Hot Hate continues to interest me. Finished listening to book 6 in the Harry Potter series. It was rather boring even though I did not see the movie version of this book. I started listening to Circe by Madeline Miller and am wondering what in the world made people go so ga-ga over this book. It is just another retelling of old Greek mythologies.
Non-book Activities: Got my shingles vaccination the day I left for my Christmas vacation and it made me very sleepy while I was driving. I am now in Kansas and tomorrow I have to go pay taxes on the house.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 186
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 502 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. I am listening to Circe by Madeline Miller.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Time reading: 1 hour before bed last night and 1 hour this morning.
Time posting:
Food: mess of pottage (lentil) sand Blueberry shortcake
Thoughts: White Hot Hate continues to interest me. Finished listening to book 6 in the Harry Potter series. It was rather boring even though I did not see the movie version of this book. I started listening to Circe by Madeline Miller and am wondering what in the world made people go so ga-ga over this book. It is just another retelling of old Greek mythologies.
Non-book Activities: Got my shingles vaccination the day I left for my Christmas vacation and it made me very sleepy while I was driving. I am now in Kansas and tomorrow I have to go pay taxes on the house.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 186
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 502 hours since April 2020.
37AnneDC
Sunday update
Well, my weekend has not gone quite according to plan. The COVID booster really kicked me to the curb--I spent Friday evening dozing through White Christmas and most of Saturday feverish and curled up in my bed. I couldn't actually read, but I was able to find an Agatha Christie mystery in my audio library. Although I had to replay many chapters more than once, it counts as a finished book. I was able to rally for pland Saturday evening, and today is much better. I don't remember having much of an adverse reaction to the initial shots, beyond soreness.
Books read from: 7 The Source of Self-regard, Such a Fun Age, Angel, Hidden Valley Road, Blood, Bones, and Butter, Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales
Books finished: 2 (Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales)
Time reading: 5 hours plus 7.5 hours listening
Pages read: 280 plus 2 audiobooks
Lunch: sandwich and white bean soup
Thoughts: It's so exciting to have my daughter home from college for the first time! (Offsets the booster side-effects.)
Non-book activities: cat-sitting for my older daughter, put up Christmas tree, went to comedy club to see Ismo (courtesy of college daughter), laundry
Total books finished: 2 (Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales)
Total read from: 7 The Source of Self-regard, Such a Fun Age, Angel, Hidden Valley Road, Blood, Bones, and Butter, Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales
Total time reading: 5 hours plus 7.5 hours listening
Total pages read: 280 plus 2 audiobooks
Well, my weekend has not gone quite according to plan. The COVID booster really kicked me to the curb--I spent Friday evening dozing through White Christmas and most of Saturday feverish and curled up in my bed. I couldn't actually read, but I was able to find an Agatha Christie mystery in my audio library. Although I had to replay many chapters more than once, it counts as a finished book. I was able to rally for pland Saturday evening, and today is much better. I don't remember having much of an adverse reaction to the initial shots, beyond soreness.
Books read from: 7 The Source of Self-regard, Such a Fun Age, Angel, Hidden Valley Road, Blood, Bones, and Butter, Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales
Books finished: 2 (Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales)
Time reading: 5 hours plus 7.5 hours listening
Pages read: 280 plus 2 audiobooks
Lunch: sandwich and white bean soup
Thoughts: It's so exciting to have my daughter home from college for the first time! (Offsets the booster side-effects.)
Non-book activities: cat-sitting for my older daughter, put up Christmas tree, went to comedy club to see Ismo (courtesy of college daughter), laundry
Total books finished: 2 (Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales)
Total read from: 7 The Source of Self-regard, Such a Fun Age, Angel, Hidden Valley Road, Blood, Bones, and Butter, Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales
Total time reading: 5 hours plus 7.5 hours listening
Total pages read: 280 plus 2 audiobooks
38torontoc
I read over 100 pages of Mrs. Osmond Taking a break and reading Taste My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
39cbl_tn
Sunday evening update:
Books read from: Stage-Coach and Tavern Days
Books finished: John Sevier, Rachel Ray, Stage-Coach and Tavern Days
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: egg drop soup, mince pie, tea
Thoughts: Counting the days until Christmas vacation!
Non-book activities: walking the dog
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: Stage-Coach and Tavern Days
Books finished: John Sevier, Rachel Ray, Stage-Coach and Tavern Days
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: egg drop soup, mince pie, tea
Thoughts: Counting the days until Christmas vacation!
Non-book activities: walking the dog
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
40Carmenere
Sunday update:
Books read from: Libertie - finished 50% - Audio version is so well narrated.
Books finished: -
Time reading: approx 3 hrs.
Snacks: I had to taste test cookies.
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: watch football and Sound of Music
Total books finished: -
Total read from: 4
>35 cbl_tn: Glad tylenol helped, Carrie. I also took it. I didn't have chills or fever just sort of not myself.
Books read from: Libertie - finished 50% - Audio version is so well narrated.
Books finished: -
Time reading: approx 3 hrs.
Snacks: I had to taste test cookies.
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: watch football and Sound of Music
Total books finished: -
Total read from: 4
>35 cbl_tn: Glad tylenol helped, Carrie. I also took it. I didn't have chills or fever just sort of not myself.
41susanna.fraser
As expected, a very busy weekend, but I squeezed in some reading time:
Books read from: Beyond the Blue Horizon, How the Dukes Stole Christmas
Books finished: none
Time reading: 4 hou42
Snacks: chili, pound cake
Thoughts: My schedule looks light for the rest of the year. Here's hoping work stays calm and I manage to avoid breakthrough covid or any other illness or mishap, because I need some relaxation!
Non-book activities: Fun dinner party with friends on Saturday, church, the new Spiderman movie.
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 0
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: Beyond the Blue Horizon, How the Dukes Stole Christmas
Books finished: none
Time reading: 4 hou42
Snacks: chili, pound cake
Thoughts: My schedule looks light for the rest of the year. Here's hoping work stays calm and I manage to avoid breakthrough covid or any other illness or mishap, because I need some relaxation!
Non-book activities: Fun dinner party with friends on Saturday, church, the new Spiderman movie.
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 0
Total time reading: 4 hours
42Chatterbox
>37 AnneDC: You're not alone in the booster reaction. I had a high fever for about 36 hours, then just exhausted. Today (six days later) is the first day that my arm hasn't been painful. Glad it's over (again) (for now).
Books read from since earlier today: The Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis, Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough (and two Texan co-authors), The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Stories by Michael Gilbert and Road of Bones by James R. Benn
Books finished: The Alex Gerlis thriller. It was OK, but not as good a re-read as it was the first time around.
Time reading: 6 hours
Time posting: none
Snacks: pasta, bolognese, ricotta cheese.
Thoughts: Mild annoyance -- my neighbors can't seem to decide whether or not they are returning today/tomorrow or not, and thus whether or not I need to budget 2 hours of my time and $$ to overnight a laptop power cord to them tomorrow. Grrr.
Non-book activities: Doing some laundry.
Total books finished this readathon: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden and The Berlin Spies by Gerlis
Total read from: 9; All those listed above, plus bits of The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Never Far Away by Michael Koryta, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee
Total time reading: 23 hours
I hope to finish listening to Forget the Alamo, which is rather good, by tomorrow morning.
Books read from since earlier today: The Berlin Spies by Alex Gerlis, Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough (and two Texan co-authors), The Man Who Hated Banks and Other Stories by Michael Gilbert and Road of Bones by James R. Benn
Books finished: The Alex Gerlis thriller. It was OK, but not as good a re-read as it was the first time around.
Time reading: 6 hours
Time posting: none
Snacks: pasta, bolognese, ricotta cheese.
Thoughts: Mild annoyance -- my neighbors can't seem to decide whether or not they are returning today/tomorrow or not, and thus whether or not I need to budget 2 hours of my time and $$ to overnight a laptop power cord to them tomorrow. Grrr.
Non-book activities: Doing some laundry.
Total books finished this readathon: 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif Shafak, Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden and The Berlin Spies by Gerlis
Total read from: 9; All those listed above, plus bits of The Dragon at Noonday by Edith Pargeter, Never Far Away by Michael Koryta, Operation Angus by Terry Fallis, The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books by Edward Wilson-Lee
Total time reading: 23 hours
I hope to finish listening to Forget the Alamo, which is rather good, by tomorrow morning.
43alcottacre
Sunday Update:
Books read from: Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb, Hindoo Holiday by J.R. Ackerley, Border Songs by Jim Lynch, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky, Island of the Lost by Joan Druett, Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden, and The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Books finished: 1
Time reading: ~6.5 hours
Time posting: None
Snacks: Dried fruit and nuts
Non-book activities: Watching football
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 13
Total time reading: ~15 hours
Books read from: Rapture in Death by J. D. Robb, Hindoo Holiday by J.R. Ackerley, Border Songs by Jim Lynch, The Promise by Damon Galgut, Fire in the Blood by Irène Némirovsky, Island of the Lost by Joan Druett, Burning the Books by Richard Ovenden, and The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Books finished: 1
Time reading: ~6.5 hours
Time posting: None
Snacks: Dried fruit and nuts
Non-book activities: Watching football
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 13
Total time reading: ~15 hours
44elkiedee
Update for Saturday from 8 pm, all of Sunday and a little of Sunday night/Monday morning
Books read from: 8
Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List
Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation
Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age
John Sutherland, Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me
Soho Crime anthology, The Usual Santas
Books finished: 1
Pages read: `142
Non-book activities: TV and radio, Bejeweled Blitz, WhatsApp and Social Media
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 397
Total read from: 11
Books read from: 8
Elif Shafak, The Island of Missing Trees
Jennifer Donnelly, Stepsister
Evie Wyld, The Bass Rock
Sara Nisha Adams, The Reading List
Katherine Heiny, Standard Deviation
Kiley Reid, Such a Fun Age
John Sutherland, Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me
Soho Crime anthology, The Usual Santas
Books finished: 1
Pages read: `142
Non-book activities: TV and radio, Bejeweled Blitz, WhatsApp and Social Media
Total books finished: 1
Total pages read: 397
Total read from: 11
45AnneDC
Sunday evening update:
Books read from: The Source of Self-regard, Such a Fun Age, Angel, Hidden Valley Road, Blood, Bones, and Butter,
Books finished: 1 (Such a Fun Age)
Time reading: 6 hours
Pages read: 318
Dinner: 2nd half of sandwich
Thoughts: Despite taking half of Friday off, my weekend felt unreasonably short.
Non-book activities: very few
Total books finished: 3 (Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Such a Fun Age)
Total read from: 7 The Source of Self-regard, Such a Fun Age, Angel, Hidden Valley Road, Blood, Bones, and Butter, Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales
Total time reading: 11 hours plus 7.5 hours listening
Total pages read: 598 plus 2 audiobooks
Books read from: The Source of Self-regard, Such a Fun Age, Angel, Hidden Valley Road, Blood, Bones, and Butter,
Books finished: 1 (Such a Fun Age)
Time reading: 6 hours
Pages read: 318
Dinner: 2nd half of sandwich
Thoughts: Despite taking half of Friday off, my weekend felt unreasonably short.
Non-book activities: very few
Total books finished: 3 (Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Such a Fun Age)
Total read from: 7 The Source of Self-regard, Such a Fun Age, Angel, Hidden Valley Road, Blood, Bones, and Butter, Pocket Full of Rye, A Child's Christmas in Wales
Total time reading: 11 hours plus 7.5 hours listening
Total pages read: 598 plus 2 audiobooks
46Chatterbox
I did finish Forget the Alamo by Bryan Burrough et al last night -- excellent and great historiography. Now wrapping up the book of short stories by Michael Gilbert and one or two other things.
My own non-fiction book, now more than a decade old, just got an offer for Japanese rights! Not much money, but it's very cool, so I feel a bit more festive. A day when things went well.
My own non-fiction book, now more than a decade old, just got an offer for Japanese rights! Not much money, but it's very cool, so I feel a bit more festive. A day when things went well.
47nrmay
weekend wrap-up
Books:
Finished Year One by Nora Roberts and discovered it's first in a trilogy. Ended up more fantasy than SciFi; there were elves, fairies and witches.
Finished Day Zero by Robert Cargill today.
Starting Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston.
Lunch out: seared salmon, mushroom parmesan risotto, green beans.
Now sitting by the fire ready to read the new book. Thinking of a walk though it's cold and dark . .
I have read 116 books in 2021.
Books:
Finished Year One by Nora Roberts and discovered it's first in a trilogy. Ended up more fantasy than SciFi; there were elves, fairies and witches.
Finished Day Zero by Robert Cargill today.
Starting Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston.
Lunch out: seared salmon, mushroom parmesan risotto, green beans.
Now sitting by the fire ready to read the new book. Thinking of a walk though it's cold and dark . .
I have read 116 books in 2021.
