Social Distancing Readathon #109 - April 15 - 17
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2022
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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
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
3alcottacre
Not sure how much reading I will actually get done, but I am in again!
4avatiakh
It's Easter Weekend, so Fri through Monday is a holiday of sorts.
So I've already started.
Update: Friday 9.30am
Books read from: Asadora vol.4 by Naoki Urasawa
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 30mins
Snacks: nothing as yet
Thoughts: need to plan today's food prep
Non-book activities: sleep
Total books finished: 1: Asadora vol.4
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 30mins
We're doing a seder meal for Pesach tonight so I'll probably listen to my audio book through the day.
So I've already started.
Update: Friday 9.30am
Books read from: Asadora vol.4 by Naoki Urasawa
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 30mins
Snacks: nothing as yet
Thoughts: need to plan today's food prep
Non-book activities: sleep
Total books finished: 1: Asadora vol.4
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 30mins
We're doing a seder meal for Pesach tonight so I'll probably listen to my audio book through the day.
5cbl_tn
It will be a busy weekend with Easter preparations so I'm not sure how much reading time I'll have. I'll join in as I'm able.
6thornton37814
I have a lot on the agenda this weekend, but I'm sure I'll read a little--It just might not be a lot.
7PaulCranswick
I am definitely in this weekend, Silver!
8benitastrnad
This is going to be the first weekend I have not worked in several weekends and I intend to spend the time reading and relaxing. So I am in for the weekend.
10fuzzi
>3 alcottacre: I'm with you!
As long as the more temperate weather holds I'll be in the yard for much of the weekend, doing chores. Once the heat hits I'll be inside more...and books are inside...
As long as the more temperate weather holds I'll be in the yard for much of the weekend, doing chores. Once the heat hits I'll be inside more...and books are inside...
11AnneDC
Count me in! And Friday is a Washington DC holiday (Emancipation Day) so I will probably start early.
12torontoc
I will be doing some reading this weekend. I am not reading as many books as I have in the past but I am enjoying my reads!
13PawsforThought
Yes! I’m in. I had a half-day yesterday, which I spent watching TV. Now I have four full days off (Friday-Monday) and plan to spend them reading, knitting and watching more TV.
Planned reading materials:
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (which needs to go back to the library)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy (which also needs to go back to the library)
and South Riding by Winifred Holtby (which I just got from the library)
Planned reading materials:
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (which needs to go back to the library)
The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy (which also needs to go back to the library)
and South Riding by Winifred Holtby (which I just got from the library)
15benitastrnad
Friday afternoon posting update:
Books Read From: Patriarch by Martin Walker. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Thoughts: I have a nice quiet weekend planned and plan to spend most of it with books. My only project is to do my spring cleaning in the bathroom. I am getting ready to have some plumbing work done in there and I want it clean. I have several books lined up to read this weekend and hope to have the time to just sit and read them.
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch.
Time posting:
Food: I will be doing a little baking as well. I haven't decided what I will bake but it will be something with raisins, since I have a boatload of raisins to use up.
Non-Book Activities: None yet, since I am still at work.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 218
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 589 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books Read From: Patriarch by Martin Walker. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Thoughts: I have a nice quiet weekend planned and plan to spend most of it with books. My only project is to do my spring cleaning in the bathroom. I am getting ready to have some plumbing work done in there and I want it clean. I have several books lined up to read this weekend and hope to have the time to just sit and read them.
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch.
Time posting:
Food: I will be doing a little baking as well. I haven't decided what I will bake but it will be something with raisins, since I have a boatload of raisins to use up.
Non-Book Activities: None yet, since I am still at work.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 218
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 589 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
16susanna.fraser
I'm in, and since I'm off work today I'm off to an earlier start than normal.
Books read from: Plagues Upon the Earth
Books finished: Plagues Upon the Earth
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 2:45 PM
Snacks: mini chocolate eggs
Thoughts: I'd like to pick up my reading pace over the rest of the month.
Non-book activities: My husband rented a dumpster for the weekend, so we're trying to clear out clutter.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
Books read from: Plagues Upon the Earth
Books finished: Plagues Upon the Earth
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 2:45 PM
Snacks: mini chocolate eggs
Thoughts: I'd like to pick up my reading pace over the rest of the month.
Non-book activities: My husband rented a dumpster for the weekend, so we're trying to clear out clutter.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
17Deedledee
Friday evening update
Books read from: The Final Girl Support Group
Books finished: 0
Time posting: 7:19pm
Non-book activities: Not much of anything, being super lazy
Total books finished:0
Total read from:1
Books read from: The Final Girl Support Group
Books finished: 0
Time posting: 7:19pm
Non-book activities: Not much of anything, being super lazy
Total books finished:0
Total read from:1
18susanna.fraser
Got in a bit more reading in the afternoon:
Books read from: Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Books finished: Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 4:45 PM
Snacks: mini chocolate eggs
Thoughts: I need to fit in some less dark reading soon.
Non-book activities: Laundry
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Books finished: Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 4:45 PM
Snacks: mini chocolate eggs
Thoughts: I need to fit in some less dark reading soon.
Non-book activities: Laundry
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours
19fuzzi
My first of the weekend!
Nature From Your Back Door by Glenn Dudderar
Delightful collection of columns written to educate the Michigan public about animals found in a suburban environment. I learned a few things as well.
Nature From Your Back Door by Glenn Dudderar
Delightful collection of columns written to educate the Michigan public about animals found in a suburban environment. I learned a few things as well.
20ChrisG1
I'm back after skipping last weekend. Tax season is essentially over - a few loose ends but that's it. Currently reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck.
21cbl_tn
Friday night update:
Books read from: A Familiar Wilderness
Books finished: A Familiar Wilderness
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: pistachios
Thoughts: I love Friday nights!
Non-book activities: dinner with a friend, checking in on the latest news from sick church friends
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: A Familiar Wilderness
Books finished: A Familiar Wilderness
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: pistachios
Thoughts: I love Friday nights!
Non-book activities: dinner with a friend, checking in on the latest news from sick church friends
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ?
22alcottacre
Friday night update:
Books read from: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The Boys: The Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivors by Martin Gilbert, Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope by Kirsten Ellis, The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge,
Walking with the Wind by John Lewis with Michael D’Orso, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number 10 Ox by Barry Hughart, The Admirals by Walter R. Borneman, Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov, and A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Books finished: 2, Cutting for Stone and The War That Saved My Life
Time reading: ~5.5 hours
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 10
Total time reading: ~5.5 hours
Books read from: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, The Boys: The Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivors by Martin Gilbert, Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope by Kirsten Ellis, The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge,
Walking with the Wind by John Lewis with Michael D’Orso, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number 10 Ox by Barry Hughart, The Admirals by Walter R. Borneman, Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov, and A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Books finished: 2, Cutting for Stone and The War That Saved My Life
Time reading: ~5.5 hours
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 10
Total time reading: ~5.5 hours
23thornton37814
Saturday Morning post for Friday reading:
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: I don't remember snacking much. I ate leftover pizza for a meal.
Thoughts: Will I go pick up a small container of potato salad that I failed to pick up at the grocery store for Easter or will I just skip it?
Non-book activities: Hobby Lobby (or the Lobby of Hobs as one FlossTuber calls it) to pick up some DMC fibers, Walmart, grocery shopping for Easter, cross stitch, cat petting, FlossTube
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: I don't remember snacking much. I ate leftover pizza for a meal.
Thoughts: Will I go pick up a small container of potato salad that I failed to pick up at the grocery store for Easter or will I just skip it?
Non-book activities: Hobby Lobby (or the Lobby of Hobs as one FlossTuber calls it) to pick up some DMC fibers, Walmart, grocery shopping for Easter, cross stitch, cat petting, FlossTube
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
24cbl_tn
Saturday morning update:
Books read from: Reflecting the Glory, Hamnet
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was cereal with blackberries, toast & peanut butter, and tea
Thoughts: I need to get started on my list of chores for the day, but canine paralysis has made me temporarily immobile.
Non-book activities: Sleep
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: Reflecting the Glory, Hamnet
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was cereal with blackberries, toast & peanut butter, and tea
Thoughts: I need to get started on my list of chores for the day, but canine paralysis has made me temporarily immobile.
Non-book activities: Sleep
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
25AnneDC
Friday Reading
(I got an early start on reading but not on posting)
Books read from: The Dark Angel - Elly Griffiths, The Fell - Sarah Moss, The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin
Books finished: 2 (The Dark Angel, The Fell)
Pages read: 138 plus 16 chapters of audiobook plus 7% of ebook
Time reading: 2 1/2 hours reading and 4 1/2 hours listening
Snacks: Dinner was tacos and frozen margaritas at an outside table
Thoughts: It's looking like a gorgeous weekend.
Non-book activities: laundry, making a list of all the books that have come into the house this year (more than I thought!), a walk, dinner out, watched The Power of the Dog
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 2 1/2 hours reading and 4 1/2 hours listening
(I got an early start on reading but not on posting)
Books read from: The Dark Angel - Elly Griffiths, The Fell - Sarah Moss, The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin
Books finished: 2 (The Dark Angel, The Fell)
Pages read: 138 plus 16 chapters of audiobook plus 7% of ebook
Time reading: 2 1/2 hours reading and 4 1/2 hours listening
Snacks: Dinner was tacos and frozen margaritas at an outside table
Thoughts: It's looking like a gorgeous weekend.
Non-book activities: laundry, making a list of all the books that have come into the house this year (more than I thought!), a walk, dinner out, watched The Power of the Dog
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 2 1/2 hours reading and 4 1/2 hours listening
26benitastrnad
>22 alcottacre:
You finished two good books. I'll have to check over on your thread about your reactions to these books. You will have to read the sequel to War That Saved My Life. It is as good as the first one.
You finished two good books. I'll have to check over on your thread about your reactions to these books. You will have to read the sequel to War That Saved My Life. It is as good as the first one.
27benitastrnad
Saturday noon posting update:
Books Read From: Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory and Zeus: King of the Gods both by George O'Connor. Patriarch by Martin Walker. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. I am listening to The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory by George O'Connor.
Thoughts: I heard a review of this series of graphic novels on the Gods of Olympus on NPR last week and knew that we had them in our collection at the library. I picked one up Poseidon: Earth Shaker and found it to be an interesting take on the Greek Gods, so I went back to the shelves and started reading the graphic novel series. I am not a big graphic novel fan, but I liked the first one want to read more of them. I read quite a bit in Gunpowder Gardens and am finding it a very interesting, but in many ways, standard travel book. Very relaxing to read.
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Food: I will be doing a little baking as well. I haven't decided what I will bake but it will be something with raisins, since I have a boatload of raisins to use up.
Non-Book Activities: I am going to do so some spring cleaning in my bathroom. I want to have some plumbing work done so need to do some cleaning in preparation for that anyway. I am also going to bake another batch of oatmeal cookies and apple muffins. It has taken me a week but I have managed to eat my way through the muffins, and I have eaten and given away most of the cookies. Last night when I went to turn off my bedside lamp the switch broke off, so now I will have to go to Home Depot and get a switch so I can repair this one. That only adds to the afternoon's list of things-to-do. I could go buy a new lamp but I like this one and so will try to repair it. If that fails I will have to find somebody to repair it for me.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 220
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 590 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books Read From: Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory and Zeus: King of the Gods both by George O'Connor. Patriarch by Martin Walker. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. I am listening to The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead. Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory by George O'Connor.
Thoughts: I heard a review of this series of graphic novels on the Gods of Olympus on NPR last week and knew that we had them in our collection at the library. I picked one up Poseidon: Earth Shaker and found it to be an interesting take on the Greek Gods, so I went back to the shelves and started reading the graphic novel series. I am not a big graphic novel fan, but I liked the first one want to read more of them. I read quite a bit in Gunpowder Gardens and am finding it a very interesting, but in many ways, standard travel book. Very relaxing to read.
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Food: I will be doing a little baking as well. I haven't decided what I will bake but it will be something with raisins, since I have a boatload of raisins to use up.
Non-Book Activities: I am going to do so some spring cleaning in my bathroom. I want to have some plumbing work done so need to do some cleaning in preparation for that anyway. I am also going to bake another batch of oatmeal cookies and apple muffins. It has taken me a week but I have managed to eat my way through the muffins, and I have eaten and given away most of the cookies. Last night when I went to turn off my bedside lamp the switch broke off, so now I will have to go to Home Depot and get a switch so I can repair this one. That only adds to the afternoon's list of things-to-do. I could go buy a new lamp but I like this one and so will try to repair it. If that fails I will have to find somebody to repair it for me.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 220
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 590 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
28nrmay
>22 alcottacre:
>26 benitastrnad:
I loved The War that Saved My Life and I'm happy to discover that there's a sequel!
Just placed a hold on it at the library.
Sat afternoon
Book:
The Wife of the Gods by K. Quartey (mainly); almost done. Mystery set in Ghana; unusual.
Other activity:
Just returned from spending the night in Chapel Hill after family gathering.
My sis and BIL stopping by later for dinner and staying the night.
Food
lunch: leftover Asian turkey noodles.
dinner: Husband went to buy by fish and other dinner makings.
Cloudy, 78 F. (26 C.)
>26 benitastrnad:
I loved The War that Saved My Life and I'm happy to discover that there's a sequel!
Just placed a hold on it at the library.
Sat afternoon
Book:
The Wife of the Gods by K. Quartey (mainly); almost done. Mystery set in Ghana; unusual.
Other activity:
Just returned from spending the night in Chapel Hill after family gathering.
My sis and BIL stopping by later for dinner and staying the night.
Food
lunch: leftover Asian turkey noodles.
dinner: Husband went to buy by fish and other dinner makings.
Cloudy, 78 F. (26 C.)
29fuzzi
No reading yet today, was busy doing gardening, whew.
Books read from: Nature From Your Back Door, Joel (King James Bible), Where Eagles Dare
Books finished: Nature From Your Back Door, Joel (King James Bible)
Non-book activities: finished filling my raised bed garden with compost, planted vegetables
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Books read from: Nature From Your Back Door, Joel (King James Bible), Where Eagles Dare
Books finished: Nature From Your Back Door, Joel (King James Bible)
Non-book activities: finished filling my raised bed garden with compost, planted vegetables
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
30susanna.fraser
Saturday early evening:
Books read from: The Good Rain, Spelunking Through Hell
Books finished: Spelunking Through Hell
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 5:35 PM
Snacks: jellybeans
Thoughts: I should do a little more decluttering this evening.
Non-book activities: Decluttering, shopping
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8 hours
Books read from: The Good Rain, Spelunking Through Hell
Books finished: Spelunking Through Hell
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 5:35 PM
Snacks: jellybeans
Thoughts: I should do a little more decluttering this evening.
Non-book activities: Decluttering, shopping
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8 hours
31AnneDC
Saturday Reading
Books read from: The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy - Karen Abbott, My Part of Her - Javad Djavahery, The Yellow House - Sarah M. Broome, Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
Books finished: none today
Pages read: 140 plus 3 chapters audiobook
Time reading: 2 1/2 hours reading and 44 minutes listening
Snacks: Dinner was leftover pizza and salad
Thoughts: Today was a lovely day.
Non-book activities: laundry, farmers market, yoga, walking the dog, glass of wine with an acquaintance I usually try to avoid, dinner, Better Call Saul
Total books finished: 2 (The Dark Angel, The Fell)
Total read from: 7 The Dark Angel, The Fell, The Songlines, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, My Part of Her, The Yellow House, Station Eleven)
Total time reading: 5 hours reading and 5 1/4 hours listening
Books read from: The Songlines - Bruce Chatwin, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy - Karen Abbott, My Part of Her - Javad Djavahery, The Yellow House - Sarah M. Broome, Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
Books finished: none today
Pages read: 140 plus 3 chapters audiobook
Time reading: 2 1/2 hours reading and 44 minutes listening
Snacks: Dinner was leftover pizza and salad
Thoughts: Today was a lovely day.
Non-book activities: laundry, farmers market, yoga, walking the dog, glass of wine with an acquaintance I usually try to avoid, dinner, Better Call Saul
Total books finished: 2 (The Dark Angel, The Fell)
Total read from: 7 The Dark Angel, The Fell, The Songlines, Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy, My Part of Her, The Yellow House, Station Eleven)
Total time reading: 5 hours reading and 5 1/4 hours listening
32benitastrnad
Saturday night posting update:
Books Read From: Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory and Zeus: King of the Gods both by George O'Connor. Patriarch by Martin Walker. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. I am listening to The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Hera: the Goddess and Her Glory by George O'Connor. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
Thoughts: I read for over and hour at supper and I am close to finishing Gunpowder Gardens. I am enjoying this book a whole lot. It is standard travel book fare but I like those kinds of books. They often provide great insight about countries and places.
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Time posting:
Food: I did no baking today. That will have to wait for tomorrow. I did get a large portion of my bathroom cleaning done. I also got all of my shopping done. This did not help my bank balance any. I was almost out of lots of cleaning supplies so had to get more. Along the way I purchased a new bathroom candle and couldn't resist lighting it tonight while I watched an old Father Brown mystery on PBS.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 220
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 591.5 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books Read From: Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory and Zeus: King of the Gods both by George O'Connor. Patriarch by Martin Walker. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. I am listening to The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Hera: the Goddess and Her Glory by George O'Connor. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
Thoughts: I read for over and hour at supper and I am close to finishing Gunpowder Gardens. I am enjoying this book a whole lot. It is standard travel book fare but I like those kinds of books. They often provide great insight about countries and places.
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Time posting:
Food: I did no baking today. That will have to wait for tomorrow. I did get a large portion of my bathroom cleaning done. I also got all of my shopping done. This did not help my bank balance any. I was almost out of lots of cleaning supplies so had to get more. Along the way I purchased a new bathroom candle and couldn't resist lighting it tonight while I watched an old Father Brown mystery on PBS.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 220
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 591.5 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
33alcottacre
>26 benitastrnad: >28 nrmay: I had already put the book on hold at my local library before I even saw Benita's post. I know Katie Krug really enjoyed it.
Saturday night update:
Books read from: The Wars by Timothy Findley, Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi, The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope, The Boys: The Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivors by Martin Gilbert, Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope by Kirsten Ellis, The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge, Walking with the Wind by John Lewis with Michael D’Orso, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number 10 Ox by Barry Hughart, The Admirals by Walter R. Borneman, Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov, and A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Books finished: 1, Invitation to a Beheading
Time reading: ~6 hours
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 13
Total time reading: ~11.5 hours
Saturday night update:
Books read from: The Wars by Timothy Findley, Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi, The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope, The Boys: The Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivors by Martin Gilbert, Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope by Kirsten Ellis, The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge, Walking with the Wind by John Lewis with Michael D’Orso, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number 10 Ox by Barry Hughart, The Admirals by Walter R. Borneman, Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov, and A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Books finished: 1, Invitation to a Beheading
Time reading: ~6 hours
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 13
Total time reading: ~11.5 hours
34cbl_tn
Sunday afternoon update:
Books read from: Reflecting the Glory, Hamnet, The Patriarch
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was cubed steak and kale with leftover coffee cake
Thoughts: Easter is my favorite holiday.
Non-book activities: church, cooking, long walk
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: Reflecting the Glory, Hamnet, The Patriarch
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was cubed steak and kale with leftover coffee cake
Thoughts: Easter is my favorite holiday.
Non-book activities: church, cooking, long walk
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
35nrmay
Sunday afternoon -
Books:
Just started The Paris Library
Still reading The Leavers by Lisa Ko and
These Is My Words
Finished Wife of the Gods
Need to find a new audio book.
Lunch was PB & J sandwich, milk; dinner will be spaghetti and meatballs.
Comfort food for my inner child.
Other activity:
Hung a couple blooming baskets on the patio and put a big geranium pot out in front for some instant spring color! Moved my indoor plants outside. Filled the bird bath and feeders. Now watching the birds and bunnies.
Partly sunny, 76 F. (24 C.)
Books:
Just started The Paris Library
Still reading The Leavers by Lisa Ko and
These Is My Words
Finished Wife of the Gods
Need to find a new audio book.
Lunch was PB & J sandwich, milk; dinner will be spaghetti and meatballs.
Comfort food for my inner child.
Other activity:
Hung a couple blooming baskets on the patio and put a big geranium pot out in front for some instant spring color! Moved my indoor plants outside. Filled the bird bath and feeders. Now watching the birds and bunnies.
Partly sunny, 76 F. (24 C.)
36thornton37814
Sunday evening post for Saturday-Sunday reading:
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson, The Fell by Sarah Moss
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: Banana pudding (for Easter dessert) - It's what Mom always made.
Thoughts: "The angel upon the tombstone said, "He is risen just as He said. Quickly now go tell His disciples that Jesus Christ is no longer dead." Joy to the world! He is risen! Hallelujah! (Lyric from "Easter Song," c1977 by Keith Green; recorded by Second Chapter of Acts)
Non-book activities: church, cross stitch, floss tube, cat petting
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson, The Fell by Sarah Moss
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: Banana pudding (for Easter dessert) - It's what Mom always made.
Thoughts: "The angel upon the tombstone said, "He is risen just as He said. Quickly now go tell His disciples that Jesus Christ is no longer dead." Joy to the world! He is risen! Hallelujah! (Lyric from "Easter Song," c1977 by Keith Green; recorded by Second Chapter of Acts)
Non-book activities: church, cross stitch, floss tube, cat petting
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ??
37benitastrnad
Sunday night posting update:
Books Read From: Zeus: King of the Gods by George O'Connor. Patriarch by Martin Walker. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. I am listening to The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Zeus: King of the Gods by George O'Connor. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through Indian and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. Hera: the Goddess and Her Glory by George O'Connor. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
Book Thoughts: I didn't get as much reading done this weekend as I thought I would. However, I was productive in other ways. I did finish another book in the Olympians graphic novel series, and I finished Gunpowder Gardens. I really enjoyed Gunpowder Gardens - it was my kind of travel book because there was a great deal of history and culture in it. It was about tea and there is so much I don't know about this fascinating plant and the culture of tea drinking.
Time reading: 0 hours reading on Sunday, but will read some before I go to sleep tonight.
Time posting:
Food: I had a nice turkey breast lunch with my former supervisor. We had good conversation and bad coffee. I got to use one of her demitasse spoons to stir my coffee. She must have a hundred of those little spoons and I just love them. They are so cute! But really rather useless - sort of like all those tea accoutrements that Jason Goodwin inherited from his grandparents (on both sides of his family) that started him on his tea quest.
Nonbook activities: I had a productive day yesterday. Cleaned the bathroom and wouldn't you know it - I was out of so many cleaning supplies so I had to add them to the weekend shopping list. That also added another stop on my shopping trip. I Washed the shower curtain and rehung it. I got all of my shopping done in the rain yesterday and was so tired by nightfall that I braved the football weekend crowds and went to Taco Casa and had three tacos for supper. My productivity at home continued today. I got up this morning and went to church. My former boss invited me to her house for Easter Dinner and we had a great time together. Then I came home and baked cookies and made another batch of apple muffins. I should be set for the week as far as food goes. It was a very nice weekend. To bad it wasn't a holiday weekend in Alabama.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 222
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 591.5 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books Read From: Zeus: King of the Gods by George O'Connor. Patriarch by Martin Walker. Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brene Brown. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through India and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. I am listening to The Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Zeus: King of the Gods by George O'Connor. Gunpowder Gardens: Travels Through Indian and China in Search of Tea by Jason Goodwin. Hera: the Goddess and Her Glory by George O'Connor. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead.
Book Thoughts: I didn't get as much reading done this weekend as I thought I would. However, I was productive in other ways. I did finish another book in the Olympians graphic novel series, and I finished Gunpowder Gardens. I really enjoyed Gunpowder Gardens - it was my kind of travel book because there was a great deal of history and culture in it. It was about tea and there is so much I don't know about this fascinating plant and the culture of tea drinking.
Time reading: 0 hours reading on Sunday, but will read some before I go to sleep tonight.
Time posting:
Food: I had a nice turkey breast lunch with my former supervisor. We had good conversation and bad coffee. I got to use one of her demitasse spoons to stir my coffee. She must have a hundred of those little spoons and I just love them. They are so cute! But really rather useless - sort of like all those tea accoutrements that Jason Goodwin inherited from his grandparents (on both sides of his family) that started him on his tea quest.
Nonbook activities: I had a productive day yesterday. Cleaned the bathroom and wouldn't you know it - I was out of so many cleaning supplies so I had to add them to the weekend shopping list. That also added another stop on my shopping trip. I Washed the shower curtain and rehung it. I got all of my shopping done in the rain yesterday and was so tired by nightfall that I braved the football weekend crowds and went to Taco Casa and had three tacos for supper. My productivity at home continued today. I got up this morning and went to church. My former boss invited me to her house for Easter Dinner and we had a great time together. Then I came home and baked cookies and made another batch of apple muffins. I should be set for the week as far as food goes. It was a very nice weekend. To bad it wasn't a holiday weekend in Alabama.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 222
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 591.5 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
38alcottacre
Sunday night update:
Books read from: The Wars by Timothy Findley, Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi, Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat, The Boys: The Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivors by Martin Gilbert, Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope by Kirsten Ellis, The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge, Walking with the Wind by John Lewis with Michael D’Orso, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number 10 Ox by Barry Hughart, The Admirals by Walter R. Borneman, and A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Books finished: 2, Owls in the Family and A Symphony of Echoes
Time reading: ~5.5 hours
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 14
Total time reading: ~17 hours
Books read from: The Wars by Timothy Findley, Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi, Owls in the Family by Farley Mowat, The Boys: The Story of 732 Young Concentration Camp Survivors by Martin Gilbert, Star of the Morning: The Extraordinary Life of Lady Hester Stanhope by Kirsten Ellis, The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge, Walking with the Wind by John Lewis with Michael D’Orso, The Chronicles of Master Li and Number 10 Ox by Barry Hughart, The Admirals by Walter R. Borneman, and A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
Books finished: 2, Owls in the Family and A Symphony of Echoes
Time reading: ~5.5 hours
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 14
Total time reading: ~17 hours
39ChrisG1
Sunday night summary:
Books read from: East of Eden by John Steinbeck, The Confessions of St. Augustine
Books finished: East of Eden
Non-book activities: Retirement party yesterday for my wife after a 43 year career as a nurse - wonderful time. Easter service at church and family dinner with extended family at our home. And oh yes - wrapped up my tax-season work early. All returns either completed or extended.
Pages read: 250-ish
Books read from: East of Eden by John Steinbeck, The Confessions of St. Augustine
Books finished: East of Eden
Non-book activities: Retirement party yesterday for my wife after a 43 year career as a nurse - wonderful time. Easter service at church and family dinner with extended family at our home. And oh yes - wrapped up my tax-season work early. All returns either completed or extended.
Pages read: 250-ish
40fuzzi
Monday Morning Wrap Up:
Books read from: Nature From Your Back Door, Joel (King James Bible), Where Eagles Dare, Amos (King James Bible), Obadiah (King James Bible)
Books finished: Nature From Your Back Door, Joel (King James Bible), Amos (King James Bible), Obadiah (King James Bible)
Non-book activities: Sunday afternoon I cleared off the front porch and assembled a potting bench that was purchased 2 or 3 years ago and has been sitting there!
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 5
Books read from: Nature From Your Back Door, Joel (King James Bible), Where Eagles Dare, Amos (King James Bible), Obadiah (King James Bible)
Books finished: Nature From Your Back Door, Joel (King James Bible), Amos (King James Bible), Obadiah (King James Bible)
Non-book activities: Sunday afternoon I cleared off the front porch and assembled a potting bench that was purchased 2 or 3 years ago and has been sitting there!
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 5
