Social Distancing Readathon #114 - May 20 - 22
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
2susanna.fraser
Count me in!
3thornton37814
I'll try to squeeze in some reading among the packing.
4cbl_tn
I will join in as I can. I know I'll have some reading time during my hair appointment tomorrow.
5alcottacre
I am in!
7ChrisG1
I'm in as well - just started on Bleak House by Charles Dickens, also working on The Poems of John Donne
8benitastrnad
I will participate this weekend. I plan on staying home and finishing up my planting. I am going to have to go out and purchase a pot or two as I don't have any in which to put a few of my plants. It will be hot here so it will be a good weekend to stay at home and be inside. Oh - I also plan on cleaning out my refrigerator.
9benitastrnad
Friday evening posting:
Books Read From: Another page or two in Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. I am deep into reading Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos and am enjoying this novel and now have a good start in Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells. I am still listening to Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness. This is book 3 in the Chaos Walking series.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw on Thursday.
Book Thoughts: I finished The End and found this book to be very enlightening. This was not a military history but it had lots in it about the generals and why they made the decisions that they did. This book had 165 pages of notes, references, and index at the end of the book, so even though it looked intimidating it was not that lengthy of a tome and it read quite well. I read this one for the LT Nonfiction Challenge. This month the category was War and Peace with readers to concentrate on the runup to war and the aftermath. This wasn't quite the aftermath, but it did explain why the ending of World War II was so excruciatingly lengthy. The author attributes that long drawn out bloody ending to one man - Adolf Hitler. Because of the way it was written it was not hard to read and I am sure that this is going to be one of my top 2022 reads. I am sure that the numbers of my recorded books listened to is going to drop. Gas is $4.29 a gallon here so that is going to curtail my driving. I will probably only listen while doing a few errands and that will make getting through the books slower.
Time reading: 1 hour this evening and 1/2 hour at lunch.
Time posting:1 hour.
Food: I stopped and picked up a falafel sandwich. I am going to make bread tonight in my bread machine. It is too hot here to crank up the stove and bake bread the old fashioned way. Tomorrow I will clean out my refrigerator. I have been wanting to do that for a few weeks and tomorrow is it. I am also going to try to get some ham and beans put into the crock pot tomorrow as well.
Nonbook activities: Non today and I have a cleaning day lined up for tomorrow. Plus I need to go look for a couple of more pots in which to plant the remaining plants I have.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 231
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 610 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books Read From: Another page or two in Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. I am deep into reading Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos and am enjoying this novel and now have a good start in Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells. I am still listening to Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness. This is book 3 in the Chaos Walking series.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw on Thursday.
Book Thoughts: I finished The End and found this book to be very enlightening. This was not a military history but it had lots in it about the generals and why they made the decisions that they did. This book had 165 pages of notes, references, and index at the end of the book, so even though it looked intimidating it was not that lengthy of a tome and it read quite well. I read this one for the LT Nonfiction Challenge. This month the category was War and Peace with readers to concentrate on the runup to war and the aftermath. This wasn't quite the aftermath, but it did explain why the ending of World War II was so excruciatingly lengthy. The author attributes that long drawn out bloody ending to one man - Adolf Hitler. Because of the way it was written it was not hard to read and I am sure that this is going to be one of my top 2022 reads. I am sure that the numbers of my recorded books listened to is going to drop. Gas is $4.29 a gallon here so that is going to curtail my driving. I will probably only listen while doing a few errands and that will make getting through the books slower.
Time reading: 1 hour this evening and 1/2 hour at lunch.
Time posting:1 hour.
Food: I stopped and picked up a falafel sandwich. I am going to make bread tonight in my bread machine. It is too hot here to crank up the stove and bake bread the old fashioned way. Tomorrow I will clean out my refrigerator. I have been wanting to do that for a few weeks and tomorrow is it. I am also going to try to get some ham and beans put into the crock pot tomorrow as well.
Nonbook activities: Non today and I have a cleaning day lined up for tomorrow. Plus I need to go look for a couple of more pots in which to plant the remaining plants I have.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 231
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 610 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
10alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: The Year of Lear by James Shapiro, The World, the Flesh, and the Devil by Reay Tannahill, A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin, The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie, A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss, When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Books finished: 1, The Year of Lear
Time reading: ~4 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~4 hours
Books read from: The Year of Lear by James Shapiro, The World, the Flesh, and the Devil by Reay Tannahill, A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin, The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie, A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss, When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
Books finished: 1, The Year of Lear
Time reading: ~4 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~4 hours
11nrmay
I’m in - reading in California this weekend
Book: Network Effect, one of Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
Dinner was Greek take-out.
Other activity: Spent time today getting ready for a big BD party for 3 yr old granddaughter tomorrow.
Book: Network Effect, one of Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.
Dinner was Greek take-out.
Other activity: Spent time today getting ready for a big BD party for 3 yr old granddaughter tomorrow.
12susanna.fraser
Friday night in Seattle:
Books read from: Legends & Lattes
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 9:50 PM
Snacks: Pasta & potatoes for dinner
Thoughts: I hope my weekend improves from here. My husband called from our local grocery store while he was out running some errands this afternoon to say the car wouldn't start. We called AAA, assuming it would be the battery, but instead it looks to be the starter. So it's now been towed to our local mechanic's shop, where they hope to be able to fix it by midweek. We're trying to rent a car, but none of the local places have anything available for pickup on Saturday. Fortunately, living in the city as we do, we can walk for some things and have most other things we might need delivered, but it's still frustrating, and there's the nagging stress of hoping the car repair will be simple and straightforward and isn't a sign that the car is starting to fall apart (it's very low mileage, but it's also 11 years old) because what with inflation and interest rates rising and supply chain problems, I do NOT want to have to replace it anytime soon.
Non-book activities: Work, laundry, cooking, trying to find a car to rent
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour
Books read from: Legends & Lattes
Books finished: none
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 9:50 PM
Snacks: Pasta & potatoes for dinner
Thoughts: I hope my weekend improves from here. My husband called from our local grocery store while he was out running some errands this afternoon to say the car wouldn't start. We called AAA, assuming it would be the battery, but instead it looks to be the starter. So it's now been towed to our local mechanic's shop, where they hope to be able to fix it by midweek. We're trying to rent a car, but none of the local places have anything available for pickup on Saturday. Fortunately, living in the city as we do, we can walk for some things and have most other things we might need delivered, but it's still frustrating, and there's the nagging stress of hoping the car repair will be simple and straightforward and isn't a sign that the car is starting to fall apart (it's very low mileage, but it's also 11 years old) because what with inflation and interest rates rising and supply chain problems, I do NOT want to have to replace it anytime soon.
Non-book activities: Work, laundry, cooking, trying to find a car to rent
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour
13thornton37814
Saturday morning update:
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: Peanut M & Ms
Thoughts: What will I forget to pack? Am I remembering everything I need?
Non-book activities: cat petting, Zoom genealogy chat
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Murder in an English Village by Jessica Ellicott
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: Peanut M & Ms
Thoughts: What will I forget to pack? Am I remembering everything I need?
Non-book activities: cat petting, Zoom genealogy chat
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
14AnneDC
Friday reading
Books read from: Black Birds in the Sky, Crusade for Justice, Moth Smoke
Books finished: Black Birds in the Sky
Pages read: 52 pages and 1 chapter audiobook
Time reading: 1 hour reading and 1 hour listening
Snacks: dinner was roasted chicken with rhubarb sauce
Thoughts: My reading has me once again thinking about the poor quality of the history I was taught in school, and wondering how likely it is that it will get better for today's children. I'd say unlikely.
Non-book activities: work, walk the dog, make dinner, dishes
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total pages read: 52 pages and 1 chapter audiobook
Total time reading: 1 hour reading and 1 hour listening
Books read from: Black Birds in the Sky, Crusade for Justice, Moth Smoke
Books finished: Black Birds in the Sky
Pages read: 52 pages and 1 chapter audiobook
Time reading: 1 hour reading and 1 hour listening
Snacks: dinner was roasted chicken with rhubarb sauce
Thoughts: My reading has me once again thinking about the poor quality of the history I was taught in school, and wondering how likely it is that it will get better for today's children. I'd say unlikely.
Non-book activities: work, walk the dog, make dinner, dishes
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total pages read: 52 pages and 1 chapter audiobook
Total time reading: 1 hour reading and 1 hour listening
15alcottacre
>14 AnneDC: What did you think of Black Birds in the Sky, Anne? I thought it was very good - and thought provoking - and important for the targeted age group to read.
16benitastrnad
Saturday aftetrnoon posting:
Books Read From: One page in Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. I am deep into reading Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells. I started reading Tilted World by Tom Franklin. I am still listening to Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness but not getting much done in it this weekend because I am not driving much due to gasoline prices. This is book 3 in the Chaos Walking series.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos. The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw on Thursday.
Book Thoughts: I slept in this morning and then when I got up I made coffee and sat in my favorite reading chair and read for 3 hours. I finished reading Broken For You and I found it to be an unexpected pleasure to read. This is now on my list of top reads of the year. This is a great story but it is also well written. The author says that it took her 7 years to write it and all that hard work shows. This is the kind of reading experience I live for. I started Tilted World by the well respected Southern author Tom Franklin this afternoon. It is for one of my book discussion groups. I have only about 5 pages but it sounds like it is going to be a good book, as well. I have high hope for it and only hope that I have not set the bar too high.
Time reading: 3 hours this morning.
Time posting:1 hour. LT has been really slow this afternoon.
Food: I baked a loaf of bread in the bread machine last night and had a sandwich made from it for lunch today. It tasted good. This afternoon I will bake oatmeal raisin cookies again (still have all those raisins to use up) and will make some potato salad. But first I have to go grocery shopping.
Nonbook activities: I did one load of wash and planted one plant today. It is so hot here. It is up in the 90's and miserable outside. It is to rain tomorrow so I will do my planned chores tomorrow. Right now I am going to get ready to go to the swimming pool and do more reading. When I get home I will go get groceries and bake those cookies. By that time it will be cooler and not so much of a strain on my AC.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 232
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 613 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books Read From: One page in Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. I am deep into reading Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells. I started reading Tilted World by Tom Franklin. I am still listening to Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness but not getting much done in it this weekend because I am not driving much due to gasoline prices. This is book 3 in the Chaos Walking series.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos. The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw on Thursday.
Book Thoughts: I slept in this morning and then when I got up I made coffee and sat in my favorite reading chair and read for 3 hours. I finished reading Broken For You and I found it to be an unexpected pleasure to read. This is now on my list of top reads of the year. This is a great story but it is also well written. The author says that it took her 7 years to write it and all that hard work shows. This is the kind of reading experience I live for. I started Tilted World by the well respected Southern author Tom Franklin this afternoon. It is for one of my book discussion groups. I have only about 5 pages but it sounds like it is going to be a good book, as well. I have high hope for it and only hope that I have not set the bar too high.
Time reading: 3 hours this morning.
Time posting:1 hour. LT has been really slow this afternoon.
Food: I baked a loaf of bread in the bread machine last night and had a sandwich made from it for lunch today. It tasted good. This afternoon I will bake oatmeal raisin cookies again (still have all those raisins to use up) and will make some potato salad. But first I have to go grocery shopping.
Nonbook activities: I did one load of wash and planted one plant today. It is so hot here. It is up in the 90's and miserable outside. It is to rain tomorrow so I will do my planned chores tomorrow. Right now I am going to get ready to go to the swimming pool and do more reading. When I get home I will go get groceries and bake those cookies. By that time it will be cooler and not so much of a strain on my AC.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 232
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 613 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
17susanna.fraser
Saturday afternoon
Books read from: Legends & Lattes
Books finished: Legends & Lattes
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 3:15 PM
Snacks: BBQ sandwich for lunch
Thoughts: The local Hertz place had a no-show, so we were able to pick up a substitute car for while ours is in the shop after all. Also, it's a perfectly beautiful day, sunny and mid-60's, which in Seattle in the springtime means shorts weather. All our doors and windows are open, and I hear lawnmowers and weed eaters in every direction.
Nonbook activities: Walked to the library, which I think I'll keep doing in nice weather even when I do have a car. Writing, laundry.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: Legends & Lattes
Books finished: Legends & Lattes
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 3:15 PM
Snacks: BBQ sandwich for lunch
Thoughts: The local Hertz place had a no-show, so we were able to pick up a substitute car for while ours is in the shop after all. Also, it's a perfectly beautiful day, sunny and mid-60's, which in Seattle in the springtime means shorts weather. All our doors and windows are open, and I hear lawnmowers and weed eaters in every direction.
Nonbook activities: Walked to the library, which I think I'll keep doing in nice weather even when I do have a car. Writing, laundry.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 4 hours
18alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil by Reay Tannahill, A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin, The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie, A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss, When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller, and The Death of Bees bu Lisa O'Donnell
Books finished: 1, The Children of Willesden Lane
Time reading: ~7.5 hours
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~11.5 hours
Books read from: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil by Reay Tannahill, A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin, The Children of Willesden Lane by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen, A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie, A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss, When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller, and The Death of Bees bu Lisa O'Donnell
Books finished: 1, The Children of Willesden Lane
Time reading: ~7.5 hours
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~11.5 hours
19torontoc
I finished The Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat
20thornton37814
Sunday afternoon update (for Saturday reading):
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
Books finished: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: I don't remember snacking!
Thoughts: I think I'm packed with lots of weight left for things I purchase
Non-book activities: cat petting, packing, cleaning, paper shredding, cross stitch, church
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
Books finished: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: I don't remember snacking!
Thoughts: I think I'm packed with lots of weight left for things I purchase
Non-book activities: cat petting, packing, cleaning, paper shredding, cross stitch, church
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ??
21cbl_tn
I've been reading but haven't found time to post updates. Here goes!
Books read from: The Liberators, A Little Princess
Books finished: A Little Princess
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: Just bought some Oregon Strawberry Tillamook ice cream because Kroger had it on sale for a ridiculously low price.
Thoughts: We need rain.
Non-book activities: helped plant flowers at the entrance to the subdivision Friday night, genealogy chat Friday night, genealogy research yesterday, grocery shopping yesterday, hair appointment yesterday, church this morning
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
I hope to finish The Liberators this afternoon.
Books read from: The Liberators, A Little Princess
Books finished: A Little Princess
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: Just bought some Oregon Strawberry Tillamook ice cream because Kroger had it on sale for a ridiculously low price.
Thoughts: We need rain.
Non-book activities: helped plant flowers at the entrance to the subdivision Friday night, genealogy chat Friday night, genealogy research yesterday, grocery shopping yesterday, hair appointment yesterday, church this morning
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
I hope to finish The Liberators this afternoon.
22AnneDC
Saturday reading
Books read from: Crusade for Justice, Moth Smoke, Writers & Lovers, The Dressmaker, Hana's Suitcase
Books finished: Hana's Suitcase
Pages read: 215 pages and 22 chapters audiobook
Time reading: 3 1/2 hours reading and 3 1/2 hours listening
Snacks: lunch was a falafel sandwich, dinner out was halibut, couscous, and salad
Thoughts: I left the house and did something social--my husband and I were supposed to attend a friend's retirement party. Unfortunately his flight home was cancelled and he missed the party, so I went alone. I feel like I've almost forgotten how to be around other people in person! I did need a break from some heavy reading.
Non-book activities: yoga, farmers market, dog walks, dishes, retirement party
Total books finished: 2 (Black Birds in the Sky, Hana's Suitcase)
Total read from: 6 (Black Birds in the Sky, Hana's Suitcase, Crusade for Justice, Moth Smoke, Writers & Lovers, The Dressmaker)
Total pages read: 267 pages and 23 chapters audiobooks
Total time reading: 4 1/2 hours reading and 4 1/2 hours listening
Books read from: Crusade for Justice, Moth Smoke, Writers & Lovers, The Dressmaker, Hana's Suitcase
Books finished: Hana's Suitcase
Pages read: 215 pages and 22 chapters audiobook
Time reading: 3 1/2 hours reading and 3 1/2 hours listening
Snacks: lunch was a falafel sandwich, dinner out was halibut, couscous, and salad
Thoughts: I left the house and did something social--my husband and I were supposed to attend a friend's retirement party. Unfortunately his flight home was cancelled and he missed the party, so I went alone. I feel like I've almost forgotten how to be around other people in person! I did need a break from some heavy reading.
Non-book activities: yoga, farmers market, dog walks, dishes, retirement party
Total books finished: 2 (Black Birds in the Sky, Hana's Suitcase)
Total read from: 6 (Black Birds in the Sky, Hana's Suitcase, Crusade for Justice, Moth Smoke, Writers & Lovers, The Dressmaker)
Total pages read: 267 pages and 23 chapters audiobooks
Total time reading: 4 1/2 hours reading and 4 1/2 hours listening
23AnneDC
>15 alcottacre: I agree, Stasia. I thought Black Birds in the Sky was quite good. I don't think I entirely realized that it was targeted at younger readers--that probably explains why it was relatively short. I picked up the audiobook in an Audible promotion without a lot of information, (and it nicely fit the flying animals challenge this month). I'm actually glad to know the target audience is middle grade students--this is exactly the historical context I feel like I missed out on. I recently had a conversation with a friend who grew up in Tulsa in the 1970s, and similarly knew nothing about Greenwood or the 1921 race massacre until recently. It's a disturbing story, but one we should know.
24cbl_tn
Sunday afternoon update:
Books read from: The Liberators, Trace Elements, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Books finished: The Liberators
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: leftover rice, grapes & cheese, Tazo glazed lemon loaf tea
Thoughts: Still praying for rain.
Non-book activities: Short walk with dog, short nap
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Liberators, Trace Elements, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Books finished: The Liberators
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: leftover rice, grapes & cheese, Tazo glazed lemon loaf tea
Thoughts: Still praying for rain.
Non-book activities: Short walk with dog, short nap
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
25susanna.fraser
Sunday afternoon:
Books read from: Nettle & Bone
Books finished: Nettle & Bone
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting: 3:15 PM
Snacks: Leftover pasta
Thoughts: This weekend has been so scattered and intermittently stressful. I'm glad the upcoming one is a three-day weekend.
Nonbook activities: Church, grocery shopping
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 9 hours
Books read from: Nettle & Bone
Books finished: Nettle & Bone
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting: 3:15 PM
Snacks: Leftover pasta
Thoughts: This weekend has been so scattered and intermittently stressful. I'm glad the upcoming one is a three-day weekend.
Nonbook activities: Church, grocery shopping
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 9 hours
26benitastrnad
Sunday night posting:
Books Read From: Two pages in Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. I didn't read much in Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells. I started reading Tilted World by Tom Franklin. I am still listening to Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness but not getting much done in it this weekend because I am not driving much due to gasoline prices. This is book 3 in the Chaos Walking series.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos. The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw for the LT Nonfiction Challenge.
Book Thoughts: I didn't get much reading done today because I went out to eat lunch with a friend. We stayed too long and talked too much, so little reading was done today compared to yesterday.
Time reading: 1hour this morning.
Time posting:
Food: I baked cookies today. It was a new recipe so I will have to see if I like it or not.
Nonbook activities: Ate lunch out with a friend and came home only to talk on the phone a whole lot. I am enjoying watching the Stanley Tucci program on Italian Food that is currently being shown on CNN. It is very interesting. Tonight's episode was on the Italian immigrants who have settled in London and brought their food with them. Quite interesting.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 232
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 614 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books Read From: Two pages in Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. I didn't read much in Sisters of the Resistance by Christine Wells. I started reading Tilted World by Tom Franklin. I am still listening to Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness but not getting much done in it this weekend because I am not driving much due to gasoline prices. This is book 3 in the Chaos Walking series.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Broken For You by Stephanie Kallos. The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945 by Ian Kershaw for the LT Nonfiction Challenge.
Book Thoughts: I didn't get much reading done today because I went out to eat lunch with a friend. We stayed too long and talked too much, so little reading was done today compared to yesterday.
Time reading: 1hour this morning.
Time posting:
Food: I baked cookies today. It was a new recipe so I will have to see if I like it or not.
Nonbook activities: Ate lunch out with a friend and came home only to talk on the phone a whole lot. I am enjoying watching the Stanley Tucci program on Italian Food that is currently being shown on CNN. It is very interesting. Tonight's episode was on the Italian immigrants who have settled in London and brought their food with them. Quite interesting.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 232
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 614 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
27alcottacre
>23 AnneDC: I read another young adult book (Dreamland Burning by Jennifer Latham) about it a couple of years ago, Anne, or I would likely still have known nothing about the Tulsa Race Riot either. The Latham book is fiction though as opposed to Colbert's nonfiction young adult book on the subject.
28alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil by Reay Tannahill, A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin, A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie, A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss, When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller, and The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell
Books finished: 3, A Game of Birds and Wolves, A God in Every Stone, and When You Trap a Tiger
Time reading: ~5 hours
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~16.5 hours
Books read from: The World, the Flesh, and the Devil by Reay Tannahill, A Game of Birds and Wolves by Simon Parkin, A God in Every Stone by Kamila Shamsie, A Shot in the Dark by Lynne Truss, When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller, and The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell
Books finished: 3, A Game of Birds and Wolves, A God in Every Stone, and When You Trap a Tiger
Time reading: ~5 hours
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~16.5 hours
29ChrisG1
Monday morning summary:
Books read from: Bleak House by Charles Dickens, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Last Call by Tim Powers, The Poetry of John Donne, The Confessions of St. Augustine
Books finished: A Wrinkle in Time - I'm afraid I bailed 30 pages into Bleak House...just wasn't in the mood for a 1000 page plow through Dickens.
Non-book activities: the wife & I binge-watched the new Open Range TV series on Prime Video - very strange...think Yellowstone crossed with Stranger Things. Quite entertaining.
Pages read: 320
Books read from: Bleak House by Charles Dickens, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, Last Call by Tim Powers, The Poetry of John Donne, The Confessions of St. Augustine
Books finished: A Wrinkle in Time - I'm afraid I bailed 30 pages into Bleak House...just wasn't in the mood for a 1000 page plow through Dickens.
Non-book activities: the wife & I binge-watched the new Open Range TV series on Prime Video - very strange...think Yellowstone crossed with Stranger Things. Quite entertaining.
Pages read: 320
30AnneDC
Sunday reading
Books read from: Crusade for Justice, Writers & Lovers, The Dressmaker, Summer
Books finished: Writers & Lovers
Pages read: 100 pages and 23 chapters audiobook
Time reading: 2 hours reading and 4 hours listening
Snacks: breakfast sandwich for brunch
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: yoga, brunch out, walk, library, visit with son, tv
Total books finished: 3 (Black Birds in the Sky, Hana's Suitcase, Writers & Lovers)
Total read from: 7 (Black Birds in the Sky, Hana's Suitcase, Crusade for Justice, Moth Smoke, Writers & Lovers, The Dressmaker, Summer)
Total pages read: 267 pages and 23 chapters audiobooks
Total time reading: 6 1/2 hours reading and 8 1/2 hours listening
Books read from: Crusade for Justice, Writers & Lovers, The Dressmaker, Summer
Books finished: Writers & Lovers
Pages read: 100 pages and 23 chapters audiobook
Time reading: 2 hours reading and 4 hours listening
Snacks: breakfast sandwich for brunch
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: yoga, brunch out, walk, library, visit with son, tv
Total books finished: 3 (Black Birds in the Sky, Hana's Suitcase, Writers & Lovers)
Total read from: 7 (Black Birds in the Sky, Hana's Suitcase, Crusade for Justice, Moth Smoke, Writers & Lovers, The Dressmaker, Summer)
Total pages read: 267 pages and 23 chapters audiobooks
Total time reading: 6 1/2 hours reading and 8 1/2 hours listening
