Social Distancing Readathon #116 - June 3 - 5

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

I am in Silver and will be concentrating on trying to finish:

Tomb of Sand and its near 800 pages.

Whatever else I manage shall be a bonus.

I'm in this weekend!

I’m in!

Finishing Mrs England, then l have 5 more library books waiting.

I'm in!

I’m in! I need to finish my library books before I can start on my summer reading.

ETA: It's a long weekend for me as it's our National Day on Monday and we have the day off.

I have returned for another round of readathon. I must start and finish The Lost Apothecary for my library club read.

I'm in - currently reading The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.

I will not be going anywhere for a while since I tested positive this morning. I've spent the day binge watching crime dramas and haven't picked up a book. So far I'm not really feeling any worse than I did after the 2nd shot and the booster. In fact, I feel a little better than that because I don't have the fatigue that I did with the shots.

I am still working my way through The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, and I'm starting the group read of Miss Mackenzie. Listening to Trace Elements.

I'm in this weekend--decompressing after a rough work week, and looking forward to planning my June reading.

Update from Friday because I fell asleep.

Books read from: 2 - Vile Bodies and Laments for the Living
Books finished: 0
Time reading: Roundabout an hour
Snacks: Crackers, tea and rice pudding
Non-book activities: Work, yoga, short walk, some TV

Sat a.m. Home again in Charlotte NC.

Books:
Just finished Mrs England :)
Starting Nine Lives by Peter Swanson. Suspense.
Next up is Sierra Six, latest in the Gray Man series by Mark Greaney.

breakfast- just coffee so far.

Other activity:
I caught up with Bosch Legacy tv series.
Today I mean to finalize details and submit to the lodge that's hosting our family reunion next month.
Need to catch up with postcards for postcrossing.com
Want to go for a walk before it gets hot, and play my new VR game Beat Saber. It's fun & a cardiovascular workout at the same time!

Finished 10 books in May.

Sunny, 75 F. (24 C.)

Saturday afternoon update:

Books read from: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Books finished:
Time reading: very little
Time posting:
Snacks: leftovers and lots of water
Thoughts: The headache is making reading difficult. I can't take Tylenol with Paxlovid and it's the only OTC pain medication I am supposed to use, so... Otherwise I'm not feeling too bad.
Non-book activities: binge watching crime dramas on Acorn. I loved Signora Volpe with Emilia Fox and its Italian setting.

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: Very little

Saturday afternoon posting:
Books Read From: Still picking up Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. A few pages from Tilted World by Tom Franklin. I am reading fairly steadily in Nine Pints: A Journey Through Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood by Rose George for the LT June challenge of books about science and medicine. I started Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Girls by Kate Moore. I finished Paper Bark Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. I am listening to Thunderstruck by Eric Larson since I didn't go anywhere this weekend I and am making less progress on it than I would like.

Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Paper Bark Tree by Ovidia Yu

Book Thoughts: I am not very excited about any of the titles I am currently reading except Nine Pints. Oh - well reading is sometimes like that. I am sure that one of the other books will grab my attention at some point.
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Food: Cappuccino from Starbucks this morning and a blueberry scone. I will have a sandwich for lunch.
Nonbook activities: I spent the morning on the phone with relatives. Watered my plants and will probably drive up to B'ham today. It is a very nice day here. Temperatures in the low 80's and nice breeze blowing. Might make it to the swimming pool this afternoon.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 235
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 623 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.

Saturday afternoon update:

Books read from: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, Breaking the Stronghold of Food by Michael Brown, The Poems of John Donne, The Year's Best Science Fiction 8
Books finished: Breaking the Stronghold of Food

Non-book activities: Attended my granddaughter's choir concert. Will be getting together with all three of my children, plus two spouses, for my daughter-in-law's birthday for a dinner out this evening.

Saturday evening update:

Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Silent Voices by Ann Cleeves
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: peach turnover
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Zoom genealogy chat, cat petting, cross stitching, watching TV

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??

Books read from: The River of the Gods, The Kaiju Preservation Society
Books finished: both - and both 5 stars for me!
Time reading: about 2 hours Friday evening, a bit this morning, some this evening
Time posting: 9 pm Saturday
Snacks: salad for dinner
Thoughts: been great to have two excellent reads in a row!
Non-book activities: spacecraft stuff this afternoon

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: about 5 hours

I thought I'd posted an update last night, but apparently I did everything but actually click the post button. So here's two days' worth of updates:

Books read from: Fevered Star
Books finished: Fevered Star
Time reading: 6 hours
Time posting: 8:30 PM
Snacks: Chinese takeout for dinner
Thoughts: This series is dark and twisty but fascinating.
Non-book activities: Usual Saturday errands, listened to podcasts

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 6 hours

I'm reading The Good Wife and The Murmuring Deep.

>18 susanna.fraser:
I have this series on my TBR list. How did you like the second book?

Sunday noon posting:
Books Read From: Still picking up Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Tilted World by Tom Franklin. Nine Pints: A Journey Through Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood by Rose George for the LT June challenge of books about science and medicine. I started Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Girls by Kate Moore. I am listening to Thunderstruck by Eric Larson since I didn't go anywhere this weekend I am making less progress on it than I would like.

Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Paper Bark Tree by Ovidia Yu

Book Thoughts: Tilted World is picking up. I read a good sized chunk of it yesterday and finally it is developing a plot that is interesting. Tom Franklin is a well respected southern author and I have several of his books on my TBR list. However, for such a well known author, I am surprised that this book has taken so long to get going. Now I am anxious to see how he finishes it.
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting:
Food: Cappuccino from Starbucks this morning.
Nonbook activities: I spent yesterday catching up on phone calls. We have a major family crisis and I was on the phone the whole day. At least it seems like it. Listening to people. I did go to the swimming pool yesterday afternoon and got some reading time in and made lots of progress on Titled World. I was amazed at how many people were reading books in the water. With all those children splashing about that seemed a bit risky to me. However, I forgot to take my watch off and wore it into the water. It didn't hurt the watch but it served to remind me that I am getting a bit absent minded. I plan on going back later this afternoon and so should finish the book today. At least I hope to finish this one today.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 235
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 626 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.

>18 susanna.fraser:
>20 benitastrnad:
OK, I'll bite. I just reserved the first one, Black Sun, from the library.

Books:
Nine Lives, Swanson
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, Robinet. Won Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction.

breakfast - just coffee. I'll think about some lunch later. Maybe go out for lunch; I have to buy cat food today and maybe more birdseed and suet.

Other activity:
Watching tv series, 'Better Call Saul.'
Watching birds, bunnies and chipmunks in the back yard. Dang rabbits ate my hostas but the babies are cute. Mockingbirds are chasing the brown thrashers away from the feeder. Going out shortly to water my plants.

Thoughts: Need to be reading more off my TBR shelves. Goal is for half the books read to be off my own shelves and then donated and out of the house! Of the 10 books read in May, only one was TBR.

Sunny, 81 F. (27 C.)

>20 benitastrnad: I enjoyed it, though it took me several chapters to remember who was who and what was going on, so I'd recommend reading the two books relatively close together. In general, it's a bit darker than my usual taste in SFF (my favorites currently are the Murderbot series, Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London, and anything Lois McMaster Bujold writes), but it's fascinating to read epic fantasy in a setting based on pre-Columbian America.

Sunday afternoon:

Books read from: Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous
Books finished: Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 3:30 PM
Snacks: Leftover takeout for lunch
Thoughts: That was a fun YA romcom.
Non-book activities: Church, writing

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 9 hours

Sunday evening update:

Books read from: Grimms' Tales for Young and Old, Imagined London
Books finished: Imagined London
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: hot chocolate
Thoughts: I am feeling better today. Less congestion and no headache. I still have at least two more days of isolation to get through.
Non-book activities: Zoom church; Still binge watching crime dramas on Acorn and BritBox. I finished The Chelsea Detective this afternoon and started on Hope Street.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?

Sunday night posting:
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Tilted World by Tom Franklin. Nine Pints: A Journey Through Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood by Rose George for the LT June challenge of books about science and medicine. I started Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Girls by Kate Moore and Philida by Andre Brink. I am listening to Thunderstruck by Eric Larson.

Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Paper Bark Tree by Ovidia Yu. Tilted World by Tom Franklin and Beth Ann Fennelly.

Book Thoughts: I managed to squeeze in 1 hour at the pool. enough time to get wet, dry off, and finish the last 30 pages of Tilted World
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Food: Indian food from the local Indian restaurant.
Nonbook activities: More phone calls this afternoon, so less time at the pool. I also watched the last half of the movie version of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. One of the TV channels on our cable had a Harry Potter marathon this weekend. Since I finally read the books the movies make more sense.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 235
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 627 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.

Monday morning summary:

Books read from: Breaking the Stronghold of Food by Michael L. Brown, The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy, The Poetry of John Donne, The Year's Best Science Fiction #8
Books finished: Breaking the Stronghold of Food, The God of Small Things

Non-book activities: Lot of great family time - went to my Granddaughter's choir concert, a birthday dinner out for my daughter-in-law, hosted our daughter with her little baby girl for the weekend.

weekend wrap-up

Books:
Nine Lives, Peter Swanson
Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule, Harriette Robinet

Sunday dinner was pasta, and again leftover for lunch today.

Other activity:
puttering
watching 'Better Call Saul'
arrangements for family reunion in July.
I spend a lot of time here on the sunporch watching the wildlife in the back yard!

Sunny, 82 F. (28 C.)

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/342254