Social Distancing Readathon #128 - August 26 - 28
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
2thornton37814
Not sure that I'll have any completions over the weekend, but I'll make some progress in some non-fiction as well as an audiobook. If I finish a book, it may be one I haven't started yet. It came in through the library from an Overdrive/Libby recommendation. I don't have lots more days to finish it. I'll decide whether or not I am still interested and decide how much time I want to invest either tonight or tomorrow. Otherwise, you'll see me post some I'm reading a chapter or two at a time plus the usual devotional stuff.
3alcottacre
I am in again. Hopefully I can put some of the distractions aside and work on getting my August TIOLI books completed.
6susanna.fraser
I'm in!
7nrmay
I'm in.
I'll be reading, maybe some cooking and baking, and tidying before my sister comes on Sunday to stay a couple nights.
I'll be reading, maybe some cooking and baking, and tidying before my sister comes on Sunday to stay a couple nights.
8elkiedee
I'm in. I'll try again after a few weeks away. I've been reading (though nowhere near as much as July when I finished 27 books!). I may even finish something this weekend, which is needed as I have so many exciting library books and others to read, including books by some favourite authors, shiny recent publications that sounded irresistible, and recent discoveries (I particularly overlooked some of the stuff published during lockdowns etc). And it's Bank Holiday Monday in the UK if anyone is free to try and celebrate with me (doesn't matter where you are if you have the time!).
I will keep a note of reading from now, as I'm soon going to go on a library expedition, but hoping to fit in a look round a couple of charity shops en route too. My teenage son had to help me cart back a massive haul from the Oxfam bookshop in Deal, the Kent seaside town where we had a little holiday with my aunt, and I'm being very slow to catalogue my new acquisitions on LT.
I will keep a note of reading from now, as I'm soon going to go on a library expedition, but hoping to fit in a look round a couple of charity shops en route too. My teenage son had to help me cart back a massive haul from the Oxfam bookshop in Deal, the Kent seaside town where we had a little holiday with my aunt, and I'm being very slow to catalogue my new acquisitions on LT.
9Carmenere
Count me in! Most of my reading will be tonight and Sunday. Trying to finish at least one more TIOLI read.
10Deedledee
>8 elkiedee:
27 books in July! Holy moley, you're a machine!
27 books in July! Holy moley, you're a machine!
11elkiedee
>10 Deedledee: Not really. It's the kind of rate I read at a few years ago, but I'm not sure when I slept (that may have been part of the problem - it was a difficult period of my life and I think I was escaping!) But I'm not sure what happened in July! Anything from 5-15 has been "normal" in recent years, and at the beginning of lockdown, I hardly finished anything for SIX MONTHS!
12benitastrnad
I am in as well. I plan a quiet weekend of recovery with one side trip with friends, so should have time to finish reading a couple of those Kansas Author Contest books.
13torontoc
I 'm in. I am reading slowly since the beginning of the pandemic but I am enjoying what I read.
14nrmay
>11 elkiedee:
I too am impressed by 27 books in a month! Congratulations. I thought I was having a good show in Aug with 11 books finished so far. During 2020 and 2021 and Covid I read a lot more since I was staying home, 20+ books above my usual 100 in a year.
>12 benitastrnad:
Recovering from first week of school?! haven't been ailing, I hope.
I hope to start reading early today. Going out shortly for lunch and stops at eye doc and used book store first.
Husband making dinner so I see me on the porch with wine, cat and book later.
mostly sunny, 84 F. (29 C.)
I too am impressed by 27 books in a month! Congratulations. I thought I was having a good show in Aug with 11 books finished so far. During 2020 and 2021 and Covid I read a lot more since I was staying home, 20+ books above my usual 100 in a year.
>12 benitastrnad:
Recovering from first week of school?! haven't been ailing, I hope.
I hope to start reading early today. Going out shortly for lunch and stops at eye doc and used book store first.
Husband making dinner so I see me on the porch with wine, cat and book later.
mostly sunny, 84 F. (29 C.)
15benitastrnad
>14 nrmay:
Not ailing - just ailing from all the crap that a Big State U brings with it every year. Hassling employees about parking, students who think that they can drive cars, electric bicycles and scooters anywhere and everywhere and then leave them wherever they want, (aren't there ordinances for that?), a big U that believes it is their god given right to dictate drinking habits for students and then lets fraternities & sororities serve alcohol in their buildings, A Big U that is the first in its football league to serve beer in the stadium, and lastly, a Big State U who brags about being located in a poor rural state and then gives the football coach a ten year extension on his contract and ups his salary to 12 million a year. Yeah - I am going to spend the weekend recovering.
Not ailing - just ailing from all the crap that a Big State U brings with it every year. Hassling employees about parking, students who think that they can drive cars, electric bicycles and scooters anywhere and everywhere and then leave them wherever they want, (aren't there ordinances for that?), a big U that believes it is their god given right to dictate drinking habits for students and then lets fraternities & sororities serve alcohol in their buildings, A Big U that is the first in its football league to serve beer in the stadium, and lastly, a Big State U who brags about being located in a poor rural state and then gives the football coach a ten year extension on his contract and ups his salary to 12 million a year. Yeah - I am going to spend the weekend recovering.
16alcottacre
Friday Night Report:
Books read from: King of the Murgos by David Eddings, Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch, Is This a Great Game, or What? by Tim Kurkjian, Endgame, 1945 by David Stafford, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka, The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
Books finished: 1, Is This a Great Game, or What?
Time reading: ~6.25 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~6.25 hours
Books read from: King of the Murgos by David Eddings, Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch, Is This a Great Game, or What? by Tim Kurkjian, Endgame, 1945 by David Stafford, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka, The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss
Books finished: 1, Is This a Great Game, or What?
Time reading: ~6.25 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~6.25 hours
17cbl_tn
Friday night update:
Books read from: Transient Desires, The Black Church
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: dinner was a cheeseburger and a Snickers Blizzard from DQ
Thoughts: I'm glad the evenings are a little cooler now.
Non-book activities: long walk with the dog
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: Transient Desires, The Black Church
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: dinner was a cheeseburger and a Snickers Blizzard from DQ
Thoughts: I'm glad the evenings are a little cooler now.
Non-book activities: long walk with the dog
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
18benitastrnad
Friday night update
Books read from: We, the House by Warren Ashworth. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. I am listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Arch Emulator and the Seven Keys by Michael Stewart. Taste For Vengeance by Martin Walker. Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Book Thoughts: I finished several books that I have been reading. Arche Emulator and the Seven Keys is the second book I have finished reading for the Kansas Author's Club contest and it was alright as thrillers go. It was slow to start and the ending didn't seem to fit with the rest of the book, but it had an interesting plot and many of the action scenes were well written. There is a future for this author, but this book is not a finished product, so it won't be my pick for the award. I finished Taste for Vengeance as well. This is book 11 in the Bruno Courrages series. This one had a time worn, or time honored pot for police procedurals so there was nothing new there. What makes this series a winner is the descriptions of the food and wine of the Dordogne region of France. I finished listening to Swans of Fifth Avenue and loved, loved, this book. The narrators were perfect for this novel and they made the characters of Babe Paley and Truman Capote come alive. I highly recommend this recorded version. I am sure that because of the narrators this is going to be one of my top novels of the year. This is surprising as I am not a fan of Truman Capote's writing.
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch today.
Time posting:
Food: I went out to eat at Mellow Mushroom with some friends and had a good time even though the restaurant was noisy. I don't know why restaurants insist on that horrible industrial décor that doesn't allow a person to talk or hear anybody. Even college students might like to sit down to a meal and not have to shout at their neighbor. I had an average tasting calzone and a horrid cocktail for which I paid way too much.
Nonbook activities: Visiting with friends and eating.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 259
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 700 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books read from: We, the House by Warren Ashworth. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. I am listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Arch Emulator and the Seven Keys by Michael Stewart. Taste For Vengeance by Martin Walker. Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Book Thoughts: I finished several books that I have been reading. Arche Emulator and the Seven Keys is the second book I have finished reading for the Kansas Author's Club contest and it was alright as thrillers go. It was slow to start and the ending didn't seem to fit with the rest of the book, but it had an interesting plot and many of the action scenes were well written. There is a future for this author, but this book is not a finished product, so it won't be my pick for the award. I finished Taste for Vengeance as well. This is book 11 in the Bruno Courrages series. This one had a time worn, or time honored pot for police procedurals so there was nothing new there. What makes this series a winner is the descriptions of the food and wine of the Dordogne region of France. I finished listening to Swans of Fifth Avenue and loved, loved, this book. The narrators were perfect for this novel and they made the characters of Babe Paley and Truman Capote come alive. I highly recommend this recorded version. I am sure that because of the narrators this is going to be one of my top novels of the year. This is surprising as I am not a fan of Truman Capote's writing.
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch today.
Time posting:
Food: I went out to eat at Mellow Mushroom with some friends and had a good time even though the restaurant was noisy. I don't know why restaurants insist on that horrible industrial décor that doesn't allow a person to talk or hear anybody. Even college students might like to sit down to a meal and not have to shout at their neighbor. I had an average tasting calzone and a horrid cocktail for which I paid way too much.
Nonbook activities: Visiting with friends and eating.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 259
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 700 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
19benitastrnad
>17 cbl_tn:
I didn't know they made a Snickers Blizzard. Wow! I bet that was rich!!!!
I didn't know they made a Snickers Blizzard. Wow! I bet that was rich!!!!
20susanna.fraser
Friday night:
Books read from: Sharpe's Assassin
Books finished: Sharpe's Assassin
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 8:15 PM
Snacks: chili for dinner
Thoughts: Awww, Sharpe and Wellington, it's OK to admit you're friends!
Non-book activities: work, had lunch with a friend
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
Books read from: Sharpe's Assassin
Books finished: Sharpe's Assassin
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 8:15 PM
Snacks: chili for dinner
Thoughts: Awww, Sharpe and Wellington, it's OK to admit you're friends!
Non-book activities: work, had lunch with a friend
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
21cbl_tn
>19 benitastrnad: It's good! And surprisingly not as many calories as you'd think!
22thornton37814
Friday night report:
Books read from: God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread, Bible (KJV), A Distant Grave by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Books finished: None
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: A few Dewey's lemon cookies (Moravian cookies from Winston-Salem)
Thoughts: I was too tired to read much. Hoping I can read some in the other three books in progress after I get through everything else on today's agenda.
Non-book activities: cross stitch, petting cats, crossword puzzle, Worldle, Wordle
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread, Bible (KJV), A Distant Grave by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Books finished: None
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: A few Dewey's lemon cookies (Moravian cookies from Winston-Salem)
Thoughts: I was too tired to read much. Hoping I can read some in the other three books in progress after I get through everything else on today's agenda.
Non-book activities: cross stitch, petting cats, crossword puzzle, Worldle, Wordle
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
23Carmenere
Friday night update:
Books Read From: gods behaving badly and boy are they ever!
Books Finished: 0
Dinner: Eggplant parm
Thoughts: Why are the Guardians on Apple TV so much?!
Non-Book activities: Getting my house in order and clean
Books Read From: gods behaving badly and boy are they ever!
Books Finished: 0
Dinner: Eggplant parm
Thoughts: Why are the Guardians on Apple TV so much?!
Non-Book activities: Getting my house in order and clean
24nrmay
mid-day Saturday.
Off to a slow start to reading. I get so easily distracted!
Books:
Picked up Yaxley's Cat by Robert Westall for the Scaredycat J/YA challenge this month and got through half of it yesterday.
Bought a copy of Distant Shores by K Hannah at the used book store yesterday. Need to read it fast for my book club next week. Did not like Four Winds by her so have not read another of hers till now.
Dinner was leftover Mexican. Thinking of brunch/lunch soon.
Other activity:
FaceTime with kids in California. Got my plane tickets for a visit in Sept.
Watered/fed my pink geranium; need to fill all the bird feeders.
sent postcrossing cards
Sunny, 85 F. (29 C.)
Off to a slow start to reading. I get so easily distracted!
Books:
Picked up Yaxley's Cat by Robert Westall for the Scaredycat J/YA challenge this month and got through half of it yesterday.
Bought a copy of Distant Shores by K Hannah at the used book store yesterday. Need to read it fast for my book club next week. Did not like Four Winds by her so have not read another of hers till now.
Dinner was leftover Mexican. Thinking of brunch/lunch soon.
Other activity:
FaceTime with kids in California. Got my plane tickets for a visit in Sept.
Watered/fed my pink geranium; need to fill all the bird feeders.
sent postcrossing cards
Sunny, 85 F. (29 C.)
25drneutron
Books read from:Persians: The Age of the Great Kings and The Great Plague: a People’s History
Books finished: none yet
Time reading: most of the morning, been a ‘do nothing but read’ day so far.
Time posting: 1;30 pm
Snacks: well, there was lunch…
Thoughts: I need a nap…
Non-book activities: napping
Total books finished:
Total read from:
Total time reading:
Books finished: none yet
Time reading: most of the morning, been a ‘do nothing but read’ day so far.
Time posting: 1;30 pm
Snacks: well, there was lunch…
Thoughts: I need a nap…
Non-book activities: napping
Total books finished:
Total read from:
Total time reading:
26cbl_tn
Saturday afternoon update:
Books read from: The Black Church, Grimms' Tales for Young and Old, A Personal Record
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was a grilled chicken breast, half a baked potato, and green beans
Thoughts: I have more energy when it's not scorching hot.
Non-book activities: farmer's market, walk with the dog, chatting with neighbors, laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Black Church, Grimms' Tales for Young and Old, A Personal Record
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was a grilled chicken breast, half a baked potato, and green beans
Thoughts: I have more energy when it's not scorching hot.
Non-book activities: farmer's market, walk with the dog, chatting with neighbors, laundry, cleaning, grocery shopping
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
27fuzzi
I'm here, and am still working through The Cardinal of the Kremlin.
28cbl_tn
Saturday evening update:
Books read from: The Black Church, The Other Girl
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: supper was grapes and cereal
Thoughts: I think my ear is still infected. The antibiotic/steroid ear drops didn't get rid of it all. :-(
Non-book activities: Nap, laundry, dishes
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Black Church, The Other Girl
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: supper was grapes and cereal
Thoughts: I think my ear is still infected. The antibiotic/steroid ear drops didn't get rid of it all. :-(
Non-book activities: Nap, laundry, dishes
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
29susanna.fraser
Saturday night
Books read from: The Sonnets, Fixer-Upper
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 8:45 PM
Snacks: chickpeas with leeks, lemon, and bacon for dinner
Thoughts: Such a cool cloudy day for August, and the days are starting to get noticeably shorter too. Sigh.
Non-book activities: Farmers market, altar guild stuff, writing
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 5 hours
Books read from: The Sonnets, Fixer-Upper
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 8:45 PM
Snacks: chickpeas with leeks, lemon, and bacon for dinner
Thoughts: Such a cool cloudy day for August, and the days are starting to get noticeably shorter too. Sigh.
Non-book activities: Farmers market, altar guild stuff, writing
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 5 hours
30alcottacre
Saturday Night Report:
Books read from: Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch, Endgame, 1945 by David Stafford, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka, The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss, and Quicksand by Junichiro Tanizaki
Books finished: 3, Fall of the Roman Republic, Endgame, 1945 and The Upstairs Room
Time reading: ~4.75 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~11 hours
Books read from: Fall of the Roman Republic by Plutarch, Endgame, 1945 by David Stafford, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka, The Upstairs Room by Johanna Reiss, and Quicksand by Junichiro Tanizaki
Books finished: 3, Fall of the Roman Republic, Endgame, 1945 and The Upstairs Room
Time reading: ~4.75 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~11 hours
31nrmay
Late-night Saturday
Books:
Finished Yaxley's Cat
Still reading Powers of Endurance: Women in Wartime 1861-1865
Started Distant Shores by Kristein Hannah
Breakfast - P & J sandwich
lunch - veg-beef soup
dinner - bourbon salmon, carrots, sweet potato
Other activity: watched a British production of Agatha Christie's Ordeal of Innocence
Books:
Finished Yaxley's Cat
Still reading Powers of Endurance: Women in Wartime 1861-1865
Started Distant Shores by Kristein Hannah
Breakfast - P & J sandwich
lunch - veg-beef soup
dinner - bourbon salmon, carrots, sweet potato
Other activity: watched a British production of Agatha Christie's Ordeal of Innocence
32humouress
What are the criteria for the readathon? Read whatever, however, whenever (within the time stated)? If that's all, I could give it a go.
>11 elkiedee: Contrary to most people's experiences, I actually read more during the lockdown/ pandemic slow down.
There was nowhere to go, the kids were at home so I didn't need to run the mum's taxi service or my husband was working from home, so he could stretch his legs and do the school run, when school reopened. 2020 was the first year that I actually read 75 books and I repeated it in 2021, getting close to 100. It looks like that run is over, though - this year I've been crafting (a pandemic purchase, so I really ought to make use of my investment) which has cut into my reading time. Although I have (re)discovered audio books so I could take that route from here.
>11 elkiedee: Contrary to most people's experiences, I actually read more during the lockdown/ pandemic slow down.
There was nowhere to go, the kids were at home so I didn't need to run the mum's taxi service or my husband was working from home, so he could stretch his legs and do the school run, when school reopened. 2020 was the first year that I actually read 75 books and I repeated it in 2021, getting close to 100. It looks like that run is over, though - this year I've been crafting (a pandemic purchase, so I really ought to make use of my investment) which has cut into my reading time. Although I have (re)discovered audio books so I could take that route from here.
33elkiedee
>32 humouress: Hi there! Nice to see you here. And yes, basically. There is a set of questions but they're a guideline really.
34humouress
>33 elkiedee: Hello Luci and thank you!
Thanks; I'll join in then, though I don't know if I'll read a lot.
Thanks; I'll join in then, though I don't know if I'll read a lot.
35thornton37814
Saturday report:
Books read from: God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread, Bible (KJV), A Distant Grave by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Books finished: None
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: None
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: choir Christmas music kickoff (complete with Christmas dinner), cross stitch shop visit and cross stitching around the table there, petting cats, Worldle, Wordle
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread, Bible (KJV), A Distant Grave by Sarah Stewart Taylor
Books finished: None
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: None
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: choir Christmas music kickoff (complete with Christmas dinner), cross stitch shop visit and cross stitching around the table there, petting cats, Worldle, Wordle
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
36cbl_tn
Sunday morning update:
Books read from: The Other Girl, Grimms' Tales for Young and Old
Books finished: The Other Girl
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: tea
Thoughts: I can't believe it's almost September!
Non-book activities: sleep, TV (Monk)
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Other Girl, Grimms' Tales for Young and Old
Books finished: The Other Girl
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: tea
Thoughts: I can't believe it's almost September!
Non-book activities: sleep, TV (Monk)
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
37benitastrnad
Sunday afternoon update
Books read from: We, the House by Warren Ashworth. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. I am listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: We, the House by Warren Ashworth. Arch Emulator and the Seven Keys by Michael Stewart. Taste For Vengeance by Martin Walker. Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Book Thoughts: I finished the delightful We, the House by Warren Ashworth. This was a very innovative way of looking at the history of a house in a small town in Kansas. The story (history) of the house is told by the house and its interlocutor. The interlocutor is a portrait painted of a Mrs. Speale who can communicate with the house. Through the eyes of both of them we, the readers, get the story of the occupants, the building, and the area around the building. It is a very clever way to tell this story. This one was the third one I have read for the Kansas Authors Club contest. I am judging the science fiction/fantasy part of the fiction contest this year. I am not sure that I would classify this book as science fiction/fantasy but I am not sure what genre it would belong to. Whatever its genre, I think this little novel is going to be on my list of best books of the year! I started reading book 4 for this contest this morning. This one is Bug Diary and I am enjoying it. This one is defiantly a fantasy and so far it is good.
Time reading: 1.5 hour at lunch today.
Time posting:
Food: my usual Sunday lunch at the local Indian restaurant.
Nonbook activities: Talked on the phone for 2.5 hours this morning. I did do some knitting during that time. I also spent an hour watching my Nippon TV shows, Oishi and Journeys in Japan, so I got quite a bit knitted on my mohair scarf/shawl.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 260
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 701.5 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books read from: We, the House by Warren Ashworth. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. I am listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: We, the House by Warren Ashworth. Arch Emulator and the Seven Keys by Michael Stewart. Taste For Vengeance by Martin Walker. Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Book Thoughts: I finished the delightful We, the House by Warren Ashworth. This was a very innovative way of looking at the history of a house in a small town in Kansas. The story (history) of the house is told by the house and its interlocutor. The interlocutor is a portrait painted of a Mrs. Speale who can communicate with the house. Through the eyes of both of them we, the readers, get the story of the occupants, the building, and the area around the building. It is a very clever way to tell this story. This one was the third one I have read for the Kansas Authors Club contest. I am judging the science fiction/fantasy part of the fiction contest this year. I am not sure that I would classify this book as science fiction/fantasy but I am not sure what genre it would belong to. Whatever its genre, I think this little novel is going to be on my list of best books of the year! I started reading book 4 for this contest this morning. This one is Bug Diary and I am enjoying it. This one is defiantly a fantasy and so far it is good.
Time reading: 1.5 hour at lunch today.
Time posting:
Food: my usual Sunday lunch at the local Indian restaurant.
Nonbook activities: Talked on the phone for 2.5 hours this morning. I did do some knitting during that time. I also spent an hour watching my Nippon TV shows, Oishi and Journeys in Japan, so I got quite a bit knitted on my mohair scarf/shawl.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 260
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 701.5 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
38nrmay
Sunday afternoon.
Books:
Finished Powers of Endurance
Finished Spooky Tales to Chill Your Spine for the scaredycat J/YA challenge.
Started The Doll Graveyard for above challenge.
This is a good chance for me to read and donate some of the J/YA books that have sat on my shelves for years.
brunch was a sausage/egg scramble.
I'm about ready for Happy Hour but trying to wait till my sis arrives any time now. She's spending a couple nights here helping her grand kids get started back to school this week. They live nearby and she stays with me when she comes to town.
Knock at the door! She's here!
Books:
Finished Powers of Endurance
Finished Spooky Tales to Chill Your Spine for the scaredycat J/YA challenge.
Started The Doll Graveyard for above challenge.
This is a good chance for me to read and donate some of the J/YA books that have sat on my shelves for years.
brunch was a sausage/egg scramble.
I'm about ready for Happy Hour but trying to wait till my sis arrives any time now. She's spending a couple nights here helping her grand kids get started back to school this week. They live nearby and she stays with me when she comes to town.
Knock at the door! She's here!
39elkiedee
Sunday 11 pm
Books read from: 10
Alex Marwood, The Island of Lost Girls
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (editor), The Best Short Stories 2021: The O Henry Prize Winners
Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry - FINISHED 28.08.22
Michael Rosen, The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II - FINISHED 28.08.22
Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns
Louise Welsh, The Cutting Room
Val McDermid, Insidious Intent
Xochitl Gonzalez, Olga Dies Dreaming
Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
Alice Munro, The Beggar Maid: Tales of Flo and Alice aka Who Do You Think You Are?
Books finished: 2
Pages read: 333
Snacks: Crisps, chocolate, cheese, cookies, yoghurt and lots of tea
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, WhatsApp/Twitter and resting, budget supermarket on way back from library
Book related activities: Library and charity shop trip, LT and GR updates, Mumsnet What We're Reading threads
Total books finished: 2
Total pages read: 333
Total read from: 10
Books read from: 10
Alex Marwood, The Island of Lost Girls
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (editor), The Best Short Stories 2021: The O Henry Prize Winners
Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry - FINISHED 28.08.22
Michael Rosen, The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II - FINISHED 28.08.22
Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns
Louise Welsh, The Cutting Room
Val McDermid, Insidious Intent
Xochitl Gonzalez, Olga Dies Dreaming
Joanna Quinn, The Whalebone Theatre
Alice Munro, The Beggar Maid: Tales of Flo and Alice aka Who Do You Think You Are?
Books finished: 2
Pages read: 333
Snacks: Crisps, chocolate, cheese, cookies, yoghurt and lots of tea
Non-book activities: Bejeweled Blitz, WhatsApp/Twitter and resting, budget supermarket on way back from library
Book related activities: Library and charity shop trip, LT and GR updates, Mumsnet What We're Reading threads
Total books finished: 2
Total pages read: 333
Total read from: 10
40cbl_tn
Sunday evening update:
Books read from: The Black Church
Books finished: The Black Church
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: grapes
Thoughts: I'm glad it rained a little while ago. We needed it!
Non-book activities: church, cooking lunch, watching a Hallmark movie, Zoom church
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Black Church
Books finished: The Black Church
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: grapes
Thoughts: I'm glad it rained a little while ago. We needed it!
Non-book activities: church, cooking lunch, watching a Hallmark movie, Zoom church
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
41thornton37814
Sunday evening update:
I woke up with a horrible headache. Since I'd been notified of COVID exposure late Friday afternoon (from a student employee), I feared I had finally succombed. The COVID test was negative. I will need to test again in 24-48 hours.
Books read from: God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread, Bible (KJV)
Books finished: None
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: None
Thoughts: Will still do Wordle & Worldle this evening. I really haven't felt like reading because of the headache. It's beginning to ease, but it's still there. I probably just need to take another round of Tylenol.
Non-book activities: cat petting, cross stitch
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
I woke up with a horrible headache. Since I'd been notified of COVID exposure late Friday afternoon (from a student employee), I feared I had finally succombed. The COVID test was negative. I will need to test again in 24-48 hours.
Books read from: God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread, Bible (KJV)
Books finished: None
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: None
Thoughts: Will still do Wordle & Worldle this evening. I really haven't felt like reading because of the headache. It's beginning to ease, but it's still there. I probably just need to take another round of Tylenol.
Non-book activities: cat petting, cross stitch
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ??
42alcottacre
Sunday Night Report:
Books read from: King of the Murgos by David Eddings, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka, Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson, The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau, Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner and Quicksand by Junichiro Tanizaki
Books finished: 3, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death, Another Brooklyn, and Quicksand
Time reading: ~3.5 hours
Total books finished: 7
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: ~14.5 hours
Books read from: King of the Murgos by David Eddings, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death by Otto Dov Kulka, Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson, The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau, Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner and Quicksand by Junichiro Tanizaki
Books finished: 3, Landscapes of the Metropolis of Death, Another Brooklyn, and Quicksand
Time reading: ~3.5 hours
Total books finished: 7
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: ~14.5 hours
43cbl_tn
Sunday night update:
Books read from: A Personal Record
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: cookies
Thoughts: Another successful readathon!
Non-book activities: backing up computer files, dishes
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: A Personal Record
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: cookies
Thoughts: Another successful readathon!
Non-book activities: backing up computer files, dishes
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
44susanna.fraser
Sunday night:
Books read from: The Sonnets, Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
Books finished: Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 9:15 PM
Snacks: chicken sandwich
Thoughts: Housing policy is even more complicated than I thought.
Non-book activities: Church, laundry, writing, prepped some freezer meals
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8 hours
Books read from: The Sonnets, Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
Books finished: Fixer-Upper: How to Repair America’s Broken Housing Systems
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 9:15 PM
Snacks: chicken sandwich
Thoughts: Housing policy is even more complicated than I thought.
Non-book activities: Church, laundry, writing, prepped some freezer meals
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8 hours
45humouress
Books read from: The Windsor Knot
Books finished: The Windsor Knot
Time reading: no idea :0)
Time posting:
Snacks: What snacks?! I'm trying to lose weight. Just my dark chocolate digestive and coffee at tea time. Dinner was a very nice tomato, bread & chicken salad that even my son liked. So it must be good.
Thoughts: Really enjoyed the book. The portrayal of the Queen gels with my idea of her - except that I hadn't really considered her as a sleuth before.
Non-book activities: Trying to catalogue my dies and stamps to organise my pandemic investment.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ?
Books finished: The Windsor Knot
Time reading: no idea :0)
Time posting:
Snacks: What snacks?! I'm trying to lose weight. Just my dark chocolate digestive and coffee at tea time. Dinner was a very nice tomato, bread & chicken salad that even my son liked. So it must be good.
Thoughts: Really enjoyed the book. The portrayal of the Queen gels with my idea of her - except that I hadn't really considered her as a sleuth before.
Non-book activities: Trying to catalogue my dies and stamps to organise my pandemic investment.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ?
46elkiedee
>45 humouress: I never measure the time I spend reading and posting (as opposed to assorted methods of timewasting and even talking to my family occasionally).
47humouress
>46 elkiedee: I suppose time spent posting and surfing is more than it ought to be and reading is more than my family think it ought to be.
48nrmay
It's a wrap!
Books:
Aiming to finish The Doll Graveyard for this month's scaredycat challenge.
Other books on hold.
Dinner out with family. Pizza and salad.
Came home and had cannolis that my sister brought and prosececco while we watched another Agatha Christie movie on tv - The Pale Horse.
My sister and I are going shopping today. Don't remember shopping, other than online, since before COVID.
Sunny, 78 F. (26 C.)
Books:
Aiming to finish The Doll Graveyard for this month's scaredycat challenge.
Other books on hold.
Dinner out with family. Pizza and salad.
Came home and had cannolis that my sister brought and prosececco while we watched another Agatha Christie movie on tv - The Pale Horse.
My sister and I are going shopping today. Don't remember shopping, other than online, since before COVID.
Sunny, 78 F. (26 C.)
49thornton37814
Late Sunday night report (on Monday morning):
Books read from: Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers
Books finished: None
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: None
Thoughts: Headache seems to be under control with the Tylenol. I'll take it with me to work though just in case.
Non-book activities: cat petting, cross stitch
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: Another Gospel? by Alisa Childers
Books finished: None
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: None
Thoughts: Headache seems to be under control with the Tylenol. I'll take it with me to work though just in case.
Non-book activities: cat petting, cross stitch
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ??
50benitastrnad
Monday afternoon weekend update
Books read from: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. I am listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: We, the House by Warren Ashworth. Arch Emulator and the Seven Keys by Michael Stewart. Taste For Vengeance by Martin Walker. Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Book Thoughts: I spent my reading time yesterday during the afternoon and evening reading Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. I am 100 pages in and so far it is a good book at college life.
Time reading: 1.5 hour at the pool and Sunday evening.
Time posting:
Food: coconut ice cream for supper
Nonbook activities:
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 260
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 703 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
Books read from: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. I am listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: We, the House by Warren Ashworth. Arch Emulator and the Seven Keys by Michael Stewart. Taste For Vengeance by Martin Walker. Swans of Fifth Avenue by Melanie Benjamin
Book Thoughts: I spent my reading time yesterday during the afternoon and evening reading Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. I am 100 pages in and so far it is a good book at college life.
Time reading: 1.5 hour at the pool and Sunday evening.
Time posting:
Food: coconut ice cream for supper
Nonbook activities:
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 260
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 703 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.
