Labor Day Readathon - Social Distancing #129 - September 2 - 5

Welcome to another readathon!

It's Labor Day in the United States so we'll be reading through Monday.

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'm in!

I'm in. I think I may finish the excellent history of black people migrating from the South to the North in the mid 20th century US, told through the experiences of a selection of people, The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson, some time on Friday. I don't expect to finish any others but I hope to make a dent in a few books, especially library loans - so many exciting new books coming out shortly.

I’m in! We’re driving to Louisiana, so I’m anticipating at least some time in the car for reading.

I cannot join in this weekend, but I wish good reading luck to all those who are participating!

I'm in! I have a hair appointment Saturday morning so I know I'll be reading then!

I'm in- I have a new book ready to go!

I will be participating this weekend. I hope to sit around the swimming pool and read.

I'll be reading over the long weekend.
I had a chance to go camping in the Blue Ridge with my sister's family but my husband won't camp and I decided not to leave him over the holiday.

Books:
finished 1st book for Sept today - Distant Shores by K Hannah. I liked the setting on the Oregon Coast.
now I have to get back to Even As We Breathe (Clapsaddle) for book club.

other activity:
I've been watching British historical dramas - Dr. Thorne based on an Anthony Trollope novel,
and Friendship and Love (Jane Austen)

Sunny, 79 F. (26 C.)

Oh yes, count me in. It should be a more productive weekend. Not so much socializing this time.

Hopefully I'll get a little more read this weekend than last!

Friday night update:

Books read from: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Books finished:
Time reading: Not much
Time posting:
Snacks: crystalized ginger & cashews
Thoughts: I have a busy morning ahead!
Non-book activities: took Adrian to dog petting de-stress event for students where I work, setting up new laptop, Zoom chat

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: Not much

Friday night Labor Day weekend update
Books read from: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. I picked up Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground by Peter Svenson again and read a whole chapter in it today. I am listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict.

Books finished in this weekend's Readathon:

Book Thoughts: I hope to finish listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict. This book is for a real life book club and it was highly touted. I find it an unending treatise of purple prose and potboiler templates. I would quit reading it and Pearl Rule it but I try to read Book Club books even when I don't like the

Time reading: 1 hour at lunch.
Time posting:
Food: ate at a local German themed restaurant and had a really good radler.
Nonbook activities:

Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 260
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 704 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.

I don't think I'll read much this weekend as my parents are here from overseas but I'll give it a go. I do have one book coming to an end.

Saturday morning:

Books read from: The Light of Days
Books finished: The Light of Days
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting: 10:20 AM
Snacks: cereal for breakfast
Thoughts: What a moving, compelling book.
Non-book activities: writing, laundry

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 5 hours

>15 susanna.fraser:
I had just checked this out moments before seeing that you are reading it too.
Reminded me of one I liked recently called Irena's Children

Saturday afternoon

Books:
Even as We Breathe. Hist fic, set in NC mountains.
The Rumpelstiltskin Problem. Retold fairy tale.

Books are stacking up. I keep checking more books out of the library.

Brunch: banana, granola, peach slices.

Other activity:
FaceTime with kids, postcrossing,
watching, with some trepidation, the tv series 'Copper', set in NYC in 1865; gritty and violent.

mostly sunny, 88 F. (31 C.)

Saturday afternoon update:

Books read from: Grimms' Tales for Young and Old, Transient Desires, The Lady from the Black Lagoon
Books finished: Transient Desires
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: garden tea ice cream from a local creamery
Thoughts: Wondering how soon I should buy mums.
Non-book activities: Farmer's market, hair appointment, took dog to groomer, grocery shopping, balanced checkbook, picked up dog from groomer, genealogy. The subject of The Lady from the Black Lagoon spent part of her childhood on William Randolph Hearst's estate. I discovered that WRH was my 4th cousin 3x removed through his mother's family. Who knew?!

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?

Friday & Saturday Update:

Books read from: Chance Developments
Books finished: 0
Dinner: Friday - Noodles and Cabbage. Dinner: Saturday: Cinnamon bun and tea
Thoughts: I haven't done much thinking today or yesterday
Non-Book Activities: Friday - Watched the Cleveland Guardians. Saturday: Hosted coffee and yogurt parfait breakfast for Saturday coffee friends - Currently watching college football (Ohio State Buckeyes vs Notre Dame)

Sunday morning update:

Books read from: The Lady from the Black Lagoon, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks:
Thoughts: I think I overdid it last night.
Non-book activities: Walking the dog, weeding at the entrance to our subdivision and clearing out some flowers that were past their prime, finished season one of Darby and Joan on Acorn.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4

Sunday midday:

Books read from: The Sonnets, Season for Scandal
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 12:15 PM
Snacks: about to eat a reuben for lunch
Thoughts: I do like a 3-day weekend with very little planned.
Non-book activities: writing, anniversary dinner last night, watched the Auburn game

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 7 hours

Sunday afternoon Labor Day weekend update
Books read from: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. I picked up Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground by Peter Svenson. Transient Dream by Donna Leon. I finished listening to Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and started Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir.

Books finished in this weekend's Readathon:Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

Book Thoughts: I drove up to Gadsden yesterday for a knitting rendezvous and listened to the last part of Personal Librarian and now I am done with that. I am going to start Sky Above the Storm and finish that fantasy series, but I have to make a trip to Best Buy and get a cord so that I can listen to it in my car. This book was released in November 2021 and the only sound recordings of the book available are in two formats: downloaded and Playaway. I could only get it from our ILL in Playaway version so I need a cord to fit it and will have to buy it. I had ordered the book for the library but it hasn't come in yet, and I am tired of waiting for it, so I placed the ILL request for it.
Time reading: 1.5 hours today this morning and at lunch.
Time posting:
Food: regular Sunday dinner of Indian food.
Nonbook activities: I had a great time in Gadsden at the knitting shop. Of course, I bought yarn that I didn't really need. I am trying to finish up the projects that I have started and buying more yarn doesn't help accomplish that goal. But the company was good and the tea was great. I had a smokey Russian tea and it hit the spot. Of course, I bought some of it to bring home and add it to my tea stash. I think I have as much tea stashed as I do yarn.

Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 262
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 705.5 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.

Sunday afternoon

Books:
finished Even As We Breathe
finished The Rumpelstiltskin Problem
Started The Shade of the Moon, YA dystopia by Susan Beth Pfeffer. 4th in Last Survivors series.

I have 4 more library books and 2 audio books to read and return within 3 weeks

Dinner last night: chicken, vegetables, watermelon
Brunch: peach, shredded wheat, granola
snack: pear, mini croissant
And I'm hungry again and thinking of a few peanuts before dinner . . and a G & T perhaps.

Other activity: Watched more of 'Copper' tv series

Cloudy, 87 F. Chance of rain. We need it.

Sunday afternoon update:

Books read from: A Better Man, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was meat and potatoes pie, mixed greens, figs, and brownies
Thoughts: I wish I had the day off tomorrow!
Non-book activities: church, cooking lunch & cleaning up kitchen (although I listened to an audiobook while I did that), long nap. I had guests over for lunch.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?

Monday morning update:

Books read from: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Grimms' Tales for Young and Old, A Better Man
Books finished: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was donuts and tea
Thoughts: I am celebrating Labor Day by laboring.
Non-book activities: sleep

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?

I am working today but I'll read more this evening.

Sunday Update:

Books read from: Chance Developments
Books finished: 0
Dinner: Sunday: Broccolini
Thoughts: I’m enjoying Chance Developments. I’ll probably finish it Monday morning
Non-Book Activities: Lazy, rainy Sunday. Mainly read all day with a couple of episodes of Yellowstone thrown in.

Labor Day weekend Monday noon update
Books read from: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground by Peter Svenson. Transient Dream by Donna Leon. I finished listening to Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir.

Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict

Book Thoughts: I spent a great deal of time yesterday getting the Playaway to work in my car and then figuring out how it worked so I could turn it on and off properly. I tried to hook it up to my computer last night so I could listen to it while working on the computer but finally gave up on that. I will have to listen to it using headphones if I want to do that. I can do that but find headphones a bit uncomfortable for long periods of time. Oh well - anything to hear the story and I am dedicated to finishing this series. I stopped at Barnes & Noble last night because they are having their half-price sale on some books so, of course, I had to purchase three books I won't read for ages. I am thinking I am going to go back and get two more hardback nonfiction titles as they won't get any cheaper than $15.00 for a long time. I have spent a quiet morning talking on the phone and reading.
Time reading: 2.5 hours last night and today.
Time posting:
Food: hazelnut cappuccino from Starbucks this morning. I used my accumulated points and got it for free.
Nonbook activities: Knitting while talking on the phone last night. I am getting lots of knitting done on this scarf. Of course, it is just mindless stockinette stitch but I am making great progress.

Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 262
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 708 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020.

Books read from: The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea, The Trouble with Kings
Books finished: The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea

Time posting: 01:00 Tuesday morning
Snacks: Dark chocolate digestive. Oh, alright; I may have sneaked in some dark chocolate squares. Emphasis on dark chocolate because it's healthy.

Non-book activities: airport run, card crafting

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2

Monday, late afternoon.

Books:
Finished The Shade of the Moon, YA dystopia by Susan Beth Pfeffer.
Started 2 more - Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies, Zimmerman
and The Ruin, Tiernan. Irish thriller.

brunch - banana-berry smoothie and granola.
before dinner snack - white wine and my favorite gjetost Norwegian cheese.
My sis brought me a big chunk of it when she came last weekend.

other activity:
wrote a couple postcards, watched it rain.
Good call that I stayed home from camping trip. They had rain in the mountains too, and came home early.

Still raining, 76 F. (24 C.)

Monday Update:

Books read from: Chance Developments
Books finished: Chance Developments
Dinner: black bean burger with french fries
Thoughts: I think I might have gone overboard on Labor Day Sales at Wayfair, Target and H&M
Non-Book Activities: 'nother rainy, lazy day. I think I watched Love it or List it all day long.

Labor Day weekend wrap-up update
Books read from: Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground by Peter Svenson. Transient Desires by Donna Leon. I am listening to Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir.

Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Bug Diary by Amber Fraley. Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. Transient Desires by Donna Leon

Book Thoughts: I turned this Read-A-Thon into a Transient Desires readathon. I started it on Sunday morning and finished it up when I went to bed last night. It was great fun to spend two days with Ms. Leon and Guido Brunetti. I confess that I only read 5 pages in Angle of Repose and only a few pages in Battlefield. I did listen to 2 chapters of Sky Beyond the Storm
Time reading: 2 hours last night.
Time posting:
Food: leftovers and freshly baked oatmeal raisin cookies.
Nonbook activities: I also managed to bake a double batch of oatmeal raisin cookies yesterday. That should last me for the rest of the week in my lunches. They were very good.

Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 263
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 710 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020

weekend wrap, Tue afternoon

Books:
Still reading Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies, Zimmerman
and The Ruin, Tiernan. Irish thriller. Liking this a lot.

dinner last night - beef/veg stir fry
brunch out today - bacon, eggs, French toast
snack - pear
I'm making chicken pasta salad for tonight

Other activity:
made reservations for an anniversary getaway next weekend; lined up the cat sitter.
watched a couple episodes of "Copper" last night
book and nap on the porch.

Finished 4 books so far in Sept
77 for the year

sunny, 83 F.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/344069