Social Distancing Readathon #152 - February 10 - 12
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2023
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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
2cbl_tn
I'm in! I need to finish For Her Own Good for a book club meeting Sunday night.
4Carmenere
Im in. I've got my comfy chair and blanky,
3 books I need to complete and my mug for warm beverages
3 books I need to complete and my mug for warm beverages
6alcottacre
I will try to be in as much as I can be right now.
7nrmay
I'm in.
Finished We All Looked Up just moments ago.
Looking around for the next few to start on.
I have 4 books checked out on my phone, a couple I bought this week at a 2nd-hand shop and a paperback I brought with me from home.
These will keep me going for a while.
Finished We All Looked Up just moments ago.
Looking around for the next few to start on.
I have 4 books checked out on my phone, a couple I bought this week at a 2nd-hand shop and a paperback I brought with me from home.
These will keep me going for a while.
8susanna.fraser
Count me in! I've got several library books coming due soon that I hope to get to.
9nrmay
Raining here in Fernandina Beach this afternoon so I'll start to read early!
Books:
The One and Only Ivan and
Ten Thousand Stitches
lunch - leftover chicken & potato salad
Other activity:
Next weekend is the Amelia Island Book Festival with
Jeannette Walls, Kate Quinn, David Baldacci and Scott Turow.
Books:
The One and Only Ivan and
Ten Thousand Stitches
lunch - leftover chicken & potato salad
Other activity:
Next weekend is the Amelia Island Book Festival with
Jeannette Walls, Kate Quinn, David Baldacci and Scott Turow.
10benitastrnad
Friday afternoon update
Books read from: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. I started Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews. I am listening to The Winners by Fredrik Backman.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon:
Book Thoughts: I have a busy weekend but I need to get a book done for my next bookclub meeting so will have to devote some time to that. I started Down from the Mountain yesterday during lunch and it is just riveting. The author is a good writer. He is making me feel like I am there with him trying to make that bear proof fence. I got started on the Murderbot Diaries and decided that they were fun, so I am reading them rather than my book for my book club meeting that is coming up.
Non Book Activities: I am going to my knitting class tomorrow, so I will spend the weekend knitting and reading.
Time reading: .5 hours
Time posting:
Food: Jack's bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit and some left over hummus for lunch.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 296
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 815.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
Books read from: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. I started Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews. I am listening to The Winners by Fredrik Backman.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon:
Book Thoughts: I have a busy weekend but I need to get a book done for my next bookclub meeting so will have to devote some time to that. I started Down from the Mountain yesterday during lunch and it is just riveting. The author is a good writer. He is making me feel like I am there with him trying to make that bear proof fence. I got started on the Murderbot Diaries and decided that they were fun, so I am reading them rather than my book for my book club meeting that is coming up.
Non Book Activities: I am going to my knitting class tomorrow, so I will spend the weekend knitting and reading.
Time reading: .5 hours
Time posting:
Food: Jack's bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit and some left over hummus for lunch.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 296
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 815.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
11Carmenere
Friday update
Books read from: Epitaph and Your Table is Ready
Non - Book Activities: watched a couple of episodes of The Mindy Project
Time Reading: 3 hours
Books read from: Epitaph and Your Table is Ready
Non - Book Activities: watched a couple of episodes of The Mindy Project
Time Reading: 3 hours
12atozgrl
I'm going to give it a try this weekend. It's supposed to be rainy for much of the weekend, so maybe I can get some good reading accomplished.
13susanna.fraser
I bounced off the first two books I started today, but then read A Dead Djinn in Cairo, which hit the spot by being both short and engaging.
14benitastrnad
Friday night update
Books read from: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. I started Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews. I am listening to The Winners by Fredrik Backman.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon:
Book Thoughts: I am about to finish listening to The Winners and since I will be traveling tomorrow to attend my knitting class I decided on starting Pink Suit. My LT notes say it is on the bookshelves in my office. I went to those shelves to get it and low-and-behold I can't find it. I guess that means that I will have to decide on another book to listen to on the way to finish my socks with the knitting ladies.
Non Book Activities: Time to finish my socks. Will be knitting and drinking tea tomorrow.
Time reading: .5 hours
Time posting:
Food: Chinese food with my friends tonight.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 296
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 816 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
Books read from: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. I started Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews. I am listening to The Winners by Fredrik Backman.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon:
Book Thoughts: I am about to finish listening to The Winners and since I will be traveling tomorrow to attend my knitting class I decided on starting Pink Suit. My LT notes say it is on the bookshelves in my office. I went to those shelves to get it and low-and-behold I can't find it. I guess that means that I will have to decide on another book to listen to on the way to finish my socks with the knitting ladies.
Non Book Activities: Time to finish my socks. Will be knitting and drinking tea tomorrow.
Time reading: .5 hours
Time posting:
Food: Chinese food with my friends tonight.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 296
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 816 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
15alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust, Battleborn: Stories by Claire Vaye Watkins, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard, A Time for Planting by Eli Faber, Adios, Nirvana by Conrad Wessellhoeft and The Red and the Black by Stendahl
Books finished: 1, Within a Budding Grove
Time reading: ~3.25 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~3.25 hours
Books read from: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust, Battleborn: Stories by Claire Vaye Watkins, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard, A Time for Planting by Eli Faber, Adios, Nirvana by Conrad Wessellhoeft and The Red and the Black by Stendahl
Books finished: 1, Within a Budding Grove
Time reading: ~3.25 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~3.25 hours
16nrmay
Saturday morning
Books:
The One and Only Ivan and
Ten Thousand Stitches
I'm hoping to finish one or both today.
Dinner last night - Cheese/bacon/tomato frittata and garden salad with lemon tahini dressing. I cooked!
Other activity:
I attempted a bike ride but the bike provided where I'm staying is too big so I will rent one tomorrow (once it stops raining.)
Watched several episodes of You, Netflix thriller based on books by Carolina Kepnes.
Partly sunny at the moment, more rain expected. 63 F. (16 C.) at 10am in Florida.
Books:
The One and Only Ivan and
Ten Thousand Stitches
I'm hoping to finish one or both today.
Dinner last night - Cheese/bacon/tomato frittata and garden salad with lemon tahini dressing. I cooked!
Other activity:
I attempted a bike ride but the bike provided where I'm staying is too big so I will rent one tomorrow (once it stops raining.)
Watched several episodes of You, Netflix thriller based on books by Carolina Kepnes.
Partly sunny at the moment, more rain expected. 63 F. (16 C.) at 10am in Florida.
17cbl_tn
Saturday afternoon update:
Books read from: The Silver Pigs, For Her Own Good
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was chicken breast, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll, and tangerine
Thoughts: I can't wait for spring!
Non-book activities: Last night I was too tired to read so I watched the rest of Season 1 of The Mysterious Benedict Society. This morning I was able to read some while I waited for some work to be done on my car, but the owner talked almost constantly on the phone or to the other people in the waiting room so it was hard to concentrate. This afternoon I had a long nap and then took a long walk with the dog. I just finished baking pumpkin muffins.
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Silver Pigs, For Her Own Good
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was chicken breast, mashed potatoes, green beans, roll, and tangerine
Thoughts: I can't wait for spring!
Non-book activities: Last night I was too tired to read so I watched the rest of Season 1 of The Mysterious Benedict Society. This morning I was able to read some while I waited for some work to be done on my car, but the owner talked almost constantly on the phone or to the other people in the waiting room so it was hard to concentrate. This afternoon I had a long nap and then took a long walk with the dog. I just finished baking pumpkin muffins.
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
18benitastrnad
Saturday night update
Books read from: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. I started Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews. I finished listening to The Winners by Fredrik Backman, and started listening to Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: The Winners by Fredrik Backman
Book Thoughts: I LOVED The Winners by Fredrik Backman. This book is the way to finish a trilogy. Good and bad things happen to people and this ending does all that. Great stuff. There will be more Backman books in my future. I went to the library before I left town and checked out 4 books. I have about 8 books I need to get read this month and that isn't going to happen, but I keep agreeing to read and comment on books here on LT and in real life.
Non Book Activities: Spent most of the day ripping out and then reknitting the shank on my sock. I had a great time with the ladies and drank some interesting tea. None of the teas were outstanding this time, but they were different. Bought some yarn - just when I am trying to lessen the load of yarn in my house. In the next few weeks I am going to really try to finish up some of my projects. I really like that yarn store and the people who frequent The Taming of the Ewe.
Time reading: 4 hours of listening time in the car and no reading time so far today. I am counting the listening time because I love listening to my books in the car.
Time posting:
Food: A nice deli sandwich from the Harp and Crown. An Irish Pub in Gadsden. Not really Irish, but good pub food.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 297
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 820 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
Books read from: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. I started Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews. I finished listening to The Winners by Fredrik Backman, and started listening to Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: The Winners by Fredrik Backman
Book Thoughts: I LOVED The Winners by Fredrik Backman. This book is the way to finish a trilogy. Good and bad things happen to people and this ending does all that. Great stuff. There will be more Backman books in my future. I went to the library before I left town and checked out 4 books. I have about 8 books I need to get read this month and that isn't going to happen, but I keep agreeing to read and comment on books here on LT and in real life.
Non Book Activities: Spent most of the day ripping out and then reknitting the shank on my sock. I had a great time with the ladies and drank some interesting tea. None of the teas were outstanding this time, but they were different. Bought some yarn - just when I am trying to lessen the load of yarn in my house. In the next few weeks I am going to really try to finish up some of my projects. I really like that yarn store and the people who frequent The Taming of the Ewe.
Time reading: 4 hours of listening time in the car and no reading time so far today. I am counting the listening time because I love listening to my books in the car.
Time posting:
Food: A nice deli sandwich from the Harp and Crown. An Irish Pub in Gadsden. Not really Irish, but good pub food.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 297
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 820 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
19susanna.fraser
Today I read The Stormbringer by Isabel Cooper, a fantasy romance.
20alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Battleborn: Stories by Claire Vaye Watkins, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard, A Time for Planting by Eli Faber, Adios, Nirvana by Conrad Wessellhoeft and The Red and the Black by Stendahl
Books finished: 3, Adios, Nirvana, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell, and The Alchemist
Time reading: ~3.8 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~7.05 hours
Books read from: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Battleborn: Stories by Claire Vaye Watkins, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard, A Time for Planting by Eli Faber, Adios, Nirvana by Conrad Wessellhoeft and The Red and the Black by Stendahl
Books finished: 3, Adios, Nirvana, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell, and The Alchemist
Time reading: ~3.8 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~7.05 hours
21cbl_tn
Sunday morning update:
Books read from: Orfeo
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: pumpkin pecan muffins and tea
Thoughts: I wasn't sure how much I would like Orfeo based on the jacket description, but I decided to give it a try since Powers is this month's author for the American Authors challenge. At 100+ pages in, I am happy to say that I'm enjoying it immensely. It's not a book I would have picked up if not for the challenge. That's why I love the challenges!
Non-book activities: more baking, sleep, catching up on threads
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: Orfeo
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: pumpkin pecan muffins and tea
Thoughts: I wasn't sure how much I would like Orfeo based on the jacket description, but I decided to give it a try since Powers is this month's author for the American Authors challenge. At 100+ pages in, I am happy to say that I'm enjoying it immensely. It's not a book I would have picked up if not for the challenge. That's why I love the challenges!
Non-book activities: more baking, sleep, catching up on threads
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
22benitastrnad
Sunday night update
Books read from: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. I finished reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. I started Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews. I am listening to Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: The Winners by Fredrik Backman. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells.
Book Thoughts: I am really liking Down From the Mountain. This is bone deep understanding of rural areas and the people who live in them, plus the hard economic life of those involved in agriculture and a compassion for the wild creatures caught in the expanding urban areas of what was wild country, is unexpected. This is a deeply engrossing book, that examines our encounters with wildlife from a different perspective. Add to this the fact that Andrews is a good writer and it makes for thought provoking reading.
My real life book-club met this afternoon and we talked about another retelling of the Illiad. We had a good discussion, but one of our number was missing and the discussion wasn't as good as it has been in the past. Maybe we are done with reading different versions of retellings of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Non Book Activities: I am getting ready to for my PBS marathon tonight, but first I have to work with a new student and do some training for her. Then home to knit and watch PBS. I am not going to watch that silly football game. I might have watched it because KC is in it, but since it is on that evil network, I am boycotting it. 12 work days left until I am retired.
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting:
Food: Indian food
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 298
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 822 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
Books read from: Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature by Linda Lear. I finished reading Exit Strategy by Martha Wells. I started Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear by Bryce Andrews. I am listening to Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: The Winners by Fredrik Backman. Exit Strategy by Martha Wells.
Book Thoughts: I am really liking Down From the Mountain. This is bone deep understanding of rural areas and the people who live in them, plus the hard economic life of those involved in agriculture and a compassion for the wild creatures caught in the expanding urban areas of what was wild country, is unexpected. This is a deeply engrossing book, that examines our encounters with wildlife from a different perspective. Add to this the fact that Andrews is a good writer and it makes for thought provoking reading.
My real life book-club met this afternoon and we talked about another retelling of the Illiad. We had a good discussion, but one of our number was missing and the discussion wasn't as good as it has been in the past. Maybe we are done with reading different versions of retellings of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Non Book Activities: I am getting ready to for my PBS marathon tonight, but first I have to work with a new student and do some training for her. Then home to knit and watch PBS. I am not going to watch that silly football game. I might have watched it because KC is in it, but since it is on that evil network, I am boycotting it. 12 work days left until I am retired.
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting:
Food: Indian food
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 298
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 822 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
23torontoc
I am almost finished Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza
24cbl_tn
Sunday evening update:
Books read from: For Her Own Good
Books finished: For Her Own Good
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: supper was chicken & rice soup, crackers & cheese, and tea
Thoughts: I can't wait for spring!
Non-book activities: Zoom church (too much ice mixed in with the rain when it was time to leave for church), long afternoon nap, cooking soup, walk with the dog
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: For Her Own Good
Books finished: For Her Own Good
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: supper was chicken & rice soup, crackers & cheese, and tea
Thoughts: I can't wait for spring!
Non-book activities: Zoom church (too much ice mixed in with the rain when it was time to leave for church), long afternoon nap, cooking soup, walk with the dog
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
25nrmay
Sunday night
Books:
Finished Ten Thousand Stitches, Olivia Atwater
Finished An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good, Helene Tursten
still reading The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate,
and started The Stranger, Harlan Coban
Pub lunch out; Chinese take-out for dinner, followed by a little port and a small piece of chocolate.
Other activity:
took a walk in the Fernandina historic district
tried to avoid the Super Bowl but here it is tied up with a couple mins left...
Books:
Finished Ten Thousand Stitches, Olivia Atwater
Finished An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good, Helene Tursten
still reading The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate,
and started The Stranger, Harlan Coban
Pub lunch out; Chinese take-out for dinner, followed by a little port and a small piece of chocolate.
Other activity:
took a walk in the Fernandina historic district
tried to avoid the Super Bowl but here it is tied up with a couple mins left...
26Carmenere
Sunday night update
Books read from: Epitaph and Your Table is Ready
Non - Book Activities: watched the Super Bowl
Time Reading: 3 hours
Total Time Reading: 9 hours
Books finished: 1 Your Table is Ready
Books read from: Epitaph and Your Table is Ready
Non - Book Activities: watched the Super Bowl
Time Reading: 3 hours
Total Time Reading: 9 hours
Books finished: 1 Your Table is Ready
27susanna.fraser
I didn't finish any books today, but I started The Dating Playbook and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream.
28nrmay
weekend wrap
Books:
Late last night - after midnight - I finished The One and Only Ivan. Sad but good; Newbery winner.
Still reading The Stranger, Harlan Coben.
Next up - The School for Good and Evil and The Catch by Alison Fairbrother.
Bought one book this weekend at a 2nd-hand store -
Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes by Anna Thomas.
I have both of her Vegetarian Epicure books from the '70s.
Other activity:
planning to rent a bike and take a ride today; yoga.
Sunny and 50 F. (10 C.). Warming up to 60s later.
Books:
Late last night - after midnight - I finished The One and Only Ivan. Sad but good; Newbery winner.
Still reading The Stranger, Harlan Coben.
Next up - The School for Good and Evil and The Catch by Alison Fairbrother.
Bought one book this weekend at a 2nd-hand store -
Love Soup: 160 All-New Vegetarian Recipes by Anna Thomas.
I have both of her Vegetarian Epicure books from the '70s.
Other activity:
planning to rent a bike and take a ride today; yoga.
Sunny and 50 F. (10 C.). Warming up to 60s later.
29atozgrl
Here's my activity for the readathon weekend. Unfortunately I didn't get as much reading in as I had hoped, but it was a good start on my first try.
Books read from: The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse, Fly the W: 2016 World Champions
Books finished: The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse
Snacks: Cheetos, popcorn, pretzel chips/potato chips and dip
Non-book activities:
Saturday: The rain held off early so we took a walk in the morning. Coincidentally, given what I was reading, MLB Network reran their documentary "Joy in Wrigleyville" Saturday night, followed by Games 6 and 7 of the 2016 World Series. I watched the documentary and the first part of Game 6. The rest of the games were on too late to stay up and watch them all.
Sunday: Church in the morning. Did some chores, primarily vacuuming. We took an unexpectedly long lunch, which cut into my planned reading time. We had the Super Bowl on during dinner, but didn't pay close attention. Also watched All Creatures Great and Small on PBS.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ~6.5 hours
Books read from: The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse, Fly the W: 2016 World Champions
Books finished: The Chicago Cubs: Story of a Curse
Snacks: Cheetos, popcorn, pretzel chips/potato chips and dip
Non-book activities:
Saturday: The rain held off early so we took a walk in the morning. Coincidentally, given what I was reading, MLB Network reran their documentary "Joy in Wrigleyville" Saturday night, followed by Games 6 and 7 of the 2016 World Series. I watched the documentary and the first part of Game 6. The rest of the games were on too late to stay up and watch them all.
Sunday: Church in the morning. Did some chores, primarily vacuuming. We took an unexpectedly long lunch, which cut into my planned reading time. We had the Super Bowl on during dinner, but didn't pay close attention. Also watched All Creatures Great and Small on PBS.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ~6.5 hours
