Social Distancing Readathon #157 - March 17 - 19

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 will try and join in. I’ve had a busy week at work, following busy months, but tomorrow I am travelling home by train and then spending the weekend just relaxing so will hopefully get some reading in.
I will definitely be reading Piranesi and maybe something else too.

I'm in.
Anticipating a nice quiet weekend with lots of time for reading.
I have 5 library books waiting on my phone, as soon as I finish current book, Doctor Sleep.

I'm in. Currently working on The King of Elfland's Daughter and All the Trouble in the World.

I'm in. I'm taking the day off tomorrow so I may start early.

I'm in, with several library books at the ready.

I'm in- no snow this weekend but I have time to read.

I was going to clean the house after dropping the kids off at school today, but maybe I'll just read instead...

Books read from: A Town Like Alice, Hamnet
Books finished: A Town Like Alice
Time reading: 7 hours
Time posting: 1pm (GMT), 8pm on Saturday, 8am on Sunday
Snacks: Fruit toast and coffee. Chocolate milkshake made using new blender bought for healthy smoothies and soups - oops! Mothering Sunday afternoon tea :-)

Thoughts: Some of the older book club members remembered a film of A Town Like Alice in the ?50s. I had never heard of the book before it was suggested. I found it to be an extremely moving window into another time - not that long ago, but also eons ago at the same time.

Non-book activities: Choir Practice. IRL book club meeting to discuss A Town Like Alice. Looking after kids (no cleaning this weekend now...!). Dog walks. Mothering Sunday here in the UK so enjoyed a coffee in bed with extra reading time. Less reading time for the rest of Sunday as spent the day after church with my parents and children. Did read for another hour before bed.

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7 hours

Probably not much time to read this weekend other than the usual devotional stuff. I might get a little audiobook listening in on Saturday. I've had a couple of straggling designs come in from Nashville Needlework Market so I need to go pick those up in Johnson City. I'll also get a little in on my commute to and from work Sunday.

Wind and rain here today. No plans, no obligations.
I'm starting to read early and there may be a nap in my near future.

I probably won't have a lot of time, but I'm in.

Friday evening update:

Books read from: The Coldest Case, Great Short Books, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: supper was a spinach and cheese quesadilla and an orange
Thoughts: I wish I'd had better weather for my day off!
Non-book activities: short walk with the dog, trip to the bank, allergy shots, grocery shopping, supper with a friend

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

Friday night:

Books read from: To Kill a Necromancer
Books finished: To Kill a Necromancer
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 9 PM
Snacks: Chicken w/ roasted broccoli and potatoes for dinner
Thoughts: It was 61 degrees and sunny today, and I have gone local enough to consider that shorts weather.
Non-book activities: Work, cooking dinner

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour

I meant to post to say that I was in but was busy reading ;-)

Saturday Update:

Books finished: The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz and Summer at the Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan (audio)
Books read from: The Thread Collectors (audio) and Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

I made corned beef and cabbage with potatoes and carrots for dinner. My non-reading activities were mostly like the dog walking, dish washing and cooking were all done listening to a book so they weren't really non-reading.

Saturday afternoon.

Books:
Finished Doctor Sleep, all 600+ pages of it.
Selected Poems, Emily Dickinson.
Now choosing from 6 library books due within the next 3 weeks.
Still listening to Memory Man

Fri night dinner: leftover seafood chowder
breakfast: oatmeal w/ nuts, cinnamon, and the last of my dried cherries. it's the weekend so l added Bailey's Irish Cream to my coffee.

Sunny, 58 F. (14 C.) Need to get out for a walk later.

I've had a hard time sleeping (rare for me) but that means extra reading time!

Books read from: Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson, Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, This is not a Book by Michael Picard
Books finished: H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker
Time reading: 5
Time posting: Saturday afternoon
Snacks: chocolate
Thoughts: H(A)PPY is a very strange book - one to be experienced - but once I plunged into the book, I loved its philosophy, music, and artistry. It's not a book for everyone, but very unique.
Non-book activities: hiking, brunching, birding, shopping, laundry

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 5

Saturday - midnight

Books:
Finished 2 more today -
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer. YA mystery
Selected Poems, Emily Dickinson
Starting The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin. WWII novel.

Dinner: crispy honey/dijon pork, vegetables.

Sunday afternoon update

Books read from: My main reading book for today was, once again, Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. I am reading Memphis by Tara M. Stringfellow and am listening to Broken Throne by Victoria Aveyard.

Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Dance With the Devil by Kit Rocha.

Book Thoughts: I have the perfect reading spot for morning reads. We have a patio door that faces east and the sun shining through that door in the morning is perfect mellow bright reading light. It is also warm and cozy when the weather here in Kansas has been miserable.

Non-Book activities: Cleaning out my car.
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Food: left overs for lunch. No Indian restaurant for Sunday lunch here in Kansas.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 309
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 855 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.

Sunday afternoon:

Books read from: Spear
Books finished: Spear
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 3:30 PM
Snacks: Potato chips
Thoughts: It's been a lovely weekend, but the rain and chill are returning before morning.
Non-book activities: Church, housework

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 3 hours

Sunday night update:

Books read from: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab, The Coldest Case
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: an orange
Thoughts: I am ready for warmer weather!
Non-book activities: church, nap, walk with the dog, Zoom meetings

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

Sorry, I fell off a bit.
I did spend some time reading on Friday on the train ride home - about an hour of Piranesi. Then I spent the weekend being alternatively on call for possible emergencies and exhausted from months of planning so I didn't do much of anything.

Monday morning summary:

Books read from: The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany, Artificial Condition by Martha Wells, Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky, and All the Trouble in the World by P.J. O'Rourke

Books finished: The King of Elfland's Daughter, Artificial Condition

Pages read: 400-ish
Non-reading activities: Watching the NCAA basketball tournament (and seeing my bracket dashed to pieces).

Weekend recap:

Books read from: Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, This is not a Book by Michael Picard
Books finished: H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker, Killer Pancake by Diane Mott Davidson
Snacks: chocolate
Thoughts: Killer Pancake ended up being a disappointment; I usually enjoy my fluffy cozy murder mysteries but this one ended on such an outrageous, farcical note, I lost interest and was happy to toss it aside.
Non-book activities: hiking, brunching, birding, crocheting shopping, laundry

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 10

I have decided my readathons go from Friday at noon until Monday at noon. And this one would continue today but I am having lunch with a friend.

Books read from:
A Feather on the Water, historical fiction about women sent to Germany at the end of WWII to help with cleanup, each making the journey for different reasons
Wondrous Encounters, Richard Rohr's Lenten devotional
Mrs. Sherlock Holmes about one of the original women detectives
The Thread Collectors, historical fiction set at the end of the Civil War, a reread for my RLBG

>18 benitastrnad:
Benita, are you in Kansas for good or just a visit?
I wish you much fun and many great books in retirement!

weekend wrap -

Books:
Finished 4! - Doctor Sleep, Selected Poems - Emily Dickinson, Enola Holmes and the Black Barouch, Enola Holmes and the Boy in Buttons.
2/3 way through The Librarian Spy.

Sunday dinner: bacon/cheddar chicken

Other activity:
I pretty much read for 3 days. A walk on Sunday. Talked to my sister. Games on my phone.

Thoughts:
Hope today - the first day of spring! - is our last cold day.
So ready for nice weather and I have many adventures planned for spring & summer!

Sunny 46 F. (8 C.)

Readathon 3/17-3/19, late-in-the-day posting ... just glad I got to the quiet part of my day!

Books read from: The Dictionary of Lost Words; Surface at the Pole, James Calvert; U.S.S. Seawolf: Submarine Raider of the Pacific, Gerold Frank, James D. Horan, Joseph Eckberg.
Books finished: 2
Total read from/listened to: 3
Time reading: 12.75h.

Thoughts: My dog has perfected the art of the con: she managed to trick us each into providing her a supper Saturday evening. She's gonna be a husky husky if this keeps up!

Non-book activities: Canine recreational hike at nearby national park, replacing a few vent covers, and sorting cookbooks.

>25 nrmay:
Right now I am just visiting and trying to get things straightened out with my mother. We had to put her in a skilled nursing care home on February 14 because I was still working and didn't retire until February 28th. I stayed one week in Alabama to get my office cleaned out and then left for Kansas with 8 boxes of paper from my office still in it. I have been trying to sort and get through those boxes but the weather has been so crappy - windy, rainy, snowy, etc. that I have not been able to do much of that. I DON'T want to go back to Tuscaloosa with all 8 boxes, but ...

I plan on going back on March 29 and being there for a week. We are having a family meeting at Easter to decide what we will do with my mother, but at this time it looks like I will be moving back to Kansas much sooner than I planned. I was thinking that I would move in November, but it appears that if we are going to keep my mother at home that somebody is going to have to be with her.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/349607