Social Distancing Readathon #164 - May 5 - 7
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
3alcottacre
Thanks for hosting another one, Silver! I am hoping to finish up some library books over this weekend.
4susanna.fraser
I'm in! I'm taking the next three days easy to recover from a spot of oral surgery this morning, so I should have lots of reading time.
5nrmay
I’m reading in California this weekend.
We’re keeping the grandkids for a week while the parents go on an anniversary getaway.
About to start Wolf Hollow by Lauren Will.
We’re keeping the grandkids for a week while the parents go on an anniversary getaway.
About to start Wolf Hollow by Lauren Will.
6Cecilturtle
I'll be participating! I have to get back on track!
8benitastrnad
I plan on being home this weekend and will be reading and binge watching DVD's of old Star Trek Discovery shows.
9susanna.fraser
Friday afternoon:
Books read from: Thistlefoot
Books finished: Thistlefoot
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 4:30 PM
Snacks: ice cream
Thoughts: That was strange and haunting.
Non-book activities: Napping, mostly
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
Books read from: Thistlefoot
Books finished: Thistlefoot
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 4:30 PM
Snacks: ice cream
Thoughts: That was strange and haunting.
Non-book activities: Napping, mostly
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
10witchyrichy
Our town hosted a party this evening but now we are settled in for the weekend. I want to finish Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom and The Forest Unseen. Otherwise, gardening and relaxing. Aah...
11alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: Against the Tide of Years by S.M. Stirling, Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman, Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix, All Blood Runs Red by Phil Keith & Tom Clavin, Stargazy Pie by Victoria Goddard
Books finished: 2, Philadelphia Fire and All Blood Runs Red
Time reading: ~4.2 hours + time listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~4.2 hours + time listening to audiobook
Books read from: Against the Tide of Years by S.M. Stirling, Philadelphia Fire by John Edgar Wideman, Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix, All Blood Runs Red by Phil Keith & Tom Clavin, Stargazy Pie by Victoria Goddard
Books finished: 2, Philadelphia Fire and All Blood Runs Red
Time reading: ~4.2 hours + time listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~4.2 hours + time listening to audiobook
12PocheFamily
I’m in, and if I had thought of it beforehand might’ve themed my read towards celebrating Cinqo de Mayo but unfortunately my bookmarks are largely in British works at the moment so I guess I’ll just pretend it’s an intentional celebratory gesture!
13fuzzi
I'm still working on Invader by CJ Cherryh. Excellent, as usual, but I've been spending my free time outside so not made much progress.
14lottpoet
Friday evening
Books read from: Redeployment by Phil Klay, All That She Carried by Tiya Miles, Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2 by Kanehito Yamada
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 40 min.
Non-book activities: played Two Dots and FreeCell on my phone, continued writing the 3rd draft of my novel longhand
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 40 min.
Books read from: Redeployment by Phil Klay, All That She Carried by Tiya Miles, Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2 by Kanehito Yamada
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 40 min.
Non-book activities: played Two Dots and FreeCell on my phone, continued writing the 3rd draft of my novel longhand
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 40 min.
15Cecilturtle
Saturday noon:
Books read from: Heart and Soul by Maeve Binch; La Soif by Jo Nesbø; Subdivided edited by Jay Pitter; This is Not a Book by Michael Picard
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 12:00 PM
Snacks: Felix and Norton cookies
Thoughts: I'm slow reading Subdivided by it's a great series of essays about the urban fabric, specifically Toronto
Non-book activities: Birding and crocheting
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: Heart and Soul by Maeve Binch; La Soif by Jo Nesbø; Subdivided edited by Jay Pitter; This is Not a Book by Michael Picard
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 12:00 PM
Snacks: Felix and Norton cookies
Thoughts: I'm slow reading Subdivided by it's a great series of essays about the urban fabric, specifically Toronto
Non-book activities: Birding and crocheting
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 4 hours
16susanna.fraser
Saturday midday:
Books read from: Space Opera
Books finished: Space Opera
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 1:10 PM
Snacks: pudding (I'm all about the soft foods for now)
Thoughts: So far my reading this weekend is all weird, quirky SFF
Non-book activities: a little light housework
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from: Space Opera
Books finished: Space Opera
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 1:10 PM
Snacks: pudding (I'm all about the soft foods for now)
Thoughts: So far my reading this weekend is all weird, quirky SFF
Non-book activities: a little light housework
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7 hours
17benitastrnad
Saturday afternoon update
Books read from: Atlantic: Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden by Diane Ackerman. I started Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candace Millard and I continue to slowly read Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. I am determined to finish this book. I am listening to This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: I finished reading Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
Book Thoughts: I finished Winchester's book on the Atlantic and don't think that this is one of his better books. It is very North Atlantic centered and that is because it is heavily Euro-centered. There are several facts that he got wrong having to do with the slave trade, and his discuss of the Southern Atlantic is surprisingly slim. I was also surprised that his geological discussion about this ocean was only discussed in the beginning and not very in-depth. This is strange when the fact that Winchester is a trained geologist and writing about geology is one of his strengths.
Non-Book activities: I spent the morning watching the coronation. I set my alarm for 5:30 AM and then fell asleep after I got up and turned on the TV so missed most of the important parts. I was very impressed with the music and I loved hearing about the meaning of all the specific items and the parts of the ceremony. I finally started binge watching a TV show. I went to the public library and got the first season of Star Trek Discovery.
Time reading: 1 hour reading
Time posting:
Food: a baloney sandwich for lunch with potato chips.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 323
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 914 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
Books read from: Atlantic: Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden by Diane Ackerman. I started Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candace Millard and I continue to slowly read Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. I am determined to finish this book. I am listening to This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: I finished reading Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
Book Thoughts: I finished Winchester's book on the Atlantic and don't think that this is one of his better books. It is very North Atlantic centered and that is because it is heavily Euro-centered. There are several facts that he got wrong having to do with the slave trade, and his discuss of the Southern Atlantic is surprisingly slim. I was also surprised that his geological discussion about this ocean was only discussed in the beginning and not very in-depth. This is strange when the fact that Winchester is a trained geologist and writing about geology is one of his strengths.
Non-Book activities: I spent the morning watching the coronation. I set my alarm for 5:30 AM and then fell asleep after I got up and turned on the TV so missed most of the important parts. I was very impressed with the music and I loved hearing about the meaning of all the specific items and the parts of the ceremony. I finally started binge watching a TV show. I went to the public library and got the first season of Star Trek Discovery.
Time reading: 1 hour reading
Time posting:
Food: a baloney sandwich for lunch with potato chips.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 323
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 914 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
18alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: Against the Tide of Years by S.M. Stirling, Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix, Stargazy Pie by Victoria Goddard, Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb, and Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle
Books finished: 1, Stargazy Pie
Time reading: ~3.8 hours + time listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: ~8 hours + time listening to audiobook
Books read from: Against the Tide of Years by S.M. Stirling, Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix, Stargazy Pie by Victoria Goddard, Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb, and Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle
Books finished: 1, Stargazy Pie
Time reading: ~3.8 hours + time listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: ~8 hours + time listening to audiobook
19susanna.fraser
Saturday night:
Books read from: The Lies of the Ajungo
Books finished: The Lies of the Ajungo
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 9 PM
Snacks: muffin
Thoughts: I'm tired.
Non-book activities: watched the Derby, napped, cooked dinner
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8 hours
Books read from: The Lies of the Ajungo
Books finished: The Lies of the Ajungo
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 9 PM
Snacks: muffin
Thoughts: I'm tired.
Non-book activities: watched the Derby, napped, cooked dinner
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8 hours
20lottpoet
Saturday
Books read from: Redeployment by Phil Klay, All That She Carried by Tiya Miles, Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2 by Kanehito Yamada
Books finished: Redeployment, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2
Time reading: 4 hrs., 10 min.
Snacks: barbecue potato chips, fruit smoothie, Swedish Fish, homemade mint brownie, cinnamon muffins, glazed pork chop & rice, pistachios
Thoughts: It took a whole season for me to get into Sense8. It's definitely not what I would have done with the material, but I've mostly come around to what it seems to be.
Non-book activities: played Two Dots and FreeCell on my phone, continued writing the 3rd draft of my novel longhand, watched Sense8
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 4 hrs., 50 min.
Books read from: Redeployment by Phil Klay, All That She Carried by Tiya Miles, Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2 by Kanehito Yamada
Books finished: Redeployment, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End 2
Time reading: 4 hrs., 10 min.
Snacks: barbecue potato chips, fruit smoothie, Swedish Fish, homemade mint brownie, cinnamon muffins, glazed pork chop & rice, pistachios
Thoughts: It took a whole season for me to get into Sense8. It's definitely not what I would have done with the material, but I've mostly come around to what it seems to be.
Non-book activities: played Two Dots and FreeCell on my phone, continued writing the 3rd draft of my novel longhand, watched Sense8
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 4 hrs., 50 min.
21Cecilturtle
Sunday noon:
Books read from: Heart and Soul by Maeve Binch; La Soif by Jo Nesbø; Subdivided edited by Jay Pitter; This is Not a Book by Michael Picard; Un café avec Marie by Serge Bouchard
Books finished: La Soif by Jo Nesbø
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 1:00 PM
Snacks: Fruit (back on Weight Watchers!)
Thoughts: I'm really enjoying Un café avec Marie, a series of vignettes and personal reflections about life in Montréal
Non-book activities: Birding, walking, cooking and crocheting
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 8 hours
Books read from: Heart and Soul by Maeve Binch; La Soif by Jo Nesbø; Subdivided edited by Jay Pitter; This is Not a Book by Michael Picard; Un café avec Marie by Serge Bouchard
Books finished: La Soif by Jo Nesbø
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 1:00 PM
Snacks: Fruit (back on Weight Watchers!)
Thoughts: I'm really enjoying Un café avec Marie, a series of vignettes and personal reflections about life in Montréal
Non-book activities: Birding, walking, cooking and crocheting
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 8 hours
22witchyrichy
Sunday afternoon:
Books read from: Long Summer Day by R.F. Delderfield, Yes, And... by Richard Rohr, Suffer the Little Children by Donna Leon (audio)
Books finished: Freeing Jesus by Diana Butler Bass, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom by Sharon Salzberg
Snacks: Waldorf Salad
Non-book activities: weeding and mulching the roadside garden, crocheting and watching the coronation, making an "explosion box" card for my mother and a birthday card for my nephew, binge watching the new season of The Great American Baking Show
Books read from: Long Summer Day by R.F. Delderfield, Yes, And... by Richard Rohr, Suffer the Little Children by Donna Leon (audio)
Books finished: Freeing Jesus by Diana Butler Bass, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom by Sharon Salzberg
Snacks: Waldorf Salad
Non-book activities: weeding and mulching the roadside garden, crocheting and watching the coronation, making an "explosion box" card for my mother and a birthday card for my nephew, binge watching the new season of The Great American Baking Show
23alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix, Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb, Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle, and Drifts by Kate Zambreno
Books finished: 3, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, and Hotel Pastis
Time reading: ~3 hours
Total books finished: 6
Total read from: 10
Total time reading: ~11 hours + time listening to audiobook
Books read from: Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz by Jeremy Dronfield, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix, Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb, Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle, and Drifts by Kate Zambreno
Books finished: 3, The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz, The Left-Handed Booksellers of London, and Hotel Pastis
Time reading: ~3 hours
Total books finished: 6
Total read from: 10
Total time reading: ~11 hours + time listening to audiobook
24benitastrnad
Sunday night update
Books read from: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candace Millard and I continue to slowly read Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. I am determined to finish this book. I am almost finished with Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden by Diane Ackerman. I am listening to This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: I finished reading Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
Book Thoughts: I read quite alot in Cultivating Delight today and am enjoying these essays on gardening and all the questions it raises about gardens, gardening, and nature and our place in nature.
Non-Book activities: I continue to binge watch a TV show. I went to the public library and got the first season of Star Trek Discovery. I finished watching it today and so went to the public library and checked out season 2 and started on that one tonight. The Graduation Day traffic has finally settled down around town, so it was easier to drive around. Even so I stayed home most of the day and binge watched.
Time reading: 2 hours reading
Time posting:
Food: Indian food at the local Indian restaurant at noon.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 323
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 916 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
Books read from: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candace Millard and I continue to slowly read Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. I am determined to finish this book. I am almost finished with Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden by Diane Ackerman. I am listening to This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: I finished reading Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
Book Thoughts: I read quite alot in Cultivating Delight today and am enjoying these essays on gardening and all the questions it raises about gardens, gardening, and nature and our place in nature.
Non-Book activities: I continue to binge watch a TV show. I went to the public library and got the first season of Star Trek Discovery. I finished watching it today and so went to the public library and checked out season 2 and started on that one tonight. The Graduation Day traffic has finally settled down around town, so it was easier to drive around. Even so I stayed home most of the day and binge watched.
Time reading: 2 hours reading
Time posting:
Food: Indian food at the local Indian restaurant at noon.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 323
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 916 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
25ChrisG1
Weekend Summary:
Books read from: Hyperion by Dan Simmons, Recursion by Blake Crouch, and Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert.
Books Finished: Hyperion & Recursion
Pages read: 500-ish
Non-book activities: Watched Kentucky Derby, Detroit Tigers baseball. Went clothes shopping to finally start downsizing my wardrobe due to ongoing weight loss.
Books read from: Hyperion by Dan Simmons, Recursion by Blake Crouch, and Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert.
Books Finished: Hyperion & Recursion
Pages read: 500-ish
Non-book activities: Watched Kentucky Derby, Detroit Tigers baseball. Went clothes shopping to finally start downsizing my wardrobe due to ongoing weight loss.
26Cecilturtle
>24 benitastrnad: I really enjoy Ackerman - this one sounds really great!
Monday morning:
Books read from: Heart and Soul by Maeve Binch; La Soif by Jo Nesbø; Subdivided edited by Jay Pitter; This is Not a Book by Michael Picard; The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing; Un café avec Marie by Serge Bouchard
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 9:45 AM
Snacks: CBD hot chocolate
Thoughts: I'm almost done the Lessing book; it's a very lengthy and rewarding book, but I do find that at page 550 the themes are starting to get repetitive
Non-book activities: Birding, walking, cooking, crocheting
Total books finished: La Soif by Jo Nesbø
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 10 hours
Monday morning:
Books read from: Heart and Soul by Maeve Binch; La Soif by Jo Nesbø; Subdivided edited by Jay Pitter; This is Not a Book by Michael Picard; The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing; Un café avec Marie by Serge Bouchard
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 9:45 AM
Snacks: CBD hot chocolate
Thoughts: I'm almost done the Lessing book; it's a very lengthy and rewarding book, but I do find that at page 550 the themes are starting to get repetitive
Non-book activities: Birding, walking, cooking, crocheting
Total books finished: La Soif by Jo Nesbø
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 10 hours
27lottpoet
Sunday
Books read from: All That She Carried by Tiya Miles, Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon
Books finished: Sinister Graves
Time reading: 3 hrs., 25 min.
Snacks: strawberry soda, homemade mint brownie, cinnamon muffins, turkey thigh, pistachios, banana
Thoughts: The narrator of Sinister Graves was fine, but I greatly preferred the previous narrator. Still sore about the change.
Non-book activities: played Two Dots and FreeCell on my phone, continued writing the 3rd draft of my novel longhand, watched Sense8, had a combined yoga & acupuncture workshop
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8 hrs., 15 min.
I will read for about an hour Monday morning before work & then that'll be it for me for this weekend's readathon. I definitely got more reading done this weekend than I would have on my own. Thanks, y'all, for the company!
Books read from: All That She Carried by Tiya Miles, Sinister Graves by Marcie R. Rendon
Books finished: Sinister Graves
Time reading: 3 hrs., 25 min.
Snacks: strawberry soda, homemade mint brownie, cinnamon muffins, turkey thigh, pistachios, banana
Thoughts: The narrator of Sinister Graves was fine, but I greatly preferred the previous narrator. Still sore about the change.
Non-book activities: played Two Dots and FreeCell on my phone, continued writing the 3rd draft of my novel longhand, watched Sense8, had a combined yoga & acupuncture workshop
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8 hrs., 15 min.
I will read for about an hour Monday morning before work & then that'll be it for me for this weekend's readathon. I definitely got more reading done this weekend than I would have on my own. Thanks, y'all, for the company!
28benitastrnad
Weekend wrap-up
Books read from: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candace Millard and I continue to slowly read Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. I am almost finished with Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden by Diane Ackerman. I am listening to This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: I finished reading Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
Book Thoughts: It was a rather disappointing weekend. I didn't get as much read as I wanted to. I blame the binge watching. I shut off the TV this morning and read several pages in Cultivating Delight and enjoyed this quiet time. One of the essays was amusing and caused me to laugh out loud. I am enjoying these essays on gardening and nature. The author muses on many things having to do with nature and discusses many questions about gardens, gardening, and nature and our place in nature. I should finish it today.
Non-Book activities: I continue to binge watch a TV show. I went to the public library and got the first season of Star Trek Discovery. I finished watching it today and so went to the public library and checked out season 2 and started on that one tonight. I am astounded at how much time that has sucked out of my weekend. It is a good thing that the DVD player is only loaned to me. That way I know that I won't be spending all my time watching TV instead of DOING something! I did go outside and plant my garden herbs this morning. The rest of them will have to wait until I get back to Kansas to get planted out there. I have to have fresh basil in the summertime, so will plant them in pots so that I can use it when I need it. Plus watering a few pots will give my mother something to do that will get her out the door.
Time reading: 2 hours reading
Time posting:
Food: peanut butter and crackers and coffee
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 323
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 918 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
Books read from: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candace Millard and I continue to slowly read Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, the Race to Electrify the World by Jill Jonnes. I am almost finished with Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden by Diane Ackerman. I am listening to This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: I finished reading Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
Book Thoughts: It was a rather disappointing weekend. I didn't get as much read as I wanted to. I blame the binge watching. I shut off the TV this morning and read several pages in Cultivating Delight and enjoyed this quiet time. One of the essays was amusing and caused me to laugh out loud. I am enjoying these essays on gardening and nature. The author muses on many things having to do with nature and discusses many questions about gardens, gardening, and nature and our place in nature. I should finish it today.
Non-Book activities: I continue to binge watch a TV show. I went to the public library and got the first season of Star Trek Discovery. I finished watching it today and so went to the public library and checked out season 2 and started on that one tonight. I am astounded at how much time that has sucked out of my weekend. It is a good thing that the DVD player is only loaned to me. That way I know that I won't be spending all my time watching TV instead of DOING something! I did go outside and plant my garden herbs this morning. The rest of them will have to wait until I get back to Kansas to get planted out there. I have to have fresh basil in the summertime, so will plant them in pots so that I can use it when I need it. Plus watering a few pots will give my mother something to do that will get her out the door.
Time reading: 2 hours reading
Time posting:
Food: peanut butter and crackers and coffee
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 323
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 918 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020.
29PocheFamily
Such interesting reads listed in all the above. My slim offering:
Books read from: The Code of the Woosters: Jeeves to the Rescue, P. G. Wodehouse; We Come Unseen, Jim Ring
Time reading:
Fri: 1.25
Sat: 1.75
Sun: 4.25
Snacks: chai tea. Lots & lots. I’m now officially part Chai tea (which, if I remember, chai means tea… rather repetitive but sorry, don’t mean to digress.)
Thoughts: One can always use a Woosterism like “(he) had only a couple more ounces of brain than a cuckoo clock,” ready to be deployed!
Non-book activities: puttering about the yard. Not particularly effectively but like the Chai, there was a lot of it.
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7.25h
Books read from: The Code of the Woosters: Jeeves to the Rescue, P. G. Wodehouse; We Come Unseen, Jim Ring
Time reading:
Fri: 1.25
Sat: 1.75
Sun: 4.25
Snacks: chai tea. Lots & lots. I’m now officially part Chai tea (which, if I remember, chai means tea… rather repetitive but sorry, don’t mean to digress.)
Thoughts: One can always use a Woosterism like “(he) had only a couple more ounces of brain than a cuckoo clock,” ready to be deployed!
Non-book activities: puttering about the yard. Not particularly effectively but like the Chai, there was a lot of it.
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7.25h
