Social Distancing Readathon #175 - July 21 - 23
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
2SilverWolf28
The surgery went well. She has a very long road to recovery, but she's getting better little by little
4nrmay
I'll be reading when I can.
Leaving this afternoon for a weekend in the Blue Ridge Mtns with all the grandies.
We'll be tubing on the Davidson River.
Book:
Disapppointed that I can't finish Curse of Chalion before it disappears from my phone this evening . . Can't renew as 5 people are waiting for it. Looking to buy a copy from BetterWorldBooks.
breakfast: sausage/egg biscuit from Bojangles.
sunny, 82 F.
Leaving this afternoon for a weekend in the Blue Ridge Mtns with all the grandies.
We'll be tubing on the Davidson River.
Book:
Disapppointed that I can't finish Curse of Chalion before it disappears from my phone this evening . . Can't renew as 5 people are waiting for it. Looking to buy a copy from BetterWorldBooks.
breakfast: sausage/egg biscuit from Bojangles.
sunny, 82 F.
5alcottacre
>2 SilverWolf28: That is good news, Silver. I do hope she gets better soon - or as fast as she can.
I am in for the Readathon. Kerry is going to be gone much of tomorrow, so I am hoping to take advantage of that.
I am in for the Readathon. Kerry is going to be gone much of tomorrow, so I am hoping to take advantage of that.
6Carmenere
I believe I’m also available for the readathon. I’ll be reading Come Fly the World.
7ChrisG1
I should have a bit more reading time this weekend. Currently reading To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer.
8witchyrichy
>2 SilverWolf28: Glad your mom is doing well. I have been away from home for the past two weekends but am back and ready for a long weekend of gardening and reading.
9alcottacre
Books read from: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (audiobook), All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung, The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant, and “A Problem from Hell” by Samantha Power
Books finished: 1, All You Can Ever Know
Time reading: ~3.4 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~3.4
Played Disney Animated, which despite its name is not a children's board game, with Kerry after dinner
Books finished: 1, All You Can Ever Know
Time reading: ~3.4 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~3.4
Played Disney Animated, which despite its name is not a children's board game, with Kerry after dinner
10lottpoet
Friday evening
Books read from: Read until You Understand by Farah Jasmine Griffin
Books finished: None
Time reading: 2 hrs., 35 min.
Snacks: Soul Grain Spice Paradise granola, blackberry Izze
Thoughts: Could not settle on a book all week, kept switching to a different one after getting 1/3 or 1/2 through. It was a stressful work week so perhaps that was part of it. I think I'll stick with this one till the end.
Non-book activities: watched Death Note
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 2 hrs., 35 min.
Books read from: Read until You Understand by Farah Jasmine Griffin
Books finished: None
Time reading: 2 hrs., 35 min.
Snacks: Soul Grain Spice Paradise granola, blackberry Izze
Thoughts: Could not settle on a book all week, kept switching to a different one after getting 1/3 or 1/2 through. It was a stressful work week so perhaps that was part of it. I think I'll stick with this one till the end.
Non-book activities: watched Death Note
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 2 hrs., 35 min.
11fuzzi
>4 nrmay: it's worth it. Check out bookfinder.com for the best deal.
>2 SilverWolf28: good news, thank you for sharing.
I took advantage of a slightly cooler day to get some overdue yardwork done. After a hot shower I see it's also showering outside. So, since I'm inside for the rest of the afternoon I'm going back to Peacemaker, but after I watch the Haskell Stakes. There are a couple horses running that are of modest bloodlines that are doing better than the expensive Kentucky bluebloods. I love underdogs.
>2 SilverWolf28: good news, thank you for sharing.
I took advantage of a slightly cooler day to get some overdue yardwork done. After a hot shower I see it's also showering outside. So, since I'm inside for the rest of the afternoon I'm going back to Peacemaker, but after I watch the Haskell Stakes. There are a couple horses running that are of modest bloodlines that are doing better than the expensive Kentucky bluebloods. I love underdogs.
12nrmay
Saturday night
Book - The House Across the Lake, a thriller.
Also read fairy tales and Cat in the Hat to the grandies.
Dinner - my nephew grillled brats, hot dogs, and corn on the Cobb.
Other activity - hung out with the family by the river.
Book - The House Across the Lake, a thriller.
Also read fairy tales and Cat in the Hat to the grandies.
Dinner - my nephew grillled brats, hot dogs, and corn on the Cobb.
Other activity - hung out with the family by the river.
13alcottacre
Saturday Night Update
Books read from: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (audiobook), The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant, “A Problem from Hell” by Samantha Power, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, The Original Black Elite by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, and Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson
Books finished: 2, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant and The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
Time reading: ~4.5 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~7.9
Books read from: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (audiobook), The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap by Wendy Welch, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Ulysses S. Grant, “A Problem from Hell” by Samantha Power, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, The Original Black Elite by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, and Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson
Books finished: 2, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant and The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap
Time reading: ~4.5 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~7.9
14witchyrichy
Sunday morning update:
Books read from: Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy, The Porcelain Maker by Sarah Freethy
Books finished: The Golden Egg by Donna Leon
Other activities: gardening, crocheting
Dinner was fresh corn from my garden. Yummy!
Books read from: Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy, The Porcelain Maker by Sarah Freethy
Books finished: The Golden Egg by Donna Leon
Other activities: gardening, crocheting
Dinner was fresh corn from my garden. Yummy!
15torontoc
I finished The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks
16Carmenere
I've read one chapter of Come Fly the World.
My son and his GF spent the night at my house and we were so busy talking about their travels to Morocco and Belgium that I gladly put my book aside.
They've left to return to there apt in Columbus so I'll just spend the day reading on my deck and enjoying the spectacular weather.
My son and his GF spent the night at my house and we were so busy talking about their travels to Morocco and Belgium that I gladly put my book aside.
They've left to return to there apt in Columbus so I'll just spend the day reading on my deck and enjoying the spectacular weather.
17alcottacre
Sunday Night Update
Books read from: “A Problem from Hell” by Samantha Power, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, The Original Black Elite by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, The Weight of Ink by Rachek Kadish and Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~3.1 hours
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: ~11 hours
Played the board games The Quacks of Quedlinburg and Museum with my husband, Kerry. Spoke to my mother by phone twice and texted with Beth and Catey.
Books read from: “A Problem from Hell” by Samantha Power, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, The Original Black Elite by Elizabeth Dowling Taylor, The Weight of Ink by Rachek Kadish and Eden's Outcasts by John Matteson
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~3.1 hours
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: ~11 hours
Played the board games The Quacks of Quedlinburg and Museum with my husband, Kerry. Spoke to my mother by phone twice and texted with Beth and Catey.
18nrmay
wekend wrap
Books:
numerous picture books, song books, fairy tales read to the grandies.
half-way through The House Across the Lake.
Dinner was pizza and salad
Other activity:
Returned home from Brevard, NC.
Watched the movie Puss in Boots with granddaughters.
Books:
numerous picture books, song books, fairy tales read to the grandies.
half-way through The House Across the Lake.
Dinner was pizza and salad
Other activity:
Returned home from Brevard, NC.
Watched the movie Puss in Boots with granddaughters.
19ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer, Kindred by Octavia Butler
Books finished: To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Pages read: 250-ish
Books read from: To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip Jose Farmer, Kindred by Octavia Butler
Books finished: To Your Scattered Bodies Go
Pages read: 250-ish
20witchyrichy
Waited until today to post...I like to use Monday mornings to finish up the weekend reading.
Book finished: Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
Thoughts: I think of Binchy as being upbeat even when her characters have sad lives. This story of two lifelong friends was, with a few exceptions, really sad from beginning to end but a good story nonetheless.
Book finished: Light a Penny Candle by Maeve Binchy
Thoughts: I think of Binchy as being upbeat even when her characters have sad lives. This story of two lifelong friends was, with a few exceptions, really sad from beginning to end but a good story nonetheless.
21lottpoet
Saturday
Books read from: Read until You Understand by Farah Jasmine Griffin
Books finished: Read until You Understand
Time reading: 5 hrs., 15 min.
Snacks: Soul Grain Spice Paradise granola, blackberry Izze, bottled fruit smoothie, apple slices & peanut butter, banana, chocolate coated cashews
Non-book activities: watched Death Note, played Free Cell on my phone, worked on my application for Open Road Fund
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 7 hrs., 50 min.
Books read from: Read until You Understand by Farah Jasmine Griffin
Books finished: Read until You Understand
Time reading: 5 hrs., 15 min.
Snacks: Soul Grain Spice Paradise granola, blackberry Izze, bottled fruit smoothie, apple slices & peanut butter, banana, chocolate coated cashews
Non-book activities: watched Death Note, played Free Cell on my phone, worked on my application for Open Road Fund
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 7 hrs., 50 min.
22lottpoet
Sunday
Books read from: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Books finished: None
Time reading: 35 min.
Snacks: Soul Grain Spice Paradise granola, blackberry Izze, bottled fruit smoothie, apple slices & peanut butter, banana, pistachios
Non-book activities: morning tour of public artwork on part of one of the light rails, lots of snoozing after returning from the tour, played Free Cell on my phone
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 8 hrs., 25 min.
I am continuing the readathon through Monday.
Books read from: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Books finished: None
Time reading: 35 min.
Snacks: Soul Grain Spice Paradise granola, blackberry Izze, bottled fruit smoothie, apple slices & peanut butter, banana, pistachios
Non-book activities: morning tour of public artwork on part of one of the light rails, lots of snoozing after returning from the tour, played Free Cell on my phone
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 8 hrs., 25 min.
I am continuing the readathon through Monday.
