New Year's Readathon - Social Distancing #198 - December 29 - January 2

Happy New Year!

We'll run from Friday through Tuesday.

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. It's already Friday afternoon here in Auckland, NZ. I've been reading The Moonspinners by Mary Stewart.

>1 SilverWolf28: Snacks?!

Count me in although I can only due Friday-Monday as I teach a class beginning on Tuesday and will probably have first day exhaustion and loose ends to tidy up.

I’m in.

Still reading All the Forgivenesses by Elizabeth Hardinger.

I am in too (at least as much as I can be!) We are going out of town on the second so highly unlikely I will get any reading done then.

I'm reading this weekend. I am trying to get through Study for Obedience - it is very depressing-although the prose is really good.

I'm in - just finished Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, and will begin Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry.

Still reading The Moonspinners and enjoying it. I vaguely recollect seeing the Hayley Mills movie when I was young, probably on tv.
I have to go out and will be listening to my audiobook Shogun with 11 hours left it's unlikely that I'll finish this before New Year.

I'm in! My company left this afternoon so I'll have more time for reading now, if I feel like it. I've got a lingering cold and I tend to binge watch BritBox and Acorn when I'm sick.

I'm in! Finished listening His and Hers by Alice Feeney. Started Thank You for Listening. Hoping to finish The Bookseller of Inverness this year.

10p in California and l’m in bed ready to read to myself. Earlier l read The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, and The Princess and the Pea to my granddaughters. They’re now tucked in and asleep. They are having a sleep-over at our Airbnb. They love the bunkbeds in the 2nd bedroom!

Dinner was kid’s choice - grilled cheese, fries, apples, ice cream.

Other activity - for family movie night we watched Christmas at Mistletoe Farm - 3rd time this season…

I’m in! I’m trying to finish Good Omens before the end of the year. Should be fine, as long as I’m not distracted by other things.

Friday

Books read from:

St. Augustine's Confessions, by William R Cook and Ronald B Herzman 15 minutes
Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe 90
Maleficent Seven, by Cameron Johnson 60 minutes
Dopesick, by Beth Macy 40 minutes

Books finished in Christmas Staycation readathon so far: 3 kid's, 1 adult

Time reading: 205 minutes

I'm new to the readathons so I am not tracking a lot but I'm reading Gray Lensman and Equal Rites.
Dinner was chicken stir fry with rice and I had a Reese's Fast Break bar and some Sahale honey almonds.
No books finished yet.

Friday Night Update:

Books read from: A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook), Displaced Persons by Joseph Berger, and My Dateless Diary by R.K. Narayan
Books finished: 2, Displaced Persons and My Dateless Diary
Time reading: 52 minutes + listening to audiobook

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 52 minutes + listening to audiobook

52 minutes! Pitiful.

Friday

Books read from: Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton, re-read
Books finished: 0
Time reading: .75 hrs.
Food: banana, Bobo's PB&J round, elderflower grapefuit tea, gf slice & bake chocolate chip cookies, turkey tacos, Starry soda
Non-book activities: played Knitten, watched Steven Universe, spent the afternoon with my niece in town from law school, had tacos with her and my nephews and sister, spent the night at my sister's, lots of talking and catching up and laughing

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: .75 hrs.

>17 lottpoet: Saturday update. Continued to listen Thank You for Listening. Almost gave up on it but it got better. I hope it does not disappoint. Also was able to get through a few chapters of The Bookseller of Inverness this morning although I'm confident I won't finish it this year.

Saturday
I finished Gray Lensman and read a little more of Equal Rites. I have Second Stage Lensman lined up but haven't cracked it open yet.

Spent time on LT reading Talk threads and cleaning up my library a bit.

Beef quesadilla for lunch, Carnation Instant Breakfast, Ham sandwich. Moose Tracks popcorn for a snack.

Sunday 10pm update
Just finished The Moon-spinners by Mary Stewart and listened to more of Shogun but have 9 hours still so that one will carry over to the New Year.
Also been reading An Edinburgh Reel by Iona McGregor
Non book activities: Finally set up my 2024 LT 75 books thread.
Food: Lots of left overs and a Thai tea

Moon-spinners was a great read.

Completely forgot to update on Friday and Saturday’s reading.

Ive been reading Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens and am on the final stretch. Planning to finish it before the end of the day (and year).

Not a ton of reading time as I’ve been doing laundry, trying to exercise, placing ads for stuff I don’t need/use, and generally wasting time online.

Being lazy this weekend--meaning doing almost nothing but reading! I should be taking down Christmas, but I don't wanna!

FRIDAY/SATURDAY DECEMBER 29/30

Books read from: 1) H is for Hawk, 2) Life and Death in Rebel Prisons: Giving a Complete History of the Inhuman and Barbarous Treatment of Our Brave Soldiers by Rebel Authorities, ... Ga., and Florence, S. C (Civil War) 3) One of my many vintage cookbooks, have flipped through it 3-4 times and have selected 2 recipes to cook this coming week--Mashpee Baptist Church, Mashpee, Mass 1979

Books finished:

Time reading: 5 hours 20 minutes

Time posting: 2 minutes

Snacks: not really a snacker since losing 105 pounds--Friday dinner-bison burgers and all the trimmings, Saturday-Ham/Spinach Quiche, Sunday-roast beef/potatoes/carrots/green beans

Thoughts: post from FB "Dependence begets subservience" Thomas Jefferson
Non-book activities: 1) returned two Christmas purchases to Kohl's for the correct size, stopped at a friends to pick up 2 gallons of grape juice--going to make grape jelly. Not really a jelly fan (or grape fan!), prefer jam....but it's free and my hubby will like it.

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

Sunday morning update:

I finally felt well enough to read yesterday afternoon and evening, and I read several chapters of Murder at Morija. Still reading it this morning.

I've had a cold/upper respiratory infection for the last 10 days and it finally seems to be breaking up this morning. I'm doing my best to stay hydrated, so the menu includes lots of liquids - orange juice, club soda and lime juice, iced tea, hot chicken broth, and hot tea. Santa brought me two tea assortments so that's coming in handy! I ate the last of the cranberry sauce with vanilla yogurt for breakfast, and also had a slice of sourdough bread with homemade pimiento cheese.

Saturday Night Update:

Books read from: A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook), Lena by Jacqueline Woodson, and Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Books finished: 1, Lena
Time reading: 2 hours + listening to audiobook

Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 2 hours and 52 minutes + listening to audiobook

Only slightly better reading time than Friday. . .

Saturday

Books read from: Black Futures ed. Kimberly Drew, Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.0 hrs.
Food: Bobo's mint brownie bite, Siete gf nacho chips, So Delicious oat milk chocolate salted caramel ice cream, Bobo's strawberry toaster pastry, Esther Blue tea (chamomile, lavender), Siete gf cinnamon shortbread cookies, leftover turkey taco
Non-book activities: played Knitten, watched Steven Universe, spent the morning with my sister, spent the afternoon on a home New Year's spa part I (hair--the only thing I didn't do was cut it & it desperately needs cutting, just didn't have the time)

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 2.75 hrs.

Monday, New Years Day 10am

Books read from: The Invisible by Peter Papathanasiou, The Five Minute Marriage by Joan Aiken
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.0 hrs.
Food: Breakfast toast & coffee
Non-book activities: Slept in and now continuing to read as weather outside is dreary rather than summery.

Total books finished: 1 The Moon-spinners by Mary Stewart
Total read from: 5

I finished my last two books for 2023: Murder at Morija and Meditations. I'm going to take a break from reading to watch the Christmas episode of The Madame Blanc Mysteries. I think it's time for some eggnog, too!

Monday, New Years Day 4pm

Books read from: The Edinburgh Reel by Iona McGregor The Five Minute Marriage by Joan Aiken
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 3.0 hrs.
Food: Lunch: pita toasted sandwich
Non-book activities: None

Total books finished: 2 The Moon-spinners by Mary Stewart, The Five Minute Marriage by Joan Aiken
Total read from: 5

New Year’s Eve in California

Books:
Finished All the Forgivenesses and
The One and Only Ruby, audio ed.

Now reading Foster by Claire Keegan and hoping to finish by midnight for my last bk of 2023.

Read to the granddaughters:
The Gingerbread Man, The Flying Trunk, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, and The Wind and the Sun.

Other activity:
Spent about 2 hrs with little girls at the park with their scooters. 😊

Dinner at an Indian restaurant; brought home a carton of ice cream from Baskin-Robbin’s for dessert.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sunday Night Update:

Books read from: A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook), The Serial Garden by Joan Aiken, and Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
Books finished: 1, Bookshops & Bonedust
Time reading: 1.5 hours + listening to audiobook

Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~5 hours + listening to audiobook

Monday, New Year’s Day

Books:
I did finish Foster before midnight for my 104th and final book of 2023.
Now reading Winter in Thrush Green
and listening to The Secret by Lee Child.
Also returning to Let it Snow by John Green & others.

Plan for the day is to go to the in-laws to watch football while the little cousins
play. I may beg off and stay put to read and recover from a cold. Trying to protect my son’s MIL who is undergoing chemo right now. Football not really my thing..

Sunday (New Year's Eve)

Books read from: Black Futures ed. Kimberly Drew, Danse Macabre by Laurell K. Hamilton, How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 3.75 hrs.
Food: Bobo's PB&J round, Siete gf nacho chips, So Delicious cashewmilk chocolate truffle ice cream, Bobo's raspberry toaster pastry, Siete gf cinnamon shortbread cookies, turkey tenders w/barbecue sauce
Non-book activities: played Knitten, watched Steven Universe, spent the morning on a home New Year's spa part II (body--soak in the tub, used all my fancy skincare products, painted my toenails coral), restorative yoga

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 6.0 hrs.

Sunday, New Year’s Eve, update

Finished reading Good Omens before the clock stroke midnight! Now trying to make some headway with my re-read of Ragtime.

Books read from: 2
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2-3 hours

I forgot to post my update last night. I did not do much reading yesterday and maybe an hour or so of listening Thank You for Listening.

New Year's Day report
Books read from: Long Retreat: In Search of a Religious Life by Andrew Krivak. Last Act in Palmyra by Lindsey Davis. Doc by Mary Doria Russell. I am listening to Seveneves by Neal Stephenson.

Books finished:

Book Thoughts: I haven't gotten much reading done over the weekend. Caring for my mother has taken most of my time. I have made progress on all of the books I am reading - just not as much as I wanted.

Non-Book activities: It was a cold and clear New Year's Eve and Day. I went on a First Day Walk with my cousins. We went to Rock Creek Station in Nebraska. We ate lunch at Runza, so we had a great time together.

Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting:
Food: a Runza/Bieroch for lunch and will have one for supper.

Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 378
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1072.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.

SUNDAY/MONDAY DECEMBER 31/JAN 1

This will be my final post, as I am off to a staff meeting tomorrow.

Books read from: 1) H is for Hawk, 2) Life and Death in Rebel Prisons: Giving a Complete History of the Inhuman and Barbarous Treatment of Our Brave Soldiers by Rebel Authorities, ... Ga., and Florence, S. C (Civil War) 3) One of my many vintage cookbooks, have flipped through it 3-4 times and have selected 2 recipes to cook this coming week--Mashpee Baptist Church, Mashpee, Mass 1979 4) The Denisovans 5 The Death of a Neanderthal 6 Helen of Troy 7Come Into My Cave

Books finished:4

Time reading: 9 hours 10 minutes

Time posting: 2 minutes

Snacks: not really a snacker since losing 105 pounds--Friday dinner-bison burgers and all the trimmings, Saturday-Ham/Spinach Quiche, Sunday-roast beef/potatoes/carrots/green beans, Monday-Pork & Sauerkraut with left over mashed potatoes from Sunday

Thoughts: post from FB "Dependence begets subservience" Thomas Jefferson

Non-book activities: 1) returned two Christmas purchases to Kohl's for the correct size, stopped at a friends to pick up 2 gallons of grape juice--going to make grape jelly. Not really a jelly fan (or grape fan!), prefer jam....but it's free and my hubby will like it. 2) Took down Christmas tree, ironed fresh table cloth 3) two loads of laundry, washed/dried/folded/put away

Total books finished:4
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 9 hours 10 mins

Monday evening update:

I've read several chapters of Too Many Women today. Otherwise I've been watching movies. I'm supposed to go back to work tomorrow, but since I'm still sick, I'll be trying to get an appointment with the nurse practitioner instead.

Final update for this long weekend since tomorrow is a workday for me. I read about 50 pages of The Bookseller of Inverness this morning. Hope to do some more reading of the same book before I go to bed.

I read some from Equal Rites and some from Second Stage Lensman both.
I picked up Everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarten, deciding that rather than just read the essay I pulled it out for, I am actually going to re-read the whole book this year.

Tuesday, 7pm

Books read from: The Edinburgh Reel by Iona McGregor, The Smile of the Stranger by Joan Aiken, System Collapse by Martha Wells, Flower by Shea Olsen
Books finished: 2 The Edinburgh Reel, The Smile of the Stranger
Time reading: 5.0 hrs.
Food: Lunch: Romanian kebabs with green beans and rice
Non-book activities: baked some orange poppyseed muffins

Total books finished: 4 The Moon-spinners by Mary Stewart, The Five Minute Marriage & The Smile of the Stranger by Joan Aiken, The Edinburgh Reel by Iona McGregor
Total read from: 5

Monday Night Update:

Books read from: A Breath of Snow and Ashes by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook), The Serial Garden by Joan Aiken, Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor, The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard, Freezing Order by Bill Browder, The Agathas by Kathleen Glasgow and Liz Lawson, and Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emanuel Acho
Books finished: 1, The Tower at the Edge of the World
Time reading: ~2.4 hours + listening to audiobook

Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 10
Total time reading: ~7.4 hours + listening to audiobook

Today I will be in Longview visiting my mother and daughter so I will not be doing any reading.

Monday (New Year's Day)

Books read from: Black Futures ed. Kimberly Drew, How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, The Year of the Crocodile by Courtney Milan
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.25 hrs.
Food: Bobo's strawberry toaster pastry, turkey tenders w/barbecue sauce, Bobo's mint brownie bite, Rice Krispy square (too-too sweet & had gluten, but I was very hungry at intermission of the concert I went to), Starburst original, Red Chai
Non-book activities: played Knitten, New Year's Day concert at the MN Orchestra with new director Thomas Sondegaard (was really fun), meditation, picked back up my morning walk on the greenway (felt good to move my body in the brisk cold)

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8.25 hrs.

Tuesday

Books read from: Black Futures ed. Kimberly Drew, How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, The Year of the Crocodile by Courtney Milan, The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo
Books finished: The Year of the Crocodile
Time reading: 3.5 hrs.
Food: Bobo's raspberry toaster pastry, pulled pork tacos, df chocolate truffle milk shake, watermelon spears, Siete gf nacho chips
Non-book activities: played Knitten, morning walk on the greenway, yoga, watched Steven Universe

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 11.75 hrs.

Weekend summary:

Books read from: Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry, Joe Pepper by Elmer Kelton
Books finished: Dead Man's Walk
Pages read: 600-ish

Spent the weekend visiting family in Detroit, now back to good old Oregon.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/356840