Social Distancing Readathon #222 - June 14 - 16
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2024
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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
2Carmenere
I'm in! Thank you, Silver, for continuing these readathon's! They force me, in a good way, to intentionally set aside to enjoy my favorite pastime.
3PocheFamily
I'm looking forward to it! I have two bookgroup meetings next week and it's going to be a close shave to see if I can finish either book ... thank you for the Read-a-thon thread!! It helps me focus!!
Editing to add: I'll be listening to Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra and Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.
Editing to add: I'll be listening to Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra and Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.
4PawsforThought
I have a bunch of other things I need to get to this weekend, but I do desperately need to finish Ragtime (it’s overdue at the library) so I’ll spend as much time as I can reading. It’d be good if I could finish a couple of other things before I go on vacation - my haul of intended vacation reads from the library is pretty big.
5ChrisG1
I'm in - currently reading The City in the Autumn Stars by Michael Moorcock.
6alcottacre
I am in again too, Silver!
7nrmay
I’m in. I started early!
I’m reading The Price You Pay, thriller in the Peter Ash series by Nick Petrie, along with a couple more -
The Rough Road Home and Habibi.
I’m reading The Price You Pay, thriller in the Peter Ash series by Nick Petrie, along with a couple more -
The Rough Road Home and Habibi.
8benitastrnad
Friday start up
Books read from: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen. D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose. Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. I am still listening to City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley.
Books finished: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen
Book Thoughts: I am really enjoying D-Day Girls. It is for my real life book discussion group for July. I should finish it tonight. It has been an exciting book to read. Lasts Palace was very good too. And it was about WWII and the Cold War. It was a history of Czechoslovakia told through the lens of the mansion that became the American Embassy. Very well done and a very good book to read.
Non-Book activities: packing books and talking on the phone. I have friends who are so lonely and have nothing to do so they call me. And they will talk for hours. I just sit at the computer and let them talk and put in a "that's nice" every so often. The one this afternoon talked for 2 hours. That gave me time to go through my e-mail and enter in my latest packed box of books in LT. I might even have enough time to knit a few rows on my sweater before going out for supper with friends at 6.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I fried my first summer squash. One of the people from yoga class had her first crop of summer squash from her garden so I took 2 of them.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 429
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1258.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen. D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose. Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. I am still listening to City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley.
Books finished: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen
Book Thoughts: I am really enjoying D-Day Girls. It is for my real life book discussion group for July. I should finish it tonight. It has been an exciting book to read. Lasts Palace was very good too. And it was about WWII and the Cold War. It was a history of Czechoslovakia told through the lens of the mansion that became the American Embassy. Very well done and a very good book to read.
Non-Book activities: packing books and talking on the phone. I have friends who are so lonely and have nothing to do so they call me. And they will talk for hours. I just sit at the computer and let them talk and put in a "that's nice" every so often. The one this afternoon talked for 2 hours. That gave me time to go through my e-mail and enter in my latest packed box of books in LT. I might even have enough time to knit a few rows on my sweater before going out for supper with friends at 6.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I fried my first summer squash. One of the people from yoga class had her first crop of summer squash from her garden so I took 2 of them.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 429
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1258.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
9Carmenere
Friday update:
Books read from: 1 Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Books finished:
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 10:10pm
Snacks: popcorn
Thoughts: lovely evening for reading outside
Non-book activities: Facetimed my son
Total books finished:
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3hours
Books read from: 1 Honor by Thrity Umrigar
Books finished:
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 10:10pm
Snacks: popcorn
Thoughts: lovely evening for reading outside
Non-book activities: Facetimed my son
Total books finished:
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3hours
10alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich (audiobook), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, 999 : The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam, Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Books finished: 2, Brave New World and Jewish Literacy
Time reading: 3.05 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 3.05 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich (audiobook), Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, 999 : The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam, Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Books finished: 2, Brave New World and Jewish Literacy
Time reading: 3.05 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 3.05 hours + listening to audiobook
11benitastrnad
Saturday report
Books read from: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose. Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto. Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel. I am still listening to City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley.
Books finished: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen
Book Thoughts: I enjoyed D-Day Girls so much that I finished reading it last night. The ending was very sad as the fate of many of the women profiled in the book was not good, but the book was truly riveting reading. This one was for my real life book discussion group and it was a good reading selection. I wonder how much discussion there will be but it was a great way to celebrate the recent D-Day anniversary. Thank goodness I am almost done with that horrid City of Dragons. I am not sure how this book ever got published. I feel bad that I finally Pearl Ruled Philida and returned it to the library and I am going to stick with this horrid poorly written book to the bitter end. I started reading two books I have had checked out from the library for a long time. Last Animal is starting out well. The author has captured my attention right off the bat. I am also about half done with a graphic novel - Cats of the Louvre. This one is animae and so is read from back to front and right to left. At first I thought the story was disjointed but when I got on to how it worked, it went better. I should have it finished by tomorrow.
Non-Book activities: packing books and talking on the phone. I wanted to go knitting today but felt guilty as I have so much packing to do. I packed two more boxes of books and should be finished with packing all of them next week. I also made a midnight run to the library and returned 4 books. Tomorrow I will return more.
Time Reading today: 3 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I went to a popular local restaurant last night and had another over-price poor meal. I won't miss going to this one when I move.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 430
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1261.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose. Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto. Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel. I am still listening to City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley.
Books finished: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen
Book Thoughts: I enjoyed D-Day Girls so much that I finished reading it last night. The ending was very sad as the fate of many of the women profiled in the book was not good, but the book was truly riveting reading. This one was for my real life book discussion group and it was a good reading selection. I wonder how much discussion there will be but it was a great way to celebrate the recent D-Day anniversary. Thank goodness I am almost done with that horrid City of Dragons. I am not sure how this book ever got published. I feel bad that I finally Pearl Ruled Philida and returned it to the library and I am going to stick with this horrid poorly written book to the bitter end. I started reading two books I have had checked out from the library for a long time. Last Animal is starting out well. The author has captured my attention right off the bat. I am also about half done with a graphic novel - Cats of the Louvre. This one is animae and so is read from back to front and right to left. At first I thought the story was disjointed but when I got on to how it worked, it went better. I should have it finished by tomorrow.
Non-Book activities: packing books and talking on the phone. I wanted to go knitting today but felt guilty as I have so much packing to do. I packed two more boxes of books and should be finished with packing all of them next week. I also made a midnight run to the library and returned 4 books. Tomorrow I will return more.
Time Reading today: 3 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I went to a popular local restaurant last night and had another over-price poor meal. I won't miss going to this one when I move.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 430
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1261.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
12alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich (audiobook), 999 : The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam, Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor, Celine by Peter Heller, and Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Books finished: 1, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
Time reading: 2.1 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: 5.15 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich (audiobook), 999 : The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam, Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor, Celine by Peter Heller, and Marking Time by Elizabeth Jane Howard
Books finished: 1, The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
Time reading: 2.1 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: 5.15 hours + listening to audiobook
13Carmenere
Saturday night update:
Books read from: My Name is Barbra and Honor
Books finished:
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: Sunday 8:30am
Snacks: Wheat toast with peach preserves
Thoughts: Thinking about Lter, Anita
Non-book activities: Watched Bridgerton for 3 hours :0)
Total books finished:
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from: My Name is Barbra and Honor
Books finished:
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: Sunday 8:30am
Snacks: Wheat toast with peach preserves
Thoughts: Thinking about Lter, Anita
Non-book activities: Watched Bridgerton for 3 hours :0)
Total books finished:
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7 hours
14nrmay
Sun - early afternoon
Books:
The Rough Road Home: Stories by North Carolina Writers
Habibi by N. Nye
New audio book is Hamnet for book club in July.
Finished:
The Price You Pay by N. Petrie.
Breakfast - strawberries & granola
Lunch - sandwich, grapes, cookie.
Other activity: Sunday papers & puzzles, folding laundry, watering plants, filling bird feeders.
Sunny, 86F/30C.
Books:
The Rough Road Home: Stories by North Carolina Writers
Habibi by N. Nye
New audio book is Hamnet for book club in July.
Finished:
The Price You Pay by N. Petrie.
Breakfast - strawberries & granola
Lunch - sandwich, grapes, cookie.
Other activity: Sunday papers & puzzles, folding laundry, watering plants, filling bird feeders.
Sunny, 86F/30C.
15benitastrnad
Sunday report
Books read from: Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto. Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel. I finished listening to City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley and started listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen. D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto. City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley.
Book Thoughts: I finished two books last night and today. I finished the graphic novel Cats of the Louvre and wasn't very impressed with either the story or the art work, but it was a fast read so I went ahead with it. I thought it was going to be a fantasy involving the art in the Louvre, but it wasn't. It was a fantasy but it had very little to do with art. The drawing was all in black and white and in a loose style so it didn't impress me that way either. I read far into the night and then didn't sleep well. I hope to get the books done this week and get started on culling clothes next.
Non-Book activities: I have packed 20 boxes of books in the last two weeks and only have about 10 left to do. That includes the cookbooks and they will be the bulk of what it left since they tend to be big thick books. I have been trying to save a little on my electric bills because supporting two houses is killing my checking account so yesterday evening I went to Starbucks, ordered a big white chocolate macadamia nut cold cream coffee and camped out at one of their tables for almost 4 hours bringing my LT database up-to-date. I got home in time to watch Keeping Up Appearances and Sister Boniface. By that time the sun was down and the house was much cooler.
Time Reading today: 4 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 8 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I had my normal Sunday morning Starbucks cappuccino and now this afternoon I am back partaking of one of their small green tea lemonades for the same reasons as stated above. I also went to the local Indian Restaurant for Sunday lunch.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 432
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1269.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto. Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel. I finished listening to City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley and started listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen. D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto. City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley.
Book Thoughts: I finished two books last night and today. I finished the graphic novel Cats of the Louvre and wasn't very impressed with either the story or the art work, but it was a fast read so I went ahead with it. I thought it was going to be a fantasy involving the art in the Louvre, but it wasn't. It was a fantasy but it had very little to do with art. The drawing was all in black and white and in a loose style so it didn't impress me that way either. I read far into the night and then didn't sleep well. I hope to get the books done this week and get started on culling clothes next.
Non-Book activities: I have packed 20 boxes of books in the last two weeks and only have about 10 left to do. That includes the cookbooks and they will be the bulk of what it left since they tend to be big thick books. I have been trying to save a little on my electric bills because supporting two houses is killing my checking account so yesterday evening I went to Starbucks, ordered a big white chocolate macadamia nut cold cream coffee and camped out at one of their tables for almost 4 hours bringing my LT database up-to-date. I got home in time to watch Keeping Up Appearances and Sister Boniface. By that time the sun was down and the house was much cooler.
Time Reading today: 4 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 8 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I had my normal Sunday morning Starbucks cappuccino and now this afternoon I am back partaking of one of their small green tea lemonades for the same reasons as stated above. I also went to the local Indian Restaurant for Sunday lunch.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 432
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1269.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
16PawsforThought
Books read from: 2 Ragtime and It
Books finished: 1, Ragtime
Time reading: A few hours, altogether
Thoughts: Why, after finishing a 320 page book I’ve been reading (on and off) for a year did I get started on a dense, 1067 page tough read instead of one of the short easy reads I’d got from the library specifically as “palate cleansers”?
Non-book activities: Working out, posting ads online (trying to get rid excess stuff), watching movies, buying flight tickets for summer vacation
Books finished: 1, Ragtime
Time reading: A few hours, altogether
Thoughts: Why, after finishing a 320 page book I’ve been reading (on and off) for a year did I get started on a dense, 1067 page tough read instead of one of the short easy reads I’d got from the library specifically as “palate cleansers”?
Non-book activities: Working out, posting ads online (trying to get rid excess stuff), watching movies, buying flight tickets for summer vacation
17alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass (audiobook), 999 : The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam, Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Celine by Peter Heller
Books finished: 1, 999 : The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz
Time reading: 3 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: 8.15 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: The Radetzky March by Joseph Roth, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass (audiobook), 999 : The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz by Heather Dune Macadam, Between the Woods and the Water by Patrick Leigh Fermor, and Celine by Peter Heller
Books finished: 1, 999 : The extraordinary young women of the first official transport to Auschwitz
Time reading: 3 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: 8.15 hours + listening to audiobook
18Carmenere
Sunday update: So, yeah, sunday was a fail
books read from:
Books finished:
Time reading: 0
Time posting: Monday 9:45am
Snacks:
Thoughts: Holy moly, it's hot, but I like it :o)
Non-book activities: Book flights, church, dinner at In-laws
Total books finished:0
Total read from:2
Total time reading: 7 hours
books read from:
Books finished:
Time reading: 0
Time posting: Monday 9:45am
Snacks:
Thoughts: Holy moly, it's hot, but I like it :o)
Non-book activities: Book flights, church, dinner at In-laws
Total books finished:0
Total read from:2
Total time reading: 7 hours
19alcottacre
>18 Carmenere: So, yeah, sunday was a fail
Well, it happens. Pretty much my entire weekend was a fail where reading was concerned.
Well, it happens. Pretty much my entire weekend was a fail where reading was concerned.
20ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: The City in the Autumn Stars by Michael Moorcock
Books finished: none
Pages read: 250-ish
Non-reading activities: Had a fun Father's Day gathering with 2 of the 3 kiddos & 3 grands. Sons did all the cooking & it was excellent.
Books read from: The City in the Autumn Stars by Michael Moorcock
Books finished: none
Pages read: 250-ish
Non-reading activities: Had a fun Father's Day gathering with 2 of the 3 kiddos & 3 grands. Sons did all the cooking & it was excellent.
21Carmenere
>19 alcottacre: sorry your weekend was a fail too stasia but it's nice to know i didnt fail alone ;0)
22nrmay
Weekend wrap
Books:
The Rough Road Home: Stories by North Carolina Writers
Habibi by N. Nye
New audio book is Hamnet
Spook Street, M. Herron
finished the short story "Yo, Rapunzel!" by Kyler Kirrin, on Castlepod.org
Can't resist the Slough House British spy series.
Dropped everything for Spook Street; 1/3 of the way through.
Fathers Day dinner was husband's choice: halibut, sweet potato, vegetables and tiramisu for dessert.
Other activity:
postcrossing, saw a bit of the Tony Awards. Excited that we have tickets for Merrily We Roll Along next month. It won Best Musical Revival and 3 other Tonys last night.
Books:
The Rough Road Home: Stories by North Carolina Writers
Habibi by N. Nye
New audio book is Hamnet
Spook Street, M. Herron
finished the short story "Yo, Rapunzel!" by Kyler Kirrin, on Castlepod.org
Can't resist the Slough House British spy series.
Dropped everything for Spook Street; 1/3 of the way through.
Fathers Day dinner was husband's choice: halibut, sweet potato, vegetables and tiramisu for dessert.
Other activity:
postcrossing, saw a bit of the Tony Awards. Excited that we have tickets for Merrily We Roll Along next month. It won Best Musical Revival and 3 other Tonys last night.
23PocheFamily
Late in reporting, but since I don't have much to report ...
Books read from: Only the one - Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Books finished: 0 (I have about 1-2 hours to go)
Time reading: ~8h (forgot to keep track!)
Time posting: Monday mid-afternoon
Snacks: anything I could get a hold of, especially fruit ... adjusting back to my own time zone has my stomach demanding food continuously (unfortunately) ... (stoopid stomach)
Thoughts: Really enjoying this book. A totally different perspective on WW2, fictional-but-based-on-reality novel.
Non-book activities: Surprised by my eldest coming cross-continent a few days early to spend Father's Day with us: yay!
Total books finished: nada
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ~8h
Books read from: Only the one - Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Books finished: 0 (I have about 1-2 hours to go)
Time reading: ~8h (forgot to keep track!)
Time posting: Monday mid-afternoon
Snacks: anything I could get a hold of, especially fruit ... adjusting back to my own time zone has my stomach demanding food continuously (unfortunately) ... (stoopid stomach)
Thoughts: Really enjoying this book. A totally different perspective on WW2, fictional-but-based-on-reality novel.
Non-book activities: Surprised by my eldest coming cross-continent a few days early to spend Father's Day with us: yay!
Total books finished: nada
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: ~8h
24benitastrnad
Monday wrapup
Books read from: Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel. I started listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen. D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto. City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley.
Book Thoughts: I managed to read a great deal of Last Animal while eating lunch yesterday and read more before I went to sleep last night. This book is good, but I am not sure where it is going yet. I was curious about the author as she is getting lots of good press lately, so this book is sort of a test regarding her writing. It is also part of my "Last" project. That is where I have been trying to read all of the books in my LT title list where the title begins with the word "Last." It is a never ending project, but I have been having fun with it. It was a good reading weekend.
Non-Book activities: I only packed one box of books yesterday. I think I have about 4 more boxes to pack. At least, that is what my rough estimate is, but I keep finding books hiding in lots of place.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 10 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: artichoke dip and ritz crackers for a light supper.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 432
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1271.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel. I started listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen. D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose. Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto. City of Dragons by Kelli Stanley.
Book Thoughts: I managed to read a great deal of Last Animal while eating lunch yesterday and read more before I went to sleep last night. This book is good, but I am not sure where it is going yet. I was curious about the author as she is getting lots of good press lately, so this book is sort of a test regarding her writing. It is also part of my "Last" project. That is where I have been trying to read all of the books in my LT title list where the title begins with the word "Last." It is a never ending project, but I have been having fun with it. It was a good reading weekend.
Non-Book activities: I only packed one box of books yesterday. I think I have about 4 more boxes to pack. At least, that is what my rough estimate is, but I keep finding books hiding in lots of place.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 10 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: artichoke dip and ritz crackers for a light supper.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 432
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1271.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
25alcottacre
Has anyone heard from Silver lately? Is there a Readathon this week?
26SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/361591
27SilverWolf28
>25 alcottacre: Sorry I'm late.
28alcottacre
>27 SilverWolf28: No worries, Silver. I was just concerned that something might have happened.
