Social Distancing Readathon #223 - June 21 - 23
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
2alcottacre
I am in again! Thanks for hosting, Silver!
3Cecilturtle
>1 SilverWolf28: I'm going to give it another try. Rain is predicted for Sunday so that should settle me down.
4benitastrnad
It is too hot here to do much of anything except finish packing my library. That means that I will be reading - mostly on Sunday, which is my day off from packing.
5Carmenere
It is going to be another weekend under the Heat Dome so I will most absolutely by reading! Count me in.
I will be reading I am not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter along with What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez or The Wager
ETA: I'm also still listening to My Name is Barbra! Almost there, only 1 hour and 45 minutes to go!
I will be reading I am not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter along with What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez or The Wager
ETA: I'm also still listening to My Name is Barbra! Almost there, only 1 hour and 45 minutes to go!
6ChrisG1
I'm in - currently reading The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly.
7PawsforThought
National holiday today (Midsummer!) and I’m with family so will be busy but I am in the summer house so fewer distractions so will try to get some reading in. Have read Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery, started Dead Man’s Folly and It so will continue with the latter two.
8Carmenere
Friday night update:
Books read from: My Name is Barbra and I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
Books finished: 1 My Name is Barbra
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: Friday 10:20pm
Snacks: cookies
Thoughts: just feeling a little down
Non-book activities: watched some of my favorite you tube channels
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: My Name is Barbra and I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
Books finished: 1 My Name is Barbra
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: Friday 10:20pm
Snacks: cookies
Thoughts: just feeling a little down
Non-book activities: watched some of my favorite you tube channels
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours
9benitastrnad
Friday startup
Books read from: Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I started listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Book Thoughts: I have decided that I have had Goldfinch laying on my bedside table or about 7 years and so this afternoon I picked it up and decided to finish it. I have about 250 pages to read. I absolutely hated this book when I started it and I hope it gets better otherwise it is another one of those books for which it is impossible to understand why it was an award winner. Last Animal had good reviews but it was a waste of time. It started out well, but then went off kilter and was one of those books that you ask yourself why it was published in that form. So I turned to a YA fantasy Skin of the Sea in hopes that it will be a fun and short read.
Non-Book activities: I didn't pack anything today. I did some grocery shopping and then some cooking. I went out to supper with friends, and tomorrow morning I will meet friends for breakfast. Then I will be driving to Gadsden for knitting with the ladies. I hope I make it there by noon. I will stop in Birmingham and see a friend of mine who is going through a rough time right now. Then home and I hope a total reading day on Sunday.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: pasta, salad, and light desert at a friends house tonight.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 433
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1273.5 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. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I started listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Book Thoughts: I have decided that I have had Goldfinch laying on my bedside table or about 7 years and so this afternoon I picked it up and decided to finish it. I have about 250 pages to read. I absolutely hated this book when I started it and I hope it gets better otherwise it is another one of those books for which it is impossible to understand why it was an award winner. Last Animal had good reviews but it was a waste of time. It started out well, but then went off kilter and was one of those books that you ask yourself why it was published in that form. So I turned to a YA fantasy Skin of the Sea in hopes that it will be a fun and short read.
Non-Book activities: I didn't pack anything today. I did some grocery shopping and then some cooking. I went out to supper with friends, and tomorrow morning I will meet friends for breakfast. Then I will be driving to Gadsden for knitting with the ladies. I hope I make it there by noon. I will stop in Birmingham and see a friend of mine who is going through a rough time right now. Then home and I hope a total reading day on Sunday.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: pasta, salad, and light desert at a friends house tonight.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 433
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1273.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
10alcottacre
>9 benitastrnad: it is another one of those books for which it is impossible to understand why it was an award winner. That pretty much sums up how I felt about The Goldfinch when I finished it. Maybe your experience of the book will prove better than mine.
11alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: Dust by Kara Swanson (audiobook), Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan, The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge, The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, and Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Books finished: 2, Turtles All the Way Down and Show Way
Time reading: ~3.5 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~3.5 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: Dust by Kara Swanson (audiobook), Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan, The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge, The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, and Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Books finished: 2, Turtles All the Way Down and Show Way
Time reading: ~3.5 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~3.5 hours + listening to audiobook
12PawsforThought
>9 benitastrnad: and >10 alcottacre: I absolutely detested Tartt’s other famous novel The Secret History and can’t for the life of me understand why so many people have it as a favourite. I’ve not read The Goldfinch but your comments lead me to think I wouldn’t enjoy that one either.
13PawsforThought
Saturday noon update in Friday reading.
Books read from: 3 - It, Dead Man’s Folly, The Lottery
Books finished: 1 - The Lottery (short short)
Time reading: About two hours.
Non-book activities: Midsummer celebrations! Eating too much, drinking, dancing around a may pole, hanging out with family, a couple of walks.
Books read from: 3 - It, Dead Man’s Folly, The Lottery
Books finished: 1 - The Lottery (short short)
Time reading: About two hours.
Non-book activities: Midsummer celebrations! Eating too much, drinking, dancing around a may pole, hanging out with family, a couple of walks.
14Carmenere
>13 PawsforThought: Midsummer celebrations sound so cool!
15alcottacre
>12 PawsforThought: Steer clear, Paws, steer clear! Our good friend, Anita, did not care for The Goldfinch much either and remarked as much when I posted my reading of the book on my thread.
16nrmay
Greetings from Hay-on-Wye in Wales.
I have wanted to visit this town for years and here l am!
Small village on the River Wye has 25 second hand & antiquarian book shops, known as ‘Book Town of the World.’
So l’m at the beginning of a 2-week trip & have to travel light… l told myself l was here to LOOK & could buy only one slim book. Bought 2 vintage Nevil Shute novels so far & want to go back for a Claire Keegan book. (that’s the ‘slim’ one🙂)
Books: just about to start a new one. I’ll be choosing from
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, A. Christie.
An Old Captivity, N. Shute
Ruined City, N. Shute
Plus l have 4 more on my iPhone. I didn’t want to run out of books on my trip. 🙄
Breakfast was a big English fry up (minus the beans & blood pudding.)
Lunch was a lemon-sugar crepe & tea.
Other activity: Walked down to see the River Wye and it is lovely.
Cloudy, 65F/18C in Hay-on-Wye
I have wanted to visit this town for years and here l am!
Small village on the River Wye has 25 second hand & antiquarian book shops, known as ‘Book Town of the World.’
So l’m at the beginning of a 2-week trip & have to travel light… l told myself l was here to LOOK & could buy only one slim book. Bought 2 vintage Nevil Shute novels so far & want to go back for a Claire Keegan book. (that’s the ‘slim’ one🙂)
Books: just about to start a new one. I’ll be choosing from
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, A. Christie.
An Old Captivity, N. Shute
Ruined City, N. Shute
Plus l have 4 more on my iPhone. I didn’t want to run out of books on my trip. 🙄
Breakfast was a big English fry up (minus the beans & blood pudding.)
Lunch was a lemon-sugar crepe & tea.
Other activity: Walked down to see the River Wye and it is lovely.
Cloudy, 65F/18C in Hay-on-Wye
17PawsforThought
>14 Carmenere: I love Midsummer. Its the most beautiful time of the year and everyone’s in a good mood. And our dinner was extra good this year.
>15 alcottacre: I will take your (and Anita’s) advice and keep my distance from it. I think the reason I keep seeing recommendations for it (and The Secret History) is because I’m drawn to the “dark academia” dress style and the algorithms make the assumption that I must therefore adore Tartt.
>15 alcottacre: I will take your (and Anita’s) advice and keep my distance from it. I think the reason I keep seeing recommendations for it (and The Secret History) is because I’m drawn to the “dark academia” dress style and the algorithms make the assumption that I must therefore adore Tartt.
18nrmay
Based on prior discussion, l think l will donate my copy of Goldfinch without reading it. I remember a friend also saying she didn’t like so that’s enough thumbs down for me to pass on it. It has been on me shelf for years too.
19alcottacre
>16 nrmay: I would love to visit Hay-on-Wye at some point! Have a wonderful time, Nancy!
20alcottacre
>17 PawsforThought: >18 nrmay: I know there are people in the group who love The Goldfinch, but I am definitely not one of them. I think I gave it 3 stars when I read it and that was probably generous on my part. However, I will say that there are any number of Goldfinch lovers, so you probably should read their reviews before you make a final decision :)
21PawsforThought
>20 alcottacre: Seeing as I hated her other novel, I haven’t been particularly interested in reading The Goldfinch so this is more just adding to what I already suspected. I actually threw The Secret History across the room at one time. Only time I’ve done that.
22PocheFamily
>21 PawsforThought: My bookgroup hated The Secret History but I thought it brilliant! Goes to show ... something. Maybe I need to circle back and re-read it more carefully.
I'm in this weekend, but reading randomly. The books have been piling up and I need to finish some before I begin others. Just finished Beyond Band of Brothers, and making slow - slow - slow progress on Michael G. Vickers's latest. One of my bookgroups divided Daniel Deronda into two parts, so am just getting started on the second half of that. It seems too warm to be very productive even with the AC cranking away ...
I'm in this weekend, but reading randomly. The books have been piling up and I need to finish some before I begin others. Just finished Beyond Band of Brothers, and making slow - slow - slow progress on Michael G. Vickers's latest. One of my bookgroups divided Daniel Deronda into two parts, so am just getting started on the second half of that. It seems too warm to be very productive even with the AC cranking away ...
23Cecilturtle
>21 PawsforThought: I'm another in the lukewarm category for The Goldfinch although I tolerated it much more than my Mom. Apparently the movie bombed.
Books read from: The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun
Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn, Le Code caché de votre destin by James Hillman
Books finished:
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 5 pm on Saturday
Snacks: Jello! I hadn't had any in so long!
Thoughts: The Cat Who books are really cute; I like how the series unfolds with the same characters showing up for some continuity
Non-book activities: Hike under the rain :( and cooking as I adjust to my new program to shed a few pounds
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun
Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn, Le Code caché de votre destin by James Hillman
Books finished:
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 5 pm on Saturday
Snacks: Jello! I hadn't had any in so long!
Thoughts: The Cat Who books are really cute; I like how the series unfolds with the same characters showing up for some continuity
Non-book activities: Hike under the rain :( and cooking as I adjust to my new program to shed a few pounds
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4 hours
24alcottacre
>21 PawsforThought: I have only ever thrown one book against a wall too - The Shack. No, just no.
25PawsforThought
>24 alcottacre: I can tell from the description on the work page that I’d hate that book with a passion so understand you throwing it.
27benitastrnad
Saturday report
Books read from: Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I am listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Book Thoughts: I checked this morning and I started reading Goldfinch back in 2016. It was for my real life book discussion group. Out of six people who participated in that discussion only one person liked the book, and that person LOVED it. She raved about it. I read 4 pages in it this morning and am now on page 468 out of about 729 pages. I really am going to try to finish it. I remember that I kept reading the book in hopes that it would get better and it just never did. If I don't make progress on it in the next week I am going to put it in the bag of books to go to the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore. I don't want to move anything that I don't love, or that gives me joy. I listened to a good portion of Known World on the way to Gadsden today. The book is shaping up and beginning to be more interesting. I am finding that I don't like the women characters at all, and I do understand the aspirations of the black people in the book, but I can't say that I like them.
Non-Book activities: I went up to Gadsden and knitted today. I finished one sleeve on my sweater. I am pleased with the way it looks and fits. Now I have to make myself finish the other sleeve. I am going to be spending this week sorting yarn and boxing it, just like I spent the last two weeks boxing books. However, I am not quite done with the books. Tomorrow I will be packing cookbooks. It seems that whenever I think I am done with my library books more of them pop up that need to be boxed, so I do have a few more of those, but in the main, I should finish boxing books tomorrow. Then I will spend a two days on cookbooks. Then yarn.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 6 hours
Time listening: 4 hours
Time posting:
Food: I had a delightful early morning breakfast with some friends at a new breakfast restaurant. It was fun, but overpriced food. I won't be going back there to eat unless my friends go there.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 433
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1277.5 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. Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I am listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Book Thoughts: I checked this morning and I started reading Goldfinch back in 2016. It was for my real life book discussion group. Out of six people who participated in that discussion only one person liked the book, and that person LOVED it. She raved about it. I read 4 pages in it this morning and am now on page 468 out of about 729 pages. I really am going to try to finish it. I remember that I kept reading the book in hopes that it would get better and it just never did. If I don't make progress on it in the next week I am going to put it in the bag of books to go to the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore. I don't want to move anything that I don't love, or that gives me joy. I listened to a good portion of Known World on the way to Gadsden today. The book is shaping up and beginning to be more interesting. I am finding that I don't like the women characters at all, and I do understand the aspirations of the black people in the book, but I can't say that I like them.
Non-Book activities: I went up to Gadsden and knitted today. I finished one sleeve on my sweater. I am pleased with the way it looks and fits. Now I have to make myself finish the other sleeve. I am going to be spending this week sorting yarn and boxing it, just like I spent the last two weeks boxing books. However, I am not quite done with the books. Tomorrow I will be packing cookbooks. It seems that whenever I think I am done with my library books more of them pop up that need to be boxed, so I do have a few more of those, but in the main, I should finish boxing books tomorrow. Then I will spend a two days on cookbooks. Then yarn.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 6 hours
Time listening: 4 hours
Time posting:
Food: I had a delightful early morning breakfast with some friends at a new breakfast restaurant. It was fun, but overpriced food. I won't be going back there to eat unless my friends go there.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 433
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1277.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
28alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: Dust by Kara Swanson (audiobook), What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan, The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge, The League of Lady Poisoners by Lisa Perrin
Books finished: 1, What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
Time reading: ~3.4 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~6.9 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: Dust by Kara Swanson (audiobook), What You Are Looking For Is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama, Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan, The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge, The League of Lady Poisoners by Lisa Perrin
Books finished: 1, What You Are Looking For Is in the Library
Time reading: ~3.4 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~6.9 hours + listening to audiobook
29PawsforThought
Sunday update on Saturday’s reading.
Books read from: 2 - It and Dead Man’s Folly
Books finished: 0
Time reading: Maybe 1,5 hours
Non-book activities: Hanging with family, trying to eradicate garden lupine from the premises, going on a couple of walks.
Heading back home today as I have a couple more days to work before it’s time for glorious, glorious vacation time.
Books read from: 2 - It and Dead Man’s Folly
Books finished: 0
Time reading: Maybe 1,5 hours
Non-book activities: Hanging with family, trying to eradicate garden lupine from the premises, going on a couple of walks.
Heading back home today as I have a couple more days to work before it’s time for glorious, glorious vacation time.
30Carmenere
>24 alcottacre: I could not agree more!
31Carmenere
Saturday update:
Books read from: I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
Books finished: 1 My Name is Barbra
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: Sunday 9:50 am
Snacks: chocolate chip ice cream sandwich
Thoughts: Rhododendruns, blueberries, black eyed Susan’s, all blooming/ripening a month ahead of schedule. Global warming?
Non-book activities: browsed at my neighborhood yard sale
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from: I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
Books finished: 1 My Name is Barbra
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: Sunday 9:50 am
Snacks: chocolate chip ice cream sandwich
Thoughts: Rhododendruns, blueberries, black eyed Susan’s, all blooming/ripening a month ahead of schedule. Global warming?
Non-book activities: browsed at my neighborhood yard sale
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 7 hours
32Cecilturtle
Books read from: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder by Julia Zarankin
Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn, Le Code caché de votre destin by James Hillman, La Sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Books finished: The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 11 am on Sunday
Snacks: Lox and scrambled eggs
Thoughts: I'm loving Zarakin's birding memoir where she uses her birding adventure to reflect on her own life - it's definitely making me even more curious about birds (and I've already gained pretty good knowledge over the past 2.5 years)
Non-book activities: Watching rain rather sadly; I'm supposed to go to the jazz festival but I'm not sure I can commit to a concert under the rain
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 8 hours
Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn, Le Code caché de votre destin by James Hillman, La Sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Books finished: The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 11 am on Sunday
Snacks: Lox and scrambled eggs
Thoughts: I'm loving Zarakin's birding memoir where she uses her birding adventure to reflect on her own life - it's definitely making me even more curious about birds (and I've already gained pretty good knowledge over the past 2.5 years)
Non-book activities: Watching rain rather sadly; I'm supposed to go to the jazz festival but I'm not sure I can commit to a concert under the rain
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 8 hours
33benitastrnad
Sunday afternoon report
Books read from: Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I am listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Book Thoughts: I am primarily reading out of two books at the moment. Goldfinch and Skin of the Sea. Both are holding my interest but they are very different kinds of books. I read about 40 pages from Goldfinch today and am now on about page 450. That leaves me with 300 to go. (There are 779 pages in the copy of the book I own.) I also am glad to report that Known World is picking up. I was about to despair that there was anything worth reading in the book, and now that I am a little over half done with the book, it is picking up inp pace and things are beginning to happen. Intrigue is afoot.
Non-Book activities: I have stayed home most of the day and plan to make a late afternoon run to the library to return some books. After that I plan on spending a pleasant evening watching my PBS shows and knitting/crocheting. I have pulled out some things that are about half done and hope to finish them before I pack my yarn and needlework stuff away. If it gets packed with that stuff I may never get back to it. It is too hot here to do much of anything today, so I will be taking a late afternoon nap in a few minutes.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 8 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I had my regular hazelnut cappuccino this morning along with the Sunday paper. For lunch I went to the local Indian restaurant and enjoyed most of the food off of the buffet.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 433
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1285.5 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. Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I am listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Book Thoughts: I am primarily reading out of two books at the moment. Goldfinch and Skin of the Sea. Both are holding my interest but they are very different kinds of books. I read about 40 pages from Goldfinch today and am now on about page 450. That leaves me with 300 to go. (There are 779 pages in the copy of the book I own.) I also am glad to report that Known World is picking up. I was about to despair that there was anything worth reading in the book, and now that I am a little over half done with the book, it is picking up inp pace and things are beginning to happen. Intrigue is afoot.
Non-Book activities: I have stayed home most of the day and plan to make a late afternoon run to the library to return some books. After that I plan on spending a pleasant evening watching my PBS shows and knitting/crocheting. I have pulled out some things that are about half done and hope to finish them before I pack my yarn and needlework stuff away. If it gets packed with that stuff I may never get back to it. It is too hot here to do much of anything today, so I will be taking a late afternoon nap in a few minutes.
Time Reading today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 8 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I had my regular hazelnut cappuccino this morning along with the Sunday paper. For lunch I went to the local Indian restaurant and enjoyed most of the food off of the buffet.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 433
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1285.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
34Carmenere
Sunday update:
Books read from: I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
Books finished: 1 (see above)
Time reading:3 hours
Time posting: 7:15pm
Snacks: noodles and cabbage for dinner
Thoughts: I can read 100 pages a day, I can, I can!
Non-book activities: Church, laundry
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 10 hours
Books read from: I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
Books finished: 1 (see above)
Time reading:3 hours
Time posting: 7:15pm
Snacks: noodles and cabbage for dinner
Thoughts: I can read 100 pages a day, I can, I can!
Non-book activities: Church, laundry
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 10 hours
35PocheFamily
Early wrap up:
Books read from:
Beyond Band of Brothers, Major Dick Winters (Audible); By All Means Available, Michael G. Vickers (hardbound); Daniel Deronda, George Eliot (Audible and Kindle); The Deadly Deep: The Definitive History of Submarine Warfare, Iain Ballantyne (Libby Audiobook).
Time reading:
Fri: .25
Sat: 5.5
Sun: 5.5
Snacks: Mango Tart with Raspberries and a Shortbread crust - yum!
Thoughts: This is my week to rein in my schedule - still trying to figure out a time, other than that right before bedtime, to get reading in during the day on a regular basis.
Non-book activities: weeding, watering, walking.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 11.25
Books read from:
Beyond Band of Brothers, Major Dick Winters (Audible); By All Means Available, Michael G. Vickers (hardbound); Daniel Deronda, George Eliot (Audible and Kindle); The Deadly Deep: The Definitive History of Submarine Warfare, Iain Ballantyne (Libby Audiobook).
Time reading:
Fri: .25
Sat: 5.5
Sun: 5.5
Snacks: Mango Tart with Raspberries and a Shortbread crust - yum!
Thoughts: This is my week to rein in my schedule - still trying to figure out a time, other than that right before bedtime, to get reading in during the day on a regular basis.
Non-book activities: weeding, watering, walking.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 11.25
36nrmay
Reading in Bath, England.
Book:
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, A. Christie.
Great Sunday dinner at a local pub.
Other activity: walking tour of Bath.
Book:
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories, A. Christie.
Great Sunday dinner at a local pub.
Other activity: walking tour of Bath.
37ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly, The Whale Road by Robert Low
Books finished: The Brass Verdict
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-book activities: Our daughter, with her husband and 2 littles came for the weekend, always a delight. Our sons & grands, who are local, joined in. We'll need this week to recover, lol...
Books read from: The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly, The Whale Road by Robert Low
Books finished: The Brass Verdict
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-book activities: Our daughter, with her husband and 2 littles came for the weekend, always a delight. Our sons & grands, who are local, joined in. We'll need this week to recover, lol...
38alcottacre
>30 Carmenere: Glad to know that I am not the only one!
39alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan, The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge, The League of Lady Poisoners by Lisa Perrin, The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, and Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Books finished: 1, The Night War
Time reading: ~4.7 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 10
Total time reading: ~11.6 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan, The White Witch by Elizabeth Goudge, The League of Lady Poisoners by Lisa Perrin, The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, and Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Books finished: 1, The Night War
Time reading: ~4.7 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 10
Total time reading: ~11.6 hours + listening to audiobook
40Cecilturtle
Monday morning wrap-up
Books read from: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder by Julia Zarankin
Dictionnaire amoureux d'Albert Camus by Mohammed Aïssaoui, Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn, Le Code caché de votre destin by James Hillman, La Sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Books finished: The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 11 am on Monday
Snacks: Violet power drink with beet and banana
Thoughts: I'm almost done with the Zarankin book. I may have to consider volunteering for a bird association... :)
Non-book activities: I took my niece to see Inside Out 2: delightful but a bit complicated for little ones
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 12 hours
Books read from: Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder by Julia Zarankin
Dictionnaire amoureux d'Albert Camus by Mohammed Aïssaoui, Naming Canada by Alan Rayburn, Le Code caché de votre destin by James Hillman, La Sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Books finished: The Cat Who Wasn't There by Lilian Jackson Braun
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 11 am on Monday
Snacks: Violet power drink with beet and banana
Thoughts: I'm almost done with the Zarankin book. I may have to consider volunteering for a bird association... :)
Non-book activities: I took my niece to see Inside Out 2: delightful but a bit complicated for little ones
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 12 hours
41benitastrnad
Monday wrap-up
Books read from: Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy. Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I am listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Book Thoughts: I read for about an hour this morning and all of that reading was in Skin of the Sea. This is a YA fantasy that features African mythology. I don't like the way it is written but it is telling a good story.
Non-Book activities: I packed two more boxes of books this morning and I think I am finished with my library. However, books in my house are like weeds in the garden - they sprout up everywhere and I find them in unlikely places. I also can't find books when I want them. I recently finished D-Day Girls and I can't find the darn thing to write my review. I got boxes this weekend so I am going to start on dishes next.
Time Reading today: 1 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 9 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I had strawberries and yogurt or breakfast.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 433
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1286.5 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. Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen. I am listening to Known World by Edward P. Jones.
Books finished: Last Animal by Ramona Ausubel
Book Thoughts: I read for about an hour this morning and all of that reading was in Skin of the Sea. This is a YA fantasy that features African mythology. I don't like the way it is written but it is telling a good story.
Non-Book activities: I packed two more boxes of books this morning and I think I am finished with my library. However, books in my house are like weeds in the garden - they sprout up everywhere and I find them in unlikely places. I also can't find books when I want them. I recently finished D-Day Girls and I can't find the darn thing to write my review. I got boxes this weekend so I am going to start on dishes next.
Time Reading today: 1 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 9 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I had strawberries and yogurt or breakfast.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 433
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1286.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
42PawsforThought
Whoops, forgot to update.
Sunday’s reading:
Books read from: 1 - Dead Man’s Folly
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hour
Non-book activities: Walking, packing, hanging with family, meeting with the neighbours, going home
Back home for the last two days of work before summer vacation starts. The weather’s supposed to get hot again this week so we’re going back to the summer house again as soon as we can (probably tomorrow). Heatwaves in town are a pain.
Weekend in total:
Total books finished: 1 - The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Total read from: 3 - The Lottery, It by Stephen King, Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie
Total time reading: 4,5 hours - not bad considering I had family visiting.
Sunday’s reading:
Books read from: 1 - Dead Man’s Folly
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1 hour
Non-book activities: Walking, packing, hanging with family, meeting with the neighbours, going home
Back home for the last two days of work before summer vacation starts. The weather’s supposed to get hot again this week so we’re going back to the summer house again as soon as we can (probably tomorrow). Heatwaves in town are a pain.
Weekend in total:
Total books finished: 1 - The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Total read from: 3 - The Lottery, It by Stephen King, Dead Man’s Folly by Agatha Christie
Total time reading: 4,5 hours - not bad considering I had family visiting.
