Social Distancing Readathon #226 - July 19 - 21
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
3Cecilturtle
Count me in! All my plans were cancelled :(
I'm reading One Day I will Write About this Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
I'm reading One Day I will Write About this Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
4nrmay
I'm in. Free today and Saturday. Entertaining my 7-yr-old niece for a few hours Sunday morning.
Well into Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
Well into Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir.
5PocheFamily
>4 nrmay: I love Weir's writing style, my type of sci fi. Preferred The Martian, so will be interested to see what you say about this one.
I'm in, too. Just waiting to see which books grab me on which days.... I've got bookmarks already going in several and yet half a dozen unopened ones are also calling my name! Geraldine Brooks' Horse is a likely read, just not sure yet.
I'm in, too. Just waiting to see which books grab me on which days.... I've got bookmarks already going in several and yet half a dozen unopened ones are also calling my name! Geraldine Brooks' Horse is a likely read, just not sure yet.
7benitastrnad
Saturday Report
Books read from: I am reading Buzz, Sting, Bite by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. Real Life of the Parthenon by Patricia Vigderman. Out of Egypt: A Memoir by Andre Aciman. I finished listening to A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum.
Books finished: A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Book Thoughts: A Woman is No Man is the best book I have read so far this year. It is a five-star read. If you are interested in fiction about recent immigrants this is the book for you. It is very well written and I couldn't stop listening to it. If you are a recorded book user then this is the book for you to listen to because the narrators are excellent.
Non-Book activities: More cleaning and dumping old stuff. It took two days of hard cleaning and we have now cleaned out two rooms.
Reading Time Today: 1 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening: 1 hours
Time posting:
Food: Made a wonderful summer squash tart that was so good.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 442
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1330.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: I am reading Buzz, Sting, Bite by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. Real Life of the Parthenon by Patricia Vigderman. Out of Egypt: A Memoir by Andre Aciman. I finished listening to A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum.
Books finished: A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum
Book Thoughts: A Woman is No Man is the best book I have read so far this year. It is a five-star read. If you are interested in fiction about recent immigrants this is the book for you. It is very well written and I couldn't stop listening to it. If you are a recorded book user then this is the book for you to listen to because the narrators are excellent.
Non-Book activities: More cleaning and dumping old stuff. It took two days of hard cleaning and we have now cleaned out two rooms.
Reading Time Today: 1 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening: 1 hours
Time posting:
Food: Made a wonderful summer squash tart that was so good.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 442
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1330.5 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
8PocheFamily
>7 benitastrnad: Loved A Woman Is No Man ... did you "get" the ending? I've found many do not ... or maybe I just made up the reason in my own head (I see it as the daughter writing a new ending for her mother).
9Cecilturtle
Saturday Report
Books read from: One Day I Will Write about this Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
Le code caché votre destin by James Hillman
Dictionnaire amoureux d'Albert Camus by Mohammed Aïsaoui
La sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Les clients du Central Hôtel by André Héléna
Books finished: 0
Book Thoughts: I was tired of reading all non-fiction which is I don't typically prefer. I picked up a traditional noir novel with Les clients du Central Hôtel by André Héléna and I'm loving it.
Non-Book activities: I did a nature walk this morning. I'm dealing with a bout of hives and it's really unpleasant :(
Reading Time Today: 3 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 6 hours
Time posting: 400 pm
Food: A bubble tea cheered me up
Books read from: One Day I Will Write about this Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
Le code caché votre destin by James Hillman
Dictionnaire amoureux d'Albert Camus by Mohammed Aïsaoui
La sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Les clients du Central Hôtel by André Héléna
Books finished: 0
Book Thoughts: I was tired of reading all non-fiction which is I don't typically prefer. I picked up a traditional noir novel with Les clients du Central Hôtel by André Héléna and I'm loving it.
Non-Book activities: I did a nature walk this morning. I'm dealing with a bout of hives and it's really unpleasant :(
Reading Time Today: 3 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 6 hours
Time posting: 400 pm
Food: A bubble tea cheered me up
10nrmay
Sat evening
2/3 way through Project Hail Mary.
Have to finish in 2 days. Can’t renew as 8 people are waiting for it.
Dinner was garden salad and leftovers.
Mostly rainy day.
2/3 way through Project Hail Mary.
Have to finish in 2 days. Can’t renew as 8 people are waiting for it.
Dinner was garden salad and leftovers.
Mostly rainy day.
11Cecilturtle
Weekend Report
Saturday Report
Books read from: One Day I Will Write about this Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
Le code caché votre destin by James Hillman
Dictionnaire amoureux d'Albert Camus by Mohammed Aïsaoui
La sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Les clients du Central Hôtel by André Héléna
Une rose et un balai by Michel Simonet
Books finished: Les clients du Central Hôtel by André Héléna
Une rose et un balai by Michel Simonet
Book Thoughts: I'm fascinated by the Hillman book which deconstructs our society's obsession with the binary and how reducing our psyche to genetics or our environment removes us from our fundamental being, i.e. what makes me specifically me with my interests, my talents and my motivations.
Non-Book activities: I spent 10 hours in emergency care. It's all good news, despite a massive allergic reaction, I'm fine AND I had more than plenty of time to read.
Reading Time Sunday: 8 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 16 hours
Time posting: 1100 am
Food: Caramel popcorn cheered me up
Saturday Report
Books read from: One Day I Will Write about this Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
Le code caché votre destin by James Hillman
Dictionnaire amoureux d'Albert Camus by Mohammed Aïsaoui
La sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock
Les clients du Central Hôtel by André Héléna
Une rose et un balai by Michel Simonet
Books finished: Les clients du Central Hôtel by André Héléna
Une rose et un balai by Michel Simonet
Book Thoughts: I'm fascinated by the Hillman book which deconstructs our society's obsession with the binary and how reducing our psyche to genetics or our environment removes us from our fundamental being, i.e. what makes me specifically me with my interests, my talents and my motivations.
Non-Book activities: I spent 10 hours in emergency care. It's all good news, despite a massive allergic reaction, I'm fine AND I had more than plenty of time to read.
Reading Time Sunday: 8 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 16 hours
Time posting: 1100 am
Food: Caramel popcorn cheered me up
12ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: True Grit by Charles Portis, The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Books finished: True Grit
Pages read: 500-ish
Non-book activities: My barbershop quartet had the pleasure of singing at a 90th birthday party. It turned out that the "birthday boy" had been the pastor of the church our bass singer grew up in - a nice reunion!
Books read from: True Grit by Charles Portis, The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Books finished: True Grit
Pages read: 500-ish
Non-book activities: My barbershop quartet had the pleasure of singing at a 90th birthday party. It turned out that the "birthday boy" had been the pastor of the church our bass singer grew up in - a nice reunion!
13PocheFamily
Books read from: Unnatural Causes, P. D. James (Libby audiobook); By All Means Available, Michael G. Vickers (hardbound); Horse, Geraldine Brooks (hardbound); Learning from Experience volume 1, John F. Schank (paperback).
Time reading:
Thursday:
Fri: 1.0
Sat: 3.0
Sun: 6+
Snacks: (see below + pickles)
Thoughts: When reality gets a little too much like a rollercoaster it's nice to retreat into fiction! Loved reading a mystery, hadn't in a while, and PD James is my fave, so yeah, happy weekend!
Non-book activities: Visited a farmer’s market with the spousal unit. I enjoyed the mushroom cheese enchilada, pistachio croissant, vegetables, and yum yum yum sauerkraut we brought home - he complained about how it didn't save us money compared to going to a store. I think he missed the point ... it was delicious!!!
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 10 and then some. Already looking forward to next weekend!
Time reading:
Thursday:
Fri: 1.0
Sat: 3.0
Sun: 6+
Snacks: (see below + pickles)
Thoughts: When reality gets a little too much like a rollercoaster it's nice to retreat into fiction! Loved reading a mystery, hadn't in a while, and PD James is my fave, so yeah, happy weekend!
Non-book activities: Visited a farmer’s market with the spousal unit. I enjoyed the mushroom cheese enchilada, pistachio croissant, vegetables, and yum yum yum sauerkraut we brought home - he complained about how it didn't save us money compared to going to a store. I think he missed the point ... it was delicious!!!
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 10 and then some. Already looking forward to next weekend!
14nrmay
weekend wrap-up
Books:
To my great dismay, I did not finish the ebook edition of Project Hail Mary before it disappeared from my phone early this a.m. I still had a quarter of it to go. Estimated waiting time to get it back again - 15 weeks.
And I've fallen way behind on my short-story-a-day project.
I did read "Little Red Riding Hood" to my little niece...
As a memento of Hay-on-Wye, I gave my sister a copy of Antarctica by Claire Keegan. And I got a copy of
Small Things Like These for my niece.
Other activity:
I spent most of yesterday with my sis and her granddaughter. We went to the pool and out for burgers for lunch. For the last week I've been monitoring my husband's rather severe cold as we are supposed to fly to CA tomorrow. I think he's better but I lost my voice last night; so far, my only symptom. On the CA end, the other grandparents caught covid on the way home from a trip. The littlest granddaughter was with them for 24 hours before they tested. So far, she's testing negative so I guess we will stick with the travel plans.
Sunny, 84 F./29 C.
Books:
To my great dismay, I did not finish the ebook edition of Project Hail Mary before it disappeared from my phone early this a.m. I still had a quarter of it to go. Estimated waiting time to get it back again - 15 weeks.
And I've fallen way behind on my short-story-a-day project.
I did read "Little Red Riding Hood" to my little niece...
As a memento of Hay-on-Wye, I gave my sister a copy of Antarctica by Claire Keegan. And I got a copy of
Small Things Like These for my niece.
Other activity:
I spent most of yesterday with my sis and her granddaughter. We went to the pool and out for burgers for lunch. For the last week I've been monitoring my husband's rather severe cold as we are supposed to fly to CA tomorrow. I think he's better but I lost my voice last night; so far, my only symptom. On the CA end, the other grandparents caught covid on the way home from a trip. The littlest granddaughter was with them for 24 hours before they tested. So far, she's testing negative so I guess we will stick with the travel plans.
Sunny, 84 F./29 C.
15SilverWolf28
Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/362248
16benitastrnad
>8 PocheFamily:
I did get the ending, but thought that it didn't fit in with the rest of the book. Even with that minor flaw I gave the book 5 stars and added it to my list of best books of 2024. I agree with you that it was the daughter's wish for her mother rather than the reality.
I thought the role of Sarah was very well done and the author did a great job of navigating the intricate role she played in all of their lives. I do wish that the author had dealt a bit more with the life of the mother-in-law (Her name slips my mind at the moment) because I really wanted to try to understand her indifference to her son and her daughter-in-law. I also found myself curious about what happened to Omar and his wife. Did they move out? The novel implies that they did, but what are they doing now? I am also curious about how Sarah got the bookshop. There are lots of loose ends in this novel, but perhaps that is why even after a week I am still thinking about it?
I did get the ending, but thought that it didn't fit in with the rest of the book. Even with that minor flaw I gave the book 5 stars and added it to my list of best books of 2024. I agree with you that it was the daughter's wish for her mother rather than the reality.
I thought the role of Sarah was very well done and the author did a great job of navigating the intricate role she played in all of their lives. I do wish that the author had dealt a bit more with the life of the mother-in-law (Her name slips my mind at the moment) because I really wanted to try to understand her indifference to her son and her daughter-in-law. I also found myself curious about what happened to Omar and his wife. Did they move out? The novel implies that they did, but what are they doing now? I am also curious about how Sarah got the bookshop. There are lots of loose ends in this novel, but perhaps that is why even after a week I am still thinking about it?
