Social Distancing Readathon #233 - September 6 - 8
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 and I've already started. I need to read One Two Three for Monday's RL bookclub discussion. I'm on page 109 of 398 pages.
3PawsforThought
I shouldn't make any promises since it's not gone well previously, but I'll try to get some proper reading time in. I don't have much left of Black Snow and I really need to make some more headway with It and finish the first two chapters of The Fortunes of the Rougons.
4alcottacre
Having missed the past couple of readathons because I was out of town, I am definitely in for this one!
5ChrisG1
I'm in - currently reading Up on the Woof Top by Spencer Quinn.
6benitastrnad
I will be participating this weekend. I hope to have a quiet weekend of mostly reading and cooking.
7nrmay
I’m in.
I’m at my sister’s house in Chapel Hill, North Carolina right now. I guess we’ll be moving to the area. We’re house-hunting. Looked at 5 homes today.
I’m reading The Women by K Hannah. I cried twice by page 87; don’t know how I’ll get through it - good but sorrowful.
I’m at my sister’s house in Chapel Hill, North Carolina right now. I guess we’ll be moving to the area. We’re house-hunting. Looked at 5 homes today.
I’m reading The Women by K Hannah. I cried twice by page 87; don’t know how I’ll get through it - good but sorrowful.
8Tess_W
I'm in! Got the house cleaned, groceries bought, and laundry done on Thur and Fri AM. Not doing anything till Mon AM, but read. It's about 90% humidity so no working outside, either. Books, here I come!
9Tess_W
Friday Evening:
Finished: The Fall of the House of Dixie for the War Room Challenge
Started: The Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret Oliphant Book 1: The Doctor (E-book)
Continue to listen to audio of The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis (33:26)
Dinner: left over lunch from Panda Express
Hubby is watching last night's Chiefs vs. Ravens game--he recorded it.
Will say that I was able to read for 3 hours. If that changes, I'll revise.
Finished: The Fall of the House of Dixie for the War Room Challenge
Started: The Chronicles of Carlingford by Margaret Oliphant Book 1: The Doctor (E-book)
Continue to listen to audio of The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis (33:26)
Dinner: left over lunch from Panda Express
Hubby is watching last night's Chiefs vs. Ravens game--he recorded it.
Will say that I was able to read for 3 hours. If that changes, I'll revise.
10Carmenere
Friday update:
Book read from: One Two Three
How long: Most of the day, off and on
Read pages 109-184
Dinner: two ears of corn. I know doesn’t sound like much but I had pancakes with strawberries for lunch so not all that hungry.
Non-book activities: got the latest covid shot and did a little shopping in case I’m under the weather tomorrow.
Book read from: One Two Three
How long: Most of the day, off and on
Read pages 109-184
Dinner: two ears of corn. I know doesn’t sound like much but I had pancakes with strawberries for lunch so not all that hungry.
Non-book activities: got the latest covid shot and did a little shopping in case I’m under the weather tomorrow.
11alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: Crosstalk by Connie Willis (audiobook), A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, and Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~2.6 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~2.6 hours + listening to audiobook
I did not spend nearly as much time reading today as I would have liked due to things like laundry, unpacking, etc after returning home after almost 2 weeks of being gone.
Books read from: Crosstalk by Connie Willis (audiobook), A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, Life After Life by Kate Atkinson, and Pacific Crucible by Ian W. Toll
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~2.6 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~2.6 hours + listening to audiobook
I did not spend nearly as much time reading today as I would have liked due to things like laundry, unpacking, etc after returning home after almost 2 weeks of being gone.
12nrmay
Sat morning
Book:
The Women by K Hannah,
a third of the way through.
Gave my sister a copy of Caravan by D Gilman. I loved that one.
Breakfast:
granola, blueberries, coffee
Other activity:
Looked at 2 houses and 3 townhouses yesterday - none were just right. I want something move-in ready. Scheduled to see more today. We’re moving! The notion is daunting…. I have vowed to reduce my 2,500 books by half…
Book:
The Women by K Hannah,
a third of the way through.
Gave my sister a copy of Caravan by D Gilman. I loved that one.
Breakfast:
granola, blueberries, coffee
Other activity:
Looked at 2 houses and 3 townhouses yesterday - none were just right. I want something move-in ready. Scheduled to see more today. We’re moving! The notion is daunting…. I have vowed to reduce my 2,500 books by half…
13LibraryLover23
I’ll join in…
>5 ChrisG1: I love Chet the Jet!
>12 nrmay: Good luck with your move!
Books read from: A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher, A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years Of Letters From The Lower East Side To The Jewish Daily Forward edited by Isaac Metzker, The Institute by Stephen King
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 1.5 hours
>5 ChrisG1: I love Chet the Jet!
>12 nrmay: Good luck with your move!
Books read from: A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher, A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years Of Letters From The Lower East Side To The Jewish Daily Forward edited by Isaac Metzker, The Institute by Stephen King
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 1.5 hours
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 1.5 hours
14Tess_W
Sat morn:
Hubby and I always have a "big breakfast" on Saturday mornings--later than normal. So about 9AM we had fried potatoes and onions, eggs, and sausage.
After that I spent time outside in the flower gardens. They are in super shape except just overnight wild onions appeared again in the front......it's too dry to try to pull them out. Have to wait till it's more damp so that I can pull the entire root out. Whilst I was doing this hubby blew leaves out of his mowing area. There is about a 20-30 easement at the back of our property which backs up to a county storage building. He just blows them back there.
While weeding and working outside had headphones in and listened to audio already 3 hours today. Football games this afternoon and while he is watching I will complete lesson plans for school/uni next week, look over Sunday school lesson for tomorrow, and bake some brownies for church potluck tomorrow--I'm on the sweet squad this time. I will listen to audio except for the planning time!
ETA: Saturday evening update: new fridge delivered @ 4:30 pm. It was 6pm by time we got everything set up and transferred. Will be tomorrow before we have ice cubes! It was crab cakes for dinner. No clean up! Reading: listened to audio of The Echo of Old Books. 3 hours
Hubby and I always have a "big breakfast" on Saturday mornings--later than normal. So about 9AM we had fried potatoes and onions, eggs, and sausage.
After that I spent time outside in the flower gardens. They are in super shape except just overnight wild onions appeared again in the front......it's too dry to try to pull them out. Have to wait till it's more damp so that I can pull the entire root out. Whilst I was doing this hubby blew leaves out of his mowing area. There is about a 20-30 easement at the back of our property which backs up to a county storage building. He just blows them back there.
While weeding and working outside had headphones in and listened to audio already 3 hours today. Football games this afternoon and while he is watching I will complete lesson plans for school/uni next week, look over Sunday school lesson for tomorrow, and bake some brownies for church potluck tomorrow--I'm on the sweet squad this time. I will listen to audio except for the planning time!
ETA: Saturday evening update: new fridge delivered @ 4:30 pm. It was 6pm by time we got everything set up and transferred. Will be tomorrow before we have ice cubes! It was crab cakes for dinner. No clean up! Reading: listened to audio of The Echo of Old Books. 3 hours
15benitastrnad
Saturday report
Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Meet Me At The Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts. I finished Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and started Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten. I am listening to The Martian by Andy Weir.
Books finished: Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and Dave Thurlow
Book Thoughts: I finished reading Soul of the Sky and enjoyed the essays in it. All about weather and how we react to it. I am now off on a book buying expedition and when I get back I will be reading a murder mystery/police procedural. I will probably finish listening to The Martian today while on the trip.
Non-Book Activities: I am headed to the wine shop and the used book shop to find copies of books I want to read and to the wine shop to pick up my wine order.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening: hours
Time posting:
Food: a quick sandwich for lunch
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 455
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1381 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Meet Me At The Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts. I finished Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and started Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten. I am listening to The Martian by Andy Weir.
Books finished: Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and Dave Thurlow
Book Thoughts: I finished reading Soul of the Sky and enjoyed the essays in it. All about weather and how we react to it. I am now off on a book buying expedition and when I get back I will be reading a murder mystery/police procedural. I will probably finish listening to The Martian today while on the trip.
Non-Book Activities: I am headed to the wine shop and the used book shop to find copies of books I want to read and to the wine shop to pick up my wine order.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening: hours
Time posting:
Food: a quick sandwich for lunch
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 455
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1381 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
16PocheFamily
Been slacking my way through the last few weeks of summer, including reading. Getting stuff done - and books read - just in a very unpressured way. But I'm going to join in this weekend. Just late. And unhurried!
Reading several books this weekend: On a Sunbeam (just finished), Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes, and have 2 audiobooks to wrap up this weekend, What If? and Of Boys and Men. I hope to start Grey Bees before the weekend is finished.
Reading several books this weekend: On a Sunbeam (just finished), Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes, and have 2 audiobooks to wrap up this weekend, What If? and Of Boys and Men. I hope to start Grey Bees before the weekend is finished.
17Carmenere
Saturday update:
Book read from: One Two Three
How long: Most of the day, off and on
Read pages 184-310 Only 80 pages to go
Dinner: Tomato soup and stale crackers :P
Non-book activities: as anticipated, today I felt the affects of the Moderna Covid vaccine. Achy, chills, headache just blah, So it was a pajama day for me. Besides reading I finished the British Baking contest and a couple of episodes of Selling Sunset.
Reading is done for the day so I'll watch the Ohio State Football game.
Book read from: One Two Three
How long: Most of the day, off and on
Read pages 184-310 Only 80 pages to go
Dinner: Tomato soup and stale crackers :P
Non-book activities: as anticipated, today I felt the affects of the Moderna Covid vaccine. Achy, chills, headache just blah, So it was a pajama day for me. Besides reading I finished the British Baking contest and a couple of episodes of Selling Sunset.
Reading is done for the day so I'll watch the Ohio State Football game.
18PawsforThought
Update for Saturday:
I finished reading Black Snow, read the remaining part of the first chapter of The Fortune of the Rougons and got a few pages further in It. This is the first time in ages that I’ve actually done what I was hoping to do during a readathon.
Other activities: long walk, checking out the veggie garden (I have pumpkins coming in! also the carrots, onions and beetroots look okay, the leeks are more like spring onion but whatever. The peas and beans have refused to grow (boo hiss!)), putting up ads for stuff I’m trying to get rid of, some crosswording, exercising.
I finished reading Black Snow, read the remaining part of the first chapter of The Fortune of the Rougons and got a few pages further in It. This is the first time in ages that I’ve actually done what I was hoping to do during a readathon.
Other activities: long walk, checking out the veggie garden (I have pumpkins coming in! also the carrots, onions and beetroots look okay, the leeks are more like spring onion but whatever. The peas and beans have refused to grow (boo hiss!)), putting up ads for stuff I’m trying to get rid of, some crosswording, exercising.
19LibraryLover23
Books read from: A Sorceress Comes To Call by T. Kingfisher, A Bintel Brief: Sixty Years Of Letters From The Lower East Side To The Jewish Daily Forward edited by Isaac Metzker, The Institute by Stephen King, The Unclaimed: Abandonment And Hope In The City Of Angels by Pamela Prickett and Stefan Timmermans
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2.5 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 2.5 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 4 hours
20nrmay
Sunday afternoon.
Book: The Women, K Hannah
Lunch:
chicken salad sandwich, ginger beer.
Snack:
Yogurt covered pretzels
Other activity:
Getting a late start reading. I was catching up on postcrossing, and husband and l were discussing houses for sale we’ve looked at so far. We saw 3 yesterday and more planned for tomorrow.
Book: The Women, K Hannah
Lunch:
chicken salad sandwich, ginger beer.
Snack:
Yogurt covered pretzels
Other activity:
Getting a late start reading. I was catching up on postcrossing, and husband and l were discussing houses for sale we’ve looked at so far. We saw 3 yesterday and more planned for tomorrow.
21benitastrnad
Sunday update
Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Meet Me At The Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts. Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten. I finished listening to The Martian by Andy Weir and started listening to First Frost by Craig Johnson.
Books finished: The Martian by Andy Weir. Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and Dave Thurlow
Book Thoughts: I finished listening to The Martian last night while driving back from Birmingham. I finally jumped on this train ten years after it left the station and am glad that I did so. I enjoyed this book. The narration was great and it was a great techno-thriller. There was so much science buried in this book that it would keep a teacher busy for years teaching students all the science in it. I listened to it, but I think that to do it justice I should have read it. I would have had my nose buried in Wikipedia the whole time so it is probably a good thing I didn't read it. I knew the story so figured that listening to it would be fine - and it was.
Non-Book Activities: My book club met this afternoon and we had a very good discussion.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening: 2 hours
Time posting:
Food: Sunday morning cappuccino at Starbucks and lunch at the local Indian restaurant. I only have 6 weeks left of that routine because there are no Starbucks or Indian restaurants were I am moving. I will savor every minute of eating at them.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 456
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1384 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Meet Me At The Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts. Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten. I finished listening to The Martian by Andy Weir and started listening to First Frost by Craig Johnson.
Books finished: The Martian by Andy Weir. Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and Dave Thurlow
Book Thoughts: I finished listening to The Martian last night while driving back from Birmingham. I finally jumped on this train ten years after it left the station and am glad that I did so. I enjoyed this book. The narration was great and it was a great techno-thriller. There was so much science buried in this book that it would keep a teacher busy for years teaching students all the science in it. I listened to it, but I think that to do it justice I should have read it. I would have had my nose buried in Wikipedia the whole time so it is probably a good thing I didn't read it. I knew the story so figured that listening to it would be fine - and it was.
Non-Book Activities: My book club met this afternoon and we had a very good discussion.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening: 2 hours
Time posting:
Food: Sunday morning cappuccino at Starbucks and lunch at the local Indian restaurant. I only have 6 weeks left of that routine because there are no Starbucks or Indian restaurants were I am moving. I will savor every minute of eating at them.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 456
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1384 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
22Tess_W
Sunday evening wrap up:
Books finished: The Fall of the House of Dixie
Books read from: The Echo of Old Books listened 8 1/2/13 hours! So an entire day devoted to just reading--that was my plan!
Sunday:
Church
following the service we had a potluck and then we made knot blankets for several different agencies including foster children, pregnancy distress center, and a homeless shelter. Was sort of like an old-fashioned quilting bee.
late afternoon: designed quiz for American history (founders, Jamestown common store, Roanoke)
dinner: chicken breast, green beans, apples & caramel dip for dessert
PM: hubby watched football, I'm off to bed (not to sleep, but to read for a few more hours)
Total reading time (reading and audio): 9 1/2 hours + 2 hours of estimated time- 11 1/2 hours
Books finished: The Fall of the House of Dixie
Books read from: The Echo of Old Books listened 8 1/2/13 hours! So an entire day devoted to just reading--that was my plan!
Sunday:
Church
following the service we had a potluck and then we made knot blankets for several different agencies including foster children, pregnancy distress center, and a homeless shelter. Was sort of like an old-fashioned quilting bee.
late afternoon: designed quiz for American history (founders, Jamestown common store, Roanoke)
dinner: chicken breast, green beans, apples & caramel dip for dessert
PM: hubby watched football, I'm off to bed (not to sleep, but to read for a few more hours)
Total reading time (reading and audio): 9 1/2 hours + 2 hours of estimated time- 11 1/2 hours
23Carmenere
Sunday update:
Book read from: One Two Three
How long: about an hour and a half
Read pages I finished the book!
Dinner: Mushroom papricash, szalanna bread and lagos
Non-book activities: attended an Hungarian picnic with my SIL then watched the Browns till halftime when I shut off the tv in disgust.
Book read from: One Two Three
How long: about an hour and a half
Read pages I finished the book!
Dinner: Mushroom papricash, szalanna bread and lagos
Non-book activities: attended an Hungarian picnic with my SIL then watched the Browns till halftime when I shut off the tv in disgust.
24PawsforThought
Sunday update:
I finished chapter two of The Fortune of the Rougons and made really good progress with It - will check exactly how many pages I read when I get home from work.
Other activities: very little. Took a long walk, watched some YouTube videos, cycled on the exercise bike, had a foot bath.
This was a good reading weekend for me. Hope to have more days like this going forward.
ETA: I read almost exactly 100 pages of It over the two days, with more read on Sunday than Saturday, about a 40-60 split. It’s a good book, but I’m glad I’m making good headway with it because it’s insanely long and it’d be nice to finish sometime.
I finished chapter two of The Fortune of the Rougons and made really good progress with It - will check exactly how many pages I read when I get home from work.
Other activities: very little. Took a long walk, watched some YouTube videos, cycled on the exercise bike, had a foot bath.
This was a good reading weekend for me. Hope to have more days like this going forward.
ETA: I read almost exactly 100 pages of It over the two days, with more read on Sunday than Saturday, about a 40-60 split. It’s a good book, but I’m glad I’m making good headway with it because it’s insanely long and it’d be nice to finish sometime.
25ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: Up on the Woof Top by Spencer Quinn, The Killing of a President by Robert J. Groden, The October Country by Ray Bradbury, Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
Books finished: Up on the Woof Top
Pages read: 350-ish
Non-reading activities: Cleared out my former home office & converted to a library/study - no more filing cabinets/huge desk, replace with book shelves & smaller desk - so much room for more books!!!
Books read from: Up on the Woof Top by Spencer Quinn, The Killing of a President by Robert J. Groden, The October Country by Ray Bradbury, Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov
Books finished: Up on the Woof Top
Pages read: 350-ish
Non-reading activities: Cleared out my former home office & converted to a library/study - no more filing cabinets/huge desk, replace with book shelves & smaller desk - so much room for more books!!!
26benitastrnad
>25 ChrisG1:
That's the joy of retirement! However, clearing out for me has been a long process - partly because I have lots of other activities going on and so the clearing and repurposing is taking a long time.
That's the joy of retirement! However, clearing out for me has been a long process - partly because I have lots of other activities going on and so the clearing and repurposing is taking a long time.
27benitastrnad
Weekend wrapup
Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Meet Me At The Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts. Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten. I am listening to First Frost by Craig Johnson.
Books finished: The Martian by Andy Weir. Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and Dave Thurlow
Book Thoughts: I started listening to First Frost by Craig Johnson and I can say that George Guadell hasn't improved any since the last Longmire book he narrated. I have to play the recording so loud that at times it hurts my ears, but if I want to understand him playing it loud is what I have to do. I am still thinking about the book discussion from Sunday - it was a good one. Sometimes hard to read books make the best talking points. I am almost done reading Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten and am really enjoying this double mystery. The mystery plot is totally not what I was expecting.
Non-Book Activities: Yesterday was shopping day because today I am cooking for the Wine Club meeting tonight. I am looking forward to this program and to making the tomato gallate and the salad I am taking.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening: 1 hours
Time posting:
Food: I had a taco from Taco Casa last night and this morning I had my usual yogurt and fruit along with coffee.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 456
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1386 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Meet Me At The Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts. Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten. I am listening to First Frost by Craig Johnson.
Books finished: The Martian by Andy Weir. Soul of the Sky: Exploring the Human Side of Weather edited by C. Ralph Adler and Dave Thurlow
Book Thoughts: I started listening to First Frost by Craig Johnson and I can say that George Guadell hasn't improved any since the last Longmire book he narrated. I have to play the recording so loud that at times it hurts my ears, but if I want to understand him playing it loud is what I have to do. I am still thinking about the book discussion from Sunday - it was a good one. Sometimes hard to read books make the best talking points. I am almost done reading Treacherous Net by Helene Tursten and am really enjoying this double mystery. The mystery plot is totally not what I was expecting.
Non-Book Activities: Yesterday was shopping day because today I am cooking for the Wine Club meeting tonight. I am looking forward to this program and to making the tomato gallate and the salad I am taking.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening: 1 hours
Time posting:
Food: I had a taco from Taco Casa last night and this morning I had my usual yogurt and fruit along with coffee.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 456
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1386 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
28PocheFamily
Hey - late because I just couldn't log in over the weekend/Monday. I see there's an indexing issue, so no worries! Glad to report now:
Books read from: On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden (hardbound); What if?, Randall Munroe (Audible); Of Boys and Men, Richard V. Reeves; The Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes, Dr. Tom Lewis (paperback).
Books finished: 3
Total Time reading: 7.5-8h
Thoughts: Good to finish some open titles.
Non-book activities: Better weather for outdoor painting meant I was outside touching up areas of the house exterior that were a bit weather-beaten.
Books read from: On a Sunbeam, Tillie Walden (hardbound); What if?, Randall Munroe (Audible); Of Boys and Men, Richard V. Reeves; The Submarine Six: Australian Naval Heroes, Dr. Tom Lewis (paperback).
Books finished: 3
Total Time reading: 7.5-8h
Thoughts: Good to finish some open titles.
Non-book activities: Better weather for outdoor painting meant I was outside touching up areas of the house exterior that were a bit weather-beaten.
29nrmay
Weekend update -
Book:
Finished The Women, K Hannah. Wrenching, kept me awake at night, made me cry.
I read WWII novels all the time; devastating, but that era was before I was born. Vietnam was my generation and I have not been able to read the books or watch the films. Only movie I ever saw was Coming Home, the 1978 film, and that was painfully sad.
Other activity:
We made an offer on a house and the offer was accepted today. We're moving to Chatham County, NC!
I'll have to start weeding the book collection . .
Book:
Finished The Women, K Hannah. Wrenching, kept me awake at night, made me cry.
I read WWII novels all the time; devastating, but that era was before I was born. Vietnam was my generation and I have not been able to read the books or watch the films. Only movie I ever saw was Coming Home, the 1978 film, and that was painfully sad.
Other activity:
We made an offer on a house and the offer was accepted today. We're moving to Chatham County, NC!
I'll have to start weeding the book collection . .
