Social Distancing Readathon #235 - September 27 - 29
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! I have a lot of TIOLI books to finish this month yet.
Thanks for hosting again, Silver!
Thanks for hosting again, Silver!
3Carmenere
Count me in: I hope to read from Rebecca, Death on the Nile and maybe Creation Lake a Novel.
I'll start reading now as I am attending dinner and a play tonight.
Thanks, Silver!
I'll start reading now as I am attending dinner and a play tonight.
Thanks, Silver!
4ChrisG1
I'm in - currently reading Valour by John Gwynne and The October Country by Ray Bradbury.
5nrmay
I have a dinner party tonight too.
My husband is making an orange & kiwi rum cake to take.
Tropical storm has moved beyond us. Still windy but the sun came out.
Tornado watch in effect. 80F/27C.
I’m reading Half a Soul, O Atwater.
Just finished the 2nd Amos Decker - The Last Mile - suspense novel by D Baldacci.
My husband is making an orange & kiwi rum cake to take.
Tropical storm has moved beyond us. Still windy but the sun came out.
Tornado watch in effect. 80F/27C.
I’m reading Half a Soul, O Atwater.
Just finished the 2nd Amos Decker - The Last Mile - suspense novel by D Baldacci.
6nrmay
I have a dinner party tonight too.
My husband is making an orange & kiwi rum cake to take.
Tropical storm has moved beyond us. Still windy but the sun came out.
Tornado watch in effect. 80F/27C.
I’m reading Half a Soul, O Atwater.
Just finished the 2nd Amos Decker suspense novel - The Last Mile - by D Baldacci.
My husband is making an orange & kiwi rum cake to take.
Tropical storm has moved beyond us. Still windy but the sun came out.
Tornado watch in effect. 80F/27C.
I’m reading Half a Soul, O Atwater.
Just finished the 2nd Amos Decker suspense novel - The Last Mile - by D Baldacci.
7Carmenere
Books read from: Remarkably Bright Creatures
Books finished: Remarably Bright Creatures
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 10:16 pm
Snacks: veggie quesadillas and small hot fudge sundae
Non-book activities: dinner and play at little theatre
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading 1 hour
Books finished: Remarably Bright Creatures
Time reading: 1 hour
Time posting: 10:16 pm
Snacks: veggie quesadillas and small hot fudge sundae
Non-book activities: dinner and play at little theatre
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading 1 hour
8alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard (audiobook), The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos, Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature by Charles Baxter, April 1865 by Jay Winik, and Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~2.6 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~2.6 hours + listening to audiobook
I had hoped to read later tonight, but my eyes are too tired. Stupid eyeballs!
Books read from: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard (audiobook), The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos, Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature by Charles Baxter, April 1865 by Jay Winik, and Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~2.6 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~2.6 hours + listening to audiobook
I had hoped to read later tonight, but my eyes are too tired. Stupid eyeballs!
9alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard (audiobook), The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos, Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature by Charles Baxter, April 1865 by Jay Winik, and Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Books finished: 2, Wonderlands and April 1865
Time reading: ~2.8 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~5.4 hours + listening to audiobook
I was hoping to get a lot more reading done today than I did, which is unsurprising since I literally got no sleep last night and kept dozing off today to compensate. I am hoping for a good night's sleep tonight because I have a lot more reading to get done before the end of Monday!!
Books read from: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard (audiobook), The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos, Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature by Charles Baxter, April 1865 by Jay Winik, and Way Station by Clifford D. Simak
Books finished: 2, Wonderlands and April 1865
Time reading: ~2.8 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~5.4 hours + listening to audiobook
I was hoping to get a lot more reading done today than I did, which is unsurprising since I literally got no sleep last night and kept dozing off today to compensate. I am hoping for a good night's sleep tonight because I have a lot more reading to get done before the end of Monday!!
10nrmay
Sat night
Book: Half a Soul, O. Atwater; a regency fantasy.
Other book activity: l didn’t read much but l weeded my picture book collection by half in preparation for moving at the end of Oct. My sister is here helping me. She’s taking a few bags of books home with her for when the grandies visit.
Dinner: pasta with smoked salmon and snow peas, orange kiwi rum cake for dessert.
Other activity:
Also weeded out about 17 pairs of shoes from my closet. I found shoes l forgot l even owned.
Book: Half a Soul, O. Atwater; a regency fantasy.
Other book activity: l didn’t read much but l weeded my picture book collection by half in preparation for moving at the end of Oct. My sister is here helping me. She’s taking a few bags of books home with her for when the grandies visit.
Dinner: pasta with smoked salmon and snow peas, orange kiwi rum cake for dessert.
Other activity:
Also weeded out about 17 pairs of shoes from my closet. I found shoes l forgot l even owned.
11Carmenere
>10 nrmay: “I found shoes l forgot l even owned”. Haha! Good luck with the move, Nancy!
Saturday update:
Books read from: Rebecca
Books finished:
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 7:25am Sunday
Snacks: pasta primavera for dinner
Non-book activities: Weeded the blueberry patch. Still more to do but the ground was so saturated my sweat pants were soaked.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading 4 hours
Saturday update:
Books read from: Rebecca
Books finished:
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 7:25am Sunday
Snacks: pasta primavera for dinner
Non-book activities: Weeded the blueberry patch. Still more to do but the ground was so saturated my sweat pants were soaked.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading 4 hours
12benitastrnad
>10 nrmay:
I sympathize. I am scheduled to move October 22nd and I am still weeding everything in my house.
I sympathize. I am scheduled to move October 22nd and I am still weeding everything in my house.
13benitastrnad
Sunday report
Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Meet Me At The Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts. Who Watcheth by Helene Tursten. I am listening to Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished: Waiting for the Barbarians by Daniel Mendelsohn. Meet Me At the Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts
Book Thoughts: I really missed reporting in last weekend, but I didn't get a whole lot read so not much to report. I did finish several books during the week and that feels like an accomplishment.
Non-Book Activities: The town was a circus this last week so I skipped out yesterday and went to knit in Gadsden, AL. It is 125 miles from Tuscaloosa, so the traffic wasn't too bad after I got through Birmingham. Went I returned at 10:30 PM I was going the opposite way of all the traffic so I had no problems. However, today it is impossible to drive around town. I went for my usual Sunday lunch and I plan on staying home the rest of the day.
Reading Time Today: 3 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 5 hours
Time listening: 4
Time posting:
Food: my Sunday morning cappuccino from Starbucks. Usual Indian food for Sunday lunch. You would think that it wouldn't be a popular place for football people, but you would be wrong. The place was hopping. I am glad that I don't work at a coffee shop in this town today. All of them will be a rat race.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 460
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1402 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. Who Watcheth by Helene Tursten. I am listening to Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished: Waiting for the Barbarians by Daniel Mendelsohn. Meet Me At the Bamboo Table: Everyday Meals Everywhere by A. V. Crofts
Book Thoughts: I really missed reporting in last weekend, but I didn't get a whole lot read so not much to report. I did finish several books during the week and that feels like an accomplishment.
Non-Book Activities: The town was a circus this last week so I skipped out yesterday and went to knit in Gadsden, AL. It is 125 miles from Tuscaloosa, so the traffic wasn't too bad after I got through Birmingham. Went I returned at 10:30 PM I was going the opposite way of all the traffic so I had no problems. However, today it is impossible to drive around town. I went for my usual Sunday lunch and I plan on staying home the rest of the day.
Reading Time Today: 3 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 5 hours
Time listening: 4
Time posting:
Food: my Sunday morning cappuccino from Starbucks. Usual Indian food for Sunday lunch. You would think that it wouldn't be a popular place for football people, but you would be wrong. The place was hopping. I am glad that I don't work at a coffee shop in this town today. All of them will be a rat race.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 460
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1402 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
14Carmenere
Sunday update:
Books read from: Rebecca, Death on the Nile
Books finished:
Time reading: 3.5 hours
Time posting: 8:25 pm Sunday
Snacks: turkey chili for dinner
Non-book activities: I don't know why I continue to do so, but I watched the Cleveland Browns lose once again.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading 7.5 hours
Books read from: Rebecca, Death on the Nile
Books finished:
Time reading: 3.5 hours
Time posting: 8:25 pm Sunday
Snacks: turkey chili for dinner
Non-book activities: I don't know why I continue to do so, but I watched the Cleveland Browns lose once again.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading 7.5 hours
15alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard (audiobook), The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos, Way Station by Clifford D. Simak, and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Books finished: 3, Empire of the Sun, The Book of Lamentations, and Way Station
Time reading: ~2.4 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~7.8 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard (audiobook), The Book of Lamentations by Rosario Castellanos, Way Station by Clifford D. Simak, and Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Books finished: 3, Empire of the Sun, The Book of Lamentations, and Way Station
Time reading: ~2.4 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 5
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~7.8 hours + listening to audiobook
16ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: Valour by John Gwynne, Ruin by John Gwynne, and The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Books finished: Valour
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Watched my Detroit Tigers clinch their first playoff spot in 10 years, also some college football.
Books read from: Valour by John Gwynne, Ruin by John Gwynne, and The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Books finished: Valour
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Watched my Detroit Tigers clinch their first playoff spot in 10 years, also some college football.
17alcottacre
>16 ChrisG1: Go Tigers! Beat the Astros!!
