Social Distancing Readathon #238 - October 18 - 20

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

I’m going to try to join in. I’m babysitting on Saturday night but have no other plans for the weekend so I’m hoping to get plenty of reading time. Next week will hopefully be my first plan-free weekend in over a month and I can’t wait.

Still trying to finish It and Picnic at Hanging Rock .

I’ll be reading and getting ready for the move to the new house coming up in early Nov.
Current book is The Wedding People.

I'm in - currently reading Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov.

Sat. Afternoon at the park with my 7-yr-old niece. We just filled up the Little Free Library with kids’ books.

Books:
2/3 way through The Wedding People
Next up - Country Joe, M Herron
and
Mistborn, B Sanderson

Breakfast was the usual Cheerios topped w/ granola.

Still sorting, discarding & donating in advance of the move.

Sunny, 67 F/20 C

I just finished Jason Pinter's Hideaway for a breather, but reading the Great Book of Amber, which are the 10 novels of the Amber Chronicles by Roger Zelazny in one collection. I'm currently starting The Courts of Chaos, Book 5. First time for Zelazny, I think. And sooooo impressed by him.
Foods: coffee and 3 picks from the Halloween bag of candy that I can't keep my hand out of. There might be some left over for Trick-or-Treaters.

>6 coachsully: The original 5 Amber novels are big favorites of mine & the second 5 are definitely worth a read.

Finished Prelude to Foundation and started Sailing to Sarantium.

Books read from: 2 - Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Shining
Books finished: Picnic at Hanging Rock
Time reading: Roundabout 3 hours
Non-book activities: Checking out some thrift shops and getting *this close* to doing real finds (so frustrating when you find something almost perfect, but there’s just a little something that isn’t right). Also doing jigsaw puzzles with nephew while babysitting, and watching parts of The Untouchables with brother post-babysitting.

Saturday Roundup

Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Tradition: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof by Barbara Isenberg. My computer book is On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library edited by Glory Edim. I am listening to Starless Crown by James Rollins.

Books finished:

Book Thoughts: I am not likely to make much progress on any of my books because I am still packing for the move. I missed the Joplin meetup again this year, but I promise to make to the one next year.

Non-Book Activities: A friend came over for a few hours last night and helped me pack a few things and another friend came over today and we made significant progress. I almost have my bedroom packed and should finish it tomorrow. Then I start on the dining room. I am starting to get the worries over this move. I have been waking up about 3 AM and am unable to get back to sleep. I know this is the right decision but it hurts me to leave friends and get rid of stuff. I did get my hotspot fixed (it needed a new battery) and I am back up and running on all bars, but I am too busy with other things to do much of anything online.

Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food:

Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 464
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1414 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.

Late Sunday night

Books:
Finished The Wedding People
Started Sinking the Sultana
by Sally Walker.
Sunday newspapers.

Dinner: chicken, vegetables

Other activity:
Had my niece here till noon after her sleepover. Watered plants, filled bird feeders and birdbath. Started watching tv series Disclaimer but it was too creepy and l turned it off.

Books read from: 1 - The Shining
Time reading: A bit under 2 hours
Non-book activities: A walk to the shop to drop off a couple of packages, some time online, putting ads online.

Weekend summary:

Books read from: Prelude to Foundation by Isaac Asimov, Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay, The October Country by Ray Bradbury
Books finished: Prelude to Foundation
Pages read: 340-ish

Non-reading activities: Performed with my quartet in a fund-raiser show, watched some football, church.

>13 ChrisG1:
I have several Guy Gavriel Kay books in my collection and Sailing to Sarantium is one of them. I need to get to it.

Weekend wrapup

Books read from: English Creek by Ivan Doig. Tradition: The Highly Improbable, Ultimately Triumphant Broadway-to-Hollywood Story of Fiddler on the Roof by Barbara Isenberg. My computer book is On Girlhood: 15 Stories from the Well-Read Black Girl Library edited by Glory Edim. I am listening to the fantasy series startup Starless Crown by James Rollins.

Books finished:

Book Thoughts: I am not getting much reading done, but I am still reading some. A few pages a day.

Non-Book Activities: Spent all day Saturday packing, a few hours yesterday, and most of today packing. I have the bedrooms done except for the little things. I also have everything done in the living room. Will tackle the dining room next and leave the office for last. Moving day is scheduled for a week from today. Still have lots to do.

Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: made a loaf of pumpkin bread yesterday. I found 4 cans of pumpkin in my kitchen cupboards so thought I should do something with at least one can. Result - pumpkin bread.

Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 464
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1415 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.

Weekend wrap

Books:
Halfway through Sinking the Sultana: A Civil War Story of Imprisonment, Greed and a Doomed Journey Home.
Reading this for the Disaster Category this month. My husband's great-great grandfather was a survivor of the Sultana.
Starting Joe Country, in the Slough House series.

Dinner: chicken and vegetables, late evening snack: cheese dip and crackers.

Book activity:
I have finished 4 books so far in Oct; total of 12 books in Sept.
I began doing the Read-A-Thon Memorial Day weekend, May of 2020. It was Read-A-Thon #10!

Other activity:
My moving day is Nov 6. Finished sorting out my closet today. Voted early. Out for lunch.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/365276