Social Distancing Readathon #240 - November 1 - 3

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 in! Because tomorrow is a public holiday I had a half day at work so my weekend has already begun. I don’t have a lot of other plans besides reading. We’ve (finally) had the first snow of the year, though it’s about go get rained away, so I’m in perfect reading mood.

Not quite sure what I’ll be reading, other that probably some of The Shining.

I’m in but completely distracted by moving day coming up next week.
I’ll be reading at bedtime, at least, to clear my mind so l can sleep!
Current book is The Life Impossible by Matt Haig.
And l have a couple audio books waiting
Habits of the House, F Weldon
Pure, J Baggott

>3 nrmay: Good luck with the move!

I'm in - currently reading The Daughter's War by Christopher Buehlman (not touchstoned, as it's not in the LT database yet.)

Count me in, please! I'll be reading tonight and Sunday. Saturday is kind of iffy as I'm seeing a new holiday movie at a local theatre.

I am in although I am not sure how much reading I will get done as there is a lot going on around here for the next 3 weeks or so.

Friday update:

Books read from: Before the Coffee Gets Cold How the word is passed
Books finished:
Time reading: approx 2 hours
Time posting: 9 pm
Snacks: Halloween candy - popcorn
Thoughts: can not wait till these political signs go away.
Non-book activities: Went to a memorial service for my husband's friend who passed suddenly

Total books finished:
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 2 hours

Friday Night Update:

Books read from: Delusion in Death by J. D. Robb (audiobook), Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, The Instructions by Adam Levin, and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Books finished: 1, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
Time reading: ~2.5 hours + listening to audiobook

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~2.5 hours + listening to audiobook

Friday update:

Books read from: 1 - The Canterbury Tales
Books finished: 0
Time reading: Less than an hour

Non-book activities: Putting ads online, going on a walk, making dinner, watching the season premiere of the best tv show, practicing French on Duolingo.

The Canterbury Tales is currently (20 pages in) a bit easier than I had initially thought. I’m reading the original Middle English version and it help to read it aloud, though there are some words I simply don’t get, but I don’t think it’s anything too important.

Saturday Night Update:

Books read from: Delusion in Death by J. D. Robb (audiobook), A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin (audiobook), Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, The Instructions by Adam Levin, We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, and Eyes on the Prize by Juan Williams
Books finished: 1, Delusion in Death
Time reading: ~3 hours + listening to audiobooks

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~5.5 hours + listening to audiobooks

Saturday update:

Books read from: 2 - The Canterbury Tales and A Room of One’s Own
Books finished: 0
Time reading: An hour and a half-ish

Non-book activities: Went to the first Christmas market of the year, pedalled on the exercise bike, binged on The Haunting of Hill House (again).

We’re officially in winter now. We had the first snow of the year on Friday and while it started to rain away, it froze in the night and has stayed below since so now it’s frozen slush covered by a thin layer of snow that fell last night. I hate the frozen slush and ice, but it’s so nice to have a white layer on the ground - it makes such a difference light-wise.

Saturday update on Sunday

Books read from: Before the Coffee Gets Cold, How the word is Passed
Books finished: 1 How the Word is Passed
Time reading & listening: 2 hours
Time posting: 6:50am
Snacks: Hot buttered popcorn
Thoughts: What a beautiful sunrise this morning. Hues of red, blue and pink streak across the sky
Non-book activities: Attended a debut screening of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours

Sunday evening

As predicted, read some but not a lot this weekend. 2 more days to get ready for the movers. Hopefully, l’ll be too busy packing on Election Day to stew over the results as they slowly trickle in. I voted early.

Book:
Halfway through The Life Impossible by Matt Haig.

Dinner: chicken & vegetables, and it’s probably my duty to finish some of the ice cream in the freezer since we have to empty it this week. 😄

To my U.S. friends - thank you for voting 🇺🇸

Sunday Night Update:

Books read from: Skippy Dies by Paul Murray, We Solve Murders by Richard Osman, Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford and Eyes on the Prize by Juan Williams
Books finished: 1, We Solve Murders
Time reading: ~2.7 hours

Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~8.2 hours + listening to audiobooks

Weekend summary:

Books read from: The Daughter's War by Christopher Buehlman
Books finished: same
Pages read: 350-ish

Non-reading activities: We spent the weekend at my daughter's home in Central Oregon, enjoying our grandson's first birthday. Good times.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/365590