Social Distancing Readathon #250 - January 10 - 12
Talk 75 Books Challenge for 2025
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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
2SilverWolf28
If anyone has something else they'd like my first post on the readathons to be/say let me know. I'm not very creative so I just copy and paste what it's been for a long time. Now that it's 2025 does anyone have something else for it to say? I love posting the readathons so I plan to do that until everybody tells me to stop.
3PawsforThought
Thanks for setting the thread up early, Silver. It’s really appreciated! I don’t have plans this weekend other than putting away the Christmas decorations so I’ll try to join the readathon.
I’d like to make some headway with Hard Times and They Came to Baghdad, and make myself read more of Lark Rise to Candleford, which is slower than I had anticipated.
I’d like to make some headway with Hard Times and They Came to Baghdad, and make myself read more of Lark Rise to Candleford, which is slower than I had anticipated.
4PocheFamily
>2 SilverWolf28: I like the openness of the current/old format. Maybe add a spot for a quote worth sharing? But I confess that if I had one that I thought to put in my post I'd probably just use the "Thoughts" line. Just my thanks for starting the readathon posts! I look forward to the weekends when I can make this a priority.
5alcottacre
Thanks again for hosting, Silver! I am in as much as I can be - Kerry and I are having our monthly gaming marathon tomorrow.
As far as the format of your first post goes, I have no issues with it.
As far as the format of your first post goes, I have no issues with it.
6nrmay
Silver, l deeply appreciate your willingness to keep posting our read-a-thon. I look forward to it each week as my good excuse and justification to put other things aside to read. I have participated since #10, Memorial Day weekend, 2020.
Currently reading The African Queen by C. S. Forester.
Currently reading The African Queen by C. S. Forester.
8witchyrichy
Thanks for setting this up. I haven't participated for awhile but we have 4 - 6 inches of snow coming tonight so I think the weekend calls for a readathon. I am reading The Maltese Falcon and Poland.
9benitastrnad
Friday startup
Books read from: Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham and Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. I am listening to Lake House by Kate Morton.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I listened to a good part of Lake House yesterday while driving home from Lincoln. This book is starting to get really interesting in the last third.
Non-Book Activities: I listened to the very moving funeral service for Jimmy Carter. It was an amazing coverage of his life. I was amused by the statement by one of his grandsons. He lived in Atlanta for 4 years, Washington D.C. for 4 years and on Plains, GA for 92 years. That isn't exactly true because he lived in Annapolis, MD for 4 years while he was in the Naval Academy and he and Rosalind lived where he was stationed while in the submarine service for 4 more years. But basically, the grandson was right. He lived in Plains for most of his life. I still have the church bulletin from when I visited there and stayed for a Sunday School Class on October 1, 1995. He was an amazing man, and a very reform minded President.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I will be cooking later today. Will need to bake a cake and am thinking I will try something new. Maybe an Earl Grey bundt cake? and if I get in a hurry I will do my standby Gingerbread Cake. It is still winter here and there is still lots of snow outside my window.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 481
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1488 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham and Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. I am listening to Lake House by Kate Morton.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I listened to a good part of Lake House yesterday while driving home from Lincoln. This book is starting to get really interesting in the last third.
Non-Book Activities: I listened to the very moving funeral service for Jimmy Carter. It was an amazing coverage of his life. I was amused by the statement by one of his grandsons. He lived in Atlanta for 4 years, Washington D.C. for 4 years and on Plains, GA for 92 years. That isn't exactly true because he lived in Annapolis, MD for 4 years while he was in the Naval Academy and he and Rosalind lived where he was stationed while in the submarine service for 4 more years. But basically, the grandson was right. He lived in Plains for most of his life. I still have the church bulletin from when I visited there and stayed for a Sunday School Class on October 1, 1995. He was an amazing man, and a very reform minded President.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I will be cooking later today. Will need to bake a cake and am thinking I will try something new. Maybe an Earl Grey bundt cake? and if I get in a hurry I will do my standby Gingerbread Cake. It is still winter here and there is still lots of snow outside my window.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 481
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1488 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
10alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook), The Terror by Dan Simmons, Archaeology of the Bible: The Greatest Discoveries from Genesis to the Roman Era by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, and The Glass of Lead & Gold by Cornelia Funke
Books finished: 1, The Glass of Lead & Gold
Time reading: ~1.3 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~1.3 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook), The Terror by Dan Simmons, Archaeology of the Bible: The Greatest Discoveries from Genesis to the Roman Era by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, and The Glass of Lead & Gold by Cornelia Funke
Books finished: 1, The Glass of Lead & Gold
Time reading: ~1.3 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~1.3 hours + listening to audiobook
11nrmay
Sat a.m.
Books:
Finished The African Queen. I had never read the book though the movie is one of my favorites. Movie ending is better!
Started Mornings with Rosemary.
A friend gave me 2 new books -
The One and Only Family and
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America. This one is interesting to me as my Dutch ancestors arrived in N America very early, in the late 1600s.
Trees are covered with ice and sparkling like diamonds in the sun this morning. It’s melting fast. Just above freezing at 35 F.
Books:
Finished The African Queen. I had never read the book though the movie is one of my favorites. Movie ending is better!
Started Mornings with Rosemary.
A friend gave me 2 new books -
The One and Only Family and
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America. This one is interesting to me as my Dutch ancestors arrived in N America very early, in the late 1600s.
Trees are covered with ice and sparkling like diamonds in the sun this morning. It’s melting fast. Just above freezing at 35 F.
12PocheFamily
Saturday update:
Finished: Exhalation by Ted Chiang, a collection of excellent SciFi and speculative fiction works. Truly enjoyed this collection, was hard to put down.
Non-book activities: well, not exactly ... I spent the rest of the evening reading or watching YouTube interviews of Chiang discussing everything from Free Will to his writing process. Liked him as an author the more I learned, and now wonder what I missed in the book I just finished! He is a very talented writer.
Finished: Exhalation by Ted Chiang, a collection of excellent SciFi and speculative fiction works. Truly enjoyed this collection, was hard to put down.
Non-book activities: well, not exactly ... I spent the rest of the evening reading or watching YouTube interviews of Chiang discussing everything from Free Will to his writing process. Liked him as an author the more I learned, and now wonder what I missed in the book I just finished! He is a very talented writer.
13witchyrichy
Saturday Update:
We woke to a few inches of snow which have largely melted in the sunny afternoon.
Finished: The Maltese Falcon by Dashielle Hammett, read for a Bingo card square and thoroughly enjoyed this classic, hard-boiled detective story
Non-book activities: Gel printing: I am participating in a daily challenge and finally got around to uploading the photos of my prints. It uses a gel plate and acrylic paints to create designs.
Click if you are interested to see the full album.
I want to get back to Poland. It's good but a little heavy on the history rather than the fiction.
We woke to a few inches of snow which have largely melted in the sunny afternoon.
Finished: The Maltese Falcon by Dashielle Hammett, read for a Bingo card square and thoroughly enjoyed this classic, hard-boiled detective story
Non-book activities: Gel printing: I am participating in a daily challenge and finally got around to uploading the photos of my prints. It uses a gel plate and acrylic paints to create designs.
Click if you are interested to see the full album.
I want to get back to Poland. It's good but a little heavy on the history rather than the fiction.
14nrmay
>13 witchyrichy:
Your prints are beautiful!
Sat night report
Books: finished 3 J titles today -
The One and Only Family
by K Applegate
Orris and Timble: The Beginning
By K DiCamillo
Rosetown by C Rylant.
I’ll be sending a couple of these to the grandies.
Other book activity:
Packed up my first box for Operation Paperback.
Found a place on the shelves for my short story collections and arranged them there.
Other: tidied, dealt with a mountain of laundry.
Your prints are beautiful!
Sat night report
Books: finished 3 J titles today -
The One and Only Family
by K Applegate
Orris and Timble: The Beginning
By K DiCamillo
Rosetown by C Rylant.
I’ll be sending a couple of these to the grandies.
Other book activity:
Packed up my first box for Operation Paperback.
Found a place on the shelves for my short story collections and arranged them there.
Other: tidied, dealt with a mountain of laundry.
15bustellogirl
I'll play! Just chores this weekend for me too.
Saturday:
Books read from: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Books finished: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Time reading: 5 hrs
Time posting: 10 min
Snacks: leftover peach crisp
Thoughts: I'm not counting the books I read to my son but maybe I should.
Non-book activities: watched hockey (NHL and local), went through mail horde, put away Christmas tree, made soups
Saturday:
Books read from: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Books finished: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
Time reading: 5 hrs
Time posting: 10 min
Snacks: leftover peach crisp
Thoughts: I'm not counting the books I read to my son but maybe I should.
Non-book activities: watched hockey (NHL and local), went through mail horde, put away Christmas tree, made soups
16benitastrnad
>10 alcottacre:
Do you plan to read the other books in the Mirrorworld series by Cornelia Funke? I have read lots of her books and think highly of them, but I have not read any of the Mirrorworld series.
Do you plan to read the other books in the Mirrorworld series by Cornelia Funke? I have read lots of her books and think highly of them, but I have not read any of the Mirrorworld series.
17benitastrnad
Saturday report
Books read from: Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham and Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. I am listening to Lake House by Kate Morton.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I made more progress on Lake House today. I unexpectedly, had to drive down to Concordia for some groceries and that allowed me to listen to an entire CD. I am really getting into this book now, and might just start reading the hardcopy because I want to know how it ends. I did manage to read a little in Catfish and Mandala this morning while eating breakfast.
Non-Book Activities: I spent most of the day preparing for a marathon cooking session and then most of the afternoon and evening cooking. I made another gingerbread cake, which I will frost in the morning, and a big batch of soup. All this cooking is for the church potluck tomorrow. The local grocery didn't have cilantro. The supply truck came in on Wednesday afternoon, but it only had half of the items that the grocer ordered. The produce section was almost bare, and the next truck won't come in until Monday. That meant that if I wanted cilantro for the soup, I needed to drive to Concordia and that is 40 miles away. Cilantro is a vital ingredient in the soup so I had little choice but to drive to get it. At least I got to listen to a good story while I was making that trip.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: The gingerbread cake was almost a disaster. It rose more than usual as it was baking and I forgot to move the oven rack down a notch before baking the cake. The cake rose high enough while baking that it hit the oven rack above it. Fortunately, I turn my cakes halfway through baking and so was able to amend the situation in time to rescue the cake from ruin. I used mild flavored molasses and the spices in the gingerbread overpower the molasses. It will definitely wake up those who eat it. Likewise with the Tortilla Soup. I have made both recipes many times and for some reason this time both the cake and the soup are much spicier than normal. But they sure smelled good while cooking.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 481
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1489 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham and Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. I am listening to Lake House by Kate Morton.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I made more progress on Lake House today. I unexpectedly, had to drive down to Concordia for some groceries and that allowed me to listen to an entire CD. I am really getting into this book now, and might just start reading the hardcopy because I want to know how it ends. I did manage to read a little in Catfish and Mandala this morning while eating breakfast.
Non-Book Activities: I spent most of the day preparing for a marathon cooking session and then most of the afternoon and evening cooking. I made another gingerbread cake, which I will frost in the morning, and a big batch of soup. All this cooking is for the church potluck tomorrow. The local grocery didn't have cilantro. The supply truck came in on Wednesday afternoon, but it only had half of the items that the grocer ordered. The produce section was almost bare, and the next truck won't come in until Monday. That meant that if I wanted cilantro for the soup, I needed to drive to Concordia and that is 40 miles away. Cilantro is a vital ingredient in the soup so I had little choice but to drive to get it. At least I got to listen to a good story while I was making that trip.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: The gingerbread cake was almost a disaster. It rose more than usual as it was baking and I forgot to move the oven rack down a notch before baking the cake. The cake rose high enough while baking that it hit the oven rack above it. Fortunately, I turn my cakes halfway through baking and so was able to amend the situation in time to rescue the cake from ruin. I used mild flavored molasses and the spices in the gingerbread overpower the molasses. It will definitely wake up those who eat it. Likewise with the Tortilla Soup. I have made both recipes many times and for some reason this time both the cake and the soup are much spicier than normal. But they sure smelled good while cooking.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 481
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1489 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
18alcottacre
>16 benitastrnad: Yes, I am planning on reading the entire series, Benita.
19alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook), The Terror by Dan Simmons, Archaeology of the Bible: The Greatest Discoveries from Genesis to the Roman Era by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, and A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
Books finished: 1, A Sudden Light
Time reading: 2.25 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~3.55 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone by Diana Gabaldon (audiobook), The Terror by Dan Simmons, Archaeology of the Bible: The Greatest Discoveries from Genesis to the Roman Era by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, and A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
Books finished: 1, A Sudden Light
Time reading: 2.25 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ~3.55 hours + listening to audiobook
20PocheFamily
>13 witchyrichy: Thank you for sharing all that beautiful color in your work, witchyrichy - much appreciated in my sepia-toned landscape at this time of the year.
Sunday mid-day update:
Books read from:
- Negative Space by Lilly Dancyger
- Clear the Bridge! by Richard O'Kane
Spent a little time looking for a few new reads either recommended to me or on my wishlist while at the library, but also on Libby and Audible. I want to finish a few books first, so I guess I'm fortunate that my local library and Libby were busts. I will view this in the optimistic light of the Universe encouraging me to retrieve bookmarks while finishing books and not placing any in new reads til I've done so!
Sunday mid-day update:
Books read from:
- Negative Space by Lilly Dancyger
- Clear the Bridge! by Richard O'Kane
Spent a little time looking for a few new reads either recommended to me or on my wishlist while at the library, but also on Libby and Audible. I want to finish a few books first, so I guess I'm fortunate that my local library and Libby were busts. I will view this in the optimistic light of the Universe encouraging me to retrieve bookmarks while finishing books and not placing any in new reads til I've done so!
21benitastrnad
Sunday report
Books read from: I am slowly reading in Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham and Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. I am listening to Lake House by Kate Morton.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: Continuing to read from Catfish and Mandala. I thought I would finish it today, but no such luck. Not much reading was done this week.
Non-Book Activities: I went to church, then to the potluck, then to a cousins birthday party, then right to my real live Book Discussion meeting. Now I will go back to church and pick up the left-over soup.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I have leftovers! That will keep me in food for the rest of the week.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 481
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1490 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: I am slowly reading in Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham and Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. I am listening to Lake House by Kate Morton.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: Continuing to read from Catfish and Mandala. I thought I would finish it today, but no such luck. Not much reading was done this week.
Non-Book Activities: I went to church, then to the potluck, then to a cousins birthday party, then right to my real live Book Discussion meeting. Now I will go back to church and pick up the left-over soup.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I have leftovers! That will keep me in food for the rest of the week.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 481
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1490 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
22bustellogirl
Sunday update:
Books read from: The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda, Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz (audiobook)
Board Books finished: The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood, You're My Little Snuggle Bear by Nicola Edwards, Bath Time by Sandra Boynton, and My First Signs by Lovevery
Time reading: 4 hrs
Time posting: 5 min
Snacks: so much chai tea (I'm perfecting my own instant chai powder)
Thoughts: board books do count as books because they are an investment in future readers
Non-book activities: cleaned the bathroom, made red beans and rice
Books read from: The Last to Vanish by Megan Miranda, Dinner for Vampires by Bethany Joy Lenz (audiobook)
Board Books finished: The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood, You're My Little Snuggle Bear by Nicola Edwards, Bath Time by Sandra Boynton, and My First Signs by Lovevery
Time reading: 4 hrs
Time posting: 5 min
Snacks: so much chai tea (I'm perfecting my own instant chai powder)
Thoughts: board books do count as books because they are an investment in future readers
Non-book activities: cleaned the bathroom, made red beans and rice
23PocheFamily
>22 bustellogirl: Okay, Bustellogirl ... I'm going to need that chai powder recipe! I've been on a slow quest to find the right mix, and am about to eliminate cloves altogether. Am I at least on the right path?
Monday morning update:
I'm sorry, but I was too lazy to track my hours this weekend. Somewhere between 8-10 I'm guessing. I'm just not a fast reader...
Books read from: Exhalation, Clear the Bridge!, Negative Space
Books finished: 1 - Exhalation - almost a 5 star, close enough to not split hairs certainly
Thoughts: January was made for reading.
Non-book activities: a lazy person's slow disassembly of holiday decor. Xmas ornaments can be a lovely reminder of friends and family no longer in our lives.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8-10 hours
Monday morning update:
I'm sorry, but I was too lazy to track my hours this weekend. Somewhere between 8-10 I'm guessing. I'm just not a fast reader...
Books read from: Exhalation, Clear the Bridge!, Negative Space
Books finished: 1 - Exhalation - almost a 5 star, close enough to not split hairs certainly
Thoughts: January was made for reading.
Non-book activities: a lazy person's slow disassembly of holiday decor. Xmas ornaments can be a lovely reminder of friends and family no longer in our lives.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8-10 hours
24alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: The Terror by Dan Simmons, Archaeology of the Bible: The Greatest Discoveries from Genesis to the Roman Era by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein, Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham, and Farewell Espana by Howard M. Sachar
Books finished: 1, The Terror
Time reading: 3.3 hours
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~6.85 hours + listening to audiobook
Books read from: The Terror by Dan Simmons, Archaeology of the Bible: The Greatest Discoveries from Genesis to the Roman Era by Jean-Pierre Isbouts, The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein, Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham, and Farewell Espana by Howard M. Sachar
Books finished: 1, The Terror
Time reading: 3.3 hours
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~6.85 hours + listening to audiobook
25benitastrnad
>22 bustellogirl:
Of course board books are books. If you read them to somebody they are a book. As you pointed out they are an investment in future readers.
Of course board books are books. If you read them to somebody they are a book. As you pointed out they are an investment in future readers.
26benitastrnad
>23 PocheFamily:
I am beginning to think that you are very very correct about January made for reading - or knitting. At least for cozy activities.
That said, with all the bright sunshine on the snow cover here it does make me want to go outside. However, a few minutes out in the 15 degrees F temperature and I am ready to go back inside and read. Or cook. Or knit.
I am beginning to think that you are very very correct about January made for reading - or knitting. At least for cozy activities.
That said, with all the bright sunshine on the snow cover here it does make me want to go outside. However, a few minutes out in the 15 degrees F temperature and I am ready to go back inside and read. Or cook. Or knit.
27alcottacre
>22 bustellogirl: Someone told me several years ago that 'if it is between covers' it count. Board books certainly qualify!
28benitastrnad
Weekend Wrap-up
Books read from: I am slowly reading in Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham and Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. I am listening to Lake House by Kate Morton.
Books finished: Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham
Book Thoughts: I finished Catfish and Mandala this morning. It was good, but his whiney attitude was hard to get past. I am glad that he found resolution on his trip, but his tendency to blame American's for everything got old.
Non-Book Activities: I got internet in the house today. Now I don't have to use a hotspot. So today I ordered an Alexa smart home hub. I even got it on special!
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I have leftovers! That will keep me in food for the rest of the week.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 482
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1491 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: I am slowly reading in Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham and Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie. I am listening to Lake House by Kate Morton.
Books finished: Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam by Andrew X. Pham
Book Thoughts: I finished Catfish and Mandala this morning. It was good, but his whiney attitude was hard to get past. I am glad that he found resolution on his trip, but his tendency to blame American's for everything got old.
Non-Book Activities: I got internet in the house today. Now I don't have to use a hotspot. So today I ordered an Alexa smart home hub. I even got it on special!
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I have leftovers! That will keep me in food for the rest of the week.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 482
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1491 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
29ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, This Immortal by Roger Zelazny, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Books finished: {Disgrace and This Immortal
Pages read: 500-ish
Non-reading activities: Watched much of the NFL playoff games, on & off...Due to fighting a cold, I stayed out of any socializing.
Books read from: Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, This Immortal by Roger Zelazny, In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Books finished: {Disgrace and This Immortal
Pages read: 500-ish
Non-reading activities: Watched much of the NFL playoff games, on & off...Due to fighting a cold, I stayed out of any socializing.
30nrmay
Winding up
Books:
Finished Mornings with Rosemary
Resumed reading Then by M Gleitzman - historical fic, WWll Poland.
Dinner: pasta w/ snow peas and smoked salmon, my husband’s specialty.
Other bk activity:
Mailed bks to grandies
Got customs forms from P. O. - needed to send box of books to soldier via Operation Paperback.
Finished 8 books so far in Jan - 5 of them were off the TBR shelves
Other: the usual tidying and yet more laundry 🙄
Books:
Finished Mornings with Rosemary
Resumed reading Then by M Gleitzman - historical fic, WWll Poland.
Dinner: pasta w/ snow peas and smoked salmon, my husband’s specialty.
Other bk activity:
Mailed bks to grandies
Got customs forms from P. O. - needed to send box of books to soldier via Operation Paperback.
Finished 8 books so far in Jan - 5 of them were off the TBR shelves
Other: the usual tidying and yet more laundry 🙄
31bustellogirl
>25 benitastrnad: thank you for saying that!
32bustellogirl
>27 alcottacre: what a great and succinct definition -- I love it!
33bustellogirl
>23 PocheFamily: I feel your pain, PocheFamily--finding the perfect mix takes work! I wouldn't say mine is perfect but I am getting closer. I started with this recipe: https://www.sweetsteep.com/instant-chai-latte-powder-mix-recipe/
And I added more nutmeg and some vanilla sugar. Then a touch of vanilla powdered creamer. And more tea powder. (I got Assam tea powder so it's strong but I like that ) I hope you find your perfect mix! I'm keeping mine in a mason jar and added to it and tweaking it as I go. I still think I have too much milk powder. Less work than a sourdough starter lol.
And I added more nutmeg and some vanilla sugar. Then a touch of vanilla powdered creamer. And more tea powder. (I got Assam tea powder so it's strong but I like that ) I hope you find your perfect mix! I'm keeping mine in a mason jar and added to it and tweaking it as I go. I still think I have too much milk powder. Less work than a sourdough starter lol.
34alcottacre
>32 bustellogirl: Great!
35benitastrnad
>30 nrmay:
Operation Paperback? What's that? If it is to a soldier why can't you use the military address? I mailed books to my sister all the time and didn't have to fill out a customs form because I used her military address. But maybe the rules have changed?
Operation Paperback? What's that? If it is to a soldier why can't you use the military address? I mailed books to my sister all the time and didn't have to fill out a customs form because I used her military address. But maybe the rules have changed?
36nrmay
Operationpaperback.org
A national, non-profit organization. volunteers collect and send gently-used books to American troops.
I have APO addresses but I’ve always had to fill out the customs form since they’re going abroad.
I did this for several years with BooksforSoldiers.
I think this is the same outfit but they changed the name or combined with them.
A national, non-profit organization. volunteers collect and send gently-used books to American troops.
I have APO addresses but I’ve always had to fill out the customs form since they’re going abroad.
I did this for several years with BooksforSoldiers.
I think this is the same outfit but they changed the name or combined with them.
37witchyrichy
I know it's Tuesday but I wanted to share the I finally finished Poland by James Michener. It was historical fiction but the first sections were more history than fiction. Michener hit his stride with the powerful chapter on Poland in World War II where he focused more on the fictional characters and their experiences of Nazi terror and oppression.
>36 nrmay: I have also participated and continue to get their updates with requests.
>36 nrmay: I have also participated and continue to get their updates with requests.
38nrmay
>37 witchyrichy:
Michener's Poland has been on my shelf for ages and l really mean to get to it soon. I had a wonderful visit to Poland a few years ago for a big family wedding. I’m longing to go again.
Meanwhile l just finished Then, 2nd in
Holocaust series by Gleitzman, also set in Poland. It was harrowing, bleak and sad; told from a child’s POV.
Another really good one is The Warsaw Orphan. Somehow I’m drawn to these powerful tales of courage in horrible times.
Michener's Poland has been on my shelf for ages and l really mean to get to it soon. I had a wonderful visit to Poland a few years ago for a big family wedding. I’m longing to go again.
Meanwhile l just finished Then, 2nd in
Holocaust series by Gleitzman, also set in Poland. It was harrowing, bleak and sad; told from a child’s POV.
Another really good one is The Warsaw Orphan. Somehow I’m drawn to these powerful tales of courage in horrible times.
