Social Distancing Readathon #253 - January 31 - February 2
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
2ChrisG1
I'll jump in - currently reading The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams and The Silmarillion audiobook.
3benitastrnad
It is going to be Friday and I will be reading over the coming weekend.
4PawsforThought
I have a couple of errands I need to run and I have to pack a bag for a work trip next week but otherwise I don't have plans this weekend (and no family is visiting) so I'll try to read as much as I can.
I want to make some real headway with Hard Times and preferably finish Hangsaman. If there is time I might dip into Lark Rise to Candleford as well, but it's a bit slow.
I want to make some real headway with Hard Times and preferably finish Hangsaman. If there is time I might dip into Lark Rise to Candleford as well, but it's a bit slow.
5The_Hibernator
I hope to spend a lot of time reading this weekend. So I will try to remember to participate in this. I probably will remember as I'm going to be reading so much.
I am reading: The Life of Elizabeth I, by Allison Weir, Human Acts, by Han Kang, some kids' books to my 6 year old, and my news magazine.
I am reading: The Life of Elizabeth I, by Allison Weir, Human Acts, by Han Kang, some kids' books to my 6 year old, and my news magazine.
6PocheFamily
It's definitely a wool socks, hot tea/cocoa/coffee, and a good book weekend here. Still want to focus on finishing a few books - progress made last weekend, but few actually completed, and it was a busy-ish week, so hopefully I'll be reporting in some completions as I participate!
7nrmay
>6 PocheFamily:
Today is International Hot Chocolate Day!
I’m in for another wonderful reading weekend with no obligations.
Current books:
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?
Hope to finish this one today.
Milkweed, J Spinelli
The Key-Lock Man, L L’Amour.
Sunny, 65F/18C at noon
Today is International Hot Chocolate Day!
I’m in for another wonderful reading weekend with no obligations.
Current books:
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?
Hope to finish this one today.
Milkweed, J Spinelli
The Key-Lock Man, L L’Amour.
Sunny, 65F/18C at noon
8alcottacre
Unfortunately I am not going to be able to participate this weekend. I hope you all have a great weekend of reading!!
9benitastrnad
Friday Startup
Books read from: I am slowly reading in Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve. I started Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester and Great Fortune by Olivia Manning which is book 1 in the Balkan Trilogy. I finished Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis. I am listening to The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Books finished: Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis.
Book Thoughts: I have enjoyed reading the Marcus Didius Falco series along with the other readers in the Mystery Series Read-alongs. I read two of the books from the series this last week. The second one was the more interesting; Three Hands in the Fountain because it was about the system of aqueducts that the Romans built all around the ancient world. The level of engineering that they were able to achieve is just astounding. I also learned that there was an important Roman Counsel named Frontinus who authored an important treatise on the Roman aqueducts and their maintenance. That lead me down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole. It was a fun, but time consuming diversion.
Non-Book Activities: I am hoping for a quiet weekend featuring the removal of some of the stuff stacked by the front door and taking it to the Thrift Shop. I have sorted lots of my clothes and will need to get those I don't want out of the house.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I made a delicious squash, rutabaga, sweet potato, parsnip, and carrot soup that is flavored with apple and maple sugar yesterday. My sister is going to come over tonight and eat with me. That soup is so good that I can't wait to share it.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 487
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1501 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. I started Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester and Great Fortune by Olivia Manning which is book 1 in the Balkan Trilogy. I finished Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis. I am listening to The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Books finished: Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis.
Book Thoughts: I have enjoyed reading the Marcus Didius Falco series along with the other readers in the Mystery Series Read-alongs. I read two of the books from the series this last week. The second one was the more interesting; Three Hands in the Fountain because it was about the system of aqueducts that the Romans built all around the ancient world. The level of engineering that they were able to achieve is just astounding. I also learned that there was an important Roman Counsel named Frontinus who authored an important treatise on the Roman aqueducts and their maintenance. That lead me down the Wikipedia Rabbit Hole. It was a fun, but time consuming diversion.
Non-Book Activities: I am hoping for a quiet weekend featuring the removal of some of the stuff stacked by the front door and taking it to the Thrift Shop. I have sorted lots of my clothes and will need to get those I don't want out of the house.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: I made a delicious squash, rutabaga, sweet potato, parsnip, and carrot soup that is flavored with apple and maple sugar yesterday. My sister is going to come over tonight and eat with me. That soup is so good that I can't wait to share it.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 487
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1501 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
10nrmay
Friday night
Books:
Finished How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? which was a collection of stories and experiences of young Arab and Muslim-Americans.
It won the American Book Award.
Out of 14 books read in Jan, this was my favorite; and non-fiction though l mostly read fiction.
Now reading
The Key-Lock Man and
Milkweed.
Book thoughts:
Of 14 books read in January 9 were off my own shelves and will now be passed on to other readers.
Dinner: husband making shrimp and vegetable stir-fry.
Other:
I’ve been watching 2nd season of “Night Agent”.
Finished watching “Baby Reindeer” hoping for a good ending to a horrible story and it was awful.
NOT recommended.
Books:
Finished How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? which was a collection of stories and experiences of young Arab and Muslim-Americans.
It won the American Book Award.
Out of 14 books read in Jan, this was my favorite; and non-fiction though l mostly read fiction.
Now reading
The Key-Lock Man and
Milkweed.
Book thoughts:
Of 14 books read in January 9 were off my own shelves and will now be passed on to other readers.
Dinner: husband making shrimp and vegetable stir-fry.
Other:
I’ve been watching 2nd season of “Night Agent”.
Finished watching “Baby Reindeer” hoping for a good ending to a horrible story and it was awful.
NOT recommended.
11The_Hibernator
Media read from:
The Week: Shock and Awe 60 minutes
Human Acts, by Han Kang 80 minutes
12 Major World Religions, by Jason Boyett 13 minutes
Attack of the Shadow Smashers, by Troy Cummings 30 minutes
Media finished:
Eggasaurus, by Jennifer Wagh
Time reading: 183 minutes
Notes:
12 Major World Religions
-Says religions have more differences than similarities despite all having a version of the Golden rule
-Calls religions of the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks, and ancient Norse obsolete but claims to be unbiased
I didn't read as much as I wanted because my husband was glum and needed to talk. That took up a few of my expected reading hours. But maybe today!
The Week: Shock and Awe 60 minutes
Human Acts, by Han Kang 80 minutes
12 Major World Religions, by Jason Boyett 13 minutes
Attack of the Shadow Smashers, by Troy Cummings 30 minutes
Media finished:
Eggasaurus, by Jennifer Wagh
Time reading: 183 minutes
Notes:
12 Major World Religions
-Says religions have more differences than similarities despite all having a version of the Golden rule
-Calls religions of the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks, and ancient Norse obsolete but claims to be unbiased
I didn't read as much as I wanted because my husband was glum and needed to talk. That took up a few of my expected reading hours. But maybe today!
12benitastrnad
Saturday report
Books read from: I am slowly reading in Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve and Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis. I started Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester and Great Fortune by Olivia Manning which is book 1 in the Balkan Trilogy. I am listening to The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Books finished: Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis.
Book Thoughts: Yesterday I called the local library and put in an ILL request for the last two of the Murderbot Diaries. I was reminded by Roni on her thread about them and decided it was time to get the last two in the series read. Today at the Munden Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Lunch, I asked my cousin (who is the circulation person at the local library) if she had placed the orders for them. Her brother, who was sitting with her, asked me what kind of books I would be requesting because he knows how many boxes of books I have in the carport. I replied Space Opera. Immediately he asked if I had read Dune? That lead to a discussion with others at the table joining in and asking what Space Opera was.
My cousins confessed that he had not "read" Dune. He listened to it. I told him it didn't matter to me wither he read it or listened to it, so that lead to a discussion about audio books. When I got home and unpacked another moving box, I was thinking about the death of books. I began to wonder if perhaps we simply don't bring books into conversations as often as we shoul?. Talking about the Murderbot books sure generated alot of book discussion at a table of disparate people in Munden. Maybe one of them will request the first Murderbot book?
Non-Book Activities: Still unpacking moving boxes. I attended the Munden Volunteer Fire Department pancake lunch. And started washing and putting away some of my pots and pans, which meant that I had to start removing my mother's pots and pans from the cupboard. Progress is slow but it is being made.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: pancakes, eggs, sausage for lunch
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 487
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1502 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 and Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis. I started Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester and Great Fortune by Olivia Manning which is book 1 in the Balkan Trilogy. I am listening to The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Books finished: Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis.
Book Thoughts: Yesterday I called the local library and put in an ILL request for the last two of the Murderbot Diaries. I was reminded by Roni on her thread about them and decided it was time to get the last two in the series read. Today at the Munden Volunteer Fire Department Pancake Lunch, I asked my cousin (who is the circulation person at the local library) if she had placed the orders for them. Her brother, who was sitting with her, asked me what kind of books I would be requesting because he knows how many boxes of books I have in the carport. I replied Space Opera. Immediately he asked if I had read Dune? That lead to a discussion with others at the table joining in and asking what Space Opera was.
My cousins confessed that he had not "read" Dune. He listened to it. I told him it didn't matter to me wither he read it or listened to it, so that lead to a discussion about audio books. When I got home and unpacked another moving box, I was thinking about the death of books. I began to wonder if perhaps we simply don't bring books into conversations as often as we shoul?. Talking about the Murderbot books sure generated alot of book discussion at a table of disparate people in Munden. Maybe one of them will request the first Murderbot book?
Non-Book Activities: Still unpacking moving boxes. I attended the Munden Volunteer Fire Department pancake lunch. And started washing and putting away some of my pots and pans, which meant that I had to start removing my mother's pots and pans from the cupboard. Progress is slow but it is being made.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: pancakes, eggs, sausage for lunch
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 487
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1502 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
13ChrisG1
Books read from: The Dragonbone Chair and The Silmarillion
I went to Powell's City of Books this morning to take advantage of the 20% off (almost) everything in the store sale. Bought 11 books. Yeehaw!
I went to Powell's City of Books this morning to take advantage of the 20% off (almost) everything in the store sale. Bought 11 books. Yeehaw!
14benitastrnad
>13 ChrisG1:
What were they? The books that you purchased?
What were they? The books that you purchased?
15The_Hibernator
Media read from:
Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank 41 minutes
Human Acts, by Han Kang 62 minutes
12 Major World Religions, by Jason Boyett 36 minutes
Attack of the Shadow Smashers, by Troy Cummings 30 minutes
Mr Ballen Podcast 29 minutes
Media finished:
Jo Bright and the Seven Bots, by Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunter
The Kiss Box, by Bonny Verburg and Henry Cole
Attack of the Shadow Smashers, by Troy Cummings
Time reading: 198 minutes
Notes:
12 Major World Religions
-Says in section on Amun that beliefs about Amun merged with beliefs about Ra resulting in Amun-Ra.
In the section on Ra, it says Ra and Horus merged into a single ruling diety.
Did they all three merge? Or were there two different merges?
-In the first century, Christianity spread across Egypt. It was accepted possibly due to similarities between Christianity and Egyptian traditions: a belief in the judgement of souls and an afterlife, resemblances between the ankh and the cross, and likenesses between the resurrection stories of Osiris and Jesus.
-Egypt was one of the first societies to posit the supernatural creation of the universe, the existence of a soul distinct from the physical body, and a realm of individual punishment in the afterlife.
Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank 41 minutes
Human Acts, by Han Kang 62 minutes
12 Major World Religions, by Jason Boyett 36 minutes
Attack of the Shadow Smashers, by Troy Cummings 30 minutes
Mr Ballen Podcast 29 minutes
Media finished:
Jo Bright and the Seven Bots, by Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunter
The Kiss Box, by Bonny Verburg and Henry Cole
Attack of the Shadow Smashers, by Troy Cummings
Time reading: 198 minutes
Notes:
12 Major World Religions
-Says in section on Amun that beliefs about Amun merged with beliefs about Ra resulting in Amun-Ra.
In the section on Ra, it says Ra and Horus merged into a single ruling diety.
Did they all three merge? Or were there two different merges?
-In the first century, Christianity spread across Egypt. It was accepted possibly due to similarities between Christianity and Egyptian traditions: a belief in the judgement of souls and an afterlife, resemblances between the ankh and the cross, and likenesses between the resurrection stories of Osiris and Jesus.
-Egypt was one of the first societies to posit the supernatural creation of the universe, the existence of a soul distinct from the physical body, and a realm of individual punishment in the afterlife.
16ChrisG1
>14 benitastrnad: Haha - of course, I should have known this would be asked!
Endymion - Dan Simmons
Doomsday Book - Connie Willis
Magician: Apprentice - Raymond Feist
Magician: Master - Raymond Feist
Silverthorn - Raymond Feist
Damnation Alley - Roger Zelazny
Under Heaven - Guy Gavriel Kay
The Intuitionist - Colson Whitehead
The Stand - Stephen King
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
The Desert Rose - Larry McMurtry
All but one were used copies, so between that & the discount, it was still pretty cheap.
Endymion - Dan Simmons
Doomsday Book - Connie Willis
Magician: Apprentice - Raymond Feist
Magician: Master - Raymond Feist
Silverthorn - Raymond Feist
Damnation Alley - Roger Zelazny
Under Heaven - Guy Gavriel Kay
The Intuitionist - Colson Whitehead
The Stand - Stephen King
Jurassic Park - Michael Crichton
The Desert Rose - Larry McMurtry
All but one were used copies, so between that & the discount, it was still pretty cheap.
17benitastrnad
>16 ChrisG1:
You will love Under Heaven. If possible also try to read the squeal River of Stars. Both are wonderful.
You will love Under Heaven. If possible also try to read the squeal River of Stars. Both are wonderful.
18benitastrnad
Sunday report
Books read from: I am slowly reading in Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve (I read a couple of pages every-other day) and slowly going through Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis using the same method. Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester and Great Fortune by Olivia Manning which is book 1 in the Balkan Trilogy. I am listening to The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Books finished: Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis.
Book Thoughts: I did most of my reading today in Fourth Part of the World. I read 60 pages in it. I learned about the hoax/myth of Prester John and the first Mongol invasion of Russia. Late this afternoon I stopped reading just as Marco Polo and his uncle have stepped into the scene and are getting ready to go off to China. For this journey it would help if they had maps, so maps have to take a great technological leap forward. Can't wait to see what comes with Marco Polo and his adventures.
Non-Book Activities: I unpacked my last dish box today and put the dishes in the dishwasher. Tomorrow I will be packing up my grandmother's china and getting it to my cousin. It is a real shame but I don't have room for the china or I would keep it. It would make a beautiful table setting, but I think my cousin might use it and he wants it so the set is going to a new home. I just don't have enough storage space to keep it.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: squash soup that continues to be delicious and a piece of amazingly good carrot cake.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 487
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1504 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 (I read a couple of pages every-other day) and slowly going through Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis using the same method. Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester and Great Fortune by Olivia Manning which is book 1 in the Balkan Trilogy. I am listening to The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Books finished: Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis.
Book Thoughts: I did most of my reading today in Fourth Part of the World. I read 60 pages in it. I learned about the hoax/myth of Prester John and the first Mongol invasion of Russia. Late this afternoon I stopped reading just as Marco Polo and his uncle have stepped into the scene and are getting ready to go off to China. For this journey it would help if they had maps, so maps have to take a great technological leap forward. Can't wait to see what comes with Marco Polo and his adventures.
Non-Book Activities: I unpacked my last dish box today and put the dishes in the dishwasher. Tomorrow I will be packing up my grandmother's china and getting it to my cousin. It is a real shame but I don't have room for the china or I would keep it. It would make a beautiful table setting, but I think my cousin might use it and he wants it so the set is going to a new home. I just don't have enough storage space to keep it.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: squash soup that continues to be delicious and a piece of amazingly good carrot cake.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 487
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1504 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
19PocheFamily
Not a major reading weekend for me afterall, but here is my weekend wrap-up:
Books read from: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, More Sub Tales by Charles and Frank Hood, and Reservation High by Judith Surber.
Books finished: 1- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Non-book activities: a real, live cocktail party where we only knew the host - it was great because of the interesting & outgoing crowd. Also a wintery Sunday movie afternoon with my fave, Cary Grant, and some popcorn: one I'd never seen before (Room for One More) and an old fave (His Girl Friday)
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 7h (2.5, 2, 2.5)
Books read from: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, More Sub Tales by Charles and Frank Hood, and Reservation High by Judith Surber.
Books finished: 1- An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Non-book activities: a real, live cocktail party where we only knew the host - it was great because of the interesting & outgoing crowd. Also a wintery Sunday movie afternoon with my fave, Cary Grant, and some popcorn: one I'd never seen before (Room for One More) and an old fave (His Girl Friday)
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 7h (2.5, 2, 2.5)
20ChrisG1
Weekend update:
Books read from: The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams, The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien, and Threshold: The Collected Works of Roger Zelazny, Vol 1
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Not much - staying in out of the wintery cold, with the exception of the foray to Powell's for their 20% off sale noted above.
Books read from: The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams, The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien, and Threshold: The Collected Works of Roger Zelazny, Vol 1
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Not much - staying in out of the wintery cold, with the exception of the foray to Powell's for their 20% off sale noted above.
21benitastrnad
Weekend wrapup
Books read from: I am slowly reading in Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve (I read a couple of pages every-other day) and slowly going through Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis using the same method. Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester and Great Fortune by Olivia Manning which is book 1 in the Balkan Trilogy. I am listening to The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Books finished: Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis.
Book Thoughts: I read for an hour this morning in Fourth Part of the World and am really enjoying this book. I got up early and the quite time in the morning with that book was great!
Non-Book Activities: Moved boxes around in the carport and started packing the dish pack with my grandmother's china.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and homemade granola
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 487
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1505 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 (I read a couple of pages every-other day) and slowly going through Schulz and Peanuts by David Michaelis using the same method. Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester and Great Fortune by Olivia Manning which is book 1 in the Balkan Trilogy. I am listening to The Nix by Nathan Hill.
Books finished: Three Hands in the Fountain by Lindsey Davis.
Book Thoughts: I read for an hour this morning in Fourth Part of the World and am really enjoying this book. I got up early and the quite time in the morning with that book was great!
Non-Book Activities: Moved boxes around in the carport and started packing the dish pack with my grandmother's china.
Reading Time Today: 1 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and homemade granola
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 487
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1505 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
22PocheFamily
>21 benitastrnad: Hey, congrats on those numbers ... 1505 hours! and looks like we'll see you hit 500 books soon, too ...
23nrmay
>20 ChrisG1:
I love Powell’s! My favorite bookstore ever.
Wrapping it up
Books:
finished In Too Deep by Lee Child, latest in the Jack Reacher series.
Still reading The Key-Lock Man by Louis L’Amour.
Other activity: long walk, tv, chores.
I love Powell’s! My favorite bookstore ever.
Wrapping it up
Books:
finished In Too Deep by Lee Child, latest in the Jack Reacher series.
Still reading The Key-Lock Man by Louis L’Amour.
Other activity: long walk, tv, chores.
