Social Distancing Readathon #256 - February 21 - 23
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
2The_Hibernator
I'm here! I'm participating in a 24 in 48 challenge this weekend, but there's no way I'd make 24 hours of reading even if I didn't have other stuff, which I do. But at least I can somewhat keep up with all of you!
3ChrisG1
I'm in again - currently reading Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane and The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.
4PocheFamily
I'm in. It'll probably be a naval history (non-fiction) reading weekend - with a little break from two works of fiction, one a SciFi and the other a John McGahern. And these are all paperbacks or hardcovers, so I'll probably find something to listen to as well. I am looking forward to finding out what grabs my attention!
5nrmay
Count me in.
Still reading The Fix by Baldacci in his Memory Man series. Baldacci will be at the book festival I’m going to next week.
I visited a great bookstore/bistro today that l hadn’t been to before. Bought 2 books:
Untamed: The Wildest Woman In America and the Fight for Cumberland Island and
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.
Still reading The Fix by Baldacci in his Memory Man series. Baldacci will be at the book festival I’m going to next week.
I visited a great bookstore/bistro today that l hadn’t been to before. Bought 2 books:
Untamed: The Wildest Woman In America and the Fight for Cumberland Island and
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown.
7benitastrnad
Friday night startup
Books read from: I am still 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. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start on the second book in the Balkan Trilogy, Spoilt City. I am also reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. I am listening to 1776 by David McCullough.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: Since it was so very cold all week I spent one day just sitting and reading. On Wednesday I went to the library and got my ILL request System Collapse and then spent the next day getting a good start in reading it. I hope to finish it this weekend. Got to love Murderbot! It's better than what I hear coming out of Washington.
Non-Book Activities: We have had a week of very cold weather with snow, so I have not retrieved a single box of anything from the out-of-doors storage. That puts me behind on my moving in schedule. I have discovered I have two very leaky windows in this house. Both of them are South facing so are only allowing in excessive amounts of cold air when the wind is from the south, but when it hasn't been above freezing in a week I am sure that my gas heating bill will be very high in the coming month.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: Some great left over Indian beef with peppers and rice for supper. It was so good.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 490
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1517 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: I am still 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. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start on the second book in the Balkan Trilogy, Spoilt City. I am also reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. I am listening to 1776 by David McCullough.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: Since it was so very cold all week I spent one day just sitting and reading. On Wednesday I went to the library and got my ILL request System Collapse and then spent the next day getting a good start in reading it. I hope to finish it this weekend. Got to love Murderbot! It's better than what I hear coming out of Washington.
Non-Book Activities: We have had a week of very cold weather with snow, so I have not retrieved a single box of anything from the out-of-doors storage. That puts me behind on my moving in schedule. I have discovered I have two very leaky windows in this house. Both of them are South facing so are only allowing in excessive amounts of cold air when the wind is from the south, but when it hasn't been above freezing in a week I am sure that my gas heating bill will be very high in the coming month.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: Some great left over Indian beef with peppers and rice for supper. It was so good.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 490
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1517 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
8EllaTim
Saturday morning check in:
Started this morning with The 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie. A good puzzle, and so entertaining.
Will continue with Autocracy Inc. by Anne Applebaum. A serious and very good book, but scary.
Later this day we will be going through a couple of boxes of stuff from a recently deceased friend. This will take some time, but the thingamagummy that her family was phoning us about yesterday has turned up in their own boxes, one task less.
Started this morning with The 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie. A good puzzle, and so entertaining.
Will continue with Autocracy Inc. by Anne Applebaum. A serious and very good book, but scary.
Later this day we will be going through a couple of boxes of stuff from a recently deceased friend. This will take some time, but the thingamagummy that her family was phoning us about yesterday has turned up in their own boxes, one task less.
9nrmay
Sat a.m.
Book: The Fix by Baldacci.
Breakfast: cereal, strawberries, HB egg, interesting venison and wild pig sausage that my SIL brought from GA. Her sons shot the wild pig and the deer..
My SIL left for home this morning so, with less socializing and running around, I’ll have more time to read! For a day or two anyway, before my sis and her husband arrive tomorrow evening.
Sunny🌞 and 57F/14C
in Fernandina Beach
Book: The Fix by Baldacci.
Breakfast: cereal, strawberries, HB egg, interesting venison and wild pig sausage that my SIL brought from GA. Her sons shot the wild pig and the deer..
My SIL left for home this morning so, with less socializing and running around, I’ll have more time to read! For a day or two anyway, before my sis and her husband arrive tomorrow evening.
Sunny🌞 and 57F/14C
in Fernandina Beach
10PocheFamily
I'm about to get back into it, got distracted by other tasks today ...
I ended up picking up Autonomous: A Novel by Annalee Newitz and am listening to the next in the Shetland/Perez detective stories by Ann Cleeves, White Nights. Only about 3h so far. Looking forward to a good, quiet evening!
I ended up picking up Autonomous: A Novel by Annalee Newitz and am listening to the next in the Shetland/Perez detective stories by Ann Cleeves, White Nights. Only about 3h so far. Looking forward to a good, quiet evening!
11nrmay
Sat. afternoon
Books:
The Fix and
The Alchemist, P Coelho
Lunch was a BLT and a beer on a patio by the beach.
I’ve been reading this afternoon but l keep falling asleep. Stayed up late watching episodes of Jack Reacher and Elementary. Then l got up early to spend time with my SIL before she left this morning. I usually only see her once a year when we’re in Florida. She left The Alchemist for me; she’d finished it while she was here.
Books:
The Fix and
The Alchemist, P Coelho
Lunch was a BLT and a beer on a patio by the beach.
I’ve been reading this afternoon but l keep falling asleep. Stayed up late watching episodes of Jack Reacher and Elementary. Then l got up early to spend time with my SIL before she left this morning. I usually only see her once a year when we’re in Florida. She left The Alchemist for me; she’d finished it while she was here.
12benitastrnad
>8 EllaTim:
Anne Applebaum has been on several of the news shows I watch on TV this last week. Her take on the Orange Asshat and dictators has been enlightening. I should get busy and read some of her books. It might help me to understand the recent lunacy.
Anne Applebaum has been on several of the news shows I watch on TV this last week. Her take on the Orange Asshat and dictators has been enlightening. I should get busy and read some of her books. It might help me to understand the recent lunacy.
13benitastrnad
Saturday report
Books read from: I am still 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. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start on the second book in the Balkan Trilogy, Spoilt City. I am also reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. I am listening to 1776 by David McCullough.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I have been reading System Collapse and it is holding my interest, but somehow it is not filled with the verve and attitude of the previous books. Perhaps I waited too long between the novels to have the fun carry on. That makes me wonder if I should read series novels all in one batch after the series has ended or if I should read the new entry as soon as it is published? Hum, that might be the question of the day.
Non-Book Activities: This should be the last of the cold days. The sun is shining and the snow that is in direct sunlight is melting because the temperature got up into the 40's today. It will be warmer tomorrow, so tomorrow afternoon I will get out into the car port and tackle another big box of stuff. I hope to find my down comforter and the bed skirt so that I can get that bedroom ready for guests if it is needed. Work went OK this morning, but the scanner wouldn't work correctly. We decided that I wasn't waking it up correctly. I will have to do better on Monday as that is my first full day at work by myself.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: Some great left over Indian beef with peppers and rice and a couple of slices of King Cake.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 490
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1519 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: I am still 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. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start on the second book in the Balkan Trilogy, Spoilt City. I am also reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. I am listening to 1776 by David McCullough.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I have been reading System Collapse and it is holding my interest, but somehow it is not filled with the verve and attitude of the previous books. Perhaps I waited too long between the novels to have the fun carry on. That makes me wonder if I should read series novels all in one batch after the series has ended or if I should read the new entry as soon as it is published? Hum, that might be the question of the day.
Non-Book Activities: This should be the last of the cold days. The sun is shining and the snow that is in direct sunlight is melting because the temperature got up into the 40's today. It will be warmer tomorrow, so tomorrow afternoon I will get out into the car port and tackle another big box of stuff. I hope to find my down comforter and the bed skirt so that I can get that bedroom ready for guests if it is needed. Work went OK this morning, but the scanner wouldn't work correctly. We decided that I wasn't waking it up correctly. I will have to do better on Monday as that is my first full day at work by myself.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: Some great left over Indian beef with peppers and rice and a couple of slices of King Cake.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 490
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1519 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
14EllaTim
Sunday afternoon.
Yesterday evening my upstairs neighbors had a party. Lots of noise so it was too difficult to concentrate on reading. I listened to the audio version of Agatha Christie’s book.
This morning I have been reading some Agatha Christie again, then it turned out I had forgotten an appointment with a neighbour.
Later another hour reading, Autocracy Inc.
>12 benitastrnad: Benita, I think this book is great. She is connecting a lot of dots for me. It’s also alarming. I think this will be a five star read for me.
Yesterday evening my upstairs neighbors had a party. Lots of noise so it was too difficult to concentrate on reading. I listened to the audio version of Agatha Christie’s book.
This morning I have been reading some Agatha Christie again, then it turned out I had forgotten an appointment with a neighbour.
Later another hour reading, Autocracy Inc.
>12 benitastrnad: Benita, I think this book is great. She is connecting a lot of dots for me. It’s also alarming. I think this will be a five star read for me.
15thornton37814
This weekend I've been listening to:
A Pretty Deceit by Anna Lee Huber
I've been reading from:
Sandwiches of History: the Cookbook by Barry W. Enderwick
The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen
I will probably read a bit more from:
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time by Anna Sherman
In my devotions, I'm reading from:
Holy Bible (NKJV)
Day by Day with Charles Swindoll
A Pretty Deceit by Anna Lee Huber
I've been reading from:
Sandwiches of History: the Cookbook by Barry W. Enderwick
The Sisters of Sea View by Julie Klassen
I will probably read a bit more from:
The Bells of Old Tokyo: Travels in Japanese Time by Anna Sherman
In my devotions, I'm reading from:
Holy Bible (NKJV)
Day by Day with Charles Swindoll
17benitastrnad
Sunday report
Books read from: I am still 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. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start on the second book in the Balkan Trilogy, Spoilt City. I am also reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. I am listening to 1776 by David McCullough.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: It has not been a real productive reading weekend. I am reading but early in the weekend I was glued to the TV watching the Friday afternoon hit list as published by CNN. That disturbed me and I was unsettled on Friday. I made significant progress on System Collapse today, so perhaps the early part of the weekend was just a passing phase.
Non-Book Activities: The weather improved greatly today. I went out to the car port this afternoon and opened another wardrobe box in hopes that it had my down comforter in it. No such luck, but I did find my folding wooden stepladder. I can use that. I will get the rest of the things out of the wardrobe box tomorrow and move on to the next one.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 6 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: leftover meatloaf and rice and leftover King Cake for desert. I didn't get any new bakgin done today. I wanted to make a chicken and carrot sheet pan meal, but didn't, so that will be my cooking duties for tomorrow.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 490
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1521 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: I am still 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. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start on the second book in the Balkan Trilogy, Spoilt City. I am also reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. I am listening to 1776 by David McCullough.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: It has not been a real productive reading weekend. I am reading but early in the weekend I was glued to the TV watching the Friday afternoon hit list as published by CNN. That disturbed me and I was unsettled on Friday. I made significant progress on System Collapse today, so perhaps the early part of the weekend was just a passing phase.
Non-Book Activities: The weather improved greatly today. I went out to the car port this afternoon and opened another wardrobe box in hopes that it had my down comforter in it. No such luck, but I did find my folding wooden stepladder. I can use that. I will get the rest of the things out of the wardrobe box tomorrow and move on to the next one.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 6 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: leftover meatloaf and rice and leftover King Cake for desert. I didn't get any new bakgin done today. I wanted to make a chicken and carrot sheet pan meal, but didn't, so that will be my cooking duties for tomorrow.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 490
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1521 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
18thornton37814
>16 benitastrnad: It was on the "new book shelf" at the public library Saturday morning and caught my attention.
19ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane, The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien
Books finished: Darkness, Take My Hand
Pages read: 400-ish
I'm hopeful I will finally finish The Silmarillion - it's a slog, but taking it in small daily doses with the audiobook, I'm now just a few days away from finishing.
Non-reading activities: Does going to an estate sale & buying a box of books count?
Books read from: Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane, The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien
Books finished: Darkness, Take My Hand
Pages read: 400-ish
I'm hopeful I will finally finish The Silmarillion - it's a slog, but taking it in small daily doses with the audiobook, I'm now just a few days away from finishing.
Non-reading activities: Does going to an estate sale & buying a box of books count?
20PocheFamily
Well I'm obviously in the right place because I devoured the Murderbot series last year and am enjoying reading The Alchemist with my ELL student.
But this weekend's stats:
Books read from: 3 - Autonomous and the two below
Books finished: 2 - White Nights by Ann Cleeves and The Dark by John McGahern
Time reading:
Fri: 1h
Sat: 4.75h
Sun: 8h
Snacks: chai, hot chocolate, tea
Thoughts: I wish I was a faster reader. I'm looking at my TBR pile as I write this.
Non-book activities: nothin' worth writing about
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 13.75h
Editing to add: if you look at the synopsis for The Dark it will promote a depiction of the book that makes me think the writer didn't read or understand what they read. Seems to be an issue in book descriptions ... not LT's fault, but who writes these?? Book jackets are supposed to entice not repel!
But this weekend's stats:
Books read from: 3 - Autonomous and the two below
Books finished: 2 - White Nights by Ann Cleeves and The Dark by John McGahern
Time reading:
Fri: 1h
Sat: 4.75h
Sun: 8h
Snacks: chai, hot chocolate, tea
Thoughts: I wish I was a faster reader. I'm looking at my TBR pile as I write this.
Non-book activities: nothin' worth writing about
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 13.75h
Editing to add: if you look at the synopsis for The Dark it will promote a depiction of the book that makes me think the writer didn't read or understand what they read. Seems to be an issue in book descriptions ... not LT's fault, but who writes these?? Book jackets are supposed to entice not repel!
21benitastrnad
>20 PocheFamily:
There is a big discussion going on right now in the bookworld regarding the use of author blurbs on the dust jackets of other books. Simon & Schuster has announced that they are going to stop using author blurbs starting in April 2025. Some readers like blurbs, and use them as helps in selecting books - some readers don't, finding them a waste of time and distracting.
There is a big discussion going on right now in the bookworld regarding the use of author blurbs on the dust jackets of other books. Simon & Schuster has announced that they are going to stop using author blurbs starting in April 2025. Some readers like blurbs, and use them as helps in selecting books - some readers don't, finding them a waste of time and distracting.
22benitastrnad
Weekend Wrapup
Books read from: I am still 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. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start on the second book in the Balkan Trilogy, Spoilt City. I am also reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. It is book 7 in the Murderbot Diaries. I am listening to 1776 by David McCullough.
Books finished: None this weekend
Book Thoughts: I should finish reading System Collapse today, but other than that it has not been a productive reading weekend.
Non-Book Activities: The weather has improve and today will be a very nice day. I got two small boxes out of a big wardrobe box and will get that stuff put away. I also found my wooden 3 step stepladder and that will be very helpful in unpacking other boxes. I need to get busy this afternoon on this because it is going to rain later this week.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 8 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and homemade granola for breakfast today
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 490
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1523 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: I am still 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. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start on the second book in the Balkan Trilogy, Spoilt City. I am also reading System Collapse by Martha Wells. It is book 7 in the Murderbot Diaries. I am listening to 1776 by David McCullough.
Books finished: None this weekend
Book Thoughts: I should finish reading System Collapse today, but other than that it has not been a productive reading weekend.
Non-Book Activities: The weather has improve and today will be a very nice day. I got two small boxes out of a big wardrobe box and will get that stuff put away. I also found my wooden 3 step stepladder and that will be very helpful in unpacking other boxes. I need to get busy this afternoon on this because it is going to rain later this week.
Reading Time Today: 2 hours
Time Reading this weekend: 8 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and homemade granola for breakfast today
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 490
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1523 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
23nrmay
Weekend wrap
Books:
Finished The Fix
Started The Catch by M Herron in the Slow Horses British spy series.
Still reading The Alchemist and
Milkweed
Lunch was fish sandwich and a beer
Other book activity: visited the Story and Song Bookstore; bought a box of Beatrix Potter postcards at an antique/junk store.
Other: walked around the Amelia Island historic district and shops with my sis and BIL. They arrived last night. Lunched at the Salty Pelican by the water. Visited the cats at my favorite Cat Angels thrift store.
Books:
Finished The Fix
Started The Catch by M Herron in the Slow Horses British spy series.
Still reading The Alchemist and
Milkweed
Lunch was fish sandwich and a beer
Other book activity: visited the Story and Song Bookstore; bought a box of Beatrix Potter postcards at an antique/junk store.
Other: walked around the Amelia Island historic district and shops with my sis and BIL. They arrived last night. Lunched at the Salty Pelican by the water. Visited the cats at my favorite Cat Angels thrift store.
