Social Distancing Readathon #271 - May 30 - June 1
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
2PawsforThought
It’s another weekend of family time for me (nephew is hanging with me and mum for a few days as it’s a long weekend here - Thursday and Friday off work). Am trying to get as much reading is as I can as I have at least one book I want to finish before the month is over.
I did finish Hard Times last night after stalling on it for several months. Now I want to get to the last 80 or so pages of The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories so I can start focusing on my planned June reads come Sunday.
I did finish Hard Times last night after stalling on it for several months. Now I want to get to the last 80 or so pages of The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories so I can start focusing on my planned June reads come Sunday.
3nrmay
I’m in!
Books:
Now reading
KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER
and stories from
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CATS
audio bk is
THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR
Books:
Now reading
KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER
and stories from
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CATS
audio bk is
THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR
4PocheFamily
I keep thinking each weekend is probably my last big reading weekend until the garden goes wild (usually by late July I find myself losing the battle for civilization), but the gods of weather have other plans. I'm watching my garden struggle just to stay afloat this year: already one basil plant has succumbed to the cool temps and just way too much rain. So it's a bit too soggy, even when it's not raining, to get out and do much. It's just plain weird to weed while squishing across the yard, and my wellies have developed a leak. I think I'm developing phantom toe dampness.
I'll finish Sayonara, My Sweet before the official beginning today, which I am enjoying despite stiffness in the language and some 'telling not showing' in the writing style - it's still a good story. Then it's on to Dr. No, and a couple of library books, including 2 SciFi, so I'll probably pick one of those. I'm still listening to Flights by Olga Tokarczuk - awesome, so taking my time - and started listening to The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End by Robert Gerwarth yesterday. I also picked up two new EarlyReviewer reads, but I need to clear a bit of the above list off the mental shelf before I tackle another one of those!
@nrmay - I'm interested in what you think of Lavransdatter. I haven't read much nordic-authored fiction (or however one says it), but generally have loved it.
@PawsforThought - I confess I'd never heard of that Dickens' novel. Sounds like it was a slog?
I'll finish Sayonara, My Sweet before the official beginning today, which I am enjoying despite stiffness in the language and some 'telling not showing' in the writing style - it's still a good story. Then it's on to Dr. No, and a couple of library books, including 2 SciFi, so I'll probably pick one of those. I'm still listening to Flights by Olga Tokarczuk - awesome, so taking my time - and started listening to The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End by Robert Gerwarth yesterday. I also picked up two new EarlyReviewer reads, but I need to clear a bit of the above list off the mental shelf before I tackle another one of those!
@nrmay - I'm interested in what you think of Lavransdatter. I haven't read much nordic-authored fiction (or however one says it), but generally have loved it.
@PawsforThought - I confess I'd never heard of that Dickens' novel. Sounds like it was a slog?
5PawsforThought
>4 PocheFamily: Not at all. I have often stalled in my reading, no matter how good the book is. It was different than what I had come to expect from a Dickens, but it was not bad.
6ChrisG1
I'm in again - currently reading The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson. A good chunk of the day tomorrow will be at the Oregon State Track & Field championships, as our grandson will be competing in the high jump. He has a good chance of winning - he currently has the highest jump so far in the state at 6'10". We've had fun cheering him on.
7benitastrnad
I'm in again - and I hope to have a quieter weekend and get some knitting and reading done.
Weekend Start - up
Books read from: My continuous reading book is now Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson. My computer book remains Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I am deeply into City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami. I am listening to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I hope to finish City and Its Uncertain Walls this weekend. I am about 80 pages from the end. I don't have anything planned for this weekend so should have lots of reading time.
Non-Book Activities: I attended a funeral today for a elderly neighbor and went to the 8th birthday party of another neighbor. I went to the next door neighbors birthday party. He turned 8 early in May and his little brother turned 6 last week, so they host a joint birthday party each year at the end of May. The 8 year-old is rather precocious and comes to visit me almost everyday. I gave him a paperback gift pack of Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph, and Ralph S. Mouse since he loves machines. I am sure he won't read them, but I am not going to break my rule of giving books as gifts. Once-in-awhile, somebody actually reads one and loves it. I can always hope that this kid develops some interest in something other than internal combustion engines.
Reading Time Today: 1 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: nachos and cake at the birthday party.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 508
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1571 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Weekend Start - up
Books read from: My continuous reading book is now Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson. My computer book remains Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I am deeply into City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami. I am listening to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I hope to finish City and Its Uncertain Walls this weekend. I am about 80 pages from the end. I don't have anything planned for this weekend so should have lots of reading time.
Non-Book Activities: I attended a funeral today for a elderly neighbor and went to the 8th birthday party of another neighbor. I went to the next door neighbors birthday party. He turned 8 early in May and his little brother turned 6 last week, so they host a joint birthday party each year at the end of May. The 8 year-old is rather precocious and comes to visit me almost everyday. I gave him a paperback gift pack of Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph, and Ralph S. Mouse since he loves machines. I am sure he won't read them, but I am not going to break my rule of giving books as gifts. Once-in-awhile, somebody actually reads one and loves it. I can always hope that this kid develops some interest in something other than internal combustion engines.
Reading Time Today: 1 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: nachos and cake at the birthday party.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 508
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1571 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
8PawsforThought
Update on Friday.
Books read: I finished The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories just before turning out the lights last night.
Thoughts: As I have a whole day before June I’ve decided to start reading The Big Four and see how far I get. Not sure if that’s a good idea, but we’ll see.
Non-reading: Went with mum and nephew to a second hand shop and found a picture frame, a synonym dictionary and an encyclopaedia-based board game. Nephew found a bunch of Donald Duck magazines and a Lego board game that we’ve promised to play today.
Books read: I finished The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories just before turning out the lights last night.
Thoughts: As I have a whole day before June I’ve decided to start reading The Big Four and see how far I get. Not sure if that’s a good idea, but we’ll see.
Non-reading: Went with mum and nephew to a second hand shop and found a picture frame, a synonym dictionary and an encyclopaedia-based board game. Nephew found a bunch of Donald Duck magazines and a Lego board game that we’ve promised to play today.
9nrmay
Sat a.m.
Wonderful sunny day in North Carolina!
Books:
KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER I: THE WREATH
finished 5 stories from
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CATS
This is an old anthology (1961) of classic children’s tales.
THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR, audio book
Breakfast was a cinnamon roll & coffee
Wonderful sunny day in North Carolina!
Books:
KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER I: THE WREATH
finished 5 stories from
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CATS
This is an old anthology (1961) of classic children’s tales.
THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR, audio book
Breakfast was a cinnamon roll & coffee
10nrmay
Sat a.m.
Wonderful sunny day in North Carolina!
Books:
KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER I: THE WREATH
finished 5 stories from
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CATS
This is an old anthology (1961) of classic children’s tales.
THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR, audio ed.
Breakfast was a cinnamon roll & coffee
Wonderful sunny day in North Carolina!
Books:
KRISTIN LAVRANSDATTER I: THE WREATH
finished 5 stories from
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CATS
This is an old anthology (1961) of classic children’s tales.
THE DRAGONBONE CHAIR, audio ed.
Breakfast was a cinnamon roll & coffee
11nrmay
>4 PocheFamily:
I’m only 30 pages into
K LAVRANSDATTER but the setting in the Middle Ages is interesting, and l’m liking the descriptions of vistas and scenery.
Note that the translation by T Nunnally is considered the best one.
I’m only 30 pages into
K LAVRANSDATTER but the setting in the Middle Ages is interesting, and l’m liking the descriptions of vistas and scenery.
Note that the translation by T Nunnally is considered the best one.
12benitastrnad
Saturday Report
Books read from: My continuous reading book remains Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I finished reading City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami and will start reading Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber. I am listening to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
Books finished: City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
Book Thoughts: I spent the afternoon finishing City and Its Uncertain Walls which will push my cake baking into the late night, but... I read this Murakami book for a LT group read and don't know what to think of it. I liked the entire languid feeling the book induced but I am not quite sure that I like the ending. This novel was a companion novel to Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World but it didn't have the same impact on me. I will have to ponder on this book for awhile before I decide if I liked it or not. In the meantime, I remain puzzled.
Non-Book Activities: I am trying to get a lemon bundt cake baked for the neighbor kid. I will start work on it shortly. and I am also going to try to cook up some Swiss Chard for lunch tomorrow. I got a fresh batch of it from the CSA I joined this summer and I do want to try it. I think of Swiss Chard as a winter green, but here they are growing for early summer. That could be fun.
Reading Time Today: 2 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 3 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: potato salad and potato chips
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 509
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1573 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: My continuous reading book remains Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I finished reading City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami and will start reading Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber. I am listening to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
Books finished: City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
Book Thoughts: I spent the afternoon finishing City and Its Uncertain Walls which will push my cake baking into the late night, but... I read this Murakami book for a LT group read and don't know what to think of it. I liked the entire languid feeling the book induced but I am not quite sure that I like the ending. This novel was a companion novel to Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World but it didn't have the same impact on me. I will have to ponder on this book for awhile before I decide if I liked it or not. In the meantime, I remain puzzled.
Non-Book Activities: I am trying to get a lemon bundt cake baked for the neighbor kid. I will start work on it shortly. and I am also going to try to cook up some Swiss Chard for lunch tomorrow. I got a fresh batch of it from the CSA I joined this summer and I do want to try it. I think of Swiss Chard as a winter green, but here they are growing for early summer. That could be fun.
Reading Time Today: 2 hour
Time Reading this weekend: 3 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: potato salad and potato chips
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 509
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1573 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
13SilverWolf28
>12 benitastrnad: In Tennessee at least, Swiss Chard can grow all year round. It's one of my favorite greens.
14alcottacre
I was out of town all day yesterday because it was my mother's birthday and I was in Longview to help celebrate. I got back home today so I am reporting my reading for today only:
Books read from: Devoted in Death by J. D. Robb (audiobook), Brotherhood in Death by J. D. Robb, Feed by Mira Grant, and The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
Books finished: 3, Devoted in Death, Feed, and The Safekeep
Time reading: ~3.2 hours + listening to audiobooks
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~3.2 hours + listening to audiobooks
Books read from: Devoted in Death by J. D. Robb (audiobook), Brotherhood in Death by J. D. Robb, Feed by Mira Grant, and The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
Books finished: 3, Devoted in Death, Feed, and The Safekeep
Time reading: ~3.2 hours + listening to audiobooks
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~3.2 hours + listening to audiobooks
15PawsforThought
Saturday update
Books read: I started reading The Big Four knowing it’d be incredibly unlikely I finish it on the same day. I got roughly halfway, which I’m pleased with considering the amount of distractions I had with brother’s family visiting.
Non-reading: Hanging out with family, playing a board game.
Books read: I started reading The Big Four knowing it’d be incredibly unlikely I finish it on the same day. I got roughly halfway, which I’m pleased with considering the amount of distractions I had with brother’s family visiting.
Non-reading: Hanging out with family, playing a board game.
16PocheFamily
Sunday morning update - haven't even gotten started today, so it's as good a place as any to pause and reflect what I've been running around doing (picture "chicken w/o its head" type running around).
Books read from: Sayonara, My Sweet, Dr. No
Books listened to: The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends, Flights
Books finished: Sayonara, My Sweet
Snacks: This weekend I was the baker: Irish Brown Bread and Alice Mendrich's Ginger cookies
Thoughts: Tangled in my head; only gibberish emerges.
Non-book activities: Weeding, chasing the dog outta the potato patch, self-indulgent baking, and internal arguments about the things I'm actively avoiding.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: less than 10h
Books read from: Sayonara, My Sweet, Dr. No
Books listened to: The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends, Flights
Books finished: Sayonara, My Sweet
Snacks: This weekend I was the baker: Irish Brown Bread and Alice Mendrich's Ginger cookies
Thoughts: Tangled in my head; only gibberish emerges.
Non-book activities: Weeding, chasing the dog outta the potato patch, self-indulgent baking, and internal arguments about the things I'm actively avoiding.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: less than 10h
17nrmay
Happy Sunday!
Today, June 1, is International Children’s Day - to promote the rights and well-being of children around the world.
Books:
finished VERITY by Colleen Hoover,
my 50th book of the year.
I read 9 books in May, 5 of them from the TBR shelves.
Breakfast: croissant and coffee
Other activity:
Started watching new British crime series on Netflix - DEPT Q.
Sent postcrossing cards.
After getting home from a trip on May 7, it took the rest of May to get over pneumonia. Now I’m ready to be active again, which means long daily walks.
Sunny, 72F/22C.
Today, June 1, is International Children’s Day - to promote the rights and well-being of children around the world.
Books:
finished VERITY by Colleen Hoover,
my 50th book of the year.
I read 9 books in May, 5 of them from the TBR shelves.
Breakfast: croissant and coffee
Other activity:
Started watching new British crime series on Netflix - DEPT Q.
Sent postcrossing cards.
After getting home from a trip on May 7, it took the rest of May to get over pneumonia. Now I’m ready to be active again, which means long daily walks.
Sunny, 72F/22C.
19alcottacre
>15 PawsforThought: What board game, Paws? Inquiring minds want to know! Lol
>16 PocheFamily: Oo, ginger cookies! Yummy! Save some for me, Leslie :)
>17 nrmay: Yay for long daily walks, Nancy! Glad to hear that you are up to them again.
>16 PocheFamily: Oo, ginger cookies! Yummy! Save some for me, Leslie :)
>17 nrmay: Yay for long daily walks, Nancy! Glad to hear that you are up to them again.
20alcottacre
Sunday night Update:
Books read from: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Two Old Women by Velma Wallis, The Storm of the Century by Al Roker, and Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Books finished: 1, Two Old Women
Time reading: ~2.3 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~5.5 hours + listening to audiobooks
Books read from: The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger, Two Old Women by Velma Wallis, The Storm of the Century by Al Roker, and Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Books finished: 1, Two Old Women
Time reading: ~2.3 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~5.5 hours + listening to audiobooks
21PawsforThought
>19 alcottacre: It's a Swedish one based off Nationalencyclopedin - the Swedish equivalent of Encyclopædia Britannica. It was completely unused (the cards inside the box were still in plastic).
22PawsforThought
Update on Sunday
Didn't get much reading done as brother's family were visiting and we helped mum mow the lawn and pull up weeds.
Books read: I started on two of my massive June reads, The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser and The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.
Didn't get much reading done as brother's family were visiting and we helped mum mow the lawn and pull up weeds.
Books read: I started on two of my massive June reads, The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser and The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.
23alcottacre
>21 PawsforThought: Cool beans! I know of a game published by a French board game publisher called "Encyclopedia." I wonder if they are anything alike. . .
24PawsforThought
>23 alcottacre: This one looks to be Trivial Pursuit-esque (which I'm all for as it's my favourite board game). Don't know much else about it.
25alcottacre
>24 PawsforThought: There is information on Encyclopedia here: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/351526/encyclopedia
26PawsforThought
>25 alcottacre: That looks very different from what I bought.
27PocheFamily
@alcottacre: look up the recipe! Alice Mendrich Ginger Cookies ... 3 kinds of ginger and REALLY fabulous! (if you like spice, otherwise let them sit a day or so and they will mellow)
A quick Weekend Summary as my day is going to be loony-ville:
Books read from: Sayonara, My Sweet and Dr. No
Books listened to: The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends, and Flights
Books finished: Sayonara, My Sweet
Thoughts: Completely different books, so despite my all-over-the-place list each had its place and was enjoyed.
Quote from Dr. No, a very farcical work about nothing and Fort Knox Gold - yeah, Percival Everett is WAY ahead of his time ... (p. 70):
A quick Weekend Summary as my day is going to be loony-ville:
Books read from: Sayonara, My Sweet and Dr. No
Books listened to: The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End, Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make—and Keep—Friends, and Flights
Books finished: Sayonara, My Sweet
Thoughts: Completely different books, so despite my all-over-the-place list each had its place and was enjoyed.
Quote from Dr. No, a very farcical work about nothing and Fort Knox Gold - yeah, Percival Everett is WAY ahead of his time ... (p. 70):
"Here's one. A mathematician is asked if he'd rather have cold coffee or meet God. He says he'll have the cold coffee."
"Why does he say that?" I asked.
"He's been told that nothing is better than meeting God and cold coffee is better than nothing."
28nrmay
>20 alcottacre:
I really did enjoy VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE.
I find l like LOL (little old lady) characters a lot, so l made a list..
LOL Bks
Mrs Pollifax series
Thursday Murder Club series
Mrs Quinn’s Rise to Fame
Sipsworth
Mornings with Rosemary
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good and sequel.
Last List of Mabel Beaumont
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Miss Marple series
Elizabeth Is Missing
Marlow Murder Club series
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
Three Things about Elsie*
Killers of a Certain Age*
Celine (Heller)*
Harold and Maude*
*to read
I really did enjoy VERA WONG’S UNSOLICITED ADVICE.
I find l like LOL (little old lady) characters a lot, so l made a list..
LOL Bks
Mrs Pollifax series
Thursday Murder Club series
Mrs Quinn’s Rise to Fame
Sipsworth
Mornings with Rosemary
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good and sequel.
Last List of Mabel Beaumont
Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Miss Marple series
Elizabeth Is Missing
Marlow Murder Club series
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years
Three Things about Elsie*
Killers of a Certain Age*
Celine (Heller)*
Harold and Maude*
*to read
29nrmay
Weekend wrap-up
Books:
now reading
THE SHELL SEEKERS
KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE
Other activity:
Finished the DEPT Q detective series on Netflix.
Books:
now reading
THE SHELL SEEKERS
KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE
Other activity:
Finished the DEPT Q detective series on Netflix.
30ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson, Sackett by Louis L'Amour, A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham
Books finished: {The Broken Sword and Sackett
Pages read: 300-ish
Non-reading activities: We drove 120 miles each way to watch our grandson compete in the Oregon High School track & field championships, where he finished 2nd in the high jump, clearing 2.03 meters (6'8") - we were very happy for him.
Books read from: The Broken Sword by Poul Anderson, Sackett by Louis L'Amour, A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham
Books finished: {The Broken Sword and Sackett
Pages read: 300-ish
Non-reading activities: We drove 120 miles each way to watch our grandson compete in the Oregon High School track & field championships, where he finished 2nd in the high jump, clearing 2.03 meters (6'8") - we were very happy for him.
31benitastrnad
Weekend Wrapup
Books read from: My continuous reading book remains Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson and I am now 86 pages into it. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start reading Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber. I am listening to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
Books finished: City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
Book Thoughts: I had a good enough reading weekend. I finished one book and got a good start on the next one, so that is good. Sunday is turning out to be less of a reading day for me than it has been due to all the church activities I am now obligated to attend. However, I am enjoying the reading time I do get.
Non-Book Activities: I got the lemon cake baked and ended up putting half of it in the freezer because it didn't get eaten. I have lots of baking to do this coming week so will have less time to read again. I am getting ready for my vacation and this afternoon they were working on the internet hookups to my house and so I didn't get online as early in the afternoon as I would have liked.
Reading Time Today: 1hour
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: potato salad and potato chips
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 509
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1571 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
Books read from: My continuous reading book remains Queen Lucia by E. F. Benson and I am now 86 pages into it. My computer book is Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli. I have a good start reading Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber. I am listening to Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens.
Books finished: City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
Book Thoughts: I had a good enough reading weekend. I finished one book and got a good start on the next one, so that is good. Sunday is turning out to be less of a reading day for me than it has been due to all the church activities I am now obligated to attend. However, I am enjoying the reading time I do get.
Non-Book Activities: I got the lemon cake baked and ended up putting half of it in the freezer because it didn't get eaten. I have lots of baking to do this coming week so will have less time to read again. I am getting ready for my vacation and this afternoon they were working on the internet hookups to my house and so I didn't get online as early in the afternoon as I would have liked.
Reading Time Today: 1hour
Time Reading this weekend: 4 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: potato salad and potato chips
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 509
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1571 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon starting in April of 2020.
32alcottacre
>26 PawsforThought: Ah, OK.
>27 PocheFamily: I will do that! I have a weakness for ginger cookies. Thanks, Leslie!
>28 nrmay: Thanks for the list of the LOL books, Nancy. I have tried An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good and did not care for it much, but have loved the Mrs. Pollifax and Miss Marple books for as long as I can remember. I am also a big fan of the Thursday Murder Club books.
>30 ChrisG1: Congratulations to your grandson, Chris!
>27 PocheFamily: I will do that! I have a weakness for ginger cookies. Thanks, Leslie!
>28 nrmay: Thanks for the list of the LOL books, Nancy. I have tried An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good and did not care for it much, but have loved the Mrs. Pollifax and Miss Marple books for as long as I can remember. I am also a big fan of the Thursday Murder Club books.
>30 ChrisG1: Congratulations to your grandson, Chris!
