Thanksgiving Readathon - Social Distancing #297 - November 26 - 30
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1SilverWolf28
Welcome to the Thanksgiving readathon!
Tell us what you're doing for Thanksgiving this year. Share your favorite recipe if you want.
We'll run from Wednesday through Sunday.
Here are some things to track, 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
Tell us what you're doing for Thanksgiving this year. Share your favorite recipe if you want.
We'll run from Wednesday through Sunday.
Here are some things to track, 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
2alcottacre
I will be cooking much of tomorrow and Thursday - plus gaming - but I will be reading as much as I can :)
3nrmay
Same as >2 alcottacre:
I will be doing Thanksgiving food prep tomorrow and another trip to the groc store. T Day will be at my sister’s. I’m having 19 here for brunch on Friday so have to get ready for that too.
And reading when l can!
Current book:
THE BIBLIOMANCER’S DAUGHTER.
I will be doing Thanksgiving food prep tomorrow and another trip to the groc store. T Day will be at my sister’s. I’m having 19 here for brunch on Friday so have to get ready for that too.
And reading when l can!
Current book:
THE BIBLIOMANCER’S DAUGHTER.
4ChrisG1
I'm in - currently reading For Lord and Land by Matthew Harffy and An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek.
5PocheFamily
In but will have a good 24h or so when I won't be able to read or listen. Just a few guests, but a lot of "doing" as they are overnight guests as well
Made the whole berry sauce yesterday, and the first 2 batches of Xmas cookies (Toffee bars and Gingerbread men) to put in the leftover bags for our guests to return home with - along with the anticipated leftovers of a 21# turkey, herbed bread stuffing, sweet potato casserole with marshmallows (husband's side of the family has southern roots), a new green bean w/oranges & almonds recipes found in the WashPo this past week, gravy, and perhaps either roasted corn casserole or a quinoa salad I'm eyeing. Our starter will be hors d'oeuvres this year, with a shrimp cocktail as a nod to the Louisiana cajun roots, and a cheese/fruit crostini thingie to keep the group out of the kitchen and waiting patiently. Am also tempted to add the jello mold salad of my 70's youth to the table, but would anyone else eat it? I'm sure I'm forgetting something ... but now, dear reader, you understand why I prepare all this food with the anticipation that much of it will be gone by the time our guests leave Friday! The only thing we usually have left by Sunday is the turkey soup we make from the carcass...
Today I'm making the pecan and pumpkin pies, and possibly a cranberry-apple as well (this last one in a half-pie plate). Whipped cream to top this, of course... I confess that dessert is more about breakfast for me, and my in-laws never ate pumpkin pie until I married into the family and brought my wayward ways with me: yes, I'm Team Pumpkin!
But, after all this cooking and cleaning, or rather, while I still do some of that and certainly after our guests depart I'm listening to a detective-mystery, The Cuckoo's Calling, Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers, and reading Nice to Have You Aboard which I went to some small expense to obtain from the UK with the idea of passing it on to a young Australian sailor acquaintance once I finish it (the current description for this book appears incorrect in LT: it's a Aussie officer's memoir of serving as the RAN liaison with Nimitz from '43-'45). I'll also be back at chipping away at The Magic Mountain and Reading Lolita in Tehran by the end of the weekend, but I'll be saying that for some months to come...
Happy holiday weekend, everyone! I hope everyone enjoys a lovely weekend with family, friends, and other things worth being grateful for!
Made the whole berry sauce yesterday, and the first 2 batches of Xmas cookies (Toffee bars and Gingerbread men) to put in the leftover bags for our guests to return home with - along with the anticipated leftovers of a 21# turkey, herbed bread stuffing, sweet potato casserole with marshmallows (husband's side of the family has southern roots), a new green bean w/oranges & almonds recipes found in the WashPo this past week, gravy, and perhaps either roasted corn casserole or a quinoa salad I'm eyeing. Our starter will be hors d'oeuvres this year, with a shrimp cocktail as a nod to the Louisiana cajun roots, and a cheese/fruit crostini thingie to keep the group out of the kitchen and waiting patiently. Am also tempted to add the jello mold salad of my 70's youth to the table, but would anyone else eat it? I'm sure I'm forgetting something ... but now, dear reader, you understand why I prepare all this food with the anticipation that much of it will be gone by the time our guests leave Friday! The only thing we usually have left by Sunday is the turkey soup we make from the carcass...
Today I'm making the pecan and pumpkin pies, and possibly a cranberry-apple as well (this last one in a half-pie plate). Whipped cream to top this, of course... I confess that dessert is more about breakfast for me, and my in-laws never ate pumpkin pie until I married into the family and brought my wayward ways with me: yes, I'm Team Pumpkin!
But, after all this cooking and cleaning, or rather, while I still do some of that and certainly after our guests depart I'm listening to a detective-mystery, The Cuckoo's Calling, Malcolm Gladwell's Talking to Strangers, and reading Nice to Have You Aboard which I went to some small expense to obtain from the UK with the idea of passing it on to a young Australian sailor acquaintance once I finish it (the current description for this book appears incorrect in LT: it's a Aussie officer's memoir of serving as the RAN liaison with Nimitz from '43-'45). I'll also be back at chipping away at The Magic Mountain and Reading Lolita in Tehran by the end of the weekend, but I'll be saying that for some months to come...
Happy holiday weekend, everyone! I hope everyone enjoys a lovely weekend with family, friends, and other things worth being grateful for!
6SilverWolf28
>5 PocheFamily: Some of the pecan pie I made this afternoon bubbled out of the pie pan and onto the bottom of the oven and burned! It made the fire alarm go off. What stayed in the pan is still fine, which was most of it thankfully.
7drneutron
Going to a really fancy French restaurant here in town for Thanksgiving dinner. It's just the two of us, so doing a bunch of cooking just wasn't on my list of fun things to do. We go to this one pretty regularly, so are acquainted with the chef/owner. Really nice guy, tells some interesting stories.
Finished The Far Edges of the Known World: A New History of the Ancient Past today since I took the day off...
Finished The Far Edges of the Known World: A New History of the Ancient Past today since I took the day off...
8alcottacre
Friday Night Summary:
Books read from: Paper Love by Sarah Wildman (audiobook), Simple Justice by Richard Kluger, My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, and The Resisters by Gish Jen
Books finished: 1, Simple Justice
Time reading: 2.7 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 2.7 hours + listening to audiobook
I was reading both Wednesday and Thursday, but did not track the time as I was reading in spurts in between Thanksgiving cooking and other stuff, so I am basically treating this weekend's reading like a normal readathon. Trying to finish all of the TIOLI books that I can before December's challenges begin!
Books read from: Paper Love by Sarah Wildman (audiobook), Simple Justice by Richard Kluger, My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, and The Resisters by Gish Jen
Books finished: 1, Simple Justice
Time reading: 2.7 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 2.7 hours + listening to audiobook
I was reading both Wednesday and Thursday, but did not track the time as I was reading in spurts in between Thanksgiving cooking and other stuff, so I am basically treating this weekend's reading like a normal readathon. Trying to finish all of the TIOLI books that I can before December's challenges begin!
9PocheFamily
>6 SilverWolf28: Well, not burning the house down would make my gratitude list! And my eldest did his best to start a crostini toasting fire as we all gathered ... at least the oven was working! (My mom had a year where it quit that morning, which involved carrying turkeys back-and-forth to a neighbor's unused oven). I bet it was delish, nonetheless ... how could a pie not be?!
Saturday update: I've finished The Cuckoo's Calling and am about to move my attention to The Magic Mountain for a space of time. Or would that be "piece of time"? I tend to jumble my well-worn phrases, unintentionally I promise. But back to the Cuckoo book: it was an interestingly paced story, and I'm not sure whether describing it as slow-burner with explosions of action would be correct. I like it well enough as the characters weren't quite pat the way you'd expect... and I always enjoy a mystery where I can't figure it out in advance. Much like a difficult puzzle where one finds the key pieces slowly -- somehow more satisfactory than a quick puzzle that falsely congratulates one on supposed brilliant insight.
And OMG, what haven't I snacked on??? I'm rolling around the neighborhood trying to work off some of the bounty (yes, the husky has to come with me because she's enjoyed quite a bit of it herself), but unlike everyone around me, don't seem subject to the tryptophan effect. That's possibly due to my greedily calculating how many more mornings I can have a slice of pumpkin pie for breakfast ... mental math keeps me awake!
Saturday update: I've finished The Cuckoo's Calling and am about to move my attention to The Magic Mountain for a space of time. Or would that be "piece of time"? I tend to jumble my well-worn phrases, unintentionally I promise. But back to the Cuckoo book: it was an interestingly paced story, and I'm not sure whether describing it as slow-burner with explosions of action would be correct. I like it well enough as the characters weren't quite pat the way you'd expect... and I always enjoy a mystery where I can't figure it out in advance. Much like a difficult puzzle where one finds the key pieces slowly -- somehow more satisfactory than a quick puzzle that falsely congratulates one on supposed brilliant insight.
And OMG, what haven't I snacked on??? I'm rolling around the neighborhood trying to work off some of the bounty (yes, the husky has to come with me because she's enjoyed quite a bit of it herself), but unlike everyone around me, don't seem subject to the tryptophan effect. That's possibly due to my greedily calculating how many more mornings I can have a slice of pumpkin pie for breakfast ... mental math keeps me awake!
10alcottacre
Saturday Night Summary:
Books read from: Paper Love by Sarah Wildman (audiobook), Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (audiobook), My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, The Resisters by Gish Jen, and Belzoni Dreams of Egypt by Jon Clinch
Books finished: 2, Paper Love and My Name is Asher Lev
Time reading: 2.55 hours + listening to audiobooks
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 5.25 hours + listening to audiobooks
Lots of books to try to finish tomorrow!
Books read from: Paper Love by Sarah Wildman (audiobook), Drive Your Plow over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (audiobook), My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok, The Resisters by Gish Jen, and Belzoni Dreams of Egypt by Jon Clinch
Books finished: 2, Paper Love and My Name is Asher Lev
Time reading: 2.55 hours + listening to audiobooks
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: 5.25 hours + listening to audiobooks
Lots of books to try to finish tomorrow!
11alcottacre
Sunday Night Summary:
Books read from: The Resisters by Gish Jen, Belzoni Dreams of Egypt by Jon Clinch, and Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Books finished: 3 - everything I read today
Time reading: ~4.9 hours
Total books finished: 6
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: 10.15 hours + listening to audiobooks
Books read from: The Resisters by Gish Jen, Belzoni Dreams of Egypt by Jon Clinch, and Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Books finished: 3 - everything I read today
Time reading: ~4.9 hours
Total books finished: 6
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: 10.15 hours + listening to audiobooks
12ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek, For Lord and Land by Matthew Harffy, Red Knife by William Kent Krueger.
Books finished: All of the above
Pages read: 850-ish
Lots of good family time, as my daughter and her family stayed Tuesday thru Saturday, our two & four year old grandkids are at an age where visiting their grandparents is a treat. My football teams (University of Michigan & the Detroit Lions) lost, but such is life. I also got to sing Christmas music in the lobby of my church between services with my barbershop quartet, which was great fun.
Books read from: An Unfinished Life by Robert Dallek, For Lord and Land by Matthew Harffy, Red Knife by William Kent Krueger.
Books finished: All of the above
Pages read: 850-ish
Lots of good family time, as my daughter and her family stayed Tuesday thru Saturday, our two & four year old grandkids are at an age where visiting their grandparents is a treat. My football teams (University of Michigan & the Detroit Lions) lost, but such is life. I also got to sing Christmas music in the lobby of my church between services with my barbershop quartet, which was great fun.
13PocheFamily
Weekend wrap-up: so sad the weekend is over, it was a good one, but all the crazy of the next holiday is well underway ...
Books read from: The Magic Mountain, Nice to Have You Aboard, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Books finished: The Cuckoo's Calling and Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
Time reading: More hours than there was daylight on Saturday and Sunday, but not much before then.
Snacks: I'm going to pretend I can't remember all of them - food coma, you know, affects the memory ...
Non-book activities: Cleaning, trying to work off the immense amount of food I consumed, and beginning to haul out the Xmas holiday decorations.
Thoughts: I enjoyed Adm. McRaven's Sea Stories more than I thought I would. It was an impulse-read, but it dovetailed nicely with some Mike Morrell and and Michael Vickers material I've come across. And I've learned to enjoy memoirs quite a lot in recent years.
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 20+h (2 hardbounds and 3 audiobooks)
Glad everyone seemed to have an enjoyable holiday!
Books read from: The Magic Mountain, Nice to Have You Aboard, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Books finished: The Cuckoo's Calling and Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
Time reading: More hours than there was daylight on Saturday and Sunday, but not much before then.
Snacks: I'm going to pretend I can't remember all of them - food coma, you know, affects the memory ...
Non-book activities: Cleaning, trying to work off the immense amount of food I consumed, and beginning to haul out the Xmas holiday decorations.
Thoughts: I enjoyed Adm. McRaven's Sea Stories more than I thought I would. It was an impulse-read, but it dovetailed nicely with some Mike Morrell and and Michael Vickers material I've come across. And I've learned to enjoy memoirs quite a lot in recent years.
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 20+h (2 hardbounds and 3 audiobooks)
Glad everyone seemed to have an enjoyable holiday!
