Social Distancing Readathon #101 - February 18 - 20
Charlas75 Books Challenge for 2022
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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
2. Paul (PaulCranswick) -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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
2. Paul (PaulCranswick) -- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2PaulCranswick
I'm in Silver.
I have too many books part done which I need to get over the line so let's see what headway I make.
Will complete The Blue Between Sky and Water first.
I have too many books part done which I need to get over the line so let's see what headway I make.
Will complete The Blue Between Sky and Water first.
3benitastrnad
I will be participating. It is going to be a cold weekend here and I hope to spend it staying at home.
4cbl_tn
I'm in again. After several warmer days, we've got another cold front moving in so staying indoors and reading is appealing!
5ChrisG1
I'm in as well - currently reading No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield and Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace.
6thornton37814
I will join, but I may not get lots of reading done. Just a lot of irons in the fire this weekend.
7PaulCranswick
>3 benitastrnad: One thing I have to be eminently grateful for in Malaysia is the generally benign, though tropical, weather.
To all my friends in the group mustering against the cold in North America and against very fierce storms in the UK and Europe, please stay safe, wrap up warm, stay home and keep reading.
To all my friends in the group mustering against the cold in North America and against very fierce storms in the UK and Europe, please stay safe, wrap up warm, stay home and keep reading.
8alcottacre
I am in for this weekend since I am likely not going to be able to participate next weekend. Let's hope I can stay awake better than I have today!
9susanna.fraser
I'm in again. We get the Presidents' Day long weekend, so I'll be reading through Monday.
10elkiedee
I still have to do(n a proper readathon post this year, perhaps this weekend! I've finished 3 books in the last few days so don't expect to finish any this weekend. Top of my pile are:
Mona Awad, All's Well (only just begun)
Anne Sebba, Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy - I am hoping to finish this in the next few days but probably after the weekend
Marian Keyes, Grown Ups
Mona Awad, All's Well (only just begun)
Anne Sebba, Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy - I am hoping to finish this in the next few days but probably after the weekend
Marian Keyes, Grown Ups
11PawsforThought
I'll do my best to join in this weekend, but it's been a tiring week and I think I might be coming down with something so we'll see if I have the energy to read. I have several things I want to finish, so it'd be good if I got that done.
14AnneDC
I'll join, and I have a holiday on Monday so will read through President's Day. May be a good time to finish The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.
15nrmay
I'll be finishing The Sentinel and Mr Mercedes this weekend.
My sister and her husband arriving tomorrow and my niece is here, so a family weekend here in Florida.
Found a unique shop called Island Treasures which has a lot of everything, including several rooms of old books!
Visited once briefly as it was closing. I'm eager to get back there and explore all those books.
Cloudy, 74 F. (23 C.) with light rain later.
My sister and her husband arriving tomorrow and my niece is here, so a family weekend here in Florida.
Found a unique shop called Island Treasures which has a lot of everything, including several rooms of old books!
Visited once briefly as it was closing. I'm eager to get back there and explore all those books.
Cloudy, 74 F. (23 C.) with light rain later.
16avatiakh
I'm in. I drifted away last week as social media won over reading. I hope to do better today. It's raining this Saturday morning so I'll continue reading from Night of the Perigee Moon & Death goes on skis. Few others on the go as well.
17fuzzi
I'm here, hoping to finish a book I started last week that I've not been able to complete, the The Black Tide.
18alcottacre
Friday evening report:
Books read from: A City in Its Fullness by S.Y. Agnon, Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings, Redemption Ground by Lorna Goodison, Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
Books finished: 1, A City in Its Fullness
Time reading: ~1.5 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: None
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~1.5 hours
I am done reading for today. I am just too tired to continue. I will be back tomorrow though!
Books read from: A City in Its Fullness by S.Y. Agnon, Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings, Redemption Ground by Lorna Goodison, Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
Books finished: 1, A City in Its Fullness
Time reading: ~1.5 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: None
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ~1.5 hours
I am done reading for today. I am just too tired to continue. I will be back tomorrow though!
19thornton37814
Friday night update:
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, The Shadow Dancer by Margaret Coel, Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
Books finished: The Shadow Dancer by Margaret Coel
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: a piece of chocolate
Thoughts: The genealogical society board meeting tomorrow will get in the way of my reading, but I should be able to cross stitch during it.
Non-book activities: Taking cat litter to landfill, quick shopping trip to Sevier County, cross stitching, cooking supper, petting cats
Total books finished: 1
Total read from:4
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, The Shadow Dancer by Margaret Coel, Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
Books finished: The Shadow Dancer by Margaret Coel
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: a piece of chocolate
Thoughts: The genealogical society board meeting tomorrow will get in the way of my reading, but I should be able to cross stitch during it.
Non-book activities: Taking cat litter to landfill, quick shopping trip to Sevier County, cross stitching, cooking supper, petting cats
Total books finished: 1
Total read from:4
Total time reading: ??
20cbl_tn
Friday night update:
Books read from: The Children Return, The Perpetual Curate
Books finished: The Perpetual Curate
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: pear, banana bread, & tea
Thoughts: Why does it have to turn cold and yucky every weekend?
Non-book activities: baking banana bread
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Children Return, The Perpetual Curate
Books finished: The Perpetual Curate
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: pear, banana bread, & tea
Thoughts: Why does it have to turn cold and yucky every weekend?
Non-book activities: baking banana bread
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: ?
22benitastrnad
Friday night update
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. I listened to some of Moonglow by Michael Chabon.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Children Return by Martin Walker
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: baked potato with BBQ toppings from Jim & Nicks.
Thoughts: I read Children Return in about 4 days of reading in between exciting Olympics events. Aside from the Little Girl's Figure Skating the whole Olympics has been amazing. So much more fun to watch than the summer games. I also got quite a bit of knitting done this week and I am about to finish Frangipani Tree Mystery. This book was a BB from Suzanne and this one is the first in a series of 5 books. I am enjoying it and hope to read the other books in this series as this one is very entertaining.
Non-Book Activities: Work has been killer this week. Lots of teaching and meetings that have kept me at work for long hours. It was great having the Olympics to relax with when I finally did make it home. I need to come up with another research topic as it is time to write another article.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 200
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 543 hours since April 2020 when I signed up for my first weekend Readathon.
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. I listened to some of Moonglow by Michael Chabon.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Children Return by Martin Walker
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: baked potato with BBQ toppings from Jim & Nicks.
Thoughts: I read Children Return in about 4 days of reading in between exciting Olympics events. Aside from the Little Girl's Figure Skating the whole Olympics has been amazing. So much more fun to watch than the summer games. I also got quite a bit of knitting done this week and I am about to finish Frangipani Tree Mystery. This book was a BB from Suzanne and this one is the first in a series of 5 books. I am enjoying it and hope to read the other books in this series as this one is very entertaining.
Non-Book Activities: Work has been killer this week. Lots of teaching and meetings that have kept me at work for long hours. It was great having the Olympics to relax with when I finally did make it home. I need to come up with another research topic as it is time to write another article.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 200
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 543 hours since April 2020 when I signed up for my first weekend Readathon.
23cbl_tn
Saturday morning update:
Books read from: 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die, The Body Farm
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was banana bread and tea
Thoughts: I'm too tired to think!
Non-book activities: sleep
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die, The Body Farm
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: breakfast was banana bread and tea
Thoughts: I'm too tired to think!
Non-book activities: sleep
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
24AnneDC
Update on Friday reading
Books read from: Reveille in Washington, Sour Sweet, The Road to Lichfield, A Tale of Love and Darkness, Redemption Ground, Is, Is Not: Poems
Books finished: none
Pages read: 80 plus one chapter of audio
Time reading: about 2 hours
Dinner: sushi
Snacks in books: roast crackling pork, tea, baked crab with ginger and spring onion, whole steamed sea bass, noodles, fried pork (from Sour Sweet)
Thoughts: It should be an interesting weekend. Our boiler is broken and the part is on order. Meanwhile the temperature was 68 on Thursday, but in the 40s today, and dropping to 18 tomorrow night before going back to 60 on Monday. Space heaters and the gas fireplace should be enough but we'll see. Also, no hot water!
Non-book activities: boiler issues, work, invited my son for dinner, midnight Wordle
Total books finished: none
Total read from: 6
Total pages read: 80 plus one chapter of audio
Total time reading: about 2 hours
Books read from: Reveille in Washington, Sour Sweet, The Road to Lichfield, A Tale of Love and Darkness, Redemption Ground, Is, Is Not: Poems
Books finished: none
Pages read: 80 plus one chapter of audio
Time reading: about 2 hours
Dinner: sushi
Snacks in books: roast crackling pork, tea, baked crab with ginger and spring onion, whole steamed sea bass, noodles, fried pork (from Sour Sweet)
Thoughts: It should be an interesting weekend. Our boiler is broken and the part is on order. Meanwhile the temperature was 68 on Thursday, but in the 40s today, and dropping to 18 tomorrow night before going back to 60 on Monday. Space heaters and the gas fireplace should be enough but we'll see. Also, no hot water!
Non-book activities: boiler issues, work, invited my son for dinner, midnight Wordle
Total books finished: none
Total read from: 6
Total pages read: 80 plus one chapter of audio
Total time reading: about 2 hours
25benitastrnad
Saturday noon update
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. I listened to some of Moonglow by Michael Chabon.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Children Return by Martin Walker
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: breakfast was a piece of homemade whole wheat bread and coffee. Haven't eaten lunch yet.
Thoughts: I hope to finish Frangipani Tree Mystery and am surprised at how much I am enjoying this mystery. It isn't exactly a cozy mystery but it isn't filled with blood and gore either. It is also a good introduction to the city of Singapore and it's environs.
Non-Book Activities: I spent most of the morning talking on the phone with my sister and with a retired colleague. It was time consuming but great fun. I will have to call my mother this evening and I had planned to do so this morning, but the other calls went into overtime and upset the schedule for the day. I will be watching more of the Olympics this afternoon and evening and hope to get a recipe of baked ziti made today. I am getting tired of the Spanish style black-eyed peas and ham that I made last week, so it is time to move on to something else. Plus. the ziti will smell good while it is baking.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 200
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 544 hours since April 2020 when I signed up for my first weekend Readathon.
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. I listened to some of Moonglow by Michael Chabon.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Children Return by Martin Walker
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: breakfast was a piece of homemade whole wheat bread and coffee. Haven't eaten lunch yet.
Thoughts: I hope to finish Frangipani Tree Mystery and am surprised at how much I am enjoying this mystery. It isn't exactly a cozy mystery but it isn't filled with blood and gore either. It is also a good introduction to the city of Singapore and it's environs.
Non-Book Activities: I spent most of the morning talking on the phone with my sister and with a retired colleague. It was time consuming but great fun. I will have to call my mother this evening and I had planned to do so this morning, but the other calls went into overtime and upset the schedule for the day. I will be watching more of the Olympics this afternoon and evening and hope to get a recipe of baked ziti made today. I am getting tired of the Spanish style black-eyed peas and ham that I made last week, so it is time to move on to something else. Plus. the ziti will smell good while it is baking.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 200
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 544 hours since April 2020 when I signed up for my first weekend Readathon.
26Tess_W
Friday 2pm-Saturday 2pm
I finished 4 books that I had already begun--made a big push to do so:
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell. This was the story of Virginia Hall, WWII's most decorated spy. A great non-fiction about Virginia, an American, who ended up being the primary operative in Vichy, France, during WWII. 368 pages 5 stars
Klaus Barbie: The Shocking Story of How the U.S. Used This Nazi War Criminal As an Intelligence Agent by Erhard Dabringhaus. The U.S. employed Barbie and helped him escape punishment in France. This book appears to have been little researched and seems to be opinion. Not worth the time 207pages 2 stars
France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944 by Julian Jackson. A superbly written account of France during WWII, especially Vichy. Since reading A Woman of No Importance, I discovered that my studies of France during WWII and U.S. textbooks about Vichy, France, are quite distorted. After reading this I can categorically say that Vichy, France, was by no means a "free zone", and in fact, perhaps more dangerous than Paris. Well worth the 608 pages 5 stars
My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir by Meir Shalev. I read this for Paul's Asian Read. Witty writing, sad story. 3 stars
Total pages read: 200
Today (Saturday) I will begin The Wide Sargasso Sea and What Could be Saved I probably will not finish either one of these before Sunday night as I have 20 pounds of potatoes to can.
I finished 4 books that I had already begun--made a big push to do so:
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell. This was the story of Virginia Hall, WWII's most decorated spy. A great non-fiction about Virginia, an American, who ended up being the primary operative in Vichy, France, during WWII. 368 pages 5 stars
Klaus Barbie: The Shocking Story of How the U.S. Used This Nazi War Criminal As an Intelligence Agent by Erhard Dabringhaus. The U.S. employed Barbie and helped him escape punishment in France. This book appears to have been little researched and seems to be opinion. Not worth the time 207pages 2 stars
France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944 by Julian Jackson. A superbly written account of France during WWII, especially Vichy. Since reading A Woman of No Importance, I discovered that my studies of France during WWII and U.S. textbooks about Vichy, France, are quite distorted. After reading this I can categorically say that Vichy, France, was by no means a "free zone", and in fact, perhaps more dangerous than Paris. Well worth the 608 pages 5 stars
My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner: A Family Memoir by Meir Shalev. I read this for Paul's Asian Read. Witty writing, sad story. 3 stars
Total pages read: 200
Today (Saturday) I will begin The Wide Sargasso Sea and What Could be Saved I probably will not finish either one of these before Sunday night as I have 20 pounds of potatoes to can.
27torontoc
I just started A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson
Food- left over chicken and olives, brown basmati rice and bean salad
Food- left over chicken and olives, brown basmati rice and bean salad
28avatiakh
Sun midday:
I finished Night of the Perigee Moon and listened to some more King Hereafter - 8 hrs left. Concentrating now on Death goes on skis by Nancy Spain.
Food - last night I made burritos and this will be tonight's dinner as well plus some chorizo soup.
Other activities - been doing quite a bit of gardening plus watching tv and some social media..
I finished Night of the Perigee Moon and listened to some more King Hereafter - 8 hrs left. Concentrating now on Death goes on skis by Nancy Spain.
Food - last night I made burritos and this will be tonight's dinner as well plus some chorizo soup.
Other activities - been doing quite a bit of gardening plus watching tv and some social media..
29AnneDC
Saturday about 7:30 pm
Books read from: Sour Sweet, A Tale of Love and Darkness, The Fiery Trial
Books finished: none
Pages read: 51 plus 3 chapters of audio
Time reading: about 3 hours
Lunch: falafel sandwich
Snacks in books: cheese and tomato sandwiches, egg and tomato sandwiches, peeled cucumber, an apple, a piece of sausage (A Tale of Love and Darkness)
Thoughts: I thought I'd make note of what food is appearing in my reading in addition to my own snacks. I tend to pay attention to it anyway and thought it would be fun to track it.
Non-book activities: farmers market, took husband to the airport, made a batch of minestrone, walked the dog.
Total books finished: none
Total read from: 7
Total pages read: 131 plus 4 chapters of audio
Total time reading: about 5 hours
Books read from: Sour Sweet, A Tale of Love and Darkness, The Fiery Trial
Books finished: none
Pages read: 51 plus 3 chapters of audio
Time reading: about 3 hours
Lunch: falafel sandwich
Snacks in books: cheese and tomato sandwiches, egg and tomato sandwiches, peeled cucumber, an apple, a piece of sausage (A Tale of Love and Darkness)
Thoughts: I thought I'd make note of what food is appearing in my reading in addition to my own snacks. I tend to pay attention to it anyway and thought it would be fun to track it.
Non-book activities: farmers market, took husband to the airport, made a batch of minestrone, walked the dog.
Total books finished: none
Total read from: 7
Total pages read: 131 plus 4 chapters of audio
Total time reading: about 5 hours
30susanna.fraser
Saturday early evening:
Books read from: The Vestry Handbook, Exercised
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 5:15 PM
Food: potato chips
Thoughts: This 3-day weekend would be going better without the back pain flareup.
Non-book activities: Altar guild setup, groceries, laundry.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: The Vestry Handbook, Exercised
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 5:15 PM
Food: potato chips
Thoughts: This 3-day weekend would be going better without the back pain flareup.
Non-book activities: Altar guild setup, groceries, laundry.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4 hours
31PaulCranswick
Sunday Morning Update :
Books Read From : The Blue Between Sky and Water, Door into the Dark, The Yellow Wind, Black Tide, The Lover of Horses, If Beale Street Could Talk , Team of Rivals
Books Finished : The Blue Between Sky and Water, Door into the Dark
Time Reading : 8 hours
Food : Mackerel in black pepper sauce with quinoa
Total books finished : 2
Total read from : 7
Total reading time : 8 hours
Books Read From : The Blue Between Sky and Water, Door into the Dark, The Yellow Wind, Black Tide, The Lover of Horses, If Beale Street Could Talk , Team of Rivals
Books Finished : The Blue Between Sky and Water, Door into the Dark
Time Reading : 8 hours
Food : Mackerel in black pepper sauce with quinoa
Total books finished : 2
Total read from : 7
Total reading time : 8 hours
32thornton37814
Saturday night update:
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Books finished: Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: cookies
Thoughts: Too tired
Non-book activities: Petting cats, genealogical society board meeting, cross stitching, cooking supper, Zoom genealogy chat, FamilySearch Relative Finder & RootsTech Relative Connect
Total books finished: 2
Total read from:5
Total time reading: ??
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Books finished: Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: cookies
Thoughts: Too tired
Non-book activities: Petting cats, genealogical society board meeting, cross stitching, cooking supper, Zoom genealogy chat, FamilySearch Relative Finder & RootsTech Relative Connect
Total books finished: 2
Total read from:5
Total time reading: ??
33cbl_tn
Saturday night update:
Books read from: The Adventure of the Red Circle, The Body Farm, The Children Return
Books finished: The Adventure of the Red Circle, The Children Return
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: chicken burrito
Thoughts: Where did the day go?
Non-book activities: grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, Zoom genealogy chat, knitting
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Adventure of the Red Circle, The Body Farm, The Children Return
Books finished: The Adventure of the Red Circle, The Children Return
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: chicken burrito
Thoughts: Where did the day go?
Non-book activities: grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, Zoom genealogy chat, knitting
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
34Tess_W
Saturday Update:
Books read from: Wide Sargasso Sea, What Could Be Saved, Eusebius
Books finished 0
Time Reading 4 hours
Snacks: I don't snack! (have lost 80 pounds in 2 years). But had chicken & noodles w mashed potatoes for dinner and a cucumber salad
Thoughts: I really need to dust & clean the floor in my bedroom and bathroom, naw.....I'll read instead;
Non-book activity: mixed a sourdough starter so that in 3 days I will be making sourdough English muffins,
Books read from: Wide Sargasso Sea, What Could Be Saved, Eusebius
Books finished 0
Time Reading 4 hours
Snacks: I don't snack! (have lost 80 pounds in 2 years). But had chicken & noodles w mashed potatoes for dinner and a cucumber salad
Thoughts: I really need to dust & clean the floor in my bedroom and bathroom, naw.....I'll read instead;
Non-book activity: mixed a sourdough starter so that in 3 days I will be making sourdough English muffins,
35alcottacre
Saturday night/Early Sunday report:
Books read from: Redemption Ground by Lorna Goodison, Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand, Hard Evidence by David Fisher, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Empires of the Plain by Lesley Adkins, Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan, None So Blind by Alis Hawkins, Lincoln and the Abolitionists by Fred Kaplan, and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
Books finished: 2, Empires of the Plain and Last Night at the Lobster
Time reading: ~6 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: Popcorn
Non-book activities: Watching the owls (including one that hatched tonight!) on Robert E. Fuller's YouTube channel
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 11
Total time reading: ~7.5 hours
Books read from: Redemption Ground by Lorna Goodison, Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand, Hard Evidence by David Fisher, Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, Empires of the Plain by Lesley Adkins, Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan, None So Blind by Alis Hawkins, Lincoln and the Abolitionists by Fred Kaplan, and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams by Wayne Johnston
Books finished: 2, Empires of the Plain and Last Night at the Lobster
Time reading: ~6 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: Popcorn
Non-book activities: Watching the owls (including one that hatched tonight!) on Robert E. Fuller's YouTube channel
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 11
Total time reading: ~7.5 hours
36thornton37814
>34 Tess_W: Love your thought.
37benitastrnad
Sunday morning update
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. I started a new book this morning - Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets by Jason Hickel. I listened to some of Moonglow by Michael Chabon.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu and Children Return by Martin Walker
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: breakfast was a piece of homemade whole wheat bread and coffee. Haven't eaten lunch yet.
Thoughts: Frangipani Tree Mystery was a book bullet from Suzanne and it was a good cozy mystery. It was perfect for reading at work during my lunch hour because it didn't really demand much thought and so I could put it down and come back to it, but then I found that I was reading it late into the night for two nights and decided that was happening because I liked the book. I am starting a new book that I need to finish this week. It is for another book discussion at work and I need to have it finished by March 2nd. It does sound interesting so I should be able to get it read with few problems. Moonglow has proved to be an interesting work of fiction. I think it is almost autobiographical fiction, but would have to do some reading to figure out the exact particulars.
Non-Book Activities: I put a batch of bread into the bread machine last night and woke up this morning to a house that smelled like fresh baked bread. Perfect!
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 201
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 545 hours since April 2020 when I signed up for my first weekend Readathon.
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu. I started a new book this morning - Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets by Jason Hickel. I listened to some of Moonglow by Michael Chabon.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu and Children Return by Martin Walker
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: breakfast was a piece of homemade whole wheat bread and coffee. Haven't eaten lunch yet.
Thoughts: Frangipani Tree Mystery was a book bullet from Suzanne and it was a good cozy mystery. It was perfect for reading at work during my lunch hour because it didn't really demand much thought and so I could put it down and come back to it, but then I found that I was reading it late into the night for two nights and decided that was happening because I liked the book. I am starting a new book that I need to finish this week. It is for another book discussion at work and I need to have it finished by March 2nd. It does sound interesting so I should be able to get it read with few problems. Moonglow has proved to be an interesting work of fiction. I think it is almost autobiographical fiction, but would have to do some reading to figure out the exact particulars.
Non-Book Activities: I put a batch of bread into the bread machine last night and woke up this morning to a house that smelled like fresh baked bread. Perfect!
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 201
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 545 hours since April 2020 when I signed up for my first weekend Readathon.
38AnneDC
Saturday night on Sunday morning
Books read from: Sour Sweet, A Tale of Love and Darkness, The Road to Lichfield, Is, Is Not: Poems
Books finished: still none but I'm about to finish Amos Oz audiobook
Pages read: 29 plus 1 chapter of audio
Time reading: about an hour after dinner
Dinner: roasted sweet potatoes with fried egg
Snacks in books: tea, beer, unspecified pub food (The Road to Lichfield)
Thoughts: My house is getting colder. Space heaters help but when the outside temperature drops, you can tell.
Non-book activities: made dinner, quick visit with daughter dropping off my car keys, did dishes, watched Gilded Age, crossword puzzle, Wordle
Total books finished: none
Total read from: 7
Total pages read: 160 plus 5 chapters of audio
Total time reading: about 6 hours
Books read from: Sour Sweet, A Tale of Love and Darkness, The Road to Lichfield, Is, Is Not: Poems
Books finished: still none but I'm about to finish Amos Oz audiobook
Pages read: 29 plus 1 chapter of audio
Time reading: about an hour after dinner
Dinner: roasted sweet potatoes with fried egg
Snacks in books: tea, beer, unspecified pub food (The Road to Lichfield)
Thoughts: My house is getting colder. Space heaters help but when the outside temperature drops, you can tell.
Non-book activities: made dinner, quick visit with daughter dropping off my car keys, did dishes, watched Gilded Age, crossword puzzle, Wordle
Total books finished: none
Total read from: 7
Total pages read: 160 plus 5 chapters of audio
Total time reading: about 6 hours
40cbl_tn
Sunday afternoon update:
Books read from: The Body Farm
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was white bean chili, a brownie & ice cream
Thoughts: It's a beautiful afternoon!
Non-book activities: church, lunch guests, long walk in the warmer and sunny weather
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Body Farm
Books finished:
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: lunch was white bean chili, a brownie & ice cream
Thoughts: It's a beautiful afternoon!
Non-book activities: church, lunch guests, long walk in the warmer and sunny weather
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
41nrmay
Sunday 6p
Book: Mr Mercedes for book club. Creepy. I haven't read Sephen King for a while.
Lunch: Out with family at a seafood place - fancy salad, oysters.
Then my niece offered chocolate fudge, too good to miss.
Now about to embrace happy hour with a little wine.
Other activity: morning nature walk along a creek, afternoon walk on the beach, watching Olympics recap.
59 F. (15 C.) just before sunset.
Book: Mr Mercedes for book club. Creepy. I haven't read Sephen King for a while.
Lunch: Out with family at a seafood place - fancy salad, oysters.
Then my niece offered chocolate fudge, too good to miss.
Now about to embrace happy hour with a little wine.
Other activity: morning nature walk along a creek, afternoon walk on the beach, watching Olympics recap.
59 F. (15 C.) just before sunset.
42Carmenere
Sunday update:
Honestly, I think I read a few pages of The Lincoln Highway Friday Night.
Saturday - I helped my sister-in-law host a baby shower for her daughter-in-law
Sunday - wrapped and stored china and crystal so painters can do their job in my dining room without breaking anything breakable.
Then in order to relax I watched two episodes of Marvelous Mrs Maisel and since I've got Amazon Prime for a month also watched 1/2 of Being the Ricardos
Monday- is a holiday and although I'm volunteering for a few hours at my church, I hope to get back on The Lincoln Highway. I really enjoy getting into a Towles novel and discovering great characters and situations.
Honestly, I think I read a few pages of The Lincoln Highway Friday Night.
Saturday - I helped my sister-in-law host a baby shower for her daughter-in-law
Sunday - wrapped and stored china and crystal so painters can do their job in my dining room without breaking anything breakable.
Then in order to relax I watched two episodes of Marvelous Mrs Maisel and since I've got Amazon Prime for a month also watched 1/2 of Being the Ricardos
Monday- is a holiday and although I'm volunteering for a few hours at my church, I hope to get back on The Lincoln Highway. I really enjoy getting into a Towles novel and discovering great characters and situations.
43benitastrnad
Sunday night update
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. I spent and hour reading Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets by Jason Hickel. I listened to some of Moonglow by Michael Chabon.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu and Children Return by Martin Walker
Time reading: 1 hour today after lunch.
Time posting:
Food: lunch was Indian food from the buffet line that I brought home. The restaurant has increased the price of the buffet by $1.00 due to the inflated costs of the food they need to purchase.
Thoughts: I am sorry the Olympics is over. I enjoyed watching them the last two weeks. They were a great stress reliever after two tough weeks at work.
Non-Book Activities: took a long nap this afternoon.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 201
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 546 hours since April 2020 when I signed up for my first weekend Readathon.
Books Read From: Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission by Barry Friedman. I spent and hour reading Divide: Global Inequality from Conquest to Free Markets by Jason Hickel. I listened to some of Moonglow by Michael Chabon.
Books finished in this week's Readathon: Frangipani Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu and Children Return by Martin Walker
Time reading: 1 hour today after lunch.
Time posting:
Food: lunch was Indian food from the buffet line that I brought home. The restaurant has increased the price of the buffet by $1.00 due to the inflated costs of the food they need to purchase.
Thoughts: I am sorry the Olympics is over. I enjoyed watching them the last two weeks. They were a great stress reliever after two tough weeks at work.
Non-Book Activities: took a long nap this afternoon.
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 201
Total time reading for the Read-A-Thon since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 546 hours since April 2020 when I signed up for my first weekend Readathon.
44thornton37814
Sunday night update:
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Threads of Evidence by Lea Wait
Books finished:
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: a piece of hard candy
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Church/Sunday School; correcting a "big" cross stitch error I had to rip out last night (fixed now); working at the library; petting cats
Total books finished: 2
Total read from:6
Total time reading: ??
I won't begin anything new later this evening nor will I finish anything. I want to go home, pet the cats, and relax a bit by reading another scene or two in Shakespeare and maybe starting another border row on the cross stitch (although I may not).
Books read from: Bible (KJV), God Hears Her by Our Daily Bread Ministries, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, Threads of Evidence by Lea Wait
Books finished:
Time reading: ??
Time posting: ??
Snacks: a piece of hard candy
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Church/Sunday School; correcting a "big" cross stitch error I had to rip out last night (fixed now); working at the library; petting cats
Total books finished: 2
Total read from:6
Total time reading: ??
I won't begin anything new later this evening nor will I finish anything. I want to go home, pet the cats, and relax a bit by reading another scene or two in Shakespeare and maybe starting another border row on the cross stitch (although I may not).
45cbl_tn
Sunday night update:
Books read from: The Body Farm
Books finished: The Body Farm
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: veggies and nuts
Thoughts: Why are weekends so short?
Non-book activities: laundry
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Body Farm
Books finished: The Body Farm
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: veggies and nuts
Thoughts: Why are weekends so short?
Non-book activities: laundry
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: ?
46Tess_W
Sunday: The Final Count
Books Read from: 3 Wide Sargasso Sea, What Could Be Saved, Eusebius
Books finished: 0
Time Reading: 6 hours
time posting-minimal
Snacks: Popcorn on Sunday evening
Thoughts: Random, mostly about friends
Non-book activities: Prepared 3 different dishes (meals) for the week--I won't have to cook until Friday or Saturday (turkey meatloaf, spaghetti with sausages, split pea w/ham soup), walked 2.5 miles, took everything off the refrigerator shelves, took out shelves, washed them, replaced food, got 4 partial bags of dry goods (cornmeal, oatmeal, flax seed, Eikorn flour) off the shelves and put into Mason jars for long-term storage
Total Books finished: 4 A Woman of No Importance, Klaus Barbie, France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944, My Russian Grandmother and her American Vacuum Cleaner
Total Books read from: 7
Total Time Reading: ~14 hours
Books Read from: 3 Wide Sargasso Sea, What Could Be Saved, Eusebius
Books finished: 0
Time Reading: 6 hours
time posting-minimal
Snacks: Popcorn on Sunday evening
Thoughts: Random, mostly about friends
Non-book activities: Prepared 3 different dishes (meals) for the week--I won't have to cook until Friday or Saturday (turkey meatloaf, spaghetti with sausages, split pea w/ham soup), walked 2.5 miles, took everything off the refrigerator shelves, took out shelves, washed them, replaced food, got 4 partial bags of dry goods (cornmeal, oatmeal, flax seed, Eikorn flour) off the shelves and put into Mason jars for long-term storage
Total Books finished: 4 A Woman of No Importance, Klaus Barbie, France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944, My Russian Grandmother and her American Vacuum Cleaner
Total Books read from: 7
Total Time Reading: ~14 hours
47alcottacre
Last update of the weekend for me:
Books read from: Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings, Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, and Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Books finished: 5, everything I read today
Time reading: ~5 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: Watching the owls on Robert E. Fuller's YouTube channel - got a glimpse of the new owlet!
Total books finished: 8
Total read from: 11
Total time reading: ~12.5 hours
Books read from: Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings, Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin, Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan, and Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Books finished: 5, everything I read today
Time reading: ~5 hours
Time posting: 0
Snacks: None
Non-book activities: Watching the owls on Robert E. Fuller's YouTube channel - got a glimpse of the new owlet!
Total books finished: 8
Total read from: 11
Total time reading: ~12.5 hours
48ChrisG1
Sunday night summary:
Books read from: No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield, Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson, Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace
Books finished: No One Will Miss Her, Another Man's Moccasins
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Watched my grandson play in a middle school basketball tournament. Saw the finales of Around the World in 80 Days and All Creatures Great and Small on PBS.
Books read from: No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield, Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson, Oblivion: Stories by David Foster Wallace
Books finished: No One Will Miss Her, Another Man's Moccasins
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Watched my grandson play in a middle school basketball tournament. Saw the finales of Around the World in 80 Days and All Creatures Great and Small on PBS.
50thornton37814
I realized I forgot to add my audio book, Threads of Evidence by Lea Wait to the Sunday night list so I edited it to add it (since I listened to about an hour and a half of it between commutes to and from church and work.
51AnneDC
Sunday reading (on Monday morning)
Books read from: Sour Sweet, A Tale of Love and Darkness, The Road to Lichfield, The Fiery Trial, Is, Is Not: Poems, Redemption Ground, Black Skies
Books finished: A Tale of Love and Darkness
Pages read: 155 plus 22 chapters of audio
Time reading:
Dinner: minestrone and half a sandwich
Thoughts: Internet and Netflix issues make for more reading time.
Non-book activities: yoga, unplanned nap, surprise lunch with son, dog walks, Sunday paper, crossword puzzle
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 8
Total pages read: 315 plus 27 chapters of audio
Total time reading: about 10 hours
I have the day off so will continue to read today.
Books read from: Sour Sweet, A Tale of Love and Darkness, The Road to Lichfield, The Fiery Trial, Is, Is Not: Poems, Redemption Ground, Black Skies
Books finished: A Tale of Love and Darkness
Pages read: 155 plus 22 chapters of audio
Time reading:
Dinner: minestrone and half a sandwich
Thoughts: Internet and Netflix issues make for more reading time.
Non-book activities: yoga, unplanned nap, surprise lunch with son, dog walks, Sunday paper, crossword puzzle
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 8
Total pages read: 315 plus 27 chapters of audio
Total time reading: about 10 hours
I have the day off so will continue to read today.
52susanna.fraser
Monday morning:
Books read from: Exercised, The Vestry Handbook
Books finished: Exercised
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 8:15 AM
Food: mandarin orange
Thoughts: This book on exercise performed the neat trick of not making me feel guilty about being overweight and out of shape but also motivating me to try to move more.
Non-book activities: Laundry, cooking, birdwatching
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8 hours
Books read from: Exercised, The Vestry Handbook
Books finished: Exercised
Time reading: 4 hours
Time posting: 8:15 AM
Food: mandarin orange
Thoughts: This book on exercise performed the neat trick of not making me feel guilty about being overweight and out of shape but also motivating me to try to move more.
Non-book activities: Laundry, cooking, birdwatching
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 8 hours
