Social Distancing Readathon #210 - March 22 - 24
Charlas75 Books Challenge for 2024
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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
4benitastrnad
Friday startup
Books read from: Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos. Walking the Trail: One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Jerry Ellis. Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman. I finished listening to Gone Again by James Grippando and started listening to Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce.
Books finished: Gone Again by James Grippando
Book Thoughts: I read Gone Again for a real life book discussion group and really enjoyed it. It is the 13th book in this legal thriller series and I enjoyed it very much. I will have to read more of this series. I started listening to Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and am really liking this novel. I listened to both of these while packing and unpacking dishes here in Kansas. I didn't have a TV this week and so listened to recorded books while I knitted. I really enjoyed doing this and plan to make it part of my regular routine. It was just as entertaining as watching TV would have been.
Non-Book activities: I finished the the dishes and set up the bed and so the house is ready for people if they want to stay here. I sent out the last of the funeral thank you cards. I am going to head back to Alabama tomorrow and will be able to stay there for two entire months. I do have a short trip planned to New Orleans and will do that in April, but will only be gone three days. That will be lots of time for listening to more books!
Time reading: 1 hour reading - 4 hours of listening
Time posting:
Food: bagel and coffee for breakfast
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 404
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1119 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos. Walking the Trail: One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Jerry Ellis. Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman. I finished listening to Gone Again by James Grippando and started listening to Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce.
Books finished: Gone Again by James Grippando
Book Thoughts: I read Gone Again for a real life book discussion group and really enjoyed it. It is the 13th book in this legal thriller series and I enjoyed it very much. I will have to read more of this series. I started listening to Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and am really liking this novel. I listened to both of these while packing and unpacking dishes here in Kansas. I didn't have a TV this week and so listened to recorded books while I knitted. I really enjoyed doing this and plan to make it part of my regular routine. It was just as entertaining as watching TV would have been.
Non-Book activities: I finished the the dishes and set up the bed and so the house is ready for people if they want to stay here. I sent out the last of the funeral thank you cards. I am going to head back to Alabama tomorrow and will be able to stay there for two entire months. I do have a short trip planned to New Orleans and will do that in April, but will only be gone three days. That will be lots of time for listening to more books!
Time reading: 1 hour reading - 4 hours of listening
Time posting:
Food: bagel and coffee for breakfast
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 404
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1119 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
5nrmay
I’ll be reading this weekend.
Taking my little ones out Sat. morning for donuts & a trip to the bookstore - part of their birthday present.
Dinner & theater tomorrow evening.
But Sunday is all mine and l’ll be reading on the porch and watching the birds.
Just finished Pretend You Don’t See Her, Mary Higgins Clark.
Next up - maybe suspense by Ruth Rendell or Sandra Brown.
Dinner guests left about 10p. My husband baked stuffed salmon on the Weber grill. Another husband brought canapés and the third husband had made a fabulous hummingbird cake - 3 layers. I’m told it’s a traditional southern recipe. I love men that cook.
Taking my little ones out Sat. morning for donuts & a trip to the bookstore - part of their birthday present.
Dinner & theater tomorrow evening.
But Sunday is all mine and l’ll be reading on the porch and watching the birds.
Just finished Pretend You Don’t See Her, Mary Higgins Clark.
Next up - maybe suspense by Ruth Rendell or Sandra Brown.
Dinner guests left about 10p. My husband baked stuffed salmon on the Weber grill. Another husband brought canapés and the third husband had made a fabulous hummingbird cake - 3 layers. I’m told it’s a traditional southern recipe. I love men that cook.
6fuzzi
Still reading Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb, enjoying it so far.
7PocheFamily
I'm in. Didn't expect to be, but a trip home has been postponed. Gives me an unexpected 4 days during which I hope to clear my to-do list a bit as well as read. Add to that a dreary day with lots of rain forecast: the dog and I will be alternating between bone-chilling damp walks and curling up to snooze/read! Can't you just smell it? Damp wool and damp dog ... yes, we'll keep to ourselves!
I have several short books I hope to make progress with - just finished Small Things Like These this morning. Perhaps my spring cleaning will just involve clearing off some of my piles of reading. There will be lots of warm beverages no matter what gets accomplished!
I have several short books I hope to make progress with - just finished Small Things Like These this morning. Perhaps my spring cleaning will just involve clearing off some of my piles of reading. There will be lots of warm beverages no matter what gets accomplished!
8klobrien2
Saturday morning update:
Books read from: At First Spite, Organizing for the Rest of Us, Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine
Books finished: 3 (see above)
Time reading: 4 hours
Food: Good leftovers (walleye, cole slaw, a few fries)
Thoughts: Enjoyed all my books— love finishing things up!
Non-book activities: Read a few lectures from my current Great Course, Post-Impressionism: The Beginnings of Modern Art
Weekend totals:
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: At First Spite, Organizing for the Rest of Us, Corn Dance: Inspired First American Cuisine
Books finished: 3 (see above)
Time reading: 4 hours
Food: Good leftovers (walleye, cole slaw, a few fries)
Thoughts: Enjoyed all my books— love finishing things up!
Non-book activities: Read a few lectures from my current Great Course, Post-Impressionism: The Beginnings of Modern Art
Weekend totals:
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 4 hours
9Carmenere
I'm in but birthday festivities didn't allow me to post last night.
Friday update:
Half way through Western Lane and very much enjoying it.
I read about 2 hours
Dinner out with family: Pizza and beer
Friday update:
Half way through Western Lane and very much enjoying it.
I read about 2 hours
Dinner out with family: Pizza and beer
10cbl_tn
I'm in. I just haven't been posting. I was too distracted by yesterday's breaking news to read. Like a lot of the rest of the world, I was shocked and saddened yesterday afternoon to learn of Catherine, Princess of Wales's cancer diagnosis. I've been through cancer with both parents and two grandparents, and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Today has been a better reading day. I have been reading The Da Vinci Code off an on all day. I'd like to finish it this evening so I can move on to the book I need to finish for a book club meeting tomorrow night. I liked about the first third of the book when it seemed more like a typical thriller, but then it started veering hard toward melodrama.
I've managed to do a few loads of laundry today, and I made applesauce in the Crockpot. I was going to make chicken and rice soup for supper but I changed my mind and picked up a burger and fries on my way back from taking the trash to the dump. I will make the soup tomorrow.
Today has been a better reading day. I have been reading The Da Vinci Code off an on all day. I'd like to finish it this evening so I can move on to the book I need to finish for a book club meeting tomorrow night. I liked about the first third of the book when it seemed more like a typical thriller, but then it started veering hard toward melodrama.
I've managed to do a few loads of laundry today, and I made applesauce in the Crockpot. I was going to make chicken and rice soup for supper but I changed my mind and picked up a burger and fries on my way back from taking the trash to the dump. I will make the soup tomorrow.
11klobrien2
Sunday morning update:
Books read from: The Red House Mystery by A A Milne; Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin; four illustrated books (Geraldine by Elizabeth Lilly, Cat Talk, The Sick Day, Your Moon, My Moon by Patricia MacLachlan.
Books finished: 4 (the illustrated books, above)
Time reading: 3 hours
Food: Taco Bell!
Thoughts: My “library delivery day” is such a treat to me—illustrated books and magazines!
Non-book activities: Watched some TV, read some magazines
Weekend totals:
Total books finished: 7
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from: The Red House Mystery by A A Milne; Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martin; four illustrated books (Geraldine by Elizabeth Lilly, Cat Talk, The Sick Day, Your Moon, My Moon by Patricia MacLachlan.
Books finished: 4 (the illustrated books, above)
Time reading: 3 hours
Food: Taco Bell!
Thoughts: My “library delivery day” is such a treat to me—illustrated books and magazines!
Non-book activities: Watched some TV, read some magazines
Weekend totals:
Total books finished: 7
Total read from: 9
Total time reading: 7 hours
12Carmenere
Saturday evening/Sunday morning update:
Books read from: Western Lane The wren The wren
Bad Blood
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 5 hours
Food: Hungarian restaurant Saturday
Thoughts: What a beautiful sunny day but looks can lie. It's only 35f
Non-book activities: Watched an episode of The Crown (the one where William meets Kate)
books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from: Western Lane The wren The wren
Bad Blood
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 5 hours
Food: Hungarian restaurant Saturday
Thoughts: What a beautiful sunny day but looks can lie. It's only 35f
Non-book activities: Watched an episode of The Crown (the one where William meets Kate)
books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 7 hours
13nrmay
Sunday afternoon
Books:
The Witness, Sandra Brown
One More Mountain, Deborah Ellis
Dinner Sat. night at neighborhood bar & grill was pizza.
After-theatre snack - hummingbird cake
Sun. Breakfast - oatmeal & toast.
Book/reading activity:
Sunday newspapers
Shift in the neighborhood library.
Other: postcrossing, puzzles, phone games.
Sunny & cool - 59F/15C.
May get down to 33F tonight.
Wonder if l need to set my geraniums & fern inside . .
Books:
The Witness, Sandra Brown
One More Mountain, Deborah Ellis
Dinner Sat. night at neighborhood bar & grill was pizza.
After-theatre snack - hummingbird cake
Sun. Breakfast - oatmeal & toast.
Book/reading activity:
Sunday newspapers
Shift in the neighborhood library.
Other: postcrossing, puzzles, phone games.
Sunny & cool - 59F/15C.
May get down to 33F tonight.
Wonder if l need to set my geraniums & fern inside . .
14cbl_tn
Sunday night update:
Books read from: The Da Vinci Code, The Salt Path, Skirts, Deep Sea
Books finished: The Da Vinci Code, Skirts
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: hot chocolate
Thoughts: I finished two books, so it's been a successful readathon!
Non-book activities: church, cooking soup, laundry, Zoom book club, watched a couple of episodes of Madame Blanc Mysteries, an episode of Death in Paradise, and an episode of Father Brown
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: The Da Vinci Code, The Salt Path, Skirts, Deep Sea
Books finished: The Da Vinci Code, Skirts
Time reading: ?
Time posting: ?
Snacks: hot chocolate
Thoughts: I finished two books, so it's been a successful readathon!
Non-book activities: church, cooking soup, laundry, Zoom book club, watched a couple of episodes of Madame Blanc Mysteries, an episode of Death in Paradise, and an episode of Father Brown
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: ?
15fuzzi
This evening I finished reading Genesis (KJB) and snuck in a library book read before I head to bed, The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
And I'm still reading Dragon Keeper.
And I'm still reading Dragon Keeper.
16PocheFamily
Books read from: Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan (Libby); Conquerors: How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire, Richard Crowley (Audible); The Piano Shop, Thad Carhart (hardbound); Thunder Below, Fluckey (Audible); The Kaiju Preservation Society, John Scalzi (hardbound).
Time reading:
Fri: 1.25h
Sat: 3.5h
Sun: 3.5h
Snacks: I found a new K-cup tea I like, it has honey built-in -- I know, but I'm lazy, it's not as good as properly prepared, but I want something hot like NOW when I come in from walking the dog. No excuse for bad behavior, but there it is!
Thoughts: A schizo reading mood this weekend: very calm and contemplative or full of exciting action. Sort of like the terrific windstorm we experienced vs. the cozy indoors, or the day it rained buckets vs. the cloudless skies the rest of the weekend.
Non-book activities: Worked on entering my ~40y bookgroup's books into LT (I've only been a member for the past 23y) ... more books for the TBR pile!
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 8.25h
Time reading:
Fri: 1.25h
Sat: 3.5h
Sun: 3.5h
Snacks: I found a new K-cup tea I like, it has honey built-in -- I know, but I'm lazy, it's not as good as properly prepared, but I want something hot like NOW when I come in from walking the dog. No excuse for bad behavior, but there it is!
Thoughts: A schizo reading mood this weekend: very calm and contemplative or full of exciting action. Sort of like the terrific windstorm we experienced vs. the cozy indoors, or the day it rained buckets vs. the cloudless skies the rest of the weekend.
Non-book activities: Worked on entering my ~40y bookgroup's books into LT (I've only been a member for the past 23y) ... more books for the TBR pile!
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 8.25h
17klobrien2
Monday morning update:
Books read from: Answered Prayers by Truman Capote, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Books finished:
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: pea pods and dill dip
Thoughts: Glad to have gotten the Capote book from the library. Exciting to be reading it so soon after watching “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” on TV.
Non-book activities: Watched half of The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!. Love this movie!
Weekend totals:
Total books finished: 7
Total read from: 11
Total time reading: 9 hours
Books read from: Answered Prayers by Truman Capote, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Books finished:
Time reading: 2 hours
Food: pea pods and dill dip
Thoughts: Glad to have gotten the Capote book from the library. Exciting to be reading it so soon after watching “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans” on TV.
Non-book activities: Watched half of The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!. Love this movie!
Weekend totals:
Total books finished: 7
Total read from: 11
Total time reading: 9 hours
18benitastrnad
Monday wrap-up
Books read from: Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos. Walking the Trail: One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Jerry Ellis. Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman. I finished listenening to Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and started listening to Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.
Books finished: Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and Gone Again by James Grippando
Book Thoughts: I am traveling back to Alabama this weekend so that means that I will be listening to most of my books for the weekend. I am reading mostly in Walking the Trail because it is an easy book to carry around. I am liking this book because in general I like travel books and books about pilgrimages really catch me easily. I don't consider myself a prude, but this author seems to be stuck on sex, (as are most men), and I don't care to hear about his inner sexual longings. Aside from that, this is a good book about a pilgrimage. I started listening to Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. This one had good reviews and lots of buzz here on LT but I am wondering what all the fuss was about. It seems rather ordinary to me. I really enjoyed Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and don't remember all that many people talking about this novel. Perhaps I liked it because it was warm and cozy and suited my mood.
Non-Book activities: I am sitting in a Starbucks trying to use their WiFi and it isn't cooperating so I had to go back to my hot spot. Aggravating. The weekend turned cold and windy back in Kansas and it was a bad day to start back to Alabama, but I have to get back and start on the moving process. I stayed with a high school classmate the first night of my journey and had a great time. We are starting to plan our 50th Class reunion. This should be fun. He has an interesting house. He is an artist and does some very interesting work. I spent Sunday night in Kentucky at the home of friends and read a whole chapter in the Trail of Tears book. I drove along the Pennyrile Parkway today and that roughly follows the route of the Trail of Tears, so the book has proved to be very relevant to the route I am taking back to Alabama.
Time reading today: 1 hour reading - so far 4 hours of listening
Time reading this weekend - 13 hours so far
Time posting:
Food: biscuits and gravy and coffee at Marsha's place.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 405
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1132 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: Sing Them Home by Stephanie Kallos. Walking the Trail: One Man's Journey Along the Cherokee Trail of Tears by Jerry Ellis. Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization by Thomas L. Friedman. I finished listenening to Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and started listening to Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.
Books finished: Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce and Gone Again by James Grippando
Book Thoughts: I am traveling back to Alabama this weekend so that means that I will be listening to most of my books for the weekend. I am reading mostly in Walking the Trail because it is an easy book to carry around. I am liking this book because in general I like travel books and books about pilgrimages really catch me easily. I don't consider myself a prude, but this author seems to be stuck on sex, (as are most men), and I don't care to hear about his inner sexual longings. Aside from that, this is a good book about a pilgrimage. I started listening to Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. This one had good reviews and lots of buzz here on LT but I am wondering what all the fuss was about. It seems rather ordinary to me. I really enjoyed Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and don't remember all that many people talking about this novel. Perhaps I liked it because it was warm and cozy and suited my mood.
Non-Book activities: I am sitting in a Starbucks trying to use their WiFi and it isn't cooperating so I had to go back to my hot spot. Aggravating. The weekend turned cold and windy back in Kansas and it was a bad day to start back to Alabama, but I have to get back and start on the moving process. I stayed with a high school classmate the first night of my journey and had a great time. We are starting to plan our 50th Class reunion. This should be fun. He has an interesting house. He is an artist and does some very interesting work. I spent Sunday night in Kentucky at the home of friends and read a whole chapter in the Trail of Tears book. I drove along the Pennyrile Parkway today and that roughly follows the route of the Trail of Tears, so the book has proved to be very relevant to the route I am taking back to Alabama.
Time reading today: 1 hour reading - so far 4 hours of listening
Time reading this weekend - 13 hours so far
Time posting:
Food: biscuits and gravy and coffee at Marsha's place.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 405
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1132 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
19ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: Margaret of Anjou by Conn Iggulden, Bloodline by Conn Iggulden (wow - a crazy number of books have used that title)
Books finished: Margaret of Anjou
Pages read: 300-ish
Non-reading acitivities: Watched some NCAA basketball playoffs & went to church, but mostly worked (CPA in tax season...)
Books read from: Margaret of Anjou by Conn Iggulden, Bloodline by Conn Iggulden (wow - a crazy number of books have used that title)
Books finished: Margaret of Anjou
Pages read: 300-ish
Non-reading acitivities: Watched some NCAA basketball playoffs & went to church, but mostly worked (CPA in tax season...)
20fuzzi
Books completed:
Genesis (KJB)
The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
Kitty is relocated and forgotten, so she sets out for home across France.
The story is good, but the illustrations are wonderful, reminding me of the Expressionist period of art. Very nice.
And I am almost done with Dragon Keeper.
Genesis (KJB)
The Cat Who Walked Across France by Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben
Kitty is relocated and forgotten, so she sets out for home across France.
The story is good, but the illustrations are wonderful, reminding me of the Expressionist period of art. Very nice.
And I am almost done with Dragon Keeper.
