Social Distancing Readathon #140 - November 18 - 20
Talk75 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
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
2nrmay
I'm in
Just finished Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi, moments ago.
Starting The Book of Lost Friends, Lisa Wingate
and Marilla of Green Gables, Sarah McCoy
Audio book is Memory Man, David Baldacci
Cold and clear, 39 F. (4 C.), half hour after sunset.
Just finished Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi, moments ago.
Starting The Book of Lost Friends, Lisa Wingate
and Marilla of Green Gables, Sarah McCoy
Audio book is Memory Man, David Baldacci
Cold and clear, 39 F. (4 C.), half hour after sunset.
3susanna.fraser
Count me in!
6benitastrnad
I will be participating this weekend. I plan to stay home and cook so will be able to do some reading while the bread raises.
7PawsforThought
I’m heading home after a work trip so am hoping to get some reading done both in transit and during the weekend.
8thornton37814
I'm not going to have much time this weekend for reading. I'm in a meeting that ends later today, but I'll be with some of the people who traveled in for the meeting this evening. I've got a board meeting tomorrow and then a wedding after that. Then Sunday we have a bonus rehearsal for Christmas choir music. I suspect most of my reading, except devotional reading, will be audio as I'm driving to and from the meeting today and to and from the wedding tomorrow.
9lottpoet
I'm in. This is probably my last weekend on short-term disability so I'll make the most of it reading-wise.
10AnneDC
I'm in. I have the house to myself this weekend so it should be a good opportunity to read.
11benitastrnad
Friday night wind-up for the weekend.
Books read from: I am about to finish Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World by Lawrence Goldstone. Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen, and I am still slowly cruising through the captions and looking carefully at the illustrations in Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill (who died this week at the age of 82) even though I listened to the recorded version of the book. I am listening to Us Against You by Fredrik Backman and should finish it this weekend.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon:
Book Thoughts: I am in the ending stages of a couple of good books. Out of the Flames has proved to be very interesting and enlightening. Us Against You has been very good. I can't get the next in that series because The Winners has just been published in September 2022 and that means that there is a long waiting list for this one. I will have to listen to a different book, but that's not really a problem for me.
Non Book Activities: I have bread to bake and a suitcase to pack for the long Thanksgiving Weekend.
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch today.
Time posting:
Food: chicken strips and left over radicchio, fennel, and citrus salad.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 281
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 758 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020
Books read from: I am about to finish Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World by Lawrence Goldstone. Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen, and I am still slowly cruising through the captions and looking carefully at the illustrations in Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill (who died this week at the age of 82) even though I listened to the recorded version of the book. I am listening to Us Against You by Fredrik Backman and should finish it this weekend.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon:
Book Thoughts: I am in the ending stages of a couple of good books. Out of the Flames has proved to be very interesting and enlightening. Us Against You has been very good. I can't get the next in that series because The Winners has just been published in September 2022 and that means that there is a long waiting list for this one. I will have to listen to a different book, but that's not really a problem for me.
Non Book Activities: I have bread to bake and a suitcase to pack for the long Thanksgiving Weekend.
Time reading: 1 hour at lunch today.
Time posting:
Food: chicken strips and left over radicchio, fennel, and citrus salad.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 281
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 758 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020
13lottpoet
Friday
Books read from: She Came from the Swamp by Darva Green, Dragon of Ash & Stars by H. Leighton Dickson, We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ?
Thoughts: I think the steroid injection might have helped my pinched nerve in my neck. I was annoyed at too many Black Beauty parallels in Dragon of Ash & Stars, but now I'm back around to liking it again.
Non-book activities: phone meeting this morning, started cooking ahead for Thanksgiving, washed dishes, Quordle, Two Dots, will watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine this evening (I'm at the start of season 2)
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: She Came from the Swamp by Darva Green, Dragon of Ash & Stars by H. Leighton Dickson, We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ?
Thoughts: I think the steroid injection might have helped my pinched nerve in my neck. I was annoyed at too many Black Beauty parallels in Dragon of Ash & Stars, but now I'm back around to liking it again.
Non-book activities: phone meeting this morning, started cooking ahead for Thanksgiving, washed dishes, Quordle, Two Dots, will watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine this evening (I'm at the start of season 2)
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
14susanna.fraser
Friday:
Books read from: The Collapsing Empire
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 8:08 PM
Snacks: cookies
Thoughts: I'd forgotten how fun John Scalzi's books are.
Non-book activities: work, laundry, writing
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 2 hours
Books read from: The Collapsing Empire
Books finished: none
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 8:08 PM
Snacks: cookies
Thoughts: I'd forgotten how fun John Scalzi's books are.
Non-book activities: work, laundry, writing
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 2 hours
15Carmenere
Friday update:
Books read from: Little Eve and listening to The Night Tiger
Books finished:
Time reading: 2.5 hours
Time posting: 7:20 am Saturday
Snacks: Lemon muffin
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: watching Cavs on tv
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 2
Books read from: Little Eve and listening to The Night Tiger
Books finished:
Time reading: 2.5 hours
Time posting: 7:20 am Saturday
Snacks: Lemon muffin
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: watching Cavs on tv
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 2
16Carmenere
>14 susanna.fraser: I recently finished my first Scalzi and thoroughly enjoyed it. Fun read.
17nrmay
>14 susanna.fraser:
>16 Carmenere:
I loved Fuzzy Nation by Scalzi :)
Sat morning -
Books:
Mostly reading Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy. A prequel to the Anne books.
I met Sarah McCoy at the library fundraiser event earlier this month.
Dinner last night was Chinese take-out.
Other activity:
Watching 'Annika', the Masterpiece Mystery crime series.
Dealing with the ancient and declining cat who will most likely be leaving us before Thanksgiving.
Sunny and cold, 38 F. (3 C.)
>16 Carmenere:
I loved Fuzzy Nation by Scalzi :)
Sat morning -
Books:
Mostly reading Marilla of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy. A prequel to the Anne books.
I met Sarah McCoy at the library fundraiser event earlier this month.
Dinner last night was Chinese take-out.
Other activity:
Watching 'Annika', the Masterpiece Mystery crime series.
Dealing with the ancient and declining cat who will most likely be leaving us before Thanksgiving.
Sunny and cold, 38 F. (3 C.)
18AnneDC
Friday Reading
Books read from: 4
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Books finished: none
Pages read: 80 and one chapter of audiobook (37 minutes)
Snacks: Dinner at Indian restaurant, lamb curry and onion kulcha
Thoughts: It got extremely cold all of a sudden
Non-book activities: work, walk dog, dinner and theater with my daughter,
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Total pages read: 80 and one chapter of audiobook (37 minutes)
Books read from: 4
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Books finished: none
Pages read: 80 and one chapter of audiobook (37 minutes)
Snacks: Dinner at Indian restaurant, lamb curry and onion kulcha
Thoughts: It got extremely cold all of a sudden
Non-book activities: work, walk dog, dinner and theater with my daughter,
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 4
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Total pages read: 80 and one chapter of audiobook (37 minutes)
19susanna.fraser
Saturday:
Books read from: The Collapsing Empire
Books finished: The Collapsing Empire
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 5:45 PM
Snacks: orange
Thoughts: I'm still not used to it being dark at 5:00 PM.
Non-book activities: Errands, laundry, watched football
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: The Collapsing Empire
Books finished: The Collapsing Empire
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting: 5:45 PM
Snacks: orange
Thoughts: I'm still not used to it being dark at 5:00 PM.
Non-book activities: Errands, laundry, watched football
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 4 hours
20Carmenere
>17 nrmay: Thanks, good to know!
Saturday update:
Books read from: Little Eve and listening to The Night Tiger, Castles of Europe
Books finished: Castles of Europe
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 9 pm Saturday
Snacks: Tomato Soup and crackers
Thoughts: I love how Castles of Europe took me into the past of castles, fortresses, knights and troubadours. So cool.
Non-book activities: watching OSU football and Columbus Blue Jackets on tv
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 5.5 hours, approximately
Saturday update:
Books read from: Little Eve and listening to The Night Tiger, Castles of Europe
Books finished: Castles of Europe
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 9 pm Saturday
Snacks: Tomato Soup and crackers
Thoughts: I love how Castles of Europe took me into the past of castles, fortresses, knights and troubadours. So cool.
Non-book activities: watching OSU football and Columbus Blue Jackets on tv
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 5.5 hours, approximately
21benitastrnad
Saturday night update
Books read from: I didn't quite finish Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World by Lawrence Goldstone. Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen, and I am still slowly cruising through the captions and looking carefully at the illustrations in Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill (who died this week at the age of 82) even though I listened to the recorded version of the book. I am listening to Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh and I finished Us Against You by Fredrik Backman.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Us Against You by Fredrick Backman
Book Thoughts: I started listening to Thousand Beginnings and Endings while headed up to Gadsden for knitting class and I have to say that this book is a prime example of paratext in action. I am listening to it, and that is a different format than the print. It is a book of short stories based in Asian fairytales and folktales. At the end of each short story there is a note about where each tale came from, and why the author took that particular view, update, or twist on that tale. I didn't realize this. When I heard the end of the story the recorded version has no (or very little) break between the story and the addendum. As I was listening to the end of the first story, I thought it was a terrible way to end a story. It wasn't until I listened to the third story that I figured out what was going on. As soon as I got into the house I checked the print copy of the book and sure enough, the printed page on which the story ended had a clear demarcation between the story and the added author's notes. This readily apparent information was not as easily translated to the recorded version as in the print version. However, now that I know what is going on, I am sure that it will not bother me.
Non Book Activities: I went to do my sock knitting today and I turned the heel so I should be home free with the pair of socks. I only have to knit the shank of the second sock, rip out and reknit the shank of the first sock, and I will have a new pair of socks to wear. I am excited about that.
Time reading: 3 hours while driving today.
Time posting:
Food: chicken strips and left over radicchio, fennel, and citrus salad. I also had three cups of an excellent Assam tea. It was velvety smooth and just an excellent sipping tea with just a touch of cream in it. For a cold day it was perfect.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 282
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 761 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020
Books read from: I didn't quite finish Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World by Lawrence Goldstone. Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen, and I am still slowly cruising through the captions and looking carefully at the illustrations in Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill (who died this week at the age of 82) even though I listened to the recorded version of the book. I am listening to Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh and I finished Us Against You by Fredrik Backman.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Us Against You by Fredrick Backman
Book Thoughts: I started listening to Thousand Beginnings and Endings while headed up to Gadsden for knitting class and I have to say that this book is a prime example of paratext in action. I am listening to it, and that is a different format than the print. It is a book of short stories based in Asian fairytales and folktales. At the end of each short story there is a note about where each tale came from, and why the author took that particular view, update, or twist on that tale. I didn't realize this. When I heard the end of the story the recorded version has no (or very little) break between the story and the addendum. As I was listening to the end of the first story, I thought it was a terrible way to end a story. It wasn't until I listened to the third story that I figured out what was going on. As soon as I got into the house I checked the print copy of the book and sure enough, the printed page on which the story ended had a clear demarcation between the story and the added author's notes. This readily apparent information was not as easily translated to the recorded version as in the print version. However, now that I know what is going on, I am sure that it will not bother me.
Non Book Activities: I went to do my sock knitting today and I turned the heel so I should be home free with the pair of socks. I only have to knit the shank of the second sock, rip out and reknit the shank of the first sock, and I will have a new pair of socks to wear. I am excited about that.
Time reading: 3 hours while driving today.
Time posting:
Food: chicken strips and left over radicchio, fennel, and citrus salad. I also had three cups of an excellent Assam tea. It was velvety smooth and just an excellent sipping tea with just a touch of cream in it. For a cold day it was perfect.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 282
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 761 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020
22AnneDC
Saturday Reading
Books read from: 6
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Beet Queen
The Republic of Wine
Books finished: 2
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Professor and the Madman
Pages read: 198 plus 4 chapters of audiobook (2 hours)
Snacks: Dinner out with friend, oysters and lamb shank
Thoughts: I read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane for a specific challenge (Edward) and because of Ann Patchett's essay on reading Kate DiCamillo, and it was a treat. And also made me cry.
Non-book activities: work, walk dog, yoga, farmers' market, dinner out
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 6
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Beet Queen
The Republic of Wine
Total pages read: 278 and 5 chapters of audiobook (2 hours 40 minutes)
Books read from: 6
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Beet Queen
The Republic of Wine
Books finished: 2
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Professor and the Madman
Pages read: 198 plus 4 chapters of audiobook (2 hours)
Snacks: Dinner out with friend, oysters and lamb shank
Thoughts: I read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane for a specific challenge (Edward) and because of Ann Patchett's essay on reading Kate DiCamillo, and it was a treat. And also made me cry.
Non-book activities: work, walk dog, yoga, farmers' market, dinner out
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 6
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Beet Queen
The Republic of Wine
Total pages read: 278 and 5 chapters of audiobook (2 hours 40 minutes)
23nrmay
Sunday morning
Book: half-way through Marilla of Green Gables. Reading the Sunday papers at the moment.
Sat night dinner: leftover Chinese
Other activity:
My husband took the poor old cat to the vet for the last time when she took a turn for the worse yesterday. Knew it was coming but I was wrecked over it anyway.
As a distraction we stopped at the neighborhood Mistletoe Market. I got a few Christmas decorations and cards.
Went for a walk. Watched crime drama 'Annika'
Partly sunny, 41 F. (5 C.)
Book: half-way through Marilla of Green Gables. Reading the Sunday papers at the moment.
Sat night dinner: leftover Chinese
Other activity:
My husband took the poor old cat to the vet for the last time when she took a turn for the worse yesterday. Knew it was coming but I was wrecked over it anyway.
As a distraction we stopped at the neighborhood Mistletoe Market. I got a few Christmas decorations and cards.
Went for a walk. Watched crime drama 'Annika'
Partly sunny, 41 F. (5 C.)
24lottpoet
Saturday
Books read from: Dragon of Ash & Stars by H. Leighton Dickson
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ?
Thoughts: Still swinging between being annoyed with Dragon of Ash & Stars and liking it. I'm in less pain after my steroid injection: I've been referring to the remaining pain as being like a memory of pain. What does that mean, I wonder? When I say memory, I guess I do mean that the intensity is less, but, I also mean that there is a distance to what remains. That distance might be the difference between enduring and, I don't know, just being? As if I was doing the equivalent of micromanaging it, and now I'm just doing my thing and it's just doing its thing.
Non-book activities: long soak in the tub, made brownies with fresh mint, washed dishes, Quordle, Two Dots, Free Cell, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (the season 2 Halloween episode was pretty good, almost as good as the one from season 1 with the Captain's birthday)
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: Dragon of Ash & Stars by H. Leighton Dickson
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ?
Thoughts: Still swinging between being annoyed with Dragon of Ash & Stars and liking it. I'm in less pain after my steroid injection: I've been referring to the remaining pain as being like a memory of pain. What does that mean, I wonder? When I say memory, I guess I do mean that the intensity is less, but, I also mean that there is a distance to what remains. That distance might be the difference between enduring and, I don't know, just being? As if I was doing the equivalent of micromanaging it, and now I'm just doing my thing and it's just doing its thing.
Non-book activities: long soak in the tub, made brownies with fresh mint, washed dishes, Quordle, Two Dots, Free Cell, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (the season 2 Halloween episode was pretty good, almost as good as the one from season 1 with the Captain's birthday)
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
25benitastrnad
Sunday night update
Books read from: I finished Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World the husband and wife team of Lawrence Goldstone and Nancy Goldstone. I also finished the novella, Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo. I started reading the second book Name of All Things in a fantasy series. I also read a couple of pages in Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen, and I am still slowly cruising through the captions and looking carefully at the illustrations in Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill (who died this week at the age of 82) even though I listened to the recorded version of the book. I am listening to Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Us Against You by Fredrick Backman. Out of the Flames by Lawrence Goldstone. Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo.
Book Thoughts: I really liked Out of the Flames. It is full of Reformation history about which I knew nothing. It turns out that John Calvin might not be one of the great heroes of the Protestant movement after all. I didn't know that he was French or that his real name was Jean Chauvin. I knew about some of the "reforms' He made while dictator of Geneva, but what I learned about his willingness to censor and suppress all opposition was a surprise. Also a surprise, was how readable this book was. It does get off on a few digressions, but by and large this was a good read for the LT Nonfiction Challenge for November.
Non Book Activities: I did a little cleaning today. Baked two batches of dinner rolls for holiday giving. Baked a small batch of oatmeal raisin cookies to take on my Thanksgiving trip. I also did a bit of cleaning and packed my suitcase for the trip. I also did a little knitting while watching the last episode of Magpie Murders and Miss Scarlet and the Duke. It was a busy but productive day.
Time reading: 2 hours while driving today.
Time posting:
Food: Indian food for lunch and a left over piece of chocolate pie and coffee for supper.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 284
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 763 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020
Books read from: I finished Out of the Flames: The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of the Rarest Books in the World the husband and wife team of Lawrence Goldstone and Nancy Goldstone. I also finished the novella, Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo. I started reading the second book Name of All Things in a fantasy series. I also read a couple of pages in Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century by William Rosen, and I am still slowly cruising through the captions and looking carefully at the illustrations in Mysteries of the Middle Ages by Thomas Cahill (who died this week at the age of 82) even though I listened to the recorded version of the book. I am listening to Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Us Against You by Fredrick Backman. Out of the Flames by Lawrence Goldstone. Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo.
Book Thoughts: I really liked Out of the Flames. It is full of Reformation history about which I knew nothing. It turns out that John Calvin might not be one of the great heroes of the Protestant movement after all. I didn't know that he was French or that his real name was Jean Chauvin. I knew about some of the "reforms' He made while dictator of Geneva, but what I learned about his willingness to censor and suppress all opposition was a surprise. Also a surprise, was how readable this book was. It does get off on a few digressions, but by and large this was a good read for the LT Nonfiction Challenge for November.
Non Book Activities: I did a little cleaning today. Baked two batches of dinner rolls for holiday giving. Baked a small batch of oatmeal raisin cookies to take on my Thanksgiving trip. I also did a bit of cleaning and packed my suitcase for the trip. I also did a little knitting while watching the last episode of Magpie Murders and Miss Scarlet and the Duke. It was a busy but productive day.
Time reading: 2 hours while driving today.
Time posting:
Food: Indian food for lunch and a left over piece of chocolate pie and coffee for supper.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 284
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 763 hours since I started participating in the Read-A-Thon that started in April 2020
26torontoc
I am in the middle of Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen. It is well written but quirky!
dinner last night- great chicken leftovers!
dinner last night- great chicken leftovers!
27AnneDC
Sunday reading (a bit late)
Books read from: 3
Search Sweet Country
Shrines of Gaiety
The Buried Giant
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 185
Snacks: barbeque sandwich and smoked cauliflower was late lunch and also supper
Thoughts: Why is it so cold?
Non-book activities: Wordle, Spelling Bee, work, walk dog, yoga, Great British Baking Show final
Total books finished: 2
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Professor and the Madman
Total read from: 8
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Beet Queen
The Republic of Wine
Shrines of Gaiety
The Buried Giant
Total pages read: 463 and 5 chapters of audiobook (2 hours 40 minutes)
Books read from: 3
Search Sweet Country
Shrines of Gaiety
The Buried Giant
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 185
Snacks: barbeque sandwich and smoked cauliflower was late lunch and also supper
Thoughts: Why is it so cold?
Non-book activities: Wordle, Spelling Bee, work, walk dog, yoga, Great British Baking Show final
Total books finished: 2
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Professor and the Madman
Total read from: 8
Search Sweet Country
The Professor and the Madman
Gentleman Boss: The Life of Chester Alan Arthur
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Beet Queen
The Republic of Wine
Shrines of Gaiety
The Buried Giant
Total pages read: 463 and 5 chapters of audiobook (2 hours 40 minutes)
28lottpoet
Sunday
Books read from: Dragon of Ash & Stars by H. Leighton Dickson, We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ?
Thoughts: Still swinging between being annoyed with Dragon of Ash & Stars and liking it. About half-way through We Are Not Like Them and I wonder if having a white cop shoot an unarmed black teen is mucking with an interesting story. Wish I had read this in time for book club because I can already tell, at least so far, my take is a bit different from the two others who finished it.
Non-book activities: saw Wakanda Forever, washed dishes, Quordle, Two Dots, Free Cell, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, evening phone meeting
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
Books read from: Dragon of Ash & Stars by H. Leighton Dickson, We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ?
Thoughts: Still swinging between being annoyed with Dragon of Ash & Stars and liking it. About half-way through We Are Not Like Them and I wonder if having a white cop shoot an unarmed black teen is mucking with an interesting story. Wish I had read this in time for book club because I can already tell, at least so far, my take is a bit different from the two others who finished it.
Non-book activities: saw Wakanda Forever, washed dishes, Quordle, Two Dots, Free Cell, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, evening phone meeting
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ?
29SilverWolf28
Here's the Thanksgiving readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/346030
