Social Distancing Readathon #218 - May 17 - 19
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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
2alcottacre
I am in, Silver. I am still trying to get as many books in as I can before I go and visit my mother next Friday and am out-of-pocket for a week.
3ChrisG1
I'm in - just finished Lonesome Dove this morning & trying to decide what to tackle next.
4nrmay
I'm in.
Just finished a fantasy, Tress of the Emerald Sea.
Another fantasy in the wings, Weyward by Emilia Hart.
Just finished a fantasy, Tress of the Emerald Sea.
Another fantasy in the wings, Weyward by Emilia Hart.
6fuzzi
I'm back!
My outside chores will be limited by rain, so maybe I can finish my book, The Last Plantagenets.
My outside chores will be limited by rain, so maybe I can finish my book, The Last Plantagenets.
7benitastrnad
I am back for this weekend.
8benitastrnad
Friday Night Startup
Books read from: Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua. I finished Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I have a good start on Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee
Book Thoughts: I loved Rose for Winter! Lee is an excellent writer who has the ability to write word pictures so that you can see them. I am trying to finish World on Fire so that I can start the last of the Lee memoirs Moment of War but World on Fire is slow going.
Non-Book activities: I packed my car and now I have the suitcase left to pack. I am going to fill a big suitcase and leave most of the clothes there.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt for breakfast and had a hamburger for lunch. tonight I will be eating Thai food.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 4w0
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1192 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua. I finished Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I have a good start on Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee
Book Thoughts: I loved Rose for Winter! Lee is an excellent writer who has the ability to write word pictures so that you can see them. I am trying to finish World on Fire so that I can start the last of the Lee memoirs Moment of War but World on Fire is slow going.
Non-Book activities: I packed my car and now I have the suitcase left to pack. I am going to fill a big suitcase and leave most of the clothes there.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend: 1 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt for breakfast and had a hamburger for lunch. tonight I will be eating Thai food.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 4w0
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1192 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
9nrmay
Fri evening
Book: Weyward, Emilia Hart.
Trying to get back to my short story a day. Got behind when l was away for a couple weeks.
Food:
For brunch - strawberries, granola, HB egg, and a mini croissant.
Snack: V8 juice, dried prunes.
Dinner: l made the garden salad; my husband fixed pot roast with vegetables
Oh, and half of an eclair. 🙄
Book: Weyward, Emilia Hart.
Trying to get back to my short story a day. Got behind when l was away for a couple weeks.
Food:
For brunch - strawberries, granola, HB egg, and a mini croissant.
Snack: V8 juice, dried prunes.
Dinner: l made the garden salad; my husband fixed pot roast with vegetables
Oh, and half of an eclair. 🙄
10Carmenere
Friday night update:
Books read from: 2 Atomic Habits & Assistant to the Villain
Books finished: 100 pages remain in Assistant to the Villain. I still may finish it tonight
Time reading:4 hours
Time posting: 10:25pm
Snacks: popcorn with olive oil green tea
Thoughts: The weather looks like I’ll be weeding rather than reading tomorrow, for at least 1/2 the day
Non-book activities: cooked dinner waffles with peach slices
Total books finished:
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: 2 Atomic Habits & Assistant to the Villain
Books finished: 100 pages remain in Assistant to the Villain. I still may finish it tonight
Time reading:4 hours
Time posting: 10:25pm
Snacks: popcorn with olive oil green tea
Thoughts: The weather looks like I’ll be weeding rather than reading tomorrow, for at least 1/2 the day
Non-book activities: cooked dinner waffles with peach slices
Total books finished:
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 4 hours
11alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Books finished: 2, Table for Two: Fictions and The Secret Garden
Time reading: ~2.3 hours
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ~2.3 hours
I nursed a bad headache for much of the day and did not get nearly as much reading in as I wanted. Hopefully Saturday and Sunday will be better for me.
Books read from: Table for Two: Fictions by Amor Towles, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo
Books finished: 2, Table for Two: Fictions and The Secret Garden
Time reading: ~2.3 hours
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: ~2.3 hours
I nursed a bad headache for much of the day and did not get nearly as much reading in as I wanted. Hopefully Saturday and Sunday will be better for me.
12benitastrnad
>11 alcottacre:
I loved Secret Garden when I listened to it years ago. The narrator was so good and listening brought new life to the story. I can't wait to read Fox Wife
I loved Secret Garden when I listened to it years ago. The narrator was so good and listening brought new life to the story. I can't wait to read Fox Wife
13benitastrnad
Saturday Night Report
Books read from: Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua. I am listening to Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee
Book Thoughts: I have about 25 pages left in World on Fire and hope to finish it tomorrow. I will then devote most of my reading time to Book of Form and Emptiness. World on Fire is nonfiction and it demands lots of concentration while I am reading. It is very good and offers more of an explanation of global markets than did Thomas Friedman's book on globalization. Chau spends lots of pages explaining why globalization of democracy and free-markets won't get most of these countries to a developed country level. One of the chapters is titled "Why They Hate Us" and the author explains why the U.S. interference in undeveloped countries is viewed as interference and that makes America the enemy. This book was written in 2003 and I now wonder what this author would say about our invasive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Non-Book activities: I baked bread today and the house smells really good. I am going to supper tonight and my contribution will be the bread. I didn't get to listen to my Saturday morning NPR news because for some odd reason the radio station quit broadcasting. Later in the morning I heard voices in the house and then realized that the radio had come back on. It was 3 hours after it shut off. weird.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and blackberries for breakfast. sandwich for lunch. I am looking forward to a nice long meal tonight with friends.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 420
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1193 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua. I am listening to Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee
Book Thoughts: I have about 25 pages left in World on Fire and hope to finish it tomorrow. I will then devote most of my reading time to Book of Form and Emptiness. World on Fire is nonfiction and it demands lots of concentration while I am reading. It is very good and offers more of an explanation of global markets than did Thomas Friedman's book on globalization. Chau spends lots of pages explaining why globalization of democracy and free-markets won't get most of these countries to a developed country level. One of the chapters is titled "Why They Hate Us" and the author explains why the U.S. interference in undeveloped countries is viewed as interference and that makes America the enemy. This book was written in 2003 and I now wonder what this author would say about our invasive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Non-Book activities: I baked bread today and the house smells really good. I am going to supper tonight and my contribution will be the bread. I didn't get to listen to my Saturday morning NPR news because for some odd reason the radio station quit broadcasting. Later in the morning I heard voices in the house and then realized that the radio had come back on. It was 3 hours after it shut off. weird.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend: 2 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and blackberries for breakfast. sandwich for lunch. I am looking forward to a nice long meal tonight with friends.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 420
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1193 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
14alcottacre
>12 benitastrnad: Benita, I literally just finished The Fox Wife and am happy to report that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope you do too when you get to it!
15alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: An Equal Music by Vikram Seth (audiobook), The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo, Sacred Legacy by Edward S. Curtis, and Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Books finished: 1, The Fox Wife
Time reading: ~2.2 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~4.5 hours + listening to audiobook
Well, so much for spending more time reading today than yesterday. . .
Books read from: An Equal Music by Vikram Seth (audiobook), The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo, Sacred Legacy by Edward S. Curtis, and Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Books finished: 1, The Fox Wife
Time reading: ~2.2 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~4.5 hours + listening to audiobook
Well, so much for spending more time reading today than yesterday. . .
16nrmay
Saturday night
Books:
Weyward, Emilia Hart. Finished it and loved it.
Next up - The Scholar, Dervla McTiernan. Irish detective novel; sequel to The Ruin that I liked a lot.
Read several stories from Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
Trying to catch up with my 'short story a day' project.
snacks: strawberries, granola, mini croissant, leftover Mandarin orange chicken and rice.
dinner: garden salad, leftover pot roast and vegetables, 1 cookie.
Other activity: postcrossing, filling the bird feeders, nap
Books:
Weyward, Emilia Hart. Finished it and loved it.
Next up - The Scholar, Dervla McTiernan. Irish detective novel; sequel to The Ruin that I liked a lot.
Read several stories from Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
Trying to catch up with my 'short story a day' project.
snacks: strawberries, granola, mini croissant, leftover Mandarin orange chicken and rice.
dinner: garden salad, leftover pot roast and vegetables, 1 cookie.
Other activity: postcrossing, filling the bird feeders, nap
17Carmenere
Saturday update:
Books read from: 3 Atomic Habits & Assistant to the Villain, Vampires of El Norte
Books finished: 100 pages remain in Assistant to the Villain. I still may finish it tonight
Time reading:3 hours
Time posting: 8:46am Sunday
Snacks: Neapolitan ice cream with chunky peanut butter and hershey chocolate syrup
Thoughts: Same as the post from Friday Night:The weather looks like I’ll be weeding rather than reading tomorrow, for at least 1/2 the day. I finished weeding the blueberry patch yesterday, today it will be the lilacs and raspberries.
Non-book activities: Gardening and watched the Guardians vs Twins game
Total books finished: 1 I finished Asst to the Villain, and although somewhat silly, it was a fun read that I thought, "well, I can't wait to be finished with this one" and then it ended in a cliffhanger!!! Arg! I guess I have to read the sequel now!
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 7 hours
Books read from: 3 Atomic Habits & Assistant to the Villain, Vampires of El Norte
Books finished: 100 pages remain in Assistant to the Villain. I still may finish it tonight
Time reading:3 hours
Time posting: 8:46am Sunday
Snacks: Neapolitan ice cream with chunky peanut butter and hershey chocolate syrup
Thoughts: Same as the post from Friday Night:The weather looks like I’ll be weeding rather than reading tomorrow, for at least 1/2 the day. I finished weeding the blueberry patch yesterday, today it will be the lilacs and raspberries.
Non-book activities: Gardening and watched the Guardians vs Twins game
Total books finished: 1 I finished Asst to the Villain, and although somewhat silly, it was a fun read that I thought, "well, I can't wait to be finished with this one" and then it ended in a cliffhanger!!! Arg! I guess I have to read the sequel now!
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 7 hours
18benitastrnad
Weekend wrap-up
Books read from: Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua. I am starting Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage: The Real Story Behind the Wild West's Greatest Tale by Stephen J. May. I am listening to Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee World on Fire by Amy Chua
Book Thoughts: I finally finished World on Fire I found it to be a very good book on the reasons why spreading free-market democracy doesn't work. It was written by an academic and clearly intended for an academic and political policy making audience. It was published in 2003 before the Forever War, but even so, it has several great observations and examples of how we could do it better. There is a longer review of this title over on the 75'ers Nonfiction Challenge, so if you are curious about the book take a look over there.
Non-Book activities: The bread I baked was delicious. I am going to make that recipe again. The supper with friends was delightful. Great food and great company. What could be better? I won't be posting again tomorrow morning as I packed my bag today and finished stuffing the car with my stuff. Tomorrow I am heading off to Kansas for two weeks. I will be back on next weekend but my writing will be short as I will be attending my 50 year High School Class reunion. I will also have guests in the house for the weekend. It will be fun but long.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend: 3 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: My regular Sunday morning cappuccino and lunch at the local Indian restaurant. I will eat a nice slice of my lovely bread tomorrow for breakfast and then take off.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 421
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1194 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
Books read from: Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability by Amy Chua. I am starting Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage: The Real Story Behind the Wild West's Greatest Tale by Stephen J. May. I am listening to Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee World on Fire by Amy Chua
Book Thoughts: I finally finished World on Fire I found it to be a very good book on the reasons why spreading free-market democracy doesn't work. It was written by an academic and clearly intended for an academic and political policy making audience. It was published in 2003 before the Forever War, but even so, it has several great observations and examples of how we could do it better. There is a longer review of this title over on the 75'ers Nonfiction Challenge, so if you are curious about the book take a look over there.
Non-Book activities: The bread I baked was delicious. I am going to make that recipe again. The supper with friends was delightful. Great food and great company. What could be better? I won't be posting again tomorrow morning as I packed my bag today and finished stuffing the car with my stuff. Tomorrow I am heading off to Kansas for two weeks. I will be back on next weekend but my writing will be short as I will be attending my 50 year High School Class reunion. I will also have guests in the house for the weekend. It will be fun but long.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend: 3 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: My regular Sunday morning cappuccino and lunch at the local Indian restaurant. I will eat a nice slice of my lovely bread tomorrow for breakfast and then take off.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 421
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1194 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
19alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: Sacred Legacy by Edward S. Curtis and Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Books finished: 1, Sacred Legacy
Time reading: ~1.5 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~6 hours + listening to audiobook
Today turned out to be more of a gaming day than a reading day. Plus, my headache is back so I am turning in early.
Books read from: Sacred Legacy by Edward S. Curtis and Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea
Books finished: 1, Sacred Legacy
Time reading: ~1.5 hours
Total books finished: 4
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~6 hours + listening to audiobook
Today turned out to be more of a gaming day than a reading day. Plus, my headache is back so I am turning in early.
20ChrisG1
Weekend Summary:
Books read from: Sharpe's Command by Bernard Cornwell, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
Books finished: Sharpe's Command
Total pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Still engaged in post total knee surgery recovery - several "ice & elevate" sessions per day, physical therapy exercises, etc... watched my Detroit Tigers win 2 of 3 games against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Books read from: Sharpe's Command by Bernard Cornwell, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
Books finished: Sharpe's Command
Total pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Still engaged in post total knee surgery recovery - several "ice & elevate" sessions per day, physical therapy exercises, etc... watched my Detroit Tigers win 2 of 3 games against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
21fuzzi
I continued to work through The Last Plantagenets. It's like Middlemarch was, so good that it's going to take me close to a month to complete.
22alcottacre
>21 fuzzi: I love book experiences like that!
