Social Distancing Readathon #32 - October 23 - 25

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. Lynda (Carmenere) -- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3. Kerry (avatiakh) -- Auckland, New Zealand
4. Lori (thornton37814) -- Tennessee, USA
5. Benita (benitastrnad) -- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
6. Rebecca (Rebeki) -- London, UK
7. Nancy (nrmay) -- North Carolina, USA
8. Linda (lindapanzo) -- Illinois, USA
9. Cyrel (torontoc) -- Toronto, Canada

I will participate in this readathon but on a limited basis.
Thanks for continuing this thread, SilverWolf.

It's a long weekend for me and I'll be away 'babysitting' my 92 yr old mum so my brother and sister-in-law can have a break. I leave in a couple of hours so will be starting with an audiobook.

Most of my reading will be audio this weekend since I've got at least 20 hours total to drive. I will read a little in the hotel room, and I'll read my Bible and devotional each day.

I will be participating again this weekend.

>2 Carmenere: You're welcome!

I don't know how much time I'll get to read this weekend, but I'm about to do a little reading now, so will join you again from London :)

I'm reading this weekend, just like every weekend . .

I'll be reading before we were yours by Lisa Wingate, if I can bear it.
It's a sad story. I'm almost halfway through.

I'm just about to make dinner and then begin reading Anxious People while watching the World Series.
I'll post stats before bed.

I'm in. It's a rainy, cold weekend and staying in to read is about the best thing to do.

I'm about a third of the way into Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions by Jeffrey Selingo. Would love to finish that this weekend and make a big dent in my current mystery, A Curious Incident by Vicki Delany.

I'm in- I want to finish the 700 page book that I have been reading on and off for about 2 months. As well, I have to reread a book for my Zoom book club that is meeting on Monday night.

Friday night update:

Books read from: Winter of Secrets by Vicki Delany, The Bible, Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 9 hours 15 minutes
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Driving 500+ miles

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 9 hours 15 minutes

Friday night update:

Books read from: Anxious People
Books finished:
Time reading: approx 3 hours
Time posting: 5 minutes
Snacks: peanut covered Carmel Apple
Thoughts: Cozy evening with kitties and son visiting from college
Non-book activities: Made to do list for Saturday, watched World Series

Total books finished:
Total read from:
Total time reading: around 3 hours

Friday night check-in

Books read from: A couple more pages from Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris, Girl in the Woods by Camilla Lackberg. My recorded book is still Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman and I just finished Beastly Things.

Books finished earlier this weekend: Beastly Things by Donna Leon
Time reading: 1 hour
Supper was Baba Ghanoush and pita bread

Thoughts: I finished reading Beastly Things by Donna Leon and enjoyed this mystery. I haven't picked a new one to start at this moment, but will get something off my bedside table to start this weekend. Tonight I will read more in the book I have already started.

Non-book activities: work

Total books finished:1
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 75
Total read from: 76
Total time reading since the read-a-thon began: 170 hours

Early Saturday morning check-in, 7:44 in the UK:

Books read from: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, a reread ahead of watching the film with my son.
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 45
Thoughts: In spite of drinking a cup of coffee, I'm feeling very sleepy still and am struggling to concentrate. I hope I start feeling more awake soon.
Non-book activities: last night - eating dinner and watching Seinfeld; this morning - feeding the cats, laundry, drinking coffee.

Sat morning check-in

Books read from: Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers, In the Heat of the Moment by Viveca Sten
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts: I miss my cats! Can't wait to get back to them tomorrow morning.
Non-book activities:

Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 12 hours 15 minutes

Sunday morning check-in, 7:30am

Books read from: The dead ground by Claire McGowan & A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 3 hrs

Snacks: cheese, onion toasties
Thoughts: hope this headache goes away
Non-book activities: watching the sheep & lambs just by my brother's house & talking to my mother (a lot).

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 3hrs

Nothing more delightful than watching baby lambs.

Saturday night update:

Books read from: Anxious People
Books finished:
Time reading: approx 1.5 hours
Time posting: 5 minutes
Snack: Cinnamon buns
Thoughts: Loving a cozy evening with kitties and son Day 2
Non-book activities: Dropped off our ballots, pumpkin picking, restocked our bourbon and tequila supply (winters coming, right?) watching the World Series

Total books finished:
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: around 4.5 hours

Saturday night check-in

Books read from: Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris, Girl in the Woods by Camilla Lackberg. My recorded book is Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman. I started reading Consuelo and Alva by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart for the next nonfiction challenge in LT.

Books finished earlier this weekend: Beastly Things by Donna Leon
Time reading: .5 hour
Supper was pepperoni pizza from Little Ceaser's

Thoughts: I have lots of books started and am not getting any of them read very fast. I went to the public library and the Friends of the Library Used Bookstore was open! It was exciting. I went in and bought some books. I picked up a copy of Philip Kerr's Prussian Blue, Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen, Spice, the History of a Temptation by Jack Turner, and the last two of the Call the Midwife trilogy by Jennifer Worth. The titles are Shadows of the Workhouse and Farewell to the East End. I woke up to rain and all that thunder and lightening was a lovely sound. We have had no rain here for a month, so it was nice to get some. It will not cool things off like it has in Kansas. I certainly hope it rains in Colorado. Rocky Mountain National Park must be a mess.

Non-book activities: work. I spent most of the day working on my journal article. Tomorrow I have to get some baking done or I won't have anything to eat next week. I also need to do laundry, but the deadline for the paper is October 30 so I will spend this weekend working on it.

Total books finished:1
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 75
Total read from: 78
Total time reading since the read-a-thon began: 170.5 hours

Not much reading going on here this weekend, but I have been doing other pleasurable things. Update since yesterday morning, at 8:02 Sunday morning in the UK:

Books read from: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and The Profession of Violence by John Pearson
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 43
Thoughts: I've woken up feeling much less tired than yesterday - actually made use of the hour gained by reverting to GMT for once! - so will hopefully get more reading done today.
Non-book activities: yesterday, a hair appointment, shopping and coffee with my husband and son and then off to play mini golf, followed by a Zoom chat with my parents and dinner and TV. Nothing much today.

Total books read from: 2
Total books finished: 0
Total pages read: 88

I finished How to Read the Bible by James L. Kugel-all 700 pages although I had started this book about 3 months ago.
I am now rereading The Dutch House by Ann Patchett for my book club- I am really enjoying this book again! I have to read more Ann Patchett.
Supper last night- leftovers- chicken soup, chicken with olives and citrus, cauliflower with tomatoes and couscous and..... a butter tart from the Farmer's Market!

Sunday morning check-in

Books read from: A few pages Whole Shebang by Timothy Ferris, Girl in the Woods by Camilla Lackberg. My recorded book is Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman. I started reading Consuelo and Alva by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart for the next nonfiction challenge in LT.

Books finished earlier this weekend: Beastly Things by Donna Leon
Time reading: .5 hour
Breakfast was Starbucks cappuccino and a chocolate croissant

Thoughts: My sister in Kansas says that it is COLD! there and will snow there today. My cousin in eastern Wyoming has 7 inches of snow on the ground. Best of all it has snowed in Colorado. That may put the skids on some of the fires in the high country around Grand Lake.

Non-book activities: work. I spent most yesterday working on my journal article. The deadline for the paper is October 30 so I will spend the rest of today working on it. That won't leave much time for reading. Today I will bake a banana cake.

Total books finished:1
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 75
Total read from: 78
Total time reading since the read-a-thon began: 171 hours

>20 Rebeki:
hair appointment, shopping, mini golf - I'm amazed that you get out so much. I haven't had a haircut since March; still pretty much staying home to avoid the virus which is only getting worse here.

Sunday morning in North Carolina

Books: finished before we were yours. Wonderful but heartbreaking, especially since it is based on true events that I knew nothing about.
I loved the sister theme.
I've neglected my audio book beast player since I haven't been walking much in the last week. Coudy, showers here today but I think I'll take an umbrella and do a long 'rain walk' later.

Food: Chef Bob is making my favorite Dutch Baby pancake for breakfast!

>23 nrmay: The virus is definitely getting worse here too, but everything is still open (for now), so I suppose we're doing things while we can. That said, yesterday was my most exciting Saturday in a long while! Back in March/April/May I felt anxious just going to the supermarket, but I feel much more comfortable now. I think gatherings in homes, workplaces and crowded bars/restaurants present the biggest risk. The rules in London have recently been tightened so that you can only meet people from your own household indoors, but that was what we were doing anyway - my husband, son and I are pretty happy hanging out together! Mini golf is a great activity for these times, as it is outdoors, with natural social distancing between groups, and the course only permits households to play together.

The other thing to note is that I work at the primary school my son attends and, with the exception of our six-week summer break, we've been back at school since 1 June, so have no choice but to be out of the house and mixing with others. In other circumstances, I might be more inclined to stay home.

Sorry for the lengthy reply. A quieter day today, but still no more reading done!

Monday morning check-in, 8:00am

Books read from: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2.5 hrs

Snacks: poached eggs & mint tea
Thoughts: drive home - when to leave this afternoon to miss holiday traffic
Non-book activities: looking out for new born lamb during its first few hours & talking to my mother. Yesterday we went to the mall as Mum hadn't been for several weeks.

Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 5.5hrs

Almost done on Deadly Education, it's very good.

Sunday evening check in

Books read from: In the Heat of the Moment by Viveca Sten, Drawing Conclusions by Donna Leon, The Bible, Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 10.5 hours
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts: I'm happy to be home with my cats!

Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 22 hours 45 minutes

I finished The Dutch House- it is so good!

Sunday night bedtime check-in:

Books read from: In the Heat of the Moment by Viveca Sten
Books finished: 0
Time reading: 2 hours
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts: I love my cats; they love me!

Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: 24 hours 45 minutes

Sunday night check-in

Books read from: I kept at it all day and read a big chunk of Girl in the Woods by Camilla Lackberg. My recorded book is Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman. I managed to read 25 pages in Consuelo and Alva by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart for the next nonfiction challenge in LT.

Books finished earlier this weekend: Beastly Things by Donna Leon
Time reading: 2 hours
Lunch at the Indian restaurant, and it was so good.

Thoughts: Last Sunday when I went to eat at the Indian restaurant I was the only person in the place for over an hour. This Sunday there were 3 tables so with me there were 7 people in the place. They seemed to be selling some take-out lunches so I hope the place can stay in business.

Non-book activities: I did not bake my cake today. I did some shopping and will do some cooking tomorrow and have all the ingredients for things. I spent most of the afternoon reading and read 200 pages in the Lackberg book. I am getting tired of this authors tendency to throw everything but the kitchen sink into her books. There is no reason why this murder mystery has to be 586 pages. None. I am about 200 pages from the end and will keep going with the novel, but seriously - where was the editor for this book?
Total books finished:1
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 75
Total read from: 78
Total time reading since the read-a-thon began: 173 hours

Final check-in this weekend, 08:33 Monday morning:

Books read from: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Profession of Violence
Books finished: 0
Pages read: 64
Thoughts: It's a lovely sunny day and I have a week off work.
Non-book activities: yesterday, mindfulness colouring and playing in the garden with my son, church, board games, laundry, vacuuming and TV

Total books read from: 2
Total books finished: 0
Total pages read: 152

Monday morning check-in - last one for this week

Books read from: I don't think I will ever finish Girl in the Woods by Camilla Lackberg. (see previous thoughts on this book.) My recorded book is Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman. I read a few more pages in what appears to be a fairly standard biography of Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart.

Books finished earlier this weekend: Beastly Things by Donna Leon
Time reading: 1 hour before bed last night

Thoughts: I am not sure I will ever finish Girl in the Woods. It just goes on forever. No wonder I was never published here in the U.S. U.S. readers wouldn't put up with that.

Non-book activities: sleep
Total books finished:1
Total books finished since the read-a-thon began: 75
Total read from: 78
Total time reading since the read-a-thon began: 174 hours

Final check-in - Tuesday morning, 8:30am
Holiday weekend here in New Zealand.

Books read from: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik, The Dead Ground by Claire McGowan, Jerusalem by Alan Moore
Books finished: 1
Time reading: 7.5 hrs

Snacks: chicken sandwich
Thoughts: now I'm home I should do some gardening

Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 13 hrs

A Deadly Education was very good. Plodding along with my audiobook Jerusalem, if I want to finish it this year I need to get a move on.

Here's the next readathon: https://www.librarything.com/topic/325854