Social Distancing Readathon #217 - May 10 - 12
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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 again, Silver. Kerry and I are having our monthly gaming marathon today since I will be out of town in a couple of weeks, but that is the only thing on my agenda for the weekend.
Thanks again for hosting!
Thanks again for hosting!
3avatiakh
I'm in. It's Friday evening and I've just finished The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad.
4ChrisG1
I'm in again - currently reading His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik. Take Napoleonic Wars, add dragons, see what happens...
5benitastrnad
I'm in for the weekend. I will be knitting tomorrow and my real life book club meets on Sunday but I will be participating.
6Cecilturtle
I'm in! After my mom's visit, I can concentrate on my books again. I have a few hikes and birding planned but I should be able to get a few pages in.
7nrmay
Back again to read this weekend.
Current book is Tress of the Emerald Sea.
Still recovering from the infection l picked up in California. Just started a second round of antibiotics.
Current book is Tress of the Emerald Sea.
Still recovering from the infection l picked up in California. Just started a second round of antibiotics.
8benitastrnad
Friday start-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. Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Christ Stewart. Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I am listening to Fury by Alex Michaelides.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I gave up on listening to Life After Life and put the book aside. I threw out the CD set because every disc had the same problem. I think it got scrambled somehow and ruined. It is no great loss to me because I paid ten cents for it at the library used book sale. I will have to get it through Inter-Library Loan and that might prove challenging. I am deeply engrossed in book three of the Driving Over Lemons series by Christ Stewart. These books are so much fun. I have had to get the last two from Inter-Library Loan but the last book in the series isn't readily found here in the U.S., so I had to order a used copy of it from Alibris. There were only 4 copies listed but it cost me about ten dollars and that is OK with me.
Non-Book activities: I worked on my high school class reunion stuff and I am going to knock it off soon and go read for an hour before I go out to supper with friends. I did some washing so the day wasn't a total writeoff.
Time reading today: 1.5 hours
Time reading this weekend - 1.5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: made a salad for lunch and enjoyed it.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 419
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1185 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. Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Christ Stewart. Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I am listening to Fury by Alex Michaelides.
Books finished:
Book Thoughts: I gave up on listening to Life After Life and put the book aside. I threw out the CD set because every disc had the same problem. I think it got scrambled somehow and ruined. It is no great loss to me because I paid ten cents for it at the library used book sale. I will have to get it through Inter-Library Loan and that might prove challenging. I am deeply engrossed in book three of the Driving Over Lemons series by Christ Stewart. These books are so much fun. I have had to get the last two from Inter-Library Loan but the last book in the series isn't readily found here in the U.S., so I had to order a used copy of it from Alibris. There were only 4 copies listed but it cost me about ten dollars and that is OK with me.
Non-Book activities: I worked on my high school class reunion stuff and I am going to knock it off soon and go read for an hour before I go out to supper with friends. I did some washing so the day wasn't a total writeoff.
Time reading today: 1.5 hours
Time reading this weekend - 1.5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: made a salad for lunch and enjoyed it.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 419
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1185 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
9avatiakh
Saturday 6pm
Books read from: The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad, The Iliad by Homer (audio), Andromeda Bond in Trouble Deep by Brian Falkner
Books finished: 1 The Hebrew Teacher
Time reading: 3hrs
Snacks: Nasi goreng, latte
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Trip into city
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 3hrs
Books read from: The Hebrew Teacher by Maya Arad, The Iliad by Homer (audio), Andromeda Bond in Trouble Deep by Brian Falkner
Books finished: 1 The Hebrew Teacher
Time reading: 3hrs
Snacks: Nasi goreng, latte
Thoughts:
Non-book activities: Trip into city
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 3
Total time reading: 3hrs
10alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: An Equal Music by Vikram Seth, The Illustrious Dead by Stephan Talty, Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard, Table for Two by Amor Towles, and Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Books finished: 1, The Illustrious Dead
Time reading: ~2.4 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~2.4 hours + listening to audiobook
I was surprised that I got to read as much as I did since Kerry and I had our monthly gaming marathon on Friday. I am certainly hoping for more time to read Saturday and Sunday though.
Books read from: An Equal Music by Vikram Seth, The Illustrious Dead by Stephan Talty, Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard, Table for Two by Amor Towles, and Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Books finished: 1, The Illustrious Dead
Time reading: ~2.4 hours + listening to audiobook
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 6
Total time reading: ~2.4 hours + listening to audiobook
I was surprised that I got to read as much as I did since Kerry and I had our monthly gaming marathon on Friday. I am certainly hoping for more time to read Saturday and Sunday though.
11PocheFamily
I'm in: it's a D-Day focused reading weekend, at least until I need a break from descriptions of carnage. I'm reading a selection from Omar N. Bradley 's A Soldier's Story but not planning on reading the whole book at this time. I have a few other books on the subject going on currently or in my TBR pile, so looking forward to seeing how far I get in terms of progress over the weekend. I often wish I was a faster reader!
12alcottacre
>11 PocheFamily: I often wish I was a faster reader! Doesn't everyone? I know I sure do!
13Cecilturtle
Books read from: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell; Payback by Margaret Atwood; La Sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock; Naming Canada by Alan Raburn; C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Books finished: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Book Thoughts: I feel like I should be really engrossed with Hamnet: it has all the right ingredients but I keep stumbling - maybe it's the writing that is too flowery, or maybe - although excellent - the translation in French that's a bit precious. Whatever it is, I'm not really engaging.
Non-Book activities: 5 hours of birding for Global Birding Day
Time reading today: 2 hours
Time reading this weekend: 2
Time posting: 6 pm on Saturday
Food: Egg salad sandwich and yummy almond croissant
Books finished: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Book Thoughts: I feel like I should be really engrossed with Hamnet: it has all the right ingredients but I keep stumbling - maybe it's the writing that is too flowery, or maybe - although excellent - the translation in French that's a bit precious. Whatever it is, I'm not really engaging.
Non-Book activities: 5 hours of birding for Global Birding Day
Time reading today: 2 hours
Time reading this weekend: 2
Time posting: 6 pm on Saturday
Food: Egg salad sandwich and yummy almond croissant
14benitastrnad
Saturday 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. Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart. Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I finished listening to Fury by Alex Michaelides and started Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart. The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Book Thoughts: I finished two books in the last twenty-four hours. One because I simply couldn't put it down once I started reading and the other because I spent 4 hours on the highway so listened to, and finished a book. I finished reading Almond Blossom Appreciation Society late Friday night. This was book three in the Driving Over Lemons Trilogy. This is a series of (now five books) written by Chris Stewart about his life moving from England to Andalusian Spain where he and his wife purchased a subsistence sheep farm. The books are about their life transforming themselves in the process of transforming the farm. Stewart was the first drummer for the rock band Genesis and therefore a minor celebrity. This minor stardom followed him to Spain and to his amazement his first book about his Spanish life became a best seller in the UK and subsequently throughout Europe. I have enjoyed every one of his books and have had to get each of the books through an Inter-Library Loan request since they are not well-known in the USA. That is sad as these are the perfect travel book. They are full of humor and pathos and are about real everyday life in the Spain of the 1990's through 2015. I want to finish reading the series so I had to purchase book five from Alibris and will read it while I am at home for my fifty year High School class reunion. I am looking forward to the last book in this series.
Non-Book activities: I went to Gadsden today to knit and really enjoyed myself. I am not getting as much done on my sweater as I would like, but I am making progress. I enjoy my time with Pat and the group at the Taming of the Ewe a yarn and tea shop. They are great people.
Time reading today: 4 hours
Time reading this weekend - 5.5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and strawberries for breakfast and fried potatoes for supper on the way home from Gadsden. The latter is not very nutritious but I was hungry and didn't want to spend much money.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 419
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1189 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. Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart. Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I finished listening to Fury by Alex Michaelides and started Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart. The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Book Thoughts: I finished two books in the last twenty-four hours. One because I simply couldn't put it down once I started reading and the other because I spent 4 hours on the highway so listened to, and finished a book. I finished reading Almond Blossom Appreciation Society late Friday night. This was book three in the Driving Over Lemons Trilogy. This is a series of (now five books) written by Chris Stewart about his life moving from England to Andalusian Spain where he and his wife purchased a subsistence sheep farm. The books are about their life transforming themselves in the process of transforming the farm. Stewart was the first drummer for the rock band Genesis and therefore a minor celebrity. This minor stardom followed him to Spain and to his amazement his first book about his Spanish life became a best seller in the UK and subsequently throughout Europe. I have enjoyed every one of his books and have had to get each of the books through an Inter-Library Loan request since they are not well-known in the USA. That is sad as these are the perfect travel book. They are full of humor and pathos and are about real everyday life in the Spain of the 1990's through 2015. I want to finish reading the series so I had to purchase book five from Alibris and will read it while I am at home for my fifty year High School class reunion. I am looking forward to the last book in this series.
Non-Book activities: I went to Gadsden today to knit and really enjoyed myself. I am not getting as much done on my sweater as I would like, but I am making progress. I enjoy my time with Pat and the group at the Taming of the Ewe a yarn and tea shop. They are great people.
Time reading today: 4 hours
Time reading this weekend - 5.5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and strawberries for breakfast and fried potatoes for supper on the way home from Gadsden. The latter is not very nutritious but I was hungry and didn't want to spend much money.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 419
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1189 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
15nrmay
Sunday morning
Still not 100% but feeling much better this morning.
Book: Tress of the Emerald Sea, Sunday newspapers.
Breakfast: cream of wheat. Not much appetite.
Other Activity:
Not much, mostly resting and napping. I did get out and filled the bird feeders and dead-headed the geraniums. Today I'll give them some plant food to perk them up and get them blooming again before my Scrabble club meets here in early June.
Still not 100% but feeling much better this morning.
Book: Tress of the Emerald Sea, Sunday newspapers.
Breakfast: cream of wheat. Not much appetite.
Other Activity:
Not much, mostly resting and napping. I did get out and filled the bird feeders and dead-headed the geraniums. Today I'll give them some plant food to perk them up and get them blooming again before my Scrabble club meets here in early June.
16benitastrnad
Sunday 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. Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I have a good start on Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart. The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Book Thoughts: I spent most of my reading time today wit World on Fire and will read a bit more in it this afternoon. I am close to getting it finished. I think that Little Thieves is going to be a very good YA fantasy. It came on a Playaway format and that is amusing. The publishers are not producing books on CD as much and this is the new go to format if a person doesn't have access to digital downloading. I don't mind it and most libraries are thoughtful enough to include an extra battery. I had to purchase my own audio auxiliary cord but that is OK as well. I got this one so that I could listen to it while driving home because it is 14 hours long. I should have a good deal of it done by the time I actually start driving home. That means I need to find some other recorded books to take with me. It is a good thing that there is no shortage of these no matter what format they are in. I met with my book discussion group on Zoom and we had a hard time communicating. I think it is due to the solar coronal mass ejection event. We will have to see if we can do better in the future.
Non-Book activities: Talked on the phone. Washed sheets and made the bed.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend - 6.5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and strawberries for breakfast and fried potatoes for supper on the way home from Gadsden. The latter is not very nutritious but I was hungry and didn't want to spend much money.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 419
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1190 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. Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I have a good start on Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart. The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Book Thoughts: I spent most of my reading time today wit World on Fire and will read a bit more in it this afternoon. I am close to getting it finished. I think that Little Thieves is going to be a very good YA fantasy. It came on a Playaway format and that is amusing. The publishers are not producing books on CD as much and this is the new go to format if a person doesn't have access to digital downloading. I don't mind it and most libraries are thoughtful enough to include an extra battery. I had to purchase my own audio auxiliary cord but that is OK as well. I got this one so that I could listen to it while driving home because it is 14 hours long. I should have a good deal of it done by the time I actually start driving home. That means I need to find some other recorded books to take with me. It is a good thing that there is no shortage of these no matter what format they are in. I met with my book discussion group on Zoom and we had a hard time communicating. I think it is due to the solar coronal mass ejection event. We will have to see if we can do better in the future.
Non-Book activities: Talked on the phone. Washed sheets and made the bed.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend - 6.5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt and strawberries for breakfast and fried potatoes for supper on the way home from Gadsden. The latter is not very nutritious but I was hungry and didn't want to spend much money.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 419
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1190 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
17avatiakh
Monday 1.30pm
Books read from: Andromeda Bond in Trouble Deep by Brian Falkner, Heroes by Robert Cormier
Books finished: 1 Heroes
Time reading: 4hrs
Snacks: latte, hummus & falafel in pita
Thoughts: Really enjoying Falkner's YA, this one is self published and I wonder about how many writers no longer getting book deals.
Non-book activities: Shopping trip, cafe visit, KMart visit
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 7hrs
3am and strange car pulls up and sits in our driveway for over 10mins. We put on lights in stairwell to show we are alert. Just lucky that son went to bathroom as they arrived and woke me up. Checked with other son that he didn't have anything valuable left in his car. We've had both house break in and car theft in our recent history.
Yesterday when I was out a guy entered our house with flowers but realised that he had wrong address. Husband dealt with that one. We live up a steepish driveway and home can't be seen from street. Hope that nothing comes from all this.
Books read from: Andromeda Bond in Trouble Deep by Brian Falkner, Heroes by Robert Cormier
Books finished: 1 Heroes
Time reading: 4hrs
Snacks: latte, hummus & falafel in pita
Thoughts: Really enjoying Falkner's YA, this one is self published and I wonder about how many writers no longer getting book deals.
Non-book activities: Shopping trip, cafe visit, KMart visit
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 7hrs
3am and strange car pulls up and sits in our driveway for over 10mins. We put on lights in stairwell to show we are alert. Just lucky that son went to bathroom as they arrived and woke me up. Checked with other son that he didn't have anything valuable left in his car. We've had both house break in and car theft in our recent history.
Yesterday when I was out a guy entered our house with flowers but realised that he had wrong address. Husband dealt with that one. We live up a steepish driveway and home can't be seen from street. Hope that nothing comes from all this.
18alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard, Table for Two by Amor Towles, The Lost Books of the Bible by William Hone, editor, Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb, The Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell, I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish and Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Books finished: 2, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell and The Heavenly Tenants
Time reading: 3 hours
I completely forgot about recording my books on Saturday. Ack!
>17 avatiakh: Hope that nothing comes from all this. I hope not either, Kerry. Sounds like a scary situation to me.
Books read from: The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard, Table for Two by Amor Towles, The Lost Books of the Bible by William Hone, editor, Kindred in Death by J.D. Robb, The Heavenly Tenants by William Maxwell, I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish and Jewish Literacy by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Books finished: 2, The Return of Fitzroy Angursell and The Heavenly Tenants
Time reading: 3 hours
I completely forgot about recording my books on Saturday. Ack!
>17 avatiakh: Hope that nothing comes from all this. I hope not either, Kerry. Sounds like a scary situation to me.
19ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Books finished: His Majesty's Dragon
Pages read: 500-ish
Non-reading activities: Staying on top of my post knee surgery protocol - icing, elevating, PT exercises, etc...watching some Detroit Tigers baseball. A nice Mother's Day meal at my son's home.
Books read from: His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Books finished: His Majesty's Dragon
Pages read: 500-ish
Non-reading activities: Staying on top of my post knee surgery protocol - icing, elevating, PT exercises, etc...watching some Detroit Tigers baseball. A nice Mother's Day meal at my son's home.
20benitastrnad
>17 avatiakh:
I share your pain. I had my house and car broken into 5 times in 6 years. My car was parked at the University parking lot and then once inside my carport. Police said that most likely they were looking for guns and electronics. Once the students started moving out of the neighborhood things calmed down and I haven't had a break-in since 2018. My takeaway is that the younger the population of the neighborhood the more likely there will be theft.
I share your pain. I had my house and car broken into 5 times in 6 years. My car was parked at the University parking lot and then once inside my carport. Police said that most likely they were looking for guns and electronics. Once the students started moving out of the neighborhood things calmed down and I haven't had a break-in since 2018. My takeaway is that the younger the population of the neighborhood the more likely there will be theft.
21benitastrnad
>18 alcottacre:
I read Heavenly Tenants a few years back and enjoyed the fable. I first learned about William Maxwell when I read the edited book of letters that were exchanged between Maxwell and Eudora Welty. I have a copy of So Long See You Tomorrow that I haven't read yet - plan to. I know some about Welty but nothing about Maxwell other than this one children's book so he is on my TBR list.
I read Heavenly Tenants a few years back and enjoyed the fable. I first learned about William Maxwell when I read the edited book of letters that were exchanged between Maxwell and Eudora Welty. I have a copy of So Long See You Tomorrow that I haven't read yet - plan to. I know some about Welty but nothing about Maxwell other than this one children's book so he is on my TBR list.
22benitastrnad
Weekend roundup
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. Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I have a good start on Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart. The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Book Thoughts: I continue to read a couple of pages a day in Book of Form and Emptiness and am now on page 130. I am enjoying this exploration of mental illness, grief, and literacy. When I get caught up on my have to reading I will devote more time to this one. I am also enjoying the Laurie Lee book. So far most of my reading in it has taken me to Andalucía and covers much of the same part of the country that Almond Blossom Appreciation Society did. Lee's book takes place in the 1950's making the era the big difference so far. Aside from that the two books have much in common in their observations about the countryside. I am close to finishing World on Fire and should be able to report finishing it next weekend.
Non-Book activities: I am washing clothes and getting ready to pack my suitcase for two weeks in Kansas. I am also trying to pack more books. And of course, talking on the phone. People call me and they seem to think I have nothing to do.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend: 7.5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt for breakfast and will have carrot and millet salad in a few minutes for lunch
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 419
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1191 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. Rose For Winter by Laurie Lee. I have a good start on Little Thieves by Margaret Owen.
Books finished: Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart. The Fury by Alex Michaelides
Book Thoughts: I continue to read a couple of pages a day in Book of Form and Emptiness and am now on page 130. I am enjoying this exploration of mental illness, grief, and literacy. When I get caught up on my have to reading I will devote more time to this one. I am also enjoying the Laurie Lee book. So far most of my reading in it has taken me to Andalucía and covers much of the same part of the country that Almond Blossom Appreciation Society did. Lee's book takes place in the 1950's making the era the big difference so far. Aside from that the two books have much in common in their observations about the countryside. I am close to finishing World on Fire and should be able to report finishing it next weekend.
Non-Book activities: I am washing clothes and getting ready to pack my suitcase for two weeks in Kansas. I am also trying to pack more books. And of course, talking on the phone. People call me and they seem to think I have nothing to do.
Time reading today: 1 hour
Time reading this weekend: 7.5 hours
Time listening:
Time posting:
Food: yogurt for breakfast and will have carrot and millet salad in a few minutes for lunch
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 419
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 1191 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon in April of 2020.
23alcottacre
>21 benitastrnad: Unfortunately for me, my local library does not have any of his books at all. I was lucky enough to get The Heavenly Tenants from Hoopla.
24PocheFamily
>22 benitastrnad: I've been waiting for your review of the Ozeki book, and am thrilled that it sounds good! I LOVED A Tale for the Time Being, so will definitely be getting to your Form book sooner or later.
But I'm all about D-Day at the moment, at least when the present day doesn't distract me. Which it did a lot, this weekend:
Books read from: A soldier’s Story, Omar N. Bradley and X (Paperback); D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944, Rick Atkinson (Libby-Audiobook);
Soldier Sailor Frogman Spy, Giles Milton (Libby audiobook); The Conquering Tide, Ian W. Toll (Audible).
Time reading:
Fri: 2
Sat: 4
Sun: 2
Snacks: I'm suddenly downing decaf coffee like it's water ... no idea why this abominable habit has so extensively corrupted my soul. It's unseasonably cold and dark here, but that is no excuse! (But I'll still mention it in case it provokes sympathy)
Thoughts: Scattered, incoherent.
Non-book activities: Deciding what to eat for supper. This takes more determination than I am capable of this weekend. Also attended a SciFi bookgroup at my local library to discuss Walter Mosley's Touched: fun! Met new people!
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8h, not my finest effort
But I'm all about D-Day at the moment, at least when the present day doesn't distract me. Which it did a lot, this weekend:
Books read from: A soldier’s Story, Omar N. Bradley and X (Paperback); D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944, Rick Atkinson (Libby-Audiobook);
Soldier Sailor Frogman Spy, Giles Milton (Libby audiobook); The Conquering Tide, Ian W. Toll (Audible).
Time reading:
Fri: 2
Sat: 4
Sun: 2
Snacks: I'm suddenly downing decaf coffee like it's water ... no idea why this abominable habit has so extensively corrupted my soul. It's unseasonably cold and dark here, but that is no excuse! (But I'll still mention it in case it provokes sympathy)
Thoughts: Scattered, incoherent.
Non-book activities: Deciding what to eat for supper. This takes more determination than I am capable of this weekend. Also attended a SciFi bookgroup at my local library to discuss Walter Mosley's Touched: fun! Met new people!
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 8h, not my finest effort
25Cecilturtle
Books read from: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell; Payback by Margaret Atwood; La Sorcière moderne du foyer by Arin Murphy-Hiscock; Naming Canada by Alan Raburn; C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton; The Brethren by John Grisham
Books finished: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Book Thoughts: I traded Hamnet for The Brethren by John Grisham but I don't seem to be that much more inspired... maybe I'm going through a reading lull.
Non-Book activities: More birding, hiking and photography - snapped a lovely Oriole
Time reading this weekend: 5
Time posting: 2 pm on Monday
Food: Vietnamese coffee
Books finished: C is for Corpse by Sue Grafton
Book Thoughts: I traded Hamnet for The Brethren by John Grisham but I don't seem to be that much more inspired... maybe I'm going through a reading lull.
Non-Book activities: More birding, hiking and photography - snapped a lovely Oriole
Time reading this weekend: 5
Time posting: 2 pm on Monday
Food: Vietnamese coffee
26benitastrnad
>24 PocheFamily:
There has been mixed reactions here on LT to Book of Form and Emptiness. I think that people are having a hard time figuring it out because it encompasses lots of different things going on at the same time. I am choosing to interpret it as a literary exploration of poverty, grief, and psychotic episodes that may or may not be the early stages of schizophrenia. It is also about writing and the function of books in an individuals life and their place in society. In this book the books talk. That makes it weird and some people have trouble with that. The multitude of topics inside the book are what makes it so huge and hard to interpret.
There has been mixed reactions here on LT to Book of Form and Emptiness. I think that people are having a hard time figuring it out because it encompasses lots of different things going on at the same time. I am choosing to interpret it as a literary exploration of poverty, grief, and psychotic episodes that may or may not be the early stages of schizophrenia. It is also about writing and the function of books in an individuals life and their place in society. In this book the books talk. That makes it weird and some people have trouble with that. The multitude of topics inside the book are what makes it so huge and hard to interpret.
27avatiakh
>18 alcottacre: >20 benitastrnad: Thanks for your sympathy. It is NOT a nice feeling to know that someone has rummaged through your belongings. They've mostly targeted my son's room and car as he is a guitar teacher and musician so has lots of gear and a good collection of guitars. His room is right by the driveway and isolated from living areas.
If we see the car again we'll try to get the number plate.
If we see the car again we'll try to get the number plate.
