The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Seven - Date: April 23rd, 2016 - 4AM until 8AM (April 24th) - FINISH TIME 8AM on April 24th WHEREVER YOU ARE GLOBALLY) - Check-In - THIS IS THE FINAL CHECK IN - CHECK IN AND CHECKPOINT SIX - THE LAST CHECK IN OF THE READATHON

Please let us know who is reading during these this period of time.

Let us know the following:

Name of Book and Author:
Genre:
Number of Pages Read - Start Page and Finish Page for this four hour period.
Don't forget the proper citation - just do the best you can and we will assist you.
How much time did you read:

So for example:

The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott
by Paul Scott - Genre: Historical Fiction - pages start 1 - finish 80

If you finished a book - let us know that too and make sure to get it added to your readathon shelf so you can get credit for it. If it is added properly it will show up on your shelf. You have to make sure to have selected a readathon shelf and when you are done with the first book for your readathon - make sure to add the completed date and that the book is read versus currently reading.

It will show up on your shelf if you have done this properly.

Remember wherever you are you can participate in the readathon.

And if you only have one hour or four hours or plan to do this for the entire 24 hour period taking of course breaks for eating and sleeping - you can join for however long you want to read. We want to keep track of the books completed, the books started, the books in progress, the number of pages read by all, and the different genres. Great fun and this is only the fifth readathon - we will use the same readathon challenge for all of them so you can see your readathon shelves grow.

Additionally these books that you complete on the readathon can be added to other shelves for the Japan or India challenge or the 2016 50 Books Challenge or the goodreads yearly challenge - the sky is the limit. Any genre is welcome.

Remember folks this is the check in for anybody reading during the hours of 4AM until 8AM on April 24th, 2016 (wherever in the world you are - use your time zone). If you want to get credit for any reading done during these four hours you must check in on this thread - Checkpoint SIX. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 4AM to 8AM on April 24th, 2016 in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on April 24th, 2016. To get credit for these hours this is the thread you must post on this check in. THIS IS CHECKPOINT SIX

REMEMBER AT LEAST ONE CHECK-IN MUST REFLECT THE FOLLOWING TO BE COUNTED IN THE READATHON AND OF COURSE YOU MUST CHECK-OUT AT THE END.

Make sure to answer the following:

Name of Book and Author or books and authors:

Genre or genres:

Number of Pages Read - Start Page and Finish Page for this four hour period.

Don't forget the proper citation - just do the best you can and we will assist you.

How much time did you read during this block of time:

Did you complete any books during this time frame and what were they?

Also, your location in the world and timezone

Folks everytime we do this we always find folks who want to participate but fail to join and set up their shelves properly so that they can get full credit:

You must join!

Very important:

How To Join In: - Go here first: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

Click on the title at the top - The HBC Readathons. Please then join by simply signing in at the bottom and say how many books you plan to read for one or more of the readathon dates - there will be six readathon dates throughout each year; then create your own personal shelf to add the books which you would like to tackle during one readathon or more readathons. That is all there is to it and goodreads will keep track. Become your own marathoner in reading books on the readathon dates and we will keep track of your progress in terms of titles of books, number of books, number of pages, and different genres. Give it a whirl and see how much reading you can get done and take a stab at that big "to be read" pile of books that we all have.

Note: Don't forget to set up your shelf first and then add the name of that shelf here when setting up the challenge for your readathon.

And here are some links to the Readathon folder which will be updated:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Starting:

by Lisa Aldred (no photo)
Genre or genres: Biography
Start Page: 7
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 31
Total Pages Read: 24
How much time did you read during this block of time: 35 minutes
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Complete: 1 so far
What were they?
by Caitlin Moran

Checking in:

Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness by Joshua Wolf Shenk

by Joshua Wolf Shenk
Genre or genres: Biography/Psychology
Start Page: 0
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 11
Total Pages Read: 11
How much time did you read during this block of time: 30 minutes
Location: Warner Robins, GA, EST
Books Complete: 2
What were they? by Kate Kingsbury
by David Baldacci

checking in
Continuing to read:

by Hamid Ismailov (no photo)

Genre: Fiction
Start page: 154
End page: 168
checkpoint time: 4:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Total pages read for this checkpoint : 14
Total hours read for this checkpoint :15 minutes
Total Books Read:1
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Total pages read: 480
Total hours read:9.25

Book completed:
by Nevil Shute

Checked out, see msg 5

am working on two books:

Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics - (being the moderator I read the book twice - one go through and then a reread with the group)

by Michael Wolraich

The following is a reread:

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

by Rick Atkinson

Genre: History (WWI) and Political History
Start page: for UM -100 - for AAatD - 190
Finish page: 111 and the other is still 195
Total pages: 7
Time spent: 4 hours (administrating and then fell asleep)
Location & TZ: Metro NYC, EST
Completed book(s) Y/N: NO

I was administrating and then fell asleep

by Christopher McDougall
Genre: Non-Fiction
Start Page: 161
Finish Page: 183
Total Pages Read: 23
How much time did you read: 50 minutes
Books completed: 0
Time Zone: EST; Location: Florida

Bentley, thank you, again for all your hard work on the readathons.

You are welcome Karen - I am trying to stay awake right now and just have an early night tonight.

YOU MUST CHECK OUT AT THE END WHEN YOU ARE DONE - CHECKPOINT SEVEN - READATHON ENDS 8AM ON APRIL 24TH, 2016

Everybody remember - no matter if you checked in on only one checkin - 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 - it doesn't matter - if you even had only one checking in - checkpoint or 6 checkpoints or somewhere in between - EVERYBODY MUST CHECK OUT.

You must Check out on Checkpoint Seven - THE ONLY CHECK OUT THREAD - HOPEFULLY BY NOON TODAY YOUR TIME.
(Although we try to be understanding - if you fell asleep - smile)

Here is the link to the MANDATORY CHECK OUT THREAD. It has its own template:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This is a sample CHECKOUT TEMPLATE: MODIFY IT FOR YOURSELF AND USE IT FOR CHECKOUT

by John W. Dean

Final Tally - 105 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 2.45 hours
Genres: Non fiction and Politics - 1
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 2 Checkpoints and One Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 0
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location/Timezone: UK, GMT