The History Book Club discussion

2015 - Readathon One Date: February 7th, 2015 - Midnight to 4AM (February 8th) - Check-In

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.
Did you complete any books - name the completed books and authors and citations
What time zone are you in and location:

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 first 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 2015 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 Midnight until 4AM on February 8th, 2015 (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 FIVE. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of Midnight to 4AM on February 8th in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on February 8th. To get credit for these hours this is the thread you must post on. This is Checkpoint FIVE.

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

Let us know the following:

Name of Book and Author: Tapestry of FortunesTapestry of Fortunes Elizabeth Berg
Genre: Literary Fiction
Number of Pages Read - Pages 1-75. Berg's writing must be read slowly, so I only accomplished 75 pages in an hour and a half.

I am in Virginia in the EST zone.

Nita you are in the Eastern Standard Time zone so you should not be at Checkpoint Five because that is a checkpoint for folks whose local time is at least Midnight. Your time right now if you are in Virginia is only 10:27PM - did you post here when you meant to post in Checkpoint 4?

Checking in at 12:00am for 5th shift
Checking out at 1:00 am


Book:
by M.L. Stedman

Genre: Fiction
Pages Read: 316 - 343 = 27 pages
Time Spent Reading: 12:00 - = 1 hrs.
Location: US EST (GMT -5)
Books Finished: 1

Hello Bentley here on the Eastern Seaboard of the USA - Timezone is EST. Metro NYC (my location and timezone)

I am reading The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott (name of book and author)

by Paul Scott (citation)

This book is Historical Fiction (genre)

Start Page - 75 (too busy running Readathon for this segment) (start page in - end page added later

Time spent actually reading - - Time spent on reading and time spent on actual readathon added later

No books completed. (any books completed)

I am officially checked into the Readathon and am completing Checkpoint Five - Checkin

Fifth Check in


by Ayn Rand

Genre: Russian Lit, Fiction, Philosophy

Pages read: 163 - 168 (5 pages)

Time spent reading: 30 minutes

Location: Chicago IL - USA CST

Books completed: None

Name of Book and Author or books and authors:

by Denise Kiernan

Genre or genres: Historical Non-fiction

Number of Pages Read - Start Page and Finish Page for this four hour period. Start page 1, finish page 15. Total if 15 pages.

How much time did you read during this block of time: 45 mins

Also, your location in the world and timezone: Texas, central timezone

Did you complete any books during this time frame and what? No.

Finished reading : The Churn: An Expanse Novella

by James S.A. Corey (no pic)
Genre : science fiction
Number of Pages Read : 32 - p.41 - 72

continued reading By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life from The New York Times Book Review

by Pamela Paul
Genre: nonfiction
Number of Pages Read : 46 - from p.86 to 131

Time spent reading : 1.5h
Total pages read : 78

1 book completed : The Churn: An Expanse Novella by James S.A. Corey

Seattle (PST)

Check in for the 5th shift:

Reading "Bulletproof Spirit" by Dan Willis.

by Dan Willis (no author link)

Genre: Personal Growth

Time spent: 2 hours

Pages: 103-172

Ohio EST time zone

No books completed (almost done with this one)

Checkpoint 5
Todd Wilkinson(no photo)

Genres: Environment and Politics

Time spent: 15 minutes
Pages read: 262-284

Denver MST
Not completed yet (59 pages left)

I apologize profusely....I could have swore that I posted this, but perhaps I didn't save it?

by Mineko Iwasaki

Genre: Biography
Read: 0030-0320 (2 hrs, 50 minutes)
Pages Read: 223-297 (Book is finished)
My location is Iowa, USA (CST)

These are the folks who posted and Checked In - Checkpoint Five: - If you are missing let me know.

Nita
Maureen
Bentley
Ben
Teri
Keres
Justin
Marc
Gle