The History Book Club discussion

2015 - Readathon Three Date: June 6th, 2015 - 8PM - Midnight - Check-In - THIS IS CHECK IN FOUR

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:
Did you complete any books - name of book and author
What time zone and location are you in:

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 second 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 8PM until Midnight on June 6th, 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 4. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 8PM until Midnight on June 6th in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on June 6th. To get credit for these hours this is the thread and CHECKPOINT you must post on. THIS IS CHECKPOINT 4

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: 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 the 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/...

I am continuing with:

Zagrebačke starine (In English: The antiquities of Zagreb) - Genre - History, geography, architecture - read from page 251 - page 334 - time spent reading: 3 hours - book not yet completed

by Mirko Marković (no photo)

Location: Croatia, CEST

Checking in

by Hermann Hesse

Genre: Classic/Fiction
Start page: 94
End page 155
checkpoint time 8:00PM - Midnight
Total pages read 61
Total hours read 2
Books completed 2 by Craig Johnson
location, Southeastern Pennsylvania, EST

Checking in:

Eisenhower in War and Peace

by Jean Edward Smith
Genre: Biography
Start page - 368 to End page for check-in - 497
Number of pages read - 129
Time read during this checkpoint: 3.5 hours
Completion of book during this check-in: No
Name of book completed: NA
Location: Middle Georgia (Warner Robins), USA, EST

Still trying to get some reading done along with the admin work

Checking in - Bentley here

Name of Book and Author or books and authors:

by Stacy Schiff

Genre or genres: Historical Fiction

Number of Pages Read - Start Page and Finish Page for this four hour period. - Still plowing through Chapter Nine

How much time did you read during this block of time: - Not as much as I want to - busy administering but moving along

Did you complete any books during this time frame and what were they? Not yet but will check back

Also, your location in the world and timezone: Metro New York - Eastern Standard Time

Samanta, Francie, Karen - good progress.

Those who are on the East Coast of the United States - you should be here - it is 8:36PM in New York

Central Standard Time folks should be on Checkpoint Three - it is only 6:38PM

Checking In

by Ray Bradbury
Genre: Classic SciFi
Start Page; xi
End Page: 10
Checkpoint time: 8pm-12 midnight
Total Pages Read: 16
Total Hours Read: 1:15
Location: Long Island, New York, EST

G you got it - just make sure to go back and fill in the blanks for the other templates. I have to do the same. I have been busy with admin.

Check point 4
by Sonia Kaplan (no photo)
Genre Memoirs
Pages read 240- 357
Time read 3:00 hours
Location Columbia, SC EST
Book completed

by Rick Atkinson

Genre or genres: History
Start Page:447
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 479
Total Pages Read:32
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3 hrs
Location: Alberta, Canada Mountain Time Zone
Books Complete: 0
What were they?

Helga and Michael - good

Checking In:

by David Mitchell
Genre: Magical Realism
Start Page: 182 - 230
Total Pages Read: 48
Total Time Read: 1.5 hrs.
Books Completed: 1
Location: Toccoa, GA, USA.
Good night, all. Bentley, thank you for a thoroughly enjoyable day.

Checking in...again.

by Barbara Kingsolver
Genre or genres: Historical fiction
Start page: 507
End page for this checkpoint: 543
Total pages read: 36
Total hours read: 35 minutes
Time frame: 8:00pm-12:00am
Books complete: 3
Vancouver BC Canada; Pacific Time Zone
Time frame: 4:00-8:00pm

by Daniel Defoe
Genre or genres: Historical fiction
Start page: 1
End page for this checkpoint: 146
Total pages read: 182
Total hours read: 2
Time frame: 8:00pm-12:00am
Books complete: 3
Vancouver BC Canada; Pacific Time Zone
Time frame: 4:00-8:00pm

Checking out, please see message 5.

Checking in/out.
by Matthew Dennison (no photo)
Genre: Ancient history
Start page: 249 to Finish page: 269
Total pages read: 21
Total time read: 40 minutes
Books completed: 1
Location: California, USA, PDT

by Julia Fox
Genre: British history/Monarchy
Start page: 334
End page: 370 (finish page)
Total pages read: 36
Total time: 45 minutes
Books completed: 1
Location: West Virginia, USA, EDT

Hooray, finished it!!

Checking in:
by Nicholas Walker (no photo)
Genre: Users Guide
Page start: 1
Page finish: 32
Pages read: 32

by Ashton Lee (no photo)
Genre: Southern Fiction
Page start: 72
Page finish: 76
Pages read: 4

Total pages read: 36
Total time read: 40 mins
Books completed: 1
Location: San Antonio, Tx, central time zone

Checking in/out:

by Ernest Hemingway
Genre: Non-fiction/Autobiography/Memoir
Page start: 75
Page finish: 124
Pages read: 50
Time read: 2.5 hours
Books completed: 0
Location: Indiana, USA, EST

by Ron Chernow
Genre: biography, u.s history
Page start: 633
Page finish: 683
Pages read: 50
Time read: 2 hours
Books completed: 0
Location: Ottawa, Ont. Canada edt
I do not think I will finish this book tonight but refuse to officially give up yet.

checking out, see message 15.

Checked out. See message 20.

Checkpoint 4 sign out edited msg #13

by Stacy Schiff
Genre: History/Egyptian
Page start: 1
Page finish: 60
Pages read: 60
Time read: 2 hours
Book completed: No
Location: AZ; MST

byDavid Axelrod(no photo)
Genre: Political Memoir
Start page: 442
End page: 489
Time read: 55 minutes
Books completed: 1
Location: Pennsylvania USA EDT

G you finally got it - timezone in along with location - great job.

Donna good job

Rosa you finally got signed up and completed your first Readathon

Michael and Teri and M - A-OK

Fiona - never give up - I finally finished Cleopatra so you can finish too.

by Stacy Schiff

Douglass you are an inspiration. Great job in the Hoosier state

Wow Texas is going strong - the Lone Star State and Teri - great job

Jill it is always fun when you finish a book in the Readathon.

Vicki good job and you have another hour and half if you want to keep reading on the Pacific coast and in California.

M and Karen - you were on a roll.

Check-out - Message 26

Great Rosa but you have to check out on Check Out thread seven - did you do that - that is the tallies thread.

Thanks! Will do that in a bit ..;)

Yes, next time make sure it does on Sunday sometime.

The Secret History by Donna Tartt
by Donna Tartt

Genre: Fiction
Pages: start: pg.468 finish: pg.479 (11 pages)
Time Frame: 11:30-11:50pm
Total Time: 20 minutes
Location: Orlando, Florida (EST)
Status: book not completed