The History Book Club discussion

2015 - Readathon Four Date: August 22nd, 2015 - 4PM - 8PM - THIS IS CHECK IN THREE

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:
What time zone are you in and where are you located.

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 shelfs 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 4PM until 8PM on August 22nd, 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 3. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 4PM to 8PM on August 22nd in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on August 22nd. To get credit for these hours this is the thread and CHECKPOINT you must post on. THIS IS CHECKPOINT 3

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/...

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

by William Makepeace Thackeray
Genre: Fiction (Classic)
Pages Read: page 24 to page 34
Reading Time: 1 hour 2 minutes
Location: Malaysia, EST +12

No books completed yet.

Marietta you are going strong. I think you are getting the hang of it

You are doing Malaysia proud.

It is 9:12PM in Malaysia so you should be heading to Checkpoint Four - in fact you should have been there for an hour.

Resuming Amazing Grace, by Eric Metaxas
, by Eric Metaxas

Genre: Biography
Pages read: 195 - 277
Reading time: 80 minutes

Starting For the Thrill of It, about the Leopold and Loeb kidnapping and murder, by Simon Baatz
, by Simon Baatz (no photo)
Genre: True Crime
Pages read: 1 - 54
Reading time: 45 minutes

Location: Kuşadası, Turkey, EEST (UTC +3:00)
Books completed: Amazing Grace

Doris welcome to Checkpoint Three - Check In - you are making Turkey proud.

Continuing with:

by M.M. Kaye

Genre or genres: Historical fiction
Start Page: 425
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 446
Total Pages Read: 21
How much time did you read during this block of time: 1 hour
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Croatia is going strong

Continuing with:

by Karen Abbott

Genre or genres: Non-Fiction
Start Page: 75
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 119
Total Pages Read: 44
How much time did you read during this block of time: 45 minutes
Location: Hamburg, Germany (UTC + 1 hour)
Books Complete: 0
What were they?

Jarrad you are going strong - I have family though marriage from Hamburg.

Jarrad - let me show you my template and if you can go back to Checkpoints One and Two and now Three and just fill in the missing pieces. On the citation pretty good - but the author's photo comes before the author's link but good job.

Oops I'll fix that. Sorry I was worried I did that wrong.
Yeah I'm here in Hamburg for work for next 4 months. Trying to soak up as much as the city and Getmany has to offer.

I bet that is great fun.

Here is an example of my template (final) from Checkpoint One: (you can use the same template for all six Check Ins (1 - 6) - and just update accordingly. The Check Out is a different template - that one has the totals and tallies for all six check - ins. So there is a check in template (use and update for all 6 check-ins) and a check out template (only one and a different template from Check In) - an example is on the Checkout thread.

My Template - FINAL - Bentley

The Republic by Plato

by Plato

Genre or genres: Philosophy
Start Page: 1 - Book One - Prelude, etc
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 36
Total Pages Read: (Still going) - Audio but will translate to pages - 36
How much time did you read during this block of time: administrating and listening and typing all at the same time - so hard to say - but elapsed time 4 hours
Location: Metro NYC - Eastern Standard Time
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Checking in:

Citation: by Richard Harvell

Name of Book: The Bells
Author: Richard Harvell

Genre: Fiction

Start Page - 113
Finish Page -210

Location - Charleston, SC
Time Zone - EST

How much time did you read? 3 hrs. 15 min.

I'm checking out from Checkpoint Three.

Checking in:

by Anne Tyler
Genre: Literary Fiction
Number of Pages Read: Pg. 218 -237. Total pages: 19
Time Read: .5 hrs
Location: Toccoa, GA, USA.
Books Completed: 0
Checking out.

Checking in. Checkpoint 3
by Ron Rash

Genre Literary fiction
Pages read 244-354
Time read 3 hours
Location Columbia, SC EST
No books completed

Check-in #3

Japan: A Short History

by Mikiso Hane (no photo)

Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 1
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 57
Total Pages Read:57
How much time did you read during this block of time:1.5 hours
Location: Summerville, South Carolina - EDT
Books Complete: 1
What were they? An Artist of the Floating World

Good going guys - I am doing my best to keep up and will check all templates.

OK - I am putting the template in and hoping that I make some progress

The Republic by Plato

by Plato

Genre or genres: Philosophy
Start Page: 45 - Book One - Prelude, etc
Finish Page for this checkpoint: no progress
Total Pages Read: (Still going) - Audio but will translate to pages - 45
How much time did you read during this block of time: administrating and listening and typing all at the same time - so hard to say - but elapsed time - no time - tried for a couple of minutes but moderating
Location: Metro NYC - Eastern Standard Time
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Eisenhower in War and Peace by Jean Edward Smith

by Jean Edward Smith
Genre or Genres: Biography
Start Page: 732
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 767 (end of book)

Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks

by Geraldine Brooks
Genre or Genres: Cultural Nonfiction
Start Page: 1
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 32

Total pages read: 68
How much time did you read during this block of time: 2 hours
Location: Warner Robins, GA - EST
Books completed: 2 so far
What were they: by Paul Scott and
by Jean Edward Smith

Checking in Checkpoint 3

by Mia Couto

Genre: Fiction
Start page: 191
End page: 213 - book complete

by Kristine Brennan (no photo)

Genre: Non-fiction/Juvenile
Start Page: 1
End Page:93 - complete
checkpoint time 16:00 - 20:00 PM
Total pages read 93

Total pages read this checkpoint 115 pages
Total hours read 2
Total Books Read:2
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Checking out

Great going Karen and Francie

by Erik Larson
Genre: History
Start page: 236
End page: 280

by Jerry L. Thompson
Genre: Non-fiction
Start page: 1
End page: 13

Total pages read: 57
Total time read: 2.5 hours
Books Completed: 1
by Erik Larson
Location: San Antonio, Texas, CDT

And there you are - the framework is in place.

Check in #3 from Kansas
by DanielSilva

Genre: Fiction/Thriller/Espionage
Start Page: 266
End Page: 370
Start Time: 4:30 PM (CDT)
End Time: 7:35
Total Pages: 315
Total Time: 8:50
Books Completed: 0

Good for you Chris you have your framework in place.

Checking in from Atlanta. I will be reading:
by Winston S. Churchill

Genre: History, Politics, War
Start Page: 1
End Page: 190
Start Time: 6:00 PM (EST)
End Time: 8:00 PM (EST)
Total Pages: 190
Total Time: 2 hours
Books Completed: 0
Location: Atlanta, Georgia (EST)

Welcome Gyoza glad that you are joining us from Atlanta, Georgia - the Peach State

by Jeffrey Brown

by Evan Thomas

Genre or genres: Fiction, Sci-Fi, Graphic Novel and Non-Fiction, WWII
Start Page: 80, 226
Finish Page for this checkpoint:160 (finished), 235
Total Pages Read:89
How much time did you read during this block of time: 2hrs
Location: Alberta, Canada Mountain Time Zone
Books Complete:1
What were they? by Jeffrey Brown

Michael welcome to check in - checkpoint 3

by Ian Rankin

Genre: British police procedural
Number of pages read: 82 (1 - 82))
Time read: 1 hr, 30 minutes (5:00 pm - 6:30 pm)
Location: WV, EDT
Books completed: 1

Jill good - are you still reading or taking a break for supper - you still have time in this checkpoint.

by Warren H. Carroll

Genre: History of Religion
Starting: Page 202
Ending: Page 211
Pages read: 10
Time spent reading: 60 minutes
Location: NC, EST
No books completed during this session.

by Molly Caldwell Crosby

Genre: History, 20th Century Medical
Starting: Page 1
Ending: Page 8
Pages read: 8
Time spent reading: 30 minutes
Location: NC, EST
No books completed during this session.

Good Leslie you have your framework in place - we do not need the text of the book's title in our citations - it is easy to float the cursor over the book cover and see it more clearly.

by Warren H. Carroll

Started this one before the Read-A-thon, so I will be making my way though it.
by Alison Weir

Genre: Non-Fiction, History
Start page: 138
Finish Page: 240
Total Pages Read: 102
How much time spent reading: 2 hr.
Location: California, Pacific Time Zone
Books Completed: 1
by Donnie Eichar

Edit: Checking out for now.

Checking in to Checkpoint Three:

by Robert Leckie
Genre: History
Starting on page: 88
Finish Page: 123
Total Pages Read: 35
Time Reading: Hour and a half
Books Read: 0
Location: Portland, OR, Pacific Time

Checking in.
Currently reading
by Gordon S. Wood
Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 31
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 54
Total Pages Read: 23
How much time did you read during this block of time: 1 hour
Location: Melbourne, Florida
Books Complete: 1 so far
by Anthony Doerr

Good for you Michelle looking good.

Ceroth - remember the template I showed you and the necessary parts - your citation looks good

Remember at the end you must put in finish page - total pages done in checkpoint, amount of time you actually were able to read, your timezone is missing above, and must always be there, books completed (yes or no)
and list them if you completed any with citations.

Look at message 35 above you - Michelle - she has all of the parts in the framework. She will fill them in before the end of the four hour period

Good reading

byDavid I. Kertzer(no photo)

Genre: Religion/History
Pages read: page 81 to 91
Time read: 30 minutes
Pages read: 10
Book completed? nope
Location: Camano Island, WA - Pacific Daylight Time

Good for you Kristen - you have a lot of good reading time left.

by Barry Hughart
Genre: Fantasy
Start Page:78
Finish page for this checkpoint:134
Total Pages read:360
How much time did you read during this block of time: 45 minutes
Location: British Columbia, Pacific Time Zone
Books Complete: 1
What were they? by C.S. Friedman

So you are checking in then right M - it is 4:39PM in British Columbia so you should be just starting this checkpoint - so you haven't read 4 hours yet.

Just put TBD in your template and finalize it before 8PM your time.

Checking in /out
Name of Book and Author: by Donna Russo Morin
Genre:Historical-ish fiction
Start Page: 78
Finish Page: 140
Time spent reading: 1 hr
Books completed: none
Location: Ottawa, Ont. EST

Checked out, see msg 20

Bentley wrote: "So you are checking in then right M - it is 4:39PM in British Columbia so you should be just starting this checkpoint - so you haven't read 4 hours yet.

Just put TBD in your template and finaliz..."

oops cut/paste fail. The rest of the format is correct?

Leslie wrote: ""

Looks fascinating. Added it to my TBR. :)

Good Francie - you can proceed to four

Hi Fiona - are you checking in for the first time here which is fine - are you going on to Four?

Welcome Fiona from beautiful Ottawa, Canada

I apologize. This is the third time you have had to remind me about the template. I will not do it again.