The History Book Club discussion

2015 - Readathon Five Date: October 24, 2015 - Midnight to 4AM Check-In (October 25) - THIS IS CHECK IN FIVE

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 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 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 (October 24th) until 4AM on October 25th, 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 on October 24th to 4AM on October 25th in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on October 24th into October 25th. 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

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/...

Continuing with:

by Anthony Doerr

Genre or genres: Historical fiction
Start Page: 273 (ebook edition)
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 350 (ebook edition)
Total Pages Read: 77
How much time did you read during this block of time: 1 hour 5 min
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Complete: 1 so far
What were they?
by Anna Katharine Green

Auschwitz and the Holocaust by V. Jaydon
by V. Jaydon (no photo)

Genre: Non-fiction History
Start Page: 1
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 17
Total Pages Read: 16
How much time did you read during this block of time: 27 mins
Location: Malaysia, EST +12
Books Complete: 1 so far
What were they?
by Sharon Rowse

Ok Marietta thank you

Samantha good job

Checking in.

All the Light We Cannot See

by Anthony Doerr
Genre or genres: Historical Fiction
Start page: 394
Finish page for this checkpoint: 476
Total Pages Read: 82
How much time did you read during this block of time: 2 hours and 45 minutes
Location: Warner Robins, Georgia, EST
Books Complete: One
What were they?

by Geraldine Brooks

Checking In:
by Iain Pears
Genre: Historical Fiction
Start page: 27
Finish page: 43
Total pages: 16
Time spent: .75 hrs.
Location & TZ: Toccoa, GA, USA, EST
Completed book(s) Y/N: Y
by Christopher Rice
Checking Out.

Francie and Kathy good job

by Marjorie Shaffer (no photo)

Genre: Micro-History
Start page: 155
Finish page: 230
Total pages: 75
Time spent: 3 hours
Location & TZ: Helotes, TX, USA, CDT
Completed book(s) Y/N: Y
by Marjorie Shaffer (no photo)

Welcome to Checkpoint Five Teri - way to go

by Paul Spicer(no photo)
Genre: British biography
Start page: 139
Finish page:221
Total pages: 82
Time Spent: 1 hr. 28 min.
Location: WV,USA,EDT
Book finished: yes

Welcome to Checkpoint Five Jill

by Howard E. Wasdin

Genre: History
Start page: 134
Finish page: 143
Total pages: 9
Time spent: 30 minutes
Location & TZ: Alberta, Canada Mountain Time Zone
Completed book(s) Y/N: N
Name(s) of completed book(s):

Checked out. See message 8. Off to sleep.

Checking in...

I'm reading by Victor Davis Hanson
Genre or genres: Essays, History,War
Start Page: 3
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 124
Total Pages Read: 121
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3 1/2 hours
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, EST
Books Complete: 0

checked out msg 11

Well, I wanted to go the full 24 hours, but my mind is rebelling too much at the thought for me to continue. So, I'm bowing out of the readathon here and plotting how I can go the full 24 hours in December. Below are my final details before I officially check out:

by N.T. Wright
Genre: Religion/Christianity, Biblical criticism
Start page: 89
Finish page: 134
Total pages read: 436
Total Time spent reading: approx. 18 hours
# of Books completed: 3
Books completed: by G.J. Meyer; by Don H. Doyle(no photo); by Thomas Piketty
# of books read but not completed: 1
Books read but not completed: by N.T. Wright
Location: Southern California, PCT

by

Genre or genres: Horror
Start Page: 56
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 68
Total Pages Read: 12
How much time did you read during this block of time: 20 minutes
Location: New Jersey EST
Books Complete: 0

OK here are my notes:

Ebony - A-OK

Christopher - you do a great job - exceptional frankly - but like I always have said - when the body speaks - we have to listen - I hope you took a needed rest break.

Teri - A-OK

Gyoza - is this your first Check In - that is OK if it is - just wanted to make sure in the stats - and remember you have to at least Check Out - mandatory - Checkpoint Seven

Francie - A-OK - Good Night

Michael - A-OK

Hey Bentley,
Yes Checkpoint 5 is my first (and only) check in for this readathon. Had a bit of a cat-astrophe in the house earlier and could not settle down to start reading!

That is no problem Gyoza - that is allowed but I wanted to be sure that I had not missed anything - and I am sorry about your house issue earlier - glad you were able to finally relax and read.