The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Nine Date: September 3rd, 2016- Noon to 4PM - Check-In - THIS IS CHECK-IN TWO

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

Let us know 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

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 ninth 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 NOON until FOUR PM (4PM) on September 3rd, 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 2.

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/...

Folks wherever you are in the world globally - find your timeslot and you can post your stats here that you read at that time. We may have been a little late in getting these threads up for some of you globally. So you can fill in on this thread and the previous thread this time.

Hello, everyone! Joining in in the second check-in this time, as I wasn't able to start in the morning.

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

by Manil Suri

Genre or genres: Fiction
Start Page: 51
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 142
Total Pages Read: 92
How much time did you read during this block of time: 2 hours
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Hello Hello - I missed you. Welcome from Croatia.

Thank you, Bentley!

Checking in:
The Professor's House by Willa Cather

by Willa Cather

Genre: Fiction
Start page: 160
End page: 258 (finished this book)
checkpoint time: Noon - 4:00 PM
Total pages read : 98
Total hours read: 1.5
Total Books Read:1
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

On to my second book:
by Albert Camus

Genre: Fiction
Start page: 1
End Page: 43
Total pages read: 141
Total Books Read:1,
Total hours read for this checkpoint: 2.0
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Completed book: by Willa Cather

Checking out.

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☑ by Amor Towles
Genre: Historical Fiction; Historical Fiction
Start Page: 73
Ending Page: 337
Total Pages: 264
COMPLETED

by Dominic Smith
Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 1
Ending Page: 28
Total Pages: 28

Total Pages for this check-in: 292
Time Spent: 3.5 Hours
Location & Time Zone: Toronto, Canada EST
Completed Books: 1

Karen and Ashley - welcome to Checkpoint Two

by Eleanor Catton
Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 150
Ending Page: 180
Total Pages: 30
Time Spent: 1 hr.
Location & Time Zone: Toccoa, GA. EST.
Completed Books: N
Checking Out.

Checking point 2
by James Herriot

Genre: Non-fiction
Start Page: 275
Ending: 350
Total Pages 75
Time Spent. 2 hours
Location: EST, SC

Kathy and Helga - thank you for checking in to Checkpoint Two

by Joseph Loconte

Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Biography, Religion
Start Page: 1
Finish Page: 140
Total Pages Read: 140
How much time spent reading: 2 hrs
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone
Books Completed: 0

by Michael Pollan

Genre or genres: Non-fiction
Start Page: 36
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 44
Total Pages Read: 8
How much time did you read during this block of time: 30 mins
Location: Helotes (San Antonio), TX - Central Time
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Checking out:

by Ron Chernow

Genre: American History
Start page: 562
Finish page: 614
Total pages: 52
Time spent: 2 hours 15 minutes
Location & TZ: near Seattle, WA, USA PDST
Completed book(s) Y/N: N

Checking out, please see message 8

Good for you Karen

Hey Teri - glad to see you.

Michele hello there from the golden state

Nancy you are doing well

If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran by Carla Power

by Carla Power

Genre: World History and History of Religions
Start page: 36
Finish page: 73
Total pages: 37
Time spent: Adminstrating most of the time
Location & TZ: Metro NYC, EST
Completed book(s) Y/N: N

Happy Reading everybody!!!!

Check out message 15.

Check out. See message 14.

Checking out. Message 16.

Thank you Teri, Michelle, and Nancy