The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Nine Date: September 3rd, 2016 - 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 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 shelfs 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 4PM until 8PM 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 3. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 4PM to 8PM on September 3rd in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on September 3rd. 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 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 we are open and wherever you are in the world globally just post in the thread which matches up with your timezone - because we have set these threads up later for some of our global entities - you may post now your stats for the previous threads this time.

We are open.

Checking in:

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri

by Manil Suri

Genre or genres: Fiction
Start Page: 143
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 340
Total Pages Read: 198
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3 h 5 min
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Complete: 1 so far
What were they?

by Manil Suri

Go Samantha and Croatia - out in front

Checking in for a short read since on a trip

by Matthew Goodman
Title in English: Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World

Genre: Biograpy, Non-Fiction
Start Page: 391
Finish Page for this Checkpoint: 401
Total pages read: 10
Time read: 10 minutes
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, CET
Books complete: 0

Welcome Harmke from beautiful Frankfurt, Germany.

Bentley wrote: "Welcome Harmke from beautiful Frankfurt, Germany.

"

Thank you! We are enjoying our stay here.

Checking in

The Stranger by Albert Camus

by Albert Camus
Genre: Fiction
Start page: 44
End Page: 123 (finished)
Checkpoint: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Total pages read: 79
Total Books Read: 2
Total hours read for this checkpoint: 1.5
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

The Last Days of St. Pierre: The Volcanic Disaster That Claimed 30,000 Lives by Ernest Zebrowski, Jr.

by Ernest Zebrowski Jr. (no photo)
Genre: History/Martinique
Start page: 1
End Page: 27
Checkpoint: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Total pages read this check in 106
Total Books Read: 2
Total hours read for this checkpoint: 2.0
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Book completed:
(1) by Willa Cather
(2 by Albert Camus

Checking out.

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by Dominic Smith
Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 28
Ending Page: 100
Total Pages: 72

Total Pages for this check-in: 72
Time Spent: 1.5
Location & Time Zone: Toronto, Canada EST
Completed Books: 1

☑ by Amor Towles
Completed in Check-In 2.

by Eleanor Catton
Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 180
Ending Page: 180
Total Pages: 0
Time Spent: 0
Location & Time Zone: Toccoa, GA. EST.
Completed Books: N
Checking out. No reading this period. :(

Kathy doing well

Ashley - steady progress

Karen - go girl

Harmke wrote: "Bentley wrote: "Welcome Harmke from beautiful Frankfurt, Germany.

"

Thank you! We are enjoying our stay here."

Glad to hear

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: 73
Finish page: 113
Total pages: 40
Time spent: Administrating most of the time
Location & TZ: Metro NYC, EST
Completed book(s) Y/N: N

Happy Reading everybody!!!!

Hello all, I'm checking in for the first time. I will be reading:
Confusion, by Stefan Zweig
by Stefan Zweig

Genre or genres: Fiction, Austrian literature
Start Page: 47
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 153
Total Pages Read: 106
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3 hours 13 min.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA, EST
Books Complete: 1 so far

by Michael Pollan

Genre or genres: Non-fiction
Start Page: 44
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 58
Total Pages Read: 14
How much time did you read during this block of time: 45 mins
Location: Helotes (San Antonio), TX - Central Time
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Hello, this is my first check-in and my first readathon for 2016. Glad to be back!

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Genre: fiction
Start page: kindle location 2399
Finish page: location 3223
Total pages: approx 54
Time for this block: 1.5 hours
Location: Washington, DC, Eastern
Books complete: 0

Checking in.

by David Baldacci

Genre: fiction, thriller
Start page: 340
End Page: 420
Total Pages: 80
Time Spent: 2.5 hours
Location: EST, SC
Completed book: yes

Finished this one:
by Joseph Loconte

Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Biography, Religion
Start Page: 141
Finish Page: 201
Total Pages Read: 60
How much time spent reading: 1/2 hrs
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone
Books Completed: 1

Started this one:
by Sasha Abramsky
Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Biography, Religion
Start Page: 1
Finish Page: 23
Total Pages Read: 23
How much time spent reading: 1/2 hrs
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone
Books Completed: 1

Checking out, please see message 11.

Got it Karen - good job so far

Great job Michelle

Good job Helga

Gyoza wrote: "Hello all, I'm checking in for the first time. I will be reading:

by Stefan Zweig

Genre or genres: Fiction, Austrian..."

Welcome Gyoza

Welcome Teri to this checkpoint

Checking out. Please see message 23.

Good Michele

checked out message 20.

Started this one:
Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie
Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Biography, Religion
Start Page: 1
Finish Page: 300
Total Pages Read: 300
Peter the Great: His Life and World
How much time spent reading: 2 hours
Location: Central Time Zone
Books Completed: In Progress

All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Genre: Fiction, History
Start Page: 1
Finish Page: 100
Total Pages Read: 100
How much time spent reading: 1 hour
Location: Central Time Zone
Books Completed: In Progress


Started
From Splendor to Revolution by Julia Gelardi
From Splendor to Revolution: The Romanov Women, 1847--1928

Genre: NonFiction, History, Biography
Start Page: 1
Finish Page: 50
Total Pages Read: 50
How much time spent reading: 1/2 hour
Location: Central Time Zone
Books Completed: In Progress

Hey, Lisa! Glad you joined us. Great try on the citations and format for the redathon, they just need a few adjustments. Each one of your formats should look like this:

Peter the Great: His Life and World by Robert K. Massie

by Robert K. Massie
Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Biography, Religion
Start Page: 1
Finish Page: 300
Total Pages Read: 300
How much time spent reading: 2 hours
Location: Central Time Zone
Books Completed: In Progress

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Lisa - great job and thank you Samanta for helping Lisa out.