The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Nine Date: September 3rd, 2016 - 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 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 8PM until Midnight 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 4. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 8PM until Midnight 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 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 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/...

We are open.

Checking in:

Three books in one edition. The numbers of pages are put accordingly.

Trabajos del reino by Yuri Herrera

by Yuri Herrera

Genre or genres: Fiction
Start Page: 9
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 85
Total Pages Read: 77
How much time did you read during this block of time: 1 hour
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Completed: 2 so far
What were they?

by Manil Suri
by Yuri Herrera

Starting with:

Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera

by Yuri Herrera

Genre or genres: Fiction
Start Page: 87
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 100
Total Pages Read: 14
How much time did you read during this block of time: 20 min
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Completed: 2 so far
What were they?

by Manil Suri
by Yuri Herrera

Good so far Samantha

Checking in. Try to catch up a bit and finish my book (=trying not to fall asleep) after a enjoyable day in Germany.

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

Genre: Biography
Start Page: 401
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 416
Total Pages read: 57
Time Read during this block of time: 1h5min
Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, CET
Books Completed: 1 so far
What were they? by Matthew Goodman

Moving on to by Chris De Stoop
No English title available, book only in Dutch.

Genre: Non-Fiction
Start Page: 0
Finish Page for this Checkpoint: 42

Happy reading everyone!

You are doing awesome Harmke

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☑ by Dominic Smith
Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 100
Ending Page: 290
Total Pages: 190
COMPLETED

by Daniel James Brown
Genre: History
Start Page: 1
Ending Page: 30
Total Pages: 30

Total Pages for this check-in: 220
Time Spent: 3
Location & Time Zone: Toronto, Canada EST
Completed Books: 2

☑ by Amor Towles
Completed in Check-In 2.

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

Genre: History/Martinique
Start page: 28
End Page: 79
Checkpoint: 8:00 PM - Midnight
Total pages read this check in: 51
Total Books Read: 2
Total hours read for this checkpoint: 1.5
Location: Southeastern PA, EST
Completed books:
(1) by Willa Cather
(2) by Albert Camus

Checking out

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: 113
Finish page: 130
Total pages: 18
Time spent: Administrating
Location & TZ: Metro NYC, EST
Completed book(s) Y/N: N

Happy Reading everybody!!!!

Ashley and Karen - you are doing well.

by Eleanor Catton
Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 180
Ending Page: 230
Total Pages: 50
Time Spent: 2 hrs.
Location & Time Zone: Toccoa, GA. EST.
Completed Books: N
Checking out. Done for the evening. Night folks!

Checking point 4
by James Herriot

Genre: Non-fiction
Start Page: 350
Ending: 450
Total Pages 100
Time Spent. 3 hours
Location: EST, SC
Books completed 2

Kathy and Helga - welcome to Checkpoint Four

Checking in again! I'm starting on:
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, by Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin

Genre: Autobiography
Start Page: 5
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 69
Total Pages read: 64
Time Read during this block of time: 1 hour 17 min.
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA, EST
Books Completed: 1 so far
What were they?

by Stefan Zweig

Checking out for the night, please see message 10

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Genre: fiction
Start page: kindle location 3223 kindle location
Finish page: location 3768
Total pages: approx 27
Time for this block: 1 hour
Location: Washington, DC, Eastern
Books complete: 0

Gyoza, Karen and Cathy - good job