The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Ten Date: December 17th, 2016 - 8AM to NOON - Check-In - THIS IS CHECK-IN ONE

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:

Also, your location in the world and timezone

Did you complete any books during this time frame and what were they?

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 Ireland 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 8AM until Noon on December 17th (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 1. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 8AM to Noon on December 17th in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on December 17th. To get credit for these hours this is the thread you must post on

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

We are open.

For those parts of the world where it is December 17th already at 8AM - you may begin.

Good Morning everyone, I am here in Valley Forge, PA. I will start with:
by Sharon Lee

Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Start page: 1
End page: 142
checkpoint time: 8:00AM - Noon
Total pages read : 142
Total hours read: 2.5 hours
Total Books Read:0
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Signing out.

Karen welcome - glad to have you with us from the great state of Pennsylvania.

Good Morning everyone, Bentley is here.

by Ron Chernow

Genre: Biography
Start page: TBA
End page: TBA
Checkpoint time: 8:00AM - Noon
Total pages read : TBA
Total hours read: TBA
Total Books Read: 0
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, EST

by Julia Fox

Genres: History and Biography
Start page: 22
End page: 140
Checkpoint time: 8:00AM - Noon
Total pages read : 118
Total hours read: 3.5
Total Books Read: 0
Location: Seattle, Washington, PST

Signed Out, please see message 5.

Welcome Nancy from Washington and Helga from South Carolina.

Karen got you. Thanks - on to Checkin Two

Here are my pathetic results, would've done more reading but it was a sunny day and I had to go out and enjoy the sunshine.


Ken Follett
Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page 677
End Page 691
Time: 8:00 AM to Noon
Total Pages Read: 14
Total Hours Read 40 min
I know this is slow, but I happen to be reading this book a 2nd time, and reading it aloud to my wife who loves the story. If you haven't read this book and like historical fiction you should try Fall of Giants first, The Winter of the World is the 2nd book in the Century Trilogy by Ken Follett:




Robert K. Massie

Genre: Biography, Russian History
Start Page 99
End Page 168
Time: 8:00 AM to Noon
Total Pages Read: 69
Total Hours Read: 1hour 20 minutes

Location: Richmond, CA

James welcome from the beautiful state of California.

by

Genres: Historical Fiction
Start page: 100
End page: 226
Checkpoint time: 8:00AM - Noon
Total pages read : 126
Total hours read: 2.5
Total Books Read: 1
Location: Beaumont, TX CST

Just hopping in now. Had some post-storm clean up to do

by Shūsaku Endō

Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 101
Finish Page: 155
Total Pages Read: 54
How much time spent reading: 40 min.
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone
Books Completed: 0

Regina from Texas and Michele from California - welcome aboard

checking out. See message 14

Completing check in 1 from earlier.
by Ron Chernow

Genre: Biography
Start page: 792
End page: 905
Total pages read: 113
Total hours read: 2
Total books read: 1
Total books completes: 1
Location: SC, EST

Thank you Helga

Got it Michelle

James in CA is checking out, will start again as soon as I can.

No problem James - but just update your message 11 - tell me what page you ended on and how many pages read per book during this time frame

Also add how many hours you read during this check point.

And if you finished any books - add citation of the book

The Readathon is over.