The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Ten Date: December 17th, 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 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 NOON until FOUR PM (4PM) on December 17th, 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.

Folks wherever you are in the world globally - find your timeslot and you can post your stats here that you read at that time.

Hi everyone, don't have much time to read, but every hour and page counts. Happy reading everyone!

Washington, A Life by Ron Chernow
by Ron Chernow
Genre: biography
Start Page: 740
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 751
Total Pages read: 11
Time Read during this block of time: 1h
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands, CET
Books Completed: 0
What were they?

Checking in

Continuing to read:
by Sharon Lee

Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Start page: 142
End page: 175
checkpoint time: Noon - 4:00 PM
Total pages read : 33 pages
Total hours read: 30 minutes
Total Books Read:0
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Checking out

Harmke welcome from the Netherlands - glad to have you.

Karen you are doing well.

Checking in:

by Leo Tolstoy

Genre: Classic fiction
Start page: 23
End page:
checkpoint time: Noon - 4:00 PM
Total pages read :
Total hours read:
Total Books Read:0
Location: Washington, DC, EST

Washington, A Life by Ron Chernow - Check In

by Ron Chernow

Genre: biography
Start Page: TBA
Finish Page for this checkpoint: TBA
Total Pages read: TBA
Time Read during this block of time: TBA
Location: Boston, Massachusetts - EST

Folks on the East Coast should be on this thread right now.

by Julia Fox

Genres: History and Biography
Start page: 141
End page: 244
Checkpoint time: Noon to 4 p.m.
Total pages read : 103
Total hours read: 3.25
Total Books Read: 0
Location: Seattle, Washington, PST

Checking in:

Finished this one:

by Shūsaku Endō

Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 155
Finish Page: 201
Total Pages Read: 46
How much time spent reading: 30 min.
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone
Books Completed: 1

Started this one:

by Jill Jonnes

Genre: forestry, urban,
Start Page: 74
Finish Page: 130
Total Pages Read: 56
How much time spent reading: 1 hr
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone
Books Completed: 1

Checkin 2.

by Deborah E. Lipstadt

Genre: History
Start page: 240
End page: 400
Total pages read: 160
Total hours reading: 3
Total books read this period: 1
Total books completed : 2
Location: SC, EST

Nancy, Michelle and Helga - welcome

Everybody on the East Coast should be moving on to Check In Three

Checking out, please see message 6.

Got it Karen - thank you

by

Genre: Russian Literature
Start page: 1
End page:33
checkpoint time: Noon - 4:00 PM
Total pages read : 32pages
Total hours read: 30 minutes
Total Books Read:0
Location: Beaumont, TX CST

Thanks Regina

checking out - see message 12. I have some things to do. May do more reading later.

Good Michelle - see you later.