The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Ten Date: December 17th, 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 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 8PM until Midnight 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 4. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 8PM until Midnight 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 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.

Washington, A Life by Ron Chernow
by Ron Chernow
Start Page: 752
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 772
Total Pages read: 20
Time Read during this block of time: 1h
Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands, CET

Harmke you are making progress

Checking in

Continuing to read:
by Sharon Lee
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Start page: 306
End page: 408, finished
by David Cesarani (no photo)
Genre: History
Start page: 92
End page: 115
checkpoint time: 8:00 PM - Midnight
Total pages read : 125
Total hours read: 2.5 hours
Total Books Read:1
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Book finished:
by Sharon Lee

Checking out.

Checkpoint 4. Some lighter reading.
by Pat Conroy

Genre: Autobiographical
Start page: 95
End Page:
Checkpoint: 8Pm-Midnight
Total pages read:
Total hours reading:
Book completed:
Location: Columbia, SC. EST

This is the check in where all folks from the East Coast should be on now.

by Julia Fox

Genres: History and Biography
Start page: 297
End page: 360
Checkpoint time: 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Total pages read : 63
Total hours read: 2
Total Books Read: 0
Location: Seattle, Washington, PST

Checking out for the night, please see message 6.

Goodnight Karen.

Helga and Nancy - good progress

Folks on the East Coast should be on this check in thread and moving in a half hour to Check In Five.