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2017 - Readathon ELEVEN Date: April 8th, 2017- 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 eleventh 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 2017 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 April 8th (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 April 8th in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on April 8th. 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

DETAILED EXAMPLE AND EXPLANATIONS

This is how your template could look when you sign in - you can put in the blank template which you will finish up a half hour before the end of the check in time in your location and then post the blank template in the check in - this is check in one and then you would go to check in two and do the same thing again with the blank template and then add the additional pages read etc.

So at the beginning - you would check in.

Hi, this is Bentley - checking in from New York City - Metro New York City area - New York/New Jersey - USA - Eastern Standard Time - giving my name, my city/state location - country would be USA - and my Timezone.

Then I might post the blank template because I am just signing in as follows:

Folks I am going to read Black Flags for starters or Lindbergh by A. Scott Berg

by Joby Warrick

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Here is where you post the citations of any books that you would be sampling or reading during this check in time period. Notice that each check in is a four hour block of time and where ever you are in the world you should be reading during that time period on that date for that check in and posting during that time period wherever you are locally.

Then the remainder of the blank template would be:

Genre: In the case of the book that I am reading - Non Fiction - Middle East
Start Page: 1
End Page: The last page you have read during this four hour time slot
Total Pages Read: Here you put in the number of pages you read totally in all of the books sampled during this time slot
Total Hours Read: Here you would put in the number of hours or actual time you spent reading during this time slot
Total Books Read: Here you put in the number of books you are sampling during this time slot and reading - you could be reading two or more books at the same time but you could also just be reading one
Total Books Completed: Here you put in the number of books you completed during this time slot
Location: NYC (Metro New York area) - NY/NJ - USA - Eastern Standard Time (EST)

On location - put in your city, state, country wherever you are generally - of course protect your privacy - and add your timezone - in my case I added Eastern Standard Time and the abbreviation EST

And if I completed the book that I was reading in this time slot - I would add the full citation at the bottom

EASY SAMPLE OF TEMPLATE AND HOW YOU SIGN IN FOR EACH OF THE SIX CHECK INS - EACH CHECK IN REFLECTS A SPECIFIC FOUR HOUR AND DISTINCT BLOCK OF TIME/DATE IN YOUR GLOBAL LOCATION

You have to sign in for each check in point out of six Check INs that you want to get official credit for: (THE IDEAL IS TO READ FOR ALL 6 BUT THAT IS HARD TO DO) - each four hour block of time is for a specific time slot - check in one is for 8AM until Noon on April 8th. The minimum time spent on the readathon allowed is one hour out of 24 and a mandatory check in - of at least one Check In and the mandatory Check Out which is your final official tally. The check ins have one template and the check out is different and is the final tabulation point with its own template. Remember the ideal for the readathon is to make and check in at each of the official check in gates (there are six) and then officially check out the next day at the CHECK OUT THREAD - which is always Check Point Seven.

OK here is how I would sign in and I would fill in the blanks that I know at the beginning of the time slot timeframe and then I would complete the template at the end of the four hours and then do the same thing moving to Check In Two.

I am showing you a sample of how I sign in for Check In one absent any explanations

BLANK TEMPLATE

Hi, this is Bentley - checking in from New York City - Metro New York City area - New York/New Jersey - USA - Eastern Standard Time

by Joby Warrick

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Genre: Non Fiction - Middle East (Black Flags) and Non Fiction - Biography (Lindbergh)
Start Page: 1
End Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read: TBD
Total Books Read: TBD
Total Books Completed: TBD
Location: NYC (Metro New York area) - NY/NJ - USA - Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Note:
The above is a blank template that you can use putting in your own information and citations - just do a copy and paste and then edit.

THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE BLANK TEMPLATE COMPLETED

Directions:
a) You have already put in your blank template at the beginning of the check in period for Check In One and now it is 11:45AM where you are and you now have to fill in the blanks of your template and complete your Check In one template so you can move to check in two. I am just showing you below how to do that.

Hi, this is Bentley - checking in from New York City - Metro New York City area - New York/New Jersey - USA - Eastern Standard Time

by Joby Warrick

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Genre: Non Fiction - Middle East (Black Flags) and Non Fiction - Biography (Lindbergh)

Start Page: 1 and 450 for both books
End Page: 50 on one and 500 on other
Total Pages Read: 100 for both books
Total Hours Read: 3 hours out of 4
Total Books Read: 2
Total Books Completed: 1
Location: NYC (Metro New York area) - NY/NJ - USA - Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Book Completed During This Timeslot:

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Note:
The above is a blank completed template that you can use putting in your own information and citations - just do a copy and paste and then edit and put in your own information and data and citations.

Folks I have updated the Check In Templates and tried to make it easier so that you can do a copy and paste and fill in your own details, data and citations.

Details Explanations are in message 3
Easy Template sign in - blank template - message 4
Easy Template signing out of Check In One - message 5

This check in ONE is set up and ready to go - I am closing it right now.

Folks who are signed up - we need your city, state, country, timezone or city, country, timezone - that is how we check the gates for the check ins and check out.

Here are the participants: (I have listed all of the information provided and have PMed the yes folks who I have not heard from - I have also put in when Bentley would be looking for you).

1. Bentley - Metro New York City, NY/NJ - USA - EST (Eastern Standard Time) - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

2. Pia Cortez - no idea regarding location - need city, state, country or city country and in both cases - we need the timezone - 4/8

3. Helga Cohen - Columbia, South Carolina - EST (Eastern Standard Time) - Start Time is 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

4. Tessa White - New York City, New York - EST - (Eastern Standard Time) - Start Time is 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

5. Timothy Brown - Providence Forge, Virginia - EST (Eastern Standard Time) - - Start Time is 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

6. Dianne (no last name) - Uniondale, New York - EST - (Eastern Standard Time) - - Start Time is 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

7. Christie - Whispering Pines, NC, US, EST- (Eastern Standard Time) - Start Time is 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

8. Michelle - Southern California - Pacific Time Zone - Start Time is 8PM Saturday - Pacific Timezone - 4/8 - His start time will be three hours later than the NYC start time - Bentley's 11AM but she will still use her local time.

9. John Manning - ? - have no idea what location John is in - what city, state, country or what timezone - we need this information and I have PMed you. 4/8

10. Zhengyang Huang - Yangzhou, Jiangsu, CHINA, GMT + 8 - you are ahead of us Zhengyang so your local time means that you are starting the readathon 12 hours before I am so I will be looking for you. Start on your time at 8AM on 4/8 which will be 12 hours earlier than Bentley - for Bentley it will be 8PM Friday night on 4/7.

11. Cheryl Kinkaid - Vancouver, BC PDT - Start Time is 8PM Saturday - Pacific Timezone - 4/8 - Her start time will be three hours later than the NYC start time - Bentley's 11AM but she will still use her local time.

12. Lynnie W - Staten Island, NY, USA, Eastern Standard Time - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

13. Michael Blacker- Egerton, AB, Canada - Mountain Standard Time - Start Time is 8AM your time on 4/8 which is for Bentley - 10AM on 4/8

14. Diana Thomas - Eaton, Ohio, USA. Eastern Time Zone - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

15. Dianne - we have a few Diane's - give me a last initial - sent also another PM to request city, state, country and timezone which is critical - have zero information on this person

16. Tyler Jamison - Williamsburg, Virginia - EST - Eastern Standard Time - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

17. Roberto Brazao Gomes - Netherlands (Central European Time) - Start Time is 8AM Saturday - Netherlands (Central European Time) - 4/8 which for Bentley is earlier than his start time - for Bentley your start time will be seven hours earlier than Bentley which would be 1AM on 4/8 - Roberto you would be starting at your 8AM on 4/8 - but you would be ahead of the folks in New York by 7 hours

18. Cynthia - PRIVATE PROFILE - Greenfield, Massachusetts - EST (Eastern Standard Time) - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

19. Christine Gilbert - Long Beach, California - Pacific Time Zone - Her start time will be three hours later than the NYC start time - Bentley's 11AM but Christine will still use her local time.

20. Maria M - Bogotá, 34, Colombia - UTC−05:00 - 1 hour earlier than Bentley - Maria you will be starting using your local time - 8AM on 4/8 which is 7AM for Bentley so he will be looking for you.

21. Maria Kruglova - London, H9, The United Kingdom - GMT - 5 hours earlier than Bentley - Maria Kruglova - you will be starting at your local time of 8AM on 4/8 which is actually 5 hours earlier than Bentley in NYC so for Bentley you are starting at Bentley's 3AM on 4/8 so he will be looking for you.

22.Caroline R. - Melbourne, Australia - Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) - (GMT+10)/Caroline you would be starting earlier than the folks in NYC because you are 14 hours ahead/so you will be kicking off on this Check In at 8AM your time which is 6PM on Friday for Bentley. So you are starting on Bentley's Friday night 4/7 which is your 8AM on 4/8.

23. Coti Cheti - Buenos Aires, 07, Argentina - ArgentinaUTC/GMT -3 hours - so you are an hour later than Bentley in NYC so when you begin at 8AM on 4/8 Saturday it will be 7AM in NYC>

24. Glynn - Melbourne, Florida - Eastern Standard Time (EST) - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

25. Kathy - Tocca, Georgia - Eastern Standard Time (EST) - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

26. Marty Wightman - Dubuque, Iowa - Central Time Zone - 1 hour earlier than Bentley so Marty's 8AM is Bentley's 9AM - Marty start at your regular time at 8AM on 4/8.

27. Vicki - Berkeley, California - Pacific Time Zone - 3 hours earlier than Bentley in NYC so starting at Bentley's 11AM on 4/8 - Vicki your start time is your 8AM on 4/8 - Saturday

28. Sandy - Atlantic time-zone (East Coast of Canada) - Need to have a bit more information - what province and exactly what province and city in Canada - would be helpful to know if you are the same time as New York City which I believe you are not. That is why I ask for city, state, country or for Canada - city, province, country and always the timezone.

29. Cathy - Brooklyn, New York - Eastern Standard Time (EST) - Eastern Standard Time (EST) - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

30. Mehrdad Jalali-Ghajar - Pasadena, California. The local timezone is Pacific Time. 3 hours earlier than Bentley in NYC so starting at Bentley's 11AM on 4/8 - Mehrdad your start time is your 8AM on 4/8 - Saturday

31. Mary Ellen Woods - Florida - Eastern Standard Time - EST - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

32. Lorna - Denver, CO on MDT - Start Time 8AM Saturday - MDT - 4/8 - Lorna you are two hours earlier than Bentley - so you will be starting at Bentley's 10AM

33. Seismo2010gmail.Com - Houston, Texas - Central Time Zone - 1 hour earlier than Bentley so Seismo2010gmail.Com's 8AM is Bentley's 9AM - Seismo2010gmail.Com start at your regular time at 8AM on 4/8.

34. Ricky Kundnani - San Jose, California - Pacific Time Zone - The local timezone is Pacific Time. 3 hours earlier than Bentley in NYC so starting at Bentley's 11AM on 4/8 - Ricky Kundnani your start time is your 8AM on 4/8 - Saturday

35. Mary - Charleston, South Carolina - Eastern Standard Time - EST - Eastern Standard Time - EST - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

36. Christopher Moffat - Highland, CA - Pacific Time Zone - The local timezone is Pacific Time. 3 hours earlier than Bentley in NYC so starting at Bentley's 11AM on 4/8 - Christopher your start time is your 8AM on 4/8 - Saturday

37. Patrick - Montana - what city are you close to in Montana - Mountain Time Zone - Start Time is 8AM your time on 4/8 which is for Bentley - 10AM on 4/8

38. Katie Stoddard - Bothell, Washington - Pacific Standard - The local timezone is Pacific Time. 3 hours earlier than Bentley in NYC so starting at Bentley's 11AM on 4/8 - Katie your start time is your 8AM on 4/8 - Saturday

39. Debye Nicholl - where in Texas are you - closest city please - there are two time zones in Texas and I need to know which one - so please provide information

40. Scott Anderson - Shepherdstown, West Virginia - Eastern Standard Time (EST) - Start Time is 8AM your time on 4/8 which is for Bentley - 10AM on 4/8

41. Ericka Clou - New York, New York - EST - Eastern Standard Time -Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

42. Gerard (gkwilecki) - Mobile, Alabama - Central Time Zone - 1 hour earlier than Bentley so Gerard's 8AM is Bentley's 9AM - Gerard start at your regular time at 8AM on 4/8.

43. April Li - Bridgewater, New Jersey - Eastern Standard Time - (EST) - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

44. Nick Patten - Durham, North Carolina - Eastern Standard Time - (EST) - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

45. Sibel Mutlu- Istanbul, Turkey - 7 hours ahead of New York City - TRT – Turkey Time (Standard Time) - Sibel you would be starting and posting here at your 8AM on April 8th but you will be starting 7 hours ahead of Bentley in NYC at Bentley's 1AM

46. Cheyen - Baltimore, Maryland - Eastern Standard Time - EST - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

47. Chloe - London, UK - GMT + 1 (British summer time) - 5 hours later than NYC - Chloe you will be starting five hours earlier than we will be in New York City - so you will be starting at 3AM NYC time which will be your 8AM

48. Cathy - Washington DC - EST - Eastern Standard Time - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

49. Christine Y - Williston Park, NY - EST - Eastern Standard Time - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

50. Karen Bird - Williston Park, NY - Eastern Standard Time - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

51. Cheryl Jansen - Los Angeles, California - Pacific Time Zone - Cheryl will be starting 3 hours later than Bentley in NYC - starting at 11AM EST - Cheryl you will be starting at your 8AM local time on 4/8

52. Elizabeth - Closest city unknown, Maryland - Eastern Standard Time - EST - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

53. John Dawson - Melbourne, Australia - Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) - 14 hours ahead - you will be starting 14 hours ahead of Bentley in NYC - your 8AM April 8th is Bentley's 6PM on April 7th so John you will posting earlier - this is the check in thread.

54. Margarita - Margarita, what is your closest city - The United Kingdom and where are you in the United Kingdom - what specific country - and timezone? - you are at least 5 hours ahead of us. So you are starting early and will post your check in here. Need more information from you.

55. Ronnie Tyler - Need closest city/state - only know USA - Eastern Standard Time - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

56. Mary T - Rhode Island USA, Eastern Time Zone - need general city location - does not have to be specific - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

57. Anna Johnstone - what country in the UK are you reading from - could you let us know a closer city, country, etc. you can still maintain your privacy - I post Metro NYC, NY - EST - It is OK that you are not able to do 12:00 to 17:00 - post in the check ins when you are reading and then you must also do the mandatory Check Out the following day which is easy to do. You do not have to check in and read for all six check ins so there is no problem with your battlefield training for reenactment - I will assume for now you are 5 hours ahead and that you will be posting and checking in 5 hours before 8AM NYC - so you will be starting at 3AM EST time which will be your local time of 8AM - so use your local time. I will assume that you are GMT + 1 (British summer time) for now

58. Doris Smith - Kusadasi, Turkey - TRT - you are 7 hours ahead of Bentley in NYC so you will be starting at 1AM EST time which is 8AM your local time. So you will be out in front starting with Australia.

59. Megan GlassMegan for you to participate - we need to know your location - what city, state, country and what timezone or if you are in a foreign country - what city are you closer to and what country and very important - we need to know your time zone - For example I use Metro NYC, NY/NJ - USA - Eastern Standard Time which is general

60. Aloha - Aloha we need to know more information for the readathon - city,state, country and timezone - if you are from a foreign country then we need closest city, state, and country plus timezone - for privacy I state - Metro NYC, NY/NJ - Eastern Standard Time so that is the way you still give the specific information but give enough specifics for the readathon - so please let us know some general specifics

61. ShawnLeeZX - Central District, 00, Hong Kong - did not receive timezone location information - but I will assume based upon the profile that it is going to be Hong Kong Time Zone - UTC+08:00 - it appears if the above is correct that you are 12 hours ahead of Bentley in NYC so you will be starting the Readathon 12 hours sooner than Bentley will - so you should start at 8AM your time and this is the first check in thread. Your 8AM on 4/8 is 8PM on 4/7 for Bentley so you are posting earlier than Eastern Standard Time

62. Kaye - New Jersey - Eastern Standard Time - Kaye could you give a city that you are closest to - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

63. Jaydee414 - Maryland - Eastern Shore - EST - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

64. Kim Verstraeten - Belgium, Central European Summer Time - what city are you closer too. Bentley uses Metro NYC, NY -EST - it appears that are going to start with this check in thread 6 hours ahead of NYC so you would be starting at 2AM Bentley's NYC time - I do not have more information from you so that is my assumption - use your local time - 8AM - 4/8 as the start time

65. Monica A - New York City, New York, USA - Eastern Standard Time (EST) - Start Time 8AM Saturday - EST - 4/8

66. Luis Frauca remacha - zero information - need city, state, country and timezone

Wait List Folks - the Maybes - Bentley is not counting on you participating - there is a fair amount of preparation for Readathons so folks cannot just show up. Make sure that you have signed up for the Readathons and set up your shelves. We have information posted elsewhere which would help you with this. Let us know that you want to participate by changing your maybe to yes ahead of time and make sure to include your city, state, country and timezone or if you are a global member - your city or province, country, timezone - you can maintain your privacy and give enough details for the readathon where time, timezone, location are critical. For example, I post Metro NYC, NY - Eastern Standard Time. So please make sure to let us know ahead of time by letting Bentley know.

JOIN THE READATHON OFFICIAL LISTING:

All - before beginning make sure that you have first signed in to the Readathon itself and signed up.

Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

Scroll down to the bottom of the readathon text and make sure you have joined the Readathon and then at the bottom you will see how you can set up your shelf to document your readathon completion progress. You will set up the name for your shelf and indicate how many books you would like to complete during the Readathons.

Once you have joined the official Readathon list - you do not have to join that set up again because we carry over the previous list from year to year.

You can always update your shelf from year to year and change the number of books you want to complete and the name of the shelf for that year easily. You can always do updates and edits.

Of course, you have to sign up for the Readathon event but as far as your Readathon shelf - you will be set up.

All, this is the thread that everybody starts on and signs in at if you are beginning the Readathon between 8AM and Noon on your April 8th.

First you are immediately going to come here and check in - you always check in immediately at the beginning of the four hour time slot for each four hour period.

Do a copy and paste of blank template that is used on all check ins
read messages 3, 4, 5 closely. And post your hello and entry.

Approximately 15 minutes before the end of the check in one period - at about 11:30AM to Noon - come back in again to the check in and fill in all of the completed data and stats and citations for that four hour time slot.

Once you have checked in and completed the check in - then you will move to the next check in and do it all over again.

There are six check ins and at the very least you have to hit one - and no matter if you had one check in - all the way up to six - EVERYBODY HAS TO CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING DAY AT NOON.

The mandatory check out has its own template.

Folks this is where you begin. Check In number one

The following folks will be starting tonight - our April 7th but their April 8th and they are many hours ahead of us. They should be using their date and their local time. - ALL OF YOU ARE STARTING TO CHECK IN HERE AT EITHER 6PM TONIGHT OR 8PM TONIGHT ON APRIL 7TH- NEW YORK CITY TIME WHICH IS ACTUALLY 8AM LOCAL TIME ON APRIL 8TH IN HONG KONG, HANGZHOU - CHINA, AND MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA

10. Zhengyang Huang - Yangzhou, Jiangsu, CHINA, GMT + 8 - you are ahead of us Zhengyang so your local time means that you are starting the readathon 12 hours before I am so I will be looking for you. Start on your time at 8AM on 4/8 which will be 12 hours earlier than Bentley - for Bentley it will be 8PM Friday night on 4/7.

22.Caroline R. - Melbourne, Australia - Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) - (GMT+10)/Caroline you would be starting earlier than the folks in NYC because you are 14 hours ahead/so you will be kicking off on this Check In at 8AM your time which is 6PM on Friday for Bentley. So you are starting on Bentley's Friday night 4/7 which is your 8AM on 4/8.

53. John Dawson - Melbourne, Australia - Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) - 14 hours ahead - you will be starting 14 hours ahead of Bentley in NYC - your 8AM April 8th is Bentley's 6PM on April 7th so John you will posting earlier - this is the check in thread.

61. ShawnLeeZX - Central District, 00, Hong Kong - did not receive timezone location information - but I will assume based upon the profile that it is going to be Hong Kong Time Zone - UTC+08:00 - it appears if the above is correct that you are 12 hours ahead of Bentley in NYC so you will be starting the Readathon 12 hours sooner than Bentley will - so you should start at 8AM your time and this is the first check in thread. Your 8AM on 4/8 is 8PM on 4/7 for Bentley so you are posting earlier than Eastern Standard Time

This is the template that you should follow:

Hi, this is Bentley - checking in from New York City - Metro New York City area - New York/New Jersey - USA - Eastern Standard Time

by Joby Warrick

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Genre: Non Fiction - Middle East (Black Flags) and Non Fiction - Biography (Lindbergh)

Start Page: 1 and 450 for both books
End Page: To be added at the conclusion of Check in One - TBA and on other - TBA
Total Pages Read: TBA for both books
Total Hours Read: TBA
Total Books Read: TBA
Total Books Completed: TBA
Location: NYC (Metro New York area) - NY/NJ - USA - Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Book Completed During This Timeslot:

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Caroline R from Melbourne, Australia and John Dawson from Melbourne, Australia - you can begin the Readathon.

This is the first Check In - and set up your blank template here and then 15 minutes before the end of the time block you can come here and fill it in.

It is 8:01 AM on April 8th in Melbourne, Australia.

Folks it is only April 7th here in New York City (smile) - we do not start yet but Australia is a day ahead almost.

Caroline R and John Dawson - the Readathon has begun for you in Melbourne, Australia - go to Check Point One (YOU ARE HERE) and sign in - set up your blank template now it is 8AM and then at 11:45AM you can fill it in and then proceed to Check Point Two. If you are starting later - then find the Check In thread that matches the time where you are - but if you want to start at the beginning - you may proceed to this thread and set up your template - just do a copy and paste and fill in your details with a brief hello.

I posted a comment in your event notification box with the link.

Here is my sample which I will be using starting at 8AM tomorrow which is April 8th in New York City.

Hi, this is Bentley - checking in from New York City - Metro New York City area - New York/New Jersey - USA - Eastern Standard Time - I might be adding different books that I need to complete or reread during the readathon other than those listed below - because I just added a sample and I reserve the right to add and subtract as I go along. This is just the beginning example. TBA means to be added. Before the end of the time slot I will come back and fill in the blanks.

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

by Noah Feldman

Genre: Non Fiction, Biography (Lindbergh)
Start Page: This is a reread - 231 and a continuing read - 1
End Page: To be added at the conclusion of Check in One - TBA and on other - TBA
Total Pages Read: TBA
Total Hours Read: TBA
Total Books Read: TBA
Total Books Completed: TBA
Location: NYC (Metro New York area) - NY/NJ - USA - Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Book Completed During This Timeslot: None Yet but I am working on the book below first:

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Zhengyang Huang of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, CHINA and ShawnLeeZX of Central District, Hong Kong - - the Readathon has begun for you in Hong Kong and China - go to Check Point One (YOU ARE HERE) and sign in - set up your blank template now it is 8AM and then at 11:45AM you can fill it in and then proceed to Check Point Two. If you are starting later - then find the Check In thread that matches the time where you are - but if you want to start at the beginning - you may proceed to this thread and set up your template - just do a copy and paste and fill in your details with a brief hello.

I posted a comment in your event notification box with the link.

Caroline R and John Dawson of Melbourne, Australia AND Zhengyang Huang of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, CHINA and ShawnLeeZX of Central District, Hong Kong

I know all of you are new to the Readathons - but the way they work is that we have six gates which you pass through and prove that you have been reading during these four hour time slots. That means you sign in on each check in thread at the beginning of the four hour timeslot and before the end of each four hour timeslot - you complete that template for that block of time and move on. That is how you prove that you have read during the time period because you have posted and signed in to each one of the check in - checkpoints that you want to get credit for.

So to get credit for the 8AM to Noontime timeslot where you are - you should have posted the blank template here on this thread and then right before the end of the four hour block - fill in the details for this block of time and complete the Check In - Checkpoint One template so that you could then do the same thing over again when you move on to the next gate which is Check in - Checkpoint Two. You have to post that you are here and reading by posting the template. We will help you if you are confused.

You do not have to do all check ins if you are reading during all of those time periods - you will just not get credit for that check in gate and time slot. You have to check in and post and update your template for at least one check in - checkpoint - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 or all six and somewhere in between and then tomorrow you have to do your tallies and check out on Checkpoint Seven which is the mandatory and only check out thread.

I am curious where you guys are and if you need my help. I am here.

Caroline R and John Dawson of Melbourne, Australia - this check in checkpoint has completed for you and there was no check in - to check in now - you would move to Checkpoint Two

AUSTRALIA FOLKS GO TO CHECKIN - CHECKPOINT TWO THREAD: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Zhengyang Huang of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, CHINA and ShawnLeeZX of Central District, Hong Kong - - this check in checkpoint has completed for you and there was no check in - to check in now - you would move to Checkpoint Two.

HONG KONG AND CHINA FOLKS GO TO CHECKIN - CHECKPOINT TWO THREAD: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I am not sure what happened to Australia, Hong Kong and China but we are here to help you but we stay up to assist you through each Check In gate so next time let us know if you are unable to attend. It may be that you are going to check in to other check in threads later in the day. But to get credit for the readathon - you have to have checked in to at least one of the check in threads (Checkins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and completed the template and have done reading and completed the mandatory CHECK OUT (Checkpoint 7). Hope to see you later at a future check in point for you. If you need help just post and ask. We are here to help.

Good Morning Europe - some of you will be posting your blank template and saying hello soon.

Europe and Turkey (part of Europe and Asia) - some of you should be starting and saying hello and posting your blank template now or soon.

17. Roberto Brazao Gomes - Netherlands (Central European Time) - Start Time is 8AM Saturday - Netherlands (Central European Time) - 4/8 which for Bentley is earlier than his start time - for Bentley your start time will be seven hours earlier than Bentley which would be 1AM on 4/8 - Roberto you would be starting at your 8AM on 4/8 - but you would be ahead of the folks in New York by 7 hours

21. Maria Kruglova - London, H9, The United Kingdom - GMT - 5 hours earlier than Bentley - Maria Kruglova - you will be starting at your local time of 8AM on 4/8 which is actually 5 hours earlier than Bentley in NYC so for Bentley you are starting at Bentley's 3AM on 4/8 so he will be looking for you.

45. Sibel Mutlu- Istanbul, Turkey - 7 hours ahead of New York City - TRT – Turkey Time (Standard Time) - Sibel you would be starting and posting here at your 8AM on April 8th but you will be starting 7 hours ahead of Bentley in NYC at Bentley's 1AM

47. Chloe - London, UK - GMT + 1 (British summer time) - 5 hours later than NYC - Chloe you will be starting five hours earlier than we will be in New York City - so you will be starting at 3AM NYC time which will be your 8AM

54. Margarita - Margarita, what is your closest city - The United Kingdom and where are you in the United Kingdom - what specific country - and timezone? - you are at least 5 hours ahead of us. So you are starting early and will post your check in here. Need more information from you

57. Anna Johnstone - what country in the UK are you reading from - could you let us know a closer city, country, etc. you can still maintain your privacy - I post Metro NYC, NY - EST - It is OK that you are not able to do 12:00 to 17:00 - post in the check ins when you are reading and then you must also do the mandatory Check Out the following day which is easy to do. You do not have to check in and read for all six check ins so there is no problem with your battlefield training for reenactment - I will assume for now you are 5 hours ahead and that you will be posting and checking in 5 hours before 8AM NYC - so you will be starting at 3AM EST time which will be your local time of 8AM - so use your local time. I will assume that you are GMT + 1 (British summer time) for now

58. Doris Smith - Kusadasi, Turkey - TRT - you are 7 hours ahead of Bentley in NYC so you will be starting at 1AM EST time which is 8AM your local time. So you will be out in front starting with Australia.

64. Kim Verstraeten - Belgium, Central European Summer Time - what city are you closer too. Bentley uses Metro NYC, NY -EST - it appears that are going to start with this check in thread 6 hours ahead of NYC so you would be starting at 2AM Bentley's NYC time - I do not have more information from you so that is my assumption - use your local time - 8AM - 4/8 as the start time

The 1AM folks which have a 8AM start time in their local country timezone.

a) Roberto
b) Sibel
c) Doris

The 2AM folks which have a 8AM start time in their local country timezone.

a) Kim

The 3AM folks which have a 8AM start time in their local country timezone.

a) Maria Kruglova
b) Chloe
c) Margarita
d) Anna Johnstone

Hi - Monica from NYC checking in - please see book information for readathon below.

- Title: Six Years in Hell- A returned Vietnamese POW views captivity, country, and the future- by Lt. Colonel Jay R. Jensen

- Genre(s): Non-fiction, Memoir, History, Vietnam War
- Location/Time zone: NYC, Manhattan, Eastern Standard Time Zone (EST)
- Starting time: 8:00am (EST)
- Starting page: 1

Good morning everyone, I am here in Valley Forge PA.

Checking in.

by Mary Beard

Genre: History - Ancient Rome
Start Page: 209
End Page: 271
Total Pages Read: 62
Total Hours Read: 2 hours
Total Books Read: 0
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Southeastern PA, USA, Eastern Standard Time

Checking out (need to run a few errands)

Good morning, all! Checking in from sunny Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

by Ken L. Gould

Genre: Science Thriller
Start Page: 1
End Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read: TBD
Total Books Read: TBD
Total Books Completed: TBD
Location: Northeastern NC, USA, Eastern Standard Time

Checking in from Central Florida, USA, EST

by Herb Hughes

by Jeff Shaara

Genre: Historical Fiction - US Civil War
Start Page: 140 and 150
End Page: 210 and 230
Total Pages Read: 150
Total Hours Read: 2.5
Total Books Read: 2
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Central Florida, USA, EST

Good morning. Mary from Charleston, South Carolina checking in and checking out.

by Joby Warrick

Genre: History, Middle East
Start Page: Page 15
End Page: 61
Total Pages Read: 46
Total Hours Read: 1.5 hours
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Charleston, SC, USA, Eastern Standard Time

Good Morning! Kathy from Toccoa, GA, checking in. Checking out.

by Elena Ferrante. No photo.

Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 82
End Page: 136
Total Pages Read: 54
Total Hours Read: 2 hrs.
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Foothills to the Great Smoky Mtns, GA, USA, Eastern Standard Time

Morning all! Fiona from Ottawa, Ontario checking in and out for the morning.

by
Genre: YA fiction
Start Page: 263
End Page: 317
Total Pages Read: 54
Total Hours Read: 45 mins/0.75hr
Total Books Completed: 1

Good morning, this is Lorna checking in from Denver, Colorado

by Lisa See

Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 1
End Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read: TBD
Total Books Read: TBD
Total Books Completed: TBD
Location: Denver, Colorado USA, Mountain Daylight Time

Dianne wrote: "I am number 15 Dianne T Vancouver British Columbia Canada Pacific Time Zone"

Dianne it is too early for your to start the Readathon. You need to wait until 8AM in your location.

Right now it is 7:30AM so you only have another half hour.

When it is 8AM then you can post your hello and do a copy and past of the blank template like I showed above or like Lorna did in message 32 filling in the details that are unique to your reading that you can fill in.

Lorna first has the citation of the book she is reading.

Then she copied the template - you can put in the genre for starters and what page you are starting on for your book. And then you can add the details for what you completed for this four hour period 15 minutes before the time block ends. So around 11:30 or 11:45 - fill in the details for this first time block and tell me you are signing out of this time block and then you would sign in to the next Check In - Check IN Two which is the time block beginning at Noon.

Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 1
End Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read: TBD
Total Books Read: TBD
Total Books Completed: TBD
Location: Denver, Colorado USA, Mountain Daylight Time

Karen wrote: "Good morning everyone, I am here in Valley Forge PA.

Checking in.

by Mary Beard

Genre: History -..."

Karen welcome to you from Pennsylvania - delighted to have a veteran post.

You are off to an awesome beginning. Your template set up is perfect so far. At the end of the time block circle back in and fill in the blanks and then you will be able to go on to the next check in.

Skeetor wrote: "Good morning, all! Checking in from sunny Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

by Ken L. Gould

Genre: Science Th..."

Hello Skeetor - a wonderful sunny hello to you in wonderful North Carolina - the same welcome to you as Karen - another veteran.

You are off to an awesome beginning. Your template set up is perfect so far. At the end of the time block circle back in and fill in the blanks and then you will be able to go on to the next check in.

Monica A wrote: "Hi - Monica from NYC checking in - please see book information for readathon below.

- Title: Six Years in Hell- A returned Vietnamese POW views captivity, country, and the future- by Lt. Colonel ..."

Hello Monica A from the Big Apple

Delighted to have a newcomer with us. First we are glad you are here and we will help you along.

The first thing you need to learn how to do is citations.

This is how your citation should look at the top - however you picked a tough one because your selection does not have a book cover on goodreads so you have to add the link and in front of it say (no image). Then add the book link because there is no cover and then the word by put in manually leaving a space before the word and a space after it. Then normally you would add the author's photo but there is no photo of this author on goodreads so you add the link which is the author's name in linkable text and the words (no photo) in parentheses following it. I have shown you how to do your citation below. You can always get more help on the Mechanics of the Board thread which is in the Help Desk folder on our site.

(no image) Six Years in Hell: A Returned Vietnam POW Views Captivity, Country, and the Future by Jay R. Jensen (no photo)

Now let me address the remainder of your template.

You have the following:

- Genre(s): Non-fiction, Memoir, History, Vietnam War
- Location/Time zone: NYC, Manhattan, Eastern Standard Time Zone (EST)
- Starting time: 8:00am (EST)
- Starting page: 1

You should have these lines added this way because we have posted the template. You do not need hyphens at all either.

Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, History, Vietnam War
Start Page: 1
End Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read: TBD
Total Books Read: TBD
Total Books Completed: TBD
Location: New York City, New York, EST

If you put together how it should look - here is your complete blank template which you post in each check in before you circle back and place the completed details in it 15 minutes before the end of each time block.

Hi - Monica from NYC checking in - please see book information for readathon below.

(no image) Six Years in Hell: A Returned Vietnam POW Views Captivity, Country, and the Future by Jay R. Jensen (no photo)

Genre: Non-fiction, Memoir, History, Vietnam War
Start Page: 1
End Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read: TBD
Total Books Read: TBD
Total Books Completed: TBD
Location: New York City, New York, EST

Hello Mary Ellen - you are doing a great job.

Welcome to you from beautiful central Florida.

You are off to a great job with your template - just use that template for all of the check ins - and fill in the finished and updated details each time - This is the template that you would use for Checkin - Checkpoints - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. And then at the end of the Readathon - you would checkout on Checkpoint Seven and use the tally template. But you have down the check in template pitch perfect.

Now you have to circle back at 11:45AM and fill in the blanks and update this Check In template but you are doing great.

Mary wrote: "Good morning. Mary from Charleston, South Carolina checking in.

by Joby Warrick

Genre: Histo..."

Good Morning Mary from beautiful Charleston, South Carolina.

Your template is perfect and you have all of the information that you could possibly have at the beginning.

Now remember at 11:45AM circle back and complete, fill in and update your basic template here and then I will give you the green light to go to Check In TWO.

Kathy wrote: "Good Morning! Kathy from Toccoa, GA, checking in.

by Elena Ferrante. No photo.

Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 82
End Page: TBD
Total..."

Well hello to Kathy from Toccoa, Georgia - we are happy to have you - another veteran who knows what to do and did it.

You are off to an awesome beginning. Your template set up is perfect so far. At the end of the time block (at around 11:45AM) circle back in and fill in the blanks and then you will be able to go on to the next check in. Terrific!

BENTLEY'S OFFICIAL CHECK IN NOT THE SAMPLE:

Hi, this is Bentley - checking in from New York City - Metro New York City area. (CHECKING OUT NOW AND MOVING TO CHECK IN TWO)

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

by Noah Feldman

Genre: Non Fiction, Biography (Lindbergh)
Start Page: This is a reread - 231 and a continuing read - 1
End Page: Same as start pages - no time - administrating
Total Pages Read: 0
Total Hours Read: 0
Total Books Read: 0
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: NYC (Metro New York area) - NY/NJ - USA - Eastern Standard Time (EST)

Book Completed During This Timeslot: None - I am working on the book below first:

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Good morning, this is Helga checking in from Columbia SC.
by Colum McCann

Genre: Irish Literature, Historical fiction
Start page:195
End page: 255
Total Pages Read:60
Total Time Reading: 2 hours
Total Books Read: 1
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Columbia, SC. EST

Patrick checking in from Big Sky Country

by J.K. Rowling

Genre: Fantasy
Start Page: 1
End Page: TBA
Total Pages Read: TBA
Total Hours: TBA
Total Books Completed: TBA
Location: Helena-MT-USA-Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)

Hi! Checking in from San Antonio.

by Anders Rydell (no photo

Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 93
Finish Page: 116
Total Pages Read: 18
Total Time Reading: 45 minutes
Total Books Read: TBD
Location: San Antonio, CT

Hi, this is Mehrdad - checking in from Pasadena, California, USA.
Reading:
by Sinclair Lewis
Genre: Political Fiction
Start page: 26
End page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Time Reading: TBD
Total Books Read:TBD
Location: Pasadena, California, USA

Vicki here, checking in from Berkeley, CA - SF Bay Area. Now updating my entry.

by Jo Walton

Genre - Sci-fi, philosophical fiction

Start Page: 264 (I've been reading this for a few days)
End Page: 334
Total Pages Read: 70
Total Hours Read: 1 hr, 50 min
Total Books Read: 1
Total Books Completed: 1
Location: Berkeley, CA - SF Bay Area - USA - Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)

Book Completed During This Timeslot: 1

Fiona wrote: "Morning all! Fiona from Ottawa, Ontario checking in and out for the morning.

by
Genre: YA fiction
Start Page: 263
End Page: 31..."

And a good morning to you Fiona from Ottawa, Canada in the Eastern Time Zone. We are always happy to have one of our dearest neighbors with us. A giant big Apple hello!

Just a few things on the template - you should do a copy and paste of the one that I have posted as the example - it will make your time at the Readathon so much easier. Once you get your check in template right - then you can just do an edit, copy and paste and use that template customized for you for all of your checkins - that would be Check In 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 which correspond to specific time blocks of time.

This is what you have - I will show you what yours should look like now.

Fiona has posted the following:

by
Note: this effort was great but you need to go back in and add the author's link after the author's photo.

Like this:

by Andrew Smith

Now your template - you have posted the following:

Genre: YA fiction
Start Page: 263
End Page: 317
Total Pages Read: 54
Total Hours Read: 45 mins/0.75hr
Total Books Completed: 1

There are a few problems with the above. First the Genre line is fine, the start page is fine, but you would not be filling in the blanks until the end of the time block so I have no idea why you filled in the total pages read as 54 since you have another hour or so to the end of the time period. Unless you just stopped this 4 hour time block at 45 minutes. I do not understand. You are also missing your Location line at the bottom even though you gave this information in your greeting - it needs to be added in both spots.

So I think your sign in template should look like this:

by Andrew Smith

Genre: YA Fiction
Start Page: 263
End Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read: TBD
Total Books Read: 1
Total Books Completed: TBD
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - EST

Now at 11:45AM your time you should then circle back and add the finishing details and it would then look like this:

by Andrew Smith

You may want to add the book citation of the next book you are going to start in Check In One or Two here:

Genre: YA Fiction
Start Page: 263
End Page: 317
Total Pages Read: 54
Total Hours Read: 45 minutes
Total Books Read: 1
Total Books Completed: 1
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - EST

Book Completed:
by Andrew Smith

History Club Readathon
Genre: Biography
Title: Rather Unspoken
DanRather
Start page 51
End page

Genre: History:
Title: In Harm's Way
Doug Stanton
Start page: 1
End Page:

Genre: Fiction
Title: Me Before You
JoJo Moyes
Start page 333
End page

Genre: Fiction
South of Broad
Pat Conroy
Start page 1
End page

checking out, see message 26.

Lorna wrote: "Good morning, this is Lorna checking in from Denver, Colorado

by Lisa See

Genre: Historical Fiction
..."

Lorna, a big welcome to you in the beautiful state of Colorado - everything is perfect - just circle back at 11:45 AM and fill in the blanks and complete this check in template - once you have done that you can move on to Check In Two and post the template again based upon where you are starting out from.

Terrific job so far.

Checking in and out for phase 1.

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Genre: History - Biography
Start Page: 433
End Page: 464
Total Pages Read: 22
Total Hours Read: 1.5 hours
Total Books Read: 0
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Melbourne, Florida; Eastern Daylight Time

Dianne wrote: "History Club Readathon
Genre: Biography
Title: Rather Unspoken
DanRather
Start page 51
End page

Genre: History:
Title: In Harm's Way
Doug Stanton
Start page: 1
End Page:

Genre: Fiction
Title: M..."

Dianne from British Columbia of Canada - another warm welcome to our friends in Canada. I can see this is your first time and that is ok - we are here to help you.

We have posted templates for a reason to make things easier for you and you should take advantage of them. You will find that things go real smooth for you for all of the other check ins. It looks like I am seeing a bunch of books listed - not cited properly and no template.

So let me try to explain a few things. The Readathon is a live event - so you need to be actually reading and posting during the time block that you have signed in to. That is why we have 6 four hour sign in blocks of time for the Readathon which equals the 24 hour time period and then we have the Check out thread which is our mandatory check out and tally point for all of the six check ins and that is where you tally everything up tomorrow. There is a second template for that. So there are two templates that you must use. The check in template for check ins 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 and the check out template which is used by everyone in 7.

You decided to read during this time block which is from 8AM to Noon your local time. So right now it is probably 8:30AM where you are and you have another 3 and 1/2 hours to go for reading in this timeslot. At 11:45 AM your time - you would circle back to your template here and fill in the blanks and then you would do an edit, copy and paste and use your completed template as your sign in template for Check In Two and so on. Once you are in Check in Two which would be around Noon or a little after your time - you would post the beginning point of your revised template there and then 15 minutes before the end of Check Point Two at about 3:45 PM you would complete the template in Check Point Two and move to the next check in and sign it there. So right now what should your sign in template look like is the big question:

First the greeting following by the blank template aside from a few fields - remember you will be filling in the blanks at 11:45 AM.

Hi this is Dianne from British Columbia, Canada signing in for Check In One.

I am going to read a number of books during the readathon. They are:

by Dan Rather

by Doug Stanton (no photo)

by Jojo Moyes

by Pat Conroy

Genre: Mystery, Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography
Start Page: On Dan Rather's book page 1, on book y - page 1, etc.
End Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read: TBD
Total Books Read: TBD
Total Books Completed: TBD
Location: British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Timezone

Now at the end of your time block - your template would be filled in and it might look like this:

Hi this is Dianne from British Columbia, Canada signing in for Check In One. (CHECKING OUT NOW)

I am going to read a number of books during the readathon. They are:

by Dan Rather

by Doug Stanton (no photo)

by Jojo Moyes

by Pat Conroy

Genre: Mystery, Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography
Start Page: On Dan Rather's book page 1, on book y - page 1, etc.
End Page: 30 on Rather book, 20 on Conroy book
Total Pages Read: 50
Total Hours Read: 3 hours out of 4
Total Books Read: 2 out of 4
Total Books Completed: None
Location: British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Timezone