The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Seven Date: April 23rd, 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 fifth readathon - we will use the same readathon challenge for all of them so you can see your readathon shelfs 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 NOON until FOUR PM (4PM) on April 23rd, 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.

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/...

Picking up where I left off, with Peter Englund's The Beauty and the Sorrow.
I was going to move on to Forge of Empires after The Beauty and the Sorrow, but first, a little literary palate cleanser: The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination.

, by Peter Englund
Genre: History (WWI)
Start page: 421
Finish page: 509

, by John Joseph Adams
Genre: Science Fiction
Start page: 132
Finish page: 160

Total pages: 88 + 28 = 116
Time spent: 90 + 25 = 115 minutes
Location & TZ: Kuşadası, Turkey, EEST
Completed book(s) Y/N: Y
Name(s) of completed book(s): The Beauty and the Sorrow

Checking in with another book (considerably smaller in size :) ), because I have to go out of the house for a while.

by Mikhail Bulgakov

Genre or genres: Classic Russian fiction
Start Page: 94
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 136
Total Pages Read: 42
How much time did you read during this block of time: 1 hour
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Book: The Big Short by Michael Lewis.
Page started at noon:104.
Genre: non-fiction, economics
I plan on reading until four and hopefully we'll into the night.
I am in Karlsruhe, Germany.
I know I didn't put the pictures up, however my laptop is broken and I have to comment with my phone. I don't know how to put a picture of the book and author up with my phone. my apologies.

by Dave Eggers
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 150
Finish Page: 194
Total of pages : 44
Time spent: 1.5 hrs.
Book completion: N
Location and timezone: Georgia, USA, EST.
Checking Out.

Checking in:
Continuing to read:

by Nevil Shute


Genre: Fiction
Start page: 177
End page: 312
checkpoint time: Noon - 4:00 PM
Total pages read : 135
Total hours read: 2.5
Total Books Read:1
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

by Hamid Ismailov (no photo)
Genre: Fiction
Start page: 1
End page 11
Total pages read for this checkpoint: 146

Checking out

Hope everyone is having a great day so far.

Do Not Disturb by Kate Kingsbury

by Kate Kingsbury
Genre or genres: Cozy mystery
Start Page: 120
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 202
Total Pages Read: 82
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3 hours
Location: Warner Robins, GA, EST
Books Complete: 1
What were they? by Kate Kingsbury

Samanta and Doris - you are going strong - Croatia and Turkey - you should have proceeded to future Checkins - when I get to that checkin - I will acknowledge.

Make sure to do your updates, tallies and move forward

Brandi - welcome from Karlsruhe, Germany - we are delighted to have you with us. It must be a bear to do this from a phone - the mobile app is not that cooperative - but you can go in to the desktop version which I often do but it is still very difficult. When you get back to a notebook or a desktop - you can update appropriately. We are so happy to have you participate as we are for all of our wonderful global friends and members.

You posted the following:
Book: The Big Short by Michael Lewis.
Page started at noon:104.
Genre: non-fiction, economics
I plan on reading until four and hopefully we'll into the night.
I am in Karlsruhe, Germany.
I know I didn't put the pictures up, however my laptop is broken and I have to comment with my phone. I don't know how to put a picture of the book and author up with my phone. my apologies.

It needs to look like this:

The Big Short

by Michael Lewis

Genre or genres: Non fiction, Economics
Start Page: 104
Finish Page for this checkpoint: What page number did you finish up on for this check in checkpoint?
Total Pages Read: How many pages did you read for this four hour slot? Remember there are six check ins - you must check in every four hours into the next checkin. So if you plan to read until 4PM then you would Check in on Checkpoint One, Two, and also checkout on Checkpoint Seven which is the mandatory Checkout.

On each of the checkins - you figure out your start and end page, how many pages you read in that four hour time slot and how long you read during that 4 hour timeframe. You always go back and do your Check in tallies - then at the end you have to do your final Check out and that has a different template.

Location: You gave that - good - Karlsruhe, Germany but you also have to add your timezone;

Like this:

Location: Karlsruhe, Germany - Central European Time Zone

Also respond if you completed any books during that timeslot (Yes or No and if Yes, you must cite the ones that you completed

Bentley here and checking in on Checkpoint Two

I am working on two books:

Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics - (being the moderator I read the book twice - one go through and then a reread with the group)

by Michael Wolraich

The following is a reread:

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

by Rick Atkinson

Genre: History (WWI) and Political History
Start page: for UM - 61 - for AAatD - 150
Finish page: TBA and the other is still TBA
Total pages: TBA
Time spent: 4 hours
Location & TZ: Metro NYC, EST
Completed book(s) Y/N: TBA

Checking in.

by Viola Shipman

Genre: Fiction
Start Page: 175
Finish Page: 260
Total of pages: 85
Time spent: 3 hours
Books completed: 0
Location and timezone: Texas, Central Time

I am taking the dog out - will be back and continue to go through Checkin Two

Name of Book and Author or books and authors: by: Halldór Laxness
Genre or genres: Fiction
Start page: 198
Finish page: 240 (the end)
Number of pages: 42
Time Spent: 54 minutes
Books completed: 1
Location: Pennsylvania, USA EST

Checking in and reading:
by Jean Manco (no photo)
Genre: Non-Fiction, History, Ancient, Language, Archology
Start Page: 122
Finish Page: 264
Total Pages Read: 142
How much time spent reading: 3.5 hrs
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone
Books Completed: 1

Hi, all. Checked out, see msg 9.

Checking out, please see message 8.

Check Point 2
by Robert Galbraith
Genre: British mystery
Start Pages: 340
End pages: 445
Total read 105 pages total
Total time 2.0 hours
Location: EST, SC
Books Completed: 0

by Anton Chekhov

Genre: Fiction - Stories
Start Page: 1
Finish Page: 56
Total of Pages: 56
Time Spent: 1.5 hours
Books Completed: 0
Location and Time Zone: Washington State, Pacific Daylight Time

Teri - good so far but you are nearing the completion of this check in so go back and do your tallies,, etc and head to Check In Three.

Kathy wrote: " by Dave Eggers
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 150
Finish Page: 194
Total of pages : 44
Time spent: 1.5 hrs...."

Kathy good - you should be on Checkpoint - checkin Three

Karen wrote: "Checking in:
Continuing to read:

by Nevil Shute


Genre: Fiction
Start page: 177
End page: 312
checkpoint time: Noon - ..."

Karen awesome - you should be on Checkpoint Three

Francie wrote: "Hope everyone is having a great day so far.

Do Not Disturb by Kate Kingsbury

by Kate Kingsbury
Genre or genr..."

Francie - awesome - you should already be on Checkin Three

Elizabeth wrote: "Name of Book and Author or books and authors: by: Halldór Laxness
Genre or genres: Fiction
Start page: 198
Finish page: 240 (the end)
Number of pag..."

Not bad Elizabeth aside from the citation - you seem to have everything else there.

Here is how the citation should look:

by Halldór Laxness

Michele wrote: "Checking in and reading:
by Jean Manco (no photo)
Genre: Non-Fiction, Histor..."

Michele welcome from the beautiful state of California - the Golden State

You are in the right Check In for California.

Francie wrote: "Hi, all. Checked out, see msg 9."

Francie and Karen - got it

Helga - excellent - you should have moved on to Checkpoint Three with Francie and Karen and Kathy - Teri should be there now too

Checked out - see message 13.

Terrific Teri

Checking in and working on my first of two books:

My Paris Dream by Kate Betts (no photo)

Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, France, Travel
Start page for this time slot: 139
Finish page for this time slot: 166
Total Pages Read: 27
How much times spent reading: 30min
Location: West Coast Canada, PST Zone
Books Completed: 0

I'm currently reading as my first of many study breaks, so I will most likely check out soon to continue that studying. I hope to continue in the next check-in thread.

Checking out to do more homework and studying. See message 31.
See you later in checkpoint 3!

Checking out. See message 16

by Priscilla Royal

Genre or genres: historical fiction

Number of Pages Read 165- Start Page 62 Finish Page 227

How much time did you read during this block of time: 3.5 hours

Also, your location in the world and timezone Vancouver, BC Canada Pacific Daylight Time

Checked out - message 20

This is Chris from CA checking in for the first time today. Sorry I'm late to the party as I precinct walking for a local candidate. I'm hoping to read five books today and complete at least three of them.

Christopher no problem - just use the template and fill in what you have accomplished and where you are starting. Nobody is ever late to a readathon unless you want to do the entire thing - you can read as little as one hour and participate but you have to fill out the template for one check in and you must complete the mandatory Check out which is Checkpoint Seven. Many of us are on for the duration anybody can participate.

Look at Helga's in 19 or Teri's in 13 or read message one and fill in the blanks here. Do a copy and paste of your template and fix it for each check in.

However Christopher - it is 5:45PM and an hour ago would have placed the time at 4:45PM - so really and truly you need to check in on Checkpoint Three which matches your local time of when you are reading unless I am missing something.

It is 2:56 PM in Hawaii - only one hour more here and then you have to Check in to Checkpoint Three

Checking out.

by Stephanie Barron
Genre: Historical mystery
Pages read: 132-258
Number of pages: 126
Reading time: 2 hrs
Location: California, PDT
Books completed: 0

I'm late doing this because my son and family came for dinner.

Very good.

YOU MUST CHECK OUT AT THE END WHEN YOU ARE DONE - CHECKPOINT SEVEN - READATHON ENDS 8AM ON APRIL 24TH, 2016

Everybody remember - no matter if you checked in on only one checkin - 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 - it doesn't matter - if you even had only one checking in - checkpoint or 6 checkpoints or somewhere in between - EVERYBODY MUST CHECK OUT.

You must Check out on Checkpoint Seven - THE ONLY CHECK OUT THREAD - HOPEFULLY BY NOON TODAY YOUR TIME.
(Although we try to be understanding - if you fell asleep - smile)

Here is the link to the MANDATORY CHECK OUT THREAD. It has its own template:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This is a sample CHECKOUT TEMPLATE: MODIFY IT FOR YOURSELF AND USE IT FOR CHECKOUT

by John W. Dean

Final Tally - 105 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 2.45 hours
Genres: Non fiction and Politics - 1
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 2 Checkpoints and One Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 0
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location/Timezone: UK, GMT