The History Book Club discussion

2016 - Readathon Seven Date: April 23rd, 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 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 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 8PM until Midnight 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 4. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 8PM until Midnight on April 23rd in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on April 23rd. 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.

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/...

Well, I finished the two books I had earmarked. So now I'll start something new, to the backdrop of the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of Verdi's Otello:

, by Mary Roach
Genre: Science
Start page: 1
Finish page: 106
Total pages: 106
Time spent: 85 minutes
Location & TZ: Kuşadası, Turkey, EEST
Completed book(s) Y/N: Y
Name(s) of completed book(s): The Beauty and the Sorrow; Forge of Empires

Continuing with:

by Caitlin Moran
Genre or genres: Memoir
Start Page: 22
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 122
Total Pages Read: 100
How much time did you read during this block of time: 2 hours 50 minutes
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Samanta and Doris - go girls - you are doing very well. And Croatia and Turkey are out in front.

Continuing with:

by Laurentino Gomes

Genre: History of Brazil
Start page: 250
Finish Page: 416
Total Pages Read: 166
How much time did you read: 2h
Total books read: 1
What time zone you are in and where are you located: Brazil (GMT -3)

Checking in:

The Forgotten by David Baldacci

by David Baldacci
Genre or genres: Mystery
Start Page: 305
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 415
Total Pages Read: 110
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3.5 hours
Location: Warner Robins, GA, EST
Books Complete: 1
What were they? by Kate Kingsbury

Checking in to checkpoint 4
Continuing to read:

by Hamid Ismailov (no photo)


Genre: Fiction
Start page: 82
End page: 153
checkpoint time: 8:00 PM - 12:00 PM
Total pages read for this checkpoint :71
Total hours read for this checkpoint :2
Total Books Read:1
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Book completed:
by Nevil Shute


Total pages read: 464
Total hours read: 9.0

Checking out, I'll be checking back in the morning

by Dave Eggers

Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 240
Finish Page: 240
Total of pages : 0
Time spent: 0
Book completion: N
Location and timezone: Georgia, USA, EST.
Checking out. No reading this period.

We;come guys to Checkpoint Four - I will be going through each one as I get through them

Hello all - thought I would jump in after a busy week/weekend to join you and tackle some reading backlog. This is my first check-in.

Checking out now.

I'm reading:
by Michael Wolraich

Start Page: 31
Finish Page: 51
Total Pages: 20
Time Spent: 1 hour (took lots of notes)
Book Completion: no
Location and time zone: South Carolina, USA, ET

Hey Mary from South Carolina - it is never never too late. The Palmetto State (South Carolina) - welcome.

Check in 4.

by Gilbert King

Genre:Historical non-fiction
Start page 204
End page 272
Total pages read 68
Time reading 2hours
Location: EST, SC
Book completed no

Checking in.

by Kristin Hannah

Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 1
Finish Page: 7
Total of pages: 7
Time spent: 15 mins
Books completed: 0
Location and timezone: Texas, Central Time

Welcome Folks to Checkpoint Four

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 and continuing with:

by Anton Chekhov

Genre: Fiction - Stories
Start Page: 103
Finish Page: end
Total of Pages: 11
Time Spent: 10 mins
Books Completed: 1
Location and Time Zone: Washington State, Pacific Daylight Time

Checking out, please see message 9

Continuing...
by Christopher McDougall
Genre: Non-Fiction
Start Page: 122
Finish Page: 160
Total Pages Read: 38
How much time did you read: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Books completed: 0
Time Zone: EST; Location: Florida

Name of Book and Author: by: Gilbert King
Genre: Historical NonFiction
Start Page: 54
Finish Page: 80
Total Pages Read: 26
Time Read: 51 minutes
Books Completed: N/A
Location: Pennsylvania, USA EST

Checked out, see msg 8

Checking out - message 15. Took a break so didn't get much read - back at it now.

I'm checking in to this time period having finished my second book for the day. Here are the particulars.

Currently reading: by Richard Rubin(no photo)
Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 401
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 489
Total Pages Read: 138
How much time did you read: 5 hours, 10 minutes
Location: Southern CA, PST
Books Completed: 2 so far
What were they?: by Jeffrey E. Garten; by Richard Rubin(no photo)

Checking in for the second time 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: 166
Finish page for this time slot: TBA
Total Pages Read for this time slot: TBA
How much times spent reading: TBA
Location: West Coast Canada, PST Zone
Books Completed: 0

I'm thinking of just reading straight into the next few checkpoints as I've been busy all day. Hopefully, I'll finish both of my books!

I'm checking out of this time period. I'm nearly done with my third book and I will finish it in the next one. See you all there!

Currently reading: by Alister E. McGrath
Genre or genres: Biography/Literary criticism
Start Page: 309
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 363
Total Pages Read: 192
How much time did you read: 6 hours, 53 minutes
Location: Southern CA, PST
Books Completed: 2 so far
What were they?: by Jeffrey E. Garten; by Richard Rubin(no photo)

Checking out as well.

Finished my first book, by Kate Betts (no photo).
Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, France, Travel
Start page for this time slot: 166
Finish page for this time slot: 239 (end of book)
Total Pages Read for this time slot: 73
How much times spent reading: 1.25 hours
Location: West Coast Canada, PST Zone
Books Completed: 1

My next book is by Tricia O'Malley. See you in the next checkpoint!

by Michel Houellebecq
Genre: Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 147
Finish Page: 188
Total of pages : 41
Time spent: 44 minutes
Book completion: N
Location and timezone: Brussels, CET

by Kerry Greenwood
Genre: Historical fiction/mystery
Start page: 119
Finish page: 175
Total pages: 56
Total time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Books completed: 1
Location: Pennsylvania, EST

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

Principles of General Chemistry by Silberberg
Genre: Science
Number of Pages Read - 1 -20

How much time did you read: 1.5 hours

What time zone and location are you in: East Tennessee, time zone = eastern

Savannah - look above you in message one- just do a copy and paste of any folks checking in and put in your own stuff. HOWEVER IT IS TOO LATE TO BE CHECKING IN ON A SUNDAY AT 9PM ON ANY CHECK IN CHECKPOINT FOR ANYBODY.

First cite the book - what I usually do is to bold the book title above the citation like this:

Principles of General Chemistry

by Martin Silberberg (no photo).

Second to participate you must have checked in to at least one of the check in checkpoints - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (DURING THE READATHON NOT AFTERWARDS) - if you did not do that - then the readathon cannot count for you - I am sorry. However if you have done that and I haven't looked at the final tally and have filled out at least one Check in Template somewhere ELSE - then you can get credit for the readathon by checking out ON CHECKPOINT SEVEN WHICH YOU MUST DO.

THIS IS A CHECK IN AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE ONLY DURING THE READATHON WHICH IS LONG OVER and this is mandatory.

Also it appears that you have only read 20 pages and only stated that totally you read for an hour and a half so that makes me wonder what Check In Checkpoint (OTHER THAN THIS ONE AFTER THE FACT) you hit and I assume that this is only one - if you can cite one other - which I hope you can then you can let me know.

You did not complete a book so that answer is zero

And you have 1 book in progress

So this is what a Check IN Template would look like for you. I honestly thought at first that you were checking out late until I realized that you were on a Check In Checkpoint!

Principles of General Chemistry

by Martin Silberberg (no photo)

Genre: Science - Textbook - 1
Start Page - 1
Final Page Read - 20
Total Pages Read - 20
Total Time Reading - 1.5 hours
Total Number of Books Completed - 0
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location/Timezone: Tennessee, USA - EST

Savannah - tell me which checkpoint and which thread you signed in on other than this one and what post number. I will verify and update your template. If you did not check in - then the readathon does not count.

If you forgot to check in - then tell me during which time period you read the 20 pages in your text book and I will allow you this time to go back and add the information on that thread in a Check In Template (or is this the only one?).

But we need to get everything done correctly. If I do not hear from you and you do not have a Check In Checkpoint completed somewhere else then I cannot add you to the list of readathoners this time but you can try next time. Either way let me know how I can help you. And have you checked out? That is also mandatory - Read during the readathon hours and check in on the checkpoints during the designated time. You have to do this with at least one Check In Checkpoint - Then finish on time and get your Checkout Checkpoint completed by 12 Noon by the next day. You can hit all six checkins and one mandatory check out or do one checkin or something in between PLUS the mandatory Checkout. But always these are done during the readathon. Being in Tennessee - you should have finished this check in no later than Midnight last night.

Okay. Did not read about the readathon until Sunday when all was over so I guess I get no credit.

No I am sorry Savannah (lol) - just always check the main page - you will find the upcoming readathon updated there with the date.