The History Book Club discussion

This year we will be conducting Readathons which I think will be a fun addition. You do not have to read for 24 hours straight but we will try to set it up along the lines of Dewey’s Readathon and other well known readathons. But we will modify things to fit in with The History Book Club and our membership.

We will set up five readathons (one was postponed) - the start times will be on Saturday to allow folks to participate.

2016 - Readathon Seven Date: April 23rd, 2016

2016 - Readathon Eight Date: June 25th, 2016

2016 - Readathon Nine Date: September 3rd, 2016

2016 - Readathon Ten Date: December 17th, 2016 - Beginning

Mark your calendars.

How To Join In:
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 five readathon dates throughout 2016; 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.

Returning Readathoners from 2015: Make sure to create a new shelf for 2016 or just add to the 2015 shelf - either is fine. But remember to increase your goal if you successfully completed your goal in 2015. And you might want to call your shelf something with the year 2016 in it.

For those of you who want to join in:

https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

How To Join In:
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 the 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.

Hello Folks - December 17th at 8AM Eastern Standard Time we begin Readathon Ten.

However our friends in other countries will be starting earlier than we do - make sure to proceed first to Checkpoint One which is the first check in for December 17th and follow the directions.

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