The History Book Club discussion

2017 - Readathon Eleven Date: April 8th, 2017 - FINISH TIME 8AM ON APRIL 9TH WHEREVER YOU ARE GLOBALLY) - THIS IS THE CHECKOUT THREAD

We hope you had a good time at the Readathon. CHECK-OUT IS HERE.

a) Please list the books completed if any and genres and how many pages in the book that you read during the readathon. Only pages read during the readathon itself count towards the readathon page total but the book when completed (if during the readathon) can count towards books completed. This is the tally thread for all of the checkpoint segments. Tally and list books and authors where you have read any pages.

b) Let us know the books you read or are reading - start and finish pages and genre.
You can read 10 books if you like - if you want to read them each a little bit at a time that is also allowed but you must let us know your start and end pages and all of the book details. Also tally them up here on the checkout thread.

c) How much time did you read total during the 24 hour readathon? This is the tally thread for all of your checkpoints in the readathon.

d) List all of the books completed over the total readathon - citations please - title and author.

e) Tally all of your pages read and how much total time did you read and how many pages

f) Let us know your timezone and location.

So here is an example:

a) Completed one book: The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott - Genre - Historical Fiction - read all 482 pages for readathon. Total time spend reading during the readathon was 7 hours or all 24 hours or 1 hour.

by Paul Scott

Genre was historical fiction.

Metro NYC - Eastern Standard Time

or

b) Completed one book: The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott - Genre - Historical Fiction - read all 482 pages for readathon.

by Paul Scott

Metro NYC - Eastern Standard Time

and started the next book

b) The Day of the Scorpion - Genre - Historical Fiction - read from 1 - page 200 - have not completed book yet.

by Paul Scott

or

b) The Day of the Scorpion - Genre - Historical Fiction - read from 1 - page 200 - have not completed book yet.

by Paul Scott

Note: In all of these instances - there are totals and stats being counted.

First we will make a list of books completed during the readathon even if the book had already been started before the readathon - if you finished the book finally during the readathon they count to that total, then second, we count the total number of pages read during the readathon, and then we count and list all of the different books started during the readathon, and finally the different genres read during the readathon and what these genres were with a count. And then your location and timezone.

We will also list all of the proud participants in each History Book Club Readathon.

Congrats.

FOLKS FROM THE PREVIOUS READATHON WE HAVE COME UP WITH THE SIMON TEMPLATE CREATED BY ONE OF OUR ADMINS - IT MAKES THINGS EASIER - JUST DO IT LIKE HE DID - HERE IS THE SAMPLE:

Here is what Simon did for his checkout and I think this is a pretty compact way of doing your tallies if you have not already done them. This is the MANDATORY CHECK OUT THREAD.

I replicated his post here:

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: UK, GMT

We will give you until Noon on APRIL 9TH to complete your check-out but all reading needs to be completed (that will count in the APRIL 8TH readathon 24 hour period) no later than APRIL 9TH, 2017 (at your 8AM) wherever you are in the world.

For example, in some parts of the world folks would be starting the readathon on our APRIL 7TH which could be 24 hours before our start time on APRIL 8TH but if they want to participate they must also complete their 24 hour period when we start on our start time at 8AM which probably in Asia is their nighttime.

This would be due to the international date line in the case of New Zealand or nighttime in the case of other parts of the world like India. We have included the time line thread for all. If you have any questions - just ask - we are here to help you.

In Europe for example if you are in the UK - you could start at your 8AM on APRIL 8TH which is 5 hours ahead of us but then you have to end at your 8AM on APRIL 9TH even though we in the US on the East Coast have 5 hours more to go.

On the West Coast you do not have to get up at 5AM to start with us at 8AM on the East Coast. Just use your 8AM as the start time on APRIL 8TH and end at your 8AM on APRIL 9TH

And finally - the next Readathon after the completion of the APRIL 8TH one is on JUNE 24TH, 2017

Everybody remember this is the MANDATORY CHECK OUT THREAD AND EVERYBODY MUST CHECK OUT WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE READATHON AND CHECKED IN ON ANY OF THE THREADS.

Not reading anymore, so I am checking out. Bentley, Thank you for all of your hard work for this Read-a-thon.

Final Tally: 252 Total pages (all books)
Total Time Reading: 2 hr 30 min
Genres: Fiction- Historial, Mystery (1) and Non-Fiction - Insomnia, Cognitive therapy (1)
Total Checkpoints Utilized - 2 checkpoints and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 2
Total Number of Books in Progress - 0
Location: Southern California, USA, Pacific Time Zone

Completed books:

by Priscilla Royal

by Colleen E. Carney (no photo)

Michelle I knew that wine was going to relax you but you did very very well. Thank you for your participation.

You are welcome.

Finished reading, so here's my final tally:

Final Tally - 234 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 5.30 hours
Genres: Non fiction/Graphic Novel/Autobiography - 1; Science Fiction/Horror - 1
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 3 Checkpoints and One Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 2
Total Number of Books in Progress - 0
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, London Time

Completed Books:

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi
by Marjane Satrapi

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Margarita - you reached the home stretch and were a great success.

by Elena Ferrante. No photo.

Final Tally: 158 pages
Total Time Reading: 5.75 hrs.
Genres: Historical Fiction
Total Checkpoints Utilised: 3 Checkpoints and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed: 0
Total Number of Books in Progress: 1
Location: Toccoa, GA, USA

Checking out:
by Francis Martin (no photo)

by Ron Chernow

Final Tally - 164 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 3.5 hours
Genres: Religion (1), Biography (1)
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 3 Checkpoints and One Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 1 (The Gospel of John)
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1 (Washington: A Life)
Location: Kuşadası, Turkey, TRT (Turkish Time)

Doris excellent

Kathy - your citation is still not correct. But congrats on completing the readathon

Checking out...

by Gertrude Himmelfarb

Final Tally - 44 pages
Total Time Reading 2 hours, 20 min.
Genres: History- Politics- Philosophy
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 1 Checkpoint and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Completed - 0
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA, EST

I'm checking out and here is the final tally for me:

Final Tally: 176 pages
Total time reading: 10 hours, 21 minutes
Genres: Biography, Theater:comedy, history and tragedy.
Total Checkpoints Utilized: 4 and One checkout
Total Number of books completed: 3
Books completed: by (no photo); (Love's Labour's Lost) by William Shakespeare; (Richard II) by William Shakespeare
Total number of books in progress: 1
Books in progress: (Romeo & Juliet) by William Shakespeare
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone

I am checking out:
Final Tally - 152 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 5 hours
Genres: History - Ancient Rome Mary Beard
Total Checkpoints Utilized - 3 Checkpoints and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 0
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Book: by Mary Beard
Location: Southeastern PA, Eastern Standard Time.

I didn't do as well as I would have liked, but I did make progress with the book.
Thanks Bentley for all your hard work, as always!

Checking out. Thank you, Bentley!

by Joby Warrick - not completed

by Martin Cruz Smith - not completed

Final Tally - 172 pages
Total Time Reading 4.5 hours
Genres: History- Middle East History, Historical Fiction
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 3 Checkpoints and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Completed - 0
Total Number of Books in Progress - 2
Location: Charleston, South Carolina, USA, EST

Checking out from Central Florida, USA, EST

Final Tally - 308 Total pages
Total Time - 6 Reading hours
Genres: Fiction - Civil War & Classics
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 3 Checkpoints and One Checkout
Total Number of Books Completed - 1
by Herb Hughes

Total Number of Books in Progress - 2
by Jeff Shaara

by Walter Scott
Location: Central Florida USA

Checking Out:

by Neil Hegarty

by Taylor Anderson

Final Tally - 107 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 9 hours
Genres: History - 1 Alternative History - 1
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 5 Checkpoints and One Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 1
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location: Alberta, Canada, Mountain Time Zone

Checking out. Many thanks Bentley.

Final Tally: 225 pages
Total Time reading: 8 hours
Genres: Irish Historical Fiction and Middle East Non-Fiction
Total Checkpoints utilised: 4 checkpoints and final checkout
Total Number of Books Completed: 1
Total Number of Books in Progress: 1
Location: Columbia, SC. EST

Book completed:
by Colum McCann

Book in Progress:
by Joby Warrick

Checking out with final tally. Thank you Bentley.

Final Tally: 436 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading: 12.5 hours
Genres: Historical Fiction, Memoir
Total Checkpoints Utilized: 5 Checkpoints and Final Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 1
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location: Denver, Colorado USA

Book Completed:
by Lisa See

Book in Progress:
by Will Schwalbe

Checking out (finally).

Final Tally - 141 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 2.25 hours
Genres: YA fiction, Historical fiction
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 2 Checkpoints and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 1
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - EST

Completed Books: by Andrew Smith
Books in Progress: by Sharon Kay Penman

Thanks for all your hard work, Bentley!

Thank you, Bentley. I enjoyed my reading day.

by by no photo by by by

Total pages 59 plus 12% on the 2 ebooks
Total reading time 5 hours
Genres USA History 1, Biography 2, Mystery 2
Total checkpoints 3 plus checkout
Total number of books completed 0
Total number of books read 5
Location Vancouver, BC, Canada PDT

Mehrdad - Checking out from Pasadena, California, USA. Thank you so much, Bentley!

Final tally: 248 pages
Total time reading: 8 hours
Genre: Political Fiction
Total checkpoints: 5 plus final checkout
Total number of books completed: 0
Total number of books in progress: 1
Location: Pasadena, California, USA - Pacific Time Zone

Sinclair Lewis

Checking out.

by Jo Walton
by Bronwen Riley (no photo)

Final Tally - 165 pages
Total Time Reading - 5 hrs 5 min
Genres: Fiction – 1, Ancient history - 1
Total Checkpoints Utilized – 4 checkpoints and 1 checkout
Total Number of Books Completed - 1
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location: Berkeley, California, PDT

Checking out from Helena, MT

Final Tally: 522 pages
Total time reading: 8.5 hours
Genres: Fantasy; Science-Astronomy
Total Checkpoints: 3 plus final checkpoint
Total number of books completed: 1
Total number of books in progress: 1
Location: Helena, MT, USA-MDT

Completed book: by J.K. Rowling

In progress: by Mike Brown

Bentley wrote: "Doris excellent

Debye - your citation is still not correct. But congrats on completing the readathon"

Maybe I'm missing what is meant by 'citation' in this context---I immediately think Bibliographic Citation (being a Librarian)---but not...? Thanks, Debye

Bentley wrote: "Doris excellent

Debye - your citation is still not correct. But congrats on completing the readathon"

Looking over the other posts I see where I didn't complete the information correctly. Got it! :-)

Checking out from Elizabeth City, NC, USA


Final Tally: 412 pages
Total time reading: 12.75 hours
Genres: Science Thriller; Historical Fiction
Total Checkpoints: 5 plus final checkpoint
Total number of books completed: 1
Total number of books in progress: 1
Location: Northeastern NC, USA (Eastern Standard Time)

Completed book: by Ken L. Gould

In progress: by Beth Underdown (no photo)

Hi,

Hopefully this is the correct citation:

by Anders Rydell (no photo)

Final Tally: 315 pages
Total Time Reading: 5 1/2 hours
Genre: Non-Fiction, History (Books)
Total Checkpoints Utilized: 6 checkpoints & checkout
Number of Books Completed: 1
Total of Books in Progress: 0
Location: San Antonio, TX - Central Time

My first Readathon and I actually finished.
Thanks Bentley! I did enjoy myself and I
will be back. :-)

How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman (no photo)

Final Tally - 224 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 8 hours and 15 minutes
Genres: History - British
Total Checkpoints Utilised - 3 Checkpoints and One Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed - 0
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location: Eaton, Ohio USA. EST.

Folks remember this is the mandatory check out shelf CHECKPOINT SEVEN) and you have to check out here.

I always give folks extra time to get that done on the day after the readathon start date which is today so any time today getting the tallies in is fine.

But this is the place and use the CHECK OUT TEMPLATE.

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

Checking out. Thanks Bentley for another great readathon. I didn't have much time to participate but it helped me read on a day I probably wouldn't have read at all!

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Final Tally: 22 pages
Total Time Reading: 1.5 hrs.
Genres: History - Biography
Total Checkpoints Utilised: 1 Checkpoint and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed: 0
Total Number of Books in Progress: 1
Location: Melbourne, Florida, USA, Eastern Daylight Time

Glynn you still did better than I did - I was typing the entire time and drinking coffee trying to keep things moving.

There were a lot of newcomers who need assistance.

But I always like doing these because it forces folks to complete a book or two that usually has been hanging around for awhile.

Thank you for your kind words.

Thanks for the readathon Bentley, I enjoyed the challenge.
Final Tally: 399 pages
Total Time Reading: 7 hours
Genres: History-Biography-Fiction-Historical Fiction
Total Checkpoints Utilized: 2 Checkpoints and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Completed: 1
Total Number of Books in Progress: 4
Location: Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Pacific Time Zone

Bentley Check Out - Too busy administrating but always fun.

by A. Scott Berg (no photo)

Final Tally: 22 pages
Total Time Reading: 40
Genres: History - Biography
Total Checkpoints Utilized: 3 Checkpoint and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed: 0
Total Number of Books in Progress: 1
Location: Metro NYC, USA, Eastern Daylight Time

Folks remember this is the mandatory check out shelf CHECKPOINT SEVEN) and you have to check out here.

I always give folks extra time to get that done on the day after the readathon start date which is today so any time today getting the tallies in is fine. I can always tell when folks forget or are new - I will follow up on everyone and make sure everybody checks out.

But this is the place and use the CHECK OUT TEMPLATE.

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

Bentley, thanks once again for all the work you do to host these events. I am sure that you do more moderating than reading in these hours and for that you deserve a big THANK YOU! Take care!

You are welcome Michael and thank you for your kind words and participation.

Sorry I'm so late, I always forget to checkout.

Final Tally: 141 pages
Total Time Reading: 5
Genres: History, Historical fiction, nonfiction
Total Checkpoints Utilized: 4 checkpoints and 1 Checkout
Total Number of Books Competed: 2
Total Number of Books in Progress: 1
Location: Washington, DC, USA, Eastern Daylight Time

Completed 2 books:

by Margot Lee Shetterly

by Paulette Jiles

In progress:

by Joby Warrick

I think a few people did which I am following up with - thank you Cathy