Social Distancing Readathon #169 - June 9 - 11
Talk75 Books Challenge for 2023
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1SilverWolf28
Welcome to another readathon!
We generally run from Friday at 5 p.m. to Sunday at midnight in whatever time zone you choose, but feel free to start earlier on Friday and wrap up overnight Sunday/Monday, if that's what you want to do.
Here are some things to track throughout the weekend, if you choose:
Books read from:
Books finished:
Time reading:
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts:
Non-book activities:
Total books finished:
Total read from:
Total time reading:
Who is participating -
1. SilverWolf (SilverWolf28) -- Tennessee, USA
We generally run from Friday at 5 p.m. to Sunday at midnight in whatever time zone you choose, but feel free to start earlier on Friday and wrap up overnight Sunday/Monday, if that's what you want to do.
Here are some things to track throughout the weekend, if you choose:
Books read from:
Books finished:
Time reading:
Time posting:
Snacks:
Thoughts:
Non-book activities:
Total books finished:
Total read from:
Total time reading:
Who is participating -
1. SilverWolf (SilverWolf28) -- Tennessee, USA
2alcottacre
I am in! Since I have hurt my back, reading is pretty much all I can do right now, lol.
4Rayzr88
Hello, I am new to LT and just trying to figure out what this thread is for. Thank you in advance.
5susanna.fraser
I'm in, hoping to finish God Save the Queens and possibly to get started on Witch King. Which I didn't realize was doubly royal until I typed it out.
6benitastrnad
>4 Rayzr88:
This is a group that participates in a group read over the weekend. From Friday to Sunday night with wrap-ups on Monday - unless it is a holiday weekend wherever you live. Then it is the end or the beginning of the holiday when the Readathon ends. We track our reading and our activities. Here is the link to the previous weekend.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/351187#n8160185
Reading through the entries for the previous weekend should give you an idea of what this group does for the weekend Readathon.
This is a group that participates in a group read over the weekend. From Friday to Sunday night with wrap-ups on Monday - unless it is a holiday weekend wherever you live. Then it is the end or the beginning of the holiday when the Readathon ends. We track our reading and our activities. Here is the link to the previous weekend.
https://www.librarything.com/topic/351187#n8160185
Reading through the entries for the previous weekend should give you an idea of what this group does for the weekend Readathon.
7benitastrnad
Friday start up
Books read from: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard. Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. I am listening to Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo and started listening to Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Book Thoughts: I had a Churchillian month in May. I finished two books about that great man. Hero of the Empire was the second of them and it was for my real life book discussion group. I also finished listening to the paranormal fantasy Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo. This is the Bardugo of the Grishaverse but this is the Alex Stern series and it is book 2. For paranormal they are pretty good, with an appealing bad girl heroine.
Non-Book activities: I ended up baking another lemon cake as we have a church lunch for a funeral on Saturday and I will do a second cake because we have a community gathering on Sunday to attend. Life in a small village seems to be all about cooking and eating.
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: chili pie and lemon cake with ice cream for supper.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 332
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 941 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020
Books read from: Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard. Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. I am listening to Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo and started listening to Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Book Thoughts: I had a Churchillian month in May. I finished two books about that great man. Hero of the Empire was the second of them and it was for my real life book discussion group. I also finished listening to the paranormal fantasy Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo. This is the Bardugo of the Grishaverse but this is the Alex Stern series and it is book 2. For paranormal they are pretty good, with an appealing bad girl heroine.
Non-Book activities: I ended up baking another lemon cake as we have a church lunch for a funeral on Saturday and I will do a second cake because we have a community gathering on Sunday to attend. Life in a small village seems to be all about cooking and eating.
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: chili pie and lemon cake with ice cream for supper.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 332
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 941 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020
8torontoc
I am busy this weekend but will get in a little reading- my current book is over 900 pages long and I can't put it down for long.
9ChrisG1
I'm in again! Currently reading Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg.
10The_Hibernator
I'm in!
11witchyrichy
I am home with few plans except gardening and reading! Just started Lessons in Chemistry that finally came through from the library.
12benitastrnad
Friday night update
Books read from: Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt. I am listening to Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Book Thoughts: I have never read any Graham Greene books until this year. I read one earlier in the year and now this one. I find the two novels very different so haven't been able to establish wither or not Greene has a distinct style. This one is a comedy of errors and full of snarky remarks and observations. I am having fun reading it. Sentence Is Death is book 2 in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.
Non-Book activities: I spent the day in the kitchen
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: lemon bundt cake and a very different Farro salad with cucumbers. I disklike cucumbers and I put the in this salad because I know that my mother loves them. This was a good salad ruined by cucumbers, so I shall make it again and find something else to use other than cucumbers.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 332
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 942 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020
Books read from: Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt. I am listening to Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Book Thoughts: I have never read any Graham Greene books until this year. I read one earlier in the year and now this one. I find the two novels very different so haven't been able to establish wither or not Greene has a distinct style. This one is a comedy of errors and full of snarky remarks and observations. I am having fun reading it. Sentence Is Death is book 2 in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series.
Non-Book activities: I spent the day in the kitchen
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: lemon bundt cake and a very different Farro salad with cucumbers. I disklike cucumbers and I put the in this salad because I know that my mother loves them. This was a good salad ruined by cucumbers, so I shall make it again and find something else to use other than cucumbers.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 332
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 942 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020
13alcottacre
Friday Night Update:
Books read from: On the Oceans of Eternity by S.M. Stirling, Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon, The Captive by Marcel Proust, A Time for Gathering by Hasia R. Diner, Ladies of the Grand Tour by Brian Dolan, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, and South from the Limpopo by Dervla Murphy
Books finished: 1, Sheepfarmer's Daughter
Time reading: ~5.3 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~5.3 hours
Books read from: On the Oceans of Eternity by S.M. Stirling, Sheepfarmer’s Daughter by Elizabeth Moon, The Captive by Marcel Proust, A Time for Gathering by Hasia R. Diner, Ladies of the Grand Tour by Brian Dolan, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, and South from the Limpopo by Dervla Murphy
Books finished: 1, Sheepfarmer's Daughter
Time reading: ~5.3 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~5.3 hours
14Rayzr88
From Friday
Books read from: The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski
Books finished: N/A
Time reading: 1 hour
Non-book activities: The job
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour
Books read from: The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski
Books finished: N/A
Time reading: 1 hour
Non-book activities: The job
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 1 hour
15witchyrichy
Saturday Update 1 PM:
Books read from: Lessons in Chemistry and Beastly Things, my current audio book
Books finished: N/A but hope to finish up Lessons in Chemistry today
Time Reading: 3 hours (I was awake at 4:30 am for some reason)
Non-book activities: dog walk, plant corn and weeding existing corn, playing Sudoku and Zoombinis on my iPad (two games I had completely forgotten about until I read Adventures in Numberland
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
Notes: Lessons in Chemistry is my kind of quirky, funny, sad book. It moves along at a good clip with the brutally honest Elizabeth Zott at the helm, pushing forward despite all the world seemingly being against her.
Books read from: Lessons in Chemistry and Beastly Things, my current audio book
Books finished: N/A but hope to finish up Lessons in Chemistry today
Time Reading: 3 hours (I was awake at 4:30 am for some reason)
Non-book activities: dog walk, plant corn and weeding existing corn, playing Sudoku and Zoombinis on my iPad (two games I had completely forgotten about until I read Adventures in Numberland
Total books finished: 0
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 3 hours
Notes: Lessons in Chemistry is my kind of quirky, funny, sad book. It moves along at a good clip with the brutally honest Elizabeth Zott at the helm, pushing forward despite all the world seemingly being against her.
16The_Hibernator
15 minutes Henry Heckelbeck Never Cheats by Wanda Coven
10 minutes Friends Rock, by Heather Ayris Burnell
5 minutes Llama Rocks the Cradle of Chaos, by Jonathan Stutzman
Books finished: Henry Heckelbeck Never Cheats, Friends Rock, Llama Rocks the Cradle of Chaos
Time reading: 30 minutes
Snacks: pizza
Thoughts: wish I'd had time for some adult books. 😂🤣
Non-book activities: playing outside
10 minutes Friends Rock, by Heather Ayris Burnell
5 minutes Llama Rocks the Cradle of Chaos, by Jonathan Stutzman
Books finished: Henry Heckelbeck Never Cheats, Friends Rock, Llama Rocks the Cradle of Chaos
Time reading: 30 minutes
Snacks: pizza
Thoughts: wish I'd had time for some adult books. 😂🤣
Non-book activities: playing outside
17alcottacre
>15 witchyrichy: I have had Lessons in Chemistry in the BlackHole for a while now and really need to get it read. Thanks for the reminder, Karen!
18susanna.fraser
Saturday evening:
Books read from: God Save the Queens
Books finished: God Save the Queens
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting: 6:50 PM
Snacks: waiting on pizza to arrive
Thoughts: This cold has so outstayed its welcome.
Non-book activities: Slept. A lot.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 5 hours
Books read from: God Save the Queens
Books finished: God Save the Queens
Time reading: 5 hours
Time posting: 6:50 PM
Snacks: waiting on pizza to arrive
Thoughts: This cold has so outstayed its welcome.
Non-book activities: Slept. A lot.
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 1
Total time reading: 5 hours
19Rayzr88
Saturday Update
Books read from: The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski, Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen, Strange Planet (comic) by Nathan W. Pyle, Stranger Planet (comic) by Nathan W. Pyle
Books finished: Strange Planet (comic) by Nathan W. Pyle, Stranger Planet (comic) by Nathan W. Pyle
Time reading: 3 hours
Food: Pizza
Non-book activities: Worked, Finished up season 1 of Poker Face
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 4 hours
Books read from: The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski, Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen, Strange Planet (comic) by Nathan W. Pyle, Stranger Planet (comic) by Nathan W. Pyle
Books finished: Strange Planet (comic) by Nathan W. Pyle, Stranger Planet (comic) by Nathan W. Pyle
Time reading: 3 hours
Food: Pizza
Non-book activities: Worked, Finished up season 1 of Poker Face
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 4
Total time reading: 4 hours
20benitastrnad
Saturday night update
Books read from: Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt. I am listening to Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Book Thoughts: I am about to finish Our Man in Havana and am finding it great satire. Or maybe parody. It has been a fun book to read.
Non-Book activities: Had a memorial service today at our church and had great fun talking to family members about relatives that they didn't know - and few that they did.
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: church potluck dishes. Not Hot Dish. No jell-o salad. I think the next time we have a church potluck I am going to make a Jell-o salad. Just for kicks.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 332
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 943 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020
Books read from: Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt. I am listening to Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Book Thoughts: I am about to finish Our Man in Havana and am finding it great satire. Or maybe parody. It has been a fun book to read.
Non-Book activities: Had a memorial service today at our church and had great fun talking to family members about relatives that they didn't know - and few that they did.
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: church potluck dishes. Not Hot Dish. No jell-o salad. I think the next time we have a church potluck I am going to make a Jell-o salad. Just for kicks.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 332
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 943 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020
21alcottacre
Saturday Night Update:
Books read from: On the Oceans of Eternity by S.M. Stirling, The Captive by Marcel Proust, A Time for Gathering by Hasia R. Diner, Ladies of the Grand Tour by Brian Dolan, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, and South from the Limpopo by Dervla Murphy
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~3.8 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~9.1 hours
Books read from: On the Oceans of Eternity by S.M. Stirling, The Captive by Marcel Proust, A Time for Gathering by Hasia R. Diner, Ladies of the Grand Tour by Brian Dolan, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, and South from the Limpopo by Dervla Murphy
Books finished: 0
Time reading: ~3.8 hours
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 7
Total time reading: ~9.1 hours
22witchyrichy
Sunday Morning Update:
Books read from: Beastly Things (my current audio book), Bees and Their Keepers, Riders of the Purple Sage
Books finished: Lessons in Chemistry
Non-book activities today: dog walk and morning routine (Bible reading, meditation, morning writing), watching French Open final and kind of hoping the new kid wins
I gave up on keeping track of the reading time.
Notes: Loved Lessons in Chemistry! Picked up Bees and Their Keepers as it meets both the letters for June's AlphaKIT challenge and Riders of the Purple Sage as I am trying to fill in a Bingo card slot.
Books read from: Beastly Things (my current audio book), Bees and Their Keepers, Riders of the Purple Sage
Books finished: Lessons in Chemistry
Non-book activities today: dog walk and morning routine (Bible reading, meditation, morning writing), watching French Open final and kind of hoping the new kid wins
I gave up on keeping track of the reading time.
Notes: Loved Lessons in Chemistry! Picked up Bees and Their Keepers as it meets both the letters for June's AlphaKIT challenge and Riders of the Purple Sage as I am trying to fill in a Bingo card slot.
23nrmay
>7 benitastrnad:
I liked every book I've read by Leigh Bardugo.
>12 benitastrnad:
Amusing that you don't like cukes. I love them but can't abide zuccchini! I always replace zucchini with cucumbers in a salad. Oddly, I do like yellow summer squash.
>22 witchyrichy:
I KNEW you would like Lessons is Chemistry! The characters are charming and delightful - Elizabeth, her daughter, and their most amazing dog.
Books:
On a long flight home yesterday I finished 2 books -
Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker. Far-fetched ending made no sense to me. :|
The One and Only Bob, sequel to award-winning One and Only Ivan. Loved it!!
Now reading the wonderful (so far) Water Dancer by Coates.
Went out for brunch; avocado omelet.
Other activity:
Unpacked, laundry, shopped, talked to my sister, watered all my patio pots . .
Now I'm sitting on the porch watching it rain. Oh, well . .
I liked every book I've read by Leigh Bardugo.
>12 benitastrnad:
Amusing that you don't like cukes. I love them but can't abide zuccchini! I always replace zucchini with cucumbers in a salad. Oddly, I do like yellow summer squash.
>22 witchyrichy:
I KNEW you would like Lessons is Chemistry! The characters are charming and delightful - Elizabeth, her daughter, and their most amazing dog.
Books:
On a long flight home yesterday I finished 2 books -
Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker. Far-fetched ending made no sense to me. :|
The One and Only Bob, sequel to award-winning One and Only Ivan. Loved it!!
Now reading the wonderful (so far) Water Dancer by Coates.
Went out for brunch; avocado omelet.
Other activity:
Unpacked, laundry, shopped, talked to my sister, watered all my patio pots . .
Now I'm sitting on the porch watching it rain. Oh, well . .
24Rayzr88
Sunday Update
Books read from: The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski, Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books finished: N/A
Time reading: 2.8 hours
Food: Meatballs and mash tatoes
Non-book activities: Started season 1 of Mr. Robot and Only Murders in the Building, Played some MLB The Show, and caught up on a few podcasts
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 6.8 hours
Books read from: The Baseball 100 by Joe Posnanski, Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty by Charles Leerhsen, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books finished: N/A
Time reading: 2.8 hours
Food: Meatballs and mash tatoes
Non-book activities: Started season 1 of Mr. Robot and Only Murders in the Building, Played some MLB The Show, and caught up on a few podcasts
Total books finished: 2
Total read from: 5
Total time reading: 6.8 hours
25benitastrnad
Sunday night update
Books read from: Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt. I am listening to Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Book Thoughts: I finished Our Man in Havana early this morning - just in time for the book discussion group to talk about it. It was great fun to read. Most of us liked it and thought it was worth our time to read it as even though it was published in 1958 it was not dated. It was not a long novel and we thought that the author did a great job of telling the story without being superfluous with his words. We all thought that the humor was great and we all liked different comedic passages. All were impressed with the quality of this spy novel and easily understood why it is considered to be a classic of the spy novel genre. This one was highly recommended by all of us.
Non-Book activities: Had a birthday party for some of the younger generation of cousins. It was a picnic, complete with bouncy houses. It was a great day for it. Cool and so much fun to just sit and talk with people I hadn't seen in a long time. I couldn't believe the number of young children there. One young couple had 5 children under the age of 10, one couple had four under ten, and another had three under ten. Several couples had four children and that is so uncommon for today. Then I went to the weekly block party at another cousin's house and had a great time joking with neighbors and family.
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: My last lemon cake. hot dogs, and potato salad.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 333
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 944 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020
Books read from: Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. Unworthy Republic by Claudio Saunt. I am listening to Sentence Is Death by Anthony Horowitz.
Books finished in this weekend's Readathon: Our Man In Havana by Graham Greene. Hero of the Empire by Candice Millard and Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
Book Thoughts: I finished Our Man in Havana early this morning - just in time for the book discussion group to talk about it. It was great fun to read. Most of us liked it and thought it was worth our time to read it as even though it was published in 1958 it was not dated. It was not a long novel and we thought that the author did a great job of telling the story without being superfluous with his words. We all thought that the humor was great and we all liked different comedic passages. All were impressed with the quality of this spy novel and easily understood why it is considered to be a classic of the spy novel genre. This one was highly recommended by all of us.
Non-Book activities: Had a birthday party for some of the younger generation of cousins. It was a picnic, complete with bouncy houses. It was a great day for it. Cool and so much fun to just sit and talk with people I hadn't seen in a long time. I couldn't believe the number of young children there. One young couple had 5 children under the age of 10, one couple had four under ten, and another had three under ten. Several couples had four children and that is so uncommon for today. Then I went to the weekly block party at another cousin's house and had a great time joking with neighbors and family.
Time reading: 1 hour today
Time posting:
Food: My last lemon cake. hot dogs, and potato salad.
Total books finished since the Read-A-Thon Began: 333
Total Time Reading since the Social Distancing read-a-thon began: 944 hours since I started doing the weekend Read-A-Thon back in April of 2020
26benitastrnad
>23 nrmay:
I liked Hell Bent and thought it was great for listening to while driving, but I don't think this was as good as the first book, (Ninth House), in the series. I also don't think this novel is as good as many of those in the Grishaverse series. But it was good enough to keep my attention while the miles passed by.
I liked Hell Bent and thought it was great for listening to while driving, but I don't think this was as good as the first book, (Ninth House), in the series. I also don't think this novel is as good as many of those in the Grishaverse series. But it was good enough to keep my attention while the miles passed by.
27susanna.fraser
Sunday night:
Books read from: Unconquerable Sun
Books finished: none
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 9:45 PM
Snacks: burrito for dinner
Thoughts: At least I had a little more energy today. Still have a scratchy throat, though.
Non-book activities: laundry
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 8 hours
Books read from: Unconquerable Sun
Books finished: none
Time reading: 3 hours
Time posting: 9:45 PM
Snacks: burrito for dinner
Thoughts: At least I had a little more energy today. Still have a scratchy throat, though.
Non-book activities: laundry
Total books finished: 1
Total read from: 2
Total time reading: 8 hours
28alcottacre
Sunday Night Update:
Books read from: On the Oceans of Eternity by S.M. Stirling, The Captive by Marcel Proust, A Time for Gathering by Hasia R. Diner, Ladies of the Grand Tour by Brian Dolan, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, South from the Limpopo by Dervla Murphy, and Bee Sting Cake by Victoria Goddard
Books finished: 2, A Time for Gathering and Ladies of the Grand Tour
Time reading: ~4.4 hours
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~13.5 hours
Books read from: On the Oceans of Eternity by S.M. Stirling, The Captive by Marcel Proust, A Time for Gathering by Hasia R. Diner, Ladies of the Grand Tour by Brian Dolan, 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, South from the Limpopo by Dervla Murphy, and Bee Sting Cake by Victoria Goddard
Books finished: 2, A Time for Gathering and Ladies of the Grand Tour
Time reading: ~4.4 hours
Total books finished: 3
Total read from: 8
Total time reading: ~13.5 hours
29ChrisG1
>24 Rayzr88: The Baseball 100 and Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty are two of my favorite baseball books I've read in recent years. I grew up in Detroit & was fascinated by the Cobb legend & had read previous Cobb books - Leerhsen's account was a breath of fresh air.
30ChrisG1
Weekend summary:
Books read from: Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg, The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, and Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Books finished: Dying Inside
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Attended a Celebration of Life of a dear friend who passed away last year - a wonderful tribute to a much-loved man. Had a 12th birthday party for my grandson. My daughter & granddaughter stayed with us for the weekend to celebrate the birthday - the g-daughter will be 2 in August & is just at a delightful age!
Books read from: Dying Inside by Robert Silverberg, The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons, and Atomic Habits by James Clear.
Books finished: Dying Inside
Pages read: 450-ish
Non-reading activities: Attended a Celebration of Life of a dear friend who passed away last year - a wonderful tribute to a much-loved man. Had a 12th birthday party for my grandson. My daughter & granddaughter stayed with us for the weekend to celebrate the birthday - the g-daughter will be 2 in August & is just at a delightful age!
31alcottacre
>29 ChrisG1: You two have convinced me that I need to read those! Thanks (I think!)
