TWO - 2015 - Readathon Three Date: June 6th, 2015 - Noon to 4PM - Check-In - CHECKPOINT TWO - SECOND CHECK IN

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

2015 - Readathon Three Date: June 6th, 2015 - 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 second 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 2015 50 Books Challenge or the goodreads yearly challenge - the sky is the limit. Any genre is welcome.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Remember folks this is the check in for anybody reading during the hours of NOON until FOUR PM (4PM) on June 6th, 2015 (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

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

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 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.

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/...

[Samanta]

I am continuing with:

Zagrebačke starine (In English: The antiquities of Zagreb) - Genre - History, geography, architecture - read from page 145 - page 191 - time spent reading: 2 hours - book not yet completed

by Mirko Marković (no photo)

Location: Croatia, CEST

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Good for you Samanta - you are out in front.

[Fiona]

Checking in. (My first readathon! How exciting!)

Name of Book and Author or books and authors: by Ron Chernow

Genre or genres:biography, u.s. history

Start page: 526
The goal for today is to finally finish this book; only 300 pages to go.

Location in the world and timezone: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. EST

[Karen]

Checking in
by Craig Johnson

Genre or genres: Mystery
Start page: 112
End page for this book: 271
Total pages read (this book, this checkpoint):159
Total hours read:
Time frame: 12:00PM - 4:00 PM
Books complete: 1

by Hermann Hesse

Genre: Classic/Fiction
Start page: 1
End page 10
Total pages read this Checkpoint 169 pages
Total hours read: 3 hours
Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania, EST
books complete: 1

[Francie]

Checking in:

Eisenhower in War and Peace

by Jean Edward Smith
Genre: Biography
Start page - 251 to End page for check-in - 323
Number of pages read- 83
Time read during this checkpoint - 3 hours
Completion of book during this check-in: No.
Name of book completed: NA
Location: Middle Georgia, USA, EST

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Francie and Karen and Fiona - looking good.

We have a few Canadians participating, and Karen you are from Pennsylvania and Francie from Georgia.

[Kathy]

Checking In:

by David Mitchell
Genre: Magical Realism
Start Page: 140 - 170
Total Pages Read: 30
Total Time Read: 1.5 hrs.
Books Completed: 1
Time Frame: 12 pm - 4 pm
Location: Toccoa, GA, USA.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Another Georgia Peach - everything looks a-ok - just fill in the blanks by 4 and then go on to three.

Good progress Kathy

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Checking in - Bentley here

Name of Book and Author or books and authors:

by Stacy Schiff

Genre or genres: Historical Fiction

Number of Pages Read - Start Page and Finish Page for this four hour period. - Still plowing through Chapter Nine

How much time did you read during this block of time: - Not as much as I want to - busy administering but moving along

Did you complete any books during this time frame and what were they? Not yet but will check back

Also, your location in the world and timezone: Metro New York - Eastern Standard Time

[Teri]

Checking in:
by Ashton Lee (no photo)

Genre: Southern Fiction
Page start: 63
Page finish: 65
Pages read: 2
Total pages read: 2
Total time read: 5 mins
Books completed: o
Location: San Antonio, Tx, central time zone

[G]

Checking in
by David Baldacci
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Start page (kindle) p304.
End page for this checkpoint: 333
Total pages read: 29
Total hours read: 1hr 5 min
Time Frame 12:00-4:00
Books Complete: 0
Location: Long Island, New York, EST

[Michael]

by John D. MacDonald
by John Keegan
Genre or genres: Mystery, History
Start Page:203-273 (70)
34
Finish Page for this checkpoint:38
Total Pages Read: 74
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3 hrs
Location: Alberta, Canada Mountain Time Zone
Books Complete: 1
What were they?
by John D. MacDonald

[M]

by Kate Mosse
Genre or genres: Historical fiction
Start page: 598
End page for this checkpoint: 739
Total pages read: 141
Total hours read: 2
Time frame: 12:00-4:00
Books complete: 1

Phyllis Curott no photo
Genre or genres: Non-fiction
Start page: 1
End page for this checkpoint: 79
Total pages read: 220
Total hours read: 1 1/2 hours
Time frame: 12:00-4:00
Books complete: 1
Vancouver BC Canada; Pacific Time Zone

[Helga]

Checking in
bySonia Kaplan no photo
Genre biography/ WWII Memoir
Pages read 76- 180
Time read 3 hours
Location Columbia.SC EST
No books completed

[Vicki, Assisting Moderator - Ancient Roman History]

Checking in/out.

by Gore Vidal
Genre: Historical fiction
Start page: 492 to Finish page: 564
Total pages read: 72
Total time read: 84 minutes
Books completed: 1
Location: California, USA, PDT

[Karen]

Checked out, see message 7

[Douglass, HBC Admin/TL - Economics/Finance]

Checking in/out:

by Ernest Hemingway
Genre: Non-fiction/Autobiography/Memoir
Start page: xi
Finish page: 40
Total pages read: 46
Time frame: 75 minutes
Books completed: 0
Location: Indiana, USA, EST

[Glynn]

Checking in/out:

Not as good progress this time. Too many distractions! Very good book, though.
Genre or genres: History
Start page: 242
End page for this checkpoint: 259
Total pages read: 17
Total hours read: .75
Time frame: 12:00 - 4:00
Books complete: 0
Location: Central Florida, EST

[Rosalinda]

Checking in: by
Genre: Non-fiction/Crime
Start page: 65
End page: 105
Total pages: 40
Total time read: one hour
Book completed: No
Location: AZ, MST

[M]

updated see post #16

[Marc]

Genre: History
Start page: 170
End page: 172
Total pages read: 2
Total hours read: 5 minutes maybe
Time frame: 12:10-12:15
Books completed: 0
Location: Golden CO USA MST
Had to mow the lawn...

[Rosalinda]

Updated - see message 22

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Teri you look good
Marc you look good
Rosa you are improving
Glynn - you look good
Douglass - good
Vicki and Helga - good
M and Michael - good

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

G good but add the timezone each and every time along with general location

[Rosalinda]

@Bentley...story of my life ..;)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

That is OK Rosa - we can work on getting you signed up tomorrow

[Rosalinda]

Sounds good.

[Michael]

Forgot to make a note. Edited msg #15 for checkpoint 2

[Jill H.]

Checking in #2

by Julia Fox
Genre: British history/Monarchy
Start page: 198
End page: 283
Total pages read: 85
Total time read: 1 hr., 30 minutes
Books completed: 0
Location: West Virginia, USA, EDT

This is a rather slow read.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

No problem - Jill I guess you are getting caught up on the checkpoints. This is checkpoint two - Noon to 4PM - you should be on the 8PM to Midnight one.

[Jill H.]

Am getting caught up, Bentley. I had them written down and am now putting them on the appropriate checkpoints.

[Donna]

byDavid Axelrod(no photo)
Genre: Political Memoir
Start page: 251
End page: 345
Total pages read: 94
Total time read: 2 hours
Books completed: 0
Location: Pennsylvania, USA, EDT

Catching up on my checkpoints from yesterday!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

No problems - it is easy to get behind.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Donna welcome and glad to have you with us.

[Ebb]

The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood
by Alex Marwood

Genre: Fiction
Pages: start: pg.93 finish: pg.145 (52 pages)
Time Frame: 12:21-12:41, 1:21-2:02, 2:59-3:23
Total Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Location: Orlando, Florida (EST)
Status: book not completed

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you Ebony