ONE - START HERE - 2017 - Readathon Eleven Date: April 8th, 2017 - 8AM to Noon - Check- In - CHECKPOINT ONE - FIRST CHECK IN

[Michael]

Check-in for Checkpoint #1
The Name of Book and Author or books and authors:
by Neil Hegarty

Genre or genres: History
Start: 123
Finish:126
Pages read: 3
Total Hours Read: 15 minutes ( was called in to work, hopefully will get more time for other checkpoints)
Total Books Read: 1
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Alberta, Canada- mountain

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Helga wrote: "Good morning, this is Helga checking in from Columbia SC.
by Colum McCann
Genre: Irish Literature, Historical fi..."

Helga perfect and welcome to you in Columbia, SC.

You are another veteran and know what to do. You should be circling back and completing and filling in the blanks of your template so that at Noon you can move to Check In Two.

Great job so far!

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Patrick wrote: "Patrick checking in from Big Sky Country

by J.K. Rowling

Genre: Fantasy
Start Pag..."

Patrick for a newcomer - not bad, not bad. You know how to follow directions. A great start. Welcome to you from Montana - big sky country and a wonderful state!

Everything is as it should be - remember at 11:45AM your time - you will circle back - update and complete the template as of this time and tell me you are checking out and moving to Check In Two.

Then post the completed Check In One Template as your beginning point in Check In Two and leave the appropriate fields blank until you finish up in the Check In thread TWO at approximately 3:45PM and so on.

You will be using the same template which you will customize and update for Check Ins 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. The mandatory Check Out template for Checkpoint Seven is different and you will do that tally template tomorrow at Noon or thereabouts.

Happy Reading and welcome.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Debye wrote: "Hi! Checking in from San Antonio.

https://images.gr-assets.com/books/14...

Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 93
Finish Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Time Reading: TB..."

Debye I have no idea what the link is but there are no links aside from the complete citations.

But here is a warm welcome to you in San Antonio, Texas.

You also posted the following remainder of your template and I did a bit of tweaking. If you type the name of the book - I can show you what the citation should also look like. Now you probably have another hour in this Check In before you complete the template and then move to Check In Two - so let us get this template A-OK before then - let me know the name of the book - and don't use those kinds of links. I bolded where I made changes.

Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 93
Finish Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Time Reading: TBD
Total Books Read: TBD
Location: San Antonio, Texas, Central Time Zone - CT

[Skeetor]

Checking out for this time slot.

by Ken L. Gould

Genre: Science Thriller
Start Page: 1
End Page: 120
Total Pages Read: 120
Total Hours Read: 3.5
Total Books Read: None finished yet
Total Books Completed: None finished yet
Location: Northeastern NC, USA, Eastern Standard Time

[Debye]

Bentley wrote: "Debye wrote: "Hi! Checking in from San Antonio.

https://images.gr-assets.com/books/14...

Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 93
Finish Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Ti..."

Hi Bentley, I edited my original post to show the book cover photo.
It showed up when I reposted....

[Debye]

Bentley wrote: "Debye wrote: "Hi! Checking in from San Antonio.

by Anders Rydell (no photo)

Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 93
Finish Page: TBD
Total Pages Read: TBD
Total Hours Read:
Total Books Completed: TBD
Total Books Read: 1
Location: San Antonio, TX - Central Time

[Kathy]

Checked out. Message 30.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Mehrdad Jalali-Ghajar wrote: "Hi, this is Mehrdad - checking in from Pasadena, California, USA.
Reading:
by Sinclair Lewis
Genre: Political Fiction
Start page: 26
End page: T..."

Hello Mehrdad Jalali-Ghajar from Pasadena, California - everything is perfect so far aside from the last line where you missed the timezone which needs to be added like this:

Location: Pasadena, California, USA - Pacific Time Zone

Also pretty good attempt with your citation - you almost had it perfect -

It should look like this: book cover when available, a space before and after the word by which you add manually then the author's photo if available and then add the author's link which is the author's name in linkable text.

This is how that citation should look like:

by Sinclair Lewis

So at 11:45 AM - your time - you should circle back and update your template - edit the errors (citation and time zone) - tell me you are checking out of check in one and then go to check in two at Noon and sign in there -using your end point in Check in One as the beginning point in Check In Two. You will use the same template in Check Ins - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Tomorrow when you do the mandatory check out - which is Checkpoint Seven - there is another tally template that you will use.

Enjoy your readathon and I will be talking with you later.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Vicki wrote: "Vicki here, checking in from Berkeley, CA - SF Bay Area.

by Jo Walton

Genre - Sci-fi, philosophical fiction

Start Pa..."

Vicki hello from Berkeley - California - everything is perfect - circle back at the appropriate time - update your template and then go to Check In Two - you know what to do.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

I think that I have acknowledged everybody who signed in already.

Folks who are EST - should be checking out of Check Point - Check In ONE and should have moved to Check IN TWO 22 minutes ago.

Folks who are in Central Time have another 30 minutes of so before they need to update their template and then move to Check In TWO.

Folks who in the Pacific Time Zone - you have another 2.5 hours of reading here before you have to circle back to your template and fill in the blanks, correct your problem areas and tell me you are checking out - then you would go to Check in TWO.

There is nobody in Asia, Hong Kong, England or Turkey who can sign in now to this Check In Point. You can still sign in to others that match your local time.

Central Time Zone, Mountain Time Zone and Pacific Time Zone - you should be still here and reading for Check In One.

Glad to have everybody. I felt like the Maytag repairman at 2:30AM today (lol)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

If I missed anybody - let me know. It is unintentional.

[Fiona]

Bentley wrote: "Fiona wrote: "Morning all! Fiona from Ottawa, Ontario checking in and out for the morning.

by
Genre: YA fiction
Start Page: 26..."

Bentley, I'm so sorry for causing you confusion. I was in hospital this morning and only had the one book with me, so my reading was done until I got home, which I knew would be after 12. I considered explaining but typing is difficult when there's an iv needle in your hand. :)

I'll be checking in with a new book in the next check-in now I'm back with my bookcase.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Fiona - there are no worries just helping hands.

That is fine - now I understand. Hope all is well with you.

[Cathy]

Checking in and out. I listened to an audio book this morning so I do not have page numbers.

by Margot Lee Shetterly

Genre: History
Start Page: N/A
End Page: N/A
Total Pages Read: 20 (estimated)
Total Hours Read: 1 hours
Total Books Read: 0
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Washington, DC; Eastern Daylight Time

[Patrick]

Checking out!

by J.K. Rowling

Genre: Fantasy
Start Page: 1
End Page: 151
Total Pages Read: 151
Total Hours: 2.5
Total Books Read:
Total Books Completed: TBA
Location: Helena-MT-USA-Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)

[Lorna, Assisting Moderator (T) - SCOTUS - Civil Rights]

This is Lorna checking out of Checkpoint #1.

by Lisa See

Genre: Historical Fiction
Start Page: 1
End Page: 107
Total Pages Read: 107
Total Hours Read: 3 hours
Total Books Read: 0
Total Books Completed: 0
Location: Denver, Colorado USA, Mountain Daylight Time

[Michele]

Hello, Checking in

by Priscilla Royal

Genre: Fiction -Historical, Mystery
Start Page: 117
Finish Page: 177
Total Pages Read: 60
How much time spent reading: 30 min
Books Completed: 0
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone

[Christopher]

Hi this is Chris checking in from Southern California at 11:12 am. Had a late start, but I'm ready to get some reading done!

[Mehrdad Jalali-Ghajar]

Mehrdad - checking out from Pasadena, California, USA.
Reading:

by Sinclair Lewis

Start page: 26
End page: 90
Total Pages Read: 64
Total Time Reading: 2 hours and 15 minutes
Total Books Read: 0
Location: Pasadena, California, USA - Pacific Time Zone

[Christopher]

This is Chris checking out from Southern California for this time period. See you all in checkpoint 2!

by A. Scott Berg(no photo)
Genre: Biography
Start Page: 461
Finish Page: 474
Total Pages Read: 13
How much time spent reading: 50 minutes
Books Completed: 0
Location: Southern California, Pacific Time Zone

[Michele]

Checking out. See post 69.

[Vicki, Assisting Moderator - Ancient Roman History]

Just updated my check-in post, #45.

[Cheryl]

Hi, this is Cheryl checking in from Vancouver. I missed the check in time but I was reading. I'll catch you at the next one. :)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Folks remember there is the mandatory check out shelf CHECKPOINT SEVEN) and you have to check out there when you are done.

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 CHECKPOINT SEVEN is the place to do the mandatory check out - so please use the CHECK OUT TEMPLATE. No matter on what thread you checked in on - you have to check out today on CHECKPOINT SEVEN USING THE CHECK OUT TEMPLATE.

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