2015 - Readathon One Date: February 7th, 2015 - 4PM - 8PM - Check-In - CHECKPOINT THREE - THIRD CHECK IN

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

2015 - Readathon One Date: February 7th, 2015 - 4PM - 8PM - Check-In

Please let us know who is reading during these this period of time.

Let us know the following:

Name of Book and Author:
Genre:
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:
Did you complete any books:
What time zone are you in and where are you located.

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 first 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 shelfs 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 4PM until 8PM on February 7th, 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 3. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 4PM to 8PM on February 7th in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on February 7th. To get credit for these hours this is the thread and CHECKPOINT you must post on. THIS IS CHECKPOINT 3

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

[Samanta]

by Stephen Chbosky

Genre: Coming-of-age fiction
Time frame: 15:50 - 16:35
Pages read: page 196 to page 231 (COMPLETED)
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, Central European Time

[Samanta]

by Hernán Cortés and Anthony Pagden

Genre: History
Time frame: 17:10 - 19:55 (with 45 min break)
Pages read: page xi to page xlviii
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, Central European Time

[Elin Sofie]

by Tariq Ali

Read from 39% to 62% of the book
Historical novell
Time frame: 1700 to 1910
Location: Tenerife, Spain

[José Luís]

by Peter H. Wilson (no photo)

Genre: History
Timeframe:18:45-19:45 (with breaks)
Pages read: 21 (from 390 to 411)
Location: Porto, Portugal (Greenwich Mean Time)

No books were or will be completed.

[CandyBeans]

I'm setting up before a break, but won't begin until 4:00 EST.

by Laurie Halse Anderson

Genre: Young Adult Fiction

Number of Pages Read - Start Page and Finish Page for this four hour period.
Pages 68-140

How much time did you read during this block of time:
50 mins

Baltimore, MD Eastern Standard Time

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Hello Bentley here on the Eastern Seaboard of the USA - Timezone is EST. Metro NYC (my location and timezone)

I am beginning The Jewel in the Crown by Paul Scott (name of book and author)

by Paul Scott (citation)

This book is Historical Fiction (genre)

Start Page - 40 (too busy running Readathon for this segment) (start page in and will add end page - 50

Time spent actually reading - 30 minutes - 3.5 hours on readathon administration - Time spent on reading and time spent on actual readathon

No books completed. (any books completed)

I am officially checked into the Readathon and have posted on Checkpoint Three - Checkin

[Justin]

by Stanley Karnow (no photo)

Genre is War/History

Start page 100 finished page 116.

Read for 1 hour. 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Ohio, EST time zone.

No books finished.

[Erica]

Checking in and Checking Out for round 2 for me, but 3 of the challenge.

by

Genre: Military History
Number of Pages Read: 105 - 133 (28)
Time: 1700-2000 (3 hours)
Location: Virginia, USA (EST)
Did not complete a book

[Skeetor]

Checking in for 3rd time period of the readathon

by Jane Blaffer Owen (no photo)

Genre: Memoir, history

Number of Pages Read - starting from page 190 - ?

Time: 4:00 pm CT to ??

Location: Belle Chasse, LA, USA - US Central Time Zone

No books completed.

[Carly]

Hi All. officially checking in. Houston TX. CST


by Rob Thomas

This book's genre is Mystery

start page: 1

End Page: 72

Time Spent: 2.5 hours

Completed books: 0

[Ben]

----EDITED----

Third Check-in

by Ayn Rand

Genre: Russian Lit, Fiction, Philosophy

Pages Read: 115 - 153 (38 pages)

Time spent reading: 2 hours 40 minutes

Books completed?: No books completed

[Karen]

by Stuart D. Goldman (no photo)
Genre: History
Pages Read: 87 - 128 (41 pages total)
Time: 17:00 - 19:45 (2 3/4 hours)
Location: US EST

No completed books yet

[Teri]

Name of Book and Author or books and authors:

by Elizabeth Hall (no photo)

Genre or genres: Historical Fiction

Number of Pages Read - Start Page and Finish Page for this four hour period. Start page 257 finish page 319 for 62 pages.

How much time did you read during this block of time: 2 hours 30 mins.

Also, your location in the world and timezone: Texas, central timezone

Did you complete any books during this time frame and what? Yes! I completed Miramont's Ghost, see citation above.

[Rebecca]

by Eric Foner

Genre or genres: nonfiction, American history

Number of Pages Read - this is my check-in, starting on ebook location 8737

Just starting, no books completed.

location: Coralville IA, USA Central time zone

[Maureen]

Checking in at 5:15 for 3rd shift & Checking out at 8 pm


Different Book:
by M.L. Stedman

Genre: Fiction
Pages Read: 147-194= 47 pages
Time Spent Reading: 5:15 - 8:00 = 2.75 hrs.
Location: US EST (GMT -5)
Books Finished: 0

[Francie]

by Paul Scott

Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages: 1 - 41 (41 pages)
Time: 5:49 - 7:15 (1 hour, 25 min)
Reading in Georgia, USA, EST

No books finish this check in (total books read 1)

[Katy]

So close to finishing!

by Katherine Addison
Genre: Fantasy
Pages Read: 380 - 429 Completed

by Keith Donohue
Genre: Fantasy
Pages Read: 1 - 69

Total Pages Read: 118
Time: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
MST (Idaho)

Completed The Goblin Emperor

[Teri]

Great job to everyone so far! Seeing some finished and almost finished books. I'm off to finish the one I've been working on all day and to get crackin' on a second read.

[Mary]

by Adam Clulow (no photo).
Genre: History
Pages Read: 34 to 77
Time to Read: 1 hour
Reading near Charleston, South Carolina, US EST
Not even close to finishing this doorstop of a book.

Kudos to Bentley for his energetic management of this Readathon!

[keres]

Finished reading : Ancillary Justice (19:55 PST)

by Ann Leckie

Genre : science fiction
Pages Read : 316 - Completed; starting at p.245 to 560 (large print edition from the library)

Time spent reading : 3 hours or so
1 book completed during this time : Ancillary Justice
Seattle (PST)

[Rosalinda]

First check-in:

by Paul Scott
Genre: Historical Fiction
Pages read: (continuing book) -starting on page 21
Time Frame: 2 - 3 hours
5:15 pm - AZ - mountain time?
~second that-kudos to Bentley...

[Aloha]

by Kevin Birmingham (no photo)

nonfiction

Read Pages 66-100 for 3 hours

Connecticut, USA, EST

No completion

[Erin]

by Tony Spawforth (No Photo)

Genre or genres: History
Number of Pages Read - Pages 45-84
Total reading time during this block: 72 minutes.
No books completed in this block.

Located in Upstate New York, Eastern Time Zone.

[[deleted user]]

by Mineko Iwasaki

Genre: Biography
Read: 1745-1830 hrs (.75 hrs)
Pages Read: 188-222 (Book is not finished)
My location is Iowa, USA (CST)

[Donna]

by Ken Follett

Genre: Historical Fiction
Read: 2 hours, 12 minutes
Pages Read: pp. 131 - 227 (96 pages)
No books completed

[Skeetor]

Second Check-in for 3rd time period of the readathon (to closeout book)

by Jane Blaffer Owen (no photo)

Genre: Memoir, history

Number of Pages Read - pages 190 - 318 (128 pages)

Time: 4:00 pm CT to 6:30 pm CT (2 hours, 30 minutes)

Location: Belle Chasse, LA, USA - US Central Time Zone

Completed by Jane Blaffer Owen (no photo)

Switching to

by Laurie R. King

Genre: Historical Fiction

Number of Pages Read - page 38 - ?

Time: 6:45 pm CT to ?

Location: Belle Chasse, LA, USA - US Central Time Zone

[Karen]

Updated message 14, checking out, will check in to the next checkpoint

[Maureen]

Updated message 17 at checkout.

[Skeetor]

Check out for 3rd time period of the readathon

by Laurie R. King

Genre: Historical Fiction

Number of Pages Read - page 38 - 51 (13 pages)

Time: 7:00 pm CT to 8:00 pm CT (1 hour)

Location: Belle Chasse, LA, USA - US Central Time Zone

1 book completed by Jane Blaffer Owen (no photo)

Grand total pages read for this period: 141 pages

Grand total hours read for this period: 3 hours 30 min

[Francie]

Bentley, I think I've posted this on every thread but the right one, so I'm sorry for the multiple messages. I'm at ER with husband, busted head. Will have to finish post when I get home.

[Teri]

Updated my check in on message 15 above.

[Helga]

Checkpoint for 3rd time.
by
Genre: WWII History
Pages-70-100
Time Reading 1 hour
Location: SC,EST

[Michael]

by Will Ferguson

Genre or genres:Travel

Number of Pages Read - 69 - 108 39 pages

How much time did you read during this block of time: 5:00-7:15pm 2:15 hours

Did you complete any books during this time frame and what were they? No

Also, your location in the world and timezone Alberta, Canada, Mountain Time Zone

[Rosalinda]

Check out - checkpoint 3
by Paul Scott
Genre: Historical fiction
Read: approx. 2 hours
Pages read: 20-63

[Sherry]

The Dead KeyThe Dead KeyD.M. Pulley
Check in 4-8PM approx 2 hours
From 15-26%. The book is on kindle.

[Stormie ~ Book Dragon ~]

Stormie from Apple Valley, CA - West Coast- Pacific Time


Name of Book and Author: by James Baldwin
Genre: Fiction, Classics, LGBT,Literature, African American
Number of Pages Read -started on page 68- read through page 217
How much time did you read: 2:45
Did you complete any books: no, but almost I have 30 more pages to go.

I gave up on the book I was reading last block of time. The print was too small and I kept loosing my place.

[Marc]

Todd Wilkinson(no picture)

Genres: Environment and Politics

Num of pages read: 181-206
Time spent reading: 1 hours
Did not complete

Denver CO, MST

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

These are the folks who posted and Checked In - Checkpoint Three - If you are missing let me know.

Bentley
Samanta
Elin Sofie
Jose
Candy Beans
Justin
Erica
Skeetor
Carly
Ben
Karen
Teri
Becky ?
Maureen
Francie
Kathy
Mary
Keres
Rosa
Aloha
Erin
Gle
Donna
Helga
Michael
Sherry
Stormie
Marc

[Powder River Rose]

I'm a little late recording for this although I did participate from the beautiful Oregon coast-Pacific Time and I really started about 3:30pm, so basically crossed over 3 timeframes. I apologize for the delay.

by Barbara Kingsolver (unabridged version)

Genre or genres: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Environmental/Nature

Number of Pages Read: This is a little more difficult to answer as I only listen to audiobooks. But I will attempt a little math here.
I started at the beginning and listened for 7 hours 25 min with only limited (few minutes each) breaks, so let's say 7 1/4 hours and the story is 16 hrs and 56 min in duration.
In the book version there are 436 pages.
So if I did my calculations right it should be: 186.32 pages

Did you complete any books during this time frame?: No

Excellent book. I look forward to the April 18th Readathon.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

OK that is fine but you need to make sure to do the following:

First, post what you think you did for each time frame that you crossed over.

That means that you should post responses to the following in each of the three time oriented Check In's.

These are the questions to be answered in each of the three:

Name of Book and Author:
Genre:
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:
Did you complete any books:
What time zone are you in and where are you located.

And finally to get any credit at all you need to check out.

There is only one Check Out thread and this is the link: - this is MANDATORY

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

Here is a note that I sent to everyone making sure they understood that there was a different template that we used for the Check out thread which is the totals thread. You must post on at least one Check in thread and more if you want credit for more time blocks and the totals must be placed on the MANDATORY Check out thread not on a Check In thread like you did above - although Check In threads are mandatory for credit too. Here is the helpful note - I will post it on your thread as well:

Here is a helpful note that I am sending to everyone (just changing the name): - this way folks have a template at their disposal when they do check outs in the future and if they have not done their Check Out for this readathon - this template is a good one to use now:

I have included the link in the note to the Check Out thread:

Thank you Powder River Rose - have you done your tallies and checked out? All readathon participants must check out. 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.

This is the link for this thread:

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

I replicated his post here:

by John W. Dean

Final Tally - 105 pages (all books)
Total Time Reading 2.45 hours
Total Checkpoints Utilized - 2 Checkpoints and One Checkout
Genres: Non fiction and Politics
Total Number of Books Competed - 0
Total Number of Books in Progress - 1
Location: UK, GMT

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Thanks and glad to have you aboard - so make sure to check in on the two check in threads like you did above if you want to get credit for them using the template that I posted for the Check In threads. And absolutely imperative is for you to do your totals on the CHECK OUT THREAD - THIS THREAD IS NOT IT.

Go here:

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

and use the template in the note above.

Thanks I know you will get the hang of this soon and see you on April 18th.