WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU GOING TO TACKLE FOR THE READATHON?

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Very good Jill - glad to see you with us. We get a lot done in these readathons so you might be lucky.

[Jill H.]

I finished two books in the last Readathon but don't think I can do that this time.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

There is no pressure - just enjoy yourself and be focused - you never know what you might accomplish when you are relaxed and confident.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Start posting here for Readathon Three on June 6th

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

I am finishing up Cleopatra

by Stacy Schiff

[Ebb]

I am going to be finishing up The Secret History and I'll be trying to get through as much as possible of The Killer Next Door

by Donna Tartt

by Alex Marwood

[Samanta]

Will try to finish

by Mirko Marković (no photo) and

by Hernán Cortés

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Both great ones Ebony. And you are in New Jersey so you will kick off in another four hours. Glad to have you.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Ah very good Samanta - two to finish - I know that I will finish my book because I am very close to the end but saving it for the readathon.

[Samanta]

I'be been saving Letter from Mexico for that purpose, but the other one is my work literature and I'm already overdue in the public library so I have to finish it. :D

by Hernán Cortés

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Good for you - don't forget the citation in message 60.

Readathons are always the best time to clear the deck.

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

I am getting started now with finishing this:

by John Knowles

Then getting into some Hemingway:

by Ernest Hemingway

I may also spend a little time on these:

by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
by James H. Madison (no photo)
by George R.R. Martin

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

You have a busy schedule set up Douglass.

[Vicki, Assisting Moderator - Ancient Roman History]

I'm in the middle of 3 books and hope to finish these 2:


by Gore Vidal
by Matthew Dennison (no photo)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Good for you Jill - welcome

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Start posting here for Readathon Four - August 22nd, 2015

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

HELLO FOLKS - LET US KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING TO READ FOR READATHON FOUR????

AUGUST 22ND - STARTING AT 8AM

August 22nd - -(8AM start time) - August 23rd, 2015 (8AM Finish Time) - Readathon Four

Let me start:

For Readathon Four - August 22nd, 2015

I plan to read The Republic by Plato

by Plato

The Republic by Plato - Genre - Political Philosophy

Let us know what you are planning on reading.

[Teri]

If I don't finish it before, I'll be finishing up Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson, then move on to How to Be an American Housewife by Margaret Dilloway for the Japan Challenge.

by Erik Larson

by Margaret Dilloway

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Both sound excellent Teri.

[Kristen]

I plan to read

by David I. Kertzer(no photo)

[Jill H.]

I plan to finish 1929: The Year of the Great Crash and start on Saints of the Shadow Bible

by William K. Klingaman(no photo)
by Ian Rankin

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Kristen that sounds interesting and Jill it looks like you a good couple of books to complete and begin.

[Samanta]

I really need to finally finish
by Hernán Cortés.

The poor books is starting to get cobwebs waiting for the next readathon to arrive. :D

Unfortunaly, this time, I won't be able to participate fully because my aunt is coming to visit me for the weekend and I'm taking her out for some live salsa music in the evening. :)

[Doris]

I've had Amazing Grace (biography of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce) languishing half-read on my Kindle, so I plan to start with that.
by Eric Metaxas

If I need a second book to keep myself amused, I'll probably tackle The Beauty and the Sorrow ("An Intimate History of the First World War").
by Peter Englund

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Samanta wrote: "I really need to finally finish
by Hernán Cortés.

The poor books is starting to get cobwebs waiting for..."

Well before and after salsa dancing we are here (smile) - And we are ready for Cortes (smile)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Doris wrote: "I've had Amazing Grace (biography of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce) languishing half-read on my Kindle, so I plan to start with that.
[bookcover:Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce an..."

Doris - both books sound wonderful and should keep you going.

[Vicki, Assisting Moderator - Ancient Roman History]

I'm planning to read Foucault's Pendulum. Since I already have a Readathon bookshelf, do I just add that one to it? Also, do I need to update my challenge entry? It now says I wanted to read 2 books and did read them (during the last Readathon). Should I change that to 3, i.e. is the book count cumulative?

by Umberto Eco

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Yes, you can do that as soon as you finish the book. And yes again go back in and update your challenge entry goal. Yes, the three does not mean three more but three total. And you can keep updating it as you go along,

[Vicki, Assisting Moderator - Ancient Roman History]

Thanks for the clarifications, Bentley. Also, if I don't manage to finish the book during the allotted time period, do I not add it to my Readathon bookshelf?

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

When you finish it you can add it. And of course it always counts to your totals as well as 50 Books.

[Garry]

I'm going to read

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Garry good choice - let me show you how to do the citation - book cover (you have done a good job), then author's photo and then the author's link.

by David I. Kertzer (no photo)

The goodreads software populates our site across the threads and adding these three segments helps to accomplish this for all of the members.

I think the choice is an excellent one. Let us know how you like the book as you go along.

[Vicki, Assisting Moderator - Ancient Roman History]

Bentley wrote: "When you finish it you can add it. And of course it always counts to your totals as well as 50 Books."

So even if I finish a week after the Readathon, I can then add it to my Readathon bookshelf? Sorry to be such a pest, but I want to make sure I'm following instructions.

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

I have been allowing that - but if we get into prizes for completions during the readathon which we might someday - then it would not count for that.

[Michele]

Will be reading: by Donnie Eichar

and trying to finish: by Alison Weir

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Good luck for both of those books - looks like you are ready Michele.

[Glynn]

I will be finishing up by Anthony Doerr,then hopefully, starting on by Gordon S. Wood

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Great choices Glynn - you might want to place your citations at the bottom of the message box - it makes it easier - here is an example: (however you got all the parts in) - you appear to be from Melbourne, Florida on East Coast Time so you should be signing in to Checkpoint One - the first Check In - add your template and what you can put in now and then go back and add the rest at about 11:45 AM and then at Noon you would do the same thing but checking in to Check point Two.

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I will be finishing up on one book and then starting on another - the books in order are:

by Anthony Doerr

by Gordon S. Wood

[Karen]

I think for this Saturday's readathon I am going to read by Sarah Vowell. It will be the first book I have read by this author, so we'll see how it goes.

[Michele]

For Sat, Oct 24 readathon, I really do need to finish:

by David I. Kertzer (no photo). Book is due back to the library on Oct. 28 and I am out of renewals!

IF, I finish that one, I may go on to:
by David Roberts

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

I have quite a pile - I think I am going to try to make some headway on a number of books:

by Tim Weiner

and

by Anthony Doerr

[Donna]

I would very much like to finish a book I started earlier this week:

by Peter D. Kiernan (no photo)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Looks good Donna.

[Kristen]

My goal is to finish:

by Charles Dickens

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Thank you guys - Start posting here for Readathon Five on October 24

[Samanta]

by Hernán Cortés

Apparently I only read this book during Readathons.

by Anthony Doerr

I need to catch up with the group since I started reading 10 days later.

That's the plan for now.

[Doris]

I'm midway through Mornings on Horseback, so my intention is to finish that first.
Where I go from there (assuming that I need a second book) is still up in the air. One of my main candidates is Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, which actually looks like a logical successor to last month's The Sixth Extinction. If I decide that I don't want to try to scare my pants off, though, I may go with Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, about Satchel Paige, or The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War.
So many choices....
by David McCullough
by David Quammen
by Larry Tye (no photo)
by Leonard L. Richards (no photo)

[Bentley, Group Founder, Leader, Chief]

Looks great folks

[Teri]

by Ashton Lee (no photo)
by Marjorie Shaffer (no photo)
by Oliver Pötzsch

Along with working on some of our group reads.

[Francie]

Teri, I love The Hangman's Daughter. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

by Oliver Pötzsch