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2016 - Readathon Seven Date: April 23rd, 2016 - 8AM to NOON - Check-In - THIS IS CHECK-IN ONE

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:

Also, your location in the world and timezone

Did you complete any books during this time frame and what were they?

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 fifth readathon - we will use the same readathon challenge for all of them so you can see your readathon shelves grow.

Additionally these books that you complete on the readathon can be added to other shelves for the Japan or India challenge or the 2016 50 Books Challenge or the goodreads yearly challenge - the sky is the limit. Any genre is welcome.

Remember folks this is the check in for anybody reading during the hours of 8AM until Noon on April 23rd (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 1. But for the check in to count - you must post between the hours of 8AM to Noon on April 23rd in the time zone that you are in. This is the Checkpoint for those hours on April 23rd. To get credit for these hours this is the thread you must post on

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

We are open.

Morning everybody! Starting with:

by Ivo Goldstein
Title in English:History of the City of Zagreb: 20th and 21st century
Genre or genres: History
Start Page: 0
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 56
Total Pages Read: 56
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3 hours
Location: Zagreb, Croatia, CEST
Books Complete: 0 so far
What were they? None so far

Mug of green tea at hand, Kindle with a full charge, I'm settling in from Kuşadası, Turkey, with Peter Englund's The Beauty and the Sorrow.

, by Peter Englund
Genre: History (WWI)
Start page: 315
Finish page: 420
Total pages: 105
Time spent: 110 minutes
Location & TZ: Kuşadası, Turkey, EEST
Completed book(s) Y/N: N
Name(s) of completed book(s): N/A

Good morning Croatia and Turkey - Welcome to the Readathon - we are delighted to have you both with us - (Samanta and Doris)

You are off to a great start.

by Michel Houellebecq
Genre: Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 101
Finish Page: 147
Total of pages : 46
Time spent: 35 minutes
Book completion: N
Location and timezone: Brussels, CET

My name is Jax Jones. This will be my first HBC Readathon.



I am reading today Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman (abridged version) as the original was 3 volumes.

This book is on the War of Northern Aggression between the States so the Genre is American History.

Starting at page zero at 8am and will update where I fininsh at by Noon.

I live in Georgia in the Eastern Time Zone of the the U.S.A.

by Dave Eggers
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 76
Finish Page: 150
Total of pages : 74
Time spent: 2 hrs.
Book completion: N
Location and timezone: Georgia, USA, EST
Checking Out.

Good morning from Valley Forge, PA. Checking in. I am ready to read:

by Nevil Shute
Genre: Fiction
Start page: 1
End page: 176
checkpoint time: 8:00AM - Noon
Total pages read : 176
Total hours read: 3 hours
Total Books Read:0
Location: Southeastern PA, EST

Checking out

Good morning, everyone. Happy reading today.

Do Not Disturb by Kate Kingsbury

by Kate Kingsbury
Genre or genres: Cozy mystery
Start Page: 32
Finish Page for this checkpoint: 120
Total Pages Read: 88
How much time did you read during this block of time: 3 hours
Location: Warner Robins, GA, EST
Books Complete: 0
What were they? N/A

Harold wrote: "My name is Jax Jones. This will be my first HBC Readathon.



I am reading today Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas Southall Freeman (abridged version) as the original was 3 volumes.

This book is on t..."

Hello, Jax! Welcome to your first HBC readathon. I hope it will be an exciting experience.
We have a certain format for our readathons and yours should look like this:

by Douglas Southall Freeman
Genre or genres:
Start Page: 0
Finish Page for this checkpoint:
Total Pages Read:
How much time did you read during this block of time:
Location:
Books Complete:
What were they?

At the check-out just fill in the required information and use this same format for all the check-ins you plan to use. Thank you for participating! :)

Kathy wrote: "Dave Eggers
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 76
Finish Page:
Total of pages :
Time spent:
Book completion: N..."

Hello, Kathy! Great job on the readathon format, but the citation needs a bit of polishing. It should look like this:

by Dave Eggers

Thank you for joining us today! :)

I will correct. I love to see how represented the state of GA is today!

by: Halldór Laxness
Genre or genres: Fiction
Start Page: 158
Finish Page: 197
Number of Pages Read: 39
How much time did you read during this block of time: 59 minutes
Location: Pennsylvania, USA EST
Books Complete: N/A

Cynthia wrote: " by Michel Houellebecq
Genre: Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 101
Finish Page: 147
Total of pages : 46
Time spent: 35 minutes
Book completion: N
Location..."

Cynthia from Brussels welcome - we are delighted to have you join us from Belgium. I was up quite late to about 5 AM EST time working on the set up for the readathon and had to get a few hours sleep so please excuse the belated hello. But glad you are on and raring to go.

Good morning all!
I will be reading by Sigrid Undset

Genre: Essays, Hagiography
Start page: 192
End page: 208
checkpoint time: 8:00AM - Noon
Total pages read : 18
Total hours read: 1.5
Total Books Read:1
Location: Atlanta GA, EST

Then I will be moving on to:
by Henry Hazlitt

Hello Jax and welcome from the Peach State - you will get the hang of this very very soon.

All of the check in's - there are six have a special template that you need to follow to give us specific information (MESSAGE ONE ON CHECKINS ONE THROUGH SIX)) and then there is one check out template which you must do which gives us your tallies (MESSAGE ONE ON CHECKOUT SEVEN).

Do a copy a paste and put in your information which is missing.

I just noticed that one of my assisting moderators (T) - Samanta actually helped you out a bit and gave you some information on how to get started in message 12 but she missed a few areas:

by Douglas Southall Freeman

Genre or genres: American History
Start Page: 0
Finish Page for this checkpoint: (you circle back right before Noon and put in the last page you read during this checkin period)
Total Pages Read: (here you add the total numbers of pages read from 8AM until Noon)
How much time did you read during this block of time: (how many hours and/or minutes did you read from 8AM until Noon for the first check in).
Location: (Where in Georgia and what is your timezone - EST)
Books Complete: (Did you complete a book?)
What were they? (Name the book and do a full citation, book cover, author's photo and author's link).

Kathy wrote: " by Dave Eggers
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia
Start Page: 76
Finish Page:
Total of pages :
Time spent:
Book completio..."

Kathy from the Peach State - welcome - you are a regular pro now - Happy Reading. Don't forget to circle back and update your totals at Noon before proceeding to the next check in.

Karen wrote: "Good morning from Valley Forge, PA. I am ready to read:

by Nevil Shute
Genre: Fiction
Start page: 1
End page: TBD
chec..."

Good morning Karen from the Keystone State - the great state of Pennsylvania - we are delighted to have you join us. You are a real pro now - just remember to circle back before noon and update your pages, etc. Happy Reading.

Francie wrote: "Good morning, everyone. Happy reading today.

by Kate Kingsbury
Genre or genres: Cozy mystery
Start Page: 32
F..."

Good morning Francie and welcome from the Peach State - the great state of Georgia - Georgia is extremely well represented today!!!! Go Georgia.

You are a pro - just remember to circle back and the end and add your totals for this check in period before heading to Checkin Two at Noontime EST.

Checking in.

by Viola Shipman

Genre: Fiction
Start Page: 136
Finish Page: 174
Total of pages: 38
Time spent: 1.5 hours
Books completed: 0
Location and timezone: Texas, Central Time

Hello Bentley here and checking in: (Metro NYC - EST)

Had to get some sleep - was doing set up until 5AM

I am working on two books:

Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics - (being the moderator I read the book twice - one go through and then a reread with the group)

by Michael Wolraich

The following is a reread:

An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943

by Rick Atkinson

Genre: History (WWI) and Political History
Start page: for UM - 1 - for AAatD - 150
Finish page: 60 and the other is still 150
Total pages: 60
Time spent: Start Time 10AM for me - will go to Noon on this check - in - Two hours
Location & TZ: Metro NYC, EST
Completed book(s) Y/N: None

Happy Reading everybody!!!!

Folks in the Eastern Time Zone - you have less than one hour to go in this Checkin (Checkpoint One) until you Check In to Checkpoint Two!

Then go here to Check in at Noon - Checkpoint Two: (Checkin for the hours of (Noon to 4PM)

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Folks in Atlantic Daytime Zone like Nova Scotia - it is past 12 Noon where you are so you should be in Checkpoint Two (Noon to Four PM)

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Folks in the Chamorro Time Zone Like Guam - it is 1;17AM APRIL 24TH SO YOU SHOULD BE CHECKING IN TO CHECKPOINT FIVE

LINK TO CHECKIN - CHECKPOINT FIVE FOR THOSE FOLKS IN GUAM OR CHAMORRO TIMEZONE - /topic/show/...

Checking in from Berkeley, California - now checking out.

by Stephanie Barron
Genre: Historical mystery
Pages read: 1-131
Number of pages: 131
Reading time: 2 hrs 30 min
Location: California, PDT
Books completed: 0

Welcome California and the Pacific Time Zone - hello Vicki from the great state of California - the Golden State

You are set up correctly - so just circle back before Noon your time (PTZ) and fill in the blanks.

Folks in the Central Time Zone like Chicago. You should now be in Checkin One - right here - it is 10:23AM where you guys are.

So you would check in here and you have about another hour and a half here.

Folks in the Mountain Time Zone like Colorado or Phoenix, Arizona - your local time is 9:26AM right now so you should be checking in here - Checkin - Checkpoint One. You have another 2 hours and a half in this Checkpoint before going to Checkpoint Two at Noon

Folks in the Pacific Time Zone - like LA and other cities in California, Oregon, Washington state for example - you should be checking in here - it is 8:28AM and you should be reading in this Checkin until Noon.

Folks like Samanta in the Central European Timezone - it is now 5:20PM so you should now be in Checkin and Checkpoint Three -

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Checking in from Columbia SC
by Robert Galbraith
Genre: British mystery
Start Pages: 200
End pages: 340
Total read 140 pages total
Total time 3.0 hours
Location: EST
Books Completed: None

Folks like Doris in Kuşadası, Turkey - it is now 6:35 PM and you are currently in the EEST (Eastern Europe Summer Time) - timezone.

so you should be in Checkin and Checkpoint Three -

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Helga wrote: "Checking in from Columbia SC
by Robert Galbraith
Genre: British mystery
Start Pages: 200
End pages: 315
Tot..."

Welcome Helga from the beautiful state of South Carolina - the Palmetto State. You are a real pro and everything is set up beautifully - just remember to check back before Noon and tally up and fill in the blanks and then go on to Checkin - Checkpoint Two

Teri hello - welcome from the Great State of Texas - the Lonestar State.

It is 10:43AM where you are in Texas - so you are in the right spot and you have set up beautifully - just before noon just circle back and fill in the blanks and do your tallies and then you will be able to proceed to Check In Two. You are in the Central Time Zone.

Good morning Elizabeth and a big welcome to you - another group member from the great state of Pennsylvania - another nickname for Pennsylvania is the Quaker State.

You have set up beautifully and at Noon - do your tallies - fill in the blanks and then check in at Noon at Checkin Two - Checkpoint Two.

You are off to a great start!

Gyoza - good morning - another Georgia Peach - Georgians are all here (lol).

You have set up beautifully - at Noon - fill in the blanks and tally and then you can move on to Checkin - Checkpoint Two.

INDIA
We have a lot of folks from India that belong to the group. It is now 9:23PM - if you would still like to participate - just use your own time and timezone and you can check in now to Checkpoint Four - which is the checkpoint checkin for 8PM until midnight.

Here is the link to Checkin - Checkpoint Four -

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Checking out, please see message 10

CHINA
We have a lot of folks from CHINA that belong to the group. It is now 11:58PM - if you would still like to participate - just use your own time and timezone and you can check in now to Checkpoint Four - which is the checkpoint checkin for 8PM until midnight.

Here is the link to Checkin - Checkpoint Four -

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At midnight - go to Checkin - Checkpoint Five:

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Checked out, see msg 11.

SINGAPORE - SINGAPORE TIME ZONE

It is 12:04 AM on April 24th - you can proceed to Checkpoint - Checkin Five and check in there and still participate.

Here is the link

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MALAYSIA - TIMEZONE - MALAYSIA TIMEZONE

We have had folks participate from Malaysia - the time in Malaysia right now is 12:07AM on April 24th.

You can still participate by proceeding and checking in to Check In number FIVE.

Here is the link:

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MIDDLE EAST - TIMEZONE - MIDDLE EAST TIMEZONE

We have had folks participate from the Middle East - for example it is now 8:09PM on April 23rd in the UAE.

You can check in now and participate by checking in to Checkpoint Four - here is the link:

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AUSTRALIA - TIMEZONES - YOU HAVE THREE or FOUR

But you can still participate - in one location it is 2:11AM in Canberra on April 24th - you can proceed to checkin FIVE

Here is the link:

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Don't forget to tell us and post your location and timezone:

Australia
Australia/Time zones/

Mawson Station Time Zone
UTC+05:00
Heard and McDonald Islands Time Zone
UTC+05:00
Cocos Islands Time Zone
UTC+06:30
Davis Time Zone
UTC+07:00
Christmas Island Time Zone
UTC+07:00
Australian Western Time Zone
UTC+08:00
Casey Time Zone
UTC+08:00
Central Western Time Zone
UTC+08:45

SOUTH AMERICA

There are many different timezones in South America but you can still participate even though you may be starting out late.



You should proceed to Checkin - Checkpoint FOUR OR FIVE depending upon your time, your timezone, your location.

Here are the links:

Here is the link to Checkin - Checkpoint Four -

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At midnight - go to Checkin - Checkpoint Five:

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EASTERN STANDARD TIME FOLKS

Do your tallies, fill in the blanks on this Checkpoint and you should have moved on to Checkpoint Two

Note: All of the Georgia Peaches should now be checking in to Checkpoint Two - make sure you added all of your final info and tallies to Checkpoint One and now move on to TWO

Here is the link:

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OTHER LOCATIONS IN AFRICA - YOU ARE ALL WELCOME

There are potentially 16 different timezones in Africa - find your timezone and your time and check in on the appropriate thread - you can still participate:



This breaks it down by country:



Let us say you are in South Africa - it is 7:03 PM on April 23rd and you are in the South Africa Timezone.

You would go to checkin on Checkpoint Three:

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Let us say you are in Senegal. The time there would be 5:08PM on April 23rd

Senegal Time Zone - is abbreviated as GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

You would be checking in now on Check in Three:

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So find your timezone and determine what time you are starting and look for that time on the Check Ins - then go to that Check in and post your info and data there and just jump in to the Readathon.

Happy Reading and welcome

Checked out. Message 22.