Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 3rd - Sunday 5th June 2016

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's great! Every page helps :)

[Melissa]

Yep; why not :D

[Tooba]

I'm in

[Catsalive]

I'm back to work that weekend after some lovely hols so I don't know how I'll go. I will be on nights so there's a chance to read, but I may be so tired after having a break from the shifts that reading might put me to sleep.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

See how you go Catsalive :) As we always say - every little bit helps!

[Kira]

I'm in. Hoping to get some more reading done. :)

[Rosie]

I'm in! Sounds like fun :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Woohoo!

[Tracey Allen]

I'd love to finish reading Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present and The Bazaar of Bad Dreams during the read-a-thon, fingers crossed.

[Mell]

I was so sure I commented on this, but can't seem to find me, so count me in please!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'll be doing up the list today Melissa so I'll see if you're here twice :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Melissa wrote: "I was so sure I commented on this, but can't seem to find me, so count me in please!"

Yes you did Melissa :) #80.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Participants!

Michael
Brenda
Carolyn
Sally906
☼♄Jülie
Phrynne
Paget
Christine
Chloe
Rosie (mess #17)
Jennifer
Ace
Zoey
Odette
Veronica
Marianne
Tracey Allen
Anna
Andrea
MaryG2E
Renee
Sharon
Deborah
Karen
Laura
India
Jane
Michelle (mess #52)
Rikke
Adam
Kerri
Claire
Lucy
PattyMacDotComma
Sam
Diana
Aisyah
Christy
Helen
Loren
Connie
Melissa (mess #80)
Ellie
Em
B the BookAddict
Lisa
Cindy
Tien
Melanie
Valerie
Melissa (mess #104)
Tooba
Catsalive
Kira
Rosie (mess #109)
Sarah
Noelle
Marcus
Elias
Nat
Suzanne

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wow! 55 participants so far :)


Don't forget everyone - it starts at midnight Thursday night/Friday morning and finishes midnight Sunday night. Post daily if you can - but definitely Sunday night before you go to bed. No later than midday Monday with your final totals please.

You can give a running total in your posts - a grand total in your final post. Make sure you tell us what books you've read - link them too if you can :)

Good luck and happy reading!!!

[Sharon]

This must be the most participants we've ever had, Brenda. It's FANTASTIC to see so many joining in :)

[Tien]

I think my first read-a-thon here?
Looking forward to this!
I'd probably post my grand total on Monday morning though, doubt I'd read as much as I can on Sunday evening prior to conking out ;p

[Andrea]

Sharon wrote: "This must be the most participants we've ever had, Brenda. It's FANTASTIC to see so many joining in :)"

Maybe we all have that winter feeling?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sharon wrote: "This must be the most participants we've ever had, Brenda. It's FANTASTIC to see so many joining in :)"

It is Sharon :) So great! We should definitely knock our goal on its head ;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tien wrote: "I think my first read-a-thon here?
Looking forward to this!
I'd probably post my grand total on Monday morning though, doubt I'd read as much as I can on Sunday evening prior to conking out ;p"

That's fine :)

[Sarah]

I'm in. This will be my first read-a-thon but I'm really excited to spend the weekend reading since it's been so cool. Sorry for signing on so late! :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "I'm in. This will be my first read-a-thon but I'm really excited to spend the weekend reading since it's been so cool. Sorry for signing on so late! :)"

Thanks Sarah - you're on the list now :)

[Noelle]

I'm in

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're added to the list Noelle - starts midnight tonight!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Just over 4 hours till start time (AEST) - lol!

[Ace]

The inner geek in me is so happy and excited that I am thinking about taking tomorrow afternoon off work LOL

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Haha! Good for you Ace :) Sick of not reading ;)

[Ace]

Exactly. Lucky I have some annual leave up my sleeve.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You'll be top page reader then! Woohoo!

[MaryG2E]

I've got my first book for this challenge poised, ready to start at 12.01am! Can't wait to begin Murder With the Lot by Sue Williams, after reading Marianne's great review last week. Chocolate and really good red wine on the side table. Ready, set....

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good luck Mary! Fast reading ahead ;) I'm currently reading Don't Say a Word by Jennifer Jaynes so will pick up from the midnight percentage. I'm also going to finish LaRose by Louise Erdrich

[Melissa]

I'm thinking I'll start with , move on to and then just go from there :)

[Karen]

Well if we're posting up books... I'm currently reading - Patrick Ness, so at very least I'm hoping to finish this book (I have a bit over 100 pages left). Then I'll have either - Cinda Williams Chima, or - Robert Jordan. Or perhaps I'll make a start on both of them, just because I can?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sounds like a plan Melissa and Karen!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Brenda wrote: "Just over 4 hours till start time (AEST) - lol!"

Thanks for confirming that Brenda. It will be 4.00. Thursday afternoon for me:). (Currently in Germany )

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

No problems Phrynne...knew there were a few out there who have "time troubles".... hope you're having a ball!!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Brenda wrote: "No problems Phrynne...knew there were a few out there who have "time troubles".... hope you're having a ball!!"

Oh yes!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: "No problems Phrynne...knew there were a few out there who have "time troubles".... hope you're having a ball!!"

Oh yes!!!"

That's excellent news :) Continue to do so!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

I have 35% of Missing by Melanie Casey to finish ... which I am really enjoying btw ;) and have borrowed the audio version of The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau from the library especially for this challenge.

I don't expect to get much, if any, reading done on Sunday so will try and cram as best I can beforehand :)

[Tracey Allen]

Good luck everyone!!

[Jülie ☼♄ ]

 And we're off....

 to bed!!!!

[Karen]

The Ask and the Answer Complete.. I may have gotten a bit ahead of myself here. Well hey it was a really quick read, definitely perfect for a readathon -especially, so it happen, towards the end of the book.
So here's 115 pages to start us off? And good night!

[Ellie]

I just knocked off a quick 98 pages of my current read Scarlet by Marissa Meyer before bed! Excited to finish this one off tomorrow!

[Tracey Allen]

Read 74 pages of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.

[Melanie]

Starting off the read-a-thon on page 26 of Room

[Mell]

I'm starting at 9% of A Match Made In Texas :)

[Tien]

I started my read-a-thon by continuing my read of The Watercolourist by Beatrice Masini from page 93 this morning on the train & I've managed 53 pages. Good start to the morning! :)

Running Total
The Watercolourist - 53 pages

[Tien]

MaryG2E wrote: "I've got my first book for this challenge poised, ready to start at 12.01am! Can't wait to begin Murder With the Lot by Sue Williams, after reading Marianne's great..."

Wow, did you start reading at 12:01am, Mary? I think I fell asleep before 11pm though would love to have slept from 8 ;p

First day at the gym yesterday after months' absence so was bugged.

[Odette]

Continuing reading from page 90:
Scared Yet? by Jaye Ford

[Sally906]

I've picked up Summer on Blossom Street by Debbie Macomber - I need a comfort read as my boss, and close friend's, father died of cancer late yesterday - I knew him so feeling a bit blue. Still not unexpected - and in the end a relief he is out of his suffering now but still not easy.

Nothing like a bit of fluff to cheer you up :)

[Deb]

Read until 1AM, so got a bit of a start :} On the down side I hadn't set an alarm, so I missed midnight. I may have missed a few pages.