Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 3rd March - Sunday 5th March 2017

[Valerie]

193 pages so far today with the completion of The Danish Girl. Disappointed, not very engaging for me.

[Michelle_Mck]

I'm finished for the day.

Day 1
Finished The Pretty Delicious Cafe 174 pages

Starting another Danielle Hawkins book Dinner at Rose's 115 pages.

Day 1 total 289 pages

Day 2
Still Reading Dinner at Rosie's 189 pages done

Total so far 478 pages

[Jenny]

Friday -

Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns - 200 pages
Murder on the Serpentine by Anne Perry - 110 pages

Saturday -

Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns - 150 pages
Murder on the Serpentine by Anne Perry - 200 pages

Started reading
Raven Falls: Australian Rural Romantic Suspense by Suzanne Brandyn - 50 pages

Total so far = 700 pages

[Richard]

Finished The Science of Influence: How to Get Anyone to Say "Yes" in 8 Minutes or Less! - 256 pages

[Tracey Allen]

I read another 100 pages of Rattle bringing my total so far to 188 pages. Already an improvement on my December effort in the readathon.

[Li'l Owl]

Starting for my last day
Ragdoll by Daniel Cole

[Richard]

Finished Talk Less, Say More: 3 Habits to Influence Others and Make Things Happen - 178 pages

[Richard]

Finished Spell Well, 2nd Edition: Boost your word power and your confidence - 145 pages

[Ronja]

Today I finished The Rosie Project, 55 pages.

Total so far 141 pages.

[MichelleG]

Michael wrote: "MichelleG wrote: "Hi,

I finished:
• Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - 3 stars (60% of 349p = 209p)
• Hounded by Kevin Hearne - 5 stars (3..."

Haha thanks Michael, it's been such perfect weather (here in Sydney/ NSW) for reading, I can't help but indulge ;)

[Valerie]

Saturday total 227 pages:

The Danish Girl 193 pages
Me Before You 34 pages

[Connie]

My saturday total is 454
Journey from Venice 239
Go Set a Watchman 215

[Odette]

Saturday
Finished The Crying Place - 378 pages
Started Monk's Hood - 57 pages

Total for Friday - 476 pages
Total for Saturday - 435 pages

[Paget]

Saturday
116 pages
Still reading The Fellowship of the Ring

Total: 334 pages

[Brad]

Saturday: The Mark of the Crown 131 pages.

[Zoey]

My Saturday pages read is 124. Bringing me to a total so far of 208

[Carolyn]

My tally for Saturday: 246 pages of Witness in Death

Total so far: 336+ 246 = 582 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Saturday's total for me 996 pages

The Quiet American 180
The Big Bad Wolf 432
Trouble at the Animal Shelter 158
49% of Promise of Hunters Ridge 226

[Deb]

On Saturday I started and finished Lallia 153
And started The Secret of Chimneys up topage 186

I was way to tired to log in and share though.

[Rosie]

My Saturday Total is 275.

My total so far is 580.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I've just finished Promise of Hunters Ridge - OMG! What a ride! Another 206 pages

[MichelleG]

Woo that does look good Brenda :)

[MichelleG]

Hi,
I finished:

Friday
• Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - 3 stars (60% of 349p = 209p)
• Hounded by Kevin Hearne - 5 stars (336p)
• The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - 3 stars (279p)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - 3 stars (470 x 40% read = 188p)

Friday Total: 1,012 pages

Saturday
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - 3 stars (470p x 60% read = 282p)
• Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews - 5 stars (386p)
• Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews - 5 stars (360p)
• A Conjuring of Light of V.E. Schwab - (624p x 25% = 156p)

Saturday Total: 1,284 pages

Sunday
• A Conjuring of Light of V.E. Schwab - 5 stars (624p x 75% = 486p)
• Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - 5 stars (409p)
• Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder *Currently reading* (419p)

Sunday Total (to date): 877 pages

Total (to date): 3,173 pages

[Michelle_Mck]

I'm finished for the day.

Day 1
Finished The Pretty Delicious Cafe 174 pages 4.5 stars

Starting another Danielle Hawkins book Dinner at Rose's 115 pages.

Day 1 total 289 pages

Day 2
Still Reading Dinner at Rosie's 189 pages done

Total so far 478 pages

Day 3
Finished Dinner at Rosie's - 112 pages 5 stars
Started $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal by James Patterson

[Leonie]

MichelleG wrote: "Hi,
I finished:

Friday
• Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - 3 stars (60% of 349p = 209p)
• Hounded by Kevin Hearne - 5 stars (336p)
• [boo..."

Michelle! That's amazing!

[MichelleG]

Thanks Leonie, I think it's my best result yet... Yay for a rainy reading weekend :D

[Kate]

Another 100 pages of Small Great Things

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Just a reminder to everyone to post their FINAL totals tonight before bed - OR in the morning before noon :)

[Chris]

103 pages on Saturday.
We won the Grand Final btw, so now into a happy evening of reading.
Am blown away by some of the efforts on here... don't think I have ever read more than 400 pages in a day.
Amazing work, well done!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

MichelleG wrote: "Hi,
I finished:

Friday
• Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - 3 stars (60% of 349p = 209p)
• Hounded by Kevin Hearne - 5 stars (336p)
• [boo..."

I have no words!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Chris wrote: "103 pages on Saturday.
We won the Grand Final btw, so now into a happy evening of reading.
Am blown away by some of the efforts on here... don't think I have ever read more than 400 pages in a da..."

Congratulations on the grand final win Chris! That's fantastic news :)

[MaryG2E]

Only 64 more pages of The Women In Black on Saturday. Have not even picked up a book today so far, being very busy away for the weekend. Hope to get a few pages read before bed tonight.

[Connie]

Sunday the last 59 pages of Go Set a Watchman
54 pages of Mrs. Dalloway
277 pages of Wings of Fear
Total 390

Grand Total as I am calling it quits now is
Friday 260
Sat 454
Sun 390
Total 1104 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done Connie!

[Chloe]

WOW - some amazing totals coming in!
Well done everyone!
I will update with my totals tomorrow morning :)
(no doubt I will read late tonight)

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Yes, mine in the morning too. I am going to read until I fall asleep and drop the book:)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Chloe wrote: "WOW - some amazing totals coming in!
Well done everyone!
I will update with my totals tomorrow morning :)
(no doubt I will read late tonight)"

Thanks Chloe :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Yes, mine in the morning too. I am going to read until I fall asleep and drop the book:)"

Haha!!! My eyes are blurring...

[Sally906]

Posting now as have had a busy, busy weekend and hitting the sack early :)

I did get some reading done though - I finished Who Killed The Bride? by Lily Malone - had already started it but read 147 pages to finish.

Then read A Highlander's Obsession by Vonnie Davis - 268 pages

Then I started The Light of Paris by Eleanor Brown and have read 120 pages of that

So all up I've read 530 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good result with a busy weekend Sally!

[Maria]

Was away interstate for the weekend but I've managed 347pages

[Leonie]

I'll post mine in the morning. It'll be pretty paltry, but I think Melissa has made up for me!

[Michelle_Mck]

That's me done for the weekend, I'm really happy with how it went, here are my totals

Day 1
Finished The Pretty Delicious Cafe 174 pages 4.5 stars

Starting another Danielle Hawkins book Dinner at Rose's 115 pages.

Day 1 total 289 pages

Day 2
Still Reading Dinner at Rosie's 189 pages done

Total so far 478 pages

Day 3
Finished Dinner at Rosie's - 112 pages 5 stars
Finished $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal by James Patterson 117 pages 3 stars
Started Chocolate Cake for Breakfast by Danielle Hawkins 81 pages
Total 310 pages

Overall total 788 pages

[Anna]

i may manage a little more but pretty tired... was a study weekend so didnt read much but tried :)

FRIDAY
= 73 pages
TOTAL: 73 pages

SATURDAY
= 22 pages (5★s)
= 14 pages
TOTAL: 36 pages

SUNDAY
= 36 pages
TOTAL: 36 pages

GRAND TOTAL: 145 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I've just finished my last book for the weekend - Spindrift by Tamara McKinley for 405 pages

So my totals are:

Friday 791 pages
Saturday 996 pages
Sunday 611 pages

Grand total 2398 pages

[Richard]

Finished What to Say When You Talk to Yourself - 256 pages

My total = 835 pages

[MichelleG]

Hi everyone,
I'm going to call it a night, I can't keep my eyes open anymore :(

Huge thanks goes out to all the Mod's for another fantastic event :D ... btw I will absolutely be blaming you all for the bags under my eyes tomorrow lolol

I read the following:

Friday
• Dark Places by Gillian Flynn - 3 stars (60% of 349p = 209p)
• Hounded by Kevin Hearne - 5 stars (336p)
• The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - 3 stars (279p)
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - 3 stars (470 x 40% read = 188p)

Friday Total: 1,012 pages

Saturday
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - 3 stars (470p x 60% read = 282p)
• Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews - 5 stars (386p)
• Magic Burns by Ilona Andrews - 5 stars (360p)
• A Conjuring of Light of V.E. Schwab - (624p x 25% = 156p)

Saturday Total: 1,284 pages

Sunday
• A Conjuring of Light of V.E. Schwab - 5 stars (624p x 75% = 486p)
• Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder - 5 stars (409p)
• Magic Study by Maria V. Snyder - 5 stars (419p)

Sunday Total: 1,314 pages

Final Read-a-thon Total: 3,610 pages

[Valerie]

168 pages of Me Before You today

Friday 193
Saturday 227
Sunday 168

Grand total: 588 pages

That's my PB :)

[Jenny]

Friday -

Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns - 200 Pages
Murder on the Serpentine by Anne Perry - 128 Pages

Saturday -

Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns - 150 Pages
Murder on the Serpentine by Anne Perry - 200 Pages

Sunday:

Started reading

Raven Falls: Australian Rural Romantic Suspense by Suzanne Brandyn 150 Pages


Total = 828 Pages

[Sarah]

Ended up being a busier weekend than I thought but I still got some reading in :)

Friday: 92 of Scrappy Little Nobody
Saturday: 24 "
Sunday: 115 of The Stolen Throne by David Gaider

Total: 231

Goodnight, all!