Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 8th - Sunday 10th September 2017

[Krystal]

WOW Brenda you're knocking up some impressive numbers!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Krystal 😊

[Carolyn]

Just 141 pages to finish Betrayal in Death for me on Saturday. Running total 442 pages.

[BenWolf23]

120 from me so far

[Kylie]

Some super impressive numbers from so, so many!

And Baz, excellent goal! I hope you can do it!

My personal goal is to try to beat my PB (which is (well) under the 584 page average!).

I'll get close (I hope!)....

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Another 411 pages of Copycat by Erica Spindler.
That's 946 pages to date.

[Krystal]

Continuing my Dark Tower quest with Wizard and Glass by Stephen King, as well as having a crack at a Spring challenge book The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World by Nancy Jo Sales. Going to try for a 700+ page total by tonight! Still so much to do but I'm putting it all off haha

[MichelleG]

Hi all,
I read practically through the night and have just finished Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1235 pages).

Friday
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout - 209 pages
Firelight by Kristen Callihan - 387 pages
Coraline by Neil Gaiman - 224 pages
Daily total: 820 pages



Saturday
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard - 286 pages
You by Caroline Kepnes - 422 pages
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - Read approx 400 pages (of 1235 pages)
Daily total (to date): 1108 pages



Sunday
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - 835 pages (of 1235 pages)
*Currently reading* Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert - (576 pages)
Daily total (to date): 835



Read-a-thon total (to date): 1,928 pages

[Veronica ⭐️]

Sat 193 pages Too Close to Home

Total 313 pages

[Li'l Owl]

Day 3 - Times up for me!
My personal best! =o)

Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkabon by J.K. Rowling
210 pages

Read-a-thon Total - 903

[Ace]

Ace wrote: "Our guests have just left, so after a nice long nap I will start reading!"

I had an extra extra long nap lol. Its now 7am Sunday in Spain so I hope to get through the rest of The Good Daughter today.

Friday total 0
Saturday total 53

Readathon total 53

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

MichelleG wrote: "Hi all,
I read practically through the night and have just finished Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy (1235 pages).


Friday

My Name Is Lucy Barton by ..."

How do you do that??? I am having trouble keeping my eyes open now!!!

[MichelleG]

Brenda, I know, right! I think I'll be sleeping for days after this lol

[Diana]

I haven't kept daily totals but so far have read 353 pages.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Brenda wrote: How do you do that??? I am having trouble keeping my eyes open now!!!


I fall asleep and drop the book (or kindle). I find it the next morning usually somewhere in the bed - hopefully (especially in the case of the kindle) not on the floor.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

MichelleG wrote: "Brenda, I know, right! I think I'll be sleeping for days after this lol"

I think you should at least!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: How do you do that??? I am having trouble keeping my eyes open now!!!


I fall asleep and drop the book (or kindle). I find it the next morning usually somewhere in the bed - hopeful..."

The worst part is when it hits you in the face on the way down!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished another - Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman for 304 pages

Total so far 1723 pages

[Krystal]

Impressive stuff, Michelle!

[Kira]

I just finished The Lake House by Kate Morton. Sadly it's all I'm going to be able to add to the challenge.

TOTAL 505 pages.

[Chloe]

Hi! I just read Silent Child from start to finish this weekend

413 pages so far for this readathon. If a read any more (it won't be much) ... I'll pop in tomorrow to update that total :)

[Baz]

All done and wrapping up for the weekend (need some down-time before work in the morn!)
Murder on the Orient Express = 42 Pages
Night Prey by John Sandford = 435 Pages
Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell = 131 Pages

Readathon Total = 608 Pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kira wrote: "I just finished The Lake House by Kate Morton. Sadly it's all I'm going to be able to add to the challenge.

TOTAL 505 pages."

Thanks Kira! Great effort :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Baz wrote: "All done and wrapping up for the weekend (need some down-time before work in the morn!)
Murder on the Orient Express = 42 Pages
Night Prey by ..."

Congratulations Baz! You did it!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Here's our participants list and as the totals start trickling through, I'll add them to this list :)

Baz - 608 pages

Sally906

Brenda - 2008 pages
Carolyn

Michael - 205 pages
Odette
Zoey
Sharon

Kylie - 418 pages

Leonie
Phrynne - 1300 pages

Ace
Rosie

Jenny - 1582 pages
Li'l Owl

Krystal - 650 pages

MaryG2E

Valerie - 232 pages

Renee

Noelene - 317 pages

Elias - 127 pages

Kerri - 772 pages

Jo
Marianne - 414 pages

Veronica - 351 pages

Suzanne
Diana

Jen - 535 pages

Nikk
MichelleG

Loren - 420 pages
Lyn - 445 pages

Helen - 338 pages

Susan
PattyMacDotComma
Row
Kerri_M
Jane - 1490 pages

Sue
Samantha - 220 pages

Tracey Allen - 218 pages
Nicole
Kira - 505 pages

Dree
MinyHannah
Rosie (rosy_posy77)
Helen Simic

Karen - 321 pages

Melissa
Amanda
BenWolf23

Niamh - 754 pages

Bron
Chloe Hollis
Ellen
Katherine
Chloe
Steph
Nat
Deborah

[Jane]

Finished for the night. My totals for today:
Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb 5* 480 pages
6 chapters of Murder on a Midsummer Night by Kerry Greenwood - 95 pages

So 575 pages for today added to my 915 pages to date:

Readathon Total = 1,490 Pages

[Krystal]

I've added another 87 pages from The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World as well as 145 from Wizard and Glass, with hopes of adding a few extra before bed.

Total so far: 637

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I am finished too.
The Crow Trap 535 pages
Copycat 411 pages
Lost Lake 304 pages
The Broken Eye 50 pages

Total 1300 pages

[Veronica ⭐️]

Friday: I've read 120 pages of Too Close to Home today
Saturday: 193 pages Too Close to home
Sunday: 38 pages The Hidden Hours

Readathon total 351 pages

[Jen]

Friday 102

Sat 313

Sun 120

Total 535

[Samantha]

My pitiful effort totals to 220 pages for the weekend 😂

[Valerie]

I'm finished
Just 232 pages in total for me

[Karen]

A Memory of Light - Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
Friday: 63 pages
Saturday: 154 pages
Deadhouse Gates - Steven Erikson
Sunday: 104 pages

Readathon total: 321 pages

[Niamh]

I read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince over Friday and Saturday, reading 214 and 255 pages respectively. Today I read 285 pages of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, giving me a grand total of 754 pages for the weekend.

[Krystal]

Put me down for a grand total of 650 pages please :)

[Elias]

Only managed to get in 127 pages of The Illustrated Man. No where near as much reading as I would've liked.

[Jenny]

Friday

Young Digger by Anthony Hill - 100 Pages
Rosalee Station by Mandy Magro - 282 Pages
Beyond Fear by Jaye Ford - 439 Page

821 Pages

Saturday

Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood - 100 Pages
The Late Show by Michael Connelly - 150 Pages

250 Pages

Sunday

Flying Too High by Kerry Greenwood - 56 Pages
The Late Show by Michael Connelly - 255 Pages
Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing: A PI Gemma Lincoln Novel by Gabrielle Lord - 200 Pages

Total: 511

Grand Total: 1,582 Pages

[Sue]

Here's another interim update for me, not yet my final. It's still only Sunday morning for me here in Iowa ( USA central daylight time )

My pages read since my prior post (message 185) are:
From I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 152 pages
From The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer - 34 pages
From The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain by Bill Bryson - 9 pages ( I know, just 9 pages - isn't that silly? but that was one chapter in the book.)

Total for this post: 195 pages
My running total for the weekend: 275 pages

I will plan to do my final post, which will include Sunday's reading, at about 10:00 p.m. Sunday, my time, which translates to 1:00 p.m. Monday AEST, which should be in time for the stated cutoff of Monday evening 11th September AEST :)

[Li'l Owl]

Brenda wrote: "Phrynne wrote: "Brenda wrote: How do you do that??? I am having trouble keeping my eyes open now!!!


I fall asleep and drop the book (or kindle). I find it the next morning usually somewhere in t..."

LOL! I packed it in when I fell asleep and dropped my book - yep, hit me right in the kisser! It's a 450 page book! That woke me up!

[Loren]

Oh how I wish I could have spent more time immersed in my books this weekend! The trouble is, weekends I'm out and about, it's during the week that I have more reading time :P anyway, I'm finished. Hope this helps a bit at least ;)

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray - 98 pages (finished)
A Rose for the ANZAC Boys by Jackie French - 42 pages

Daily total: 140

Grand total: 420 pages

[Tracey Allen]

I finished City of Crows by Chris Womersley for a readathon total of 218 pages.

[Marianne]

Total for the weekend:
414 pages of A Gentleman in Moscow

[Kerri]

496 pages The First Last Kiss
231 pages Wish You Were Here
45 pages When Rabbit Howls

772 pages total

[Helen]

Hi All

So I still haven't finished the book I am reading I was out most of yesterday but I did manage another 66 pages so that brings me to a total of 338 pages for the 3 days :)

Have Fun
Helen

[Noelene]

Total from a busy social weekend was 317 pages.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Well that is all looking pretty good to me! Well done everyone who has reported so far.

[Kylie]

Managed to "read" a total of 135 pages of In Her Wake by Amanda Jennings yesterday.

Grand total: 418 pages.

Congratulations to everyone! I cannot believe the numbers from so many of you ultimate speed readers! :)

[Lyn]

1st timer in the challenge and really enjoyed challenging myself.
- Every Lie I Have Ever Told - 320 pages, and commenced The Handmaid's Tale - 125 pages. All up 445 🙂

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Friday 772 pages
Saturday 637
Sunday 589

Final total 2008 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Lyn wrote: "1st timer in the challenge and really enjoyed challenging myself.
- Every Lie I Have Ever Told - 320 pages, and commenced The Handmaid's Tale - 125 pages. All up 445 🙂"

Well done Lyn! A great effort :) Glad you had fun doing it too :)