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Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 2nd March - Sunday 4th March 2018
Unfortunately been studying all day yesterday and today, so am only just kicking off my Sunday reading. Running Fri-Sat total is a measley 109 pages so far.
Just finished The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag 361 pagesTotal so far - 558 pages
i did 35 pages today from the book called wolf hall by hilary mantel. i did all of these pages while getting new sofas for my living room. my total for the past 2 days are 59 pages . i hope to read more pages tomorrow as i will not have anything planned.
Hillary wrote: "i did 35 pages today from the book called wolf hall by hilary mantel. i did all of these pages while getting new sofas for my living room. my total for the past 2 days are 59 pages . i hope to read..."Hillary the Readathon ends at midnight Sunday night in Sydney/Melbourne. Thats in about 4 hours from now.
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I've just had a lovely few hours with my grandson, so no reading done since lunch time for me!! I'll read tonight and put my final total in in the morning :)
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Ace 358 pages
Baz 212 pages
Bella
Brenda 1385 pages
Carolyn
Chloe
Deborah 599 pages
Diana 622 pages
Hillary
Jacm
Jane 1529 pages
Jen 346 pages
Jenny
Kerri 832 pages
Kiah 740 pages
Krystal
Kylie 504 pages
Lainey
Leonie
Li'l Owl 759 pages
Marianne 443 pages
MaryG2E
Michael 272 pages
Noelene 780 pages
Odette 887 pages
PattyMacDotComma
Phrynne 1224 pages
Renee V
Sally906 495 pages
Sarah 347 pages
Sharon
Sharon R 851 pages
Valerie 210 pages
Veronica 164 pages
Zoey 383 pages
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Can you please add me to the participants list? :) I'm contemplating pulling an all-nighter to finish my book so I'll probably add my total either tomorrow morning or just after midnight :D
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Thank you! :)It's been too long since I fell asleep with a book on me haha
Brenda wrote: "That happened to me with the kindle a couple of nights ago! First time it's ever happened :)"It happened to me last week. It scared the hell out of me.
Sorry about my response to Hillary, I didn't think of that.
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Haha!! I didn't try again ;)
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It happened to me last week. It scared the hell out of me.
Sorry about my response to H..."
Don't be sorry - I looked at it twice myself. That's why I checked her profile to see if she was o/seas :)
And it does startle you doesn't it!
Okay - reporting in
That Wintry Feeling by Debbie Macomber - read in full - 187 pagesRead part of:
Feels Like Home by Lisa Ireland - 56 pages
The Witness by Nora Roberts - 89 pages
The Liftsal Guardians by Alexandra Moody - 173 pagesTotal pages read: 495 pages
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No reading today. lots of shopping, Grandkids and ironing.My totals
Friday was 21 pages of The Gathering Murders
Saturday 143 pages of The Gathering Murders
Sunday nil
164 pages
Was destroyed by work and study this readathon unfortunately so only managed the below. Now to rest my eyes and have a glass of wine before it all starts again tomorrow.NB: Already calenderising the Winter readathon :) I'll be booking some serious time off for that one!
Friday - 32 Pages
Saturday - 77 Pages
Sunday - 103 Pages
Total = 212 Pages
Li'l Owl wrote: "I can most certainly let you know when our read-a-thons are coming up, Tracey. I'll put it on my calendar right now to remind me if you'd like. ..."Wow, that'd be awesome Li'l Owl, thank you so much :-) I've sent you a friend request.
I ended up finishing the end of one book and starting 3 more at various points over the weekend. Now to finish some for the Annual challenge. Thanks for a fun virtual read-a-thon! :)Friday: 68
Saturday: 91
Sunday: 188
Total pages: 347
Books:
Thanks for another great opportunity to read every spare moment I had this weekend. We had a lovely trip to Capadoccia and lots of lovely food and drink. I even managed to read 358 pages of Year One by Nora Roberts.Readathon Total = 358p
175 pages of the cruel prince will be my last contribution- for a total of 740 pages
I had mother-visiting duties this weekend, so not as much read as I would have liked.The last 215 pages of Egyptian Enigma
The first 200 pages of American by Day
and 28 pages of my bedside read The Tycoon's Outrageous Proposal
(not so) grand total 443 pages, but every little bit helps
My final total was 622 pages Pretty pleased with that as I had a slow start.
Some amazing totals everyone, you've all done so well! :) Yesterday I read 126 pages of Thornwood House by Anna Romer, and listened to another 18% of The Secret Heiress by Luke Devenish, which was the equivalent of 76 pages.
Sunday's total: 202 pages.
Grand Total: 504 pages. Absolutely stoked with that, and almost 50 pages over my previous best! :)
Thanks everyone for another wonderful read-a-thon!
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Dark in Death by J.D. Robb 384 pages
Never Never by James Patterson 342 pages
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith 55 pages
Born in Death by J.D. Robb 338 pages
Manitou Canyon by William Kent Krueger 105 pagesTotal 1224 pages
Well done everyone. great job as always.383 pages for me
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Egyptian Enigma by L.J.M. Owen 116 pages
Outback Creed by Jonathan Macpherson 180 pages
The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth 328 pages
Dark in Death by J.D. Robb 384 pages
To Hatch a Thief by Zara Keane 156 pagesPart of
The Murder House by James Patterson 221 pagesTotal 1385 pages
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Weekend totalsFriday: 280 pages Sanctuary
Saturday:104 pages Sanctuary
136 pages The Life She Was Given
Sunday: 220 pages The Life She Was Given
92 pages Look For Me
Total Pages 832
Sunday: Read The Passengers by Eleanor Limprecht - 328 pagesStarted The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney - 57 pages
Total for Friday: 248 pages
Total for Saturday: 254 pages
Total for Sunday: 385 pages
TOTAL: 887 pages
Total for Friday 332 pagesSaturday 142
Sunday 306
Overall 780pages
For the weekend I read:123 pages of Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms and 87 pages of La Tresse
Total 210 pages
I made it till 23:10 and having finished my book, that was it. my meager weekend total:
Black Man by Richard K. Morgan 62 pages.
Started and finished William and Mary by Penelope Farmer 156 pages.
Started and finished Beach Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones 381 pages.
Total of 599 pages
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Ace 358 pages
Baz 212 pages
Bella 645 pages
Brenda 1385 pages
Carolyn 1072 pages
Chloe 301 pages
Deborah 599 pages
Diana 622 pages
Hillary 59 pages
Jacm
Jane 1529 pages
Jen 346 pages
Jenny 1374 pages
Kerri 832 pages
Kiah 740 pages
Krystal 746 pages
Kylie 504 pages
Lainey 691 pages
Leonie 396 pages
Li'l Owl 759 pages
Marianne 443 pages
MaryG2E 49 pages
Michael 272 pages
Noelene 780 pages
Odette 887 pages
PattyMacDotComma 601 pages
Phrynne 1224 pages
Renee V 1455 pages
Sally906 592 pages
Sarah 347 pages
Sharon 180 pages
Sharon R 851 pages
Valerie 210 pages
Veronica 164 pages
Zoey 383 pages
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(I added them up in my original post).Total 601 pages
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And anyway, weren't you away having a wonderful time for the weekend? You did well!
My Sunday total: 458 pages(170 pages of Portrait in Death and 288 pages of Redemption Point)
Total for the weekend 1072 pages
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My numbers for Day Three
Then She Was Gone ~ 214
The Bear and the Nightingale ~ 36 pages
Grand total for all three days; 759 pages