Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 7th June - Sunday 9th June 2019

[Noelene]

Life got in the way this weekend. Much the pity. So very small total 134 pages for me this time around. Hope to do better next time around.

[Zoey]

576 pages for me

[Valerie]

232 pages of The Japanese Lover
12 pages of Les Misérables : Tome I
68 pages of La Vengeance du pardon

Weekend total 312 pages

[Steve]

Over the three days, I read as much of Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas as I could. I managed 347 pages.

[Sally906]

Final update

Started and Completed:
Out of Luck by Kendall Talbot - 238 pages
Claused by Harmony Raines - 130 pages

Started but not finished:
Home Fires by Fiona Lowe - 85 pages


Total pages for weekend: 553 pages

[Diana]

Sunday night - Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper -89 pages

Weekend total - 747 pages

[Genevieve]

I’ve been reading Scrublands over the weekend.

My totals are:
Friday: 33 pages
Saturday: 157 pages
Sunday: 118 pages

Overall total: 308 pages

[Carolyn]

My total for the weekend: 1392 pages

The Boy in the Photo by Nicole Trope 334 pages
My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni 416 pages
A Great Reckoning by Louise Penny 512
Ice Cold Heart by P.J. Tracy 130 pages

[Bron]

My total for the weekend:

The Giving Gift by Thomas A. Smail 74 pages
Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God by Gordon D. Fee 62 pages
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovichby Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 17 pages
The Local Wildlife by Robert Drewe 81 pages
The Color Purple by Alice Walker 164 pages

Weekend total: 398 pages.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Brilliant figures coming in guys :)

Mine is:

Have You Seen Luis Velez? - 249
Evil at Echo Point - 159
Yellow Crocus - 253
A Scone to Die For - 336
How to Bake a Murder - 194
Cold Valley Nightmare - 247
The Boy With Blue Trousers - 432

Grand total 1870 pages

[Diana]

Brenda wrote: "Brilliant figures coming in guys :)

Mine is:

Have You Seen Luis Velez? - 249
Evil at Echo Point - 159
Yellow Crocus - 253
[book:A Scone to Die For|..."

🤗Wow - amazing total Brenda.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Diana :) Now to do the reviews!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Participants

Ace 322 pages

Brenda 1870 pages

Bron 398 pages

Carolyn 1392 pages

Deborah 1017 pages

Diana 747 pages

Genevieve 308 pages

Jane 771 pages

Jazzy 630 pages

Jen 412 pages

Jen Roe 558 pages

Kerri 1094 pages

Kerri_M 458 pages

Krystal 436 pages

Kylie D 722 pages

Lainey 666 pages

Leonie 419 pages

Li'l Owl 952 pages

Marianne 520 pages

Megan 213 pages

Michael 208 pages

Melissa 558 pages

Nat 114 pages

Niamh 898 pages

Noelene 134 pages

Phrynne 1531 pages

Renee V 1345 pages

Sally906 553 pages

Sarah 479 pages

Sharon 700 pages

Steve 347 pages

Suzanne 244 pages

Tracey Allen 348 pages

Valerie 312 pages

Zoey 576 pages

[Kerri_M]

Friday total
Scrublands by Chris Hammer -
Saturday /Sunday
The Other Wife by Michael Robotham
243 pages
215 pages
458 total for the weekend.

[Jen]

I read Friday 126 pages

Saturday 332 pages the vine bleeds

Sunday 100 pages the society murders

Total 558 pages

[Megan]

I know that I never signed up for this - is it simply listing how many pages we read over the weekend?? I have kept track if you wanted to include my total.

I read 213 pages of The Winter Crown by Elizabeth Chadwick.

[Renee V]

Lots of 'magic' books for me this weekend

Friday
Magic Bleeds - 57
Magic Slays - 308
Saturday
Magic Rises - 327
Sunday
Magic Breaks - 381
Magic Shifts - 52 (got bored with re-read)
started:
Magic for Liars - 180

Total: 1345

[Leonie]

Me so far:

Audiobook Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch 240 pages.
Audiobook Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch 56 pages.
A Vision of Light by Judith Merkle Riley 123 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Megan wrote: "I know that I never signed up for this - is it simply listing how many pages we read over the weekend?? I have kept track if you wanted to include my total.

I read 213 pages of [book:The Winter C..."

Thanks Megan, I'll add you and your total in :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Renee V wrote: "Lots of 'magic' books for me this weekend

Friday
Magic Bleeds - 57
Magic Slays - 308
Saturday
Magic Rises - 327
Sunday
Magic Breaks -..."

Thanks Renee - magical reads ;)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Leonie wrote: "Me so far:

Audiobook Whispers Underground by Ben Aaronovitch 240 pages.
Audiobook Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch 56 pages.
[book:A ..."

Thanks Leonie - your total is on the list :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Only 4 to post their totals now :)

[Jazzy]

I wasn't able to read as much as I liked but it's not as bad as I thought :)

Read-a-Thon Day One - Friday, 7 June 2019


The Arabian Nights - Unknown 255 - 292 (37pp)

The Complete Works of Isaac Babel - Isaac Babel 176 - 197 (21pp)

Road to Calvary - Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy 439 - 448 (9pp)

Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh - Ann Thwaite 11 - 24 (13pp)

Day One Total 80pp

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Read-a-Thon Day Two - Saturday, 8 June 2019


The Arabian Nights - Unknown 292 - 302 (10pp)

The Complete Works of Isaac Babel - Isaac Babel 197 - 213 (16pp)

Road to Calvary - Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy 448 - 474 (26pp)

Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh - Ann Thwaite 24 - 73 (49pp)

✅The Darling and Other Stories - Anton Chekhov ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐0/144 (144pp)

Day Two Total 245pp

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Read-a-Thon Day Three - Sunday, 9 June 2019


The Arabian Nights - Unknown 302 - 316 (14pp)

The Complete Works of Isaac Babel - Isaac Babel 213 - 227 (14pp)

Road to Calvary - Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy 474 - 501 (27)

✅Goodbye Christopher Robin: A. A. Milne and the Making of Winnie-the-Pooh - Ann Thwaite ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐73 - 320 (250pp)

Day Three Total 305pp

3 Day Total 630

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Jazzy :)

[Suz]

Hi everyone. Here are my totals:

Friday
Lovesome 11 pages
Gone by midnight ch 29-35 = 55 pages

Saturday
Lovesome 104-171 = 67
Gone by midnight
Ch 36-44 = 76 pages

Sunday
Lovesome
171-214 = 35 pages

GRAND TOTAL 244

Sorry no better totals than that, we are madly renovating (a book shelf that is built around our bed!) in place of bed head/bedside tables 📚📚

[Melissa]

My Challenge total = 558 pages 

Everyone who posted also gave me many new books to add to my want to read list

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Melissa wrote: "My Challenge total = 558 pages 

Everyone who posted also gave me many new books to add to my want to read list"

That's always good isn't it Melissa :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks everyone for another great readathon weekend! Our result hasn't quite reached our goal, but it's still a BRILLIANT three days of reading!!

Drum roll......

Grand total of 22,252 pages read over 3 days!

[Krystal]

Suzanne wrote: "Sorry no better totals than that, we are madly renovating (a book shelf that is built around our bed!) in place of bed head/bedside tables 📚📚 "

That sounds fun! Would love to see pics when you're done!!

[Krystal]

I'm really curious as to whether people felt they read more, less or about the same this readathon weekend compared to an average weekend??

[Jazzy]

Hurray!
Well done everyone x

[Jazzy]

Krystal wrote: "I'm really curious as to whether people felt they read more, less or about the same this readathon weekend compared to an average weekend??"

hmm, i didn't have the time to spend reading this weekend so it was an average ish - maybe more than I would usually read on a busy weekend. I had half terms last week and read well over 1500 pages, probably more last weekend.

[Noelene]

Krystal wrote: "I'm really curious as to whether people felt they read more, less or about the same this readathon weekend compared to an average weekend??"

A lot less than normal. I was at sporting event and very social and too tired to read. Most of my reading this time around was by audio book on drive to and from the sporting venue.

[Sharon]

Brenda wrote: "Thanks everyone for another great readathon weekend! Our result hasn't quite reached our goal, but it's still a BRILLIANT three days of reading!!

Drum roll......

Grand total of 22,252 pages read ..."

Well done everyone! Looking forward to the next one 😊

[Diana]

Krystal wrote: "I'm really curious as to whether people felt they read more, less or about the same this readathon weekend compared to an average weekend??"

I definitely read more this weekend than I usually do. I basically sat in my chair and read a couple of books from start to finish.

[Ace]

Suzanne wrote: "Hi everyone. Here are my totals:

Friday
Lovesome 11 pages
Gone by midnight ch 29-35 = 55 pages

Saturday
Lovesome 104-171 = 67
Gone by midnight
Ch 36-44 = 76 pages

Sunday
Lovesome
171-214 = 35..."

Your shelves sound so good, what a great idea.

[Ace]

I seem to read about the same every day but when there's a readathon on, my husband often spots me napping.. so now when I say there's a readathon coming up on the weekend he says "Oh, good. You can catch up on your sleep" 😂he thinks he's hilarious😂

[Carolyn]

Suzanne wrote: "Hi everyone. Here are my totals:
....."

I like the sound of your bookshelves too Suzanne. We're also in the process of renovating our bedroom - new built-in wardrobe, repairs to the decorative plaster ceiling, carpet and painting. We're also getting a new bed but can't have a full height bedhead because it will be under a stained glass window so we're also looking at getting a custom made bedhead and I do like the sound of a built in bookshelf!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Krystal wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Sorry no better totals than that, we are madly renovating (a book shelf that is built around our bed!) in place of bed head/bedside tables 📚📚 "

That sounds fun! Would love to see p..."

So would I!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Krystal wrote: "I'm really curious as to whether people felt they read more, less or about the same this readathon weekend compared to an average weekend??"

Definitely way more for me Krystal!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Ace wrote: "I seem to read about the same every day but when there's a readathon on, my husband often spots me napping.. so now when I say there's a readathon coming up on the weekend he says "Oh, good. You ca..."

Hahaha!!!!

[Suz]

Krystal wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Sorry no better totals than that, we are madly renovating (a book shelf that is built around our bed!) in place of bed head/bedside tables 📚📚 "

That sounds fun! Would love to see p..."

I'll be sure to post some. Just looks silly without the bed, books, architraves etc!

[Suz]

Carolyn wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Hi everyone. Here are my totals:
....."

I like the sound of your bookshelves too Suzanne. We're also in the process of renovating our bedroom - new built-in wardrobe, repairs to th..."

I will post pics when it's all done. Good luck with yours, Carolyn. You have time for all these things now!

[Deb]

Well done us! Though I definitely had a lower word count that previously, and less than I would have liked. I was/am reading a non-fiction that is AMAZING, but not a fast read at all.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's why I always choose quick easy reads for the readathon Deborah, plus it moves my challenges along nicely :)

[Krystal]

It's cool to hear how everyone's experience varies! I'd love to just take the entire weekend off and read books back to back for three days.

[Li'l Owl]

Well done, all! I've had my beak in a book a lot this year so I've been a bit antisocial! Sorry!
I'm now 25 books ahead of my 2019 goal so I will be back in contact with all my friends! See you soon! x

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Krystal wrote: "It's cool to hear how everyone's experience varies! I'd love to just take the entire weekend off and read books back to back for three days."

That's what I like to do on our readathon weekends (sometimes life gets in the way) but I find my eyes go blurry and I have to have a break from reading for awhile!!