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I'm in!Page Count
Friday- A is for Alibi-220 pages
Saturday Finished A is for Alibi-100 pages
The Color Purple- 20 pages
Under the Tuscan Sun- 150 pages
Sunday Under the Tuscan Sun- 100 pages
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town -170 pages
A Tale for the Time Being-75 pages
Total- 835 pages
Hi I don't seem to be on the list but am joining you. Friday page count
Finished Gone Girl 320 pages
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements 13 pages
Notes from a Small Island 15 pages
Friday total :348 pages
Saturday page count
The Flight of the Iguana: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature 16 pages
The Imaginary Invalid 20 pages
Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements 12 pages
Notes from a Small Island 75 pages
Saturday total 123 pages
Sunday page count
Notes from a Small Island 62 pages ( page 152).....
Wait....did I just read that Bill Bryson does not appreciate Oxford!! ?
I may have to go and lie down and do some deep breathing...!
Just finished The Imaginary Invalid 28 pages.
Plodding on with Cold: Extreme Adventures at the Lowest Temperatures on Earth 15 pages .... Here's a name to savour springing back to life from the pages of Cold ... Qitdlassuag - Eskimo and Shaman who made an epic journey across Greenland with his family to help relatives he learned about in a trance...
Sunday total : 105 pages
Total 576 pages
Page count:Friday:
Dead After Dark: 286-373 = 87
Love at First Bite: 185-373 = 188
The Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer: 77-216 = 139
Dark Road Rising 31
Fri total = 445
Saturday:
Dark Road Rising: 32-389 = 357
Gone Girl: 71
Sat total = 428
Sunday:
Gone Girl: 72-111 = 39
The Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer: 216-289 = 73
Sun total = 112
Overall Total: 985
I'm in!Page count: (ready for editing)
Friday: 445
Saturday:567
Sunday:615
Overall total: 1627
I'm in!Page Count: 225
Friday: Preacher's Justice / Fury of the Mountain Man 106
Saturday:Red Earth and Pouring Rain 79
Sunday: Red Earth and Pouring Rain 40
I ended up working the whole weekend!
I'm in!Friday: Long Walk to Freedom 160 pages
Saturday: Long Walk to Freedom 150 pages
Sunday: The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 62 pages
Overall Total:
I'm inPage Count: (ready for editing
Friday: 45 pages Yes Please
Saturday:124 pages The Best in the World: At What I Have No Idea
Sunday:94 pages The Good Girl
55 pages Yes Please
Overall Total:318
Not doing a very good job contributing this weekend I'm afraid. Started off with a headache that lasted most of yesterday and today I am spending the afternoon with grandchildren which will not include quiet reading time :)I have managed 52 pages with The Essence of the Thing by Madeleine St. John and will try and get some reading time in this evening :)
Sandy wrote: "Paula wrote: "I'm in. :-)Page count: (ready for editing)
Friday:
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent 23.
The Sign of Four 15. ..."
Thank you Sandy! Yeah... I don't know why but if I'm going to read two or more books at a time there has to be a difference between them. For example, if I'm reading two fiction books, I try to mix a classic with a horror or a mystery one. For non fiction it's the same. It's a bit weird! Haha!
Sandy wrote: "Kristin wrote: "I'm in.Page Count: (ready for editing)
Friday:
A Wrinkle in Time: 100 pages
Saturday:
A Wrinkle in Time: 95 pages
Are you e..."
i finished it yesterday, and yes, I ended up liking it. It was strange at times, and I was a bit indifferent to some parts, but other parts were wonderful and surprisingly clever. I also know that if I had read this as a child, I would have loved it. And that is in my opinion the most important thing about a children's book :)
I'm in!Friday: 0
Saturday: 234 [Started "The Dirty Life: Farming, Food, and Love" by Kristin Kimball]
Sunday: 39 pages [finished "The Dirty Life"]
Overall total:
Kristin wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Kristin wrote: "I'm in.Page Count: (ready for editing)
Friday:
A Wrinkle in Time: 100 pages
Saturday:
A Wrinkle in Time: 95 pages
Are you e..."
i fini..."
Kristin wrote: "Sandy wrote: "Kristin wrote: "I'm in.
Page Count: (ready for editing)
Friday:
A Wrinkle in Time: 100 pages
Saturday:
A Wrinkle in Time: 95 pages
Are you e..."
i fini..."
Kirsten this was one of my most favourite books as a child but I have only recently discovered the other 4 books the author wrote about the family. They are all unusual and send your thoughts spinning.
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Sorry for those not on the list, but don't worry: it's you message that counts!!!
Sandy wrote: "Bette BookAddict wrote: "I'll be here afterall so...I'm in.
Page Count: (ready for editing)
Friday: 203
Saturday: 216
Sunday:
Overall Total:"
I'm trying to remember what you're reading, Bette..."
The Miniaturist (a letdown) and Birds Without Wings ('reading nirvana')
Friday:Daily Inspiration: Transform Your Mind, Body & Spirit 107 pagesSaturday:The Positive Thinking Secret 90 pages
Sunday:
I'm in!Page count:
Friday: 5 The Invisible Man
Saturday: 15 The Invisible Man
Sunday: 36 The Invisible Man
Overall total: 56
Gail wrote: "I'm in.Page count:
Friday:
The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition 90 pages
Saturday:
The Gathering 60 pages
The Color Purple 80 pages
Sunday:
..."
Oh Gail I hope you are enjoying The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition. I have The Annotated Snark as well!
I absolutely loved it, Tweedledum - I finished it on Friday. :-) I started reading Alice in Wonderland as a child, but found myself too frustrated with all the things that didn't make sense, so never finished it. But it's always been at the back of my mind that I want to try again, so I finally did, all these years later, and it was great.
My count for this readathonGhost In Trouble 276
Blood on the Water -305
Grand total: 581
I didn't do anymore reading yesterday - so my measly little total remains at 52 :)Will do better next month!!
In total this weekend, I read 116 pages. Wayyyyy too busy for mg liking this weekend. Im reading The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
241 pages total for me:Oryx and Crake: 83 pages
Gone Girl (audiobook): 15 pages
The Westing Game: 18 pages
The Culling (Kindle book): 125 pages
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Even so we've read more than 20.000 pages!!! We definitly reached what we had said.
Will you please check if I've counted things right and, if nt, tell me? I've added a numer close to each of our names so I can easily find my mistake!!!
1 LauraT 902
2 Meran 492
3 Alannah 1253
4 Shirley 111
5 Farah 193
6 Maggie
7 Petra 133
8 Leslie
9 Rebecca 4021
10 Sandy 100
11 Mjkluio789
12 Helen
13 Janessa 1587
14 Bethy
15 Kirstin 378
16 Bette BookAddict 616
17 Maria 517
18 Gail 290
19 Heather 358
20 Diane 124
21 Miss Gp 80
22 Heather L. 326
23 Diane S. 820
24 Mariana 140
25 Kalena 485
26 Paula 279
27 June
28 Jisoo
29 Terri 743
30 Nadine 626
31 Becky 540
32 Piret 289
33 Emily-Ann 421
34 aPriL loves HalLowEen 152
35 Simon
36 Katherine 289
37 Colleen 60
38 Melissa 168
39 Vicky 132
40 Annapoorni 835
41 Tweedledum 576
42 Myst 985
43 Ellen 1627
44 Robert 185
45 Katie 372
46 Allen 318
47 Sally906 52
48 amruta 273
49 Darrik 197
50 Adelina 56
51 Rhonda 581
52 Alyssa 116
53 Susannah 241
54 comehome 108
55 Abbie 391
TOT 23,538
Laura, I read more last night and am now in 326 :)
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You're Heather L. aren't you???
Looks like a pretty impressive total to me. Hope you all enjoyed the Readathon. Thanks for organising and counting Laura T!
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Work relocation..... Aaagh.... Hope this works out ok for you Laura.
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It shuld go well: I've been told I should go to the Culture branch of my Municipality -which I'd love. We'll see ...
My total for the weekend is 4021 pages. I just updated my post.
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This was so much fun, I wish I could have read more. I was at conventions all weekend, :(... So tired, is Christmas here yet?
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Just updated mine, Laura, as I didn't read any pages on Sunday, my total on your final list is correct.
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LauraT 902
Meran 492
Alannah 1253
Shirley 111
Farah 193
Maggie
Petra 133
Leslie
Rebecca 4021
Sandy 198
Mjkluio789
Helen
Janessa 1587
Bethy
Kirstin 378
Bette BookAddict 616
Maria 517
Gail 290
Heather 358
Diane 124
Miss Gp 80
Heather L. 326
Diane S. 820
Mariana 140
Kalena 485
Paula 279
June
Jisoo
Terri 743
Nadine 626
Becky 540
Piret 289
Emily-Ann 421
aPriL loves HalLowEen 152
Simon
Katherine 289
Colleen 60
Melissa 168
Vicky 172
Annapoorni 835
Tweedledum 576
Myst 985
Ellen 1627
Robert 185
Katie 372
Allen 318
Sally906 52
amruta 273
Darrik 197
Adelina 56
Rhonda 581
Alyssa 116
Susannah 241
comehome 108
Abbie 391
TOT 23676
Sorry to be late posting... I can update your totals once I edit in my numbers.Previous total (23676) + my number (1420) = 25096
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My final total for the month was 3,463 pages.
It WAS fun. But I read less than "usual".. This time of year is always NUTS for me... From the end of August (trying to end up summer projects before the rains come) and catching up on yard clean up and remodels... Sick dogs. Life interfers most for me in the second half of the year.Those nice, dull, dreary winter months are great for bed, electric blankets, cuddling dogs, and books! :D
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14 Bethy
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33 Emily-Ann
34 aPriL loves HalLowEen
35 Simon
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37 Colleen
38 Melissa
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