Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 5th - Sunday 7th June 2020

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're there Genevieve!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Is everyone ready with their list of books to start in 3.5 hours??? I think I might be sleeping then ;)

Good luck everyone and happy readathon weekend :)

[Kahlia]

I’m sorted:

1. Finish The Kingdom of Copper by S.A. Chakraborty (currently on pg. 155/625, though I may read some more before bed). Edit; starting from pg. 188
2. Read Code Name Hélène by Ariel Lawhon (464 pages)
3. If I finish those, start Starsight by Brandon Sanderson (461 pages)
4. I’m also listening to The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - will have to convert for an equivalent number of pages

[Kim]

Please add me to this one, Brenda!

[Mari]

Starting points:

1. The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow pg. 484
2. Sovereign by C.J. Sansom pg. 168
3. Death in the English Countryside by Sara Rosett pg. 17
4. The Overstory by Richard Powers new

Happy reading everyone. 😊

[Tracey Allen]

Count me in too Brenda, I'd love to join in. (Thanks for the heads up Genevieve 😊)

[Tracey Allen]

Yippee I’m the first to kick off the readathon with 92 pages of Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey.

[Kerri_M]

Please add me in for this one

[Krystal]

I'm starting at page 155 of The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey and it's a great read to start with! I'm loving it!

[Janelle]

Starting point When Will There Be Good News? p51

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're on the list Kim, Tracey and Kerri M :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Enjoy everyone :)

[Catsalive]

I'll join in. Even though I missed the start, I have been reading a little today.

[Jane]

Finished my first book of the challenge - slow day as I was at work:
Festive in Death by J.D. Robb
for 71 pages

[#Teresa]

The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes 55p
The Wife and the Widow by Christian White starting at p105-p326 (221p)
Total: 276p

Next book: The Mother's Promise by Sally Hepworth

[#Teresa]

For kindle books that show location, do we just use the location numbers as the page numbers?

[Trish]

Oops Brenda, I missed this post...hope it's not too late to join in :-)

[Kerri_M]

Weekend total
The Good Turn 75 pages
The Dark Vineyard 85 pages
Blacklight Blue 105 pages

Total 265 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

#Teresa wrote: "For kindle books that show location, do we just use the location numbers as the page numbers?"

You need to set it for % Teresa. That way you can work it out against GR's page count :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

All the late joiners, feel free to calculate from the first you started reading this morning. And welcome :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I read The Life She Finds for 271 pages plus by the time this evening ends I'll have finished A Spell for Trouble for 336 pages

Total Friday 607 pages

[Sarah]

Read since this morning:
The Gown by Jennifer Robson: (Finished) Page 254 to page 379 = 125p
The Scoop by Terence J. Quinn: (Started) = 112p
The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by Daven McQueen: 28p (I'm woefully slow at reading e-books!)
RUNNING TOTAL: 265

[Gin]

After a long week, my concentration has wavered. Will pick up where I have left off in the morning.
The 24-Hour Café
35 pages read.

[Leonie]

So far today:
Chaos Choreography 368 pages.

[#Teresa]

Brenda wrote: "#Teresa wrote: "For kindle books that show location, do we just use the location numbers as the page numbers?"

You need to set it for % Teresa. That way you can work it out against GR's page count :)"

Ok, thanks Brenda. It shows a percentage as well so that will help. Cheers 😊

[Mari]

Friday Totals:
The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow - 164 pages (completed)
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom - 54 pages
Death in the English Countryside by Sara Rosett - 53 pages

Friday Total = 271 pages

[Jane]

I started and finished Arson at the Art Gallery by Grace York - a fun and short cozy mystery for 175 pages

[Vanessa]

Just finished Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras Started at 53% (165 pages)

[Jenn]

So far today I have finished:

Miss Spelled 226 pages
Dizzy Spells 234 pages
Sit for a Spell 242 pages

Total 702 Pages

[Tracey Allen]

I read another 100 pages of Where the Dead Go by Sarah Bailey.

[Valerie]

Friday:

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo I 5
Little Fires Everywhere 16
The Plague of Doves 156

[Krystal]

Sad effort from me yesterday due to a busy day - hopefully I can crack at least the 50 mark today!

The Animals at Lockwood Manor 18 pages

Friday total: 18 pages

[Kahlia]

Yesterday I managed 240 pages.

The Kingdom of Copper: 191 pages
The Amber Spyglass: 49 pages

[Niamh]

Friday total: 55 pages of Ninth Key by Meg Cabot
Running total: 55 pages
Bit of a slow start, but I've already read triple that amount this morning

[Genevieve]

I'm reading The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester.

My total for Friday was 108 pages

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

I was working all day but I managed to finish Apprentice in Death at lunch time and read Eagle Strike in the evening.
Total: 420 pages

[Trevor]

Friday = 178 pages

Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia by Tracey Thorn - 84 pages
The Nowhere Child by Christian White - 94 pages

[Kim]

Readathon - 5-7 June 2020:-

Friday:- White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties, 1964-70 by Dominic Sandbrook - 26 pages; The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty - 185 pages (to end) - Day Total: 201 pages;
Saturday:- White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties, 1964-70 - 18 pages; The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne - 242 pages - Day Total: 260 pages
Sunday:- The Heart's Invisible Furies - 209 pages - Day Total: 209 pages
Total for Weekend:- 670 pages

Books I've been reading:-

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Nice Friday totals coming in everyone :) Happy Saturday readathon ;)

[Carolyn]

My total for Friday: 467 pages

The Other Passenger 120 pages
An Ace and A Pair 207 pages
Memory in Death 140 pages

[Sarah]

With 120 pages of The Lost Man by
Jane Harper read last night, my total for Friday is 385 pages.

[Trish]

My Friday reading..
Me: Elton John Official Autobiography...45pages
The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village...55pages
A Commonplace Killing...110pages
Total...210pages

[Deb]

Friday -Saturday started and finished Jules Vern's Journey to the center of the earth. will hook up my laptop Sunday and figure out pages numbers and links.

[Janelle]

Finished When Will There Be Good News? 350p
Starting The Eternal Moment and Other Stories 132p

[Catsalive]

Friday - 470pp

Tabitha's Tangle by Emily Hendrickson - 217p



A Match for Papa by Maria Greene, Victoria Hinshaw, Donna Simpson - 253p

[Jane]

Finished Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard for
158 pages

[Renee V]

Friday (first day of Holidays!):
Bone Driven - 352
Death Knell - 320
Rise Against: A Foundling novel - 352 (Technically Friday - Saturday as I went to bed at 2am)

For today - Not much so far but long night of reading ahead, while the hubby and father inlaw watch TV ;)
End Game - 288
Just about to start Gideon the Ninth

running total = 1,312

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Wow Renee! Looking good :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Another two finished today for me. Murder on the Oxford Canal for 249 pages and Out of the Silence: After the Crash for 172 pages
Now reading Savage Bay Nightmare

[Gin]

93 pages read
The 24-Hour Café