Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 5th - Sunday 7th March 2021

[Veronica ⭐️]

Today I read 240 pages of A Home Like Ours

grand total for weekend = 692 pages

[Janelle]

My books this weekend:
A Streetcar Named Desire 142p
Dombey and Son 17p
Utopia Avenue 454p

Total 613p

[Tracey Allen]

I read another 60 pages of Elsewhere by Dean Koontz on Sunday, bringing my readathon total for the weekend to 250 pages.

[Marianne]

All the Tears in China 370 pages
the last 318 pages of Extraordinary People
71% of Morgan and Katrina = 305 pages
the first 84 pages of The Jam Queens
86% of White Throat = 260 pages
Grand Total 1235 pages

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Breaking Silence 302 pages
Kickback 200 pages
The House On Findlater Lane 283 pages
Aunt Bessie Enjoys 234 pages
Royal Blood 113 pages

TOTAL PAGES 1132

[Amanda]

Grand total for the weekend was 446

[Helen]

Here are my Sunday totals

Hayson Manning Bound to her Fake Fiance Boss 165 pages

Alli Sinclair The Codebreakers (22%) 109 pages

Sunday Totals 274

Total for the weekend 777 pages :)

[MaryG2E]

I managed to read four novels over three days, which is some sort of record for me! Two were very straightforward and I got through them quickly, but I was pleasantly surprised by how easily I settled into the two books of literary fiction.
Fool Me Once 321 pp
The Inn 384 pp
Wearing Paper Dresses 384 pp
The Course of Love 222 pp
Total number of pages read = 1,311

[PattyMacDotComma]

From Where I Fell - 307 pages
Bitter Wash Road - 185pages

Total pages 492 pages

[Niamh]

Finished off Crooked Kingdom over the weekend.
Weekend total: 330 pages

[Valerie]

Anna Karénine 9p
Infinite Splendours 78p
Eye of the Needle 150p

total 237 pages

[Jane]

Finally tally with 42 pages of Marauder by Clive Cussler:

1,458 pages

[Diana]

Sunday
When We Were Orphans - 74 pages
Nala's World: One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride around the Globe - 48 pages

Totals
Friday- 139
Saturday- 398
Sunday - 122

Grand total - 659 pages

[Carolyn]

On Sunday I finished Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone 160 pages and Murder on the Orient (SS): by C.A. Larmer 242 pages and read 60 pages of The Last One Home by Victoria Helen Stone for a total of 482 pages

total for the weekend 661 + 482 = 1143 pages

[Kylie]

I read 92 pages of Ps I love you.

Apologies it was a slow weekend for reading.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great totals coming in everyone - big or small - they all help!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

My totals:

The Girl Who Escaped from Auschwitz (from 19%) 277 pages
Bloodbaths and Banana Cake 246 pages
Retribution Ridge 229 pages
The Secret Life of Sarah Meads 192 pages
A New York Secret 379 pages

Weekend total 1323 pages

[Genevieve]

On Sunday I finished The Night Whistler by Greg Woodland (64 pages) and started reading Dressing the Dearloves by Kelly Doust (77 pages)

Totals:
Friday - 116 pages
Saturday - 117 pages
Sunday - 141 pages

Overall total for the weekend - 374 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Participants

Amanda 446 pages

Anita 760 pages

Brenda 1323 pages

Carolyn 1143 pages

Deb

Deborah 630 pages

Diana 659 pages

Em_Jay 350 pages

Genevieve 374 pages

Helen 777 pages

Jane 1458 pages

Janelle 613 pages

Jennifer 839 pages

Jenny 1851 pages

Kahlia 953 pages

Kerri_M 467 pages

Kim (UK) 857 pages

Krystal 212 pages

Kylie 92 pages

Lainey 423 pages

Leonie 283 pages

Mari 979 pages

Marianne 1235 pages

MaryG2E 1311 pages

Melissa 461 pages

Niamh 330 pages

PattyMacDotComma 492 pages

Phrynne 1132 pages

Renee V 447 pages

Sarah 203 pages

Sharon 250 pages

Steve 913 pages

Suzanne 258 pages

#Teresa 492 pages

Tracey Allen 250 pages

Trish 721 pages

Valerie 237 pages

Vanessa

Veronica 692 pages

Zoey 152 pages

[Zoey]

My weekend ended up busier than I thought it would so not quite as many pages as I hoped
152 pages

[Jeni]

A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird starting page 14 and stopping page 131

Sunday total: 117

Friday-Sunday total: 839

[Deb]

Hi Brenda - I have someone in my sci-fi group who might be willing to look in his 'real books 'and give me a page count for the audio books I listened to (otherwise I would just have to write them off). I hope to get you my total page count tonight.

[Em__Jay]

Well, this did not end up being a good weekend for reading. No reading on Sunday, so my final total remains 350 pages

Thanks again to the organisers.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Deborah wrote: "Hi Brenda - I have someone in my sci-fi group who might be willing to look in his 'real books 'and give me a page count for the audio books I listened to (otherwise I would just have to write them ..."

25% of New Animal which has 168 pages is 42 pages Deborah.

[Steve]

Here are my totals:

Friday

169 pages of Malice by John Gwynne

Saturday

364 pages of Malice by John Gwynne

Sunday

Last 101 pages of Malice by John Gwynne
279 pages of The Lost Man by Jane Harper

Sunday total: 380 pages

Grand Total: 913 pages

[Suz]

Hello! I have my totals but they’re at home. I will post tonight as I only have my phone today :)

[Kerri_M]

Had to work this weekend, so total is a bit low...

Friday and Saturday
Consolation by Garry Disher - 336 pages
Sunday Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith 131 pages

Total 467 pages

[Sharon]

My total for the weekend was 250 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Suzanne wrote: "Hello! I have my totals but they’re at home. I will post tonight as I only have my phone today :)"

Thanks Suzanne.

[Kim]

Updated msg #24 with my total which was 857 pages.

Thanks everyone!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Kim :)

[Trish]

Sunday readng...The Precipice by Virginia Duigan 40 pages
Exposure by Helen Dunmore 110 pages
The Wife and the Widow by Christian White

Friday total 316
Weekend total 721

Great challenge, thank you to our mods and Brenda for totalling the numbers...some amazing number of pages read by some of you 🤗👏

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Trish! You had a good weekend too :)

[L A i N E Y (will be back)]

I did finished Ricochet by Sandra Brown and started 22 pages of As Stars Fall by Christie Nieman. So my total is 423 pages.

Hope to join in fully at next readathon :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Lainey, great reading!

[Leonie]

I have read 283 pages of Witch World Saga 1-3: The Original Three Books

[Deb]

finished Foundation = 29
start and finished Blackfish City = 325
start and finished New Animal = 230
started Foundation and Empire = 46

For a less-than-glorious total of = 630

I think that might be my lowest contribution to a readathon ever :(

[Deb]

Brenda wrote: "Deborah wrote: "Hi Brenda - I have someone in my sci-fi group who might be willing to look in his 'real books 'and give me a page count for the audio books I listened to (otherwise I would just hav..."

I actually finished New Animal - it is the science fiction books I was having trouble with, but I got it now.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Leonie :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Deborah wrote: "finished Foundation = 29
start and finished Blackfish City = 325
start and finished New Animal = 230
started Foundation and Empire = 46

Fo..."

Thanks Deborah!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

We have 6 people still to report in, so I'll leave the totalling of pages read until tomorrow :)

[Suz]

Friday's total:

12 pages of Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
34 pages of Hunter by Jack Heath

Friday total 46 pages

Saturday

5 pages Gone for Good
102 pages of Hunter

Saturday total: 107

Sunday

20 pages of Unraveling Oliver
85 pages of Hunter

Sunday total 105 pages.

Grand total is 258.

Thanks Brenda for collating and arranging, and sorry I am late, today I had a big day and just got home :))

Well done everyone.

[🌸Teresa🌸]

Unfortunately I didn't get in as much reading as I would have liked over the weekend so here are my totals:

All Our Shimmering Skies 75pages
Trust 292pages
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler 83pages
The Land Before Avocado 42pages

Weekend Total: 492pages

[Sarah]

Apologies for my late report. I'm afraid my contribution is pretty paltry, due to my daughter having (planned) surgery on Friday and suffering from a migraine myself most of the rest of the weekend.

My books are:
Started Murder With Strings Attached by Mark Reutlinger = 106 pages
Continued Bridge of Clay by Markus Zusak = 97 pages
TOTAL = 203 pages

[Renee V]

Sorry all, had a very different weekend to what I had planned and only read on Friday Fair Warning 447 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks girls - it all helps :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Only two to go - I have to go out shortly so will wait until I return to total it all :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Our grand total at this stage (it may change) is

25,065 pages read!

An awesome total - thanks to all the participants! Not quite at our goal, but pretty good!

Thanks all :)

[Helen]

I really enjoyed it, thank you for all the hard work Brenda and Moderaters well done

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Glad you had fun Helen - you'll have to keep an eye out for our next. We do them every quarter at the start of the seasonal challenges :)