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Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 11th - Sunday 13th June 2021
Sunday Reading:The Single Ladies of Jacaranda Retirement Village by Joanna Nell - 92 pages (completed)
Lamentation by C.J. Sansom - 125 pages
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - 79 pages
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë - 36 pages
Sunday Total = 332 pages
Final Total = 941 pages
Love these readathons. Thanks Brenda for organising. Hope everyone had a great weekend of reading 📖.
Total pages read: 1576 pagesSunday: 592 pages
357 pages: The Heiress by Molly Greeley
180 pages: A Cut for a Cut by Carol Wyer
55 pages: The Beautiful Fall by Hugh Breakey
Saturday: 480 pages
480 pages: The Riviera House by Natasha Lester
Friday: 504 pages
252 pages: In Another Light by A.J. Banner
252 pages: The Attack by Catherine Jinks
Thanks again to our organisers for this challenge. A weekend filled with lots of reading is always a good thing.
I didn’t get much reading done this time, and only contributed 264 pages in total for the readathon to finish The Family Doctor by Debra Oswald. Always fun taking part though and seeing what everyone is reading.
The last 67% of Elizabeth Is Missing = 184 pagesThe last 303 pages of Thursdays at Orange Blossom House
The last 45% of The Essence of Nathan Biddle = 135 pages
The first 30% of Still = 115 pages
The first 61% of Resurrection Bay = 166 pages
The first 58 pages of Blacklight Blue
Total 961 pages
SundayAnna Karénine 12p
Two Steps Onward 18p
Sang Famille 24p
The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko 21p
Sunday total: 75 pages
Readathon total 353 pages
Sunday totalsJanet Skeslien Charles The Paris Library
130 pages
R.W.R. Mcdonald The Nancys
102 pages
Sunday total 232 pages
Saturday total 115 pages
Friday totals 144 pages
All up number of pages 491
Lots of fun thank you to Brenda and the moderators I look forward to the next one
Sunday:Field of Blood: Doors !: 8 pages
The Kindness Revolution: How we can restore hope, rebuild trust and inspire optimism: 22 pages
Siege and Storm: 35 pages
Loch Ness Revenge: 38 pages
Sunday total: 103 pages
Friday: 342
Saturday: 57
Sunday: 103
Grand total: 502 pages
Thanks mods for another fun one! :D
Friday total pages 348Saturday total pages 433
Finished Akin 225 pages
Started Project Hail Mary 135 pages
Total pages read: 1141
Finished:Home Stretch - Graham Norton
Case Histories - Kate Atkinson
Underway:
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
Grand total: 586
Yesterday I read 186 pages of Bitter Wash Road by Garry Disher.Reading for the weekend:
Friday - 47 pages
Saturday - 177 pages
Sunday - 186 pages
Overall total: 410 pages
Message 106 updated with my final total - 862 pages.Well done, everybody!!
Well done everyone. Total of 446 for me
Well, I did get a bit of reading in this weekend, as it was so cold it was easy to stay home after work.Finished A Scandal in Bohemia by AA Gideon Haigh
from page 240 to page 293 = 53 pages
Started and finished Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald = 270 pages
Started and finished Something to Hide by Fleur McDonald = 328 pages
Started, but did not quite finish Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein = 375 pages
I reallly wanted to finish Stranger, but I was nodding off over it on the couch at 23:15 so I decided that was probably it for me.
Total of 1026 pages for the weekend.
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The final 103 pages of Deadly Delights
Rosie 126 pages
The Case at Barton Manor 159 pages
Tall Tails Secret Book Club 222 pages
The Ex Who Hid a Deadly Past 165 pages
Because You're Mine 277 pages
Arrivals and Arrests 258 pages
and 87% of Death in Delft for 199 pages
Grand total: 1509 pages
Hi allJust a small amount from me this weekend.
Friday total pages 5
Saturday total pages 34
Sunday total pages 9
Huge grand total for me 48
Hope everyone enjoyed it, and the long weekend :)
All from
by Emily Maguire
Friday-Sunday 11-13 JuneFinished The Emporium of Imagination by Tabitha Bird 243 pages
Read An Imaginary Life by David Malouf 156 pages
Read Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke 123 pages
Started Getting Tyson by P.K. Davies 11 pages
Total: 533 pages
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Amanda 586 pages
Brenda 1509 pages
Carolyn 1123 pages
Deborah 1026 pages
Em__Jay 1576 pages
Genevieve 410 pages
Helen 491 pages
Jane 1126 pages
Janelle 645 pages
Jen 842 pages
Jenny 1392 pages
Kahlia 910 pages
Kerri_M 430 pages
Kim (UK) 862 pages
Krystal 502 pages
Kylie 62 pages
Lainey 484 pages
Leonie 940 pages
Mari 941 pages
Marianne 961 pages
MaryG2E 1141 pages
Natty 768 pages
Niamh 530 pages
PattyMacDotComma 533 pages
Phrynne 1347 pages
Renee V 2169 pages
Sarah 1665 pages
Sharon 772 pages
Steve 1066 pages
Suzanne 48 pages
Tracey Allen 264 pages
Trish 595 pages
Valerie 353 pages
Zoey 446 pages
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I got a bit sick yesterday and couldn't focus on reading as much as I would have liked, but still got some done.Final Totals
Friday: 74 pages of The Voyage to Magical North
Saturday: 42 pages of The Voyage to Magical North and 236 pages of The Afterlife of Holly Chase
Sunday: 164 pages of The Afterlife of Holly Chase and 14 pages of Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
Weekend Total: 530 pages
Another fun read-a-thon over, I think the total proves that I wasn't working on Friday, but also clearly got distracted on Sunday. :-( I'm happy with my total, and that I finished three books for the Winter Challenge.Friday
Last 196 pages of Hounded by Kevin Hearne
222 pages of Vengeance Blind by Anna Willett
49 pages of The Queen's Bargain by Anne Bishop
Friday Total: 467 pages
Saturday
Last 399 pages of The Queen's Bargain by Anne Bishop
Saturday Total: 399 pages
Sunday
200 pages of Small Favour by Jim Butcher
Sunday Total: 200 pages
Grand Total: 1,066 pages
I finished the audiobook Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerStarted and DNF Until the End of the World by Sarah Lyons Fleming
My total: 369 + 115 = 484 pages
Thanks for another nice readathon everyone :)
On Sunday I read 343 pages: The Bombay Prince 300 pages and started The Good Wife of Bath: A (Mostly) True Story 43 pages taking my grand total for the weekend to 780 + 343 = 1123 pages
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My totals for the weekend:Wives and Daughters 26p
David Copperfield 59p
We Were Not Men 79p
Widowland 435p
TWICE: A Novel 46p
645p
Final totalsGuilt - Jussi Adler-Olsen - 296 pages (to finish book)
Trust - Chris Hammer - 134 pages
total 430 pages
A fragile peace. Teresa Crane 100 pagesThe bone bed Patricia cornwell. 463 pages
The monster in the box Ruth Rendell 279 pages
Pages read = 842
My totals are:Friday: Take Me Home by Karly Lane Pages 344
The Missing Wife by Roger Silverwood Pages 182
Saturday Savannah's Secret Mandy Magro Pages 244
Sunday Murder at the Village Fete Catherine Coles Pages 172
Logan by Chris Taylor Pages 350
The Plantation by Chris Kuzneski Pages 150
Final Total: Pages 1392
SUNDAYUnder the Midnight Sky by Anna Romer 42 pages (finished)
The Yield by Tara June Winch 52 pages
Death of a Cad by M.C. Beaton 74 pages
TOTAL 168 pages
WEEKEND
Friday 209 pages
Saturday 218 pages
Sunday 168 pages
TOTAL 595 pages
My relatively small, but very enjoyable, contribution!
Well done everyone..some incredible numbers from some of our readers 🤗👏🤗
Not near a proper computer will link books in later. Friday -
284 The Mother Fault
281 Instructions for Dancing
217 The Erratics
Saturday (and Sunday read past 12)
751 A Court of Silver Flames
Sunday
636 Artemis (eBook)
Total = 2169
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Friday -
284 The Mother Fault
281 Instructions for Dancing
217 The Erratics
Saturday (and Sunday read past 12)
751 The Court Of Silver Flames..."
Wow Renee!!!!!!!
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Under the Midnight Sky by Anna Romer 42 pages (finished)
The Yield by Tara June Winch 52 pages
Death of a Cad..."
That's not your full weekend total is it Trish?
Hi all... Awesome job to all...
Here are my totals from the weekend
The Last Of The Bonegilla Girls by Victoria Purman started from page 50 to finished - 382 pages
The Messenger by Markus Zusak - 386 pages
total of 768 pages
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Sorry, a bit late in reporting my totals! Well done all participants and thanks moderators for a great opportunity to read all weekend!The Codebreakers by Alli Sinclair: p.155 - end (341 pages)
Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature by Angus Fletcher: 23% - 33% (46 pages)
The Whitby Murders by J.R. Ellis: 19% - end (230 pages)
Resistance by Val McDermid: 33% - end (107 pages)
The Puzzle Solver: A Scientist's Desperate Quest to Cure the Illness that Stole His Son by Tracie White: p. 21 to end (201 pages)
The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen: start - end (439 pages)
Troy: The Greek Myths Reimagined by Stephen Fry: start - p.98 (98 pages)
One Child Alive by Ellery A. Kane: start - 54% (203 pages)
Friday total: 430 pages
Saturday total: 495 pages
Sunday total: 740 pages
Cumulative total: 1,665 pages
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Another 222 pages of Echoes of Honor to take me up to 740 pages of that book in total.Then add another 98 pages of Ashes of Victory, and the 102 pages of We Are Legion (We Are Bob), for a weekend total of:
940 pages> which must be a readathon record for me
Brenda wrote: "Trish wrote: "SUNDAYUnder the Midnight Sky by Anna Romer 42 pages (finished)
The Yield by Tara June Winch 52 pages
[book:Death of a..."
Brenda, my total for the weekend is 595 pages..my relatively small contribution to the overall challenge total..however, important thing is I enjoyed my reading. Thank you for organising it.
Apologies for the late update:Read 230 pages of Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb
and 150 pages of The Red Book by James Patterson
Finally total : 1,126 pages
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Then add another 98 pages of Ashes of Victory, and the 102 pages of [book:We Are Le..."
I'm pretty sure you're right Leonie! Well done :)
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EDIT: 28,515 pages
Brenda wrote: "With one still to come, we have cracked our goal!!! Our aim was 26,000 pages - we have reached 27,605 pages"Yay! Well done everyone! Thanks again Brenda, for a great mid-year reading kickstart. The only downside is having a backlog of 8 reviews to write...
Great work, everyone!I am already thinking about the next challenge. I have a 1000+ page book I am thinking of tackling. :-)
Woohoo congratulations Everyone that is awesome thank you Brenda and moderators for the work you put in
Brenda wrote: "With one still to come, we have cracked our goal!!! Our aim was 26,000 pages - we have reached 27,605 pages
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Will start another book, so I’ll report my total in the morning