Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 10th - Sunday 12th December 2021

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good luck everyone - see you out the other side ;)

[Mari]

Here are my starting pages for the readathon:

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger - page 343
Queenie Malone's Paradise Hotel by Ruth Hogan - page 87
Now You See Them by Elly Griffiths - page 43
Murder on a Bad Hair Day by Anne George - page 77

I’m looking to make a real dent in my December challenge reading. Hope everyone enjoys their reading over the readathon and gets lots of pages read 📖 👍 😊.

[Genevieve]

Could you add me to the list too?

[Jenny]

Brenda, can you add me to the list??

[Krystal]

Starting the morning with Midnight in the Snow

[Diana]

Sorry I’ll have to miss this one. My sister and I are looking after her three young grandchildren all weekend so I doubt I’ll have much time to read.
Good luck everyone!

[Em__Jay]

I am starting with The Women of Pearl Island by Polly Crosby.



Happy reading, everyone!

[Kerri_M]

Running total


Friday
> The Innocent Ones - Neil White - pages 95 to finish = 193 pages
> Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley - pages 0 to 180 = 180 pages
Saturday
> Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd - Alan Bradley - pages 180 to 307 = 183 pages
> The Grave's a Fine and Private Place - Alan Bradley - pages 0-111 = 111 pages
Sunday
> The Grave's a Fine and Private Place - Alan Bradley - pages 111 to finish =254 pages
> Dead Lions - Mick Herron - pages 0-247 = 247 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jenny and Genevieve, you're on the list. Diana - enjoy your babysitting :)

[Carolyn]

I’m going to finish The Better Son by Katherine Johnson and then start The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James

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

Just saw this right now! I wanna join please although I don’t know how much I’ll be able to contribute since haven’t been reading in such a long time…. We’ll see lol.

Happy readathon weekend everyone :D

[Jane]

Finished my first two books - all started before today :)
Man Drought by Rachael Johns 4* for 73 pages
The Curlew's Eye by Karen Manton 2* for 102 pages

[Helen]

I am off to a slow start sadly

I have just finished The Spy's Wife Fiona McIntosh

44 pages

I will be reading later

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished A Brutal Season by Judi Daykin for 341 pages Will start A Cornish Christmas at Pear Tree Farm next.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

L A i N E Y ~back in a bit~ wrote: "Just saw this right now! I wanna join please although I don’t know how much I’ll be able to contribute since haven’t been reading in such a long time…. We’ll see lol.

Happy readathon weekend ever..."

You're on the list Lainey :)

[Deb]

Working my way through The Weekend by AA Charlotte Wood

And dragged myself through a couple of chapters of Salt: A World History which I am finding terribly tedious.

[Sharon]

Just finished Daughter of the River Country by Dianne O’Brien which I started before the readathon. 75 pages

Now starting My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout

[Amanda]

Am currently reading The Dazzling Truth. Haven't yet had a chance to read anything today, though. Will rectify that later

[Mari]

Very happy with my Friday reading.

Keeper of the Lost Cities - 67 pages
Now You See Them - 325 pages (completed)
Murder on a Bad Hair Day - 43 pages

Friday Total - 435 pages

[Sharon]

Just finished My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 193 pages

Now going to start True Blue by Sasha Wasley

[Tracey Allen]

FYI, I have flagged and reported the user MelissaFisher above for spam.

[Tracey Allen]

So far this readathon I’ve read 96 pages of At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson and 80 pages of The Sentence by Louise Erdrich for a total of 176 pages.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Mine so far:
Murder at St Anne's by J.R. Ellis 53 pages
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding by Rhys Bowen 304 pages.

[Valerie]

Hygge Christmas by Charlotte Camden 29
Away with the Fairies by Kerry Greenwood 13
Act of Grace by Anna Krien82
Anna Karénine by Leo Tolstoy 4

Friday total 128 pages

[Helen]

Off to a slow start on Friday, hopefully my page count will be better today :)

The Spy's Wife Fiona McIntosh
44 pages

Kill Your Brother Jack Heath
38 pages

Taken by the Sheikh Trish Morey
98 pages

Friday Total 180 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I've finished A Cornish Christmas at Pear Tree Farm for 234 pages

Now starting The Drowning Girls

Friday's total 575 pages

[Sharon]

Friday’s reading

Daughter of the River Country by Dianne O’Brien 75 pages
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout 193 pages
True Blue by Sasha Wasley 28 pages

Friday’s Total 296 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tracey Allen wrote: "FYI, I have flagged and reported the user MelissaFisher above for spam."

Thanks Tracey :)

[Deb]

Started and finished The Weekend by AA Charlotte Wood = 259
listed to three chapters of the audiobook Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
The chapters were 12, 13, 14 and I have no idea how to figure out the page count for them on the Libby app.

Might not get too much more reading done, I have work and prep for a new position on Monday to do.... :(

[Steve]

Friday

Last 190 pages of The Absent One
29 pages of Daintree

Friday Total: 219 pages

[Niamh]

Friday! Almost fell asleep reading after a long day at work, so didn't get much done, but every page counts.
84 pages of Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett

[Carolyn]

The Better Son 180 pages
The Sun Down Motel 238 pages

total so far: 418 pages

[Catsalive]

Total to date: 610pp.

Lost Property - 40p
The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane - 370p
A Tourist's Guide to Murder - 50p
May's Boys - 50p
The Garden of Forgotten Wishes 100p

[Trish]

FRIDAY
Finished Emotional Female by Yumiko Kadota the last 142 pages
Started Tell Me Why: The Story of My Life and My Music by Archie Roach 126 pages
Continued In Between the Sheets by Ian McEwan 28page
Total 296pages

[Krystal]

Definitely took advantage of audio yesterday!

Friday:
Blood Charged: 90 pages
Midnight in the Snow: 30 pages
Empire of the Vampire: 4 pages
The Burning Chambers: 19 pages

Friday total: 143 pages

[Sarah]

Just reporting my Friday totals:
The Missing Girl: start - p.68 = 68 pages
A Cornish Christmas Murder: 12% (p.30) - 32% (p.81) (based on Amazon reported 252 pages) = 51 pages
Zambezi: start - 28% (p.161) = 161 pages (I started this one earlier in the year, but tossed it aside and have now gone back to the beginning to try again!).
TOTAL: 280 pages

[Amanda]

Have read small 28 pages so far today and 48 yesterday of The Dazzling Truth

[Angela]

I hope everyone is enjoying their reading!

Friday Reading:
Daughters of War by Dinah Jefferies

Friday Total = 544 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I have finished The Drowning Girls for 391 pages

Running total: 966 pages

About to start Boy Underground

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Today I read Doom and Bloom 245 pages.
Running total : 602 pages

[Sharon]

Just finished True Blue by Sasha Wasley 356 pages
Running total: 652 pages

Now about to start Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson

[Mari]

Saturday figures:

Keeper of the Lost Cities - 86 pages (completed)
Murder on a Bad Hair Day - 65 pages
The Punishment She Deserves - 114 pages (new)

Saturday Totals - 265 pages
Running Totals - 700 pages

[Krystal]

Saturday was the most decent reading day I've had in a while! Thank you readathon for the motivation! :D

Saturday:
Blood Charged - Finished - 75 pages
Midnight in the Snow - 221 pages

Friday total: 143 pages
Saturday total: 296 pages

Running total: 439 pages

Hoping to pass the 500 page mark, but also finish Midnight which will be closer to 650 so that's my fresh goal. :)

[Helen]

Saturday totals

Kill Your Brother Jack Heath

296 pages

Taken by the Sheikh Trish Morey

84 pages

Her Doctor Prince Fiona McArthur

15 pages

Saturday total 395 pages

Running total 575 pages

I don't think I will get much reading done today off to one of my grandsons 13th birthday parties, but will get some in tonight :)

[Sharon]

Saturday’s reading

True Blue by Sasha Wasley 356 pages
Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson 145 pages


Sunday reading so far

Finished Where the Trees Were by Inga Simpson 160 pages

[Carolyn]

Finished The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 98 pages
and Step on a Crack by James Patterson 384 pages
and started Zero Day by David Baldacci 64 pages

total = 546 pages

[Steve]

Saturday

244 pages of Daintree

Running Total: 463 pages

[Amanda]

Have, so far, read 152 pages of The Dazzling Truth

[Renee V]

So far this weekend - Winterlight 845 pages
Started The Ex Hex

[Niamh]

Saturday!
Finished Everyone We've Been for a further 276 pages, plus started Aurora's End for 5 pages.
Weekend total so far is 365 pages.