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message 101: by Jane (new)

Jane | 761 comments Another book down :
The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly 5* for 150 pages


message 102: by Amanda (last edited Mar 12, 2022 11:41AM) (new)

Amanda | 258 comments Saturday

141 pages of Canticle Creek
67 pages of The Man Who Died Twice

for a total of 208 pages for Saturday


message 103: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80466 comments Mod
Trish wrote: "Missed this..hope it's not too late to join..at least for Saturday and Sunday 😉"

You can add in what you read yesterday too Trish if you can remember :) On the list!


message 104: by Trish (new)

Trish (trishr) | 1124 comments Brenda wrote: "Trish wrote: "Missed this..hope it's not too late to join..at least for Saturday and Sunday 😉"

You can add in what you read yesterday too Trish if you can remember :) On the list!"


Thank you Brenda, I will try to work backwards with my pages.
Sorry I missed the notification..I had thought it was coming up ☺


message 105: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80466 comments Mod
That's okay - no dramas :)


message 106: by Angela (new)

Angela (angelaholmes) | 562 comments My Saturday reading Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna - 320 pages - you can read my review here


message 107: by Suz (new)

Suz | 4442 comments Friday's total:

Started Triptych 31 pages

Started The Switch 41 pages

Finished 84 Charing Cross Road / The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street 63 pages

Hideout started for 5 pages

140 pages

I haven't read much today, but will update later :)


message 108: by Sharon (last edited Mar 12, 2022 02:17AM) (new)

Sharon | 5588 comments Finished Dead Horse Gap 279 pages

Now going to start Wild Dogs


message 109: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80466 comments Mod
You'll love Wild Dogs Sharon!


message 110: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80466 comments Mod
Just finished Murder at Primrose Cottage for 268 pages Now onto Those Kids from Fawn Creek


message 111: by Mari (new)

Mari | 519 comments Another great day of reading for me 😊.

Death in Damascus - 172 pages (completed)
This Tender Land - 130 pages (completed)
Divided in Death - 82 pages (new)

Saturday Total - 384 pages
Running Total - 686 pages.



message 112: by Em__Jay (new)

Em__Jay | 504 comments Running Total: 998 pages
Saturday Total: 494 pages


172 pages - I finished The Gallerist by Michael Levitt
80 pages - I started Rules for Visiting by Jessica Francis Kane
242 pages - I started The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou


message 113: by Trish (new)

Trish (trishr) | 1124 comments FRIDAY
Continued with Mallee Sky by Kerry McGinnis 48 pages
Continued with Other People's Houses by Kelli Hawkins 33 pages
Started Suddenly One Summer by Fleur McDonald 36 pages
TOTAL 117 pages

SATURDAY
finished Mallee Sky 52 pages
finished Other People's Houses 133 pages
continued Suddenly One Summer 26 pages
started Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham by M.C. Beaton 45 pages
TOTAL 256 pages


message 114: by Niamh (new)

Niamh | 502 comments I had a few things come up, so I unfortunately didn't get any reading done for Friday.
Saturday total: 305 pages of The Nobleman's Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks


message 115: by Tracey Allen (new)

Tracey Allen at Carpe Librum (carpelibrum) | 862 comments I read another 81 pages of The Language of Food by Annabel Abbs.


message 116: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15983 comments Mod
I read Murder in the Meadow - 239 pages


message 117: by Valerie (new)

Valerie (nicehotcupoftea) | 841 comments Just 88 pages for Saturday


message 118: by Helen (new)

Helen (helen57) | 3560 comments My Saturday totals

Finished Kissing Lessons 53 pages

Started Mothers and Daughters 168 pages

Started Return of the Outback Billionaire 36 pages

Total 257 pages

Running total Friday 208 Saturday 257 =465


message 119: by Catsalive (new)

Catsalive | 1509 comments Sat 12/3:

The Wattle Island Book Club by Sandie Docker 12/3 4.5★ 319p
Heart of the Grass Tree 25p

Pages: 344

The Wattle Island Book Club by Sandie Docker Heart of the Grass Tree by Molly Murn


message 120: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80466 comments Mod
Totals looking good everyone. One day to go - good luck with your Sunday reading :)


message 121: by Steve (new)

Steve | 1034 comments Saturday

Last 304 pages of Fear: Trump in the White House
68 pages of Full Fathom Five

Total: 372 pages


message 122: by Krystal (new)

Krystal (krystallee6363) | 2321 comments Saturday:
The Last House on Needless Street: 135 pages (finished)
Missing: 32 pages

Friday: 83 pages
Saturday: 167 pages

Running total: 250 pages


message 123: by Carolyn (last edited Mar 13, 2022 05:45PM) (new)

Carolyn | 9908 comments On Saturday I finished Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb 380 pages and started My Brother-But-One by T.M. Clark this morning

total so far = 422 + 380 = 802 pages


message 124: by Deb (new)

Deb Omnivorous Reader | 1929 comments Brenda wrote: "Deborah wrote: "I will admit to having forgotten about this!
Can I include the 18 pages of the Immunohistochemical Tumor
Markers in the Diagnosis of Mantle
Cell Lymphoma I just finished marking?
..."


I was kidding. It was undergrad, and it should definitely NOT count.


message 125: by Suz (last edited Mar 12, 2022 05:01PM) (new)

Suz | 4442 comments Running total for me.

Saturday:

Hideout
28 pages

The Switch
39 pages

Friday 135 pages
Saturday 67 pages

Equals 202 Friday and Saturday



message 126: by Deb (new)

Deb Omnivorous Reader | 1929 comments A ten hour shift hampered my page count.

Finished Managing Death by Trent Jamieson 431-567 = 136

Started and finished Pyramids by Terry Pratchett = 380

Started Echoes of the Runes by Christina Courtenay and made it chapter nine before being too annoyed to keep going (for now) = 80

Started Wild Hunger by Chloe Neill a book about vampires who drink champers, though, thankfully, they have not sparkled in the sun yet. See how I go with this one...


message 127: by Genevieve (new)

Genevieve | 147 comments My Saturday reading:

Finished The Binding by Bridget Collins - 47 pages
Started Peace by Garry Disher - 86 pages


message 128: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80466 comments Mod
I've just finished Those Kids from Fawn Creek for 336 pages and will start Stalker next.


message 129: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 1576 comments Saturday totals:

The Locked Room by Elly Griffiths: 375 pages (whole book - I couldn't put it down!)

I also listened to a bit of my audiobook in the car, but will tote that with Sunday reading.

TOTAL for Saturday: 375 pages
Running Total for weekend (so far): 717 pages


message 130: by Angela (last edited Mar 12, 2022 09:31PM) (new)

Angela (angelaholmes) | 562 comments My Sunday reading The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay by Julie Brooks = 387 pages - you can ready my review here


message 131: by Kylie (new)

Kylie | 113 comments 98 pages of Her Time to Shine by Fiona McCallum


message 132: by Leonie (new)

Leonie (leonierogers) | 3571 comments So far for me:

38 pages of The Serpent Sea
145 pages of The Siren Depths

And 120 pages of proofreading - does that count? 😂


message 133: by Jane (new)

Jane | 761 comments Sunday's finished books :

Gone to Ground by Rachel Amphlett 4* for 376 pages
Outback Secrets by Rachael Johns 4* for 320 pages


message 134: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 258 comments Had a little bit on today, but I read 24 pages of Canticle Creek


message 135: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80466 comments Mod
Don't forget everyone, a new post with your final totals either tonight when you finish or tomorrow when you can! Thanks guys!!


message 136: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 5588 comments Just finished Wild Dogs 368 pages

Still have a bit more reading to do, so will do my final total later tonight


message 137: by Suz (new)

Suz | 4442 comments Today not an awful lot, but will get a few pages later before I turn in for the night.

82 pages of this today. It's great! The Switch, I love it.

Total pages to be posted tomorrow morning!


message 138: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 5588 comments My weekend reading.

Someone I Used To Know 384 pages
The Very Last List of Vivian Walker 288 pages
Dead Horse Gap 279 pages
Wild Dogs 368 pages
Summer at Kangaroo Ridge 33 pages

Grand total 1,352 pages



message 139: by Em__Jay (last edited Mar 13, 2022 06:34AM) (new)

Em__Jay | 504 comments Final Total: 1445 pages


Sunday Total: 447 pages

101 pages - I finished The Stoning by Peter Papathanasiou
346 pages - I started and finished The Competition by Katherine Collette


message 140: by Jen (new)

Jen Roe | 129 comments Friday….the long way home 191 pages

Saturday the long way home 155 pages

Sunday. Astas book 172 pages

Total 518


message 141: by Jenny (last edited Mar 13, 2022 07:05AM) (new)

Jenny (diggensjenny) | 962 comments My totals

Friday:
The Stationmaster's Cottage by Phillipa Nefri Clark -- 306 Pages
The Cartographer's Secret by Tea Cooper -- 384 Pages
Saturday:
Blue by Sue-Ellen Doris
Pashley
-- 286 Pages
Sunday:
The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper -- 374 Pages
Empty Heart by Elisabeth Rose -- 380 Pages

Final total -- 1730 Pages


message 142: by Tracey Allen (new)

Tracey Allen at Carpe Librum (carpelibrum) | 862 comments On Sunday I read the first 30 pages of What Makes Us Tick: Making Sense of Who We Are and the Desires that Drive Us by Hugh Mackay.

And my total number of pages for the readathon is 314 pages.


message 143: by Mari (new)

Mari | 519 comments Managed to knock 3 books off my challenges over this readathon.

Sunday Reading:
Divided in Death - 275 pages (completed)
Crooked House - 38 pages (new)
The Blue Rose - 26 pages (new)

Sunday Total - 339 pages
Readathon Total - 1025 pages.


Always enjoy these readathon. Thanks Brenda.


message 144: by Marianne (last edited Mar 13, 2022 10:54AM) (new)

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 10011 comments The last 285 pages of Loveland
12% of Fatal Liaison = 26 pages
The last 77% of The Do-Over = 246 pages
The last 60% of Bad Actors = 211 pages
The first 38% of Thursdays at Orange Blossom House = 164 pages
The first 51 pages of It Should Have Been Me
Total 983 pages


message 145: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 258 comments 36 pages - Puff Piece
257 pages - The Man Who Died Twice
165 pages - Canticle Creek
6 pages - Nightbitch

464 pages


message 146: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15983 comments Mod
My final total is 1212 pages.


message 148: by Helen (new)

Helen (helen57) | 3560 comments Here are my final totals,

Sunday

I finished Mothers and Daughters 270 pages

Return of the Outback Billionaire 24 pages

Sunday total 294 pages

Friday 208 pages
Saturday 257 pages
Sunday 294 pages

Total 759 pages

It was a great weekend thankyou for organising, I look forward to the next one


message 149: by Catsalive (last edited Mar 13, 2022 01:01PM) (new)


message 150: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80466 comments Mod
My readathon weekend comprised of:

Final pages of The Postcard from Italy 45 pages
Celtic Spirits 148 pages
Murder Mystery Book Club 180 pages
Murder at Primrose Cottage 268 pages
Those Kids from Fawn Creek 336 pages
Stalker 284 pages
Start of The Ghost Tattoo 43 pages

Grand total 1304 pages



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