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Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 10th - Sunday 12th June 2022
Happy Monday Morning All. Here are my totals from the weekend.Friday reading - 536 pages
This is the Night They Come for You by Robert Goddard - started reading from page 200 (of 416) and finished the book - 216 pages
One for the Money by Janet Evanovich - 320 pages
Saturday reading - 496 pages
Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie - 496 pages
Sunday reading - 435 pages
Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich = 435 pages
Weekend Total = 1,467 pages
Updated message 105 with my final total of 686 pages.
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Amanda 181 pages
Angela 1467 pages
Brenda 1975 pages
Carolyn 1177 pages
Catsalive 1575 pages
Diana 374 pages
Em_Jay 313 pages
Genevieve 216 pages
Helen 590 pages
Jane 1269 pages
Janelle 820 pages
Jazzy 1073 pages
Jen 703 pages
Jenny 1135 pages
Kerri_M 425 pages
Kim (UK) 686 pages
Krystal 281 pages
Kylie 348 pages
Leonie 580 pages
Mabel 748 pages
Mari 714 pages
Marianne 1340 pages
Niamh 580 pages
Patty 266 pages
Phrynne 1155 pages
Renee V
Sarah 1547 pages
Sharon 459 pages
Suzanne 145 pages
Tracey A 392 pages
Trish 861 pages
Valerie 299 pages
Veronica 438 pages
Grand total for our weekend readathon is:
24,132 pages
Yesterday I finished Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb 285 pages and started Fatal Witness by Robert Bryndza 205 pages for total of 490 pages.Total for the weekend = 687 + 490 = 1177 pages
Mod
My weekend reading finished with A Family's Trust for 398 pages
Grand total 1975 pages
Friday - 67 pp
Music Tells All (1948) - E.R. Punshon
Page 166 - 233 = 67 pp
Saturday - 461 pp
Music Tells All (1948) - E.R. Punshon
Page 233 - 270 (end) = 37 pp (4 stars)
Flowers of Evil and Other Works/Les Fleurs du Mal et Oeuvres Choisies : A Dual-Language Book (Dover Foreign Language Study Guides) (1857) - Charles Baudelaire
Page 0 - 304 (5 stars)
Jeannie Out of the Bottle (2011) - Barbara Eden
Page 31 - 123 = 92 pp
The Drowned Man (2016) - Brendan James Murray
Page 26 - 54 = 28 pp
Sunday - 545 pp
Jeannie Out of the Bottle (2011) - Barbara Eden
Page 123 - 163 = 40
The Drowned Man (2016) - Brendan James Murray
Page 54 - 71 = 17
Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609) - William Shakespeare
Page 0 - 488 (5 stars)
3-Day Total - 1073
Total = 425 Friday
Blindsighted - Karin Slaughter - page 359 to end = 58 pages
A Dangerous Language - Sulari Gentill A.A page 0 to page 89 = 89 pages
Saturday
A Dangerous Language - Sulari Gentill A.A page 89 to 260 = 171 pages
Sunday
A Dangerous Language - Sulari Gentill A.A page 260 to finish= 107 pages
Had a busy weekend, only managed 181 pages
Brenda wrote: "Grand total 1975 pages"Wow, Brenda - that's phenomenal! Well done to everyone who participated.
My totals as follows:
Friday total: 414 pages (see comment 99)
Saturday total: 527 pages
The Girl They All Forgot by Martin Edwards: p.18-end (334 pages)
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson: start - p.112 (112 pages)
The Sleep-Deprived Teen: Why Our Teenagers Are So Tired, and How Parents and Schools can Help Them Thrive by Lisa L. Lewis: start - p.81 (81 pages)
Sunday total: 606 pages
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson: p.112 - end (321 pages)
The House Sitter by Ellery A. Kane: whole book (285 pages)
Grand Total: 1547 pages
Sunday 12/6Pages: 675
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett 75p
Total Pages: 1575
Books finished: 4
Killer Caldwell 271 pagesKelly gang unmasked 232 pages
The meaning of Grace 200 pages
Pages read 703 pages this weekend
Mod
Wow, Brenda - that's phenomenal! Well done to everyone who participated.
My totals as follows:
Friday total: 414 pages (see comment 99)
Saturday total: 527..."
Thanks Sarah - I was actually a little disappointed when I added it up that I was short 25 pages to get to 2000!!! Haha
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I'm quite pleased with my final result, given how sick I was feeling thanks to the tail end of COVID.Final Tally
Friday
139 pages of The Other Side of the Sky by Amie Kaufman
Saturday
89 pages of The Other Side of the Sky
91 pages of Beyond the End of the World
Sunday
261 pages of Beyond the End of the World
Weekend total = 580 pages
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I was cheeky Brenda when I said this in March:"However, we could put a personal goal on to Brenda - read 1304 for the next Read-A-Thon" You did it, Brenda!!
Congratulation, Brenda, for the fantastic result of 1975 Pages and for organising another excellent Read-A-Thon. :)
Congratulation everyone on another enjoyable weekend of reading. :)
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I read another 286 pages of Devil in Spring before I fell asleep last night.
Grand total 1155 pages
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"However, we could put a personal goal on to Brenda - read 1304 for the next Read-A-Thon" You did it, Brenda!!
Congratulation, Brenda, for the fanta..."
Haha thanks Jenny, I'd forgotten about that 😅
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I read another 286 pages of Devil in Spring before I fell asleep last night.
Grand total 1155 pages"
At least it's not raining!!
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My totals:Friday's total 24 pages
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You 16 pages
Getaway With Murder 7 pages
Saturday's total 53 pages
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You 35 pages
Getaway With Murder 18 pages
Sunday's total 68 pages
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You 22 pages
Getaway With Murder 46 pages
Grand weekend total of 145 pages
Thank you Brenda for organising and I hope everyone had fun!
My totals:Thief of Time 320 pages
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (audiobook) 138 pages
The Rogue Prince 122 pages
Total 580 pages
PattyMacDotComma wrote: "Finished The Woman in the Library 245 pagesStarted Those Who Perish 21 pages
TOTAL 266 pages"
I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on The Woman in the Library, Patty!
Update...SUNDAYFinished This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor 77 pages
Continued You've Reached Sam 112 pages
Started White Sands of Summer 32 pages
SUNDAY 221 pages
Weekend
Friday 273 pages
Saturday 367 pages
Sunday 221 pages
TOTAL 861 pages
Thank you Brenda for another great quarterly challenge. Congratulations to you and everyone else...some amazing reading..feeling inspired by you all 😊👏
sadly my total is a big fat 0... thought the readathoj may help to jump start my reading slump but nope... well done to everyone else some great totals!!
Apologies for the late final tally:Started The Winner by David Baldacci for 164 pages
And also started The Russian by James Patterson for 36 pages because who just reads 1 book at once!
Final week-end total : 1,269 pages
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Good luck with getting your reading mojo back Natty!
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My apologies for running so late. I read 116 pages of Digging Up Dirt by Pamela Hart and 12 pages of Nothing New, A History of Second-Hand by Robyn Annear on Sunday.
Total for the weekend: 216 pages
My total is 348 pages of The Paris Secret by Natasha Lester
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Brenda wrote: "Thanks girls :)"Is there a final tally yet Brenda?
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Sorry I’m so late with my totals.Friday 130pages
Saturday 124 pages
Sunday 184 pages
Total 438pages
The Secret World of Connie Starr by Robbi Neal
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Amanda 181 pages
Angela 1467 pages
Brenda 1975 pages
Carolyn 1177 pages
Catsalive 1575 pages
Diana 374 pages
Em_Jay 313 pages
Genevieve 216 pages
Helen 590 pages
Jane 1269 pages
Janelle 820 pages
Jazzy 1073 pages
Jen 703 pages
Jenny 1135 pages
Kerri_M 425 pages
Kim (UK) 686 pages
Krystal 281 pages
Kylie 348 pages
Leonie 580 pages
Mabel 748 pages
Mari 714 pages
Marianne 1340 pages
Niamh 580 pages
Patty 266 pages
Phrynne 1155 pages
Renee V 1052 pages
Sarah 1547 pages
Sharon 459 pages
Suzanne 145 pages
Tracey A 392 pages
Trish 861 pages
Valerie 299 pages
Veronica 438 pages
Mod
24,132 pages
to everyone who participated!! We didn't quite make our total but not far away :)
Well done everyone, it was lots of fun :)
Brenda wrote: "Grand total for our weekend readathon is 24,132 pages :) "That's still a great total - well done to everyone who participated, and thanks Brenda for giving us an opportunity to super-charge our June reading!
Well done everyone 🎉. Thanks Brenda for organising, it was lots of fun!
Mod
Congratulations everyone. Now we just have to write all the reviews!
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Sleeping Murder 298p
Cat Brushing 256p
Jailbird 150p
820p
(Edited because I left off the book I haven’t finished by mistake, Jailbird)