Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 8th - Sunday 10th December 2023

[Sharon]

Just finished another one The Summer I Turned Pretty 304 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

As did I Sharon :) I finished Out of Sight for 330 pages

Running total so far: 1692 pages

I'll post my final total in the morning :)

[Anita]

finished every one on this is a suspect pages
310
Finished Ripper Isabel Allende
269 pages
Finished A Shadow at the door Jo dixon
252pages
finished Mcbeth jo nesbo
383 pages
Finished prison break Arthur Taylor
150pages
going zero 100 pages Anthony Mccarten
the sins of our fathers 69 pages Asa Larsson

total 1,281
Due to the extreme heat in Sydney was able to read thank you

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Great work Anita! First total through :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Participants

Amanda 160 pages

Anita 1281 pages

Brenda 1830 pages

Carolyn 759 pages

Catsalive 1278 pages

Damo 193 pages (Friday's total)

Em_Jay 1831 pages

Genevieve 383 pages

Helen 891 pages

Jane 1346 pages

Janelle 1045 pages

Jazzy 497 pages

Jenny 734 pages

Kerri M 698 pages

Kim 843 pages

Krystal 316 pages

Leonie 638 pages

Mari 1067 pages

Marianne 1054 pages

Mary 804 pages

Niamh 969 pages

PattyMac 560 pages

Phrynne 1111 pages

Sarah 557 pages

Sharon 917 pages

Sue 580 pages

#Teresa 635 pages

Tracey Allen 205 pages

Trish 757 pages

Tr1sha 517 pages

Valerie 689 pages


GRAND TOTAL for the weekend's reading = 25,145 pages


Congratulations to all participants! We didn't quite meet our goal - but I think what we did was brilliant anyway!!

[Trish]

SATURDAY
Started Vanishing Girls by Lisa Regan 79pgs
Started Homecoming by Kate Morton 208pgs

TOTAL 287 pages

[Sharon]

Just finished my last book Glass Dolls 298 pages

Weekend Reads
For Once In My Life 315 pages
The Summer I Turned Pretty 304 pages
Glass Dolls 298 pages

Total = 917 pages

[Mari]

Sunday Pages:

Gathering Storms by Kerry McGinnis - 173 pages (completed)
Blanche Cleans Up by Barbara Neely - 96 pages
Three Things About Elsie by Joanna Cannon - 162 pages (new)

Sunday Total - 431 pages
Final Total - 1067 pages

Thanks Brenda for organising.

[Em__Jay]

Sunday total: 451 pages

451 pgs: Hardball by Sara Paretsky

Final tally: 1831 pages

Thanks again, Brenda, for organising this as well as all the other readathons throughout the year.

[Jenny]

Thank you, Brenda, for organising this readathon.

Friday

The Art Merchant by J.K. Flynn -- 282 pages

Saturday

Death on Cromer Beach by Ross Greenwood -- 200 pages

Sunday

Death on Cromer Beach by Ross Greenwood -- 252pages


452 Pages
282 Pages

Finaly total -- 734

[Tracey Allen]

Some impressive numbers coming through! A lack of foresight in book choice for the readathon (and a busy weekend) meant very little reading progress on my two non fiction reads. I read a total of 126 pages of You're All Talk by Rob Drummond and 79 pages of Thinking with Your Hands: The Surprising Science Behind How Gestures Shape Our Thoughts by Susan Goldin-Meadow for a total of 205 pages read for the readathon.

Thanks Brenda!

[Marianne]

Barcelona @67%-77% = 19p
Lowbridge Audio @36% -100% = 243p
Lessons in Chemistry @170 -411= 241p
The Curse of Pietro Houdini@0%-60% =230p
Lowbridge@287--374 = 87p
Normal Rules Don't Apply Audio @0%-100% =212p
The Last Devil to Die Audio @0% -5% =22p
Total 1054p

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

My total:
The Murdered Molls 151p
Aunt Bessie Observes 238p
Too Mulch to Handle 318p
Evan's Gate 304p
Isla 100p

1111 pages

[Genevieve]

On Sunday I read 132 pages to finish The Lost Man by Jane Harper and 21 pages of Lawson by Grantlee Kieza.

Total for the weekend: 383 pages

[Helen]

Sunday totals

Finished Dear Banjo 69p
Finished Second Chance for the Heart Doctor 188p
Started First Victim 57P
Started In Bed with Her Billionaire Bodyguard 18P

362 pages

Final total

891 pages

Thank you for organsing Brenda, Read-A-Thons are so much fun :)

[Catsalive]

Sunday 10/12: The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff 10/12 3★ 202p
My Friend Flicka 175p
Track of the Cat 65p
Pages: 442

Total pages: 1278

Books finished: 4

[Amanda]

I didn't read as much as I would have liked this weekend (migraine all day Saturday and general busyness on Sunday), but I read:

70 pages - Restless Dolly Maunder - Kate Grenville
90 pages - Crossing the Line: The explosive inside story behind the Ben Roberts-Smith headlines - Nick McKenzie

Total - 160 pages

[PattyMacDotComma]

Friday - Sunday 8-10 December

The Murdered Molls 62 pages
Shades of Death: Murder at the Court of Elizabeth I 270 pages
Wild Card 228 pages

TOTAL 560 pages

I enjoy the readathons - great excuse to say "I'm busy". 😚📚

I would love it if you could send us a message to announce them, Brenda, the way you let us know when to nominate books or vote on polls. I try to remember to check, but I'm unreliable!

[Valerie]

A new record for me, really lifted my game!

Totals for weekend:

The Song of Achilles 261p
Wonder 147p
When You Reach Me 65p
Like, Literally, Dude: Arguing for the Good in Bad English 56p
The Princess Bride 42p
Demon Copperhead 118p

Weekend total 689 pages

[Sue]

Final tally:
The Sitters - 121
Hearing Maud - 271
Shuggie Bain - 172
Yoga - 16

Total pages - 580

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done to those who broke their past records; to those who read for the readathon; plus those who had things "get in your way"... Every page counts and we appreciate your totals!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

The Midwife's Promise 62% = 130 pages
Enduring Passions complete = 257 pages
Murder of a Lover complete = 232 pages
Eden's Conflict complete = 272 pages
Mystery of the Night Watchers complete = 341 pages
The Glitter or The Gold complete = 130 pages
Out of Sight complete = 330 pages
Pray for Her 47% = 138 pages

Grand total for the weekend = 1830 pages

[Tr1sha]

My completion post, including previous pages in message #90

Friday: 0

Saturday:
Our Mutual Friend, 24 pages
Eye for An Eye, 120 pages

Sunday:
Our Mutual Friend, 112 pages
Eye for An Eye, 261 pages

My readathon total: 517 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tr1sha wrote: "Friday -

Saturday:


Sunday:
Our Mutual Friend, 112 pages
Eye for An Eye, 261 pages"

Is this your grand total Tr1sha?

[Kerri_M]

Final totals - spent my weekend with a couple of serial killers!

Friday
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier Page 0 to 97 = 97
Saturday
Play Dead by Angela Marsons Page 0 to 202 = 202 pages
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier Page 97 to 223 = 86 pages
Sunday
Play Dead by Angela Marsons Page 202 to finish 392 = 190 pages
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier Page 223 to finish 306 = 83 pages

Total = 698 pages

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[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kerri_M wrote: "Final totals - spent my weekend with a couple of serial killers!

Friday
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier Page 0 to 97 = 97
Saturday
Play Dead b..."

I hope with all your doors locked Kerri!!

[Jazzy]

I didn't get much read as it is Chanukah this week, yesterday was shabbas, I had a gig today, and a funeral of a close friend and bandmate tomorrow, but did read some.

Friday
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (1907) - Maurice Leblanc
0-279pp = 279pp

The Schottenstein Edition Siddur for the Sabbath and Festivals with an interlineal translation - ArtScroll Mesorah Publications 59-121/1148
62 pp

Saturday

Schottenstein Edition The Elucidated Rashi on Chumash - Bereishis volume 1: Bereishis – Chayei Sarah The Torah with Rashi's commentary translated, annotated, and elucidated (2023) - ArtScroll Mesorah Publications
Intro - 35/35pp
0-21/548pp = 56pp

The Festivals in Halachah : An Analysis of the Developement of the Festival Laws II Chanukah, Purim, Fast Days, Tishah Beav, Minor Festivals (1981) - Rabbi Shlomo Yosef Zevin
49-96/336 = 45pp

Sunday
Best-Loved Poems (2000) - Neil Philip
0-36/224 = 36pp

Too Mulch to Handle (2022) - H.Y. Hanna
0-19/316 = 19pp

Total for weekend = 497pp

[Suz]

Oh my goodness I missed this, I have been extra busy at work for the last couple of months.. and I completely missed it. I hope you all had fun. I just saw a big post of numerous reviews which Brenda had posted. Time is getting away from me!

[Carolyn]

Sunday total: 287 pages

Black Diamond (25% of 321 pages) 80 pages
The Wishing Game (55% of 320 pages) 176 pages
All That’s Dead (7% of 447 pages) 31 pages

Total for the weekend: 472 + 287 = 759 pages

[Krystal]

I forgot I had a big event on Saturday so I got very little reading done at all! Sunday I was sleeping off the hangover I'm afraid. XD

Friday:
The Skull Throne: 167 pages
Compass and Blade: 25 pages

Friday Total: 192 pages

Saturday:
The Girl from Silent Lake: 18 pages
Compass and Blade: 106 pages

Saturday total: 124 pages

Sunday:
NIL

FINAL TOTAL: 316 pages

[Kim]

Updated Message 72 with my final total of 843 pages.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jazzy wrote: "I didn't get much read as it is Chanukah this week, yesterday was shabbas, I had a gig today, and a funeral of a close friend and bandmate tomorrow, but did read some. Hope it will be alright to so..."

Of course Jazzy **hugs**

[Jazzy]

Thanks Brenda, I'll sort out the rest tomorrow xxx

[Niamh]

Weekend Summary
Friday
Gideon the Ninth - 42 pages

Saturday
Gideon the Ninth - 123 pages
The Upside of Unrequited - 340 pages

Sunday
Storm - 432 pages
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies - 32 pages

Weekend Total: 969 pages

[Leonie]

Totals for me:

System Collapse 248 pages
Spelunking Through Hell 390 pages

For a total of 638 pages.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Niamh and Leonie :)

[Janelle]

My weekend reading:
Poor Folk 100
The Lost Cause 369
Darker with the Dawn: Nick Cave's Songs of Love and Death 344
War Lord 95
The Big Book of Cyberpunk 137

Total 1045p

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Janelle :)

[Trish]

Getting around to updating my totals after a very busy Sunday!!

Continued Homecoming 116 pgs
Continued Vanishing Girls 37pgs

Sunday total 153 pgs

WEEKEND TOTAL 757 pages

Thank you, Brenda, for organising this and all the other reading challenges throughout the year. A busy time of the year and still some outstanding totals. 👏👏👏

[Jane]

Final tally for me for the week-end:
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 142 pages read
Girl Lost by Kate Gable 42 pages read

Final total : 1,346 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Trish wrote: "Getting around to updating my totals after a very busy Sunday!!

Continued Homecoming 116 pgs
Continued Vanishing Girls 37pgs

Sunday total 153 pgs

WEEKEND TOTAL 7..."

Thank you Trish! And yes, some great totals coming through :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jane wrote: "Final tally for me for the week-end:
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 142 pages read
Girl Lost by Kate Gable 42 pages read

Fi..."

Another good total from you Jane :)

[🌸Teresa🌸]

Weekend Total

Friday:

The Perfect Marriage finished - 195 pages
The Secret of Poppyridge Cove - 80 pages

275 pages

Saturday: The Secret of Poppyridge Cove finished - 100 pages
The Ones You Trust finished - 72 pages
When We Were Enemies - 100 pages

272 pages

Sunday: Not much reading. Celebrating hubby's birthday.

When We Were Enemies pg 101-189 88 pages

Total Pages: 635

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Teresa - nothing wrong with that total!! And hope hubby had a lovely day :)

[🌸Teresa🌸]

Thanks Brenda, yes we had a lovely lunch followed by a few drinks with friends.

[PattyMacDotComma]

I'd like to add that this is not a competition between ourselves! This is a collective effort to add whatever pages we've read to the Aussie Readers community score.

Nobody should ever feel they need to drop out if they aren't going to manage more than a few pages before nodding off at night. Every page counts, so I hope everyone feels free to add theirs, whether they've done a marathon read or just a handful of page. Right, Brenda?

I wonder how we compare with other groups for number of participants?

[Sarah]

Hi Brenda,

I've been running around between family commitments over the weekend, so haven't checked in at all, but I did get a few stints of reading done:

Return to Valetto by Dominic Smith AA: p.15 - p.125 (110 pages)

Echo Lake by Joan Sauers AA: start - p.94 (94 pages)

The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson: whole book (144 pages)

The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles: start - p.207 (207 pages)

GRAND TOTAL FOR WEEKEND: 557 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

PattyMacDotComma wrote: "I'd like to add that this is not a competition between ourselves! This is a collective effort to add whatever pages we've read to the Aussie Readers community score.

Nobody should ever feel they ..."

Absolutely and completely correct Patty! Thanks :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

#Teresa wrote: "Thanks Brenda, yes we had a lovely lunch followed by a few drinks with friends."

Sounds perfect Teresa :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sarah wrote: "Hi Brenda,

I've been running around between family commitments over the weekend, so haven't checked in at all, but I did get a few stints of reading done:

Return to Valetto by [au..."

Wonderful, thanks Sarah!