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Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd March 2024
I finished
Killer on the Fens by Joy Ellis 265 pagesJust starting
Indulgence in Death by J.D. RobbTotal so far: 384 + 265 = 649 pages
FridayHeresy, S.J. Parris, 3/1/24, 3*
200 pages, finished
Saturday
Murder At the Lighthouse, Frances Evesham, 3/2/24, 4*
168 pages, finished
Running total: 368 pages
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Penric’s Mission 139 pages
Random in Death 357 pages
Now reading What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan before going ..."
Oh wow! She's in Australia?! Enjoy Phrynne!
Final 319 pages of Hidden Valley95 pages of Web of Deceit
Saturday total: 414 pages
Running total: 701 pages
Saturday 2/3/24✅ Dog Dogs (1998) - P.G. Wodehouse
pp. 0 - 512 / 512 = 512
2/3/24 5★
✅ The Island of the Thirty Coffins (1919) - Maurice Leblanc
pp. 0 - 300 / 300 = 300
2/3/24 5★
Cats Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends (2005) - Lesley O'Mara
pp. 25 - 50 / 284 = 25
Muffins and Mourning Tea (2016) - H.Y. Hanna
pp. 110 - 137 / 344 = 27
Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal (2005) - David Owen
pp. 0 - 66 / 240 = 66
My Wonderful World Of Slapstick (1960) - Buster Keaton
pp. 0 - 59 / 328 = 59
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1964) - Hannah Green
pp. 0 - 41 /269 = 41
512 + 300 + 25 + 27 +66 + 59 + 41 = 1030
Saturday Total = 1030
2 day Total = 2085
Finished another book, one I'd been really looking forward to:Random in Death by J.D. Robb 5*
357 pages giving me a total so far of 929 pages
Another busy weekend, but the audiobooks are helping!Friday:
The Hurricane Wars: 23pgs
Hereafter: 84pgs
Floating Hotel: 12pgs
Shadow Baron: 78pgs
The Poisons We Drink: 90pgs
Friday total: 287 pages
Saturday:
The Hurricane Wars: 39pgs
Hereafter: 98pgs
Her Lost Soul: 147pgs
Saturday total: 284 pages
Running total: 571 pages
Progress UpdateFriday
The Spiral by Iain Ryan - 91 pages
The School Run by Ali Lowe - 74 pages
Saturday
The Spiral by Iain Ryan - 245 pages
The School Run by Ali Lowe - 79 pages
Friday Total - 165 pages
Saturday Total - 324 pages
Running Total: 489 pages
Friday 200 pages Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis BaldreeSaturday 130 pages Clamour and Mischief by Narrelle M. Harris
Sunday The Accident by Fiona Lowe
Phrynne wrote: "So farPenric’s Mission 139 pages
Random in Death 357 pages
Now reading What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan before going ..."
I've just read that - it's very good! I saw she was doing the next Dymocks lunch and also talking at the State Library that Monday evening. Busy lady!
FridayMurder in Little Venice by Phillip Strang -- 250 Pages
Saturday
Burial Grounds by Bill Kitson -- 246
Sunday
Maverick Sheriff by Delores Fossen -- 224
Reading:
Runaway Lies by Shannon Curtis
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Participants
Amanda 351 pages
Anita 1147 pages
Ashleigh
Brenda 951 pages
Carolyn 1022 pages
Catsalive 1451 pages
Damo 745 pages
Em_Jay 772 pages
Genevieve
Helen 768 pages
Jane 1465 pages
Janelle 803 pages
Jazzy 2639 pages
Jenny 1634 pages
JP 933 pages
Jules 712 pages
Kerri M 729 pages
Kim 839 pages
Krystal 1001 pages
Leonie 351 pages
Lorraine 2044 pages
Mari 935 pages
Marianne 1068 pages
Niamh 45 pages
Odette 988 pages
PattyMac 478 pages
Phrynne 1002 pages
Renee V 1710 pages
Sandra 917 pages
Sarah 200 pages
Sharon 911 pages
Steve 1048 pages
#Teresa 411 pages
Tracey Allen 265 pages
Tr1sha 534 pages
Valerie 350 pages
Veronica 480 pages
Total as at 7.30pm Tuesday 4th March - 31,699 pages
We have well exceeded our goal of 28,000 pages! Let's see what the last two to come in have to tell us!!
Congratulations everyone! Exceptional effort :)
Friday Toll the Hounds - 18 pages (from 450-468)
The Writing Retreat - 15 pages (98-113)
Total = 33
Saturday
Toll the Hounds - 64 pages (468-532)
The Collected Regrets of Clover - 60 pages (84-144)
Finished: Your Immortal Reality: How to Break the Cycle of Birth and Death - 65 pages (152-217)
Started: : Fourth Wing - 59 pages
Total = 248
Sunday
Toll the Hounds - 49 pages (532-581)
The Collected Regrets of Clover - 60 pages (144-184)
Fourth Wing - 221 pages (59-280)
Finished How They Blew It: The CEOs and Entrepreneurs Behind Some of the World's Most Catastrophic Business Failures - 101 pages (109-210)
Total = 431
Final total
712
the last 86% of One of the Good Guys = 276pthe last 85p of Rapture in Death
the last 28% of The Girl with the Green Eyes =104p
the last 84% of The Tea Ladies of St Jude’s Hospital (audio) =296p
the first 40% of Sisterhood = 154p
the first 16% of Body of Lies audio = 77p
the first 60p of The Seduction of Sunni Sinclair
10% of Tell = 16p
Final total 1068pages
Finished four dogs missing Rhys Gard 336 pages AA
Over my dead body Jeffrey archer 406 pages
The suspect Michael Robotham 305 pages AA
Dark room lynda La Plante 100 pages
TOTAL 1147
Another great readathon - really kickstarted my month/season challenges. Thanks Brenda 👍.Sunday Reading -
A Fire at the Exhibition by T.E. Kinsey - 179 pages (completed)
Evil in Emerald by A.M. Stuart - 98 pages (new)
Sunday Total - 277 pages
Final Total - 935 pages
First one of today finished, Sunday 3rd.
52
Saturday total = 880.
Too much to do this weekend meant the vast majority of books were consumed as audio books.Weekend total: 772 pages
320 pages: In This Grave Hour by Jaqueline Winspear
352 pages: To Die But Once by Jaqueline Winspear
100 pages: The Scope of Permissibility by Zeynab Gamieldien
Finished another one:Being Black 'n Chicken, and Chips by Matt Okine 3* for 288 pages
Running total : 1,217
Friday 200 pages Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis BaldreeSaturday 130 pages Clamour and Mischief by Narrelle M. Harris
Sunday 150 pages The Accident by Fiona Lowe
Total pages 480
SundayFinished Question 7 - 60 pages
Finished Paradise - 267 pages
Sunday Total: 327 pages
:
Friday: 394 pages
Saturday: 267 pages
Sunday: 327 pages
Total for Weekend = 988 pages
Brenda, add me to the list please :) I managed to do some reading this time.AR Quarterly Readathon Challenges
Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd March 2024
Friday 1st March
Magic Gifts by Ilona Andrews 100 pages finished
Total = 100 pages
Saturday 2nd March
Crown of Moonlight by K.M. Shea 354 pages finished
The Queen's Crown by K.M. Shea 150 pages tbc
Total = 504 pages
Sunday 3rd March
The Queen's Crown by K.M. Shea 206 pages finished
Hunted by K.M. Shea 107 pages
Total = 313 pages
3 day total = 917 pages
Some impressive totals coming in, here’s what I read over the weekend:The Beauties by Lauren Chater = 152 pages.
Bibliomaniac: An Obsessive's Tour Of The Bookshops Of Britain by Robin Ince = 81 pages.
Bizarre London: Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises by David Long = 32 pages.
For a weekend total of 265 pages for the readathon. Thanks Brenda!
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Random in Death 357 pages
What Happened to Nina? 336 pages
Killer on the Fens 170 pages
Total 1002 pages
Friday 1st March: 98 pages of Kill Your HusbandsSaturday 2nd March: 179 pages of People Like Them
24 pages of Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech
Sunday 3rd March: 74 pages of Not Now, Not Ever: Ten years on from the misogyny speech
Grand total: 351 pages
The Devotion of Suspect X 222pLove in the Time of Cholera 34p
Tuesday Evenings with the Copeton Craft Resistance 54p
Howl’s Moving Castle 40p
Readathon total 350 pages
Finished Body of Lies 38 pages
Sunset at Embthwaite Farm 236 pages
The Last Duke She’d Marry 15 pages
Sunday total 289 pages
Weekend totals 768 pages
Not as many as I wanted, I had grandkids dropping in all weekend :)
Thank you so much for organising Brenda it was fun as always :)
Finished.Saturday 2nd;
Unforgiven by Sarah Barrie 496
Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah 384
Total = 880
Sunday 3rd;
It Waits in the Woodsby Josh Malerman 52
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland 400
Gathering Dark by Candice Fox 400
Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich 312
Total = 1,164
Grand Total = 2,044
SundayCrimson Lake - 185 pages - Finished
Wildfire - 110 pages
Totals:
Friday 01/03: 339 pages
Saturday 02/03: 299 pages
Sunday 03/03: 295 pages
TOTAL: 933 pages
Books:
Friday228 pages of Once Lured
59 pages of Hidden Valley
Friday total: 287 pages
Saturday
Final 319 pages of Hidden Valley
95 pages of Web of Deceit
Saturday total: 414 pages
Sunday
Final 273 pages of Web of Deceit
74 pages of Blackveil
Sunday total: 347 pages
Grand total: 1,048 pages and approximately 70% of my Kindle's battery!
Progress UpdateFriday
The Spiral by Iain Ryan - 91 pages
The School Run by Ali Lowe - 74 pages
Saturday
The Spiral by Iain Ryan - 245 pages
The School Run by Ali Lowe - 79 pages
Sunday
The Match by Harlan Coben - 163 pages
The School Run by Ali Lowe - 93 pages
Friday Total - 165 pages
Saturday Total - 324 pages
Sunday Total - 256 pages
Grand Total: 745 pages
Total for the readathon: 1022 pagesSanctuary by Garry Disher 384 pages
Killer on the Fens by Joy Ellis 265 pages
Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb 373 pages
My totals (sorry I didn't check in after the first Friday read).Friday: Never Ever Getting Back Together pages 370.
Belladonna pages 302
Saturday: reread: A Court of Wings and Ruin pages 703
Sunday: Next of Kin pages 291
Started but not finished The Overnight Guest pages 44
Total: 1,710
Final post:Friday
Heresy, S.J. Parris, 3/1/24, 3*
200 pages, finished
Saturday
Murder At the Lighthouse, Frances Evesham, 3/2/24, 4*
168 pages, finished
Sunday
Twopenny Rainbows, Anna Jacobs
166 pages
My total: 534 pages
Friday Summer in Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen 289 pagesSaturday Muster Dogs From Pups to Pros by Aticia Grey 292 pages
Sunday You Called an Ambulance for What? by Tim Booth 304 pages
Coming Home to Bellbird Bay by Maggie Christensen 26 pages
Grand total 911 pages
Sunday:The Hurricane Wars: 8pgs
Hereafter: 226pgs (Complete)
Her Lost Soul: 89pgs (Complete)
Floating Hotel: 28pgs
Shadow Baron: 79pgs (Complete)
Sunday total: 430 pages
Weekend totals
Friday: 287 pages
Saturday: 284 pages
Sunday: 430 pages
Final total: 1001 pages
I think last time my total was 999 so much happier with this number haha
This was fun! Once Upon a Read-a-thon
Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd March 2024
Friday 1/3/24
✅ Cannery Row (1945) - John Steinbeck
pp 0 - 224 / 224 = 224
1/3/24 5★
✅ Flowers for Algernon (1966) - Daniel Keyes
pp 0 - 324 / 324 = 324
1/3/24 5★
✅ Soul Mountain (1990) - Gao Xingjian
pp 111 - 510 / 510 = 399
1/3/24 3★
Cats Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends (2005) - Lesley O'Mara
pp. 0 - 25 / 284
Muffins and Mourning Tea (2016) - H.Y. Hanna
pp. 27 - 110 / 344 = 83
224 + 324 + 399 + 25 + 83 = 1055
Friday Total : 1055
Saturday 2/3/24
✅ Dog Dogs (1998) - P.G. Wodehouse
pp. 0 - 512 / 512 = 512
2/3/24 5★
✅ The Island of the Thirty Coffins (1919) - Maurice Leblanc
pp. 0 - 300 / 300 = 300
2/3/24 5★
Cats Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends (2005) - Lesley O'Mara
pp. 25 - 50 / 284 = 25
Muffins and Mourning Tea (2016) - H.Y. Hanna
pp. 110 - 137 / 344 = 27
pp. 0 - 66 / 240 = 66
My Wonderful World Of Slapstick (1960) - Buster Keaton
pp. 0 - 59 / 328 = 59
pp. 0 - 41 /269 = 41
512 + 300 + 25 + 27 +66 + 59 + 41 = 1055
Saturday Total = 1030
2 day Total = 2085
Sunday 3/3/24
✅ I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1964) - Hannah Green
pp. 41 - 269 /269 = 228 3/3/24 4★
✅ Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal (2005) - David Owen
pp. 66 - 240 / 240 = 174 3/3/24 5★
Cats Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends (2005) - Lesley O'Mara
pp. 50 - 80 / 284 = 30
My Wonderful World Of Slapstick (1960) - Buster Keaton
pp. 59 - 177 / 328 = 118
Muffins and Mourning Tea (2016) - H.Y. Hanna
pp. 137 - 141 / 344 = 4
228 + 174 + 30 + 118 + 4 = 554
Sunday Total = 554
Readathon Total = 2639
Updated Message 29 with my final total of 839 pages.
Final TotalFriday
Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros - ★★★★ - Page 203-498 (finish) = 295 p
Saturday
The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham (for the nth time) - ★★★★☆ = full book = 272 p
Saturday
The Secret - Lee Child 0 - 72 = 72p
Police at the Station and They Don't Look Friendly: A Detective Sean Duffy Novel (The Sean Duffy Series) - Adrian McKinty - 0- 60 = 60p
Earthly Remains - Donna Leon 0 - 30 = 30p
Total 729 pages - sorry a bit low, came down with covid and couldn't settle to read without falling asleep!
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Thanks everyone who has reported in for your participation and great page count! It's always a good push off for our current month and seasonal challenges, I agree!
Readathon tallyFriday: Lady with a Black Umbrella by Mary Balogh 1/3 2★ 224p
Antiques Disposal by Barbara Allan 1/3 2★ 256p
The Phantom Tollbooth 120p
Saturday: The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 2/3 5★ 128p
A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C.A. Fletcher 2/3 3.5★ 416p
Sunday: Wild Card by Simon Rowell 3/3 5★ 307p
Total Pages: 1451
Books finished: 5
My weekend totals:The Accident 280p
Orwell in Spain 250p
A Different Sound: Stories by Mid-Century Women Writers 273p
Total 803p
I forgot to sign in, but I can look up what I read and add it if that's still okay.
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Friday - Sunday 1-3 March:Finished A Different Kind of Gone by Catherine Ryan Hyde - 164 pages
Read The Good Dog by Simon Rowell - 304 pages
Started The Hunter by Tana French - 10 pages
TOTAL - 478 pages
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Perfectly fine Patty :)
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Finished Drowning - 74 pages
Started Question 7 - 156 pages
Started Paradise - 37 pages
Saturday Total: 267 pages