Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 7th - Sunday 9th June 2024

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're on the list Suz!

[Bec]

I'm in!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Glad you're joining us Bec!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Is everyone ready to begin their readathon at midnight tonight? Do you have your books planned? I'm currently reading The Pyramid Murders so will finish what's left.

Happy reading everyone 😀

[Sarah]

Oooooh... exciting! I'd forgotten to be honest, so thanks for the reminder! I'm about a quarter of the way through Killers of a Certain Age and - as a perimenopausal woman myself - I'm loving it!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'm glad you've remembered now Sarah!

[Mari]

This one seems to have snuck up on me!

Friday Reading

Death on Deck by Verity Bright - page 185
The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths - new
Ladies' Rest and Writing Room by Kim Kelly - new

Happy and successful readathon everyone.

[Carolyn]

Reading all planned for this weekend! I woke early this morning so finished my current book That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk and started Murder in Mind by Faith Martin.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I have just finished - from 43% - The Pyramid Murders for 171 pages

We're on our way again everyone!

[Kerri_M]

Running totals here for me
Friday
✅ - Sanctuary - Garry Disher - AA Page 182-320 (finish) = 138 pages
The Temptation of Forgiveness - Donna Leon - page 0-14 = 46p
Total 184

Sat
- The Temptation of Forgiveness - Donna Leon - page 47 - 139 = 93 pages
✅ - - Blood Lines - Angela Marsons - page 0 - finish = 388 pages

Sun
- The Temptation of Forgiveness - Donna Leon - page 140 - 272 (finish) = 133 pages

Total 797 pages

Thanks Mods for organising. The readathon weekends always get me back into reading if life has been a bit distracting recently!

[Jane]

Friday reading so far:
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb for 360 pages
Outback Hope: The Farmer by Annie Seaton for 130 pages

Running total of 490 pages

Stuck at home with COVID and feeling absolute crap so I might get a bit of reading in if I can defeat the head-ache :(

[Sarah]

Friday reading

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn p.36 - 353 (end) = 317 pages
The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen 5% - 15% = 10% x 368 = 37 pages
Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson start - p.62 = 62 pages
The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case by Philippa Langley start - p.64 = 64 pages

Running Total: 480 pages

[Sarah]

Jane wrote: "Stuck at home with COVID and feeling absolute crap so I might get a bit of reading in if I can defeat the head-ache :("

Sorry to hear you're unwell, Jane, but glad to hear you're able to read! Would audiobooks be easier than kindle or physical text?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Peppercorn House finished for 327 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Jane wrote: "Friday reading so far:
Visions in Death by J.D. Robb for 360 pages
Outback Hope: The Farmer by Annie Seaton for 130 pages

Running t..."

So sorry to hear that Jane! Hope you feel better soon.

[Christy]

The Paris Secret -Friday - 55 pages
Saturday- 76 pages


Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel, Nazi Agent - Friday - 30 pages
Saturday - 14 pages
Sunday - 116 pages

A mere total of 291 pages.

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Lone Wolf by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 389 pages

[Odette]

At start, I had 3 books on the go. Not good planning for a Readathon!
Finished one yesterday.
I read from page 119 to page 386
Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff

Total for Friday = 267 pages

[Mari]

Good start to readathon for me.

Friday Totals

Death on Deck by Verity Bright - 49 pages
The Last Remains by Elly Griffiths - 368 pages (completed)

Total = 417 pages

[Jazzy]

Quarterly Read-a-thon
Friday 7th - Sunday 9th June 2024



Friday 7 June 2024
book:Words Can Kill|22096511] (2014) - C.A. Larmer
122-146/270 = 24pp
Shop Girl (2015) - Mary Portas
0-31/320 = 31pp
✅ Zora and Langston: A Story of Friendship and Betrayal (2019) - Yuval Taylor 304pp 7/6/24
0-304/304 = 304pp 5★

Daily Page Total: 359

Saturday 8 June 2024
Shop Girl (2015) - Mary Portas
31-42/320 = 11pp
✅ Hotel Honolulu (2001) - Paul Theroux
0-448/448 = 448pp 5★
✅ Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (2022) - Benjamin Stevenson
0-371/371 = 371pp 5★
✅ The Queen of Poisons (2024) - Robert Thorogood
0-352/352pp = 352pp 5★
✅ Stranger in the Desert: A Family Story (2024) - Jordan Salama
0-240/240 = 240pp 5★
✅ Up Till Now (2008) - William Shatner
0-453/453 = 453pp 5★

Daily Page Total: 1875
2-Day Page Total: 2234

Sunday 9 June 2024
✅ Entrances and Exits (2024) - Michael Richards
0-496/496 = 496pp 5★
✅ A Daughter of Fair Verona (2024) - Christina Dodd
0-304/304 = 304pp 5★
After the Blue, Blue Rain (2024) - A.D. Price
0-101/308 = 101
Shop Girl (2015) - Mary Portas
42-54/320 = 12pp

Daily Page Total: 913
3-Day Page Total: 3147

[Niamh]

Was reading until I fell asleep last night.
Read 260 pages of Wildfire by Hannah Grace

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Good starts everyone!!

[Carolyn]

I read 273 pages on Friday.

That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk 55 pages
Murder in Mind by Faith Martin 218 pages

Started Buried on the Fens by Joy Ellis this morning.

[JP]

Busy day yesterday, will hopefully get more reading done over the weekend!

Friday

Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb - 37 pages
Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns - 36 pages

Total for Friday: 73 pages

[Steve]

Friday

50 pages of Chaos Vector

Work got in the way of my reading time. :-(

[Jane]

Thanks for the well wishes - feeling a bit better today. I did try audio books Sarah but I just fell asleep!

Anyway another book down:
The Word is Murder by Anthony Horowitz for 288 pages

[Trish]

Friday..finished the three books I was reading.
The Drowning Girls by Veronica Lando..finished 59 pages
Tin Man by Sarah Winman..finished 54 pages
Sunshine through the Rain by Penelope Janu..finished 221 pages

Total 334 pages

[Bec]

Coming in to log my Friday reading.

Total of 223 pages
Thank You, Next - 149 pages
The One and Only Dolly Jamieson - 74 pages - this one I listened to on audio but have done a page conversion by the fact I listened to 20% and it's 368 pages in total.

I think I'll be better for today...

[Marianne]

Somehow missed this and haven’t kept track of what I've read, so I'll just wait for the next one... sorry!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Random in Death finished for 357 pages

[🌸Teresa🌸]

The Body in the Garden Finished - 150 pages

War Flower 127 pages

Total pages 277

[Tr1sha]

🌼Readathon 7 - 9 June🌼

🌼Friday:

Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell, 110 pages, finished

Friday total 110 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Marianne wrote: "Somehow missed this and haven’t kept track of what I've read, so I'll just wait for the next one... sorry!"

Never mind Marianne...

[Mari]

Saturday Reading

Death on Deck by Verity Bright - 46 pages
Ladies' Rest and Writing Room by Kim Kelly - 140 pages (completed)
The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan - 98 pages

Saturday Total = 284 pages
Running Total = 701 pages

[Sarah]

Saturday reading

The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen 15% - 32% = 17% x 368 = 63 pages
The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case by Philippa Langley p.64 - p.198 = 134 pages

Saturday Total: 197 pages
Running Total: 480 pages + 197 pages = 677 pages

[Tr1sha]

(From message #82, plus Saturday)

🌼Readathon 7 - 9 June🌼

🌼Friday:
Mary Barton, Elizabeth Gaskell, 110 pages, finished
Friday total 110 pages

🌼Saturday:
The Secret of Happy Ever After, Lucy Dillon, 158 pages
Saturday total 158 pages

Readathon total so far: 268 pages

[Odette]

Finished reading two books yesterday.

Echo Lake by Joan Sauers
Read from page 182 to end of book (page 384) = 202 pages

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
Read from page 288 to end of book (page 432) = 144 pages

Total for Saturday = 346 pages
(Total for Friday = 267 pages)

[JP]

Saturday

Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb - 43 pages
Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns - 87 pages
Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic - 104 pages

Total for Saturday: 234 pages
Running total: 307 pages

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Friday. Lone Wolf by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz 389 pages
Saturday The Edge by David Baldacci 417 pages

[Jane]

Saturday/Sunday morning reading:
My So-Called Sex Life: How to Date Your Enemy by Lauren Blakely 3* for 372 pages

Total so far : 1,150 pages

[Steve]

Saturday

90 pages of Chaos Vector

Running total: 140 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

The 24th Hour is finished for 369 pages

Total so far: 1233 pages

[Sarah]

Sunday reading

The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen 32% - 48% = 16% x 368 = 59 pages
The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case by Philippa Langley p.198 - 252 = 54 pages
Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson p.62 - 101 = 39 pages
The Altar Girls by Patricia Gibney whole book = 464 pages

Sunday Total: 616 pages
Running Total: 677 pages + 616 pages = 1293 pages

[Trish]

Saturday
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus...207 pages

[Carolyn]

I read Buried on the Fens by Joy Ellis on Saturday (333 pages)
and started Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb this morning

running total: 273 + 333 = 606 pages

[Niamh]

Saturday reading:
58 pages of Wildfire by Hannah Grace
41 pages of Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Saturday total: 99 pages
Running total: 359 pages

[Jane]

Sunday's finished book:
A Testament of Character by Sulari Gentill 4* for 337 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Finished The Body Under the Stage for another 241 pages

[Bec]

Saturday I finished Thank You, Next with 93 pages then started The Last Trace with 67 pages.
I listened to 32% of The One and Only Dolly Jamieson for 118 pages. total for satruday 278.

Haven't had much time reading today as I've had my parents over all day....so trying to get into some tonight.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

I'm starting my last one for the weekend - A Grave in the Woods - so I'll add my final total in the morning! Looking forward to seeing everyone's grand totals tomorrow!