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Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 7th - Sunday 9th June 2024
Brenda - I will give you my totals in the morning - still reading six cats slaying!
Sunday ReadingDeath on Deck by Verity Bright - 56 pages (completed)
The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan - 138 pages
Murder Shoots the Bull by Anne George - 59 pages
Sunday Total = 253 pages
Final Total = 954 pages
Very happy with my reading this weekend. Thank you Brenda for organising.
I only listened to audio books this weekend and didn't really pay attention to daily totals, but my reading weekend totals are as follows:75 pages - Guilty Mothers by Angela Marsons (had already started beforehand)
368 pages - A Woman's Work by Victoria Purman
416 pages - The Women's Pages by Victoria Purman
Total: 859 pages
Managed to get a fair bit of reading done this weekend in between running, painting the ceiling and babysitting the grandson.Friday
The Promised Land by Barry Maitland - 92 to 183 for 91 pages
Clete by James Lee Burke - 0 to 101 for 101 pages
Total - 192 pages
Saturday
The Promised Land by Barry Maitland - 183 to 320 for 137 pages
Clete by James Lee Burke - 101 to 182 for 81 pages
Rough Justice by Stephen Leather - 0 to 56 for 56 pages
Total - 274 pages
Sunday
Clete by James Lee Burke - 182 to 291 for 109 pages
Rough Justice by Stephen Leather - 56 to 362 for 306 pages
Total - 415 pages
Weekend Total - 881 pages
Mod
Saturday The Edge by David Baldacci 417 pages
Sunday Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto 339 pages
Weekend Total : 1145 pages
(From message #82 & #86)🌼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
🌼 Sunday:
The Secret of Happy Ever After, Lucy Dillon, 64 pages, finished
The Harbour, Rachel McLean, 440 pages, finished
Sunday total 504 pages
Readathon total: 772 pages
Sunday readingBetrayal in Death by J.D. Robb - 24 pages
Outback Dreams by Rachael Johns - 243 pages
Resurrection Bay by Emma Viskic - 40 pages
Readathon Totals
Friday total: 73 pages
Saturday total: 234 pages
Sunday total: 307 pages
Grand total: 614 pages
Salvation of a Saint 69pDavid Copperfield 99p
The Labyrinth of the Spirits 103p
Weekend total 271 pages
Sunday Reading:Deadhead and Buried - 313 pages
Devotion - 43 pages
The White Forest Killings - 34 pages
Total - 390 pages
Friday = 267 pages
Saturday = 346 pages
Sunday = 390 pages
Weekend Total = 1,003 pages
On Sunday I read: 444 pagesTreachery in Death by J.D. Robb 383 pages
Beyond Reasonable Doubt by Robert Dugoni 61 pages
total for the weekend: 273+ 333 +444 = 1050 pages
Mod
Finished -
The Pyramid Murders for 171 pages
Random in Death for 357 pages
Peppercorn House for 336 pages
The 24th Hour for 369 pages
The Body Under the Stage for 241 pages
39% of A Grave in the Woods for 131 pages
Final total 1605 pages
Mod
Amanda 204 pages
Anita 1673 pages
Bec 682 pages
Brenda 1605 pages
Carolyn 1050 pages
Catsalive 1485 pages
Christy
Damo 881 pages
Diana 199 pages
Em_Jay 859 pages
Jane 1659 pages
Janelle 718 pages
Jazzy 3261 pages
Jenny 1559 pages
JP 614 pages
Kerri_M 797 pages
Kim 798 pages
Leonie 323 pages
Mari 954 pages
Niamh 418 pages
Odette 1003 pages
PattyMac 229 pages
Phrynne 1145 pages
Renee V 1463 pages
Rosie 956 pages
Sandysbookaday 565 pages
Sarah 1292 pages
Sharon 207 pages
Steve 303 pages
Suz 660 pages
#Teresa 277 pages
Trish 842 pages
Tr1sha 772 pages
Valerie 271 pages
Unfortunately it was a bit of a slow reading weekend for me.The Body in the Garden Finished - 150 pages
War Flower 127 pages
Total pages 277
Updated Message 28 with my final total of 798 pages.
My totals:Friday:
The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni -- 200 Pages
The Black Mist by -Geoff Davis -- 228 Pages
Saturday
Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie -- 355 pages
The Cattleman's Daughter by Chris Taylor -- 296 pages
Sunday
Two Parts Sugar, One Part Murder by Valerie Burns -- 274 Pages
Zeke by Kris Michaels -- 206 Pages
Final Total: 1559 Pages
my book total isTampa 266 pages
All The Rage 200 pages
The Soulmate 200 pages
The Teacher 393 pages
Death Comes As the End 334 pages
The Holiday 200 pages
Silent Victim 50 pages
The Serial Killer’s Sister 50 pages
Total 1693 for all weekend
Mod
Hi all, sorry I didn't update as I went, busy weekend thus my small totals! I hope everyone had a fun weekend. Thanks mod Brenda for arranging, collating and encouraging.Friday 266 pages
Loving my lying, dying, cheating husband: A memoir of a whirlwind romance gone wrong 91 pg
Clear 166 pg
Death in the Air 11 pg
Saturday 109 pages
The Shift: A Memoir 7 pg
Death in the Air 15 pg
Clear 42 pg
Secrets of Riverside 45 pg
Sunday 285 pages
Death in the Air 4 pg
Secrets of Riverside 262 pg
Why Do Horses Run? 19 pg
GRAND TOTAL 660 pages
My final numbersFriday
✅ - 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 of a distraction recently!
Weekend TotalFriday
260 pages of Wildfire by Hannah Grace
Saturday
58 pages of Wildfire by Hannah Grace
41 pages of Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
Sunday
59 pages of Funny Story by Emily Henry
Weekend total: 418 pages
Mod
Friday50 pages of Chaos Vector
Saturday
90 pages of Chaos Vector
Sunday
163 pages of Chaos Vector
Total: 303 pages
Weekend totalThe One and Only Dolly Jamieson - 273
Thank You, Next - 242
The Last Trace - 167
Total = 682
Brenda - sorry my total is wrong! Can you please check? Thank you, Jenny!
Oh dear. With everything happening this weekend I completely forgot to keep track of my reading! That said, I don't think I read more than 150 pages.Sorry team!
My totals for the weekend:Les Misérables 60p
The Third Love 200p
Heart, Be at Peace 208p
The Spiral 250p
Total: 718p
Despite not having work on Friday, I didn't get the reading weekend I had hoped for. Still got some decent reading in, just not what I had planned. It was a T. Kingfisher reading weekend.Friday:
Minor Mage - 176 pages
Illuminations - 260 pages
Saturday:
Clockwork Boys - 231 pages
The Wonder Engine - 370 pages
Sunday:
Swordheart - 426 pages
Total: 1,463
Mod
Mod
Sorry team!"
No worries Krystal - I took you off the list :) Unless you want me to add you in for 150 pages?
Mod
Fixed Jenny - sorry! I missed your grand total post :(
Brenda wrote: "Krystal wrote: "Oh dear. With everything happening this weekend I completely forgot to keep track of my reading! That said, I don't think I read more than 150 pages.Sorry team!"
No worries Kryst..."
Nah I don't feel like I properly participated, so best to take me off I think. Unless 150 is the difference between achieving the goal or not! Haha
Mod
Reporting in! Thanks Brenda, this was a really good kick-start to my June / Winter / mid-year reading. With the public holiday today, I'm planning to keep it up for the next few hours!June Readathon
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn p.36 - 353 (end) = 317 pages
The Mephisto Club by Tess Gerritsen 5% - 48% = 43% x 368 = 158 pages
The Princes in the Tower: Solving History's Greatest Cold Case by Philippa Langley start - p252 = 252 pages
Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson start - p101 = 101 pages
The Altar Girls by Patricia Gibney whole book = 464 pages
Friday Total: 480 pages
Saturday: 197 pages
Sunday Total: 616 pages
Grand Total: 480 + 197 pages + 616 pages = 1293 pages
I am one page out compared to the book totals. This would be due to rounding error on the audiobook %. Call it 1292 pages instead.
Mod
Brenda wrote: "Jenny wrote: "Brenda - sorry my total is wrong! Can you please check? Thank you, Jenny!"Fixed Jenny - sorry! I missed your grand total post :("
No problem, Brenda! :)
Final tally with Sunday's reading : Cradle to Grave by Rachel Amphlett for 172 pages is
1,659 pages The only positive thing from having COVID 😊
Thanks for organising the Readathon, Brenda, and reporting in with my final totals..sorry to be late.Sunday
Finished Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 193 pages
Started Hunted on the Fens by Joy Ellis 61 pages
Started The Deep by Kyle
Perry 47 pages
Total 301 pages
WEEKEND
Friday 334 pages
Saturday 207 pages
Sunday 301 pages
Total 842 pages
Readathon 7-9/6/24Friday
A Match for Papa by Maria Greene, Victoria Hinton, Donna Lea Simpson 7/6 3★ 253p
Death A L'Orange 200p
Devil in a Blue Dress 63p
Saturday
Death A L'Orange by Nancy Fairbanks 8/6 3★ 73p
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 8/6 4★ 200p
The Broken Spine 200p
Sunday
The Broken Spine by Dorothy St. James 9/6 2.5★ 120p
Survivor In Death by J.D. Robb 9/6 4★ 376p
Pages: 1485
Books finished: 5
Mod
Cradle to Grave by Rachel Amphlett for 172 pages is
1,659 pages The only positive thing from having COVID 😊"
Thank goodness you could read Jane! At least it would help pass the time!
Mod
Didn't have a lot of time for reading this weekend. My total is 204 pages of A Shadow at the Door by Jo Dixon
Mod
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
3 Day 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★
Call Me By Your Name (2007) - André Aciman
0-114/256 = 114pp
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: 1027
3-Day Page Total: 3261
Mod
Thanks Rosie and Leonie!
Mod
EDIT: final participant in; we've cracked 30,000!! New total 30,015 pages
Brilliant work all, and even though we were a little short of our goal, the pages read are exceptional! Fabulous team effort!
PARTICIPANTS
Amanda 204 pages
Anita 1673 pages
Bec 682 pages
Brenda 1605 pages
Carolyn 1050 pages
Catsalive 1485 pages
Christy 291 pages
Damo 881 pages
Diana 199 pages
Em_Jay 859 pages
Jane 1659 pages
Janelle 718 pages
Jazzy 3261 pages
Jenny 1559 pages
JP 614 pages
Kerri_M 797 pages
Kim 798 pages
Leonie 323 pages
Mari 954 pages
Niamh 418 pages
Odette 1003 pages
PattyMac 229 pages
Phrynne 1145 pages
Renee V 1463 pages
Rosie 956 pages
Sandysbookaday 565 pages
Sarah 1292 pages
Sharon 207 pages
Steve 303 pages
Suz 660 pages
#Teresa 277 pages
Trish 842 pages
Tr1sha 772 pages
Valerie 271 pages
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The Paris Secret (other topics)Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel, Nazi Agent (other topics)
Call Me By Your Name (other topics)
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (other topics)
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I'm a bit off the boil courtesy of attending the SFWA conference in California online, which has meant being up at 2am 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️