Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 13th - Sunday 15th June 2025

[JP]

Sunday reading:

Geraldine - 133 pages
The Girl in the Painting - 67 pages

Sunday total - 200 pages

Saturday - 266 pages
Friday - 132 pages

Readathon total - 598 pages

My readathon books:

[Carolyn]

My total for the weekend: 751 pages

Friday:
We Are All Guilty Here by Karin Slaughter 45 pages
Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen 134 pages

Saturday:
Evan Help Us by Rhys Bowen 92 pages
Chasing Shadows by Robert Bryndza 151 pages

Sunday:
Chasing Shadows by Robert Bryndza 226 pages
Her First Mistake by Kendra Elliot 103 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Well done everyone, fabulous totals coming in! And we're so pleased you love the readathon so much!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Friday 556 pages:
Escape From Portaleige 368 pages
Sounds of Murder 188 pages

Saturday 464 pages:
Hidden Dreams 179 pages
The Tides That Lie 285 pages

Sunday 658 pages:
The White Crow 448 pages
63% of Death at a Paris Hotel 210 pages

Weekend total: 1678 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Participants

Amanda 362 pages

Anita 1465 pages

Brenda 1678 pages

Carolyn 751 pages

Catsalive 1730 pages

Genevieve 150 pages

Helen 853 pages

Janelle 564 pages

JP 598 pages

Kerri M 998 pages

Kim 799 pages

Krystal 275 pages

Leonie 304 pages

Mari 873 pages

Marianne 1304 pages

Niamh 210 pages

Odette 694 pages

PattyMac 145 pages

Phrynne 1232 pages

Renee V 1062 pages

Sarah 1123 pages

Sharon 1291 pages

Steve 968 pages

Sue 563 pages

#Teresa 981 pages

Tracey Allen 215 pages

Trish 966 pages

Valerie 477 pages

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Friday. Aunt Bessie Tries 238pages
Saturday Find Her Alive 300 pages Signal Loss 320 pages
Sunday Death at a Paris Hotel 333 pages The Skydivers 41 pages

Final total 1232 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Looking good so far everyone! Thanks :)

[Marianne]

The last 130 pages of Orpheus Nine
The last 15% of Community Service = 42 pages
74% of Heal the Beasts: A Jaunt Through the Curious History of the Veterinary Arts = 177 pages
Rocky Start: Rocky Start, Book 1 450 pages
Love Letters on Hazel Lane 416 pages
The first 40 pages of Question 7
49 pages of Alibis
Grand total 1304 pages

[Niamh]

Unfortunately didn't get as must reading done as I wanted, but every page counts.

Friday
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams - 27 pages

Saturday
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams - 46 pages

Sunday
A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab - 137 pages

Weekend Total: 210 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Phrynne, Marianne and Niamh!! Great work all :)

[Amanda]

Grand Total 362 pages

Friday: Read the remaining 201 pages of The Sleep Room: A Very British Medical Scandal
Saturday/Sunday: Read 161 pages of All Fours

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Amanda :)

[Kerri_M]

My total 998

Friday
Hang on St. Christopher - Adrian McKinty From page 45 to 306 (end) = 261 p this feels like the end of the series, but you never know! ★★★★
The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds - T.E. Kinsey From page 88 to 159 = 71 p
Sat
The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds - T.E. Kinsey From page 159 to 306 = 147 p First in the spinoff Dizzy Heights series ★★★★
The Black Loch - Peter May From start to 304 = 304 p
Sun
The Black Loch - Peter May From 304 to 394 = 90 p Back to Lewis Island ★★★★☆
Last of the Wilds - Trudi Canavan A.A From start to 63 = 63 p
The Abbot's Agreement - Melvin R. Starr - From start to 62 = 62 p

If only I could have stayed awake for a few more minutes to hit 1000!

[Trish]

Sunday
Code Blues: When Medicine Becomes Murder continued 38pages
The Shelly Bay Ladies Swimming Circle continued 363 pages
Total 401 pages

Friday 327pages
Saturday 238pages
Sunday 401pages

TOTAL 966pages

Thank you again for organising these fun read-a-thons, Brenda.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Kerri and Trish! Both brilliant efforts! Never mind Kerri - so very close!

[PattyMacDotComma]

Sorry - very little to report, but I'm still enjoying Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry when I get a chance.

only 145 pages

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Patty :)

[Janelle]

My weekend reading:
Fulvia 276p
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 188p
The Eye of the World 100p

Total: 564p

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Janelle - good job!

[Tracey Allen]

Great readathon results coming in! I read a total of 215 pages over the weekend, very slow going as I was reading The Count of Monte Cristo (143 pages) and Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things by Adam Grant (72 pages). Thanks for organising Brenda!

[Sarah]

Aussie Readers' June Read-a-Thon
My final totals:
Captive on the Fens by Joy Ellis: 68% - end (101 pages)
Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson: 20% - end (330 pages)
Cold Query by Ivanka Fear: 3% - end (334 pages)
Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe: start - p.207 (207 pages)
The Writing Class by Esther Campion AA: start - p.47 (47 pages)
The Hunter by Tana French: start - 22% (104 pages)

GRAND TOTAL: 1,123 pages

Thanks Brenda - this was a great opportunity to sign off a couple of challenges and to give my mid-year reading a good kick-start!

[Anita]

Hidden Killers 495 pages
The Headmaster's List 400 pages
Under My Skin 250 pages
Silent Victims 320 pages

Total
1465
Thank you

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Tracey, Sarah (you cracked it!!) and Anita :) Well done!

[Kim]

Updated Message 17 with my final total of 799 pages.

Not as many pages as I had hoped but we drove 6 hours down to Cornwall yesterday (Sunday) and I ended up having a long afternoon nap to recover!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Kim wrote: "Updated Message 17 with my final total of 799 pages.

Not as many pages as I had hoped but we drove 6 hours down to Cornwall yesterday (Sunday) and I ended up having a long afternoon nap to recover!"

But it was worth it! Well done Kim :)

[Kim]

Brenda wrote: "Kim wrote: "Updated Message 17 with my final total of 799 pages.

Not as many pages as I had hoped but we drove 6 hours down to Cornwall yesterday (Sunday) and I ended up having a long afternoon na..."

Thanks Brenda!

[Genevieve]

I didn't get as much reading done as I'd hoped.

I read 150 pages of The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store byJames McBride

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Thanks Genevieve!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Participants

Amanda 362 pages

Anita 1465 pages

Brenda 1678 pages

Carolyn 751 pages

Catsalive 1730 pages

Genevieve 150 pages

Helen 853 pages

Janelle 564 pages

JP 598 pages

Kerri M 998 pages

Kim 799 pages

Krystal 275 pages

Leonie 304 pages

Mari 873 pages

Marianne 1304 pages

Niamh 210 pages

Odette 694 pages

PattyMac 145 pages

Phrynne 1232 pages

Renee V 1062 pages

Sarah 1123 pages

Sharon 1291 pages

Steve 968 pages

Sue 563 pages

#Teresa 981 pages

Tracey Allen 215 pages

Trish 966 pages

Valerie 477 pages


GRAND TOTAL - 22,631 pages!

[Helen]

Woohoo, congrats to everyone and huge thanks to Brenda for orgainising :)

Bring on the next one :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're welcome Helen :) And not too quickly!!

[Phrynne, Series Queen!]

Well done everyone! Great picture Brenda:)

[Sharon]

Well done everyone 👏

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Phrynne wrote: "Well done everyone! Great picture Brenda:)"

👍

[Carolyn]

Well done Us! And especially Brenda for organising and toting up the scores! 🎉 ⭐️

[Sarah]

What a great result! Thanks for organising and keeping us in line, Brenda.

[Catsalive]

Thanks, Brenda 😊

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're all welcome! It's great fun :)

[Trish]

Cheers to all of us..great total 🤗 and I also love your picture, Brenda. Thanks again for organising these read-a-thons and motivating us!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

You're welcome Trish :) And thanks!