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Archives > Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 6th - Sunday 8th December 2024

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message 51: by Kerri_M (last edited Dec 08, 2024 03:50PM) (new)

Kerri_M | 594 comments Running totals for me
Friday 296 p
The Long Reach - Michael Leese - pages 225 to 300 [finish] = 75 p ★★
Close to Death - AnthonyHorowitz - pages 0 - 200 = 200 pages
A Fire at the Exhibition - T.E. Kinsey - page 0 to 21 = 21 p

Saturday 306p
Close to Death - AnthonyHorowitz - pages 200 - finish= 232 pages
The Detective Up Late - Adrian McKinty - page 0 to 74 = 74 pages

Sunday 285p
A Fire at the Exhibition - T.E. Kinsey - page 21 to 185 = 164 pages
The Detective Up Late - Adrian McKinty - page 74 to195 = 121 pages

887 pages


message 52: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
I finished my first - A Tullagulla Christmas by Heather Reyburn for 176 pages


message 53: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn | 9855 comments Starting with Panic by Catherine Jinks


message 54: by Niamh (new)

Niamh | 498 comments Well I completely missed all announcements of the Read-a-Thon until today!! Please count me in, although both today and tomorrow are busy days for me. I'll add what I can and try to bulk read on Sunday :)


message 55: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Great to have you Niamh :) Glad you saw it now, not Sunday night;)


message 56: by Helen (new)

Helen (helen57) | 3448 comments I am off to a slow star :( I have had hubby at the hospital all night, he is still there but I did get some reading done

Tangled Trust Emmie Lyn

Started at page 63 and finished at page 197
134 pages

I will continue on with Special Delivery Leesa Ronald


message 57: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Helen wrote: "I am off to a slow star :( I have had hubby at the hospital all night, he is still there but I did get some reading done

Tangled Trust Emmie Lyn

Started at page..."


So sorry to hear that Helen. I hope he'll be okay...


message 59: by Krystal (new)

Krystal (krystallee6363) | 2308 comments I'm starting with 7 different books today lol so hoping to wrap up a few this weekend!!


message 60: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Goodness Krystal! I hope they're all different genres!!


message 61: by Renee V (new)

Renee V | 238 comments So far so ok... finished The Pumpkin Spice Café 201 pages.


message 62: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Renee V wrote: "So far so ok... finished The Pumpkin Spice Café 201 pages."

Hope you enjoyed it Renee, I love the cover!


message 63: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Another 172 pages with The Last Quarter by Nicki Edwards finished.


message 64: by Jane (new)

Jane | 755 comments Can you add me as a late sign-up - hate the fact Goodreads don't send emails any more :(

Will try and work out what I read today.


message 65: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Thanks Jane, adding you now!!


message 66: by Tanu (last edited Dec 08, 2024 04:00AM) (new)

Tanu (tanu_reads) | 66 comments Read Friday 6 Dec

Half a ~10 hr audiobook - that's five hours of audio for The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths :) Not sure how much that is in pages.

Also read pages 62-93 (31 pages) of A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin


message 67: by Sarah (last edited Dec 06, 2024 01:07PM) (new)

Sarah | 87 comments Friday total: 250 pages

Finished Piranesi by Susanna Clarke - 118 pages
Read more of Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid before bed - 132 pages


message 68: by Mari (last edited Dec 06, 2024 03:19AM) (new)

Mari | 513 comments Friday Pages

Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent - 45 pages (completed)
God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen by Rhys Bowen - 93 pages
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman - 165 pages

Friday Total - 303 pages


message 69: by Em__Jay (new)

Em__Jay | 502 comments Friday total: 200 pages

145pgs Snake by Kate Jennings
55pgs Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal


message 70: by Tracey Allen (new)

Tracey Allen at Carpe Librum (carpelibrum) | 862 comments I read 70 pages of Panic by Catherine Jinks to kick things off.


message 71: by Helen (new)

Helen (helen57) | 3448 comments Friday totals

Tangled TrustEmmie Lyn 134 pages

Special Delivery Leesa Ronald 8 pages

A Festive Featherwood Falls Heather Reyburn 15 pages

Total 157 pages

Hopefully I will get more read today :)


message 72: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Tanu wrote: "Read Friday 6 Dec

Half a ~10 hr audiobook - that's five hours of audio for The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths :) Not sure how much that is in pages.

Also read..."


To get page count for audio Tanu, just take one that has pages. Same book, page count from ebook, paperback etc.


message 73: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Finished Rings, Rocks and Murder last night for 192 pages so my Friday total is 540 pages


message 74: by Steve (new)

Steve | 1034 comments Friday

Final 92 pages of The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter
First 149 pages of Dragontiarna: Legions

Friday total: 241 pages


message 75: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Finished my first Saturday read - Outback Dust: The Drifter by Annie Seaton - for 201 pages


message 76: by Sarah (last edited Dec 06, 2024 03:53PM) (new)

Sarah | 1544 comments Friday total:

Her Last Walk Home by Patricia Gibney: p. 227 - p.449 (222 pages).

Started:
Opal by Patricia Wolf
Prize Catch by Alan Carter
(haven't calculated no. of pages yet, so will add to Saturday total from beginning).

Also hoping to make inroads into the following over the weekend:
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Endgame by Sarah Barrie
The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton (via Libby)

Her Last Walk Home (Detective Lottie Parker Book 14) by Patricia Gibney Opal (DS Walker #3) by Patricia Wolf Prize Catch by Alan Carter The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Endgame (Lexi Winter #4) by Sarah Barrie The Xibalba Murders (Lara McClintoch Archeological Mystery, #1) by Lyn Hamilton


message 77: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn | 9855 comments I've read 630 pages so far.

Panic by Catherine Jinks Panic by Catherine Jinks (95%) 326 pages
Schooled in Murder (Campus Sleuth Mysteries #1) by Victoria Gilbert Schooled in Murder by Victoria Gilbert (100%) 304 pages

and started Fear on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #13) by Joy Ellis Fear on the Fens by Joy Ellis


message 78: by Odette (last edited Dec 06, 2024 04:27PM) (new)

Odette (odman) | 1137 comments Friday

Finished Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
Read 57 pages

Started The Time of Thunder by Greg Barron
Read 198 pages

Friday Total: 255 pages


message 79: by Krystal (last edited Dec 06, 2024 05:41PM) (new)

Krystal (krystallee6363) | 2308 comments Friday:
The Art of Death: 33 pages
Babylon’s Ashes: 147 pages (FINISHED)
Die for You: 14 pages
The Sirens: 3 pages
We Who Hunt The Hollow: 93 pages (29.2%)
One Dark Night: 14 pages

Friday total: 304 pages


The Art of Death by David Fennell Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey Die for You by Lisa Unger The Sirens by Emilia Hart We Who Hunt The Hollow (Hollow, #1) by Kate Murray One Dark Night by Hannah Richell


message 80: by JP (new)

JP | 122 comments Friday

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss: 113 pages

Winter of the Wolf by Amanda Willimott: 73 pages

Total: 186 pages


message 81: by Trish (new)

Trish (trishr) | 1109 comments FRIDAY
Finished The Doctor's Vision by Fiona McArthur 126 pages
Continued Love, In Theory by Elodie Cheesman 136 pages
Continued Killer on the Fens by Joy Ellis 43 pages

Total 305 pages


message 82: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 5503 comments Friday

Started and finished One by One by Freida McFadden 272 pages


message 83: by Jane (new)

Jane | 755 comments Finished Nightblind by Ragnar Jónasson for 283 pages


message 84: by Jane (new)

Jane | 755 comments Finished The Cold Cold Ground by Adrian McKinty for 332 pages


message 85: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
I have finished Death by Dark Roast for 186 pages

Saturday total 387 pages at this stage...


message 86: by Sarah (last edited Dec 07, 2024 12:57PM) (new)

Sarah | 87 comments Saturday - 398 pages

Finished Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 358 pages
Read A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are by Byron Katie before bed for 40 pages

Overall total: 648 pages


message 87: by Mari (new)

Mari | 513 comments Saturday Pages

God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen by Rhys Bowen - 128 pages (completed)
We Solve Murders by Richard Osman - 235 pages (completed)

Saturday Total - 363 pages
Running Total - 666 pages



message 88: by Sally906 (last edited Dec 07, 2024 12:12PM) (new)

Sally906 | 89 comments Reading:

Murder at the Mayfair Hotel (Cleopatra Fox, #1) by C.J. Archer Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C.J. Archer(395 pages)
Now or Never (Stephanie Plum #31) by Janet Evanovich Now or Never by Janet Evanovich (320 pages)

Total for Friday: 106 pages

Started Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C.J. Archer: (0 to 61) = 61 pages
Started Now or Never by Janet Evanovich: (0 to 45) = 45 pages


Total for Saturday: 366 pages

Finished Now or Never by Janet Evanovich: (45 to 320) = 275 pages
Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C.J. Archer: (61 to 152) = 91 pages


message 89: by JP (new)

JP | 122 comments Saturday

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss: 213 pages

Winter of the Wolf by Amanda Willimott: 147 pages

Total for Saturday: 360 pages
Running total: 546 pages


message 90: by Tanu (last edited Dec 08, 2024 04:00AM) (new)

Tanu (tanu_reads) | 66 comments Saturday 7th Dec Reads

Pgs 94-160 (66pgs) of A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting

Total so far - ~ 297 pages



message 91: by Helen (new)

Helen (helen57) | 3448 comments Saturday Totals

Special Delivery Leesa Ronald

82 pages

A Festive Featherwood Falls Heather Reyburn

104 pages

Saturday Totals 186

Running Total 343

Fingers crossed I get more reading done today :)


message 92: by Odette (last edited Dec 07, 2024 12:48PM) (new)

Odette (odman) | 1137 comments Saturday

Finished The Time of Thunder by Greg Barron
Read 76 Pages

Started Opal by Patricia Wolf
Read 114 pages

Saturday Total: 180 pages


message 93: by Steve (new)

Steve | 1034 comments Saturday

Final 326 pages of Dragontiarna: Legions
First 20 pages of British Rail

Saturday total: 346 pages


message 94: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Finished my first Sunday book - A Witch For Mr. Holiday - for 221 pages


message 95: by Krystal (new)

Krystal (krystallee6363) | 2308 comments Saturday

We Who Hunt The Hollow: 94 pages
The Art of Death: 340 pages
The Sirens: 11 pages

Saturday total: 445 pages
Running total: 749 pages



message 96: by Carolyn (last edited Dec 07, 2024 04:31PM) (new)

Carolyn | 9855 comments I finished Fear on the Fens (DI Nikki Galena #13) by Joy Ellis Fear on the Fens by Joy Ellis 362 pages

and started Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia


message 97: by Jane (new)

Jane | 755 comments Finished Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich for 312 pages .
Running total 917 pages


message 98: by Trish (new)

Trish (trishr) | 1109 comments SATURDAY
Finished Love, In Theory by Elodie Cheesman 44 pages
Read A Vicarage Christmas by Kate Hewitt 182 pages
Continued Killer on the Fens by Joy Ellis 54 pages
Started When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman 83 pages

Total 363 pages


message 99: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 5503 comments Saturday

Started and finished The Holly Dates by Brittainy C. Cherry 276 pages


message 100: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Finished A Fatal Obsession for 274 pages

I'll post my full totals in the morning :)


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