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message 101: by Carolyn (last edited Dec 08, 2024 01:34AM) (new)

Carolyn | 9855 comments I finished Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 304 pages
and started Devil's Food by Kerry Greenwood


message 102: by Sally906 (last edited Dec 08, 2024 02:41AM) (new)

Sally906 | 89 comments Heading to bed so won’t be reading any more today so here are my final totals for the weekend.


Total for Friday: 106 pages
Started Now or Never by Janet Evanovich: (0 to 45) = 45 pages
Started Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C.J. Archer: (0 to 61) = 61 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


Total for Sunday: 285 pages
Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C.J. Archer: ( 152 to 395) = 243 pages
Started The Witch's Christmas Catastrophe: A Nocturne Falls Novella by Kristen Painter: (0 to 42) = 42 pages

Readathon Totals
Friday total: 106 pages
Saturday total: 366 pages
Sunday total: 285 pages

Grand total: 757 pages


message 103: by Genevieve (new)

Genevieve | 147 comments I've been reading We Solve Murders by Richard Osman.


Friday: 42 pages
Saturday: 190 pages
Sunday: 88 pages

Total for the weekend: 320 pages


message 104: by Mari (new)

Mari | 513 comments Sunday Pages

Mastermind by Helen Goltz - 288 pages
A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear - 58 pages

Sunday Total - 346 pages
Readathon Total - 1012 pages


Thanks Brenda for organising these readathons all year - I find them so fun and productive.


message 105: by Em__Jay (last edited Dec 08, 2024 03:46AM) (new)

Em__Jay | 502 comments Readathon total: 508 pages

Friday total: 200 pages
145pgs Snake by Kate Jennings
55pgs Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal

Saturday total: 0

Sunday total: 308 pages
308pgs All the Bees in the Hollows by Lauren Keegan

Not as many pages as some, but far more than I would have read without the readathon spurring me on. 🙂


message 106: by Tanu (last edited Dec 08, 2024 09:14AM) (new)

Tanu (tanu_reads) | 66 comments Tanu's Reading for Sunday 8th Dec

SUNDAY - 160-337 (177 pages) of A Lady's Guide to Fortune Hunting (finished) + 2 ch of Endless Night by Agatha Christie ( c. 24 pages)

TOTAL for the whole Readathon = 498 pages total

A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting (A Lady's Guide, #1) by Sophie Irwin


message 107: by JP (new)

JP | 122 comments Total Readathon: 882 pages

Friday: 186 pages
Saturday: 360 pages
Sunday: 336 pages

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss Page 0-393 - finished
Winter of the Wolf by Amanda Willimott Page 0-368 - finished
Outback by Patricia Wolf Page 0-121

Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss Winter of the Wolf by Amanda Willimott Outback (DS Walker, #1) by Patricia Wolf


message 108: by Phrynne, Series Queen! (new)

Phrynne | 15832 comments Mod
My books:
The Spring Bride by Anne Gracie 150 pages
Fear on the Fens by Joy Ellis 362 pages
Arrivals and Arrests by Diana Xarissa 258 pages

Final total 770 pages


message 110: by Helen (new)

Helen (helen57) | 3448 comments Sunday Totals

Special Delivery Leesa Ronald 43 page

A Festive Featherwood Falls Heather Reyburn 135 pages

Exposing Secrets Emmie Lyn 11 pages

Sunday Totals 189 pages

Weekend Totals

Friday 157 pages
Saturday 186 Pages
Sunday 189 pages

Total 532 pages

Thanks for organising Brenda, I am hoping to do much better come spring time :)


message 112: by Sharon (new)

Sharon | 5503 comments Friday - One by One by Freida McFadden 272 pages
Saturday - The Holly Dates by Brittainy C. Cherry 276 pages
Sunday - The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple 26 pages

Total 574 pages

Thanks for organising Brenda I always look forward to theses :)


message 113: by Odette (last edited Dec 08, 2024 01:08PM) (new)

Odette (odman) | 1137 comments Sunday

Finished Opal by Patricia Wolf
Read 206 pages
Continued The Echoes by Evie Wyld
Read 72 pages
Started Sea Castle by Andrew Mayne
Read 108 pages

Sunday Total: 386 pages


message 114: by Odette (new)

Odette (odman) | 1137 comments Weekend Totals

Friday: 255 pages
Saturday: 180 pages
Sunday: 386 pages

Total for Weekend: 821 pages


message 115: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
My weekend totals:

Friday: 540 pages
Saturday: 387 pages
Sunday: 602 pages

Total for the weekend: 1529 pages


message 116: by Sarah (new)

Sarah | 87 comments Sunday total-

87 pages of A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas.

Weekend total - 735 pages

Thanks Brenda for organising! I got through more of my annual challenge with the weekend reading push and look forward to joining more in the future :)


message 117: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (last edited Dec 10, 2024 12:20AM) (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Participants - Grand Total = 21,899 pages




Amanda 192 pages

Anita 1201 pages

Brenda 1529 pages

Carolyn 1369 pages

Em_Jay 508 pages

Genevieve 320 pages

Helen 532 pages

Jane 1130 pages

Janelle 480 pages

JP 882 pages

Kerri_M 887 pages

Kim 811 pages

Krystal 1109 pages

Leonie 666 pages

Mari 1012 pages

Niamh 172 pages

Odette 821 pages

PattyMac 296 pages

Phrynne 770 pages

Renee V 1040 pages

Sally906 757 pages

Sarah 918 pages

Sarah2 735 pages

Sharon 574 pages

Steve 755 pages

Tanu 498 pages

#Teresa 405 pages

Tracey Allen 291 pages

Trish 909 pages

Valerie 330 pages


message 118: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Sarah wrote: "

Thanks Brenda for organising! I got through more of my annual challenge with the weekend reading push and look forward to joining more in the future :)..."


Sharon wrote: "Thanks for organising Brenda I always look forward to these :)..."

Helen wrote: "Thanks for organising Brenda, I am hoping to do much better come autumn :)..."

Em__Jay wrote: "Readathon total: 508 pages

Not as many pages as some, but far more than I would have read without the readathon spurring me on. 🙂 ..."


Mari wrote: "Thanks Brenda for organising these readathons all year - I find them so fun and productive...."

You're very welcome everyone! It's fun and leads into much help with our challenge reading, as you said :)


message 119: by Krystal (new)

Krystal (krystallee6363) | 2308 comments Sunday

We Who Hunt The Hollow: 32 pages
Die for You: 164 pages (FINISHED)
One Dark Night: 82 pages
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder: 51 pages
Babel, Vol. 1: 31 pages

Sunday total: 360 pages
Saturday total: 445 pages
Friday total: 304 pages

Grand total: 1109 pages


That's a personal best for me I think!

Thanks Mods for a motivated reading weekend! :)

My weekend of books:
We Who Hunt The Hollow (Hollow, #1) by Kate Murray Die for You by Lisa Unger One Dark Night by Hannah Richell A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) by Holly Jackson Babel, Vol. 1 by Kuji Furumiya The Art of Death by David Fennell The Sirens by Emilia Hart Babylon’s Ashes by James S.A. Corey


message 120: by Carolyn (last edited Dec 08, 2024 03:29PM) (new)

Carolyn | 9855 comments My total for the weekend : 1369 pages

Panic by Catherine Jinks (95%) 326 pages
Schooled in Murder by Victoria Gilbert 304 pages
Fear on the Fens by Joy Ellis 362 pages
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia 304 pages
Devil's Food by Kerry Greenwood (29%) 73 pages

Total = 326 + 304 + 362 + 304 + 73 = 1369 pages


message 121: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Thanks Krystal (well done on your PB!) and Carolyn!! Fab totals coming in!


message 122: by Carolyn (new)

Carolyn | 9855 comments Brenda wrote: "Thanks Krystal (well done on your PB!) and Carolyn!! Fab totals coming in!"

I think that might be my PB as well!!


message 123: by Niamh (new)

Niamh | 498 comments Busy weekend for me so I'm posting a low total, but I did get some pages read.

Friday - 0
Saturday - 26 pages of The Heart of the World by Amie Kaufman
Sunday - 146 pages of The Heart of the World

Weekend Total: 172 pages


message 124: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Thanks Krystal (well done on your PB!) and Carolyn!! Fab totals coming in!"

I think that might be my PB as well!!"


Well in that case - Brilliant work Carolyn!!


message 125: by Bec (new)

Bec | 171 comments Oops I totally missed this one! Was doing a readathon for another challenge so did read a bit on the weekend so a bit of a shame. Oh well, I'll need to set a reminder for myself for next time.


message 126: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Niamh wrote: "Busy weekend for me so I'm posting a low total, but I did get some pages read.

Friday - 0
Saturday - 26 pages of The Heart of the World by Amie Kaufman
Sunday - 1..."


Every page helps Niamh! Well done :)


message 127: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Bec wrote: "Oops I totally missed this one! Was doing a readathon for another challenge so did read a bit on the weekend so a bit of a shame. Oh well, I'll need to set a reminder for myself for next time."

If you know your totals for the three days Bec, you can still add them, and I'll put you on the list :)


message 128: by Renee V (last edited Dec 08, 2024 04:01PM) (new)

Renee V | 238 comments Hi all, not my best reading weekend, plans went out the window but still got some solid hours in.
Friday - Finished The Pumpkin Spice Café pages = 201
started and finished When Among Crows pages = 169
Saturday - started and finished The Paradise Problem pages = 352
Sunday - started and finished So Thirsty pages = 318

Total = 1,040


message 129: by Kerri_M (new)

Kerri_M | 594 comments Final 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

A good weekends reading, although not my highest perhaps


message 130: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Thanks Renee & Kerri!!


message 131: 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

Saturday

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

Saturday total: 346 pages

Sunday

168 pages of British Rail

Grand Total: 755 pages

I think I probably would have read more, but stymied by how insane the shops are and Christmas preparations.


message 132: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Thanks Steve, yes, it's a busy time of year!


message 133: by Kim (new)

Kim (kimborams) | 1576 comments Updated Message 46 with my final total of 811 pages.


message 134: by Leonie (new)

Leonie (leonierogers) | 3568 comments Weekend totals:

Jingo -387 pages
Wind and Truth - 279 pages

For a total of 666 pages from me


message 135: by Tanu (new)

Tanu (tanu_reads) | 66 comments Crikey, I don't know how you all read so fast! Well done :)


message 136: by Anita (new)

Anita | 67 comments Thirteen Steve Cavanagh 357 finished

tricky twenty two janet Evanovich 289 finished

the spy who came from cold john le Carrie 239 finished

the Flood Kristina Ohlsson 150 finished

Witness 8 Steve Cavanagh 117 page
cemetery Road Greg iles 49page

Total 1,201

The Flood (Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht #6) by Kristina Ohlsson Cemetery Road by Greg Iles Witness 8 (Eddie Flynn #8) by Steve Cavanagh Th1rt3en (Eddie Flynn, #4) by Steve Cavanagh Tricky Twenty-Two (Stephanie Plum, #22) by Janet Evanovich The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) by John Le Carré


message 137: by PattyMacDotComma (last edited Dec 08, 2024 04:59PM) (new)

PattyMacDotComma | 3306 comments Started Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 56 pages

Read The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry 224 pages

Started The Black Loch by Peter May 16 pages


TOTAL 296 pages

I completely forgot about the readathon until last night, and I read some children's stuff that won't count. 😢


message 138: by Sarah (last edited Dec 08, 2024 05:29PM) (new)

Sarah | 1544 comments Sorry I'm a little late checking in - I stayed up to midnight reading! I didn't quite manage to match my previous total, but still a good reboot of my month's reading. Thanks Brenda!

Weekend Total:
Read:
Her Last Walk Home by Patricia Gibney: p.227 - end p.449 (222 pages)
Prize Catch by Alan Carter: whole book (312 pages)

Continued:
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston: p.119 - p.297 (178 pages)

Started:
Opal by Patricia Wolf: start - p.139 (139 pages)
Endgame by Sarah Barrie: start - 16% (67 pages)

Weekend Total: 918 pages

Her Last Walk Home (Detective Lottie Parker Book 14) by Patricia Gibney Prize Catch by Alan Carter The Pairing by Casey McQuiston Opal (DS Walker #3) by Patricia Wolf Endgame (Lexi Winter #4) by Sarah Barrie


message 139: by Janelle (new)

Janelle | 637 comments My weekend reading:

Nicholas Nickleby 40p
The Book of Elsewhere 190p
A Question of Belonging: Crónicas 100p
1988 150p

Total: 480p


message 140: by Marianne (new)

Marianne (cloggiedownunder) | 9983 comments So sorry, we've had no internet for over 2 weeks, so I'm using my phone or taking my laptop to the library. Now a kind upstairs neighbour has guven us their wifi password, so I sit in the fire escape on a folding chair with a little table. Forgot thus was even on and haven’t noted pages. Next time....


message 141: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Thank you Kim, Leonie, Anita, Patty, Sarah and Janelle!


message 142: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Marianne wrote: "So sorry, we've had no internet for over 2 weeks, so I'm using my phone or taking my laptop to the library. Now a kind upstairs neighbour has guven us their wifi password, so I sit in the fire esca..."

Never mind Marianne - you've had a lot to think about. Hope you get it back soon! So frustrating for you...


message 143: by Tanu (new)

Tanu (tanu_reads) | 66 comments Oh my goodness Marianne! Hope it all gets sorted soon.


message 144: by Trish (new)

Trish (trishr) | 1109 comments Adding my totals..sorry for being a little late.

SUNDAY
Finished Killer on the Fens 87 pages
Continued When God was a Rabbit 112 pages
Started The Sleeping and the Dead by Ann Cleeves 42 pages

Total 241 pages

WEEKEND
Friday 305 pages
Saturday 363 pages
Sunday 241 pages

TOTAL 909 pages


message 145: by #Teresa (new)

#Teresa | 332 comments My weekend totals:

A Little Christmas Hope 170p (finished)
The Gilded Shroud 145p
Creation in Death 90p

Total: 405pages


message 146: by Jane (new)

Jane | 755 comments Final tally:
Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - started for 70 pages
A Taint in the Blood by Dana Stabenow started for 143 pages

Week-end grand total - 1,130 pages


message 147: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Thanks Trish and Teresa!


message 148: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Jane wrote: "Final tally:
Creation in Death by J.D. Robb - started for 70 pages
A Taint in the Blood by Dana Stabenow started for 143 pages

Week-e..."


Thanks Jane! Great total :)


message 149: by Tracey Allen (new)

Tracey Allen at Carpe Librum (carpelibrum) | 862 comments Apologies for the late check in, I read 254 pages of Panic by Catherine Jinks and 37 pages of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong for a readathon total of 291 pages


message 150: by Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen (new)

Brenda | 80111 comments Mod
Thanks Tracey!


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