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It's time to mark our calendars for our first quarterly read-a-thon for 2024. It will take place Friday 1st March at 12.01am and continue until Sunday 3rd March at 11.59pm in your local time zone - 3 full days :)

We read 25,505 pages last quarterly read-a-thon, so for our March/Autumn readathon we'll aim for 28,000 pages.

Don't forget our Challenge Guidelines here

Please post your interest here in this thread up until we begin the challenge - when the weekend is over the page numbers read will be tallied :)

If possible, check in at least once a day, more often if you want. Our cut off time for you to add your final totals with a NEW POST will be Monday 4th AEST :)

Participants


Amanda
Anita
Ashleigh
Brenda
Carolyn
Catsalive
Damo
Em_Jay
Genevieve
Helen
Jane
Janelle
Jazzy
Jenny
JP
Kerri M
Kim
Krystal
Leonie
Lorraine
Mari
Marianne
Niamh
Odette
Phrynne
Renee V
Sarah
Sharon
Steve
#Teresa
Tracey Allen
Tr1sha
Valerie
Veronica

I'm in!

Gosh that’s come around quick :)

Count me in 😊

I’m in 🤩

Is it really three months since the last one? Wow!!
I'm in for sure!

I’m in!

Me too:):):)

Count me in :)

I'm in too :)

Please count me in!

count me in!

Glad you're all joining us everyone! And yes, the last 3 months have flown by!!

Yay Autumn makes me happy - I'm in please!

I'll join!

Once Upon a Read-a-thon
Quarterly Read-a-thon Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd March 2024

Friday 1/3/24
✅ Cannery Row (1945) - John Steinbeck
pp 0 - 224 / 224 = 224
1/3/24 5★
✅ Flowers for Algernon (1966) - Daniel Keyes
pp 0 - 324 / 324 = 324
1/3/24 5★
✅ Soul Mountain (1990) - Gao Xingjian
pp 111 - 510 / 510 = 399
1/3/24 3★
Cats Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends (2005) - Lesley O'Mara
pp. 0 - 25 / 284
Muffins and Mourning Tea (2016) - H.Y. Hanna
pp. 27 - 110 / 344 = 83

224 + 324 + 399 + 25 + 83 = 1055
Friday Total : 1055

Saturday 2/3/24
✅ Dog Dogs (1998) - P.G. Wodehouse
pp. 0 - 512 / 512 = 512
2/3/24 5★
✅ The Island of the Thirty Coffins (1919) - Maurice Leblanc
pp. 0 - 300 / 300 = 300
2/3/24 5★
Cats Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends (2005) - Lesley O'Mara
pp. 25 - 50 / 284 = 25
Muffins and Mourning Tea (2016) - H.Y. Hanna
pp. 110 - 137 / 344 = 27
Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal (2005) - David Owen
pp. 0 - 66 / 240 = 66
My Wonderful World Of Slapstick (1960) - Buster Keaton
pp. 0 - 59 / 328 = 59
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1964) - Hannah Green
pp. 0 - 41 /269 = 41

512 + 300 + 25 + 27 +66 + 59 + 41 = 1055
Saturday Total = 1030
2 day Total = 2085

Sunday 3/3/24
✅ I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1964) - Hannah Green
pp. 41 - 269 /269 = 228 3/3/24 4★
✅ Tasmanian Devil: A Unique and Threatened Animal (2005) - David Owen
pp. 66 - 240 / 240 = 174 3/3/24 5★
Cats Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Our Feline Friends (2005) - Lesley O'Mara
pp. 50 - 80 / 284 = 30
My Wonderful World Of Slapstick (1960) - Buster Keaton
pp. 59 - 177 / 328 = 118
Muffins and Mourning Tea (2016) - H.Y. Hanna
pp. 137 - 141 / 344 = 4
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228 + 174 + 30 + 118 + 4 = 554
Sunday Total = 554
Readathon Total = 2639

yes will join

I’ll be there! My summary:

Friday
Heresy, S.J. Parris, 3/1/24, 3*
200 pages, finished

Saturday
Murder At the Lighthouse, Frances Evesham, 3/2/24, 4*
168 pages, finished

Sunday
Twopenny Rainbows, Anna Jacobs
166 pages

My total: 534 pages (posted at message #138)

I am in :)

I'm in.

Me too, please!


Friday 01/03: 339 pages
Saturday 02/03: 299 pages
Sunday 03/03: 295 pages

Running total: 933 pages

Books:

Count me in, please! I'm time poor again (Halloumi Festival and my first ever DnD adventure) but I'll still do my best!

Welcome everyone! You're on the list :)

Count me in, please!

On the list Odette :)

And me too!

And me!

Great you're joining us Leonie and Janelle - you're on the list :)

Count me in please, I'll read when I can around work, my friend's wedding rehearsal and hen's day :)

I'm in for this one!

Friday 1st March:
The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith - 329pp (to end);
= 329 pages;
Saturday 2nd March:
Horse by Geraldine Brooks - 238pp;
= 238 pages;
Sunday 3rd March:
Horse by Geraldine Brooks - 162pp (to end);
Stay Awake by Megan Goldin - 110pp;
= 272 pages

Readathon total: 839 pages

Completed books (2):-

I'm in too!

Wow, this was nowhere near my radar, came around fast. Count me in please

Welcome Niamh, Kim, Steve and Kerri - you're on the list!

and me

You're on the list Marianne :)

Yep, in

Yay! Damo!

Hi All, I'd like to join in too!

Welcome Tracey, you're on the list!

I'm in

You're on the list Amanda :)

Please add me to the list too

Count me in please 😊

Friday 1st March: n/a
Saturday 2nd March: 155p
Sunday 3rd March: 43p

Running total: 198p

Books Read: 1
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

Welcome Genevieve and Ashleigh :) You're both on the list.

Oh, Brenda! This has come exactly when I need it - to finish overdue February books and get a running start on March / Autumn. Count me in!

Glad to help Sarah ;) You're on the list!

Do you all have your first book ready??? Less than three hours to starting time 🙂

I am pumped for this readathon 🤩.

Friday Starting Pages -

Amari and The Great Game by B.B. Alston - page 281
A Fire at the Exhibition by T.E. Kinsey - new
The Tea Ladies by Amanda Hampson - new

Hope everyone has a great readathon.

Great books Mari! Have fun:)
I am starting with Random in Death. I have been saving it for this challenge.

I am continuing on with Marrying the Nanny Dani Collins

Starting this morning at page 278

Have fun

I am continuing with The Shell House Detectives by Emylia Hall. I started at page 193 this morning.

Then perhaps
Broken Bay by Margaret Hickey or
Paradise by Patricia Wolf
Also have an e-audio copy of:
The Crimson Thread by Kate Forsyth

It is forecasted to reach 32 degrees celsius here, so will have my feet up reading this afternoon. In the meantime am heading of for an appointment.

Enjoy your reading!