Aussie Readers discussion

It's time to mark your calendars for our next quarterly read-a-thon! It will take place Friday September 23rd at 12.01am and continue until Sunday September 25th at 11.59pm in your local time zone - 3 full days :)

As our last Read-a-thon far exceeded our challenge of 20,000 pages, reaching over 36,000 pages, we'll make our GOAL - 36,000 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 12noon Monday 26th AEST:)

Bring it on!

Count me in

I'm in

Pop me down :)

Brenda wrote: "It's time to mark your calendars for our next quarterly read-a-thon! It will take place Friday September 23rd at 12.01am and continue until Sunday September 25th at 11.59pm in your local time zone ..."

Count me in again it was fun last time :)

Have Fun
Helen

I'm in too. Guess what? I'm going to be at Cobar with the family.. No internet access etc, limited electricity etc etc. I'm going on the proviso that I can take unlimited books. The only thing will be posting results. I'll text you as I go Brenda, if I get coverage (usually have to stand on a hill to make calls). Will be a fun process I'd say ;)

Woohoo! Good to see more participants again!

I'm in. I'll be on holidays but am sure I will get some reading done, every little bit helps :)

That's fine if you want to text me with your totals Suzanne :) Have a wonderful time!

And yes Talha any book you like so long as it fits the guidelines :)

I am in, not sure how much reading I will be able to get done but sounds like just the thing I need to push me through to finish off a couple of challenges.

Every little bit helps but yes, use it as that push if you need it Michelle - the read-a-thon will benefit as well as you ;)

Bring on!

Count me in ... i do love a good read-a-thon :D

Talha wrote: "Oh thanks Brenda. Most of books I will read will be in Urdu so maybe I won't find them enlisted (yet) on Goodreads. Will it be ok for group?"

As long as you can give us a final page count for the 3 days read at the end that will be fine :)

Im in :)

Count me in!

I'm in - I read weekends anyway so might as well count my pages :)

I think you can apply that to everyone here!

I will be away visiting people, so I won't have much reading time between hanging out and driving.

Brenda wrote: "It's time to mark your calendars for our next quarterly read-a-thon! It will take place Friday September 23rd at 12.01am and continue until Sunday September 25th at 11.59pm in your local time zone ..."

I'm in but might not produce much - think we'll have visitors.

Incidentally, for this kind of challenge, where we count pages rather than books, could the rules be relaxed to include published novellas and short stories? Might broaden some interest in other forms of literature.

But I understand if it's too much trouble.

I am in :)

I'm in :)

Yes, I'll join in.

Ditto about the short stories and novellas - can't understand what the issue is.

Yes definitely me, since I won't be watching footy :(

I'm in of course:)

Count me in please!

I'd like to- can you read from two different books?

Sounds good :-)

I can do two days

I've got a couple of things on that weekend but will definitely squeeze some reading in somewhere!

Mack wrote: "I'd like to- can you read from two different books?"

You can read as many books as you like Mack! Some people read 3 or 4 over the time period :)

Connie wrote: "I can do two days"

It's 3 full days Connie so if you can only do two that's excellent :)

Sounds like it is time to remind everyone of our rules:

**All books must be at least 125 pages long

**Re-reads are allowed (unless otherwise stated)

**If books are written by more than one author you can use either of the authors in challenges

**Short story collections and anthologies are allowed but only if you read the entire book and they meet the page limit requirement of 125

Unless they are specifically asked for as part of any challenge we will NOT accept:

**Children's books - unless they have YA or Middle Grade designator on main page
**Fan fiction
**Manga, Comic Books, Newspapers, Magazines and Graphic Novels
**Cookbooks



For those of you who say short stories should be counted - look at the rules - short stories are allowed - but read the whole book.

We moderators didn't come up with the idea of rules to be difficult. These rules were decided on so that there is conformity across the board. Many other groups have the same rules so we are not an aberration.

We also received a few complaints about various reading techniques - so to be fair we decided to see what other groups were doing in their challenges and adapting some of them to suit ourselves.

Trust me - we are very laid-back compaired to some draconian rules.

In the end it is your choice. We are up front about the fact we have them. We mention them when we announce every challenge. They should not come as a surprise. If you have problems with following a few not very difficult rules - and it upsets you to be asked to conform then then you can withdraw from the challenge.

We really hope you don't because it is suppose to be fun.

I'm in, life and distractions permitting :p

I'm loving the number of people already in!!

I'm in!

Count me in. I'm on a free intro month for Kindle Unlimited so have access to unlimited books and have found a great British series with 21 titles. (No I don't think I can get thru them all for the challenge).

I'll do up our list of participants soon :)

21 books in 3 days ... Now that would be a challenge lol

Brenda wrote: "I'm loving the number of people already in!!"

As one of the mods, your army is awaiting that pep talk to surpass those 36 000 pages!

Irene wrote: "Count me in. I'm on a free intro month for Kindle Unlimited so have access to unlimited books and have found a great British series with 21 titles. (No I don't think I can get thru them all for the..."

Lovely Irene :) Lucky you!

Elias wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I'm loving the number of people already in!!"

As one of the mods, your army is awaiting that pep talk to surpass those 36 000 pages!"

No pep talk Elias :) Just read, read, read ;)

Irene wrote: "Count me in. I'm on a free intro month for Kindle Unlimited so have access to unlimited books and have found a great British series with 21 titles. (No I don't think I can get thru them all for the..."

What is the series? After our Australian authors, I love British ones :)

Brenda wrote: "It's time to mark your calendars for our next quarterly read-a-thon! It will take place Friday September 23rd at 12.01am and continue until Sunday September 25th at 11.59pm in your local time zone ..."

Sounds great - school hols so will be kicking back !!

Brenda wrote: "Elias wrote: "Brenda wrote: "I'm loving the number of people already in!!"

As one of the mods, your army is awaiting that pep talk to surpass those 36 000 pages!"

No pep talk Elias :) Just read, ..."

I'll take that! :)

Kathy wrote: "Brenda wrote: "It's time to mark your calendars for our next quarterly read-a-thon! It will take place Friday September 23rd at 12.01am and continue until Sunday September 25th at 11.59pm in your l..."

Oh goodness - so it will be! Definitely a good time to relax ;)

I'm in.

I'm in :)

I'm in as well!