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message 1: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14815 comments Mod
From Friday 25 September 2020 at 12.01 am (in your local time zone) you start keeping track of how many pages you read until Sunday 27th September 2020 at 11.59 pm. In the September 2020 Read-a-thon thread you will post your progress, telling everyone what you're reading and how many pages. Then all readers' totals will be tallied throughout the week to reach the goal of 10,000 pages. This is a relaxed read-a-thon; it doesn't matter if you read 20 pages or 100, it also doesn't matter if we reach our goal, it's just having fun doing what you would normally be doing anyway:) Once the Read-a-thon thread is posted, make sure to put your name on the thread if you would like to be included. If you simply stumble onto the thread, then please, join in!

*An easy way to keep track is using the Currently Reading feature on Goodreads, entering your page number at the end of each day. **For those who read by eReader, take the page number which shows for paperback/hardcover here on Goodreads for your total. Calculate by percentage to work out your page number read.

***For audio listeners, check out how many pages the book has on Goodreads, then divide that number by how many CDs or hours it is to give you an idea of pages per time. Don't forget to post your totals of daily or full weekend tally on the thread

I don't have a list of participants post anymore, so consider yourself signed up as soon as you comment in this thread.


message 2: by Alannah (last edited Sep 30, 2020 04:38AM) (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14815 comments Mod
I'm in

Friday:
Love Frankie by Jacqueline Wilson 156 pages (finished book)

Saturday:
The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade by Edgar Allan Poe: 33 pages (finished book)
Haircut by Ring Lardner 32 pages (finished book)
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin 8 pages
American Royals by Katharine McGee 376 pages

Sunday:
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin 60 pages
American Royals by Katharine McGee 134 pages
Shielded by KayLynn Flanders 147 pages

Total: 946 pages


message 3: by Kelly (last edited Sep 28, 2020 04:56AM) (new)

Kelly (marquis784) | 402 comments I’m in!

Friday: Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker 159 pages
Saturday: Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker 81 pages
Sunday: Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker 10 pages

Total: 250 pages


message 4: by Erica (last edited Sep 28, 2020 02:18AM) (new)


message 5: by Eva (last edited Sep 28, 2020 07:57AM) (new)

Eva (pinpilinpausa9) | 81 comments I'm in!

Friday:
17 pages Bruja Akata by Nnedi Okorafor
Saturday:
15 pages Bruja Akata by Nnedi Okorafor
11 pages Los pazos de Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazán
Sunday:
70 pages Bruja Akata by Nnedi Okorafor


Total: only 113

Bruja Akata (Akata Witch, #1) by Nnedi Okorafor Los pazos de Ulloa by Emilia Pardo Bazán


message 6: by Dilek (last edited Sep 28, 2020 03:34PM) (new)

Dilek | 63 comments I’m in!

Friday: 40 pgs
Saturday: 80 pgs
Sunday: 140 pgs

Total: 260 pages

Books: Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood Snow by John Banville



message 7: by ✨EJ✨ (last edited Sep 28, 2020 01:34PM) (new)

✨EJ✨ (hiya-ejb) | 107 comments Count me in!

Friday: Lost Among the Living, 245
Saturday: The Sexy One, 188
Sunday: Days of Blood & Starlight, 149

Total: 582


message 8: by Pam (last edited Sep 28, 2020 09:01AM) (new)

Pam Baddeley | 1538 comments Me too

Friday: 60 pages
Saturday: 16 pages (finished book) plus 112 of next = 128
Sunday: 188 pages

Total: 376


message 9: by Petra (last edited Sep 27, 2020 11:04PM) (new)

Petra | 3327 comments Count me in....

Friday: 73 pages
Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders (audio; 85 minutes at 1.5 speed) - 49 pages
Little Dorrit - 24 pages

Saturday: 41 pages
Little Dorrit - 33 pages
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai - 8 pages

Sunday: 71 pages
Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders (audio; 83 minutes at 1.5 speed) - 48 pages
The Colony: The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai - 23 pages

Death Sentence The Inside Story of the John List Murders by Joe Sharkey Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens The Colony The Harrowing True Story of the Exiles of Molokai by John Tayman

Total: 185 pages


message 10: by Kathleen (last edited Sep 28, 2020 05:50AM) (new)

Kathleen | 401 comments Oh boy!

Friday: The Sea by John Banville - 78 pgs
Saturday: Close Range by Annie Proulx - 80 pgs
Sunday:
Close Range - 16 pgs
Orlando by Virginia Woolf - 93 pgs
Sun Total - 109 pgs

The Sea by John Banville Close Range by Annie Proulx Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Weekend Total: 267 pgs


message 11: by Katherine (last edited Sep 28, 2020 09:55AM) (new)

Katherine | 152 comments I'm in!

Friday: 118
Saturday: 132
Sunday: 390

Total: 640

The Paris Hours by Alex George One by One by Ruth Ware Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #5) by Chris Grabenstein The Coast-to-Coast Murders by James Patterson


message 12: by Tawallah (last edited Sep 29, 2020 01:23PM) (new)

Tawallah | 189 comments September
Friday
Americanah- 35 pages
Heart of Darkness- 26 pages

Saturday
Americanah- 129 pages
Heart of Darkness- 21 pages

Sunday
Heart of Darkness- 27 pages
Americanah- 164 pages

Total pages: 402 pages


message 13: by Kathy McC (last edited Sep 28, 2020 02:31AM) (new)

Kathy McC | 142 comments I am in!

Friday: Finished The Jane Austen Society: 86 pgs., Started Monogamy: 33 pgs.

Saturday: Finished Monogamy: 304 pgs., Started Anxious People: 37 pgs.

Sunday: Started The Authenticity Project:42 pgs., Read Anxious People: 38 pgs.

TOTAL: 540 pgs.


message 14: by Karin (last edited Oct 01, 2020 05:57PM) (new)

Karin I am in and ideally will post my pages (I was remiss last month)

Friday: 240 + 192 = 432

Saturday: 176 + 20 = 196

Sunday: 223 +43 = 266

Total: 894

Books completed:

If Someone Says "You Complete Me," Run! Whoopi's Big Book of Relationships by Whoopi Goldberg Girling Up How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular by Mayim Bialik Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) by Jean Craighead George Always Been There Rosanne Cash, the List, and the Spirit of Southern Music by Michael Streissguth


message 15: by Ellen (last edited Sep 27, 2020 05:59PM) (new)

Ellen Marcolongo I’m in!

Friday: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead :306 pages
Saturday: The Woman's Hour The Great Fight to Win the Vote by Elaine F. Weiss : 708 pages
Sunday: The Book of Eels Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World by Patrik Svensson : 131 pages

Total: 1145 pages


message 16: by Ana (last edited Sep 28, 2020 10:53AM) (new)

Ana Marchildon | 66 comments Count me in!

Friday: The Vanishing Half 83 pages
Saturday: The Shadows 305 pages (Finished)
Sunday: The Vanishing Half 26 pages
Dark August 58 pages

Total: 472 pages


message 17: by Lauri (last edited Sep 27, 2020 09:32PM) (new)

Lauri (otwlauri) | 138 comments Lauri's Spot!
Target: 300 pages

Friday: 84 pages

Saturday: 153 pages

Sunday:

Total Pages Read: 237

Books Used:

Hangman's Root (China Bayles, #3) by Susan Wittig Albert A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) by V.E. Schwab The Grave Gourmet (Capucine Culinary Mystery, #1) by Alexander Campion A Kiss of Shadows (Merry Gentry, #1) by Laurell K. Hamilton Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1) by Amie Kaufman

Books Completed:

Hangman's Root (China Bayles, #3) by Susan Wittig Albert


message 18: by PattyMacDotComma (last edited Sep 27, 2020 04:57PM) (new)

PattyMacDotComma I'll be here!
Friday-Saturday-Sunday
A Dangerous Language by Sulari Gentill - 92 pages

Becoming by Michelle Obama - 46 pages

The Right Side of the Line by Susan Wilkins - 60 pages

Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny - 403 pages

--------------------------------------TOTAL 601 pages


message 19: by Nancy (last edited Sep 27, 2020 08:31PM) (new)

Nancy (nancyhamer) | 284 comments Me too!


Friday: A Column of Fire by Ken Follett - 184 pages

Saturday:A Column of Fire by Ken Follett -185 pages

Sunday: A Column of Fire by Ken Follett - 127 pages

Total: 496 pages


message 20: by LauraT (last edited Sep 29, 2020 02:32AM) (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14405 comments Mod
I'm in!!!
I'm going to Milan this week end, so I don't really know how much I'll be able of reading.
Still, something will be done!!

Back home; not a lot of pages read, but some yes!!!
The Shack pag 294
Gli indifferenti pag 150
Rilla of Ingleside pag 77
Tot pag 521


message 21: by Maria (last edited Sep 27, 2020 03:50PM) (new)

Maria | 91 comments I'm in!

Friday: 58 pages
Dekameronen 28 pages
Le Misanthrope 11 pages
Mellan rött och svart 15 pages
American History: A Very Short Introduction 4 pages

Saturday: 36 pages
Le Misanthrope 11 pages
Beviset 7 pages
Fiksjon og Film 18 pages

Sunday: 84 pages
Mellan rött och svart 18 pages
Fiksjon og Film 62 pages
Njal's Saga 4 pages

Total: 178 pages


message 23: by Ashley (last edited Sep 28, 2020 03:33AM) (new)

Ashley | 17 comments I'm in!

Friday:
Between the World and Me - 100 pages (finished)
The Night Swim - 62 pages

Saturday:
The Night Swim - 290 pages (finished)
I Have Something to Tell You - 256 pages (started and finished)
The Weight of It All - 20 pages

Sunday:
Frankenstein - 50 pages
The Weight of It All - 88 pages
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History - 137 pages

Total - 1,003 pages


message 24: by John of Canada (last edited Sep 29, 2020 01:24PM) (new)

John of Canada (johnofcanada) | 318 comments I'm in!
The Accidental Life:Terry McDonell 30pp
Make Something up:Chuck Palahniuk 34pp
The Daughter of Time:Josephine Tey 206pp
In the Valley:Brian Panowich 50pp

Total 320pp
Thanks Alannah!


message 25: by Tweedledum (last edited Sep 28, 2020 04:17PM) (new)

Tweedledum  (tweedledum) | 2169 comments Hi everyone I’m in

Friday
Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith 250 pages - finished book

The Midnight Library - Matt Haig 50 pages
Friday total : 300 pages

Saturday
The Midnight Library 180 pages
A Ladybird Book About Donald Trump 52 pages

Saturday Total : 232 pages

Sunday
The Midnight Library 105 pages ( finished book)
Rage by Bob Woodward 60pages
Poolside ( short stories) edit by Duncan Bock 10 pages
The Interesting Bits: The History You Might Have Missed 24 pages
The Importance of Being Seven 10 pages

Grand total : 741 pages


message 26: by Debbie (new)

Debbie (phayom) | 8 comments I’m in!

Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:

Total pages:


message 27: by Diana S (new)

Diana S | 116 comments Im in

Friday
Saturday
Sunday


message 28: by Gavin (last edited Sep 29, 2020 12:48AM) (new)

Gavin (thewalkingdude) | 305 comments I'm in

Friday: Roots: The Saga of an American Family 208 pages (finished)
Saturday: Adulthood Rites 123 pages
Sunday: Adulthood Rites 268 pages finished)
Wolf & Parchment: New Theory Spice & Wolf, Vol. 4 34 pages

Total: 633 pages


message 29: by Rift (last edited Sep 26, 2020 07:08PM) (new)

Rift Vegan (riftvegan) | 53 comments oop! Here I am! Thanks for hosting, Alannah!

Friday -- 65 pages
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby
hmm, good writing, but rather depressing. She's joking about terrible things, but I'm too empathic and all I see is the terrible things. sighs.

Saturday -- 30 pages
Of the same Samantha Irby book... it's getting better. She's joking about normal life now... disposing of her dads ashes, boyfriend breakups and friends having kids. I did actually laugh a couple times!

Sunday --


We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. by Samantha Irby


message 30: by Elli (last edited Sep 27, 2020 10:41AM) (new)

Elli | 0 comments I'm in!
Total: 919 pages

Friday: 346 pages
Wildfire 346 pages

Saturday: 214 pages
Wildfire 54 pages (finished)
Diamond Fire 160 pages (finished)

Sunday: 359 pages
Sapphire Flames - 359 pages (finished)

Books Finished:
Wildfire (Hidden Legacy, #3) by Ilona Andrews Diamond Fire (Hidden Legacy, #3.5) by Ilona Andrews Sapphire Flames (Hidden Legacy, #4) by Ilona Andrews


message 31: by Kim (last edited Sep 27, 2020 04:18PM) (new)

Kim (kimborams) | 517 comments I'm in - now we can all update our messages!

Friday - Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties by William Rorabaugh - 32 pages; Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez - 139 pages = daily total 171 pages;

Saturday - Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties by William Rorabaugh - 35 pages; Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez - 110 pages = daily total 145 pages;

Sunday - Kennedy and the Promise of the Sixties by William Rorabaugh - 93 pages; Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez - 99 pages = daily total 192 pages;

TOTAL - 171 + 145 + 192 = 508 pages.


message 32: by Connie (last edited Sep 28, 2020 12:12PM) (new)

Connie Anne Kikta | 19 comments I’m in!

Friday: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Pages: 275

Saturday: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Pages: 496

Sunday: The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1) by Robert Cormier
Pages: 67

Total: 838


message 33: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14815 comments Mod
Thank you all for taking part, I will come back at the end of the week and give you all the final total.


message 34: by Lale (last edited Sep 28, 2020 11:25AM) (new)

Lale | 48 comments me too! :)

Friday: 50
Saturday: 100
Sunday: 75

TOTAL: 225 Cadı Tohumu Cadı Tohumu by Margaret Atwood


message 35: by Patty (new)

Patty | 33 comments Sept Readathon
9/25-9/27- Tales of Dharma by Jonathan Michael Erickson 192 pages (finished)
9/27- The Summer Queen by Margaret Pemberton 146 pages (finished)

Total: 338 pages


message 36: by Tweedledum (new)

Tweedledum  (tweedledum) | 2169 comments Updated message 25


message 37: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14815 comments Mod
Thank you to those who have updated so far.


message 38: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14815 comments Mod
Our next readathon will take place from the 23rd to the 25th October. I know the month after that will be Thanksgiving weekend so I may look into alternative dates but I will check with you first.


message 39: by Rhonda (new)

Rhonda Lee Wunder | 351 comments hi, sorry to take my time. The total pages for September are:

942 pages


message 40: by Karin (last edited Oct 01, 2020 05:58PM) (new)

Karin Total, 894 pages in message 14. Late, I know--I thought I missed it, but I wasn't able to get to GR for a few days :)


message 41: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14815 comments Mod
Sorry, I didn't get on yesterday. Doing the final number now.


message 42: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14815 comments Mod
Our final tally is 16,767

Well done everyone!


message 43: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14405 comments Mod
Great sum!!!!!


message 44: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14815 comments Mod
I have created a poll to get some interest in possibly extending October's readathon.

The link is here: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...


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