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message 1: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14746 comments Mod
From Friday 23 April 2021 at 12.01 am (in your local time zone) you start keeping track of how many pages you read until Sunday 26 April 2021 at 11.59 pm. However, you can start the readathon at any time during these ten day, make it as flexible as you can. In the April 2021 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 April 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.


message 2: by Kat (last edited Apr 25, 2021 02:29PM) (new)

Kat (kat_falkenroth) | 587 comments I'm in!

Friday: 124p
The Three Musketeers 42p
War Hawk 82p

Saturday: 335p
The Three Musketeers 46p
War Hawk 269p | finished
Walden 20p

Sunday: 84p
The Three Musketeers 84p finished

TOTAL: 543 pages


message 3: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14746 comments Mod
Kat wrote: "I'm in!"

That was quick, I haven't messaged the link out.


message 4: by Alannah (last edited Apr 26, 2021 03:20AM) (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14746 comments Mod
I'm in.


The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle 228 pages
They Went Left by Monica Hesse 274 pages

Overall Total: 502 pages


message 5: by Kat (new)

Kat (kat_falkenroth) | 587 comments Alannah wrote: "Kat wrote: "I'm in!"

That was quick, I haven't messaged the link out."


Got an eMail 😁


message 6: by Kat (last edited Apr 25, 2021 04:07PM) (new)

Kat (bookworm2017) TBR: Outside Looking In (DCI Matilda Darke, #2) by Michael Wood

Fri - 22 pages
Sat- 55 pages
Sun - 70 pages

Total 147 pages


message 7: by Sam (last edited Apr 25, 2021 06:11AM) (new)

Sam (aramsamsam) | 94 comments What I'm reading:
Stadt der goldenen Schatten (Otherland, #1) by Tad Williams

Status at the beginning of the readathon:
Americanah: 398/618 pages
City of Golden Shadow: 470/918 pages

My progress:
Americanah: 618/618 pages
City of Golden Shadow: 500/918 pages

Total: 250 pages

Books finished:
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


message 8: by Elli (last edited Apr 25, 2021 07:49AM) (new)

Elli | 0 comments Total Pages: 887

23 April, Friday: 142 pages
The One: 133 pages
The Midnight Library: 9 pages

24 April, Saturday: 521 pages
The One: 283 pages (Finished)
The Midnight Library: 47 pages (DNF)
The Unmarriageable Man: A Novel: 191 pages (Finished)

25 April, Sunday: 224 pages
The Kingdom: 224 pages (Finished)

The One by John Marrs The Midnight Library by Matt Haig The Unmarriageable Man A Novel by Ashok Ferrey The Kingdom by Fuminori Nakamura


message 9: by Teri-K (last edited Apr 26, 2021 05:46AM) (new)

Teri-K Ready to go!

Total Pages: 826

Friday: 261 pp
The Best American Travel Writing 2020 78 pp
Moon Called finished 183 pp

Saturday: 225 pp
The Big Book of Female Detectives 22 pp
Bath Tangle 81
Iron Kissed 112

Sunday: 349
Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot finished 326 pp
Iron Kissed 23 pp


The Best American Travel Writing 2020 by Jason Wilson Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs The Big Book of Female Detectives by Otto Penzler Bath Tangle by Georgette Heyer Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson, #3) by Patricia Briggs Sorcery & Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Cecelia and Kate, #1) by Patricia C. Wrede


message 10: by Maria (last edited Apr 25, 2021 02:58PM) (new)

Maria | 91 comments I'm in!

Beloved (finished) 148 pages
Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale (finished) 140 pages
The Waiter's Wife (Zadie Smith) 12 pages
Literary theory 15 pages
The Importance of Being Earnest (complete) 44 pages
Notre-Dame du Nil 39 pages
Dom Quixote de la Mancha 56 pages
Harry Potter e il prigioniero di Azkaban 13 pages

Total: 467 pages


message 11: by Kathleen (last edited Apr 26, 2021 07:21AM) (new)

Kathleen | 401 comments I love an excuse to read!

The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo by Peter Orner How Does a Poem Mean? by John Ciardi Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud

Friday:
Illuminations - 53 pgs
How Does a Poem Mean? - 21 pgs
Total: 74 pgs

Saturday:
Illuminations - 58 pgs
How Does a Poem Mean? - 40 pgs
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo - 72 pgs
Total: 170 pgs

Sunday:
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo - 91 pgs

Weekend Total: 335 pgs

Finished:
The Second Coming of Mavala Shikongo by Peter Orner Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud


message 12: by Eva (last edited Apr 26, 2021 04:19AM) (new)

Eva (pinpilinpausa9) | 81 comments I'm in! This time I've read only a few pages. I recommend this book, it's great!

Sunday: 30 pages El olvido que seremos by Héctor Abad Faciolince

Total : 30 pages

El olvido que seremos by Héctor Abad Faciolince


message 13: by Steve (last edited Apr 26, 2021 08:02AM) (new)

Steve Bigler | 448 comments I'm in!

Friday: Bible (Isaiah)- 10 pages,
The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas by Umberto Eco- 18 pages
Saturday: Bible (Isaiah)- 10 pages,
The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas by Umberto Eco- 40 pages
Sunday: Bible (Isaiah)- 15 pages,
The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas by Umberto Eco- 68 pages
The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas by Umberto Eco
The New English Bible, the Apocrypha, Oxford University Press, 1970 by Oxford University Press
TOTAL PAGES: 161 pages


message 14: by ✨EJ✨ (last edited Apr 26, 2021 09:33AM) (new)

✨EJ✨ (hiya-ejb) | 106 comments Me too!

Friday: 516 pages
Beautiful Secret, 416
Love Unexpected, 100

Saturday: 270 pages
Love Unexpected, 220
The Split, 50

Sunday: 187 pages
Joy of Zentangle: Drawing Your Way to Increased Creativity, Focus, and Well-Being, 144
The Three Muskateers, 43

Total: 973

Books finished:
Beautiful Secret (Beautiful Bastard, #4) by Christina Lauren Love Unexpected by Louise Bay Joy of Zentangle Drawing Your Way to Increased Creativity, Focus, and Well-Being by Suzanne McNeill

Always fun to see how many pages I read. See you all next time!


message 15: by Ashley (last edited Apr 25, 2021 05:31AM) (new)

Ashley | 17 comments I'm in. I'm also doing Dewey's, so I'll be reading a ton on Saturday.

Friday:
In the Woods - 50 pages

Saturday:
In the Woods - 258 pages
Anna Karenina - 24 pages
Mapping the Interior - 131 pages
Cool for the Summer - 31 pages

Sunday:

Total:


message 16: by LauraT (last edited Apr 26, 2021 08:33AM) (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14377 comments Mod
Here I am!

The Shadow King The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste pag 87
Il giardino dei cosacchi Il giardino dei cosacchi by Jan Brokken pag 150
Outline Outline by Rachel Cusk pag 192
Girl, Woman, Other Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo pag 133
Il caso Bramard Il caso Bramard by Davide Longo pag 256
Tot 818


message 17: by Hannah (last edited Apr 26, 2021 07:36AM) (new)

Hannah (hannahgsteele) | 331 comments I'm in!

Friday: 26 pages in Bride of the Sea by Eman Quotah
Saturday: 277 pages in Bride of the Sea by Eman Quotah (finished)
Sunday: 0 pages

Total: 303 pages


message 18: by Petra (last edited Apr 25, 2021 09:44PM) (new)

Petra | 3325 comments I'm in.

Friday: 123 pages
Ilsa (94 pages) - Finished book
Dombey and Son (29 pages)

Saturday: 95 pages
The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers (11 pages) - Started book
The Cancer Code (audio; 84 pages)

Sunday: 65 pages
The Cancer Code (audio; 37 pages) - Finished book
Dombey and Son (28 pages)


Total: 283 pages

Ilsa by Madeleine L'Engle Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens The Seven Sins of Memory How the Mind Forgets and Remembers by Daniel L. Schacter The Cancer Code by Jason Fung


message 19: by Katherine (last edited Apr 25, 2021 05:25PM) (new)

Katherine | 151 comments I'm in!

Friday: 76
Saturday: 123
Sunday: 167

Total: 366


The Arctic Fury by Greer Macallister Northern Spy by Flynn Berry The Girl Who Lived by Christopher Greyson The Postscript Murders (Harbinder Kaur #2) by Elly Griffiths


message 20: by Josen (new)

Josen (josens) | 110 comments I'm hoping to get some good reading in 😊

Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:

Total:


message 21: by John of Canada (last edited Apr 26, 2021 06:16PM) (new)

John of Canada (johnofcanada) | 318 comments I have my books ready to go! Thanks Alannah.
Rebus:Long Shadows:Ian Rankin/Rona Munro 128pp
Coat of Many Colors: Dolly Parton 32pp
Belichik and Brady:Michael Holley 287pp
Bring Me Some Apples and I'll Make You a Pie:Robbin Gourley 48pp
A Cask of Amontillado;Edgar Allen Poe 20pp
Queens Gambit:Walter Tevis 50pp
Total 565


message 22: by Ana (last edited Apr 26, 2021 12:56PM) (new)

Ana Marchildon | 66 comments I'm in!

Friday: The Push 160 pgs
Saturday: The Push 64 pgs
Sunday: The Push 67 pgs Finished!!
Missing Parts 52 pgs

Total: 343 pgs


message 23: by Karin (last edited Apr 26, 2021 02:01PM) (new)

Karin Count me in!

Friday: 215

Saturday: 240

Sunday: 284

Total: 739

Books Finished: The Last Pearl Fisher of Scotland by Julia Stuart Daylight (Atlee Pine, #3) by David Baldacci


message 24: by Dilek (last edited Apr 26, 2021 10:09AM) (new)

Dilek | 63 comments I'm in, too!

Fri: 184 pages - Hotel Silence
Sat: 104 pages - Siyavuş’un Ölümü
Sun: 114 pages - Siyavuş’un Ölümü

Total: 402 pages


message 25: by Tawallah (last edited Apr 26, 2021 04:24PM) (new)

Tawallah | 189 comments I'm in.

Aim: 1200 pages

Friday
No reading done

Saturday
The Broken Girls - 257 pages
The Lost Man- 50 pages

Sunday
Men of the Bible- 119 pages
The Lost Man- 194 pages

Total pages: 620 pages


message 26: by Connie (last edited Apr 25, 2021 06:30PM) (new)

Connie Anne Kikta | 19 comments I'm in!!!

4/23 Friday: Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21) by C.J. Box Pages: 150
4/24 Saturday: A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1) by Darynda Jones Pages: 127
4/25 Sunday: A Bad Day for Sunshine (Sunshine Vicram, #1) by Darynda Jones Pages: 273

Total: 550


message 27: by Lauri (last edited Apr 27, 2021 01:56AM) (new)

Lauri (otwlauri) | 138 comments Lauri's Spot!
AAB April R-a-T
Target: 400 pages

Friday 4/23: 92 pages

Saturday 4/24: 117 pages

Sunday 4/25: 175 pages

Total pages read: 384

Books used:

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides Sarong Party Girls by Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs (Jane Jameson, #1) by Molly Harper The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa


Books completed:


message 28: by Kathy McC (last edited Apr 26, 2021 06:07PM) (new)

Kathy McC | 141 comments Looking forward to it!

Friday: Started A Natural Woman: A Memoir, 88 pgs., Started The Friendship List, 24 pgs.

Saturday: A Natural Woman, 103 pgs., Started The Dictionary of Lost Words, 35 pgs.

Sunday: A Natural Woman , 33 pgs., Dictionary of Lost Words , 127 pgs.

TOTAL: 410 pgs.


message 29: by Jim (last edited Apr 24, 2021 01:08AM) (new)

Jim Townsend | 238 comments I am also in.

Friday 4/23/2021: Dance Night (1930) by Dawn Powell (1895-1965). 78 pages (pages 126-204 of 204). Though the individual novel listed on Goodreads has 256 pages, I'm reading a 1,068-page Library of America (www.loa.org) omnibus of her work, Novels, 1930-1942: Dance Night / Come Back to Sorrento / Turn, Magic Wheel / Angels on Toast / A Time to Be Born, of which Dance Night comprises pages 1-204. I also started Come Back to Sorrento, reading 3 pages. Total 81 pages.
Saturday 4/24/2021:
Sunday 4/25/2021:


message 30: by Kathy (last edited Apr 26, 2021 05:57AM) (new)

Kathy Hale (kahale) | 153 comments I am in

Friday 4/23/2021: Something Wicked This Way Comes Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town, #2) by Ray Bradbury pages:134
Saturday 4/24/2021: The Ravens of Blackwater The Ravens of Blackwater (Domesday, #2) by Edward Marston 35 p.
Sunday 4/25/2021: The Ravens of Blackwater (Domesday, #2) by Edward Marston 20p Miracle Creek by Angie Kim Miracle Creek 30p

total: 228
Book finished: Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town, #2) by Ray Bradbury


message 31: by Nichole (last edited Apr 25, 2021 08:49PM) (new)

Nichole | 554 comments I'm in.

Friday: A Game of Cones (An Ice Cream Parlor Mystery Book 2) by Abby Collette A Game of Cones - 20 pages

Saturday: A Game of Cones - 139 pages (finished book)

Sunday: Suck It Up, Buttercup (First Fangs Club, #2) by Kristen Painter Suck It Up, Buttercup by Kristen Painter - 22 pages

Total: 181 pages


message 32: by Kelly (last edited Apr 26, 2021 02:58AM) (new)

Kelly (marquis784) | 401 comments I’m always in!

Friday: 100 pages
A Million Reasons Why by Jessica Strawser 100 pages

Saturday: 51 pages
A Million Reasons Why by Jessica Strawser 40 pages
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly 11 pages

Sunday: 118 pages
A Million Reasons Why by Jessica Strawser 50 pages ( book finished)
Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly 68 pages

Total: 269 pages


message 33: by Pam (last edited Apr 25, 2021 12:47PM) (new)

Pam Baddeley | 1531 comments I'm in:

Friday: 59 pages

Saturday: 56 pages

Sunday: 98 pages

Total: 213 pages


message 34: by Tweedledum (last edited Apr 25, 2021 08:09PM) (new)

Tweedledum  (tweedledum) | 2168 comments Hi everyone, managed to miss March but in for April!

Friday
The Day of the Triffids - an oldie but a goldie , 40 pages (finished book)
A Study in Scarlet 156 pages
Tell No One by Harlan Coben 152 pages.
The Royal Baths Murder by J.R. Ellis 30 pages
It's Not About the Burqa 15 pages

Friday total : 393 pages

Saturday
Tell No One 184 pages ( finished book)
My Garden World: The Natural Year byMontagu Don 20 pages
The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps 20 pages
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life by David Mitchell 75 pages
Down To Earth by Montagu Don 50 pages ( yes that is 2 Monty Don books I’m alternating today but this one is on audio so the perfect gardening listen. )
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century 30 pages
Mangled English by Gervase Phinn 14 pages

Total 393 pages


Sunday
The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century 23 pages
Thinking About It Only Makes It Worse: And Other Lessons from Modern Life 40 pages (finished book)
Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell 37 pages
A Life in Nature: Or How to Catch a Mole by Marc Hamer46 pages
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier 230 pages

Total 376 pages

Grand total
1162 pages


message 35: by Cindy (last edited Apr 28, 2021 07:22PM) (new)

Cindy Newton | 82 comments I'm in!

Total number of pages: 276 pages


message 36: by Rift (last edited Apr 26, 2021 08:18AM) (new)

Rift Vegan (riftvegan) | 53 comments Yay Reading! Thank you for hosting, Alannah!

Friday: 20pgs + 31pgs = 51 pages

The Power of Daily Practice: How Creative and Performing Artists (and Everyone Else) Can Finally Meet Their Goals by Eric Maisel
I already have several daily practices in place! But, I am trying to add a couple more. Like it would be nice to be able to do book reviews, I used to be pretty good about getting my read books onto GoodReads, but it's been spotty for the last few years.


The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
Good lord. This book is edge of your seat all the way thru!! Love it!

Saturday: 32 pages

*** And I got my first covid vaccination today!! Yipee!!!

Sunday: 40pgs + 16pgs = 56 pages

TOTAL == 139 pages

The Power of Daily Practice How Creative and Performing Artists (and Everyone Else) Can Finally Meet Their Goals by Eric Maisel The Relentless Moon (Lady Astronaut Universe #3) by Mary Robinette Kowal


message 37: by Lale (last edited Apr 24, 2021 09:58AM) (new)

Lale | 48 comments I'm in :)

Fri: 30 pgs
Sat: 75 pgs
Sessizlik Oteli , Sessizlik Oteli by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Sun:


message 38: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14746 comments Mod
Thank you all for taking part in the readathon, as always I will keep checking back throughout the week and will add the final total on Friday/Saturday.


message 39: by Teri-K (last edited Apr 26, 2021 05:47AM) (new)

Teri-K I just got my last numbers posted today. Message #9.


message 40: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14377 comments Mod
Updated my post (n. 16) with my total: 818


message 41: by John of Canada (new)

John of Canada (johnofcanada) | 318 comments Thanks again Alannah!


message 42: by Karin (new)

Karin I posted my numbers, not all my titles :) but I did include the two books I finished over the weekend.


message 43: by Cindy (new)

Cindy Newton | 82 comments Just updated my post - #35. Sorry I'm late!


message 44: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14746 comments Mod
I'm just tallying up the final total now, thanks for waiting :)


message 45: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14746 comments Mod
I'm pleased to tell you all that the final total for the April 2021 readathon is 13,007 pages. Well Done everyone. =)


message 46: by LauraT (new)

LauraT (laurata) | 14377 comments Mod
Great job all of us!!!!


message 47: by Petra (new)

Petra | 3325 comments Nice reading, everyone! That's a good total.


message 48: by John of Canada (new)

John of Canada (johnofcanada) | 318 comments We rule! Thanks again Alannah.


message 49: by Tweedledum (new)

Tweedledum  (tweedledum) | 2168 comments Great total. Well done everyone .


message 50: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14746 comments Mod
The next readathon will take place from the 28th May to the 30th.
I will of course send out the email closer to the time.


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