All About Books discussion

From Monday 20th October 2025 at 12.01 am (in your local time zone) you start keeping track of how many pages you read until Sunday 26th October 2025 at 11.59 pm. However, you can start the readathon at any time during this week, make it as flexible as you can.

In the October 2025 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 October Read-a-thon thread is posted/unlocked, 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 week's tally on the thread.

My spot:

Monday:
The Future 130 pages

Tuesday:
The Future 285 pages (finished book)

Wednesday:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 24 pages
The Postcard 172 pages

Thursday:
The 19 Club 7 pages (finished book)
The Postcard 292 pages (finished book)

Friday:
North Woods 197 pages

Saturday:
0 pages

Sunday:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 42 pages
North Woods 175 pages (finished book)

Total: 1,324 pages

My spot 🐸

Monday 20th: pages 151 pages
House of Earth and Blood 127 pages
The Criminal Mind 24 pages

Tuesday 21st: pages 187 pages
House of Earth and Blood 83 pages
Views 104 pages

Wednesday 22nd: pages 280 pages
House of Earth and Blood 33 pages
Views 169 pages
The Criminal Mind 78 pages

Thursday 23rd: pages 297 pages
House of Earth and Blood 41 pages
The Criminal Mind 50 pages
Hold Strong 122 pages
A Court of Frost and Starlight 84 pages

Friday 24th: pages 472 pages
The Criminal Mind 38 pages
Hold Strong 239 pages
A Court of Frost and Starlight 145 pages
The Atlas Six 50 pages

Saturday 25th: pages 366 pages
The Criminal Mind 51 pages
Hold Strong 194 pages
The Atlas Six 88 pages
The Code 33 pages

Sunday 26th: pages 202 pages
The Atlas Six 202 pages

TOTAL: 1.955 pages

finished:

my spot ✨

I'm in!

Mon, Oct 20: 36 pages
Thriving: 1920–1939 - 36 pages

Tues, Oct 21: 75 pages
Thriving: 1920–1939 - 43 pages
A Second Chance - 32 pages

Wed, Oct 22: 38 pages
Thriving: 1920–1939 - 38 pages

Thurs, Oct 23: 61 pages
A Second Chance - 36 pages
Thriving: 1920–1939 - 25 pages

Fri, Oct 24: 36 pages
Thriving: 1920–1939 - 36 pages

Sat, Oct 25: 15 pages
Thriving: 1920–1939 - 15 pages

Sun, Oct 26: 57 pages
A Second Chance - 34 pages
Thriving: 1920–1939 - 23 pages

Total pages read: 318 pages

Currently Reading:

I will join this one!

War and Peace 318 pages
Faust 434 pages
Our Oriental Heritage 55 pages
Glimpses into the Long Ago 16 pages

Total Pages: 823 pages

I’m in 👍

Monday
A Classical Education 36 pages
Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages10 pages (36)
Roaring Girls: Eye-opening true stories and biographies about some of the most inspiring women in British history, the forgotten feminists 20 pages (72)

Tuesday
How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals 50 pages
Treasures of the Natural History Museum: Pocket edition 10 pages
Westport 200 pages (finished book)
The House of Wolf Tony Robinson100 pages

Wednesday and Thursday
How to Speak Whale: The Power and Wonder of Listening to Animals 30 pages (finished book)
100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide8 pages
The House of Wolf50 pages
Treasures of the Natural History Museum: Pocket edition 6 pages
Roaring Girls: The Forgotten Feminists of British History31 pages (103)
Beard Theology: A holy history of hairy faces 6 pages
Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths 20 pages


Friday and Saturday
The House of Wolf 30 pages
The Pied Piper of Hamelin 50 pages
A Classical Education 18 pages (54)
Treasures of the Natural History Museum: Pocket edition 30 pages
100 One-Night Reads: A Book Lover's Guide 6 pages (14)
Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths 12 pages

Sunday
Rare Tongues: The Secret Stories of Hidden Languages 10 pages 46)
Treasures of the Natural History Museum: Pocket edition 12 pages
A Classical Education 10 pages (64)
Devil’s Breath 45 pages
Precipice 20 pages
Michael Palin in Venezuela: The incredible new book from the bestselling author and Britain's best-loved travel writer 20 pages


Grand total : 912 pages

Books used :

My spot 😊

M 20: 125
The War of Two Queens, 125

T 21: 187
The War of Two Queens, 187

W 22: 99
Love & Other Killers, 61
The War of Two Queens, 30
Winter's End, 8

Th 23: 312
The War of Two Queens, 312

F 24: 206
Snoopy: Boogie Down!, 176
Winter's End, 30

S 25: 83
Winter's End, 83

Su 26: 215
Winter's End, 215

Total: 1,227

Books completed:


See you all next time!

My spot 🐈‍⬛

My spot!
Monday 10/20:
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin- 52 p.

Tuesday 10/21:
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin- 72 p.

Wednesday 10/22:
Mary Reilly by Valerie Martin- 25 p. finished
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James- 57 p.

Thursday 10/23:
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James- 34 p.
Hudson Taylor by J. Hudson Taylor- 17 p.

Friday 10/24:
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James- 62 p. finished
Hudson Taylor by J. Hudson Taylor- 21 p.

Saturday 10/25:
Hudson Taylor by J. Hudson Taylor- 15 p.
Molecular Pathology: A Primer for Laboratory Scientists- 11 p.

Saturday 10/25:
Hudson Taylor by J. Hudson Taylor- 15 p.
Molecular Pathology: A Primer for Laboratory Scientists- 11 p.

Sunday 10/26:
Molecular Pathology: A Primer for Laboratory Scientists- 22 p.
The Purloined Letter- 48 p.

TOTAL PAGES: 502

I'm in

My spot

I'm in!

Monday 20th:
Karma Never Loses an Address by K.J. McGillick - 162pp (to end);
Cut to the Bone by Roz Watkins - 161pp;
= 323 pages;
Tuesday 21st:
Cut to the Bone by Roz Watkins - 247pp (to end);
= 247 pages;
Wednesday 22nd:
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse - 264pp;
= 264 pages;
Thursday 23rd:
The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse - 123pp (to end);
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates - 130pp;
= 253 pages;
Friday 24th:
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates - 145pp;
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears - 102pp;
= 247 pages;
Saturday 25th:
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates - 143pp;
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears - 74pp;
= 217 pages;
Sunday 26th:
Fox by Joyce Carol Oates - 221pp (to end);
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears - 20pp;
= 241 pages.

Readathon total: 1792 pages (7 days)

Books completed (4):

I'm in.

Mon: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 40 pages
The Bewitching 95 pages
Lights Out 122 pages
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre Pickman's Model- 11 pages In the Vault -7 pages
Total: 275 pages

Tues: The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires 119 pages (finished)
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre The Silver Key - 10 pages

Wed: 😒

Thurs: Lights Out 45 pages (finished)
Out There Screaming 17 pages
Total - 62
Fri: The Dead Romantics 150 pages

Sat/Sun The Dead Romantics 218 pages (finished)
The Bewitching 100 pages
Total: 318

Readathon total - 934 pages.

I'm here!

Total:1463

117pgs
132pgs
133pgs
420pgs
397pgs
224
40pgs

I'm in:)

The Survivor Wants to Die at the End by Adam Silvera - 720 pgs
The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoini - 448 pgs
The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers - 55 pgs
Witness 8 by Steve Cavanaugh - 154 pgs
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt - 220 pgs

TOTAL: 1597 pgs

Lauri’s Spot!
AAB Readathon
October 20 - 26, 2025
Target: 1000 pages

Mon 10/20: 97

Tues 10/21: 97

Wed 10/22: 98

Thurs 10/23: 73

Fri 10/24:

Sat 10/25:

Sun 10/26:

Total pages read: 292

Books used:



Books finished:

Kristi's pages
October 20 - 26, 2025

Mon 10/20:
The Secret Hours by Mick Herron, 79 pages (finished)
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson, 42 pages

Tues 10/21:
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson, 24 pages
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz, 100 pages (started)

Wed 10/22:
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson, 54 pages
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz, 48 pages

Thurs 10/23:
Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson, 20 pages (finished)
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz, 105 pages
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, 84 pages (started)

Fri 10/24:
Marble Hall Murders by Anthony Horowitz, 80 pages
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, 30 pages

Sat 10/25:
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, 63 pages

Sun 10/26:
The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, 15 pages

Total pages read: 744

I'm in!

I'm getting started!

I've finally changed my work and I'm in a bit of a complex time. I had not seen this. But, even if not as much as I could, I'll be reading some!
Here I am therefore

Diana Gabaldon  Dragonfly in Amber 33
Arnold Zable Scraps of Heaven 38
Mazo de la Roche Whiteoak Heritage 195
M.C. Beaton Down the Hatch 240




Tot pag 473

I'm in!
Never Let Me Go

Handa's Surprise: Read and Share

Mon. 10/20 30p.

Tues. 10/21 35p.

Wed 10/22: 25p.

Thurs 10/23: 36p

Fri 10/24: 35p.

Sat 10/25: 37p.

Sun 10/26: 35p.

Total pages Read: 232p.

Books Finished:

October

Mon 10/20: Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace 53 pages
Tues 10/21: Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace 100 pages
Wed 10/22: Holiday Ever After by Hannah Grace 67 pages (finished)
Thur 10/23: Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje 12 pages
Fri 10/24: Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje 109 pages
Sat 10/25: Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje 215 pages (finished)
Sun 10/26: Let's Make a Scene by Laura Wood 7 pages
Christmas People by Iva-Marie Palmer 9 pages

Total: 571 pages

Updated Message 13 with my final total of 1792 pages.

I can’t figure out how to edit my comment.

I read 1,069 pages this week

Kathleen wrote: "I can’t figure out how to edit my comment.

I read 1,069 pages this week"

That's no problem Kathleen, as long as you share the final total. I don't mind how you share it.

Kathleen wrote: "I can’t figure out how to edit my comment.

I read 1,069 pages this week"

Under your original post there is a link titled "edit" after "reply". The page might scroll down to the next entry. You'll have to scroll up to see the scripts where you entered information before.

Mon 10/20 - Wed 10/22: Strangers in Time - 435
Thu 10/23 - Sun 10/26: My Dark Vanessa - 373

Total: 808

Thank you all for taking part, I will give you all a couple more of days to update your totals and announce the final number shortly.

Finally I've had time to re-enter goodreads!
Updated my post with the total of Tot 473

Thank you for taking part, the final total is 17,036 pages.

Well done everyone!

The November Readathon will take place from the 23rd November-29th.

We did great! That's a wonderful total!

See you at next month's readathon.