All About Books discussion

From Monday 23rd March 2026 at 12.01 am (in your local time zone), you start keeping track of how many pages you read until Sunday 29th March 2026 at 11.59 pm. However, you can start the readathon at any time during these seven days—make it as flexible as you can.

In the March 2026 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 about having fun doing what you would normally be doing anyway.

Once the March 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 by 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 on Goodreads for your total. Calculate by percentage to work out your page number read.
*** For audio listeners, check 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—daily or full month’s tally—on the thread.

My spot:

Monday 23rd:
Wuthering Heights 232 pages (finished book)
Who Was Jane Austen? Sorting Fact from Fiction 110 pages (finished book)

Tuesday 24th:
It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health 112 pages

Wednesday 25th:
It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health 272 pages (finished book)

Thursday 26th:
Rise and Fall of the Borgias 160 pages (finished book)
Sex, Love, and Marriage from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment 168 pages (finished book)

Friday 27th:
Women Who Made Science History 167 pages (finished book)
I Am. I Can. I Will: Silence your inner critic; wake up your inner coach; reclaim your confidence and power 55 pages

Saturday 28th:
0 pages

Sunday 29th:
I Am. I Can. I Will: Silence your inner critic; wake up your inner coach; reclaim your confidence and power 151 pages (fnishied book)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 46 pages

Week's Total: 1,473 pages

936 pages so far.

I'm in.

Mar 23: 42 pages
The Book of Air - 42 pages

Mar 24: 112 pages
The Book of Air - 74 pages (finished)
Twisted Twenty-Six - 38 pages

Mar 25: 22 pages
The Hole - 22 pages (started)

Mar 26: 123 pages
Twisted Twenty-Six - 63 pages
North Woods - 60 pages (started)

Mar 27: 89 pages
North Woods - 57 pages (pg 117)
The Hole - 32 pages

Mar 28: 62 pages
Twisted Twenty-Six - 62 pages

Mar 29: 148 pages
The Hole - 36 pages
North Woods - 112 pages

Total pages read: 598

Currently Reading:


Finished:

I’m in.
Monday 3/23: 133 p.
Holy Bible (2 Sam. Psalms, Mark): 24 p.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: 21 p.
Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith Sullivan: 88 p

Tuesday 3/24: 108 p.
Holy Bible (2 Sam. Psalms, Mark): 18 p.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: 36 p.
Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith Sullivan: 54 p

Wednesday 3/25: 110 p.
Holy Bible (1 Kings. Psalms, Mark): 22 p.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: 34 p.
Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith Sullivan: 54 p

Thursday 3/26: 56 p.
Holy Bible (1 Kings. Psalms, Mark): 6 p.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: 0 p.
Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith Sullivan: 50 p

Friday 3/27: 115 p
Holy Bible (1 Kings. Psalms, Mark): 19 p.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: 32 p.
Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith Sullivan: 64 p

Saturday 3/28: 84 p
Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith Sullivan: 84 p

Sunday 3/29: 116 p
Holy Bible (1 Kings. Psalms, Mark): 22 p.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann, 8 p.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe: 30 p.
Good Night, Mr. Wodehouse by Faith Sullivan: 56 p finished

TOTAL PAGES: 722 P.

Hi Everyone, I missed February’s readathon thanks to breaking my leg and having surgery on it. Now I have no excuse for not contributing to this month’s readathon.

Monday - 323 pages
The House of Wolf 100 pages
Small Gods 8 pages (p289)Project Hail Mary
The Hour of the Wolf 50 pages (p137)
I Was a Stranger 78 pages
The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis 17 pages (p133)
A Brief History of the End of the F*cking World18 pages (p61)
Perelandra 32 pages
Project Hail Mary 20 pages

Tuesday -187 pages
Perelandra 17 pages
I Was a Stranger 8 pages
The House of Wolf 50 pages
Project Hail Mary 112 pages


Wednesday -193 pages
The Other Bennet Sister 40 pages (378)
The Hour of the Wolf 40 pages (finished book)
I Was a Stranger 28 pages (114)
The House of Wolf60 pages
Slightly Foxed various articles : 25 pages

Thursday -214 pages
Project Hail Mary 155 pages (267)
I Was a Stranger 22 pages (136)
Once Upon Another Time: Ventures Behind the Iron Curtain by Jessica Douglas-Home 37 pages

Friday - 120 pages
Once Upon Another Time: Ventures Behind the Iron Curtain by Jessica Douglas-Home 7 pages (44)
I Was a Stranger 42 pages (178)
Project Hail Mary11 pages (278)
The House of Wolf60 pages

Saturday and Sunday 206 pages
Fifty Animals that Changed the Course of History 4 pages
The Princess and Curdie 30 pages
The Other Bennet Sister 10 pages
The House of Wolf finished book 70 pages
I Was a Stranger finished book 50 pages
Surrounded by Idiots 12 pages
The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain 30 pages

Total Pages - 1243 pages

I'm in!

Monday 23rd:
The Fix by Mia Sheridan - 186pp (to end);
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes - 42pp;
= 228 pages;
Tuesday 24th:
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes - 205pp;
= 205 pages;
Wednesday 25th:
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes - 282pp;
= 282 pages;
Thursday 26th:
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes - 176pp (to end);
Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden - 131pp;
= 307 pages;
Friday 27th:
Want to Know a Secret? by Freida McFadden - 266pp (to end);
The Legacy Of Old Gran Parks by Isobel Blackthorn - 70pp;
= 336 pages;
Saturday 28th:
The Legacy Of Old Gran Parks by Isobel Blackthorn - 214pp;
= 214 pages;
Sunday 29th:
The Legacy Of Old Gran Parks by Isobel Blackthorn - 32pp (to end);
Tipping Point by Dinuka McKenzie - 138pp;
= 170 pages.

Readathon total: 1742 pages (7 days)

Completed books (4):

Emilio Jona Quattro donne pag 82
Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility pag 265
Leonardo San Pietro Festa con casuario pag 29
Erica Cassano Duramadre pag 365
Nicoletta Nuzzo Molteplice pag 56
Tot pag 797

Tweedledum wrote: "Hi Everyone, I missed February’s readathon thanks to breaking my leg and having surgery on it. Now I have no excuse for not contributing to this month’s readathon.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Th..."

I'm really sorry to hear that. I do hope it's healing well.

I'm in!

Monday 23rd:
Broken Country 13 pages
Rules of Civility 39 pages

Tuesday 24th:
Broken Country 35 pages

Wednesday 25th:
Broken Country 24 pages
Rules of Civility 44 pages

Thursday 26th:
Rules of Civility 13 pages

Friday 27th:

Saturday 28th:
Broken Country 56 pages

Sunday 29th:
Rules of Civility 30 pages

Running total: 254 pages

Completed books:

This is my spot 😊

M 23: 394
Deeper Than the Dead, 392
Simple Abundance, 2

T 24: 402
Closer Than You Know, 314
The Night We Met, 87
Simple Abundance, 1

W 25: 344
The Night We Met, 312
Secrets You Can't Keep, 30
Simple Abundance, 2

Th 26: 288
Secrets You Can't Keep, 285
Simple Abundance, 3

F 27: 286
Painting Watercolour Trees the Easy Way, 132
Simple Abundance, 2
A Million Times, Yes, 152

S 28: 152
Simple Abundance, 2
A Million Times, Yes, 125
The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook: Patterns, Projects and Inspirations, 25

Su 29: 43
Simple Abundance, 2
The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook: Patterns, Projects and Inspirations, 11
The Urban Sketcher: Techniques for Seeing and Drawing on Location, 30

Total: 1,909

Books completed:


See you all next time!

I'm in😊

In Her Defense by Philippa Malicka 352 pgs
Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell - 404 pgs
Kin by Tayari Jones - 368 pgs
Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser - 352 pgs
Getting Naked: The Quiet Work of Becoming Perfectly Imperfect by Valerie Bertinelli - 240 pgs
It's Not Her by Mary Kubica - 102 pgs

Total: 1818 pgs

Alannah wrote: "Tweedledum wrote: "Hi Everyone, I missed February’s readathon thanks to breaking my leg and having surgery on it. Now I have no excuse for not contributing to this month’s readathon.

Monday

Tues..."

Thanks, hopping about well.

Yay Reading! Thanks for hosting Alannah! And oh my gosh, poor Tweedledum with their poor broken leg! Hope you make a full recovery!

My reading has been a bit chaotic lately. I'm currently into two books and one magazine, and normally I like everything to be ... linear! *laughs* You know? One thing after another! But I guess that's how things are right now.

Mon 23 Mar... Scientific American magazine, Mar 2026.
Pages 47 to 72 == 25 pages

Tues 24 Mar... Scientific American magazine, March 2026.
Pages 72 to 84 == 12 pages
+
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
Pages 89 to 107 == 18 pages

Wed 25 Mar... Scientific American magazine, April 2026
Pages 0 to 25 == 25 pages

Thur 26 Mar... The Book of Form and Emptiness
to page 148 == 41 pages


Fri 27 Mar... The Book of Form and Emptiness
to page 177 == 29 pages


Sat 28 Mar... I did not read today because...

No Kings 3 Protest!!! WOO! What a great time, very fun, good to hang out with my people!! ♥♥♥!


Sun 29 Mar ... Scientific American magazine April 2026
to page 41 == 16 pages


Running Total == 166 pages as of SUNDAY

Count me in!

Monday 23rd: People We Meet on Vacation 76p

Tuesday 24th: People We Meet on Vacation 118p and a FINISH! 🎉
The Return of Ellie Black 27p

Wednesday 25th: The Return of Ellie Black 45p
The Talented Mr. Ripley 44p

Thursday 26th: The Return of Ellie Black 24p
The Talented Mr. Ripley 36p

Friday 27th: 🙁

Saturday 28th: The Return of Ellie Black 45p
The Talented Mr. Ripley 50p

Sunday 29th: The Talented Mr. Ripley 42p

TOTAL: 507 pages

Hello!

Monday 23rd:
Buckeye 51 pg
The Ghostwriter 13 pg

Tuesday 24th:
finished Buckeye 134 pg
started The Astral Library 66 pg

Wednesday 25th:
The Astral Library 24 pg

Thursday 26th:
The Astral Library 21 pg

Friday 27th:
The Astral Library 33 pg

Saturday 28th:
The Ghostwriter 16 pg

Sunday 29th: none

TOTAL: 358 pages

Here again!

Mon 3/23: 23 pages
She Fell Away by Lenore Nash 23 pages

Tues 3/24: 33 pages
She Fell Away by Lenore Nash 33 pages

Wed 3/25: 7 pages
She Fell Away by Lenore Nash 7 pages

Thur 3/26: 23 pages
She Fell Away by Lenore Nash 23 pages

Fri 3/27: 20 pages
She Fell Away by Lenore Nash 20 pages

Sat 3/28: 10 pages
She Fell Away by Lenore Nash

Sun 3/29: 5 pages
She Fell Away by Lenore Nash

Total: 254 pages

Books:

Paper Cut by Rachel Taff
The Confessions by Paul Bradley Carr

I’m in!

Monday: 0 pages :(
Tuesday: 35 pages - Vanity Fair
Wednesday - 48p Vanity Fair
Thursday: 13p Vanity Fair
Friday: 14p Vanity Fair
Saturday: 65p Vanity Fair
Sunday: 18p Vanity Fair

I am In. This is my spot:

Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
Saturday:
Sunday:

Total:

I'm in!

Circle of Days (had already started before Readathon)

Washington Square

Good Omens


Mon 3/23: Circle of Days 125p

Tues 3/24: Circle of Days 90p.

Wed 3/25: Circle of Days 87p.

Thur 3/26: Circle of Days 200p

Fri 3/27: Circle of Days 200p

Sat 3/28: Good Omens 100p.

Sun 3/29 Washington Square 240p

Total pages:.742

Books Finished:

Lauri’s Spot!
AAB March a Readathon
March 23 - 29, 2026
Target: 700 pages

Mon 3/23: 93 pages

Tues 3/24: 79

Wed 3/25: 60

Thurs 3/26: 57

Fri 3/27: 120

Sat 3/28: 192

Sun 3/29: 116

Total pages read: 717

Books used:



Books finished:

I'm in

Monday 23rd:
15 pages Leer Lolita en Teherán by Azar Nafisi

Thursday 26th:
33 pages Leer Lolita en Teherán by Azar Nafisi

Friday 27th:
88 pages Leer Lolita en Teherán by Azar Nafisi

Saturday 28th:
87 pages Leer Lolita en Teherán by Azar Nafisi

Sunday 29th:
43 pages Leer Lolita en Teherán by Azar Nafisi

Total: 266

Leer Lolita en Teherán by Azar Nafisi

My spot 🦩

Monday: 241 pages
Taming 7 113 pages
Anxious People 128 pages

Tuesday: 160 pages
Taming 7 32 pages [finished]
Anxious People 24 pages [finished]
Anne of Green Gables 58 pages [finished]
All the Colours of the Dark 46 pages

Wednesday: 372 pages
The Bookseller of Inverness 52 pages
Das Lied des Propheten 320 pages

Thursday: 154 pages
The Bookseller of Inverness 13 pages
All the Colours of the Dark 49 pages
Matriarch: A Memoir 22 pages
Ich, die ich Männer nicht kannte 70 pages

Friday: 350 pages
Matriarch: A Memoir 58 pages
Ich, die ich Männer nicht kannte 122 pages
North Woods 100 pages
The Bookseller of Inverness 20 pages
Flugangst 7A 50 pages

Saturday: 301 pages
Matriarch: A Memoir 90 pages
Ich, die ich Männer nicht kannte 32 pages [finished]
North Woods 50 pages
Flugangst 7A 129 pages

Sunday: 276 pages
Matriarch: A Memoir 43 pages
Flugangst 7A 193 pages [finished]
Der Profiler: Ein Spezialist für ungeklärte Morde berichtet (True Crime) 40 pages

TOTAL: 1.854 pages


finished

416 pages

I'm in!

Monday - The Library of the Unwritten - 169 pages
Tuesday - The Library of the Unwritten - 73 pages
Anna Karenina - 13 pages
Wednesday - The Library of the Unwritten - 58 pages
Anna Karenina - 9 pages
The Great Gatsby - 30 pages
Thursday - The Library of the Unwritten - 58 pages
Anna Karenina - 10 pages
Friday - The Library of the Unwritten - 27 pages
Anna Karenina - 18 pages
Gray After Dark - 52 pages
Saturday - Anna Karenina - 38 pages
Gray After Dark - 74 pages
Sunday - Anna Karenina - 24 pages
Gray After Dark - 247 pages

Total Page Count: 1,000 pages

Updated Message 7 with my final total of 1742 pages.

Thank you to everyone who took part in this year’s Readathon. Your enthusiasm, commitment, and love of reading have made this event a real success. It’s been wonderful to see so many members getting involved, sharing their progress, and supporting one another throughout the month.

I’ll allow a few more days for everyone to submit their final updates so we can gather the full totals and celebrate the achievements properly. Once all the numbers are in, I’ll share a final roundup highlighting our collective progress.

Thank you again for your fantastic participation, your effort truly makes this event special.

Updated - late!!! - my post (n. 8) with my total number of pages of 797!

Updated post #25 with 1000 pages (sorry it is late)!

Thank you to those who have updated their page totals so far. I will give a couple of more days just in case and hope to tally up by the end of the weekend.

Thank you all for taking part. I'm pleased to announce the final total for the March Readathon is 17,738 pages!

Well done, everyone!

Well done!

👏

The next readathon will take place from Monday 20th April until Sunday 26th April

I look forward to seeing you all there.

Can’t wait.