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Kenjii wrote: "Well u know u can chat vent or rant on this thread if need be BG =D.!"Thanks Kenjii.
Kenjii wrote: "Well u know u can chat vent or rant on this thread if need be BG =D.WTG Jane, wow!"
Thanks Kenjii. I'm making the most of being off work until the end of August LOL
New Challenge name: "Authored Addiction": # of pages: 2200: Start date: July 29th 2009: End date: August 31st 2009: Reward 3 new and 2 used books! Previous Page Count = 1370
192 pgs - Untamed Billionaire Undressed Virgin - Anna Cleary - 11/08/09
Total Page count = 1562
You're just over 3/4th of the way there right now. You go girl!! I can't read fiction right now. Most mysteries revolve around a murder. Not happy enough to read a romance. What little I have read has all been cooking magazines or cookbooks.
Jane: Have fun with these challenges. Winners pick the next challenge and they can be as long/short as you want and the reward can be want you choose. I love it! I actually haven't bought a book since the end of July. I know. It's like been 2 weeks but for a book addict its progress. BG: Baby steps, soon you'll be back in challenges in no time.
New Challenge name: "Authored Addiction": # of pages: 2200: Start date: July 29th 2009: End date: August 31st 2009: Reward 3 new and 2 used books! Previous Page Count = 1562
11pgs - The Alibi - Isaac Asimov - 11/08/09
14pgs - Whatever happened to Crocodile Jarvis - Justin D'Arth - 11/08/09
Total Page count = 1587
New Challenge name: "Authored Addiction": # of pages: 2200: Start date: July 29th 2009: End date: August 31st 2009: Reward 3 new and 2 used books!Previous Total: 750
371 pp.: An Accidental Woman by Barbara Delinsky ****1/2
Total: 1121
New Challenge name: "Authored Addiction": # of pages: 2200: Start date: July 29th 2009: End date: August 31st 2009: Reward 3 new and 2 used books! Previous Page Count = 1587
306 pgs - Chocolat - Joanne Harris - 13/08/09
Total Page count = 1893
New Challenge name: "Authored Addiction": # of pages: 2200: Start date: July 29th 2009: End date: August 31st 2009: Reward 3 new and 2 used books! prev. 1304
finished:
p/c(page count) 352 Edge Of Hunger *** 8-14-09
total: 1656
New Challenge name: "Authored Addiction": # of pages: 2200: Start date: July 29th 2009: End date: August 31st 2009: Reward 3 new and 2 used books! prev. 1656
p/c 714 Don't Ask, Don't Tell **stars (e-book)
Total: 2370 DONE!!!!
Winner of Authored Addiction (finished 8-14) MENew Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.
Kenjii wrote: "New Challenge name: "Authored Addiction": # of pages: 2200: Start date: July 29th 2009: End date: August 31st 2009: Reward 3 new and 2 used books! Total: 2370 DONE!!!!
Congratulations, Kenjii!
Thanks guys my eyes balls are going to hate me but I spent most the day reading =D.
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.prev. 0
finished:
-208 (prev. count, post 198) p/c 134 Red-Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells ***stars
Total: 134
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.256 pp.: MacKenzie's Pleasure by Linda Howard ***1/2
Total Pages = 256
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.Book Credit: 3 new, 2 used
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finished
p/c 250 Dark Whispers ***stars (e-book)
Total: 384
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.288 pgs - Snowbound - Janice Kay Johnson - 14/08/09
96 pgs - Genni's Dilemma - Margaret Way - 15/08/09
Total = 384
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.350 pp.: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak *****
Total Pages = 606
and BJ pulls out in front :)
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.Book Credit: 2 new, 2 used
Bought: Broken Vows, Blood Hustler 8-19-09
Finished:
p/c 17 Just Desserts (unfin. but really don't see myself going finishing, lol) *star
Total:401
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.Prev Total - 384
436 pgs - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke - 19/08/09
96 pgs - Genni's Dilemma - Margaret Way - 20/08/09
304 pgs - Cold Service - Robert B. Parker - 21/08/09
Total - 1220
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books. 3 days left!!! Who will it be? =D
I'm not going to read 530 pages in the next 3 days lol
It's going to be interesting to see what BJ and Kenjii come up with !
If nobody hits the target number of pages by the date of the challenge, I think whoever is in the lead wins. So that's you Jane. ;) Unless someone goes on a reading spree. (Won't be me)
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.336 pp.: Wolf at the Door by Christine Warren ***1/2
Added to:
256 pp.: MacKenzie's Pleasure by Linda Howard ***1/2
350 pp.: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak *****
Total Pages = 942
Jane, which did you like more: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder story or the recipes in it?!
Even I'm rooting for Jane on this one, hehe!New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.
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Book Credit 2 new, 1 used
Bought: Broken Vows, Blood Hustler (new) Odd Hours (used)
finished:
p/c 168 Broken Vows, Blood Hustler (to be reviewed)
Total: 569
I am too Kenjii. I came close once but havn't won one yet. (I havn't finished anything other than a booklet on Grief lately, so certainly not going to win this one. lol)
Aww BG well just keep posting and letting us know your there. You'll be back in the game before you know it I am sure.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder :Well I'm not sure really lol.
I think the recipes are awesome and wish I could try some out but on a strict regime at the moment hehe !
Quite enjoyed the book though and I believe they get better. I have the Strawberry Shortcake Murder in my TBR pile but not sure when I'll get around to it.
Thanks Kenjii and BG ! I am almost halfway through Airframe at the moment but that book is only 473 pages in total so it won't give me 1750. I also noticed that BJ Rose updated her list today and she's up to 942 so it's going to be close lol.
You go girl! heheMe here, I'm just reading a bit here or there but havn't finished them yet. When stuck somewhere (like a waiting room) I've been reading small stories in What Would MacGyver Do? True Stories of Improvised Genius in Everyday Life. At home I'm plowing my way through a cookbook...Grandma's Wartime Kitchen - World War II and the Way We Cooked. I'm copying recipes out as I go. [Force of habit. lol I own the book so don't have to copy them out but I am. I handwrite recipes I like (usually from library cookbooks) into 5x7 inch spiral notebooks.:]
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books. prev. 569
finished:
p/c 26 Fireworks ****stars
p/c 18 I'll be hot for Christmas ****stars
Both By Evangeline Anderson
Total: 613
New Challenge: Pure Reading/Start 8-14 : Pages: 1750 : By: 8-24-09 : Reward: 4 used books.Prev Total - 1220
473 pgs - Airframe - Michael Crichton - 23/08/09
Total - 1693
Really enjoyed my reread of Airframe by Michael Crichton. Certainly made me happier about air travel ! !
so so close Jane!! hehe Can you find something with just 57 pages in it?
By tomorrow? lol
Briansgirl wrote: "so so close Jane!! hehe Can you find something with just 57 pages in it?
By tomorrow? lol"
Jane, you're safe from me - I'll probably finish one tonight, but it's only 225 pages. I've been gardening and canning.
I haven't been able to stick with one book all the way through, but I am enjoying my reading =D. WTG Jane and I rooting u to the finish =D. Only a few hours to go but I think its fair to congratulate the winner!
I agree Kenjii. Congrats Jane!!
Thanks everyone ! I did actually read 100 pages of my current book before midnight(in bed so didn't update it here) so I did in actual fact read 1793 pages before 24/08/09.100 pgs - Now and Then (not finished) - Robert B. Parker - 23/08/09
So I need to post the next challenge right ?
New Challenge: Getting ready for Fall/Start 08/24/09 : Read 2500 pages: By: 9/21/09 : Reward: 2 new books or 4 used books.Hope this is a fair challenge ! Kenjii let me know if I need to change it.
Jane: Its fair =D. Whatever u come up with is fine with me. If someone thinks it not fair, don't play *evil laugh*. J/K. Its all good. NEW CHALLENGE BEGINS. PAGE COUNT ZERO. UNFINISHED BOOKS HAVE TO BE COUNTED AT THE END. NEW BOOKS CAN BE COUNTED PARTIALLY. QUESTIONS? PLEASE ASK CHALLENGE MOD: KENJII. THANK CHALLENGE HOST JANE FOR OUR FUN CHALLENGE
New Challenge: Getting ready for Fall/Start 08/24/09 : Read 2500 pages: By: 9/21/09 : Reward: 2 new books or 4 used books.(remaining) 204 pgs - Now and then - Robert B Parker - 24/08/09
Total = 204
Jane wrote: "Thanks everyone ! I did actually read 100 pages of my current book before midnight(in bed so didn't update it here) so I did in actual fact read 1793 pages before 24/08/09."Congratulations, Jane - and you already have a head start on the new challenge!
I did finish the book I was reading for Kenjii's challenge last night, so can't count any of that for this challenge. I could post my measly 31 pp. read so far in my current read, but... naw!
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finished:
p/c 519 Stranger by Megan Hart
Total: 1304