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Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 336 pages
Debbie = 462 pages
Dee = 669 pages
Melissa = 1603 pages
Christine = 2029 pages
BJ Rose = 2740 pages

Yikes!! That's always scary!

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
1053/4500
Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
In Progress
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%)
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Black Rose - Nora Roberts

Yikes!! That's always scary!"
Tell me about it. I was driving 75mph in the right lane of a busy interstate in a front-wheel drive van when my driver's side front tire exploded. I was lucky to be able to get the van pulled over and stopped without incurring an accident and gotten myself or my 6 yr old son hurt. We were on the way to the airport to pickup my fiance. It was also scary changing a tire 3 feet from Semi's blowing past. In fact my fold-n-stow scissors jack that came with the van I had to throw away afterwards as it bent and the van lurched forward a good inch and a half from the draft from passing semi's. Just glad now it's over and my tires are all replaced. That was a scary day.

Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving) or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
2,630/4,500
Completed
Mystique by Amanda Quick - 7/28; 352 (x2 - leading female becomes betrothed to a guy after knowing him less than 24 hours to escape her uncle's house) = 704 pages
Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood - 7/29; 375 pages
Pegasus by Robin McKinley - 7/29; 400 (x2 - the girl flies on the back of a Pegasus without anything to hold onto but the mane, which is crazy to me) = 800 pages
Affair by Amanda Quick - 7/30; 389 pages
What She Wants at Midnight by Kimberly Dean - 7/31; 297 pages
In Progress
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff - 46 pages
With This Ring by Amanda Quick - 19 pages

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
336 pgs. - Department of Temporal Adjustment (7/27) ****
136 pgs. - Dark Elves I: Taken (7/30) ****
358 pgs. - Awaken Me Darkly (7/31) ****
830 / 4500

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
1603/4500
Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
In Progress
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%)
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 336 pages
Debbie = 830 pages
Dee = 1603 pages
Melissa = 1603 pages
Christine = 2630 pages
BJ Rose = 2740 pages

July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
324 pp.: Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke Aug 1 (3.5*) I read these more for the recipes & the cooking hints than for the story! And I now have a bunch more recipes to try out, including some hotdish recipes (definitely a Minnesota term!) But I think the residents of Eden Prairie should be seriously concerned about all those murders!!
Added to:
608 pp.: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card July 30 (4*)
340 pp.: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly July 31 (4*)
469 pp.: Under the Boardwalk anthology July 28 (3.5*)
422 pp.: You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey July 29 (3*)
500 pp.: Mary Mary by James Patterson July 27 (3*)
244 pp. (330- 86 prev. read): Stormwalker by Alysson James July 27 (4*)
157 pp. (368-211 prev. read): The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith July 26 (3.5*)
Total Pages = 3064/4500

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Scary!! Glad your OK! I have a few mins., so checking my GR posts right quick =D, wow! What news!

July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
1923/4,500
Dead and Gone 289 pages ( x2 The Were's come out in the public eye without knowing what wll happen finshed 7/27) = 578
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris 7/28 311 pages
The Quickie by James Patterson 357 pages (x2 because the main woman has a shoot out in between trains in the subway finished 7/30) =714
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 8/1 320 pages

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 372 pages
Debbie = 830 pages
Dee = 1603 pages
Melissa = 1923 pages
Christine = 2630 pages
BJ Rose = 3064 pages


Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
2075/4500
Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling - 236 pages (x2 - the main couple has sex in their office = 472 pages) - 8/2/2010
In Progress
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%)
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward

July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
319 pp. (527-208 prev. read): Life on the MIssissippi by Mark Twain Aug 2 (3*) interesting in many parts, but slow-going!
Added to:
324 pp.: Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke Aug 1 (3.5*) I read these more for the recipes & the cooking hints than for the story! And I now have a bunch more recipes to try out, including some hotdish recipes (definitely a Minnesota term!) But I think the residents of Eden Prairie should be seriously concerned about all those murders!!
608 pp.: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card July 30 (4*)
340 pp.: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly July 31 (4*)
469 pp.: Under the Boardwalk anthology July 28 (3.5*)
422 pp.: You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey July 29 (3*)
500 pp.: Mary Mary by James Patterson July 27 (3*)
244 pp. (330- 86 prev. read): Stormwalker by Alysson James July 27 (4*)
157 pp. (368-211 prev. read): The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith July 26 (3.5*)
Total Pages = 3383/4500


Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 708 pages
Debbie = 830 pages
Melissa = 1923 pages
Dee = 2075 pages
Christine = 2630 pages
BJ Rose = 3383 pages

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
2411/4500
Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling - 236 pages (x2 - the main couple has sex in their office = 472 pages) - 8/2/2010
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - 336 pages - 8/3/2010
In Progress
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%)
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb

July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
348 pp.: Bonds of Justice by Nalini Singh Aug 3 (4*)
256 pp.: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Aug 3 (5*)
Added to:
319 pp. (527-208 prev. read): Life on the MIssissippi by Mark Twain Aug 2 (3*) interesting in many parts, but slow-going!
324 pp.: Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke Aug 1 (3.5*) I read these more for the recipes & the cooking hints than for the story! And I now have a bunch more recipes to try out, including some hotdish recipes (definitely a Minnesota term!) But I think the residents of Eden Prairie should be seriously concerned about all those murders!!
608 pp.: Xenocide by Orson Scott Card July 30 (4*)
340 pp.: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly July 31 (4*)
469 pp.: Under the Boardwalk anthology July 28 (3.5*)
422 pp.: You Belong to Me by Johanna Lindsey July 29 (3*)
500 pp.: Mary Mary by James Patterson July 27 (3*)
244 pp. (330- 86 prev. read): Stormwalker by Alysson James July 27 (4*)
157 pp. (368-211 prev. read): The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith July 26 (3.5*)
Total Pages = 3987/4500

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
2962/4500
Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling - 236 pages (x2 - the main couple has sex in their office = 472 pages) - 8/2/2010
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - 336 pages - 8/3/2010
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%) - 215 pages - 7/3/2010
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs - 336 pages - 7/3/2010
In Progress
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb
Love at First Bight - Tymber Dalton
Ramona's World - Beverly Cleary

July 26th is All or Nothing Day - a day of extremes. If you're a gambler, it's a day to go for broke. A little drastic day, perhaps. There's definitely no grey area in how you spend this day.
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
2759/4,500
Dead and Gone 289 pages ( x2 The Were's come out in the public eye without knowing what wll happen finshed 7/27) = 578
Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris 7/28 311 pages
The Quickie by James Patterson 357 pages (x2 because the main woman has a shoot out in between trains in the subway finished 7/30) =714
Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich 8/1 320 pages
Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder 418 pages ( x2 Yelena had to make a choice be the kings food tester never knowing when she'd be poisoned finished 8/4)=836

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
3170/4500
Completed Books
Rough Canvas - Joey W. Hill (starting at 22%) - 352 pages - 7/28/2010
Eggsecutive Orders - Julie Hyzy (starting at 10%) - 317 pages - 7/28/2010
Blue Dahlia - Nora Roberts - 384 pages - 7/31/2010
Falling Out of Fashion - Karen Yampolsky - 275 pages (x2 - 550 pages - the main character goes sky-diving at one point during the novel) - 7/31/2010
Impacted - Mickie B. Ashling - 236 pages (x2 - the main couple has sex in their office = 472 pages) - 8/2/2010
Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb - 336 pages - 8/3/2010
Zero at the Bone - Jane Seville (starting at 30%) - 215 pages - 7/3/2010
Moon Called - Patricia Briggs - 336 pages - 7/3/2010
Ramona's World - Beverly Cleary - 208 pages - 7/4/2010 What can I say? I loved these books growing up and with Ramona and Beezus coming to the big screen, I felt like doing a re-read!
In Progress
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb
Love at First Bight - Tymber Dalton
Secret Desires - Stormy Glenn
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
Briansgirl/Kate = 263 pages
Kenjii = 708 pages
Debbie = 830 pages
Melissa = 2759 pages
Dee = 3170 pages
BJ Rose = 3987 pages
Christine = 4519 pages *CONGRATULATIONS*
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Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4,500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving) or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
4,519/4,500
Completed
Mystique by Amanda Quick - 7/28; 352 (x2 - lead female becomes betrothed to a guy after knowing him less than 24 hours to escape her uncle's house) = 704 pages
Guardian Angel by Julie Garwood - 7/29; 375 pages
Pegasus by Robin McKinley - 7/29; 400 (x2 - the girl flies on the back of a Pegasus without anything to hold onto but the mane, which is crazy to me) = 800 pages
Affair by Amanda Quick - 7/30; 389 pages
What She Wants at Midnight by Kimberly Dean - 7/31; 297 pages
Instant Attraction by Jill Shalvis - 8/1; (started on pg 80 - pg 302) = 222 (x2 - lead female picks up her life and moves to completely new place for an adventure) = 444 pages
Lucan by Susan Kearney - 8/2; 335 (x2 - lead male travels to unknown planet to find the 'grail' without knowing what to expect) = 670 pages
With This Ring by Amanda Quick - 8/3; 358 pages
I Thee Wed by Amanda Quick - 8/4; 362 pages
In Progress
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff - 120 pages

Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Reward: 4 new books or 8 used ones
Bonus: Triple pages if one of the lead characters is a twin/triplet/quad/etc!
How I came up with the goal count: The Twin Day Festival started in 1976 times two for twins = 3,952
(Posted at 5:22pm CDT)

- Neat challenge, triple page count for the bonus wahoo - don't think I have any that fit the bill though. Should be interesting to see what we can all come up with that will work.



duh...would have helped if I actually read it...haha






Congratulations, Christine!
Not quite right behind you, but close! I finished one book today and needed less than 200 pages.

Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Reward: 4 new books or 8 used ones
Bonus: Triple pages if one of the lead characters is a twin/triplet/quad/etc!
In Progress
Love at First Bight - Tymber Dalton - started at 20%
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - started at part 3 of 12 on audiobook
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb - started at 40%
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward - started at 20%
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Secret Desires - Stormy Glenn
The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Reward: 4 new books or 8 used ones
Bonus: Triple pages if one of the lead characters is a twin/triplet/quad/etc!
8/4 Bowdrie Follows a Cold Trail by Louis L'Amour from Bowdrie = 21 pages
Total = 21 pages

Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Total 153/3952
FIN.
Two half-gods, bro/sis, are twins

Date: 8-4
Pages:

Debbie wrote: "Crave, is that the second book to Covet?
I am planning on reading Covet next week."

Duration: August 4th - 18th
Goal: 3,952 pages
Reward: 4 new books or 8 used ones
Bonus: Triple pages if one of the lead characters is a twin/triplet/quad/etc!
232/3952
Complete
Love at First Bight - Tymber Dalton - started at 20% - 232 pages - 8/5/2010
In Progress
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë - started at part 3 of 12 on audiobook
Vengeance in Death - J.D. Robb - started at 40%
Lover Revealed - J.R. Ward - started at 20%
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards - Lilian Jackson Braun
Secret Desires - Stormy Glenn
Wind Warrior - Cynthia Roberts
Tried by War : Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief - James M. McPherson
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All or Nothing Challenge
Duration: 26 Jul - 10 August
Goal: 4500 pages
Reward: 4 new or 8 used
Bonus: Double pages if one of the characters in the book does something extreme - it could be a sport (i.e. car racing, or sky diving); or something like giving up their life and relocating without knowing what to expect!
In Progress: Child Star by Shirley Temple Black - starting page 332.
7/26 - Finished Child Star by Shirley Temple Black (563 - 332) = 231 pages
7/29 DK READER LEVEL 2: WWE John Cena by Brian Sheilds = 32 pages
Total = 263 pages