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message 51: by Emily (last edited Apr 12, 2017 11:00AM) (new)

Emily (emilyesears) | 604 comments Yea, I've been waiting for this challenge to open! My goal is 18,250 (50 pages a day).

Pages read: 29,515/18,250 = 161%

Pages read in January: 400 + 158 + 61 + 182 + 140 + 215 + 642 + 256 = 2,054
Pages read in February: 639 + 340 + 337 + 251 + 104 + 342 + 152 + 92 = 2,257
Pages read in March: 318 + 128 + 420 + 373 + 305 + 176 + 123 + 288 + 369 + 188 = 2,688
Pages read in April: 412 + 316 + 349 + 152 + 272 + 331 + 455 + 165 + 336 + 317 +96 = 3,201
Pages read in May: 259 + 175 + 209 + 388 + 294 + 27 + 320 + 331 = 2,003
Pages read in June: 109 + 324 + 302 + 242 + 555 + 152 + 387 + 262 + 166 = 2,499
Pages read in July: 388 + 261 + 456 + 435 + 718 + 436+ 392 + 368 = 3,454
Pages read in August: 103 + 239 + 455 + 64 + 351 + 471 +384 = 2,067
Pages read in September: 456 + 179 + 282 + 323 + 404 + 310 + 332 + 227 = 2,181
Pages read in October: 320 + 366 + 371 + 295 + 177 + 342 + 206 = 2,077
Pages read in November: 343 + 328 + 114 + 416 + 492 + 368 = 2,061
Pages in December: 216 + 216 + 68 + 374 + 275 + 300 + 352 + 136 + 652 + 384 = 2,973

1st posted update: message 1300 Mar 21, 2016 on page 26
2nd posted update: message 1594 Apr 20, 2016 on page 32
3rd posted update: message 2799 Oct 11, 2016 on page 56


message 52: by Freya (new)

Freya Greenwood (freyahope) | 1 comments Ooh count me in!I'll start with 10,000 but hopefully I can beat that:-)


message 53: by Kelly (last edited Dec 31, 2016 05:23AM) (new)

Kelly (kellysrambles) | 1000 comments LET'S TURN PAGES 2016
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016

My aim this year is to read over 15,000 pages.

1. The Green Mile (548 pages)
2. The Grownup (80 pages)
3. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (96 pages)
4. A Room of One's Own (116 pages)
5. The Tales of Beedle the Bard (109 pages)
6. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly (400 pages)
7. The Bell Jar (244 pages)
8. Under Milk Wood (121 pages)
9. Mary Poppins (209 pages)
10. My Life on the Road (200 pages)
11. Downton Abbey - A Celebration: The Official Companion to All Six Series (320 pages)
12. The Girl In The Ice (347 pages)
13. Cruel Crown (208 pages)
14. All the Rage (321 pages)
15. Glass Sword (448 pages)
16. Child 44 (484 pages)
17. Bridget Jones's Diary (324 pages)
18. Holes (240 pages)
19. The Early Years at Malory Towers: 3 Books in 1 (576 pages)
20. The Nightingale (440 pages)
21. Animal Farm (120 pages)
22. The Girl You Lost (318 pages)
23. The Silver Linings Playbook (302 pages)
24. Six of Crows (495 pages)
25. Flawed (368 pages)
26. I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban (320 pages)
27. Yes Please (329 pages)
28. The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend (343 pages)
29. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (309 pages)
30. The Night Circus (490 pages)
31. Shtum (368 pages)
32. Nimona (272 pages)
33. Cinder (387 pages)
34. The Diary of a Young Girl (349 pages)
35. Scarlet (452 pages)
36. How To Be A Woman (322 pages)
37. Bossypants (272 pages)
38. The Night Stalker (300 pages)
39. Tiger Lily (304 pages)
40. Don't You Cry (384 pages)
41. Me Before You (481 pages)
42. Coraline (208 pages)
43. When You Reach Me (210 pages)
44. A Darker Shade of Magic (401 pages)
45. We Should All Be Feminists (49 pages)
46. Radio Silence (400 pages)
47. Cuckoo Song (416 pages)
48. You (422 pages)
49. Cress (550 pages)
50. Pride and Prejudice (228 pages)
51. Mockingbird (242 pages)
52. In the Woods (429 pages)
53. The Good Girl (384 pages)
54. Mr. Mercedes (449 pages)
55. George (195 pages)
56. False Hearts (384 pages)
57. The Bad Beginning (188 pages)
58. This Savage Song (407 pages)
59. All Is Not Forgotten (319 pages)
60. Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found (315 pages)
61. Summer Days, Summer Nights (384 pages)
62. Persepolis I & II (352 pages)
63. A Gathering of Shadows (513 pages)
64. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (352 pages)
65. Carry On (528 pages)
66. Ariel: The Restored Edition: A Facsimile Of Plath's Manuscript, Reinstating Her Original Selection And Arrangement (224 pages)
67. Nevernight (429 pages)
68. When We Collided (344 pages)
69. Fairest: Levana's Story (222 pages)
70. Still Alice (340 pages)
71. Kindred Spirits (62 pages)
72. Winter (823 pages)
73. The Deviants (320 pages)
74. The Silkworm (580 pages)
75. Library of Souls (456 pages)
76. Stars Above (369 pages)
77. Crooked Kingdom (536 pages)
78. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (71 pages)
79. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (71 pages)
80. Dark Water (320 pages)
81. Little Peach (208 pages)
82. Shadow and Bone (308 pages)
83. Siege and Storm (386 pages)
84. Beautiful Broken Things (322 pages)
85. Ruin and Rising (368 pages)
86. The Shining (448 pages)
87. Quidditch Through the Ages (105 pages)
88. The Realm of Possibility (210 pages)
89. The Maze Runner (386 pages)
90. Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (79 pages)
91. Little Women (284 pages)
92. Illuminae (599 pages)
93. Gemina (672 pages)
94. Heartless (453 pages)
95. The Distance Between Us (320 pages)
96. Career of Evil (512 pages)
97. Dear Charlie (222 pages)
98. Shutter Island (369 pages)
99. What Light (256 pages)
100. A Monster Calls (237 pages)
101. My True Love Gave to Me: Twelve Winter Romances (356 pages)
102. The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily (240 pages)
103. Solitaire (392 pages)
104. This Winter (44 pages)

COMPLETE (28.05.16): 15,232/15,000
New Goal: 34,384/25,000


message 54: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, everyone!


message 55: by Caro (new)

Caro (karopi) | 995 comments I love this challenge! I will go for 16000 For next year!


message 56: by Gretchen (last edited Aug 31, 2016 11:55AM) (new)

Gretchen (eab2012) | 596 comments I think since I want to read 125 books next year, 45,000 pages seems doable.

January- 5,698
February- 5,782
March- 4,556
April- 5486
May- 5,715
June- 6,412
July- 4,775
August- 4,476

42,900/45,000


message 57: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments Please count me in for 75,000.


message 58: by Maddison (new)

Maddison Poletski | 211 comments I am going to start with a goal of 20,000 pages.


message 59: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments These are great goals!

I've finally decided what my books and pages goals will be, so I put myself down for 50,000 pages.


message 60: by Renáta (new)

Renáta | 37 comments I'll try for 20,000 pages for a start.


message 61: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12941 comments Cassandra wrote: "Woohoo! I'm glad to see so much participation int his challenge. I'm happy to see it again, so I'm glad to see you all enjoy it as well.

Alison and Blagica - thanks for your offer! Between the mod..."


just send me a message on whatever you may need! the more i seem to lead the more i seem to read its a win win!


message 62: by Susan (dalmatian21) (last edited Jan 02, 2016 10:23AM) (new)

Susan (dalmatian21) (dalmatian21) | 405 comments Definitely in on this one. I easily hit my goal this year of 15,000 ... so for 2016 let's start at a goal of 16,000!

January:
Book 1: Keep Quiet 352 pages (audiobook)

352/16000 pages


message 63: by Sally (last edited Apr 02, 2016 07:04AM) (new)

Sally  (autumnxdays) | 124 comments Really enjoyed this challenge this year so I'm definitely going to participate again in 2016.

I'm going to be ambitious and go for 40,000 pages!

LET'S TURN PAGES 2016
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016

1. The Last Kingdom - Bernard Cornwell ★★★★☆ 368 pages (02/01/16)
2. The Prince of Midnight - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ 512 pages (03/01/16)
3. Cinder - Marissa Meyer ★★☆☆☆ 390 pages (04/01/16)
4. The Child Thief - Brom ★★★★★ 508 pages (06/01/16)
5. Persuasion - Jane Austen ★★☆☆☆ 249 pages (08/01/16)
6. Alice - Christina Henry ★★★★☆ 291 pages (12/01/16)
7. Again the Magic - Lisa Kleypas ★★★★☆ 391 pages (12/01/16)
8. Anne of Green Gables - L.M. Montgomery ★★★★★ 320 pages (14/01/16)
9. Anne of Avonlea - L.M. Montgomery ★★★★☆ 304 pages (16/01/16)
10. Feverborn - Karen Marie Moning ★★★★★ 436 pages (19/01/16)
11. Anne of the Island - L.M. Montgomery ★★★☆☆ 272 pages (20/01/16)
12. The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson ★★★☆☆ 503 pages (23/01/16)
13. Bossypants - Tina Fey ★★★★☆ 277 pages (26/01/16)
14. The Hidden Heart - Laura Kinsale ★★★☆☆ 342 pages (27/01/16)
15. The Duke's Tattoo - Miranda Davis ★★★☆☆ 265 pages (28/01/16)
16. The King's Man -Elizabeth Kingston ★★★☆☆ 275 pages (30/01/16)
17. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - Malala Yousafzai ★★☆☆☆ 327 pages (31/01/16)
18. Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews ★★★☆☆ 260 pages (31/01/16)

19. Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell ★★★★☆ 445 pages (01/02/16)
20. The Shadow and the Star - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ 464 pages (03/02/16)
21. Captive Prince: Volume One - C.S. Pacat ★★★★☆ 240 pages (05/02/16)
22. Captive Prince: Volume Two - C.S. Pacat ★★★★★ 216 pages (06/02/16)
23. Kings Rising - C.S. Pacat ★★★★★ 385 pages (07/02/16)
24. The Dream Hunter - Laura Kinsale ★★★★★ 404 pages (08/02/16)
25. Heart's Blood - Juliet Marillier ★★★★☆ 405 pages (11/02/16)
26. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare ★☆☆☆☆ 485 pages (14/02/16)
27. Glass Sword - Victoria Aveyard ★☆☆☆☆ 448 pages (19/02/16)
28. Girl at War - Sara Nović ★★★☆☆ 320 pages (21/02/16)
29. The Duke and I - Julia Quinn ★★★☆☆ 384 pages (24/02/16)
30. The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón ★★★★☆ 520 pages (26/02/16)
31. A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab ★★★★★ 512 pages (29/02/16)

32. Room - Emma Donoghue ★★☆☆☆ 401 pages (01/03/16)
33. Scarlet - Marissa Meyer ★★★☆☆ 452 pages (07/03/16)
34. The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty ★★☆☆☆ 406 pages (10/03/16)
35. Rebel of the Sands - Alwyn Hamilton ★★☆☆☆ 358 pages (12/03/16)
36. You - Caroline Kepnes ★★★★★ 422 pages (13/03/16)
37. The Viscount Who Loved Me - Julia Quinn ★★★☆☆ 354 pages (16/03/16)
38. The Lie Tree - Frances Hardinge ★★★☆☆ 410 pages (19/03/16)
39. Life After Life - Kate Atkinson ★★★★★ 622 pages (20/03/16)
40. A God in Ruins - Kate Atkinson ★★★☆☆ 560 pages (26/03/16)
41. An Offer From a Gentleman - Julia Quinn ★★★★☆ 358 pages (27/03/16)
42. Romancing Mister Bridgerton - Julia Quinn ★★★★☆ 370 pages (27/03/16)
43. The Wrath and the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh ★★★★☆ 395 pages (29/03/16)
44. Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes ★★★★☆ 448 pages (30/03/16)
45. The Winner's Curse - Marie Rutkoski ★★★★☆ 355 pages (31/03/16)

46. Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell ★★☆☆☆ 328 pages (01/04/16)

17,757/40,000


message 64: by Zara's Retreat (new)

Zara's Retreat | 2365 comments Hi Cassandra can you please sign me up for 5000 pages. Apologies for it being such a low figure.


message 65: by Jessica (last edited Mar 05, 2016 08:29PM) (new)

Jessica | 28 comments Sign me up please! I am going to aim for 13,000 pages. :)

902/13,000

Updated 3/5/16


message 66: by Alex (last edited Jan 07, 2016 08:12PM) (new)

Alex Shelby (jynxmecrazie) | 277 comments I'd like to up my goal to 30,000 please.

LET'S TURN PAGES 2016
Duration: January 1 - December 31, 2016
878/30,000


message 67: by Erika (new)

Erika (erikarae) | 708 comments I'm going to do 40,000 this year. Thanks :)


message 68: by Maiko (last edited Oct 30, 2016 09:17AM) (new)

Maiko Kirana LET'S TURN PAGES CHALLENGE 2016
Duration: January 1 – December 31, 2016

75,533/80,000

001 1,152 pp ☛ The Bear and the Dragon (1/5)
002. 640 pp ☛ The Teeth of the Tiger: A Jack Ryan Novel (1/7)
003. 960 pp ☛ Dead or Alive (1/9)
004. 288 pp ☛ Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1/9)
005. 956 pp ☛ Swan Song (1/12)
006. 864 pp ☛ Locked On (1/14)
007. 848 pp ☛ Threat Vector (1/18)
008. 123 pp ☛ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (1/18)
009. 772 pp ☛ Command Authority (1/20)
010. 528 pp ☛ Tom Clancy Support and Defend (1/21)
011. 690 pp ☛ Full Force and Effect (1/24)
012. 512 pp ☛ Under Fire (1/24)
013. 736 pp ☛ Commander-in-Chief (1/27)
014. 612 pp ☛ Silent Partner (1/28)
015. 608 pp ☛ Time Bomb (1/29)
016. 608 pp ☛ Private Eyes (1/31)
017 1,104 pp ☛ Centennial (2/4)
018. 446 pp ☛ Horns (2/6)
019. 125 pp ☛ The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2/8)
020 1,152 pp ☛ Shōgun (2/12)
021. 912 pp ☛ Roots: The Saga of an American Family (2/16)
022. 683 pp ☛ The Shining (2/18)
023. 640 pp ☛ Doctor Sleep (2/20)
024 1,024 pp ☛ Chesapeake (2/26)
025. 567 pp ☛ Ghost Story (3/1)
026. 244 pp ☛ The Mist (3/1)
027. 432 pp ☛ Cujo (3/2)
028. 336 pp ☛ The Running Man (3/2)
029. 512 pp ☛ Phantoms (3/6)
030. 948 pp ☛ The Talisman (3/10)
031. 852 pp ☛ Black House (3/14)
032. 401 pp ☛ The Postman (3/15)
033 1396 pp ☛ It (3/23)
034. 816 pp ☛ The Charm School (3/25)
035. 480 pp ☛ Jurassic Park (3/28)
036. 576 pp ☛ The Client (3/29)
037. 498 pp ☛ The Pelican Brief (3/29)
038. 688 pp ☛ December (3/31)
039. 608 pp ☛ Rose Madder (4/4)
040. 436 pp ☛ The Store (4/5)
041. 548 pp ☛ The Green Mile (4/6)
042. 496 pp ☛ Riptide (4/7)
043. 224 pp ☛ Coraline (4/8)
044. 576 pp ☛ Garden of Beasts (4/11)
045. 672 pp ☛ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (4/13)
046. 752 pp ☛ The Girl Who Played With Fire (4/15)
047. 832 pp ☛ The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (4/19)
048. 480 pp ☛ A Time of Torment (4/20)
049. 313 pp ☛ Lord of the Flies (4/20)
050. 516 pp ☛ Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh (4/21)
051. 615 pp ☛ The Time Traveler's Wife (4/22)
052. 384 pp ☛ Brave New World (4/24)
053. 322 pp ☛ All The Pretty Horses (4/27)
054. 389 pp ☛ The Hobbit (4/28)
055. 463 pp ☛ Revival (5/4)
056. 418 pp ☛ The Good Earth (5/5)
057. 458 pp ☛ Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia (5/6)
058. 305 pp ☛ The Namesake (5/9)
059. 314 pp ☛ No Way To Treat a First Lady (5/10)
060. 720 pp ☛ Melmoth the Wanderer (5/11)
061. 698 pp ☛ The Great And Secret Show (5/12)
062. 996 pp ☛ The Terror (5/17)
063. 434 pp ☛ The Ritual (5/18)
064. 802 pp ☛ The Woman in White (5/19)
065. 736 pp ☛ House of Leaves (5/20)
066. 240 pp ☛ A Choir of Ill Children (5/22)
067. 517 pp ☛ The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto: A Novel (5/23)
068. 534 pp ☛ Captain Corelli's Mandolin (5/25)
069. 288 pp ☛ 2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas (5/27)
070. 288 pp ☛ The Girl with Ghost Eyes (5/29)
071. 112 pp ☛ The Cage (5/29)
072. 210 pp ☛ Nightbird (5/30)
073. 104 pp ☛ Jack's Magic Beans (5/30)
074. 352 pp ☛ The Silver Witch (6/1)
075. 144 pp ☛ Entombed (6/2)
076. 109 pp ☛ The Little Prince (6/2)
077. 256 pp ☛ Girl in Hyacinth Blue (6/3)
078. 180 pp ☛ The Hellbound Heart (6/4)
079. 112 pp ☛ A House to Let (6/5)
080. 240 pp ☛ George (6/6)
081. 138 pp ☛ Of Mice and Men (6/6)
082. 148 pp ☛ The Moon is Down (6/7)
083. 256 pp ☛ Six Graves to Munich (6/7)
084. 288 pp ☛ The Wild Robot (6/7)
085. 124 pp ☛ The Pearl (6/8)
086. 184 pp ☛ The Colorado Kid (6/8)
087. 128 pp ☛ The Red Pony (6/8)
088. 608 pp ☛ The Vanished Man: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (6/9)
089. 576 pp ☛ The Twelfth Card (6/12)
090. 656 pp ☛ The Cold Moon (6/13)
091. 628 pp ☛ The Broken Window (6/14)
092. 528 pp ☛ The Burning Wire (6/15)
093. 640 pp ☛ The Kill Room (6/18)
094. 592 pp ☛ The Skin Collector (6/20)
095. 496 pp ☛ The Steel Kiss (6/22)
096. 578 pp ☛ Devil's Waltz (6/23)
097. 512 pp ☛ Bad Love (6/28)
098. 528 pp ☛ Self-Defense (6/29)
099. 448 pp ☛ The Web (7/1)
100. 496 pp ☛ The Clinic (7/4)
101. 483 pp ☛ The Girl with All the Gifts (7/5)
102. 240 pp ☛ A Monster Calls (7/6)
103. 544 pp ☛ Survival of the Fittest (7/7)
104. 512 pp ☛ Monster: Alex Delaware 13 (7/10)
105. 516 pp ☛ Doctor Death: Alex Delaware 14 (7/12)
106. 544 pp ☛ Flesh and Blood (7/13)
107. 626 pp ☛ The Murder Book (7/18)
108. 288 pp ☛ Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge: A Novel (7/19)
109. 104 pp ☛ Tequila's Sunrise (7/20)
110. 432 pp ☛ A Cold Heart (7/20)
111. 400 pp ☛ The House of Secrets (7/24)
112. 528 pp ☛ Therapy (7/28)
113. 512 pp ☛ Rage (7/31)
114. 352 pp ☛ Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II (7/31)
115. 480 pp ☛ Gone (8/3)
116. 320 pp ☛ My Name Is Leon (8/3)
117. 528 pp ☛ Obsession (8/22)
118. 544 pp ☛ The Black Widow (8/26)
119. 452 pp ☛ Compulsion (8/29)
120. 384 pp ☛ Panacea (8/30)
121. 532 pp ☛ Bones (9/1)
122. 560 pp ☛ Night of the Animals: A Novel (9/6)
123. 448 pp ☛ Evidence (9/8)
124. 485 pp ☛ The Butterfly Garden (9/8)
125. 384 pp ☛ Deception (9/13)
126. 320 pp ☛ A Head Full of Ghosts (9/14)
127. 416 pp ☛ Mystery (9/19)
128. 448 pp ☛ Guilt (9/21)
129. 448 pp ☛ Killer (9/26)
130. 400 pp ☛ Motive (9/26)
131. 432 pp ☛ Breakdown (9/27)
132. 434 pp ☛ Victims (9/20)
133. 768 pp ☛ The Fireman (10/1)
134. 372 pp ☛ Bones of Betrayal (10/3)
135. 416 pp ☛ The Bone Thief (10/4)
136. 320 pp ☛ The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Novel (10/5)
137. 109 pp ☛ Madonna and Corpse (10/5)
138. 496 pp ☛ The Inquisitor's Key: A Body Farm Novel (10/7)
139. 112 pp ☛ Jordan's Stormy Banks (10/10)
140. 512 pp ☛ Cut to the Bone: A Body Farm Novel (10/10)
141. 448 pp ☛ The Breaking Point (10/11)
142. 352 pp ☛ Without Mercy (10/12)
143. 703 pp ☛ The Judas Strain (10/14)
144. 592 pp ☛ Last Oracle: A Sigma Force Novel (10/16)
145. 560 pp ☛ The Doomsday Key: A Sigma Force Novel (10/17)
146. 605 pp ☛ The Devil Colony (10/19)
147. 656 pp ☛ Bloodline (10/20)
148. 643 pp ☛ The Eye of God (10/25)
149. 608 pp ☛ The 6th Extinction (10/26)
150. 688 pp ☛ The Bone Labyrinth (10/28)


message 69: by Fatemeh (new)

Fatemeh (alexxy) | 271 comments I'm in too. I'll try with 50,000 pages.


message 70: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Alex, I updated your goal.

Zara, there's no problem with a goal of 5,000 pages! With as busy as you are, that is a major accomplishment.


message 72: by Jessica (last edited Dec 21, 2016 03:31PM) (new)

Jessica R. | 549 comments I'm in for 75,000. Thanks! :)

75,031/75,000 - Completed on 12/21/2016

Full list of books/pages here:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...


message 73: by Kendra (new)

Kendra Mcglothin | 72 comments Not sure how many pages yet just want to get a space holder here.

Thanks


message 74: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Sounds great, Kendra! I'll add you with your goal TBD (to be determined).


message 76: by Jackie B. - (last edited Dec 02, 2016 08:48AM) (new)

Jackie B. - Death by Tsundoku (reiwing2040) | 1343 comments Count me in! I'll shoot for 40,000 pages.

Whew. Here goes nothing! Bring it on, 2016.

January - 15 books, 3827 pages read (view spoiler) - 3, 827 total pages

February 15 books, 3,940 pages read (view spoiler) - 7,767 total pages

March 17 books, 4,243 pages read (view spoiler) - 12,010 total pages read

April 13 books, 3,465 pages read (view spoiler) - 15,457 total pages read

May - 19 books, 5209 pages read (view spoiler) 20,666 total pages read

June - 9 books, 3,801 pages read (view spoiler) 24,467 total pages read

July - 12 books, 3,927 pages read (view spoiler) 28,394 total pages read

August - 10 books, 3,657 pages read (view spoiler) 32,051 total pages read

September - 22 books, 5,183 pages read (view spoiler) 37,234 total pages read

October - 18 books, 4,793 pages read (view spoiler) 42,027 total pages read

November - 17 books, 3,166 pages read (view spoiler) 45,193 total pages read


message 77: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, Jill and Jackie!


message 78: by Nicole (last edited Feb 09, 2016 06:11PM) (new)

Nicole | 272 comments I'm going to try for 40,000 in 2016 :)

4,523/40,000

January
Pages: 3,520
Books:
1. The Giver 225 pgs, 1/2/16
2. Last Light 90 pgs, 1/2/16
3. Final Hour (Short Story) 87 pgs, 1/3/16
4. Crome Yellow 194 pgs, 1/4/16
5. Mrs. Dalloway 194 pgs, 1/5/16
6. The Tiger in the Smoke 224 pgs, 1/7/16
7. The End of the Affair 160 pgs, 1/8/16
8. The Handmaid's Tale 311 pgs, 1/12/16
9. Reamde 1044 pgs, 1/16/16
10. Mere Christianity 191 pgs, 1/19/16
11. Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer 208 pgs, 1/20/16
12. For the Love: Fighting for Grace in a World of Impossible Standards 224 pgs, 1/21/16
13. Ruby 368 pgs, 1/31/16

February
Pages: 1,003
Books:
1. The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag 363 pgs, 2/3/16
2. A Red Herring Without Mustard 399 pgs, 2/8/16
3. The Modern Fig Leaf: Uncovering Your True Identity 240 pgs, 2/8/16


message 79: by Christina (last edited Jan 01, 2017 04:56PM) (new)

Christina | 141 comments Count me in as well. I ' ll start with 20000 pages.

January 472
Πριν έρθεις εσύ (Me Before You, #1) by Jojo Moyes Me before you 472

February 944
Στα βαθιά by Abbi Glines Fallen too far 272
Στα ουράνια (Too Far, #2) by Abbi Glines Never too far 288
Σκοτεινή Aγάπη by Colleen Hoover Ugly love 384

March 2894
Τρελός για σένα by Jennifer Crusie Crazy for you 544
Επικίνδυνος έρωτας στην οδό Ντάμπλιν by Samantha Young On Dublin street 510
Όμορφο μυστικό (Beautiful Bastard, #4) by Christina Lauren Beautiful secret 416
Γλυκιά καταστροφή (Beautiful, #1) by Jamie McGuire Beautiful disaster 472
Κινούμενη καταστροφή by Jamie McGuire Walking disaster 488
The Mistake (Off-Campus, #2) by Elle Kennedy The mistake 296
Γαμήλια καταστροφή (Beautiful, #2.5) by Jamie McGuire A beautiful wedding 168

April 544
Θέλω το κινητό σου by Sophie Kinsella I 've got your number 464
Μπαμπά... (μια κανονική ημέρα) by Αντώνης Δούμας - Κανάκης Μπαμπά... (μια κανονική ημέρα) 80

May 608
Το στοίχημα by Jennifer Crusie Bet me 608

June 1520
Χωρίς ελπίδα (Hopeless, #1) by Colleen Hoover Hopeless 448
Όμορφο αφεντικό (Beautiful Bastard #4.5) by Christina Lauren Beautiful boss 152
After You (Me Before You, #2) by Jojo Moyes After you 448
Βελούδινη Σάρκα (A Pound of Flesh, #1) by Sophie Jackson A pound of flesh 472

July 1311
Big Rock by Lauren Blakely Big rock 250
Hate F*@k Part One (The Horus Group, #1) by Ainsley Booth Hate F*@k: Part One 78
Hate F*@k Part Two (The Horus Group, #2) by Ainsley Booth Hate F*@k: Part Two 98
Hate F*@k Part Three (The Horus Group, #3) by Ainsley Booth Hate F*@k: Part Three 105
The Score (Off-Campus, #3) by Elle Kennedy The score 360
Appealed (The Legal Briefs, #3) by Emma Chase Appealed 288
Sidebarred (The Legal Briefs, #3.5) by Emma Chase Sidebarred 132

August 1600
Bound by Marriage by Nalini Singh Bound by marriage 160
That Blackhawk Bride (Secrets!, #10) by Barbara McCauley That blackhawk bride 160
The Ruthless Italian's Inexperienced Wife by Christina Hollis The ruthless Italian's inexperienced wife 160
After Μετά την πτώση (After, #3) by Anna Todd After we fell 800
Όλα ή τίποτα (Inside Out, #4) by Lisa Renee Jones No in between 320

September 0

October 0

November 376
Μαζί σου (Falling, #1) by Jasinda Wilder Falling into you 376

December 160
Μόνο σοκολάτα by Άκης Πετρετζίκης Μόνο σοκολάτα 160

10429/20000


message 80: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, Nicole and Christina!


message 81: by Amy (Other Amy) (last edited Jan 11, 2016 07:41AM) (new)

Amy (Other Amy) | 629 comments I just noticed I am a little bit short of 20,000 pages this year, which rather amazes me. Not sure I'll quite make it this year, but I think I'll join this challenge for 20,000 pages in 2016.

1,004/20,000 as of 1/10/16


message 82: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Sounds good, Amy! I added you.


message 83: by Amy (Other Amy) (new)

Amy (Other Amy) | 629 comments I just noticed the challenge says to list the books; is it OK if I just link to my annual challenge? I was planning on letting Goodreads do the math.


message 84: by Deborah (last edited Jan 25, 2016 07:04PM) (new)

Deborah Pickstone | 74 comments I'll put down 80,000 - I am trying to read a bit less in 2016 and do more painting and craft work. I seem to have averaged around 10-12,000 a month over this year. I will update this post as I go, by the month.

January

Caesar 928 pages
The October Horse: A Novel of Caesar and Cleopatra 1108 pages (2036 p)
Antony and Cleopatra 631 pages (2667 p)
Reckless: My Life as a Pretender 336 pages (3003 p)
The Saxon Shore 719 pages(3722 p)
Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood 257 pages (3979 p)
The Fort at River's Bend 352 pages (4331 p)
The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis 352 pages (4683 p)
Medieval Comic Tales 190 pages (4873 p)
The Robe 472 pages (5345 p)
The Big Fisherman 459 pages (5804 p)
Britannia: 100 Documents that Shaped a Nation 448 pages (6252 p)
The Hippopotamus Marsh 408 pages (6660 p)
The Oasis 544 pages (7204 p)
The Horus Road 528 pages (7732 p)
The Countess Angélique 527 pages (8259 p)
The Temptation of Angelique 424 pages (8683 p)
Cleopatra's Daughter 429 pages (9112 p)
Christine Falls: Quirke Mysteries Book 1 416 pages (9528 p)
My Family and Other Animals 273 pages (9801 p)
Birds, Beasts, and Relatives 248 pages (10,049 p)
The Garden of the Gods 196 pages (10,245 p)
The Legion 384 pages (10,629 p)
Carve Her Name with Pride 188 pages (10,799 p)
The Sacred Scarab 170 pages (10,969 p)
Gods Behaving Badly 293 pages (11,260 p)
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Gorillas in the Mist
Angelique and the Demon
The Seven Sisters
Villette
The Mists of Avalon
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
A Contract With God


message 85: by [deleted user] (last edited Dec 17, 2015 01:21PM) (new)

i'll join this this year and will set first target as 5,000.


message 86: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Amy, you don't necessarily need to list out the books. Letting Goodreads do the math is just fine. Just make sure to post here periodically so that I can update your progress. :)

Welcome to the challenge, Deborah!


message 87: by Amy (Other Amy) (new)

Amy (Other Amy) | 629 comments Will do. Thanks.


message 88: by [deleted user] (new)

I'm in for this one!

LET'S TURN PAGES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 – December 31, 2016

/15 000


message 89: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, everyone!


message 90: by Kme_17 (new)

Kme_17 | 40 comments I will try for 10,000 pages.


message 91: by Linda (new)

Linda | 94 comments Am gonna try for 2700 pages


message 92: by Beth (new)

Beth  (jasonverlander) | 44 comments My goal for 2016: 50,000
Monthly goal: 5,000
Start date: 1/1/16
0/50,000

January:


message 93: by Helen (new)

Helen (hpfish13) | 272 comments I'm in for 20,000.


message 94: by Karin (last edited Dec 22, 2015 02:55AM) (new)

Karin | 88 comments I'm in for 15,500.


message 95: by Felicia (new)

Felicia (feliciajoe) Yay, I loved being a part of this challenge i 2015! :D
I'm in for 10.000 pages - which will be the most I've ever read in a year, so let's see how that goes...


message 96: by Ashish (last edited Jun 05, 2016 04:26AM) (new)

Ashish I'm in for 9,000 pages. Hopefully, I'll fare better than I did this year.

Read: 4,114 / 9,000 pages. (46%)

01. The Romanov Prophecy - 327 pages
02. A Fine Balance - 614 pages
03. The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones - 326 pages
04. Animal Farm - 120 pages
05. Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics - 384 pages
06. In Cold Blood - 336 pages
07. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - 2,007 pages


message 97: by jean (new)

jean (jeanunwritten) | 4 comments count me in! 16,000 pages for 2016

start date: Jan. 1, 2016
end date: Dec. 31, 2016

current pages: 00,000


message 98: by Jackie B. - (new)

Jackie B. - Death by Tsundoku (reiwing2040) | 1343 comments Okay, I just finished compiling my 2015 Oct/Nov pages, and I already hit my 30,000 pages goal! In lieu of that, and wanting to push myself to read harder this year, I'd like to up my goal to 45,000 pages.

Why not? Bring it on.


message 99: by Maureen (last edited Jan 19, 2016 03:06AM) (new)

Maureen | 238 comments I'm in! 50,000 for me please!!

Read: 2.717/50.000

1. Witches Abroad: - 286 pages (1/2/2016)
2. The Walking Dead, Vol. 12: Life Among Them - 144 pages (1/7/2016)
3. The Walking Dead, Vol. 13: Too Far Gone - 136 pages (1/9/2016)
4. Winter's Heart - 780 pages (1/11/2016)
5. Star Wars Trilogy - 688 pages (1/15/2016)
6. Onderweg met Roadie - 208 pages (1/17/2016)
7. Het Messias Mysterie - 475 pages (1/19/2016)


message 100: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Jackie, I updated your goal. Good luck :)


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