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Let's Turn Pages Challenge - 2016

Der Golem - 253
Philippine Speculative Fiction Volume 1 - 205
Leggere Lolita a Teheran - 379
Remember Me? - 444
I disturbi dissociativi - 256
Il Libro dei Sussurri - 470
Canti orfici e altre poesie - 177
ແພງແມ່ Mother's Beloved: Stories from Laos - 163
Quando nasci è una roulette - 101
Antigone - 123
2016 total so far: 12,600/30,000

New sub total = 11,739 / 40,000 pages

2,352/8,000
February
CEO's Pregnant Lover - Leslie North - 88 Pages
The Marine's Virgin Lover - Leslie North - 79 Pages
FBI Agent's Reluctant Lover - Leslie North - 76 Pages
Navy Seal's Innocent Italian - Leslie North- 80 Pages
323 Pages
March
All I Want Part 1 - Renna Peak - 82 Pages
All I Want Part 2 - Renna Peak - 85 Pages
All I Want Part 3 - Renna Peak - 82 Pages
After the Storm - Linda Castillo - 293 Pages
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - J. K. Rowling 309 Pages
The Sheikhs Pregnant Bride - Leslie North - 83 Pages
Valentines in Sweetwater County - Ciara Knight - 140 Pages
4th of July in Sweetwater County - Ciara Knight - 117 Pages
1,191 Pages
April
A Will and a Way - Nora Roberts - 180 Pages
Submerged (Book 1) Alaskan Courage Series - Dani Pettrey- 278 pages
A Real Cowboy Never Says No (Book 1) Wyoming Rebels- Stephanie Rowe - 196 Pages
A Real Cowboy Knows how to Kiss (Book 2) Wyoming Rebels - Stephanie Rowe - 184 Pages
838 Pages

Goal: 13,718/45,000, 30.48% - 50 total books.
April - 19 books, 4,706 pages. 13,718 total pages.
32. Mystic River - 416 pages
33. The Metamorphosis - 95 pages
34. Rolling in the Deep - 128 pages
35. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang - 242 pages
36. The Quiet American - 210 pages
37. Mort (Discworld, #4) - 304 pages
38. The Word for World is Forest (Hainish Cycle, #6) - 189 pages
39. To the Lighthouse - 209 pages
40. Coraline - 208 pages
41. The Halloween Tree - 145 pages
42. Saturn's Children (Freyaverse, #1) - 336 pages
43. Working for Bigfoot (The Dresden Files, #15.5) - 136 pages
44. Candide: or, Optimism - 207 pages
45. In the Mean Time - 216 pages
46. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal - 464 pages
47. Red Harvest (The Continental Op, #1) - 224 pages
48. The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) - 465 pages
49. What Dreams May Come - 288 pages
50. The Rest of the Robots (Robot, #0.2) - 224 pages

30,979/60,000
April
1.Consequences
2.Cinder
3.Red Rising
4.Fall
5.Debt Inheritance
6. Heartache & Sin
7.Me Before You
8.The Ice Twins
9. Power #1
10.The Widow
11.Crazy Dead
12.What I Saw and How I Lied
13. A Thousand Yesteryears
14.Mr. X
15. Insatiable
16. His to Love
17. Dominus
18,The Van Alen Legacy
19Jack
20. His to Protect
21. 30 Nights

Goal: 6,278 / 13,000 pages.
14. En gatekatt ved navn Bob: Og hvordan han reddet mitt liv by James Bowen (249 p)

7317/25000
436 - Mr. Mercedes
1120 - The Gathering Storm
400 - A Darker Shade of Magic
240 - Gathering Blue
256 - Foundation
577 - The Lost Hero
933 - Towers of Midnight
170 - Messenger
544 - The Outlaw Demon Wails
256 - In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
305 - The Age of Innocence
90 - The Dogs I Have Kissed
40 - Letters From People Who Hate Me
36 - The Fall of the House of Usher
423 - New Spring
1006 - A Memory of Light
485 - Blood of Tyrants

28. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith Completed 28/04/16 320 pages
29. Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl Completed 29/04/16 88 pages
30. The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl Completed 29/04/16 58 pages
31. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling and Newt Scamander Completed 29/04/16 42 pages
32. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Completed 29/04/16 352 pages
6,694 + 320 + 88 + 58 + 42 + 352 = 7,554
7,554/10,000

April:
89. Stealing Shadows Kay Hooper 384 pages
90. The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore 144 pages
91. The Solace of Leaving Early Haven..."
April:
89. Stealing Shadows Kay Hooper 384 pages
90. The Walking Dead, Vol. 01: Days Gone Bye Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore 144 pages
91. The Solace of Leaving Early Haven Kimmel 258 pages
92. Horrible Bear! Ame Dyckman (MCA) 40 pages
93. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr 530 pages
94. The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 552 pages
95. The Walking Dead, Vol. 02: Miles Behind Us Robert Kirkman 136 pages
96. The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree Susan Wittig Albert 304 pages
97. Edge of Evil J. A. Jance 390 pages
98. Ghost at Work Carolyn Hart 290 pages
99. The Shop on Blossom Street Debbie Macomber 400 pages
100. Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic Mara Rockliff (MCA) 48 pages
101. Are We There Yet? Dan Santat (MCA) 40 pages
102. Started Early, Took My Dog Kate Atkinson 371 pages
103. Thirteen Reasons Why Jay Asher 288 pages
104. Ideas Are All Around Philip C. Stead (MCA) 48 pages
105. Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph Roxane Orgill (MCA) 66 pages
106. The Night Gardener Terry Fan (MCA) 48 pages
107. Miss Mary Reporting: The True Story of Sportswriter Mary Garber Sue Macy (MCA) 40 pages
108. Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler 345 pages
109. Snappsy the Alligator Julie Falatko (MCA) 40 pages
110. Swap! Steve Light (MCA) 40 pages
111. Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land John Coy (MCA) 32 pages
112. The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History Robert Edsel 473 pages
113. Death Without Company Craig Johnson 271 pages
114. Broken April Ismail Kadare 216 pages
115. The Bunnicula Collection James Howe 409 pages
Total for the Month: 6202
Total for the Year: 26598
May:
116. Sugar and Ice 275 pages
Current Total: 26,873 out of 50,000

New sub total = 12,109 / 40,000 pages

April:
The Season of You & Me - 342pgs
Armada - 349pgs
Guinness World Records: Paws, Claws, and More: Amazing Animals and Their Awesome Feats! - 112pgs
The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas - 234pgs
The Silence of Six - 358pgs
Blue is for Nightmares - 283pgs
Ruby on the Outside - 163pgs
The Great American Whatever - 274pgs
More Tales to Keep You Up at Night - 64pgs
SOS: A Prequel to The Silence of Six - 38pgs
Stand-Off - 401pgs
Update to message #1553.
24. Solaris by Stanisław Lem - 286 pages
8,277/20,000
24. Solaris by Stanisław Lem - 286 pages
8,277/20,000

Total number of pages so far: 11,213/25,000
January
Hark! A Vagrant pp 53-166 = 114 pages
The Sense of an Ending = 163 pages
The Tent = 155 pages
The Snake Charmer: A Novel = 240 pages
Echo: Desert Run = 128 pages
The Burn Journals = 336 pages
Doomware = 296 pages
Echo: Collider = 104 pages
Echo: Black Hole =104 pages
Echo: The Last Day = 104 pages
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity = 181 pages
February
The Story of My Life = 94 pages
Quantum Field Healing (1 hour lecture CD) = 29 pages
Hidden Messages in Water = 196 pages
A Brief History of Anxiety...Yours and Mine = 192 pages
Under the Skin = 319 pages
Ralph Pincus, Occultist Extraordinaire by = 123 pages
Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection = 166 pages
Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies = 246 pages
Wilbur the Gay Unicorn = 150 pages
In the Midst of Life = 220 pages
Deadly Class, Vol. 2: Kids of the Black Hole = 128 pages
The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule = 384 pages
The Color of Magic = 277 pages
The Expendables: Stories = 208 pages
The Planets = 288 pages
The Boy in the Mirror = 88 pages
March
Deadly Class, Vol. 3: The Snake Pit = 128 pages
Whatever You Are, Be a Good One = 108 pages
The Funny Thing Is... = 192 pages
Great World Religions: Hinduism (6 hours of lecture) = 174 pages
Injection, Vol. 1 = 120 pages
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo = 208 pages
Loner: A Novel = 224 pages
Bhagavad Gita: The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Guide = 262 pages
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End = 282 pages
Batman: Bruce Wayne, Murderer? = 610 pages
The Iron Flute: 100 Zen Koans = 153 pages
The Girl on the Train = 325 pages
There Are Jews in My House = 160 pages
Cages = 496 pages
Liberator, Vol. 1: Rage Ignition = 144 pages
April
The Incredible Journey = 160 pages
MIND MGMT, Vol. 4: The Magician = 168 pages
The Other Catholics: Remaking America's Largest Religion = 432 pages
All the Old Knives = 304 pages
A Game for Swallows: To Die, to Leave, to Return = 188 pages
Guapa = 368 pages
New Kids on the Block's Hangin' Tough = 144 pages
The Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 9: Skin Deep = 96 pages
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood = 192 pages
Who Are the Independent Catholics? by John P. Plummer = 100 pages
Livewires: Clockwork Thugs, Yo by Adam Warren = 144 pages
Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming = 304 pages

A little behind target right now, but we've got some time still:
January - 15 books, 3827 pages read (view spoiler) - 3, 827 pages read
February 15 books, 3,940 pages read (view spoiler) - 7,767 pages read
March 17 books, 4,243 pages read (view spoiler) - 12,010 pages read
April 13 books, 3,465 pages read (view spoiler) - 15,457 total pages read
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Total 6854/30000