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Let's Turn Pages Challenge - 2016

Not a book I enjoyed but it's good to try new genres
Running Total: 16,491/25,000

Twelve Years a Slave;
Lady of Hay; and
Defending Jacob
Full list at page 1 message 41
Slightly behind goal but it is still doable

Elizabeth Is Missing Emma Healey 320 pages
Death in Venice Thomas Mann 142 pages
Total for the Year: 38,903 out of 50,000
Update to message #1545.
50. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - 404 pages
51. The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - 64 pages
15,979/20,000
< 100 pages - 8 books
100+ pages - 7 books
200+ pages - 12 books
300+ pages - 9 books
400+ pages - 6 books
500+ pages - 6 books
600+ pages - 0 books
700+ pages - 3 books
50. Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas - 404 pages
51. The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - 64 pages
15,979/20,000
< 100 pages - 8 books
100+ pages - 7 books
200+ pages - 12 books
300+ pages - 9 books
400+ pages - 6 books
500+ pages - 6 books
600+ pages - 0 books
700+ pages - 3 books

Goal: 21,395/45,000, 47.54% - 74 total books.
June - 11 books, 3,356 pages. 21,395 total pages.
64. Jimmy the Kid (Dortmunder, #3) - 195 pages
65. The Outfit (Parker, #3) - 213 pages
66. Gangster - 416 pages
67. The Left Hand of Darkness (Hainish Cycle, #4) - 256 pages
68. His Last Bow (Sherlock Holmes, #8) - 260 pages
69. The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9) - 320 pages
70. The Fireman - 727 pages
71. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays - 256 pages
72. The Fall of the House of Usher - 25 pages
73. Revenge: Stories - 176 pages
74. The Name of the Rose - 512 pages

16,795 pages
Please increase my goal to 25,000
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One summer America 1927/ Bill Bryson 456 pages
5038/27000
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April
Invisible/ James Patterson 399
Truth or dare / James Patterson 383
The upstairs room/Johanna reiss 208
The boys in the boat/ Daniel James brown 392
1,382 pages
6,420/27,000
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May
A mothers reckoning/ sue klebold 284
Still life with bread crumbs/Anna quinlin 252
Library of souls/ranson Riggs 463
The vanishing act of Esme Lennox /Maggie O'Farrell 277
1,276
7696/27,000
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June
Pompeii/ Robert Harris. 274
Cross justice/James Patterson 420
694 pages
Total 8390/27,000
Update to message #1545.
52. Salvation of a Forsyte, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy - 240 pages
16,219/20,000
52. Salvation of a Forsyte, and Other Stories by John Galsworthy - 240 pages
16,219/20,000

8887/25000
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
880 - Drums of Autumn
150 - The Copy
380 - League of Dragons
160 - X Out Of Wonderland

+ From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review, a quick read of 32 pages.
Making me:
5446/10.000

Reached my goal of 10,000 pages. I would like to increase it to 15,000. Thanks
43. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Completed 22/06/16 142 pages
44. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind Completed 26/06/16 256 pages
45. Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Completed 30/06/16 20 pages
46. Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort Completed 30/06/16 32 pages
47. No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre Completed 1/07/16 52 pages
9,962 + 142 + 256 + 20 + 32 + 52 = 10,464
10,464/15,000

June: Month Total: 1,125 pages
1) Crossroads in Time, 348 pages
2) Divergent, 487 pages, audio book
3) Run Girl, 174 pages
4) How to Eat Fried Worms, 116 pages, read with C

Finally finished - A Game of Thrones By George R. R. Martin -- Pg. = 807
Jumped my total to 3322. Slow start, but gaining speed.

Ubu: Ubu Re - Ubu Cornuto - Ubu incatenato - Ubu sulla Collina - 190
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban - 327
The Book of Illusions - 321
Speak - 198
And the Mountains Echoed - 404
Undine - 96
La vera storia di Leon Pantà - 133
Magical Thinking - 281
Moderato Cantabile - 165
A Scone To Die For - 331
The cost of sugar - 296
Year total so far: 17,971/30,000
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