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Let's Turn Pages Challenge - 2016


It's only July and I've already nearly hit my target so now seems a good time to increase my target to 25,000 pages please.

Book 9: Everything to Lose By Andrew Gross -- Pg. = 328
Brings total to - 3,650/12,500
Gotta get but in gear!!!
Update to message #1545.
***COMPLETE***
65. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien - 439 pages
20,978/20,000
***COMPLETE***
65. The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien - 439 pages
20,978/20,000

25. Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty (376 p)
26. Appelsinpiken by Jostein Gaarder (175 p)
27. Bared to You by Sylvia Day (334 p)

164. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - 274p - **** (26/7/16)
165. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling - 607p - **** (27/7/16)
166. The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova - 704p - *** (31/7/16)
167. The Cuckoo's Calling by J.K. Rowling (writing as Robert Galbraith) - 550p - *** (31/7/16)
52,220/50,000

July: Month Total: 1,802 pages
1) Fresh Doubt, 364 pages
2) Insurgent, 525 pages, audio book
3) Brave, 449 pages
4) Power Play, 464 pages

May 2016: 9 books added/ 1722 pages turned (10,361/25,000)
Harvest Moon reread by Robyn Carr 361pgs
Backwards Glance by Robyn Carr 104 pgs
Not Quite Mine by Catherine Bybee 302pgs
Not Quite Enough by C. Bybee 316pgs
Not Quite Forever by C. Bybee 306 pgs
Possessive by Catherine Bybee 72 pgs
Down by the River reread by Robyn Carr 337pgs
Bachelor Unleashed by Brenda Jackson 224pgs
June 2016: 6 books read 1816 pages turned ( 12,177/ 25,000)
Into the Whirlwind by Kat Martin 400pgs
Bachelor Undone by Brenda Jackson 224pgs
The Invitation by Barbara Delinsky 202 pgs
What We Find by Robyn Carr 342pgs
The Real Thing by Barbara Delinsky 248 pgs
Fire Bound by Christine Feehan 406 pgs

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July's People Nadine Gordimer 159 pages
Spot, the Cat Henry Cole (MCA) 32 pages
The Storyteller Evan Turk (MCA) 48 pages
There Is a Tribe of Kids Lane Smith (MCA) 40 pages
Waiting for High Tide Nikki McClure (MCA) 48 pages
Robin of the Wood - Legend Adam Greenwood 127 pages
Asylum Madeleine Roux 313 pages
The Museum of Extraordinary Things Alice Hoffman 368 pages
Total for the Year: 45,265 out of 50,000

House of Leaves - 709
MiXED NUTS or What I've Learned Practicing Psychotherapy - 213
Oryx and Crake - 402
L'amore fatale - 280
Il padre di mia figlia - 187
The Name of the Wind - 662
The Case of the Missing Books - 329
2016 total so far: 20,753/30,000

- (14,926/ 25,000)
Nine (9) books read/ 2,749 pages turned:
Shadow Rider by Christine Feehan 2016/ 480 pgs
The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn 2012/ 265 pgs
Make Me by Lee Childs 2015/ 432 pgs
Immortal Ever After by Lynsay Sands 2013/ 358 pgs (reread?)
Cross Kill by James Patterson 2016/ 144pgs
Private Vegas by James Patterson 2015/361 pgs
Private by Maxine Paetro and James Patterson 2010/ 385pgs
Bachelor Unforgiving by Brenda Jackson 2016/ 224pgs
Baby It's You by Stephanie Bond 2016/ 100 pgs
Now onto August and beyond!

Goal: 26,675/45,000, 59.28% - 90 total books.
July - 16 books, 5,280 pages. 26,675 total pages.
75. Pressure - 304 pages
76. Lord of the Flies - 227 pages
77. The Handmaid's Tale - 368 pages
78. A Death in the Family - 323 pages
79. The Morning Dew - 35 pages
80. The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) - 576 pages
81. Hell House - 304 pages
82. The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4) - 544 pages
83. Robot Dreams (Robot, #0.4) - 404 pages
84. The Bird Artist - 289 pages
85. Nexus (Nexus, #1) - 460 pages
86. Middlesex - 544 pages
87. The Positronic Man (Robot, #0.6) - 290 pages
88. Selected Poems: Charlotte Mew - 124 pages
89. Lucky Jim - 296 pages
90. The Blue World - 192 pages

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

23,761 out of 25,000 pages completed
July
Octopus Pie: Volume 1 = 267 pages
Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him = 152 pages
Skeleton Man = 368 pages
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic = 232 pages
Firebreather, Volume 1: Growing Pains = 144 pages
Exploring the Roots of Religion (36 half-hour lectures) = 522 pages
Everyman = 182 pages
The Getaway Man = 208 pages
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? = 212 pages
Bird Lake Moon = 192 pages
Kill My Mother: A Graphic Novel = 150 pages
Introduction to the Study of Religion 36 1/2-hour lectures = 522 pages
Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People = 256 pages
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power = 128 pages
MIND MGMT, Vol. 5: The Eraser = 168 pages 7/27/16
Silver Surfer, Vol. 1: New Dawn = 128 pages
The Blessing Way = 294 pages
New School = 340 pages
The Assault on Reason = 273 pages
Simon's Cat vs. the World = 96 pages
A Contract With God and Other Tenement Stories = 196 pages
I've met my goal, I will increase to 75,000.
Total Pages: 40,626/40,000
January: 2,605 pages
February: 3,946 pages
March: 5,109 pages
April: 5,924 pages
May: 6,542 pages
June: 7,261 pages
July: 8,889 pages
August: 350 pages
Total Pages: 40,626/40,000
January: 2,605 pages
February: 3,946 pages
March: 5,109 pages
April: 5,924 pages
May: 6,542 pages
June: 7,261 pages
July: 8,889 pages
August: 350 pages


Irish Fairy and Folk Tales by various - 132
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare - 492
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare - 435
Half a War by Joe Abercrombie - 497
Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman - 264
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch - 719
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 462
Landline by Rainbow Rowell - 356
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs - 458
Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman - 241
The Emperor's Soul by Brandon Sanderson - 128
Uprooted by Naomi Novik - 435
A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab - 384
Tintenherz by Cornelia Funke - 566
Worlds' End by Neil Gaiman - 168
The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan - 417
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater - 419
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli - 303
Saga, Volume Two by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples - 168
Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown - 160
Kollektivt selvmord by Arto Paasilinna - 235
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater - 450
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater - 389
The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater - 438
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - 389
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley - 229
And Another Thing... by Eoin Colfer - 340
When Marnie Was There by Joan G. Robinson - 279
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch - 628
Lord of the Flies by William Golding - 235
Total: 10,927 / 20,000

Running total 19,638/25,000

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Chris Bohjalian 288 pages
Total for the Year: 45,553 out of 50,000
Update to message #1545.
66. Lady Susan by Jane Austen - 117 pages
21,095/20,000
66. Lady Susan by Jane Austen - 117 pages
21,095/20,000
Update to message #1545.
67. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - 554 pages
21,649/20,000
67. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens - 554 pages
21,649/20,000


I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, Book 1) by: Carter, Ally -249p
March: Book One by: Lewis, John -121p
Thing explainer : complicated stuff in simple words by: Munroe, Randall -61p
H is for Hawk by: MacDonald, Helen -300p
Julie of the Wolves by: George, Jean Craighead -212p
Don't make me think, revisited : a common sense approach to Web usability by: Krug, Steve -200p
Midwife's Apprentice, The by: Cushman, Karen -133p
March: Book Two by: Lewis, John -187p
Stargirl by: Jerry Spinelli -186p
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by: Kaling, Mindy -222p
Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb, The by: Climo, Shirley & Mora, Francisco -39p
King's Fifth, The by: O'Dell, Scott -265p
New Covenant, The by: Watchman Nee -174p
Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent by: Child, Lauren -48p
Journey by: Becker, Aaron -40p
Hello, my name is Ruby by: Stead, Philip Christian -36p
Great Gilly Hopkins, The by: Paterson, Katherine -148p
Learning Responsive Web Design: A Beginner's Guide by: Peterson, Clarissa -412p
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by: Shafer, David -426p
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by: Brown, Peter -40p
Mr. Wuffles! by: Wiesner, David -32p
Junket by: White, Anne H -160p
Divergent by: Roth, Veronica -487p
Lumberjanes #1 by: Stevenson, Noelle -24p
Anna is still here by: Vos, Ida -144p
Sam and the Firefly by: PD Eastman -62p
Nightingale, the by: Hannah, Kristen -440p
Law of Revival, the by: Lee, Witness -63p
Manfish by: Jennifer Berne -40p
Hatchet by: Paulsen, Gary -195p
Fuzzy Mud by: Sachar, Louis - 182p
Bigger than a Bread Box by: Snyder, Laurel - 226p
The talking horse and the sad girl and the village under the sea by: Haddon, Mark - 60p
Boys in the Boat, the by: Brown, Daniel James - 404p
Matched (Matched #1) by: Condie, Ally - 366p
Lion in Paris, A by: Alemagna, Beatrice - 32p
Book with no pictures, The by: Novak, B.J. - 48p
Life of Pi by: Martel, Yann - 326p
Hoot by: Hiaasen, Carl - 295p
Drum Dream Girl : How One Girl's Courage Changed Music by: Engle, Margarita & López, Rafael -48p
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by: Blume, Judy -120p
Dog Day or The Angel in the House, A by: Emanuel, Walter -64p
Heavenly Ministry of Christ, The by: Lee, Witness -78p
Penderwicks, the by: Birdsall, Jeanne - 262p
Bartleby, the Scrivener A Story of Wall-Street by: Melville, Herman -70p
Strawberry Girl by: Lenski, Lois - 190p
William Shakespeare's The Jedi Doth Return by: Doescher, Ian - 165p
Insurgent (Divergent #2) by: Roth, Veronica -536p
Bear's Song, The (Little Bear and Papa Bear) by: Chaud, Benjamin - 32p
Float by: Miyares, Daniel - 48p
Secret of the Old Clock, The (Nancy Drew #1) by: Keene, Carolyn - 180p
Information Architecture: For the Web and Beyond by: Rosenfeld, Louis; Morville, Peter; Arango, Jorge - 445p
Ball by: Sullivan, Mary - 32p
Apartment Therapy: Complete and Happy Home by: Gillingham-Ryan, Maxwell; Laban, Janel - 320p
Badge of Infamy by: Del Rey, Lester - 116p
You read to me, I'll read to you by: Ciardi, John - 64p
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance by: Gawande, Atul - 273p
Pool by: Lee, JiHyeon - 50p
Boy on Fairfield Street, the by: Krull, katherine - 48p
Let's pretend this never happened by: Lawson, Jenny - 318p
Eating the Lord by: Lee, Witness - 41p
Never Let Me Go by: Ishiguro, Kazuo - 286p
A hungry lion, or, a dwindling assortment of animals by: Cummins, Lucy Ruth - 40p
Long way from Chicago, A by: Peck, Richard - 148p
Vargic's miscellany of curious maps : mapping the modern world by: Vargic, Martin - 123p
Crossed by: Condie, Ally - 367p
Betsy and Joe by: Lovelace, Maud Hart - 256p
Paleo Perfected: Smart New Strategies and Inventive Recipes for People Who Really Like to Eat by: America's Test Kitchen (Editor) - 336p
Last Lecture, The by: Pausch, Randy - 207p
Day the Crayons Quit, The by: Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers - 36p
Organizing solutions for people with attention deficit disorder: tips and tools to help you take charge of your life and get organized by: Pinsky, Susan C - 192p
Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars * by: Holt, Nathalia - 337p
Allegiant (Divergent #3) by: Roth, Veronica - 545p
Star Wars: shattered empire by: Rucka, Greg - 136p
Take Hold! poetry anthology by: Hopkins, Lee Bennett - 96p
All the Bright Places by: Niven, Jennifer - 378p
Betsy and the Great World by: Lovelace, Maud Hart - 353p
Giant Days by: Allison, John - 128p
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by: Roach, Mary - 288p
YOLO Juliet by: Wright, Brett - 95p
Lesson Book, Level 1: Salvation -- God’s Full Salvation by: Lee, Witness -113p
Summer Before the War, the by: Simonson, Helen -479p
Swallows and Amazons by: Ransome, Arthur -351p
Home Game by: Lewis, Michael - 192p
Quest by: Becker, Aaron - 40p
Miss Lonelyhearts by: West, Nathanael - 208p
Idylls of the King by: Tennyson, Alfred Lord - 251p
El Deafo! by: Bell, Cece - 248p
Theater shoes by: Streatfield, Noel - 252p
(total read of finished books: 17,066 pages)
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Current total is now 13,307/20,000