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Let's Turn Pages Challenge - 2016

Book 13: Heaven's Keep By William Kent Krueger -- Pg. = 321
Book 14: Redemption Road By John Hart -- Pg. = 417
Both of these books were EXCELLENT, by the way..
Total YTD: 5428 of 12,500

I shall continue tallying my pages to see where I end the year :)

28. Reflected in You by Sylvia Day (352 p)
29. Looking for Alaska by John Green (285 p)
30. IUBIND-O PE EA by Alexandru Chermeleu (213 p)
31. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (571 p)
32. Et norsk hus by Vigdis Hjorth (189 p)
33. Calendar Girl: Volume One: January, February, March by Audrey Carlan (396 p)

14812/25000
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
256 - Foundation and Empire
448 - Finders Keepers
198 - A Tangled Web
835 - A Game of Thrones
512 - A Gathering of Shadows
369 - The Martian
761 - A Clash of Kings
392 - Son
162 - Coraline
113 - Dragonholder: The Life and Dreams (So Far) of Anne McCaffrey
295 - The Color Purple
178 - God Help the Child
192 - Our Souls at Night
209 - Mary Poppins
226 - Ubik
194 - Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
250 - The Burned Bridges of Ward, Nebraska
335 - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Goal: 37,881/45,000, 84.18% - 127 total books.
September - 15 books, 5,219 pages. 37,881 total pages.
113. The Night In Question: Stories - 224 pages
114. The Looking Glass War (George Smiley, #4) - 288 pages
115. Winter's Bone - 208 pages
116. Swan Song (The Forsyte Chronicles, #6) - 321 pages
117. The House of the Spirits - 560 pages
118. The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) - 464 pages
119. The Woman in the Dunes - 258 pages
120. Sphere - 384 pages
121. Mistborn: Secret History (Mistborn, #3.5) - 151 pages
122. Harvest Home - 415 pages
123. The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) - 624 pages
124. Dissolution - 442 pages
125. Jamaica Inn - 320 pages
126. Naomi's Room - 288 pages
127. Planet of the Apes - 272 pages

Year Total: 16,292/16,000
September: Month Total: 1,773 pages
1) Bullet, 451 pages
2) Wicked Appetite, 313 pages, audio book
3) Wicked Business, 299 pages, audio book
4) Tin God, 402 pages
5) Wicked Charms, 308 pages

September
1. Because I'm Watching
2.Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful
3. The Light Between Oceans
4.Gilt Hollow
5.The Girl on the Train
6.Sleep Tight
7.Blood Defense
8. Lost Embrace
9. Forbidden: A Standalone
10.The Things We Wish Were True
11.Fallen Too Far
12.Never Too Far
13.Underneath It All
14. Forever Too Far
15.Rush Too Far
16. A Kind of Justice
17.Hudson

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
Daredevil: Guardian Devil by Smith, Quesada and Palmiotti - 232
Warm Up by V. E. Schwab - 15
Jeppe på Berget; Erasmus Montanus; Niels Klim by Ludvig Holberg - 352
Summerhouse Land by Roderick Gordon - 492
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke - 235
Kindred Spirits by Rainbow Rowell - 62
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic - 237
The Raven King by Nora Sakavic - 286
The King's Men by Nora Sakavic - 370
Star Wars: Jedi Academy, Return of the Padawan by Jeffrey Brown - 176
The Trial by Franz Kakfa - 190
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 462
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart - 225
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne - 330
Total: 14,592 / 20,000

Harry Potter and the prisioner of azkaban

Total: 4974 / 10000

A Storm of Swords - 1,216
Fool - 328
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Volume 1 - 220
La Peste - 279
A Pattern Of Islands - 264
Random Acts Of Heroic Love - 432
2016 total so far: 25,216/30,000

January
1.The Witches: Salem, 1692 Pages: 512
2.Life After Life Pages: 544
3. De qué hablo cuando hablo de correr Pages: 232
4. The Bollywood Bride Pages: 352
5. Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy Pages: 128
6. ¡Muuu! Pages: 328
7. Instructions for a Heatwave Pages: 336
8. Bitch Planet, Vol 1: Extraordinary Machine Pages: 156
9.The Handmaid's Tale Pages: 324
January Progress: 2912/15000 This is the 19.41% of the pages I expect to read this year.
February
1.The Nightingale Pages: 449
February Progress: 3361/15000 This is the 22.40% of the pages I expect to read this year
March
1.Voces de Chernóbil Pages: 408
2.Batman: The Killing Joke Pages: 64
3.Relish: My Life in the Kitchen Pages: 192
4.I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban Pages: 288
5.Ghost Summer: Stories Pages:335
Pages read in March: 1287
Progress till March: 4648/15000 this is the 30% of my goal
April
1.Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 Pages: 224
2.Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?Pages:222
3.Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End Pages: 282
Pages in April: 728
Progress till April 30: 5376/15000 This is the 35.84% of my reading goal.
May
1.The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Pages: 310
2.The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Pages: 396
3.The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Pages: 654
4.Cierra los ojos, princesa Pages:224
5.So You've Been Publicly Shamed Pages: 304
Pages in May: 1888
Progress till May 31: 7259/15000 This is the 48.39% of my reading goal. :)
June
1.Momo Pages: 316
2.Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir Pages: 383
3.Lo entendimos todo mal Pages: 247
4.A Midsummer Night's Dream Pages: 126
5.Kindred Pages: 287
6. Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things Pages: 329
Pages in June: 1623
Progress till June 30: 8882/15000 this is the 59.2 % of my reading goal.
July
1. The Walls Around Us Pages: 336
2. Matilda Pages: 240
3. The Night Sister Pages: 322
4. The Vegetarian Pages: 183
Pages in July: 1081
Progress till July 31: 9963/15000 this is the 66.42 % of my reading goal.
August
1. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Pages: 352
2. The Festival of InsignificancePages: 115
3. Jane Eyre Pages: 336
4. The Last American VampirePages: 404
Pages in August: 1207
Progress till August 31: 11170/15000 this is the 74.46 % of my reading goal.
September
1.Smarter Than You Think: How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better Pages: 352
2.Adulthood Is a Myth: A "Sarah's Scribbles" Collection Pages: 109
3.Bossypants Pages:283
4.Lolita Pages: 546
Pages in September: 1290
Progress till September 30: 12460/15000 this is the 83.06 % of my reading goal.

Resisting Ryann 205 pages
Breaking Ryann 210 pages
The Silent Waters 316 pages
The Crown 279 pages
The Goal 350 pages
The Best Medicine 321 pages
11/22/63 849 pages
Update to message #1545.
93. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - 1,856
31,576/20,000
93. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - 1,856
31,576/20,000
Update to message #1545.
94. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri - 895 pages
32,471/20,000
94. The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri - 895 pages
32,471/20,000

#225. Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) by Marcel Proust -- 468 pages
#226. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner -- 326 pages
#227. Beowulf by Unknown -- 213 pages
#228. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg -- 416 pages
#229. The Shepherd's Crown (Discworld, #41; Tiffany Aching, #5) by Terry Pratchett -- 276 pages
#230. Electra by Sophocles -- 128 pages
#231. Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1) by Sophocles -- 75 pages
#232. The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey -- 460 pages
#233. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez -- 457 pages
#234. Mort (Discworld, #4; Death, #1) by Terry Pratchett -- 243 pages
#235. Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor -- 418 pages
#236. How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran -- 312 pages
#237. Days of Blood & Starlight (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #2) by Laini Taylor -- 517 pages
#238. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi --341 pages
#239. Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus -- 144 pages
#240. Medea by Euripides -- 116 pages
#241. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) by Sophocles -- 144 pages
#242. Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3) by Sophocles -- 80 pages
54,699 / 50,000
Cassandra, I've completed my goal again, so can you update my goal as 60,000 ? Thank you :)
Update to message #1545.
95. Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan - 160 pages
32,631/20,000
95. Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan - 160 pages
32,631/20,000
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