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message 2951: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 22 with:
Interim Errantry - 546p
Jingo - 387p

75,778/50,000


message 2953: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman The Perfect Mistress
37,841 + 336 = 38,177/40,000


message 2954: by Eggp (new)

Eggp | 487 comments Monthly update:
Goal: 44,378/45,000, 98.62% - 146 total books.

November - 8 books, 3,189 pages. 44,378 total pages.

139. English As She Is Spoke; Or, a Jest in Sober Earnest - 150 pages
140. Live Girls (Davey Owen, #1) - 319 pages
141. Far from the Madding Crowd - 433 pages
142. Inside the O'Briens - 352 pages
143. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever - 528 pages
144. Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1) - 400 pages
145. Palace Walk: Cairo Trilogy 1 - 699 pages
146. Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town, #2) - 308 pages


message 2955: by SweatyNerdie (new)

SweatyNerdie Update!

Total: 24006/25000


message 2956: by Amanda (new)

Amanda R (fairyteapot) | 1559 comments Updated #525

18,603/17,500

Challenge completed

I will continue counting my ages to see where I get to.

70. Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig Completed 26/11/16 264 pages
71. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Completed 26/11/16 636 pages
72. The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy Completed 28/11/16 54 pages
73. Ring for Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse Completed 28/11/16 240 pages
74. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (abridged) Completed 29/11/16 24 pages


message 2957: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 22 with The Wizard's Dilemma - 263p

76,041/50,000


message 2958: by David (last edited Dec 02, 2016 08:49AM) (new)

David 74,280/50,000

Updated, usually on crossing another 10 grand, but since I passed last year's total of 74,065 it gives me a good reason to add new total.


message 2959: by Mary (new)

Mary Bronson | 111 comments A House Full of Daughters: A Memoir of Seven Generations 336 pages

19,993+336= 20,329 /90,000


message 2960: by Debra (new)

Debra | 486 comments 6744/10000+396 (The Girl in the Ice)=7140/10000


message 2963: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #1545.

115. The Ghost Writer by John Harwood - 384 pages

41,424/20,000


message 2964: by Jackie B. - (last edited Dec 02, 2016 08:36AM) (new)

Jackie B. - Death by Tsundoku (reiwing2040) | 1343 comments WOOHOO! I met my goal in November-- just barely, but I made it. This has been a good year for reading. :)

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 2965: by Blagica , Challenges (new)

Blagica  | 12941 comments 74,064/60,000


message 2966: by Dominique (new)

Dominique  | 1223 comments No 19 updated


message 2967: by Lisa B (new)

Lisa B Buesing (lisabuesing) | 135 comments Updated #23

16469/18000


message 2968: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman The Preacher's Wife 207p.
38,177 + 207 = 38,384/40,000


message 2969: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) Finished A Place Called Winter - 354 pages. An unusual book that I enjoyed.

Running total: 31,110/25,000


message 2970: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 22

76,296/50,000


message 2971: by Anissa (new)

Anissa Michaud | 287 comments Updated #49

6,395/7,000


message 2972: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Congratulations to Jackie, Sharon, Dominique, and Amanda for finishing their challenges!


message 2973: by Becky (new)

Becky | 131 comments I just finished the group read for Little Women

11,011/12,000


message 2974: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #1545.

116. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - 296 pages

41,720/20,000


message 2975: by Janet (new)

Janet (goodreadscomjanetj) | 784 comments Update to message 2987

Fear

19234/18500


message 2976: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Updated to here.


message 2977: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #1545.

117. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - 544 pages

42,264/20,000


message 2978: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 22

76,698/50,000


message 2979: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #1545.

118. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - 286 pages

42,550/20,000


message 2980: by Ecem (new)

Ecem Yücel (ecemyucel) | 240 comments #269. The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe #5) by Raymond Chandler - 315 pages
#270. Too Many Magicians (Lord Darcy #2) by Randall Garrett - 352 pages

60,403 /60,000


message 2981: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Congratulations, Ecem!


message 2982: by Ryan (new)

Ryan Miller | 177 comments Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut 282 pp.


message 2983: by SweatyNerdie (new)

SweatyNerdie Update!

Total: 25609/25000

Yay!


message 2984: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman Agatha Raisin Pushing up Daisies
38,384 + 192 = 38,576/40,000


message 2985: by Nurai (new)

Nurai Update: 27,755/25,000

The geography of you and me: 337 pages.


message 2986: by Susan (dalmatian21) (new)

Susan (dalmatian21) (dalmatian21) | 405 comments Been struggling reading this last month -- not horribly into my print book but just enough I refuse to quit reading it! Hoping I can hit my goal still!

Year Total: 18,317/20,000

November: Month Total: 633 pages

1) Inside the Earth, 40 pages, audio book, with kids
2) The Bunnicula Collection: Books 6-7), 276 pages, audio book, with kids
3) Embrace the Grim Reaper, 317 pages, audio book


message 2987: by bookswithchaipai (new)

bookswithchaipai | 120 comments 86. Truly Madly Guilty - 415
87. Carrie - 253
88. To the Lighthouse - 209
89. Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory - 393
90. Leaving Lucy Pear - 336
91. The Graveyard Book - 336
92. The Hobbit - 366
93. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper = 336
94. Charlotte's Web - 184
95. Fractured - 492
96. The Tempest - 392
97. Hag-Seed - 324
98. The Meaning of Maggie - 224

Total : 35,644/40,000 pages


message 2988: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 22 with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 206p

76,904/50,000


message 2989: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 22 with The Grace of Kings - 641p

77,545/50,000


message 2990: by Ryan (new)

Ryan Miller | 177 comments Ligeia by Edgar Allan Poe 32 pp.


message 2991: by Heather (new)

Heather (bigaitchc) Finished Christmas at the Cornish Café - a nice seasonal read :)

Running Total: 31,757/25,000


message 2992: by Sarah c (new)

Sarah c | 439 comments Please update message 20 12,558 /20,000


message 2993: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updated message 22 with Switchers - 220p

77,765/50,000


message 2994: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman The Client 483p.
The Testament 535p.
Maisie Dobbs 309p.
39,903/40,000


message 2995: by Sabrina (new)

Sabrina S. | 31 comments Update to message 2983 (original post: 2297)

Après minuit (Minuit, #10) by Lara Adrian ~ 496p.
Utricia 1 Magnifique by Morgane Tryde ~ 462p.
Prince of Thorns (The Broken Empire, #1) by Mark Lawrence ~ 312p.

TOTAL: 16.221/18.500


message 2996: by Ryan (last edited Dec 12, 2016 11:08AM) (new)

Ryan Miller | 177 comments Hobnail by Crystal Arbogast . 5 pp.


message 2997: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman A Christmas Message
39,903 + 163 = 40,066/40,000
Completed challenge!


message 2998: by Linda (last edited Dec 29, 2016 12:05PM) (new)


message 2999: by Kylie (new)

Kylie Cantwell | 720 comments I'm up to 4,764 pages... a little way off my target of 15,000.


message 3000: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Congratulations J, Natalie, and Linda!

No worries, Kylie - I'm shy of my goal too. It happens, but you've still read almost 5,000 pages of good books. :)


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