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Let's Turn Pages Challenge - 2016
Updated #52575. The Help by Kathryn Stockett Completed 9/12/16 451 pages
76. James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Completed 11/12/16 160 pages
19,214/17,500
Update to message #1545.
119. Чужак by Max Frei - 640 pages
43,190/20,000
119. Чужак by Max Frei - 640 pages
43,190/20,000
2 more books added - Book 22: Wrestling God By Art Crummer -- Pg. = 428
Book 23: Nightshades By Robert Pronzini -- Pg. = 148
Total YTD: 8,266 of 12,500
Updated message 22 with Unravelling Oliver - 235pUnder the Hawthorn Tree - 160p
78,503/50,000
Update to post 106:The Complete Dreamsongs - George R. R. Martin - 1456
27,716/15,000
7140+200/10000=7340/10000 (All the Old Lions)
Updated message 22 with One by Sarah Crossan - 448p78,951/50,000
Update to message #1545.
120. Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas - 512 pages
43,702/20,000
120. Our Tragic Universe by Scarlett Thomas - 512 pages
43,702/20,000
Update to message #1545.
121. Story of O by Pauline Réage - 256 pages
43,958/20,000
121. Story of O by Pauline Réage - 256 pages
43,958/20,000
87,513/75,000V for Vendetta 296 pages
Too Late 383 pages
The Edge of Never 423 pages
The Edge of Always 405 pages
The Descender, Vol 1: Tin Stars 160pgs,
Simple Abundance 528 pages
Bright Side 423 pages
On Dublin Street 372 pages
On Dublin Street 1.1, 36 pages
On Dublin Street 1.2, 4 pages
On Dublin Street 1.5, 111 pages
Untamed 416 pages
Razor's Edge 51 pages
Asher 323 pages
Fighting to Forgive 372 pages
Update: 28,011/25,000The geography of you and me: 337 pages.
Rat Queens, Vol. 1: 128 pages.
Rat Queens, Vo. 2: 128 pages.
updated message 2318120/18000
Finished challenge. Yay!
Update 232112Mom & Me & Mom 201 pages
Frontier Grit: The Unlikely True Stories of Daring Pioneer Women 208 pages
Vampire Kisses 253 pages
201+208+253+20,329= 20,991 /90,000
Probably won't make it to my goal but oh well. There is always next year.
Update in post #32Total: 35,986/35,000
Challenge completed
Please Update!November 2016: 8 books read, 2901 pages turned
Total so far 23,223/25,000 (92.89%)
The Rancher's Return by Brenda Jackson publ 2016/ 192 pages
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline publ 2011/ 373 pages
The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins publ 2014/ 688 pages
The Sixth Extinction by James Rollins publ 2014/ 608 pages
Redemption Bay Haven Point#2 by RaeAnne Thayne publ 2015/ 384 pages
Evergreen Springs Haven Point #3 by RaeAnne Thayne publ 2015/ 384 pages
Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey publ 2004/ 32 pages
A Cold Creek Christmas Story by RaeAnne Thayne publ 2015/ 240 pages
My November favorites happen to be my longest reads page-wise, 'The 6th Extinction' and 'The Bone Labyrinth', both by James Rollins, as a scientist, he had me ethically questioning our trajectory in today's world. However my most socially interested one was, " Save Me"; I highly recommend this novel!
October 2016: 4 books read 1224 pages turned
Total so far 20,322/25,000 (81.3%)
Snowfall on Haven Point by RaeAnne Thayne publ 2016/ 384 pgs
Troublemaker by Linda Howard publ 2016 / 400 pages
Into the Fury BOSS#1 by Kat Martin publ 2016/ 354 pages
Corey's Mountain by Brenda Jackson publ 2016/ 86 pages
update to post 106:The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe - 416
28,132/15,000
Update to message #1545.
122. The Golden Flower Pot by E.T.A. Hoffmann - 96 pages
123. Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober by E.T.A. Hoffmann - 150 pages
44,204/20,000
122. The Golden Flower Pot by E.T.A. Hoffmann - 96 pages
123. Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober by E.T.A. Hoffmann - 150 pages
44,204/20,000
The elfstones of Shannara 564 pages11920/15000
Update: 28,171/25,000Rat queens, vol. 3: 160 pages.
Updated Message #73. Finally completed my goal of 75,000 in the nick of time :)Full list of books and pages at my corner here:
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Updated message 22 with Only Ever Yours - 400p79,351/50,000
Update to message #1545.
124. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - 326 pages
44,530/20,000
124. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner - 326 pages
44,530/20,000
Update: 28,678/25,000Mansfield Park: 507 pages.
update (completed)Let's Turn Pages Challenge 2016
Duration: January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016
Goal: 15,327 / 13,000 pages.
1. Love You More by Lisa Gardner
2. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
3. Prayers Stay The Same by Tuna Kiremitçi
4. The Seventh Child by Erik Valeur
5. Vraciul. Profesorul Wilczur by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz book 1
6. Vraciul. Profesorul Wilczur by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz book 2(books 1-6= 2396 p)
7. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (476 p)
8. Stoner by John Edward Williams (271 p)
9. Me Before You (495 p)
10. After You (508 p) by Jojo Moyes
11. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (514 p)
12. O intamplare ciudata cu un caine la miezul noptii by Mark Haddon (287 p)
13. Fifty Shades Darker by E.L. James (532 p)
14. Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James (548 p)
15. En gatekatt ved navn Bob: Og hvordan han reddet mitt liv by James Bowen (249 p)
16. Orasul de Cenusa by Cassandra Clare (415 p)
17. En mann ved navn Ove by Fredrik Backman (323 p)
18. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (530 p)
19. På ferie med pappa by Dora Heldt (405 p)
20. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai (265 p)
21. Oraşul de Sticla by Cassandra Clare (480 p)
22. Anne Franks dagbok by Anne Frank 359 p)
23. Sotia calatorului in timp by Audrey Niffenegger (396 p)
24. Animal Farm by George Orwell (95 p)
25. Three Wishes by Liane Moriarty (376 p)
26. Appelsinpiken by Jostein Gaarder (175 p)
27. Bared to You by Sylvia Day (334 p)
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)
34. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott (Fitzgerald (144 p)
35. Sticletele by Donna Tartt (1108 p)
36. Chase Around the World by Tiara Fay
37. Hypnotisören by Lars Kepler (528 p)
38. Piken på toget by Paula Hawkins (413 p)
39. Oamenii fericiți citesc și beau cafea by Agnès Martin-Lugand (170 p)
40. Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham (224 p)
41. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (303 p)
Perhaps my last entry.80,033/50,000
So much for reading less this year as I passed 2015 by 6,000 or so and ten or so more books.
Trying to get to 100 books by 31st December :)Currently on 98.
Finished: I Won't Be Home For Christmas
Running Total: 33,933/25,000
Update to message #1545.
125. Волонтеры вечности by Max Frei - 638 pages
45,168/20,000
125. Волонтеры вечности by Max Frei - 638 pages
45,168/20,000
88,825/75,000Smith 266 pages
Rough Hand 274 pages
Swing 283 pages
Yours to Bare 470 pages
Update to message 3030 (original post: 2297)
~ 480p.
~ 600p.
~ 437p.
~ 37p.
~ 400p.TOTAL: 18.138/18.500
Update to message #1545.
126. Pushkin's Fairy Tales by Alexander Pushkin - 151 pages
45,319/20,000
126. Pushkin's Fairy Tales by Alexander Pushkin - 151 pages
45,319/20,000
Update to message 3010The Book of Unknown Americans
Temporary Kings
Hearing Secret Harmonies
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Equal Rites
20395/18500
Updated message 22 with The Undertaking by Audrey Magee - 304pNothing to Envy by Barbara Demick - 340p
79,995/50,000
Updated post #1204
- 420 pages
- 140 pages
- 333 pages
- 133 pagesTotal from the books (December): 1026 pages
6526/10000 pages
Congratulations to Lisa, Jessica, and Diana for finishing their challenges!
Update message #1745 & #3033***Completed 12 29/16***
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