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Currently sitting at 17996/20000
Not sure I'll finish any more before tomorrow night, so that might be it for me...

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Hjman Cadavers - Mary Roach - 320
The Bielski Brothers - Petter Duffy - 336
28,788/15,000
Update to message #1545.
127. Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin - 472 pages
128. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 324 pages
129. Ruslan and Lyudmila by Alexander Pushkin - 256 pages
46,371/20,000
127. Collected Narrative and Lyrical Poetry by Alexander Pushkin - 472 pages
128. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 324 pages
129. Ruslan and Lyudmila by Alexander Pushkin - 256 pages
46,371/20,000

I started out with a goal of 15,000 which I then upped to 25,000. I'm ending 2016 having read 34,384 pages which I'm rather pleased with!

19099/25000
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
633 - The Final Empire
191 - Cowgirl Poetry: One Hundred Years of Ridin' and Rhymin'
520 - The Time Traveler's Wife
248 - Lullabies
480 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
382 - Red Rising
429 - In the Woods
457 - Island Beneath the Sea
276 - The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
310 - Kitchens of the Great Midwest
444 - Prodigal Summer

77. Animal Farm by George Orwell Completed 19/12/16 95 pages
78. Northern Lights by Philip Pullman Completed 30/12/16 414 pages
19,723/17,500
January 1,674
February 2,269
March 2,044
April 1,567
May 1,913
June 945
July 1,380
August 1,478
September 1,693
October 1,413
November 2,227
December 1,120

Odissea - 824
On Chesil Beach - 166
Teatro - 270
Silence of the Grave - 290
Il paese delle nevi - 145
The Time Machine - 118
I milanesi ammazzano al sabato - 180
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Volume 2 - 196
The Gambler - 188
King Henry V - 227
Tutti i figli di Dio danzano - 155
Total: 32,519/30,000
CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!!

I'm done for the year and I fell just short of my goal. I read 24,082 pages of my 25,000 page goal.

Please update, Let's Turn Pages for 2016: 28,213 pgs /25,000 pgs (12.85% above goal).
Pages turned for December 2016: 4,990 pages/ (18 books read)
1) Holiday Gift ( Cold Creek #15) by RaeAnne Thayne: publ 2016/ 224 pgs
2) Unfinished Business by Nora Roberts: publ 1992/ 250 pgs
3) The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas: publ 1997/ 32 pgs
4) The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by Dr. Seuss: publ 2011/ 72 pgs
5) My Kind of Christmas ( Virgin River # 18) by Robyn Carr: publ 2012/ 314 pgs
6) Christmas in Snowflake Canyon (Hope Crossing #6) by RaeAnne Thayne: publ 2013/ 368 pgs
7) The Skeleton Key (Sigma Force #6.5) by James Rollins: publ 2011/ 46 pgs
8) Cross Justice by James Patterson: publ 2015/ 528 pgs
9) Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs: publ 2016/ 342 pgs
10) The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter: publ 2016/ 461 pgs
11) Sandstorm by James Rollins: publ 2005/ 608 pgs
12) The Martian by Andy Weir: publ 2014/ 369 pgs
13) Dr. Strange #169 by Dan Adkins & Roy Thomas: publ 2016/ 19 pgs
14) Find Her by Lisa Gardner: publ 2016/ 402 pgs
15) Me Before You by JoJo Moyes: publ 2012/ 369 pgs
16) Cold Creek Reunion/ The Anniversary Party by RaeAnne Thayne: publ 2012/ 284 pgs
17) How Do You Kill 11 Millions People? by Andy Andrews: publ 2013/ 83 pgs
18) Good Behavior (The Johnson Family #5) by Delaney Diamond: publ 2016/ 219 pgs
My favorites for the month of December were " Sandstorm" and "Cross Justice". Thirdly, "The Kept Woman", d'accord!
I surprised myself by going above and beyond my established goal, but I plan to keep those numbers for the 2017 Let's Turn Pages Challenge (25,000 pgs).
Wishing all of my fellow readers/ bibliophiles in Goodreads Land many healthy and happy reading experiences for the 2017 New Year!

Truly awesome job, everyone - it's so impressive to see all of your page counts.

Year Total: 20,226/20,000
December: Month Total: 1,909 pages
The Good Knight, 361 pages
Call Me Irresistible, 385 pages, audio book
One with You, 464 pages
Zoo, 395 pages, audio book
Tricky Twenty-Two, 304 pages
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
October: Month Total: 1,392 pages
1) Eleven Days: An Unexpected Love, 232 pages
2) Grumpy Old Wizards, 372 pages
3) Where Their Hearts Collide, 224 pages
4) Body Movers, 384 pages, audio book
5) Sweet Girl, 180 pages
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
August: Month Total: 1,987 pages
1) Brooklyn Rockstar, 378 pages
2) Vacation Under the Volcano, 74 pages, read w/ C
3) The Academy - Thief, 420 pages
4) Introductions, 163 pages
5) Allegiant, 526 pages, audio book
6) The Transfer, 55 pages, audio book
7) Four: The Initiate, 40 pages, audio book
8) Four: The Son, 65 pages, audio book
9) The Traitor, 48 pages, audio book
10) You Know Who I Am, 218 pages
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
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
May: Month Total: 1,215 pages
1) Grey, 576 pages, audio book
2) Deep Blue, 320 pages
3) The Fairy Tale Bride, 319 pages
April: Month Total: 1,348 pages
1) Stupid History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions Throughout the Ages, 267 pages
2) Surprise Island, 178 pages, read with C
3) First World, 356 pages
4) Save Me,373 pages, audiobook
5) Crazy Dreams, 174 pages
March: Month Total: 1,000 pages
1) Footsteps in Time, 324 pages
2) Good Girl Gone Plaid), 213 pages
3) Winds of Time, 100 pages
4) Prince of Time, 363 pages
February: Month Total: 3,417 pages
1) Winter 824 pages
2) 12th of Never 368 pages, audiobook
3) Brighter Than the Sun 112 pages
4) The Dirt on Ninth Grave 326 pages
5) Captivated by You 356 pages
6) One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish 64 pages, with B
7) (Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance) 353 pages
8) A Little Bit of Déjà Vu 246 pages
9) Unlucky 13 384 pages, audio book
10) 14th Deadly Sin 384 pages, audio book
January: Month Total: 2,625 pages
1) Keep Quiet 352 pages, audiobook
2) Walks With Men: Fiction 112 pages, audiobook
3) The Bunnicula Collection 409 pages, audiobook, with C
4) Whiplash 402 pages
5) Eve of Warfare 61 pages, novella
6) Owl Moon 32 pages, with C
7) The Boxcar Children 154 pages, with C
8) Catching Fire 391 pages, audiobook
9) The Bunnicula Collection: Books 4-5, 320 pages, audio, with C
10) Mockingjay, 392 pages, audiobook
I missed my second goal by about 5,000 pages, but I surpassed my original goal by a lot, so I'm pretty happy with this years results!
Total Pages: 70,138/40,000 75,000
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: 8,260 pages
September: 7,178 pages
October: 6,702 pages
November: 4,224 pages
December: 3,498 pages
Total Pages: 70,138/
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: 8,260 pages
September: 7,178 pages
October: 6,702 pages
November: 4,224 pages
December: 3,498 pages

Happy new year!
Goal: 49,067/45,000, 109.04% - 166 total books.
December - 20 books, 4,689 pages. 49,067 total pages.
147. The Birds and Other Stories - 256 pages
148. Don't Look Now and Other Stories - 272 pages
149. The Last Colony (Old Man's War, #3) - 336 pages
150. Antique Dust: Ghost Stories - 238 pages
151. The Ballad of Black Tom - 152 pages
152. The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe - 166 pages
153. Burnt Offerings - 240 pages
154. Wylding Hall - 176 pages
155. Did You Ever Have a Family - 304 pages
156. Star Nomad (Fallen Empire, #1) - 253 pages
157. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said - 240 pages
158. Can Such Things Be? - 272 pages
159. Commonwealth - 352 pages
160. The Price of Salt - 304 pages
161. Roseanna (Martin Beck, #1) - 288 pages
162. All You Need Is Kill - 230 pages
163. Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries, #1) - 224 pages
164. More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - A Collection of Ghostly Tales - 192 pages
165. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary - 176 pages
166. I, Robot (Adam Link, #0.1) - 18 pages

Let's Turn Pages Challenge 2016
Duration: January 1, 2016 – December 31, 2016
Goal: 16,014 / 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)
42. 1984 by George Orwell (326 p)
43. Lolitaby Vladimir Nabokov (361 p)

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2- 308 pages
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe- 186 pages
Open House- 241 pages
The Magician's Nephew- 202 pages
Loser- 218 pages
Stargirl- 186 pages
Raymie Nightingale- 263 pages
Les Misérables- 1,463 pages
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane- 211 pages
Riding Freedom- 134 pages
Grand total for the year: 18,361 pages/25,000 pages

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Didn't quite make my goal but reasonably happy:
18,284/20,000

My final update for the year is 44,520 / 50,000 pages, and while I didn't meet my goal, 44k pages is still pretty cool! This challenge makes me feel so accomplished.
You all did wonderful and have such impressive page counts! Onward to 2017. :)

The Picture of Dorian Gray - 224p
Men Explain Things to Me and Other Essays - 144p
Cirque du Freak - 192p
80,555/50,000

***Challenge Completed***
Challenge #1
Let's turn pages
January 1 2016 - December 31 2016
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Last year I wanted to read 15000 pages. Did not happen, so This year I will set my goal again in 15000 hopefully This year I will make it.
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.
October
1. Bird Box Pages: 473
2. Carnival of Shadows Pages: 448
3. The Magic Finger Pages: 67
4. Horrorstör Pages: 248
5. Sex Criminals, Volume 3: Three the Hard Way Pages: 132
6. Charlotte's Web Pages: 260
Pages in October: 1628
Progress till October 31: 14088/15000 this is the 93.92 % of my reading goal.
November
1.Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl - A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship Pages: 290
2. Everyday Sexism Pages:384
3. Cinder Pages: 400
4. Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body Pages:336
Pages in November: 1410
Progress till November 30: 15498/15000 this is the 103.32% of my reading goal.
December
1.Ensayo sobre la ceguera Pages: 416
2.La Cuadra / The Block Pages: 196
Pages in December: 612
Progress till October 31: 16110/15000 this is the 107.4% % of my reading goal.
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Book 22: Wrestling God By Art Crummer -- Pg. = 249
Book 23: Nightshades By Bill Pronzini -- Pg. = 148
Book 24: Double By Bill Pronzini -- Pg. = 256
Total YTD: 8,343
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