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Goal: 4,184/10,000
Books Read
Intertwined - 377 pages
Adulthood Is a Myth - 109 pages
A Court of Thorns and Roses - 416 pages
Stardust - 266 pages
The Bad Beginning - 176 pages
The Reptile Room - 192 pages
Casino Royale - 178 pages
Northanger Abbey - 251 pages
A House to Let - 104 pages
The Darkest Room - 480 pages
We Should All Be Feminists - 48 pages
A Court of Mist and Fury - 618 pages
Persuasion - 249 pages
The Three-Body Problem - 400 pages
The Girl from Venice - 320 pages

I read
Quidditch Through the Ages -105 pages
Demon Road 1 - Hölle und Highway- 478 pages
Adolf Hitlers 'Mein Kampf': Zur Poetik des Nationalsozialismus - 93 pages
Missing - 205 pages
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 560 pages
The One Memory of Flora Banks - 311 pages
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20,000 - 1752 = 18248

(38,000 goal)
(3,926 / 38,000 pages)
1. An Amorous Discourse in the Suburbs of Hell by Deborah Levy (72 pages) 1/2/17
2. Castle Waiting by Linda Medley (472 pages) 1/2/17
3. The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff (430 pages) 1/3/17
4. Boy21 by Matthew Quick (250 pages) 1/7/17
5. The Saga of Rex by Michel Gagné (200 pages) 1/7/17
6. Raylan by Elmore Leonard (263 pages) 1/10/17
7. In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan (205 pages) 1/14/17
8. Jayson Goes to Hollywood by Jeff Krell (GN 96 pages) 1/15/17
9. Words Works: Volume 1 by Georgia O'Keeffe (48 pages) 1/15/17
10. The Complete Normalman: Volume 1 by Jim Valentino (430 pages) 1/16/17
11. Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography by Neil Patrick Harris (291 pages) 1/16/17
12. Here by Richard McGuire (304 pages) 1/16/17
13. On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss (205 pages) 1/21/17
14. ALPHABET: The LGBTQAIU Creators from Prism Comics by Jon Macy & Tara Madison Avery (372 pages) 1/24/17

5514/20000 (I don't think I'll have a problem reaching this goal :) I'll probably increase it if I keep up this pace.)
Here are the books I read in January:
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two: 308
Ready Player One: 372
American Gods: 522
Red Rising: 382
Golden Son: 442
Morning Star: 516
The Revenge of Seven: 416
The Fugitive: 100
The Navigator: 100
The Guard: 100
The Fate of Ten: 435
Legacies Reborn: 87
Last Defense: 104
Hunt for the Garde: 100
United as One: 480
Bad Dog: A Love Story: 213
All the Bright Places: 379
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution: 326
Macbeth: 132

Kailu
Update to mesage #7.
January:
1. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - 112 pages
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 251 pages
3. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - 786 pages
4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 722 pages
5. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 944 pages
6. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750 pages
7. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128 pages
8. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208 pages
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 317 pages
10. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 672 pages
4,890/50,000
January:
1. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - 112 pages
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 251 pages
3. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - 786 pages
4. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 722 pages
5. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 944 pages
6. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750 pages
7. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128 pages
8. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208 pages
9. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 317 pages
10. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 672 pages
4,890/50,000

I managed to read 118 pages of Stephen King's Revival between January 26th and 31st, giving me a total page count for the month of January of 1,946 pages.

1. The Prime Minister's Secret Agent-306p
2. Her Royal Spyness-336p
3. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper-331p
4. The Quilter's Apprentice-272p
5. Britt-Marie Was Here-324p
6. The Ex-304p
7. Cherringham: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation-#1-#3-328p
8. The Nest-353p
9. A Great Reckoning-389p
10. The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq-32p
11. Cherringham: A Cosy Crime Series Compilation-#4-#6-307p
12. Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew'd-331p

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson - 544 pages
My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni - 410 pages
What Alice Forgot What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty - 423 pages
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - 207 pages
Progress: 4,695/25,000 pages

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 204p - ****
Child 44 - 484p - ***
5,104/36,500

Just finished reading A Certain Age for 329 pages so far in February, increasing my pages read to 2,275/20,000 pages toward my goal.

January
A Cat Called Birmingham 182 pgs
Suicide Squad: The Official Movie Novelization 375 pgs
All The Single Ladies 488 pgs
Love Me or Leave Me 424 pgs
Tyrant 403 pgs
Total of pages read so far: 1,872/30,000 pgs

January
Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown (246 pages)
The Twelve - Justin Cronin (568 pages)
The City of Mirrors - Justin Cronin (602 pages)
The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller (352 pages)
Total pages so far: 1768/10000

January
Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown (246 pages)
The Twelve - Justin Cronin (568 pages)
The City of..."
Ah, The Song of Achilles - I love that book! What did you think of it?

16,786/200,000
336 + 512 + 340 + 416 + 245 + 306 + 242 + 446 + 340 + 241 + 339 + 309 = 4,072
237 + 241 + 377 + 390 + 335 + 419 + 336 + 256 + 309 + 656 + 413 + 409 = 4,378
4,072 + 4,378 = 8,450
356 + 350 + 371 + 358 + 419 + 380 + 336 = 2,570 8,450 + 2570 = 11,020
656 + 540 + 512 + 496 + 496 + 483 + 480 + 446 + 419 + 416 + 413 + 409 = 5766
11020 + 5766 = 16786

January: 1,862 pages
1) Turbo Twenty-Three, 288 pages (288 pages)
2) 15th Affair, 480 pages, audio book (768 pages)
3) Stars Above, 369 pages (1,137 pages)
4) City of Heavenly Fire, 725 pages, audio book (1,862 pages)

I must have messed up and failed to update. My total pgs. are 1110.
I have read:
Oh Danny Boy
Truly Madly Guilty
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Thank you.
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Total 884/8,000
January -884
✔️ Sugar Cookie Murder 352 pg.
✔️ The Time Traveler's Wife 500 pg.
✔️ Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus 32 pg.