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Let's Turn Pages Challenges - 2017

Under the Harrow 240 pages
Story of O 204 pages
A Beautiful Blue Death 309 pages
27,208/50,000
Update to message #7.
Wow, I was really not as productive with my reading in May, as I was at the beginning of the year. But hey... That's what happens when you get a full time job...
May:
1. Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough - 752 pages
2. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - 648 pages
3. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - 1,469 pages
4. Us by David Nicholls - 517 pages
5. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - 1,125 pages
4,511 pages
Total: 29,418/50,000
Wow, I was really not as productive with my reading in May, as I was at the beginning of the year. But hey... That's what happens when you get a full time job...
May:
1. Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough - 752 pages
2. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - 648 pages
3. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas - 1,469 pages
4. Us by David Nicholls - 517 pages
5. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - 1,125 pages
4,511 pages
Total: 29,418/50,000

May: 5698
The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer = 512 pages
Night Broken by Patricia Briggs = 353 pages
Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs = 352 pages
Crossing the Line by Katie McGarry = 67 pages
The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden = 322 pages
Dare You To by Katie McGarry = 480 pages
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware = 352 pages
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab = 400 pages
Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones = 436 pages
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs = 352 pages
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor = 544 pages
Where Dreams Begin by Lisa Kleypas = 373 pages
For I Have Sinned by Darynda Jones = 68 pages
Shimmer by Darynda Jones = 7 pages
Glow by Darynda Jones = 10 pages
A Very Charley Christmas by Darynda Jones = ~5 pages
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab = 512 pages
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven = 378 pages
When We Fall by Sloane Murphy = 175 pages

Monthly update:
Goal: 14,353/30,000, 47.84% - 51 total books.
May - 12 books, 3,872 pages. 14,353 total pages.
40. Robot Visions (Robot, #0.5) - 384 pages
41. Night (The Night Trilogy, #1) - 144 pages
42. The World According to Garp - 609 pages
43. Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) - 288 pages
44. Grass (Arbai, #1) - 535 pages
45. End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3) - 296 pages
46. Blow-Up and Other Stories - 288 pages
47. Strangers on a Train - 292 pages
48. "Diane..." - The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper - 1 page
49. The Autobiography Of F.B.I. Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes - 195 pages
50. All the Birds in the Sky - 320 pages
51. Out - 520 pages

Completed 8,830 pages/25,000 by the end of May.
True Story: Swear to God - Tom Beland - 176
A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge - Josh Neufeld - 193
Pulse - Julian Barnes - 228
Blindness - José Saramago - 326
'Salem's Lot - Stephen King - 653
We Don't Live Here Anymore - Andre Dubus - 213
The Dorito Effect: The Suprising New Truh About Food and Flavour - Mark Schatzker - 259
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain - Portia de Rossi - 320

32. Zus by Siska Mulder Completed 19/5/17 204 pages
33. Hide and Seek by Ian Rankin Completed 21/5/17 259 pages
34. Five Go to Smuggler's Top by Enid Blyton Completed 27/05/17 192 pages
35. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson Completed 30/5/17 184 pages
9,143/17,500

Amanda (message 32)

May Total: 2,430 pages
1) An Echo in the Bone, 849 pages
2) The Lost Symbol, 509 pages, audio book
3) Tender Wings of Desire, 96 pages
4) 16th Seduction, 400 pages, audio book
5) The Space Between, 118 pages
6) Kiss the Girls, 458 pages, audio book

A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas - 626
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Mass - 699
19,100/25,000

Just finished reading The Upside Of Unrequited- 336 pages
19,094 pages read
30,906 pages remaining

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - 248 pages
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper - 331 pages
Hello, Universe - 311 pages
Alex and Eliza - 355 pages
The Princess Bride - 450 pages
The Other Boleyn Girl - 661 pages
Sounder - 116 pages
Total for the year: 10,235 pages/18,000 pages

May reads
1. Goodbye Days - 399pgs
2. Chill: Stress-Reducing Techniques for a More Balanced, Peaceful You - 213pgs
3. How to Find a Fox - 40pgs
4. Mommies Are Amazing - 32pgs
5. We're All Wonders - 32pgs
6. My Lucky Day - 32pgs
7. The Pants Project - 265pgs
8. Lockstep - DNF @ 126pgs
9. Seconds Away - 338pgs
10. Dreams of Gods & Monsters - 613pgs
Total: 9,682pgs/25,000pgs

Wow, this challenge is by far the biggest of the year. I have statistics for it as of the beginning of June.
We have 232 members participating in this challenge and we have read 1,562,202 pages so far! Incredible!
Great Job everyone, and keep reading!

LET'S TURN PAGES CHALLENGE
Start: 6/06/17
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Goal: 20,000 pages
Total pages read: 0/20,000
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#1 I'm Travelling Alone pp. 524 4/5
#2 The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry pp. 306 5/5
#3 The Dandelion Years pp. 463 4/5
#4 The One Memory of Flora Banks pp. 303 4/5
#5 What I Was pp. 199 4/5
#6 The Driver's Seat pp. 107 4/5
#7 Paper Towns pp. 305 4/5
#8 The Loney pp. 360 3/5
#9 The Book of Tomorrow pp. 420 3/5
#10 The Woman in Cabin 10 pp. 344 4/5
#11 Dishing the Dirt pp. 294 1/5
#12 Bird Box pp. 381 4/5
#13 Ghastle and Yule pp. 92 3/5
#14 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society pp. 290 5/5
#15 Eeny Meeny pp. 437 3/5
#16 Thirteen Reasons Why pp. 288 3/5
#17 Show Me How pp. 320 2/5
#18 The Snow Child pp. 438 5/5
#19 The Perks of Being a Wallflower pp. 231 4/5
#20 Dark Places pp. 424 4/5
#21 Painting Classes pp.189 4/5
#22 The Peach Keeper pp. 314 4/5
#23 Sovereign pp. 662 4/5
#24 Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children pp. 369 4/5
#25 The Rosie Project pp. 330 3/5
#26 A Month In The Country pp. 104 4/5
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27,282/50,000
Roses of May 302 pages 5-30