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Let's Turn Pages Challenges - 2017
Update to message 37: 21,503/25,000 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: 119 pages.
Update to post 85: Slammed by Colleen Hoover – 354
27,980/25,000 - COMPLETED
Page Total: 12,845/12,000 [107%]
Update to Message 372:4814/10,000
1. Gods and Kings 317 pages ****
2. The Secret Life of Bees 336 pages ****
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 734 pages *****
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 870 pages *****
5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 652 pages *****
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 784 pages *****
7. The Tales of Beedle the Bard 111 pages ****
8. The Case for Christ 297 pages ***
9. Little Women 489 pages ****
10. Child X 224 pages **
Update to Message 113:Just finished reading Everything Everything- 307 pages
27,007 pages read
22,993 pages remaining
Update to message 1475The Last of the Mohicans
Mythago Wood
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
The Master and Margarita
11292/19000
Update to post 85:#Girl Boss by Sophia Amoruso – 256
28,236/25,000 - COMPLETED
Books Read: 143 – Pages Completed: 33,141/30,000 *Revised on 8/31/17*
See tracking @ Chetara’s Try Something Different
Originally Start Post: Page 31 - Message 1504
Updated #62.Total pages read: 27,421 pages/38,000
Monthly update:Goal: 23,759/30,000, 79.19% - 84 total books.
August - 14 books, 3,033 pages. 23,759 total pages.
71. The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes, #7) - 228 pages
72. Atonement - 385 pages
73. The Philip K. Dick Reader - 432 pages
74. The Tomato Thief - 40 pages
75. Seasons of Glass and Iron - 19 pages
76. Pale Fire - 320 pages
77. That Game We Played During the War - 16 pages
78. You’ll Surely Drown Here If You Stay - 44 pages
79. Kokoro - 256 pages
80. The Stone Sky (The Broken Earth, #3) - 464 pages
81. The Eleventh Metal (Mistborn, #0.5) - 14 pages
82. Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) - 289 pages
83. Stone Hunger - 126 pages
84. Ring (Ring, #1) - 400 pages
Read The Dream Thieves, SO GOOD! Updated msg 109
Update message 8247,929/50,000
The Jury Master 496 pages
The Weight of Life 256 pages
Absinthe 336 pages
The Brightest Star 214 pages
Stillhouse Lake 302 pages
Update to Message 113:Finished reading Wonder- 316 pages
27,323 pages read
22,677 pages remaining
Update message 15731. Over the edge by Jonathan Kellerman - 480 pages
2. Het Franciscus komplot by Dean Koontz - 365 pages
3. Bruiloft aan zee by Benali Adbelkader - 222 pages
4. White teeth by Zadie Smith - 542 pages
5. Moord onder water by Ian Fleming - 192 pages
6. Illusies by Ingeborg Bosch - 335 pages
7. Armed and fabulous by Camilla Chafer - 334 pages
8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 287 pages
9. Ik heb je nooit een rozentuin beloofd by Hannah Greene - 284 pages
10. Het hart van onze Nicky by Graham Swift - 91 pages
11. The Accidental Demon Slayer by Angie Fox - 320 pages
12. Cinder by Marissa Meyer - 434 pages
13. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald - 160 pages
14. H is for Homicide by Sue Grafton - 256 pages
15. Als op een winternacht een reiziger by Italo Calvino - 300 pages
16. Emma by Jane Austen - 367 pages
17. Scarlet by Melissa Meyer - 454 pages
18. Het volgende verhaal by Cees Nooteboom - 92 pages
19. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr - 275 pages
20. Persuasion by Jane Austen - 336 pages
August:
21. Under the Dome by Stephen King - 1074 pages
22. Cress by Marissa Meyer - 552 pages
23. Fairest by Marissa Meyer - 222 pages
24. Cell by Stephen King - 473 pages
25. Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys - 393 pages
26. 400 brieven van mijn moeder by Joseph Oubelklas - 373 pages
27. A Man Called One by Frederik Backman - 352 pages
Total: 9565/7500
I've had my 2nd 'best' month this year and read 3,459 pages, bringing my total to 20,315/25,000.Think I'm going to smash my word count this year, but struggling with the number of books.... I see some short reads coming later in the year!!
Amanda (message 32)
Message 768 Update: 10,222/20,000Starting to think I won't make it!
5507/8000+515 (He Needed Killing Too)= 6022/8000
Year To Date: 14,580/16,000 pagesAugust: 1,448 pages
1) Sweethearts, 217 pages, audiobook
2) Almost Perfect, 368 pages, audiobook
3) A Touch of Dead, 192 pages
4) From Dead to Worse, 359 pages, audiobook
5) Dead and Gone, 312 pages, audiobook
Update: 33 100 / 50 000 pages completed to date
July reads:The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane 364 pages
Everybody's Son 336 pages
The Bookshop on the Corner 332 pages
Finding Colin Firth 348 pages
Change of Heart 555 pages
A Child Called "It" 289 pages
Animal Farm 124 pages
Ragtime 270 pages
Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me. 198 pages
August reads:
Last Hope Island: Britain, Occupied Europe, and the Brotherhood That Helped Turn the Tide of War 475 pages
My Not So Perfect Life 434 pages
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women 404 pages
How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life 314 pages
Total update: 17,999 pages/18,000 (!!!)
Updated post 1540: Finished The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern - 387 pages; total as of 9-4, 10,680 + 387 = 11,067 reply | edit | delete | flag *
Updated post #103723'372/30'000
Update to post 1007August: 7,622
Paper and Fire by Rachel Caine = 365 pages
A Conjuring of Lightby V.E. Schwab = 624 pages
Falling into You by Jasinda Wilder = 357 pages
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner = 368 pages
The Death Cure by James Dashner = 338 pages
Princess of Thorns by Stacey Jay = 400 pages
A Stone in the Sea by A.L. Jackson = 325 pagers
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead = 322 pages
The Hooker and the Hermit byL.H. Cosway and Penny Reid = 339 pages
Chasing Impossible by Katie McGarry = 298 pages
The Winner's Crime by Marie Rutkoski = 402 pages
All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda = 384 pages
The Kill Order by James Dashner = 338 pages
Written in Red by Anne Bishop = 514 pages
The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski = 484 pages
Magic Strikes by Ilona Andrews = 310 pages
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas = 444 pages
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones = 336 pages
American Gods by Neil Gaiman = 674 pages
Update to post 85:Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - 470
28,706/25,000 - COMPLETED
Run out of room: My Goal is 80,000 pages!
Goal/Total: 72,693 pages/80,000 pages
Pages read in July: (view spoiler) Total: 5,279 pages
Pages read in August: (view spoiler) Total: 3,476 pages
Pages read in September: (view spoiler) Total: 4,248 pages
Pages read in October: (view spoiler) Total: 5,507 pages
Pages read in November: (view spoiler) Total: 7,812 pages
Pages read in December: (view spoiler)
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Total: 7,315 pages
Update to Message 113:Just finished The Gentleman's Guide To Vice And Virtue- 513 pages
27,836 pages read
22,164 pages remaining
update:LET'S TURN PAGES CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 – December 31, 2017
My goal: 15,692/15,000 pages.
1. Oraşul Îngerilor Căzuţi by Cassandra Clare (383 p)
2. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (48 p)
3. Anotimpul regasirii by Sarah Jio (276 p)
4. Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare (486 p)
5. The Leviathan Chronicles by Christof Laputka (600 p)
6. Diavolul in rochie albastra by Walter Mosley (208 p)
7. M-am hotărât să devin prost by Martin Page (148 p)
8. Viața e ușoară, nu-ți face griji by Agnès Martin-Lugand (228 p)
9. Cameră cu vedere by E.M. Forster (273 p)
10. Vindens navn by Patrick Rothfuss (877 p)
11. Amerikanske Guder by Neil Gaiman (635 p)
12. Women Who Run With the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés (608 p)
13. Paganinikontraktet by Lars Kepler (510 p)
14. Gabriel: Zero Point by Steve Umstead (91 p)
15.The Jester by Michael J. Sullivan (33 p)
16.Povestea slujitoarei by Margaret Atwood (401 p)
17. The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler (185 p)
18. Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff by Pappy Pariah (50 p ?)
19. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (244 p)
20. Insuportabila ușurătate a ființei by Milan Kundera (345 p)
21. Monster by Jørgen Jæger (414 p)
22. The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide (136 p)
23. Tilbake til villmarken by Erin Hunter (245 p)
24. White Teeth by Zadie Smith (448 p)
25. Orasul sufletelor pierdute by Cassandra Clare (474 p)
26. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (304 p)
27. Orașul focului ceresc by Cassandra Clare (622 p)
28. Not My Father's Son by Alan Cumming (304 p)
29. The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (348 p)Mark Manson
30. Pământul oamenilor liberi by Liliana Lazar (204 p)
31. Jurnalul complet adevărat al unui indian cu jumătate de normă by Sherman Alexie (239 p)
32. Cele treisprezece motive by Jay Asher (315 p)
33. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson (229 p)
34. Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (465 p)
35. A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes by Stephen Hawking (192 p)
36. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (389 p)
37. Flammer og Is by Erin Hunter (297 p)
38. Hviskeren Karin Fossum (333 p)
39. Nesuferitele zile de luni by Arnon Grunberg (271 p)
40. En liste for livet by Lori Nelson Spielman (336 p)
41. Regele Şobolan by China Miéville (336 p)
42. Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela (751 p)
43. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (320 p)
44. Fluturi by Irina Binder (271 p)
45. Bossypants by Tina Fey (277 p)
46. Jeg har ventet på deg by Mirjam Kristensen (255 p)
47. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (288 p)
update for Julie F, pgs. 8932.
Updated message 8249,168/50,000
A Rose for Emily 36 pages
A Merciful Death 352 pages
A Merciful Truth 322 pages
Pucked 4.5 188 pages
Harry Potter #2 341 pages
Update to post 85:The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim - 232
28,938/25,000 - COMPLETED
Update to message #7.
August (1,328)
1. The Pearl by John Steinbeck - 96 pages
2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - 368 pages
3. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - 288 pages
4. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - 576 pages
36,311/50,000
August (1,328)
1. The Pearl by John Steinbeck - 96 pages
2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert - 368 pages
3. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne - 288 pages
4. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen - 576 pages
36,311/50,000
update to msg 214 - read 21793pages
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I know, right!!! I read my way through the series last year.....Wow! I'm a King fan, but I can see why he calls it his "Magnum Opus". Hope you enjoy the rest of them!