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16590/15000"
Loved this book!"
I thought "Turtles all the way down" was very interesting and thought provoking.

My Name Is Lucy Barton 191 pages
Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening 283 pages
The Life She Was Given 341 pages
Ugly 200 pages
November Reads:
Restart 256 pages
Everything I Never Told You 292 pages
Because I Was A Girl: True Stories for Girls of All Ages 200 pages
Analyzing the Curriculum 280 pages
Amina's Voice 197 pages
Beartown 415 pages
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 293 pages
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation into Space 265 pages
Total: 22,790 pages/23,000 pages

Amanda (message 32)

Unofficially I am now just going to try to beat my annual record, which is 16,764 pages...160 pages to go
Page Total: 16,605/16,764 [99%]
#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
#27 The Quick pp. 517 4/5
#28 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves pp. 323 5/5
#29 The Reading Group pp. 466 3/5 (generous)
#30 Elsewhere pp. 273 4/5
#31 The Woman Who Walked Into Doors pp. 226 5/5
#32 The Thing About Jellyfish pp. 343 3/5
#33 I Let You Go pp. 373 5/5
#34 Pretty Little Things pp. 470 4/5
#35 Looking for Alaska pp. 272 4/5
#36 Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse pp. 219 4/5
#37 Something Wicked This Way Comes pp. 215 5/5
#38 Fur Person pp. 125 4/5
#39 Cloud Atlas pp. 529 5/5
#40 Sole Survivor pp. 312 3/5
#41 Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist pp. 197 3/5
#42 Game of Scones: All Men Must Dine pp. 132 2/5
#43 The Little Red Chairs pp. 297 3/5
#44 Night Watch pp. 474 4/5
#45 In a Cottage In a Wood pp.312 4/5
#46 Skylight Confessions pp. 262 5/5
#47 The Elegance of the Hedgehog pp. 320 4/5
#48 The Graveyard Book pp. 312 5/5
#49 All the Light We Cannot See pp. 531 5/5
#50 Stardust pp. 280 5/5
#51 Hygge and Kisses pp. 331 3/5

Bodensee-Piraten auf der Spur- 140 pages
Alte Geister ruhen unsanft - 416 pages
Ich bin die Angst - 556 pages
2684 - 1112 = 1572 to go;
18428 read

Damselfly- 240 pages
35,416 pages read
Update to Message 113

11,038/8,000
November - 1219
✔️Chasing Fire 472 pg.
✔️Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race 349 pg.
✔️Royal Blood 305 pg.
✔️Can You See the Signs 93 pg.
December - 792
✔️Real Murders 304 pg.
✔️The Witness 488 pg.

Unofficially I am now just going to try to beat my annual record, which is 16,764 pages...COMPLETED 8/12/17!
Page Total: 16,940/16,764 [101%]
#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
#27 The Quick pp. 517 4/5
#28 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves pp. 323 5/5
#29 The Reading Group pp. 466 3/5 (generous)
#30 Elsewhere pp. 273 4/5
#31 The Woman Who Walked Into Doors pp. 226 5/5
#32 The Thing About Jellyfish pp. 343 3/5
#33 I Let You Go pp. 373 5/5
#34 Pretty Little Things pp. 470 4/5
#35 Looking for Alaska pp. 272 4/5
#36 Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse pp. 219 4/5
#37 Something Wicked This Way Comes pp. 215 5/5
#38 Fur Person pp. 125 4/5
#39 Cloud Atlas pp. 529 5/5
#40 Sole Survivor pp. 312 3/5
#41 Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist pp. 197 3/5
#42 Game of Scones: All Men Must Dine pp. 132 2/5
#43 The Little Red Chairs pp. 297 3/5
#44 Night Watch pp. 474 4/5
#45 In a Cottage In a Wood pp.312 4/5
#46 Skylight Confessions pp. 262 5/5
#47 The Elegance of the Hedgehog pp. 320 4/5
#48 The Graveyard Book pp. 312 5/5
#49 All the Light We Cannot See pp. 531 5/5
#50 Stardust pp. 280 5/5
#51 Hygge and Kisses pp. 331 3/5
#52 The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales pp. 335 3/5

35032/35000

The Goddess Inheritance by Aimee Carter – 303
The Gender Secret by Bella Forrest - 426
38,278/25,000 - COMPLETED

Just finished They Both Die At The End- 368 pages
P.S. I Like You- 330 pages
36,114 pages read

#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
#27 The Quick pp. 517 4/5
#28 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves pp. 323 5/5
#29 The Reading Group pp. 466 3/5 (generous)
#30 Elsewhere pp. 273 4/5
#31 The Woman Who Walked Into Doors pp. 226 5/5
#32 The Thing About Jellyfish pp. 343 3/5
#33 I Let You Go pp. 373 5/5
#34 Pretty Little Things pp. 470 4/5
#35 Looking for Alaska pp. 272 4/5
#36 Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse pp. 219 4/5
#37 Something Wicked This Way Comes pp. 215 5/5
#38 Fur Person pp. 125 4/5
#39 Cloud Atlas pp. 529 5/5
#40 Sole Survivor pp. 312 3/5
#41 Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist pp. 197 3/5
#42 Game of Scones: All Men Must Dine pp. 132 2/5
#43 The Little Red Chairs pp. 297 3/5
#44 Night Watch pp. 474 4/5
#45 In a Cottage In a Wood pp.312 4/5
#46 Skylight Confessions pp. 262 5/5
#47 The Elegance of the Hedgehog pp. 320 4/5
#48 The Graveyard Book pp. 312 5/5
#49 All the Light We Cannot See pp. 531 5/5
#50 Stardust pp. 280 5/5
#51 Hygge and Kisses pp. 331 3/5
#52 The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales pp. 335 3/5
#53 In the Winter Dark pp. 110 4/5
#54 Stargazy Pie pp. 392 5/5

18, 069/20,000
44. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Toulane - 200
45. Every Day - 338
46. Tower of Dawn - 668
47. Hatshepsut: First Female Pharaoh - 32
48. Valley Of The Kings - 42
49. Ashes, Ashes - 344
50. Into the Light - 354
51. Away from the Dark - 364
52. All the Little Children - 320
....not going to make it!!!

#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
#27 The Quick pp. 517 4/5
#28 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves pp. 323 5/5
#29 The Reading Group pp. 466 3/5 (generous)
#30 Elsewhere pp. 273 4/5
#31 The Woman Who Walked Into Doors pp. 226 5/5
#32 The Thing About Jellyfish pp. 343 3/5
#33 I Let You Go pp. 373 5/5
#34 Pretty Little Things pp. 470 4/5
#35 Looking for Alaska pp. 272 4/5
#36 Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse pp. 219 4/5
#37 Something Wicked This Way Comes pp. 215 5/5
#38 Fur Person pp. 125 4/5
#39 Cloud Atlas pp. 529 5/5
#40 Sole Survivor pp. 312 3/5
#41 Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist pp. 197 3/5
#42 Game of Scones: All Men Must Dine pp. 132 2/5
#43 The Little Red Chairs pp. 297 3/5
#44 Night Watch pp. 474 4/5
#45 In a Cottage In a Wood pp.312 4/5
#46 Skylight Confessions pp. 262 5/5
#47 The Elegance of the Hedgehog pp. 320 4/5
#48 The Graveyard Book pp. 312 5/5
#49 All the Light We Cannot See pp. 531 5/5
#50 Stardust pp. 280 5/5
#51 Hygge and Kisses pp. 331 3/5
#52 The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales pp. 335 3/5
#53 In the Winter Dark pp. 110 4/5
#54 Stargazy Pie pp. 392 5/5
#55 The Girl of Ink and Stars pp.228 3/5

Challenge Accepted: January 1, 2017
Challenge Completed: December 31, 2017
Goal: 100,000 pages
I did it!

5839/10,000
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 **
11. Hello, It's Me 400 pages ***
12. The Memory Keeper's Daughter401 pages****
13. Secondhand Jesus: Trading Rumors of God for a Firsthand Faith224 pages****

15998 / 8000 pages
~16000
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10837/15000
So close but doubt I will reach goal by the end of the month