January - Marathon Challenge 2017

[Stephanie]

Update: So, I managed to finish one more- Late Eclipses, figured it couldn't hurt to add it. With any luck I will finish another before tomorrow. On a roll. 11/10

[Piyush]

6. We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

7. Artemis Fowl and the Last Guardian by Eoin Colfer
⭐️⭐️⭐️

7/7 ✅

[Ambrosia]

I keep losing track of my conversations lol. I just finished my 8th book for January by finishing the Sword of Shannara trilogy.

[Ambrosia]

Slaughterhouse Five
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Man in the High Castle
Sleeping Giants
Neverwhere
American Gods
The Druids' Keep
The Secret of the Sword

[Ece]

update for msg #141

7/5

[Ami]

Update 30/30! (Completed 30/01/2017)

30. Darkside by Tom Becker

EDIT: Just totaled (roughly) the number of pages I've read... 7,000 or thereabouts. :)

[Kelly]

Updated #35.

My final total was 10/8 books!

[Nurai]

Update message 116: 5/5 complete!

[Brianna]

final update:

14 | 09 books
5,603 | 3,600 pages

[Lisa]

Wow! Somehow I missed linking this to my corner so I had totally forgotten I had signed up! lol.
Well... I surpassed my goal of a 1,000pages for this challenge so I'd like to update msg #137 :)

Final update: 1,257/1,000 pages
672 + 128 + 224 + 106 + 127 = 1,257

[Amanda]

Updated #27

4. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Completed 21/01/17 Rating 3 stars 81 pages
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars 863 pages
6. The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars 249 pages
7. Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/01/17 Rating 2 stars 157 pages
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars 343 pages

8/6
2,448/2,000

Challenge completed

[Agnieszka]

I closed the challenge with 5,655 pages / 27 books

[Greg]

Even though I completed my challenge already, I decided to add the last 2 books read in January.

The Fireman 747 pages. Finished it yesterday. Slayer of Gods 256 pages. Finished about an hour ago.

10/8

4909/3200

[Cindee]

mark mine as completed I can not read any more books this month
9/9

[Charity]

Updated message 49. I'm going to end up 2 short for the challenge but I'm happy I got 6 books read for the month.

6/8

[Jessica]

I read 24 books in January.

WooHoo! I crushed my goal of 10 books!

[Lindsey]

Update: I only read 706/1000 pages.

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:

6/5

Divergent
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
End of Watch
If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit
The Fiery Cross
The Stranger

[Blagica , Challenges]

Christy wrote: "Updated post 78 again:

2505/2500

13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl 212
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between 224
Girls on Fire 368
The Throwback..."

Congrats!

[Blagica , Challenges]

Ami wrote: "Update 30/30! (Completed 30/01/2017)

30. Darkside by Tom Becker

EDIT: Just totaled (roughly) the number of pages I've read... 7,000 or thereabouts. :)"

way to go! that's awesome

[Tammy]

I'm finished! Update to message 52, and so pleased to have completely smashed my original goal.

3493/1700

[Blagica , Challenges]

All updated congrats to everyone. Thanks for spending January with me see you next Quarter!

[Sheryl_at_Ubookquitous]

Update post 73 -- FINISHED 5/5

[Kristina]

Update - I have finished the challenge!!

2,662/2,500

1) Agnes - 147 pages - Finished 1/2/2017
2) The Sparrow - 202 pages (45% in 2017) - Finished 1/4/2017
3) Behold the Dreamers - 380 pages Finished 1/8/2017
4) Nine Stories - 302 - 56 (from 2016) = 246 pages Finished 1/12/2017
5) If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - 278 pages Finished 1/16/2017
6) The Sun Is Also a Star - 348 pages Finished 1/19/2017
7) The Grownup - 64 pages Finished 1/21/2017
8) A.D. 30 - 432 pages Finished 1/21/2017
9) American Gods - 565 pages Finished 1/31/2017

[Lauri]

Updating msg 82 - I finished!! 11 books out of 10!! Yaayyy me!

[Maureen]

Updated message 158


Goal: 10 books / 5,000 pages.
Progress: 4/10 - 1,612/5,000

Did not complete AT ALL. Life got in the way big time. Hoping to do better in February

[Arushi]

Completed 4/5
1. I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
2. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
3. Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
4. Baby Doll by Hollie Overton

[Sharon]

MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017

How often is our New Year's Resolution to read more books? Let's start this 2017 with a marathon of reading!
All done I reached my goal 9/9 (or maybe 10? 2,756 pages)
With long holiday breaks coming, pick a pile of books you feel you could snuggle up with. A nice long over 500 page book, a group of books under 100 pages, that book that has been on your TBR waiting to read for way too long, or anything else you choose for yourself.

This is not a sprint, but a way to spend January in the pages! Pick the number of pages or books you would like to read in January and post them below. The goal is to get the New Year started fast! Who would have thought that by hurrying up and sitting with a book, that you could do a marathon?

[Alisia]

I set my goal way to high! I only completed 5/15 for January :(.

[Stephanie]

Update: Managed to squeeze in one more- barely. Inés of My Soul. 12/10

[Claire]

Updated post #143

[Gem]

Update message #22... I didn't make it :(

[Jessica]

Updated Message #4 as completed. It looks like I might already be listed as completing the challenge with 24/20...not sure if maybe there was another Jessica participating, or if I got lost in the shuffle, but that one isn't me :)

[Stephanie]

I read more than I thought this month. My goal was 5. And I read 9
:-)

[Marelis]

I didn't update this, ups.
I finish 4 of 5 books :D

[Gwen S.]

Please Update: I did not complete my update of msg #172, oops!

1) Just For You #3 by Rosalind James :312 pgs
2) Just For You #0.5 by Rosalind James: 120 pgs
3) Perfect by Delaney Diamond: 170 pgs
4) Unforgettable (Johnson Family #1) by Delaney Diamond: 182 ps
5) Just For You #1 by Rosalind James: 294 pgs
6) Just Good Friends #2 by Rosalind James: 294 pgs
7) Just For Fun #4 by Rosalind James: 336 pgs
8) Just Not Me #6 by Rosalind James: 366 pgs
9) Black Order by James Rollins: 448 pgs

Total books read 9/9 & pages turned 2,522/ 2,100!
Challenge completed!