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January - Marathon Challenge 2017
Update to message #11.
***COMPLETE***
✅ 5. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750 pages
3,565/3,000
***COMPLETE***
✅ 5. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750 pages
3,565/3,000
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Update msg 83:
1064/1000!
Complete! I haven't finished Cress yet which included part of my total for this challenge, but I'm gonna call it complete with this monthly challenge so I don't have to update in so many threads. :) Thank you for keeping tally, Blagica!
Good luck everyone!
Challenge complete!Lady Midnight - 669 pg
Britt-Marie Was Here - 298 pg
Sunday Dinners - 285 pg
Library of Souls - 456 pg
Nowhere Near You - 400 pg
Front Lines - 480 pg
Graceling - 352 pg
Silver Stars - 496 pg
3436/3100 pages
I forgot to update on this discussion. I read 4 more books: Death Weavers (completed Jan. 9), Queen of Shadows (completed Jan. 15), Empire of Storms (completed Jan. 18), and Swarm (completed Jan. 20). Four more to go, but I probably won't end up reaching my goal. :(
Taylor R wrote: "..
Update msg 83:
1064/1000!
Complete! I haven't finished Cress yet which included part of my total for this challenge, but I'm gonna call it complete with this monthly challeng..."
you are welcome
Update to message #11.
✅ 8. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128 pages
3,693/3,000
✅ 8. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128 pages
3,693/3,000
Carol wrote: "I am in for 3. Thank you !!"1. Taking the Titanic by James Patterson
2. The Whisperer by John Grisham
3. 3 Plums in One (1-3 Stephanie Plum) Audiobook by Janet Evanovich
Thanks
Vanessa wrote: "5. Steelheart-19-1...4166- Graceling-20-1......481
7- Welcome to Temptation (Dempseys #1)
by Jennifer Crusie ----Finish-----416 Page (3554 pages Total)
Update to message #11.
✅ 9. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208 pages
3,901/3,000
✅ 9. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208 pages
3,901/3,000
I just finished my 6th book! Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living
And with Ransom My Heart now read, my marathon is COMPLETE! I may still finish more books by the end of the month but I'm not going to increase my goal.8/8
updated message 5 - I'm not sure if I'm going to raise my goal again. I'm working on 2 larger books (Outlander & A Dance with Dragons) that I'm not sure how soon I'll finish. 09 | 09 books
3,540 | 3,600 pages
Update: 21/3017. His Last Duchess by Gabrielle Kimm
18. Blood Red Horse by K.M. Grant
19. Never Tell a Secret by Joyce Stranger
20. The Summer Riders by Patricia Leitch
21. Gallop to the Hills by Patricia Leitch
This is a real marathon for me, with reading in every spare minute, but I've finally had to give in and read some shorter books - there just isn't enough time in the day!
2. A Brief History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
3. Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino
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Progress: 3/7
I have passed my 2000 page goal with 3039 pages read so far this month. I updated message 41 accordingly.
updated message 12015/18
11. The Fate of Ten
12. Legacies Reborn
13. Last Defense
14. Hunt for the Garde
15. United as One
Updated Message 15:5/6
1,026/1,307
1. Proxy - 50pgs (1/2/17)
2. Strong Signal - 229pgs (1/5/17)
3. The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks - 208pgs (1/10/17)
4. A List of Cages - 310pgs (1/21/17)
5. The Other Boy - 229pgs (1/23/17)
Update: 2,097/2,5001) 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) Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk - 284 pages
10) American Gods - 565 pages
I'm cutting it close but should be able to reach my goal by finishing American Gods. I hope to surpass it by also finishing Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk. We shall see!
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✅ 7. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 944 pages
2,815/3,000