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Update to message 538.1. Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan - 432 pages
2. Bonfire by Krysten Ritter - 288 pages
3. The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - 343 pages
4. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara - 334 pages
5. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 306 pages
6. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann - 287 pages
7. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice by John Jackson Miller - 30 pages
8. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn by John Jackson Miller - 31 pages
9. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon by John Jackson Miller - 32 pages
2,113/20,000
Update to message 966Current Total: 8,748 / 20,000 pages (43%)
update to message 9836,506/25,000
I clearly need a new goal. Haha.
Joined late...my January to March pages...1, The Good Liar by Catherine McKenzie *****380
2. The One by John Marrs *****416
3. Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2) by Stephen King ****431
4. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah *****435
5. I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell ****304
6. Invisible by James Patterson ****399
7. The Liar's Girl by Catherine Ryan Howard ****330
8. Pretty Dead Girls by Monica Murphy ****336
9. The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara ****416
10. Gwendy's Button Boxby Stephen King ****171
11. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
by Kate Moore ****480
12, The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn *****427
13. The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor *****280
14. The Wife Between Us: A Novel by Greer Hendricks ***346
15. UNSUB (UNSUB, #1) by Meg Gardiner ****366
16. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier ***449
17. Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka ***]201
18. Girl A by Girl A ****352
19. Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson *****335
20. Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King *****702
21. Keep Quiet by Lisa Scottoline ***338
22. Through a Glass Darkly (Tamworth Saga #2) by Karleen Koen ****674
23. Beware the Past by Joy Ellis *****369
24. The Snowman by Jo Nesbø *****383
25. Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi *****300
26. Losing Cadence by Laura Lovett ***** 252
April 2018
27.Trespassing by brandi reeds ****384
28, The Racketeer by John Grisham ***340
29. Ghost House 232
30. Serial Wives 204
32. Rock Chick #1 412
33. The Haunting of Brynlee House 249
34. The Riuned Wife 284
35. then she was gone 368
36. Arranged 416
37. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 352
Total as of April 30/2013
13,113/20,000
May 2018
38. A Murder of Magpies (The Magpies, #2) 93 pages
39. Keeper 300
40. Whisper 320
41. Nightwalkers 250
42. Thirteen by Steve Cavanaugh 357
43. Fever by Deon Meyer 400
44. Blackout (Pete Fernandez Mystery #4) by Alex Segura 320
45, Dying Truth (D.I. Kim Stone #8) by Angela Marsons 385
46. The Outsider 576
47.The Hating Game 376
48. The Death of Mrs. Westaway 384
16,754/20,000
Update #4514. Candide by Voltaire
Completed 4/4/18 Rating 4 stars
83 pages x2 - read in French and English - = 166 pages
15. Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace with Marriage. by Elizabeth Gilbert by Elizabeth Gilbert
Completed 11/4/18 Rating 3 stars
228/279 pages read in 2018
16. The Charming Quirks Of Others by Alexander McCall Smith
Completed 15/4/18 Rating 4 stars
246 pages
17. Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Completed 23/4/18 Rating 4 stars
128 pages
18. Along Came A Spider by James Patterson
Completed 25/4/18 Rating 4 stars
435 pages
19. A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Completed 27/4/18 Rating 5 stars
237 pages
4,921/15,000
Original message --- message 2007,487/8,000 pages completed
"Odd Thomas" by Dean Koontz (154 pages) ( I DNF'd it)
"1001 Things Every College Student Needs to Know" by Harry Harrison Jr. (304 pages)
"Do Your Laundry or You'll Die Alone" by Becky Blades (164 pages)
Update to message 538.1. Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan - 432 pages
2. Bonfire by Krysten Ritter - 288 pages
3. The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - 343 pages
4. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara - 334 pages
5. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 306 pages
6. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann - 287 pages
7. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice by John Jackson Miller - 30 pages
8. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn by John Jackson Miller - 31 pages
9. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon by John Jackson Miller - 32 pages
10. The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore by Joan Lowery Nixon - 305 pages
2,418/20,000
Natalie wrote: "I'd like to start with trying to read 20,000 pages please c:"Initial goal completedddddd (details here). New goal: 50,000 pages! :D
Update to post 371April: 5,060
Completed: 27,565/75,000
Grave Peril by Jim Butcher = 385 pages
Lucky in Love by Kasie West = 352 pages
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore = 340 pages
Crossed by Ally Condie = 367 pages
Summer Knight by Jim Butcher = 446 pages
Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco = 336 pages
Lifeblood by Gena Showalter = 442 pages
A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas = 336 pages
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli = 352 pages
Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman = 504 pages
Hunting Prince Dracula by Kerri Maniscalco = 418 pages
Warcross by Marie Lu = 366 pages
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren = 416 pages
I updated msg. 118 for my totals through April. 6,989 for April and 30,039/35,000 for the year.
I would like to sign up for this challenge. For the scoreboard, if you could use the name Mcquaid. There are too many Emilys out there. Thank you!I pledge to read 60,000 pages in 2018.
Varina by Charles Frazier - 368
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris - 325
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman - 249
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer - 341
As The Crow Flies by Craig Johnson - 320
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu - 304
The Immortal Gene by Jonas Saul - 334
There There by Tommy Orange - 304
Veins of Gold by Charlie N. Holmberg - 310
Deep Roots by Ruthanna Emrys - 352
Deadlocked By Charlaine Harris - 327
The Trick to Time by Kit de Waal - 272
Circe by Madeline Miller - 394
Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear - 336
Love, Hate & Other Filters - Samira Ahmed - 281
The Map of Salt and Stars by Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar - 361
When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otserka - 144
Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris - 338
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clementine Wamariya - 288
The Book of M by Peng Shepherd - 496
In Praise of Difficult Women by Karen Karbo - 288
The Absolutist by John Boyne - 309
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K. Rowling - 870
The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories by Charlaine Harris - 378
The House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph Cassara - 416
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie - 383
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley - 375
When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife by Meena Kandasamy - 272
A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas - 323
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfesh - 304
The Pisces by Melissa Broder - 270
A Boy in Winter By Rachel Seiffert - 256
Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs - 306
Kristy's Great Idea by Raina Telgemeier - 186
The Truth About Stacey by Raina Telgemeier - 144
Mary Anne Saves the Day by Raina Telgemeier - 160
The Pisces by Melissa Broder - 270
A Paris Year: My Day-to-Day Adventures in the Most Romantic City in the World by Janice Macleod - 272
Mr. Flood's Last Resort by Jess Kidd - 352
A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas - 319
The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker - 448
Claudia and Mean Janine by Raina Telgemeier - 174
Wait for Signs: Twelve Longmire Stories by Craig Johnson - 183
All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother by Danielle Teller - 384
Hey Ladies!: The Story of 8 Best Friends, 1 Year, and Way, Way Too Many Emails by Michelle Markowitz - 272
Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling - 240
Time Was by Ian McDonald - 143
The Queen of Crows by Myke Cole - 256
A Serpent's Tooth by Craig Johnson - 335
The Spaceship Next Door by Gene Doucette - 424
Spirit of Steamboat by Craig Johnson - 146
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - 525
Faithful Place by Tana French - 400
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara - 328
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - 254
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying By Nina Riggs - 288
Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi - 406
Melmoth by Sarah Perry - 288
A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear - 309
How to Set Yourself on Fire by Julia Dixon Evans - 312
We Are Never Meeting In Real Life by Samantha Irby - 288
Melmoth by Sarah Perry - 288
A Dangerous Place by Jacqueline Winspear - 309
The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai - 421
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson - 389
How To Be Famous by Caitlin Moran - 352
Worldshaper by Edward Willett - 368
What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter by Suzy Hopkins - 144
Misfit City Vol. 1 by Kirsten Smith - 112
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters - 472
The Observations by Jane Harris - 406
Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear - 287
Misfit City Vol. 2 by Kirsten Smith - 112
Sight by Jessie Greengrass - 198
The Backstagers, Vol. 2 by James Tynion IV - 112
Once upon a Place by Eoin Colfer - 224
Clock Dance by Anne Tyler - 304
The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan - 448
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig - 325
The Annie Year by Stephanie Wilbur Ash - 246
The Walking Dead, Vol. 27: The Whisperer War - 136
The Walking Dead, Vol. 28: A Certain Doom - 136
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang - 288
My Wish List by Gregorie Delacourt - 163
Peril at End House by Agatha Christie - 287
Saga, Vol. 4 by Brian Vaughan - 152
Static Ruin by Corey White - 212
The Scythian Trials by Elizabeth Isaacs - 383
Any Other Name by Craig Johnson - 317
Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce - 465
Anthology of Amazing Women: Trailblazers Who Dared to Be Different by Sandra Lawrence - 128
Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian Vaughn - 152
What a Wonderful Word by Nicola Edwards - 64
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini - 48
Speak: The Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson - 374
Love Letter to the Earth by Thich Nhat Hanh - 144
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole - 263
Vox by Christina Dalcher - 326
Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs - 383
For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund - 407
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse - 287
She Would Be King by Wayetu Moore - 312
All the Rage by Courtney Summers - 321
Supernova by Kazu Kibuishi - 224
Lethal White by Robert Galbraith - 656
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton - 438
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware - 340
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters - 582
Estranged by Ethan M. Aldridge - 224
The Walking Dead, Vol. 29: Lines We Cross by Robert Kirkman - 136
Jane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt - 101
Transcription by Kate Atkinson - 352
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik - 466
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls 2 - 212
Queen of No Tomorrows by Matt Maxwell - 120
Total pages: 34,416
Finished
399 pages8688/20000
Updated post 129
Update to message 2143,236/10,000 Pages
Update to message 386✨ Completed: 7,778/14,000 ✨
15,249/35,0002600 Phrases for Effective Performance Reviews: Ready-to-Use Words and Phrases That Really Get Results - 224 pages
Message #12 update!
34. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - 207 pages
15,927/25,000
34. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer - 207 pages
15,927/25,000
Update to Message 175:Finished reading Far From The Tree- 374 pages
9,465 pages read
40,535 pages remaining
Update to message 85: I have read 7,347 pages through April
The Forgotten Garden 656 pages completed 02/05/18Along Came a Spider 435 pages completed 05/05/18
Total pages read: 7,775 of 12,000
Let's Turn Pages Challenge 2018Goal: 8355 of 10,000 pages
audio: 5571
paper: 2784
1. The Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett (1/18) 277 pages
2. Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (3/27) 947 pages
3. Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World by Evan Thomas (4/8) 484 pages (audio)
4. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by John Meacham (5/4) 759 pages (audio)
5. Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian (5/25) 496 pages
6. Voyager by Diana Gabaldon (6/8) 870 pages (audio)
7. Start Something That Matters by Blake Mycoskie (6/1) 185 pages (audio)
8. The Fish That Ate The Whale by Rich Cohen (6/13) 270 pages (audio)
9. Quiet Until the Thaw by Alexandra Fuller (6/17) 288 pages (audio)
10. The Iliad by Homer (6/17) (192 pages)
11. Lyndon Johnson's War: America's Cold War Crusade in Vietnam, 1945-1968 by Michael H. Hunt (6/30) (131 pages)
12. Madame Secretary: A Memior by Madeleine Albright (7/6) 576 pages (audio)
13. The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino (7/11) 128 pages (audio)
14. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (7/20) 292 pages (audio)
15. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (7/24) 487 pages
16. The Quiet American by Graham Greene (7/31) 180 pages (audio)
17. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (8/18) 231 pages
18. Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill (8/14) 320 pages (audio)
19. Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times by Kenneth Whyte (9/25) 640 pages (audio)
20. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez (11/2) 348 pages (audio)
21. Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (11/16) 254 pages
Update message 757. 17,383/40,000
Update message 966.8,417 / 20,000 pages
Message #12 update!
35. Le Rouge et le Noir by Stendhal - 825 pages
16,752/25,000
35. Le Rouge et le Noir by Stendhal - 825 pages
16,752/25,000
Update to message 799:46). Notes on Nationalism. Pages: 64.
Total Number of Pages Read: 12,464/25,000
Update to Message 175:Finished reading Orbiting Jupiter- 183 pages
9,645 pages read
40,355 pages remaining
16,629/35,000Y is for Yesterday - 496 pages
So sad that this is the last book in the “alphabet” series. :(
Update to message 941:7506/25000 pages read.
ॐ Let's Turn Pages - Goal 14,000 pages5,787/14,000 pages [41%]
#1 The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto pp. 496 4/5
#2 Coming Home pp. 785 4/5
#3 First Frost pp. 314 5/5
#4 Rocket Science for Babies pp. 24 3/5
#5 Night Film pp. 637 4/5
#6 Doctor Sleep pp. 485 3/5
#7 The Miniaturist pp. 433 4/5
#8 Starseeker pp. 323 5/5
#9 The Rules of Magic pp. 367 5/5
#10 I See You pp. 372 4/5
#11 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake pp. 325 3/5
#12 The Shipping News pp. 337 4/5
#13 Dark Matter pp. 401 4/5
#14 A Mislaid Magic pp. 236 4/5 (re-read)
#15 After the Unicorn pp. 252 4/5
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Total Pages Read: 12,400/25,000