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Can 2,000,000 Pages Be Read in 2018
Gary wrote: "We are trailing last year's progress by a considerable amount. Last year through May 18, 2017 we were at 556,438 pages read."I've read fewer books this year, too. Most of the books I've read this year that AREN'T rereads are longer than the corresponding book from last year. And there's also a few new books, like the Bakeshop Mysteries.
Pawing Through the Past (Mrs. Murphy #8) 305 pages*
and Fudge and Jury (A Bakeshop Mystery #5) 314 pages** =619 pages
* and ** That's how many pages MY copies had, compared to what's listed in the GR database.
449,641+619=450,260 pages
The Hostess with the Ghostess by E.J. CoppermanHenry VIII by William Shakespeare
325 + 352 + 450,741 = 451,418
Never Goodbye by Adam Mitzner
451,883 + 341 = 452,224
Stripped 469 pagesThe Cutting 448 pages
The Long and Faraway Gone 467 pages
Structural Damages 50 pages
Big Little Lies 465 pages
Déjà Dead 532 pages
The Cuckoo's Calling 455 pages
The Comfort of Lies 475 pages
Nailed 418 pages
The Last Call 231 pages
Total: 4,010
452,640 + 4,010 = 456,650
Walt Disney (National Geographic Kids Readers: Level 3) 47 pages and Cats (National Geographic Readers: Level 1 Co-Reader) 47 pages=94 pages457,319+94=457,413 pages
Crimson Lake by Candice Fox
457,413 + 348 = 457,761
Correction:457,640 + Amber's 94 pages + Rick's 348 pages = 458,082
Joe Victim by Paul Cleave458,082 + 483 = 458,565
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse (Flavia de Luce #6.5) by Alan Bradley - 27 pages459,527 + 27 = 459,554
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 342Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie 224
Lost Books and Old Bones by Paige Shelton 307
My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse 192
Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton 308
342 + 224 + 307 + 192 + 308 + 460,111 = 461,484
= 429461,484 + 429 = 461,913
The Black Rock Murder by Mona Marple - 132 pgsSit, Stay, Slay by Linda O. Johnston - 295 pgs
461,913 + 132 + 295 = 462,340
Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier = 368 pagesShadowsong by S. Jae-Jones = 377 pages
462,340 + 745 = 463,085
The Scottie Barked At Midnight by Kaitlyn Dunnett 304Ghost at Work by Carolyn G. Hart 290
304 + 290 + 463,405 = 463,999
Silent Creed 326The Orphan's Tale 353
Cage of Bones 531
After the Storm 320
The Great Alone 440
A Darkness More Than Night 418
Beartown 418
The Enemy 393
All the Beautiful Lies 287
The Ex 304
Phantom Instinct 368
The Wife Between Us 352
Will's Red Coat: A Story of Friendship, Faith, and One Old Dog's Choice to Live Again 272
Winter at the Door 272
Water for Elephants 335
Killer Instinct 352
Force of Nature 326
If You Were Here 384
Bury the Lead 261
The Girl Before 341
Blackout 274
Total 7327
463,999 + 7327= 471,326
Sandy added to an older total. Correction:384 + 471,678 = 472,062
Every Note Played by Lisa Genova
472,062 + 306 = 472,368
The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 (Puffin Newberry Library) 117 pages and A Crime of Passion Fruit (A Bakeshop Mystery #6)* 278 pages=395 pages*This is how many pages were in my copy, vs. what the database says, which is 266.
473,031+395=473,426 pages
The Outsider by Stephen King 473,737 + 560 = 474,297
Cleopatra (National Geographic Readers) 48 pages and Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (Star Wars Universe) 311 pages*=359 pages*My copy has this many pages, compared to what's listed in the GR database.
474,990+359=475,349 pages
Death on the Nile by Agatha ChristieOne, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie 191
351 + 191 + 475,349 = 475,891
Dying Truth by Angela Marsons 384
What Holly's Husband Did by Debbie Viggiano328712 + 475,891 = 476,603
Not adding to this total again until all the books I've finished recently and properly documented start showing up properly on my 2018 GR Reading Challenge.
Sandy May books 23,787 End of April
Prelude to Foundation 464
Aunt Dimity: Snowbound 272
The Girl on the Train 323
Crocodile on the Sandbank 337
Old Man's War 351
Horns 370
The Ghost Brigades 347
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 1007
Thrawn 427
The Girl of Fire and Thorns 423
Subterranean 410
4731 + 23787 = 28,518
477,728 + 4731 = 482,459
Getting caught up: Skyjack: A Kidnap-and-Ransom Thriller = 400 pgs
The Drop = 448'pgs
Memorial Day = 403 pgs
482,459 + 1,251 = 483,710
My May books:Cross and Burn - 438
The Freedom Broker - 367
Girl Unknown - 293
Splinter the Silence - 383
Twisted Prey - 400
Skyjack - 400
London Rules - 352
Total for the month: 2,633
2,633 + 483,710 = 486,343
The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory486,343 + 310 = 486,653
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449,641 + 481 = 450,122