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Let's Turn Pages - 2019

I won't be reading any more books until Jan 1st -- resting up for the start of reading in the New Year.
12/27: 52,892/60,000 Final Total for 2019
Fell short by 7, 108 pages.
Enjoyed the challenge! Looking forward to next year!

Progress: 5,333/5,000
10.Into the Water: 319/386
11. Shadow Spell: 363/483
12. Crystal Gardens: 275/475
13. Wicked Intentions: 226/382
14. Tender Rebel: 83/372

1. Rock the Heart (Black Falcon #1.0) by Michelle A. Valentine = 240
2. Rock the Band (Black Falcon #1.5) by Michelle A. Valentine = 110
3. Rock My Bed (Black Falcon #2.0) by Michelle A. Valentine = 330
4. Rock My World (Black Falcon #2.5) by Michelle A. Valentine = 122
5. Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves by Glory Edim = 201 (only 201 pages are readable out of 272)
6. A Trace of Revenge Crime Thriller by Lyle Howard = 498
7. The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage by Mel Robbins (**audible version**) = 267
8. The Confidence Gap by Russ Harris (**audible version**) = 292
9. Ark (Forward Collection #1) by Veronica Roth (**audible version**) = 39
10. Becoming Your Own Best Friend: How to Love, Affirm, and Support Yourself by Thomas A. Whiteman, Randy Peterson = 180
11. Summer (Forward Collection #2) Frost by Blake Crouch (**audible version**) = 75
12. Emergency Skin (Forward Collection #3) by N.K. Jemisin (**audible version**) = 33
13. You Have Arrived at Your Destination (Forward Collection #4) by Amor Towles (**audible version**) = 46
14. The Last Conversation (Forward Collection #5) by Paul Tremblay (**audible version**) = 56
15. Randomize (Forward Collection #6) by Andy Weir (**audible version**) = 28
ADDING:
16. Storm Glass (Harbinger #1) by Jeff Wheeler – pg. 353
17. The Neuroscience of Change: A Compassion-Based Program for Personal Transformation by Kelly McGonigal – pg. 304
18. The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin - pg. 32
19. The Yellow Wallpaper by Chalotte Perkins Gilman - pg. 36
20. I'm Fine and Neither Are You by Camille Pagán - pg. 266
21. Wicked Games (Queen City Rogues, #2) by Aimee Nicole Walker - pg. 243
Total pages: 3,751 / 10,000
As of 12/28/19

Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller – 117
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman – 301
Raising Cubby by John Elder Robison – 384
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller – 117
Cousin Bette by Honorè de Balzac – 468
Four Dead Queens by Astrid Scholte - 413
Beast: A Tale of Love and Revenge by Lisa Jensen – 337
For the Win by Cory Doctorow - 475
Total pages = 31,052 - FINISHED

Total Books Read: 50/30
Total Pages Read: 20,749/20,000
Completed on: 29 December 2019

88.The Sallie House Haunting: A True Story: 266
89. Save Your Breath: 307
90. The Daughter: 282
91. Girl Last Seen: 352
92. Worst Case: 356
93. Liar Liar: 365
94. The Escape Room: 368
95. Christmas in Eternity Springs: 318
96. Lock Every Door: 371
97. The Chain: 357
98. A Weaver Holiday Homecoming: 217
99. Never Have I Ever: 337
100. Their Ranch Reunion: 217
101. Hummingbird Lake: 336
102. Heartache Falls: 352
103. Lover's Leap: 328
104. Nightingale Way: 310
105. A Father for Jesse: 218
106. Silent Scream: 570
107. The Rescuer: 344
108. The Protector: 322
109. The Truth Seeker: 330
110. Merry and Bright: 224
111. Everything We Give: 297
112. The Unmerciful Lawyer: 192
113. Victim Mentality: 334
114. Claiming Colleen: 218
115. The Killing Storm: 316
116. The Christmas She Always Wanted: 218
117. Not My Daughter: 317
118. Waking from Dreams: Haiku & Senryu: 41
Total pages read: 36,200/35,000

Pages: 5,680/6,000 [95%]
1. The Body in the Library p.191 3/5
2. The Empty House p.182 3/5
3. Murder at the Vicarage p.189 4/5
4. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry p.365 3/5
5. The Bluest Eye p.164 3.5/5
6. The Windvale Sprites p.203 4/5
7. A Man Called Ove p.295 4/5
8. Marnin' Moonrakers! p.80 4/5
9. The Vision p.270 3/5
10. Let Me Lie p.390 3/5
11. The Woman Next Door p.297 3/5
12. The Keeper of Lost Things p.309 5/5
13. The Forgetting Time p.417 3/5
14. Troubled Waters: Memoirs of a Canal Boatwoman p.204 4/5
15. The Woman in the Window p.464 3/5
16. Ghost Story p.507 4/5
17. Hubble Bubble (re-read) p.313 4/5
18. Inspection p.387 5/5
19. Wicked Autumn p.304 3/5
20. A Whole Life p.149 5/5
It looks like this will be my final tally for 2019. I'm glad to have (just) reached my reduced goal of 20 books, but it looks like I'm just not going to manage my page goal between now and tomorrow night.
So here's to a more successful attack on Mount TBR in 2020! If you'd like to follow my progress, you can find me here https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/... , or I will (of course) be updating my pages over in the 2020 area here.

❎Books Read: 432/400
❎Pages Read: 125,156/125,000
my year in books
I must have made a mistake with the additions, because in "my year in books" there are more pages 🤔😁
CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
🎆🎉🎆

I'm in for 20,000
Completed: 15.839/20,000
January: 1,612
February: 914
March: 868
April: 1,486
May: 1,700
June: 2,053
July: 1,249
August: 672
September: 1,864
October: 1,190
November: 1,638
December: 590
Update msg 44
Cutting it close and probably could have done better, but I did it.
10,323/10,000
Cutting it close and probably could have done better, but I did it.
10,323/10,000

Goal: 33,604/20,000, 168.02% - 97 total books.
December - 5 books, 2,004 pages. 33,604 total pages.
93. Alas, Babylon - 368 pages
94. A Dance to the Music of Time, Volume 4: Winter (A Dance to the Music of Time, #10-12) - 818 pages
95. Remnant Population - 366 pages
96. Night Walk - 172 pages
97. Fifth Business (The Deptford Trilogy, #1) - 280 pages

Total pages turned in 2016: 27,015 pages (158% of goal).
Happy New Year one and all!!

27545 out of revised goal of 25000
I didn't quite get to my original goal of 30,000 but i did get to the revised goal i set back in June

finished reading Cross Country - 406 pages
pages read total: 10,326/10,000 pages
COMPLETED!

(Pt. 2 of my list. Part 1 is Msg. 158.)
190. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss= 320 Page
191. Paper Girls Vol. 3= 128 Pages
192. Saga, Vol. 6= 152 Pages
193. The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President - Updated and Expanded with New Essays= 544 Pages
194. Paper Girls, Vol. 4= 128 Pages
195. Curing My Venom= 205 Pages
196. Tiger, Tiger= 16 Pages
197. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned= 129 Pages
198. Lord of the Flies= 182 Pages
199. Mistletoe Meltdown= 26 Pages
200. Girl in Dior= 128 Pages
201. Adulthood Is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection= 112 Pages
202. Happiness, Vol. 5= 192 Pages
203. Saga, Vol. 7= 170 Pages
204. Temper= 352 Pages
205. Not Just a Princess= 32 Pages
206. One More Winter: A Short Story= 16 Pages
207. Saga, Vol. 8= 152 Pages
208. Sunstone Vol. 1= 124 Pages
209. The Stray Dog Cabaret: A Book of Russian Poems= 168 Pages
210. Branded by the Pink Triangle= 155 Pages
211. 30 Healthy Desserts You Can Eat Every Day= 74 Pages
212. The Strange Bride= 60 Pages
213. Saga, Vol. 9= 152 Pages
214. Soups, Stews, & Chili= 87 Pages
215. Kid Gloves: Nine Months of Careful Chaos= 131 Pages
216. Shadow of the Fox= 409 Pages
217. Billy and Monster: The Superhero with Fart Powers= 24 Pages
218. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 8= 192 Pages
219. The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia= 527 Pages
220. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 9= 192 Pages
221. Joker= 128 Pages
222. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix= 901 Pages
223. Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Vol. 3= 180 Pages
224. Naruto (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 24: Includes vols. 70, 71 72= 608 Pages
225. The Graveyard Book, Volume 1= 192 Pages
226. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Vol. 1: Naruto Next Generations= 208 Pages
227. Temper= 368 Pages
228. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2: Cycles= 129 Pages
229. The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 10= 172 Pages
230. The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 11= 172 Pages
231. Soul of the Sword= 304 Pages
232. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 3: One Small Step= 168 Pages
233. They Called Us Enemy= 208 Pages
234. The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 12= 172 Pages
235. Paper Girls, Vol. 5= 128 Pages
236. Assassination Classroom, Vol. 6= 192 Pages
237. The Wicked + the Divine, Vol. 8: Old Is the New New= 232 Pages
238. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Vol. 3= 208 Pages
239. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Vol. 4= 208 Pages
240. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 10= 200 Pages
241. The Demon Prince of Momochi House, Vol. 13= 172 Pages
242. Milo & Ze: A Bull Terrier Puppy Adventure= 64 Pages
243. Skip Beat!, Vol. 01= 184 Pages
244. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Vol. 2: Stupid Old Man!!= 200 Pages
245. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince= 668 Pages
246. Under the Ramadan Moon= 24 Pages
247. My Hero Academia, Vol. 9= 192 Pages
248. My Hero Academia, Vol. 10= 192 Pages
249. Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 1= 184 Pages
250. Skip Beat!, Vol. 2= 208 Pages
251. Assassination Classroom, Vol. 7= 192 Pages
252. Happiness, Vol. 6= 200 Pages
253. The Undefeated= 40 Pages
254. Waiting For Spring Vol. 1= 208 Pages
255. Southern Lady Code= 175 Pages
256. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Vol. 5= 192 Pages
257. My Hero Academia, Vol. 11: End of the Beginning, Beginning of the End= 208 Pages
258. Skip Beat!, Vol. 3= 208 Pages
259. Angel Catbird, Vol. 1= 112 Pages
260. The Oligarch's Daughter= 60 Pages
261. Fruits Basket Another, Vol. 1= 192 Pages
262. Shogun= 1152 Pages
263. I Wish You All the Best= 320 Pages
264. The Kitchen God's Wife= 415 Pages
265. My Hero Academia, Vol. 12: The Test= 192 Pages
266. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows= 791 Pages
267. My Hero Academia, Vol. 13: A Talk About Your Quirk= 192 Pages
268. The Hundred Secret Senses= 418 Pages
269. Pumpkinheads= 224 Pages
270. Fever 1793= 272 Pages
271. Blowout: Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth= 405 Pages
272. Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale= 219 Pages
273. My Hero Academia, Vol. 14= 208 Pages
274. Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 2= 200 Pages
275. My Hero Academia, Vol. 15= 192 Pages
276. Paper Girls, Vol. 6= 144 Pages
277. V is for Vengeance= 417 Pages
278. The Cain Saga, Volume 01= 186 Pages
279. My Hero Academia, Vol. 16: Red Riot= 192 Pages
280. My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, Vol. 6= 224 Pages
281. The Cain Saga, Volume 02= 208 Pages
282. Friends With Boys= 220 Pages
283. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Vol. 3: My Story!!= 208 Pages
Goal Met So Far: 65,196/20,000

Year to date total: 24,994/20,000 to end of 2019
I am happy I exceeded my challenge! Retirement this past fall freed up some extra page turning time.
Looking forward to lots more reading in 2020!!!
Doe

Challenge #5
LET’S TURN PAGES
Duration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
For this one I hope to read 15000 pages ....
January
1.Exit Strategy Pages: 176
2. Camas y famas: Las más raras y genuinas historias de amor Pages: 404
3. Distancia de rescate Pages: 128
4. La forma de las ruinas Pages: 560
5. The Bookshop on the Corner Pages: 364
6. Kitchen Pages: 110
7. Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love Pages: 250
8. Sometimes I Lie Pages: 262
9. Diario de una volátil Pages: 160
10. My Sister, the Serial Killer Pages: 223
11. The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Pages: 277
12. Pájaros en la boca Pages: 139
13. NOS4A2 Pages: 686
Total this month: 3739
This means I have read 25% of my goal !!! Cheers for me
February:
1. The Hazel Wood Pages: 359
2. Ten Women Who Changed Science, and the World Pages: 320
3. Exit West Pages: 220
Total this month: 899
Total at the moment: 4638 / 15000 This is 30,92% of my goal
March
1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing Pages: 206
April
1. The Goldfinch Pages: 771
May
1. The Silence of the Girls Pages: 325
2. The BFG Pages: 199
June
1. The Widows of Malabar Hill Pages: 385
2. The Woman in the Window Pages: 427
3. The Art of Racing in the Rain Pages: 338
4. Satanás Pages: 136
5. Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE Pages: 400
6. Franklin's Flying Bookshop Pages: 32
7. My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues Pages: 256
8. Heart Berries: A Memoir Pages:178
9. Kentukis Pages: 224
July
1. Bottled Goods Pages: 190
2. The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir Pages: 336
3. Wraith Pages: 172
4. Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood Pages 285
5. The Lonesome Bodybuilder: Stories Pages: 224
6. El día que se perdió la cordura Pages: 456
7. Why My Cat Is More Impressive Than Your Baby Pages:160
August
1. Ghost Wall Pages: 144
2. Little Fires Everywhere Pages: 338
3. I Know Who You Are Pages: 304
4. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Pages: 388
September
1. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders Pages: 689
2. El día que se perdió el amor Pages: 426
3. Franklin and Luna Go to the Moon Pages: 32
October
1. In the Tall Grass Pages: 62
2. Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold Pages: 416
November
1. It Pages: 1169
2. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death Pages: 208
3. Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation Pages: 149
4. Al otro lado del mar Pages: 253
December
1. The Emissary Pages: 138
2. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Pages: 256
3. Joaquina Centeno Pages: 176
4. How Reading Changed My Life Pages: 84
5. Cuentos macabros Pages: 224
6. When Hitler Took Cocaine and Lenin Lost His Brain: History's Unknown Chapters Pages: 261
7. She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement Pages: 320
8. Cuentos Macabros Volumen II Pages: 232
9. Breakfast at Tiffany's Pages: 192
10. Animal Farm Pages: 122
11. The Cuban Affair Pages: 448
11. Things to Make and Break Pages: 224
Total: 17544/15000
I read 117% of my year goal.

Didn't quite make it but am still going to increase it for next year because I went through a reading drought for a few months this year.

2019 goal of 24,000 but passed it and ended at 27,811.
SEPTEMBER:
The Rapture - 291 pages
Ink - 326 pages
The Bear and the Nightingale - 323 pages
Ready Player One - 342 pages
The Golden Compass - 399 pages
Let the Right One In - 479 pages
OCTOBER:The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making - 247 pages
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - 315 pages
The Bone Witch - 407 pages
The Butterfly Garden - 288 pages
Lincoln in the Bardo - 343 pages
NOVEMBER:
Fingersmith - 592 pages
A Perfect Blood - 525 pages
Iron Hearted Violet - 424 pages
DECEMBER:
The Pox Party - 351 pages
The Starless Sea - 494 pages
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World - 282 pages
The Last Unicorn - 248 pages
Total:
27,811/24,000

Progress: 5,438/5,000
10.Into the Water: 386/386 (Completed: 12/31/19)
11. Shadow Spell: 387/483
12. Crystal Gardens: 289/475

October Update




































Monthly Total: 7,337
Grand Total: 35,889




































Monthly Total: 6,602
Grand Total: 42,491























Monthly Total: 5,485
Grand Total: 47,976

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
47,976 out of 100,000
Will try again next year!

32,061/25,000 pages
December: 3,067 pages
Hot Ticket, 375 pages, audio
48 Hours, 336 pages, audio
Double Time, 416 pages, audio
Wicked Beat, 387 pages, audio
Born of Darkness, 314 pages, audio
Twisted Twenty-Six, 320 pages
Break the Day, 300 pages
Sinners at the Altar, 413 pages, audio
In Too Deep, 206 pages, audio, with B
November: 2,147 pages
Backstage Pass, 344 pages, audio
Claimed in Shadows, 300 pages
You Cannoli Die Once, 336 pages
Midnight Unleashed, 127 pages
Misadventures of a Good Wife, 200 pages, audio
RoomHate, 280 pages, audio
Rock Hard, 392 pages, audio
The Black Circle, 168 pages, audio, with B

December: 7 books, 33186/30000 - COMPLETED some more
#96) “Twisted Twenty-Six” (Stephanie Plum #26) by Janet Evanovich – 320 (12/3/19) L
#97) “Catnap” (Midnight Louie #1) by Carole Nelson Douglas – 256 (12/9/19) R
#98) “The Kept Woman” (Will Trent #8) by Karin Slaughter – 461 (12/11/19) L
#99) “The Cat Who Came to Breakfast” (The Cat Who #16) by Lillian Jackson Braun – 261 (12/21/19) L
#100) “The Cat Who Blew the Whistle” (The Cat Who #17) by Lillian Jackson Braun – 320 (12/26/19) L
#101) “The Cat Who Said Cheese” (The Cat Who #18) by Lillian Jackson Braun – 264 (12/28/19) L
#102) “Drowning With Others” by Linda Keir – 379 (12/30/19) R
Books mentioned in this topic
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52,892/60,000