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[La Tonya]

The Lost Girls of Paris
Date Finished: January 18, 2021
Pages Read: 384
Group Total Pages Read: 291,844

[Jim]

Travels on a Greyhound Bus
Date Finished: January 3, 2021
Pages Read: 157
My Total Pages Read: 157
Group Total Pages Read: 292,001

Emma
Date Finished: January 16, 2021
Pages Read: 441
My Total Pages Read: 598
Group Total Pages Read: 292,442

[Jim]

The Education of Henry Adams
Date Finished: January 31, 2021
Pages Read: 321
My Total Pages Read: 919
Group Total Pages Read: 292,763

[La Tonya]

The Call of the Wild Illustrated
Date Finished: February 4, 2021
Pages Read: 94
Group Total Pages Read: 292,857

[Jim]

Playing catch up and trying to get to the elusive mustard.

The Call of the Wild (1903) by Jack London (1876-1916)
Date Finished: February 11, 2021
Pages Read: 172

Season on the Brink: A Year with Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (paperback 1987; originally published 1986) by John Feinstein (born 1956)
Date Finished: February 11, 2021
Pages read: 353

Death on the Nile (1937) by Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
Date Finished: February 15, 2021
Pages Read: 352

Wonder (2009) by R.J. Palacio
Date Finished: February 19, 2021
Pages read: 315

My total pages read this post: 1,192
My total pages read in 2021: 2,111
Group Total Pages: 294,049

[Jim]

Good afternoon or evening!

I also read the following books that I finished in March:

Ballparks: A Journey Through the Fields of the Past, Present, and Future (2019) by Eric Enders.
Date Finished: March 1, 2021
Pages Read: 304

Pride and Prejudice (1813) by Jane Austen (1775-1817).
Date Finished: March 12, 2021
Pages Read: 446

The Radetzky March (1932) by Joseph Roth (1894-1939).
Date Finished: March 15, 2021
Pages Read: 352

My total pages read this post: 1,102
My total pages read in 2021 (10 books): 3,213
Group Total Pages: 295,151

[La Tonya]

The Time Traveler's Wife
Date Finished; March 30, 2021
Pages Read; 537
Group Total Pages: 295,688

[La Tonya]

Angel of Greenwood
Date Finished: April 10, 2021
Pages Read: 291
Group Total Pages: 295,979

[Jim]

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead (2019) by Olga Tokarczuk
Date Finished: April 4, 2021
Pages Read: 274

The Name of the Rose (1980) by Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
Date Finished: April 5, 2021
Pages Read: 512

Procrastination: How to Overcome Procrastination and Start Doing What Truly Matters by Procrastination: How to Overcome Procrastination and Start Doing What Truly Matters by Brian Mitchell
Date Finished: April 6, 2021
Pages Read: 35

50 Moments That Rocked the Classical Music World (2014) by Darren Henley and Sam Jackson
Date Finished: April 9, 2021
Pages Read: 240

101 Things You May Not Have Known About Baseball (2012) by John David Thomas White
Date Finished: April 10, 2021
Pages Read: 28

Pages Read This Post: 1,086
My Pages Read in 2021(15 books): 4,299

[La Tonya]

The Light Through the Leaves
Date Finished: April 24, 2021
Pages Read: 451
Group Total Pages: 297,516

[La Tonya]

This Tender Land
Date Finished: May 23, 2021
Pages Read: 451
Group Total Pages: 297 ,967

[La Tonya]

Mexican Gothic
Date Finished: June 3, 2021
Pages Read: 301
Group Total Pages: 298,268

[La Tonya]

The End of Men
Date Finished: June 21, 2021
Pages Read: 387
Group Total Pages: 298,655

[Amber]

I have no clue WHERE we are on this goal.

[La Tonya]

Amber wrote: "I have no clue WHERE we are on this goal."

I do believe we have 701,345 pages left to go to reach the goal of 1 Million. Enjoy Reading, 📚

[Amber]

Thanks for the Update.

The Robots of Dawn: 399 pages (finished on 1/26/2021)
Chinese Cooking for Dummies: 360 pages (finished on 3/26/2021)
and My Prairie Cookbook: Memories and Frontier Food from My Little House to Yours: 208 pages=967 pages (finished today)

298,655+967=299,622 pages

[Amber]

Sugar and Iced (Cupcake Bakery Mysteries #6) 247 pages
Date finished: today (7/2/2021)

299,622+247=299,869 pages*

* I DO NOT include previews of other novels in my page count.

[Amber]

I can't be the ONLY one who has been reading recently!

And I apologize for not posting the covers. Every time I try, the post gets eaten.

[La Tonya]

Dial A for Aunties
Date Finished: July 5, 2021
Pages Read: 295
Group Total Pages: 300,164

[Amber]

The Sioux Chef's Indigenous Kitchen: 256 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )

and Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith: 264 (my copy) pages=520 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... )

Both books were finished on July 2, 2021.

Group total pages: 300,684 pages.

[Jim]

265. (1932) by Dawn Powell (1895- or 1896-1965). 165 pages.

Group Total: 300,849

[Amber]

I found a couple books I forgot to add earlier to my Reading Challenge. They will be included today.

Santa Clawed
(Mrs. Murphy #17) 240 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )
Date Read: 1/4/2021

Macbeth
(Manga Classics) 321 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )
Date read: 4/19/2021

Dracula
(Manga Classics) 380 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )
Date Read: 4/21/2021

and New Native American Cooking 194 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )

Date finished: 7/9/2021

My Total: 1,135 pages

Group Total:301,984 pages

Dates read for Santa Clawed, MacBeth and Dracula are my best estimates.

[Amber]

I read the hardcover copy of this one, but accidentally posted the paperback version, which has 128 pages, rather than the 120 in the hardcover copy:
Science Comics: Dinosaurs: Fossils and Feathers 120 pages x3=360 pages
Dates read: 3/3/2021, 6/7/2021 and 7/11/2021
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )

The Warrior's Path
(The Sacketts #3) 194 pages
Date finished: 7/12/2021
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )

and Whisker of Evil
(Mrs. Murphy #12) 297 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... )

My Total Pages: 851
Group Total: 851+301,984 pages=302,835 pages

[Amber]

The Force Unleashed
(Star Wars: The Force Unleashed #1) 355 pages*
*The pages 356-60 are a preview for another STAR WARS novel and I DO NOT include previews in my page count.
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... )

Group Total: 355+302,835=303,190 pages

[Amber]

I'll hold off on my next page number update until someone else gets a chance to post his (or her) update. I already feel like there's only three of us contributing atm.

[Amber]

Seriously, if no one else is gonna post, why do I even bother?

Jedi Search
(Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy #1) 355 pages
(Date finished 7/15/2021)
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... )

The Shetland Pony 48 pages
Date finished: 7/18/2021
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )

Highland Ponies 24 pages
Date Finished: 7/18/2021
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... )

Dark Chocolate Demise
(Cupcake Bakery Mystery #7) 285 pages
Finished 7/19/2021 (today)
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )

and The Chincoteague Pony 48 pages
Date Finished: 7/18/2021
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )

My Total: 760 pages
Group Total: 760+303,190pages=303,950pages

[La Tonya]

Amber wrote: "Seriously, if no one else is gonna post, why do I even bother?

Jedi Search
(Star Wars: The Jedi Academy Trilogy #1) 355 pages
(Date finished 7/15/2021)
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7......"

I post my books. Enjoy Reading, 📚

[La Tonya]

Spinning Silver
Date Finished: July 19, 2021
Pages Read: 466
Group Total Pages: 304,416

[Amber]

I wasn't feeling well when I posted that, LaTonya. I apologize.

If I don't have time to post my most recent book finishes today, I'll do it tomorrow. If today, as a separate post.

[Amber]

Vanilla Beaned
(Cupcake Bakery Mystery #8)281 pages
*I did not include previews
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )

and Diabetes Snacks, Treats, and Easy Eats for Kids: 130 Recipes for the Foods Kids Really Like to Eat 160 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... )

My Total pages=441 pages
Group Total: 441+304,416=304,857 pages

[La Tonya]

Amber wrote: "I wasn't feeling well when I posted that, LaTonya. I apologize.

If I don't have time to post my most recent book finishes today, I'll do it tomorrow. If today, as a separate post."

Thank you for your honesty. Enjoy Reading, 📚

[Amber]

You're welcome.

For that, you get a link to a book inspired symphonic power metal song: LT's Rhapsody: One Ring To Rule Them All (Español): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlM0k...

[Amber]

I haven't finished any books in the past couple days, has anyone else?

[Amber]

The Food You Crave: Luscious Recipes for a Healthy Life 316 pages
Date finished: 7/24/2021
(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... )

Stupid American History: Tales of Stupidity, Strangeness, and Mythconceptions 266 pages
Date Finished: 7/24/2021
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... )

Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World 288 pages
Date Finished: 7/29/2021
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... )

and The Storm of the Century: Tragedy, Heroism, Survival, and the Epic True Story of America's Deadliest Natural Disaster: The Great Gulf Hurricane of 1900 320 pages
Date Finished: 8/2/2021
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )

My pages: 1,190 pages

Total Group Pages:1,190+304,857=306,047 pages

[Amber]

Caramel Crush
(Cupcake Bakery Mystery #9) 304 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )
Date finished: 8/4/2021

Total Group pages=304+306,047 pages=306,351 pages

[Lesley]

I finished in the last 2 weeks-
382 pages
384
357
396
304

382+384+357+396+304=1427 pages+306,351 =307,778 new total

[Amber]

Hi, Lesley. I'm sending you a sort of "Welcome to the Family" YouTube URL from my currently listening playlist.

Battlestar Galactica Original Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHp9o...

[Amber]

Heir to the Empire
(Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy #1) 404 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )
Date Finished:8/6/2021

Cat's Eyewitness
(Mrs. Murphy #13) 287 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7... )
Date Finished:8/7/2021

and The Wordy Shipmates 272 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )
Date Finished: 8/7/2021

My pages: 963 pages
Group Total: 963+307,778=308,741 pages

[Amber]

First Lord's Fury
(Codex Alera #6) 465 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... )
Date Finished: 8/8/2021

and Hiroshima 152 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )
Date Finished: today (8/9/2021 the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city of Nagasaki)

My Pages: 617 pages

Group Total: 308,741+617=309,358 pages

[Amber]

Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase
(Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales #10) 128 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... )
Date Finished: today (8/10/2021)

Group Total: 128+309,358=6309,486 pages

[Lesley]

I did not get ro a computer the last week so here are my books I finished in the last week
finished today 400 pages
finished 8/12 384pages

309,486 +400+384=310,270 total pages

[Amber]

Farmer Boy
(Little House #2) 372 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... )
Date Finished: 8/14/2021

Group total pages:372+310,270=310,642 pages

[Amber]

Surprising Spies: Unexpected Heroes of World War II 160 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... )

Group Total:160+310,642=310,802 pages

[Amber]

Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You: A Lively Tour Through the Dark Side of the Natural World 262 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... )
Date Finished: 8/18/2021

Chaos Rising
(Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy #1) 383 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... )
Date Finished: 8/18/2021

and Wedding Cake Crumble
(Cupcake Bakery Mystery #10) 267 pages*
*A Reminder: I DO NOT include previews for other books in my page counts!
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... )
Date Finished: today (8/19/2021)

My Pages: 912 pages
Group Total Pages: 912+310,802=311,714 pages

[La Tonya]

The Historians
Date Finished: August 18, 2021
Pages Read: 431
Group Total Pages: 312,145

[La Tonya]

The Sun Came Out Last Night: ...Rated D
Date Finished: August 19, 2021
Pages Read; 47
Group Total Pages: 312,192

[Jim]

Adding several books read since I last posted here:

What Is It All But Luminous: Notes From an Underground Man
Date Finished: July 13, 2021
Pages Read: 256

Across Asia on the Cheap
Date Finished: July 15, 2021
Pages Read: 138

Travel Resolutions: 52 New Ways to Experience Planet Earth
Date Finished: July 18, 2021
Pages Read: 74

Our Quirky Guide to Seattle
Date Finished: July 18, 2021
Pages Read: 150

The History of the Thirteen Colonies of North America 1497-1763
Date Finished: August 16, 2021
Pages Read: 244

Total Pages this post: 862
Group Total Pages: 313,054

[Amber]

H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, Volume 1
(H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness #1-2) 298 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... )
Date Finished: Yesterday: 8/20/2021

Total Pages: 298+313,54=313,352 pages

[Amber]

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song 320 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... )
Date Finished: 8/22/2021

A Curious History of Food and Drink 256 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... )
Date Finished: 8/22/2021

H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness, Volume 2
(H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness #3-4) 346 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4... )
Date Finished: 8/23/2021

and Raptor Red 256 pages
( https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... )
Date Finished: 8/23/2021

My Pages: 1.178 pages
Total: 1,178+313,352=314,530 pages

[Lesley]

379 pages
Finished 8/24/2021

314,530+379=314,909 total pages