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LaurLa's Read-A-Palooza
Report ~ Week 9
Book: Crazy for Her ~ 07.27 ★★★
Pages: 306
Book: Make Her Pay ~ 07.28 ★★★★
Pages: 370
Book: The Sweetest Seduction ~ 07.28 ★★★
Pages: 198
Book: Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels ~ 07.29 ★★★★
Pages: 240
Book: How to Tame a Wild Fireman ~ 07.30 ★★★★
Pages: 384
Book: The Collector of Dying Breaths ~ 07.30 ★★★★
Pages: 416
Book: The Wilde Side ~ 07.31 ★★★
Pages: 322
Book: The Wilde One ~ 08.02 ★★★
Pages: 136
Book: Little White Lies ~ 08.02 ★★★
Pages: 181
Total Pages: 2,553
July 27 - August 2Finished The Golem and the Jinni, 384p
Read Million Dollar Arm: Sometimes to Win, You Have to Change the Game, 240p
Reading The Best American Sports Writing 2003, 165p
Total pages: 789
Read: the books with Amazon links have had a page count change request made with the librariansWhy I Love Waiters 149 pages
Freshman Feint 82 pages https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
A Ferry of Bones & Gold 406 pages https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Vespertine 418 pages
Oz 274 pages
Total this post: 1329 pages
Total for Week 8: 1889 pages
Total to date: 22662 pages
slow week helped at my church's vacation bible school
I read:The Bedlam Stacks - 336 pages
Night's Master - 243 pages
In the Country of Last Things - 188 pages
Us - 322 pages
Everything You Want Me to Be - 352 pages
How Long 'til Black Future Month? - 400 pages
Total: 1841 pages
July 27 - August 2: 439 pagesMurder and the First Lady by Elliott Roosevelt 7/29/19...115 pages
Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution by Tucker Carlson 8/1/19..102 pages
Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline...180 pages
Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer...42 pages
Finishing off last week:BLIND SIGHT Tanya R. Taylor 8/2/19, 227 pages (had to use Amazon listing, page info not on GR)
Needled to Death Annelise Ryan 8/2/19, 336 pages
Total: 563
July 27 - August 2Finished: The Underneath - 313 pages
The University We Need: Reforming American Higher Education - 224 pages
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 240 pages
In Progress: Moby-Dick, or, the Whale - 225 pages
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - 37 pages
Total: 1,039 pages
Week 9, July 28 - Aug 3-Portion of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, 197 pgs (Kindle)
- The Medical Examiner, 144 pgs (Audio)
- Detective Cross, 111 pgs (Audio)
- Manhunt, 145 pgs (Audio)
- Portion of How Not to Die Alone, 154 pgs (Hardcover)
Week 9 Total: 751 pgs
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July 27 - August 2Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'rien 07/28/2019 - 249 pages
Geekerella by Ashley Poston 07/29/2019 - 320 pages
From the Earth to the Moon Jules Verneby 07/31/2019 - 188 pages
Total: 757 Pages
July 28 - August 3Mercy Blade - 324 pages
Blood Ties & Brown Liquor - 96 pages
My Man Jeeves - 134 pages
Frigid - 191 pages
Total: 745 pages
ReportStarted and finished Hope | 07.22 - 07.30 | 182 pages | 3stars
Started and finished El Catalejo Lacado | 07.23 - 08.04 | 482 pages | 5stars
Total Pages: 664
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July 27-Aug 2 - Books/Pages
- 7/27 - 246 p.
- 7/28 - 438 p.
- 7/29 - 90 p.
- 7/31 - 392 p.
- 8/2 - 289 p.Total Pages - 1,455
Mod
Total pages read: 293
Complete
, pages 415 - 447 (total pages read 33)Incompete
, pages 76 - 206 (total pages read 131)
, pages 1 - 130
July 27 - Aug. 2 - The Diva Sweetens the Pie by Krista Davis 336 pp.
The Diva Frosts a Cupcake by Krista Davis 289 pp.
Total for the week - 625 pp.
I'm finally able to post my reads again! I'll do it week by week.July 2 - 8
Emma 474p
Cooked Goose 304p 
Miz Scarlet and the Vanishing Visitor126p
Kneading to Die 343p Total 1247p
July 9 - 15 
Portrait of a Dead Guy 280p 
The Burning Issue of the Day 315p
Murder at Turtle Cove 230p
All Murders Final! 288p 
A Good Day to Buy 288p 
Hamburgers, Homicide and a Honeymoon 198pTotal 1599p
July 16 - 22 
Dead Ringer 114 pgs 
Dog Collar Crime 254p 
Deadlocked 335p
Diamond Rings are Deadly Things 320p 
Guaranteed to Bleed 268pTotal 1291p
July 23 - 29 
Diamonds Aren't Forever 247p
Beachboy Murder 160 pgs
Hollywood Homicide 314p
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding 304p 
Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons 353p
The Muse 298pTotal 1676p
July 30 - Aug 5 
The Other Lady Vanishes 340 pgs 
Iris Avenue 280 pgs
Ghost of a Gamble 304p
Persuasion 259p
Sweet Tea and Spirits 248pTotal 1431p
Week 9 July 28-August 3All 368 pgs worth of Dear Evan Hansen
All 112 pgs of Fence, Vol. 1
All 320 pgs worth of The Princess and the Fangirl
52 pgs worth of Spellslinger hardcover is 400 pgs
Total pgs read: 852
Death for Dessert: A Plainwood Lake Mystery Emmalee Laurens 8/4/19, 145 pagesWed, Read & Dead V.M. Burns 8/5/19, 263 pages
The Time for Murder is Meow T.C. LoTempio 8/6/19, 312 pages
Total: 720 pages
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Week 8July 20 - July 26
☑ Bitter Taffy (7/20) ★★★★½
Page Count 314
☑ What Remains (7/20) ★★★★
Page Count 248
☑ Finding Home (7/21) ★★★★
Page Count 160
☑ Pleasure of a Dark Prince (7/23) ★★★★½
Page Count 431
☑ Demon from the Dark (7/24) ★★★★
Page Count 430
☑ A Day Makes (7/25) ★★★½
Page Count 200
☑ Bed of Roses (7/25) ★★★★½
Page Count 335
☑ Savor the Moment (7/26) ★★★★
Page Count 339
Subtotal: 2457
Week 9
July 27 - August 2
☑ Savior (7/27) ★★★★
Page Count 336
☑ Refined Instincts (7/28) ★★★★
Page Count 212
☑ Hell's Revenge (7/29) ★★★½
Page Count 287
☑ The Accidental Vampire (7/30) ★★★★½
Page Count 372
☑ The Painted Crown (7/30) ★★★★★
Page Count 332
☑ Sword of Darkness (7/31) ★★★★
Page Count 383
☑ Magic Triumphs (8/1) ★★★★★
Page Count 439
☑ Trick Play (8/2) ★★★★★
Page Count 306
Subtotal: 2477
In This Post: 4934
Personal Total To Date: 18286
28 July - 3 August Progress:
The Luminaries (94 pages)
Beard Science (69 pages)
The Gun Seller (107 pages)
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (65 pages)
Eeny Meeny (98 pages)
Total: 433
Mama's Completion PostWeek #9 ~ July 29th - Aug 6th
At the Stroke of Midnight 5* ✔️ 7/29
261 pages
Published February 27th 2018
In Bed with the Beast 4.5* ✔️ 7/30
304 pages
Published June 5th 2018
(Read the epub version)
Kiss the Girl 4* ✔️ 8/1/19
304 pages
Published September 4th 2018
(Read the epub version)
Blood's Fury 3* ✔️ 8/4/19
270 pages
Published February 20th 2014
Wrath 4* ✔️ 8/5/19
281 pages
Published March 11th 2019
261 +304 + 304 + 270 + 281 = 1420
Read THIRDS Beyond the Books: Volume 2 155 pages.
Silver Fox 309 page
Sub total: 464 pages
Total for Week 8: 2353 pages
Read
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 320 pages
Eye Spy 368 pages
The Hills Have Spies 360 pages
In the Ruins 461 pages
Total for Week 9: 1509 pages
Total this post: 1973 pages
Total to date: 24635 pages
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Lanelle wrote: "8,296 pages were reported today. Added to 464,327 makes our grand total to be 472,623. You know, I think we'll have no problem going over 500,000.Tracked to here."
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August 3 - 9: 452 pagesDoes This Beach Make Me Look Fat?: True Stories and Confessions by Lisa Scottoline 8/7/19
Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer 8/8/19...262 pages
August 3 - 9Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich 8.4.10 341 pages
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves 8.9.19 384 pages
Cold Steal by Quentin Bates 8.5.19 354 pages
Don't Call It Night by Amos Oz 8.7.19 196 pages
1,275 pages
3-9 Aug: 1. 416; The Duke by Gaelen Foley; 08/06/2019
2. 259; Runaway Bride by Jane Aiken Hodge; 08/08/2019
3. 128; Christmas in Camelot by Mary Pope Osborne; 08/09/2019
TOTAL: 803 pages
I read:In Cold Blood - 343 pages
The Last Sun - 363 pages
The Girls in the Garden - 320 pages
Slade House - 238 pages
Heated Rivalry - 310 pages
Total: 1574 pages
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body: 306 ppCyteen: 90 pages
Green and Pleasant Land: 224 pp
306 + 90 + 224 = 620 pages
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Dear World: A Syrian Girl's Story of War and Plea for Peace - 225
Am Ende des Tages - 320
Red Metal - 608
Kirschblüten und rote Bohnen - 224
Mit 50 Euro um die Welt: Wie ich mit wenig in der Tasche loszog und als reicher Mensch zurückkam. - 304
The Professor's Assistant - 109
Breakaway - 244
Lucrezia Borgia - 318
I Am Half-Sick of Shadows - 305
Only a Shadow - 59
The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land - 784
Das ist hier aber nicht so wie in Deutschland! - 200
Hell and Gone - 197
Tier One - 297 (/402)
A Ladder to the Sky - 368
Red To Black - 406 (finished)
Der Heckenschütze - 382
Oscar: A Biography - 144 (/656)
Weekly Total: 5494
8/3 - 8/9 590 pg The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 8/7/19
186 pg Frat Boy and Toppy 8/7/19 - listened to audio book - page count is from paperback
368 pg Storm Cursed 8/5/19 - listened to audiobook - page count from hardcover
231 pg - How to Run with the Wolves 8/4/19
Weekly total 1375 pg
Mod
Total pages read: 215
Complete
, pages 207 - 237 (total pages 31)
, page 1 - 178Incomplete
, pages 131 - 136 (total pages 6)
Report for my last 10 days:Polargebiete lit. transl: Polar Regions (215)
Armed and Fabulous book 1 in Lexi Graves Mysteries Omnibus Volume One (254)
Die fünf Menschen, die dir im Himmel begegnen=The Five People You Meet in Heaven (224)
Who Glares Wins book 2 in Lexi Graves Mysteries Omnibus Volume One (254)
Fortune Furlough (272)
Inception book 2 in ALPHA (53)
Sheltered by the SEAL book 2 in HERO Force Box Set (184)
Harbored by the SEAL book 3 in HERO Force Box Set (103)
Aus süßer Berechnung=Calculated in Death (544)
Off the Charts (90)
Command Indecision book 3 in Lexi Graves Mysteries Omnibus Volume One (223)
Shock and Awesome book 1 in Lexi Graves Mysteries Omnibus Volume Two (270)
DNF Rule of Law (73)
Weapons of Mass Distraction book 2 in Lexi Graves Mysteries Omnibus Volume Two (263)
=> 3,022
LaurLa's Read-A-Palooza
Report ~ Week 10
Book: Magic Triumphs ~ 08.04 ★★★★★
Pages: 336
Book: Big Girls Don't Cry ~ 08.05 ★★★★
Pages: 304
Book: Let's Get Textual ~ 08.05 ★★★★★
Pages: 307
Book: Sense and Sensibility ~ 08.06 ★★★
Pages: 409
Book: Close Enough to Touch ~ 08.07 ★★★★
Pages: 381
Book: Out of Focus ~ 08.08 ★★★★
Pages: 337
Book: Seducing Santa ~ 08.08 ★★★
Pages: 51
Book: Vengeance ~ 08.09 ★★★★
Pages: 167
Book: One Dangerous Night ~ 08.09 ★★★
Pages: 49
Book: Beneath the Secrets ~ 08.10 ★★★★
Pages: 268
Total Pages: 2,609
August 3 - 9Finished The Best American Sports Writing 2003, 187p
Read Seabiscuit: An American Legend, 416p
Read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 652p
Reading Motives for Murder: A Celebration of Peter Lovesey; On His 80th Birthday by Members of the Detection Club, 174p
Total pages: 1,429
ReadFrog 178 pages
Dance with Me 113 pages
Lighting the Way Home 216 pages
Rhythm 240 pages
Total for Week 9: 2256 pages
Total this post: 747 pages
Total to date: 25382 pages
Murder on the Rocks Allyson K. Abbott 8/8/19, 351 pagesA Thread of Darkness Sally Goldenbaum 8/9/19, 167 pages
50% Off Murder Josie Belle 8/10/19, 288 pages
Total: 806 pages
August 3-9I read When We Believed in Mermaids 8/3 352 pgs
Kill Code 8/7 220 pgs
Lord of Chaos 8/9 716 pgs
Total = 1,288
Report for week ending 8/9:I read The 19th Wife by David Ebershoff (finished 8/6), 426 pages and
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller (finished 8/7), 136 pages and
On the Good, Red Road by Blake Crouch (finished 8/8), 22 pages and
Will Williams by Namwali Serpell (finished 8/8), 20 pages and
Legionnaire by Jason Anspach & Nick Cole (finished 8/9/2019), 308 pages
for a total of 912 pages
August 3 - 9The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 391 pages
Staged by Olivia Cunning - 462 pages
Total: 853 Pages
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