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08/19Additional:
Murder at the Lighthouse 186pAug 20 - 26
Three Tequilas 179p
Gone Haunting in Deadwood 393p
Twist and Shout Murder 304p
Changing Habits: A Short Story 45p
Murder at the Fortune Teller's Table 190p
Death in an English Cottage 228p
Body on Baker Street 320p
Derby Divas 208pTotal 1563
+186 from 08/19
New total 1749
I didn't realize I was so far behind. Several more posts coming!July 21-27
July 21
Year One by Nora Roberts 419 pages
Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance 316 pages
July 22
Stiff Competition by Annelise Ryan 384 pages
July 23
Dead in the Water by Annelise Ryan 352 pages
July 24
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate 342 pages
July 27
One Fell Sweep by Ilona Andrews 257 pages
1790 pages
July 28-August 3July 28
Deadly Forecast Victoria Laurie
384 pages
August 1
One for the Money Janet Evanovich
320 pages
Total 704 pages
August 4-10August 4
Flipped for Murder Maddie Day 304 pages
August 10
Remembering One Wild Night Kathie DeNosky 192 pages
Total 496 pages
August 11-17August 11
Look Alive Twenty-Five Janet Evanovich 311 pages
Dyeing Season Karen MacInerney
227 pages
August 17
Memory in Death J.D. Robb 375 pages
Total 913 pages
August 18-24August18
Haunted in Death J.D. Robb 100 pages
mellow lemon yellow Mary McComas 95 pages
Twisted Threads Lea Wait 305 pages
August 19
Born in Death J.D. Robb 338 pages
Total 838 pages
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You're welcome, Denise.
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13,438 pages were reported during the past two days. Our new grand total is 606,255. We have passed 600,000!
Tracked to here.
Lanelle wrote: "My family got home about midnight from our trip to visit my oldest daughter in Texas. We're tired. Now I need to catch up here on Goodreads :)13,438 pages were reported during the past two days. ..."
Aww! Where in Texas? I live close to the Houston area & I go to San Antonio & Waco all the time where my girls live.
Lanelle wrote: "My family got home about midnight from our trip to visit my oldest daughter in Texas. We're tired. Now I need to catch up here on Goodreads :)13,438 pages were reported during the past two days. ..."
Glad you made it home safely!
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My daughter and her family live in Coppell (Dallas area). It's a beautiful place!
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Me, too :)
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A Heart In Jeopardy 8/17/19 (214 pages)
The Grand Sophy 8/17/19 (372 pages)
Yarned and Dangerous 8/18/19 (257 pages)
A Man Rides Through 8/21/19 (661 pages)
Silent in the Sanctuary 8/23/19 (552 pages)
total for that week: 2,056 pages
Report for week ending 8/31:This week I read Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum (finished 8/26), 338 pages and
Beware! Be Wise by Bettie Crosson (finished 8/27), 130 pages and
The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen (finished 8/28), 416 pages
for a total of 884 pages
By Book or By Crook Eva Gates 8/25/19, 339 pagesMurder's No Votive Confidence Christin Brecher 8/26/19, 304 pages
Pride, Prejudice and Poison Elizabeth Blake 8/27/19, 332 pages
Bark If It’s Murder V.M. Burns 8/28/19, 164 pages
Haunted House Murder Leslie Meier 8/30/19, 320 pages
Total: 1459 pages
If I end up with a couple more before the 31st or by then, I'll be sure to post even if they don't total 500.
August 17 - August 23In Progress: A Clash of Kings - 492 pages
Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II - 184 pages
Finished: Uglies - 425 pages
Acne, Asthma, And Other Signs You Might Be Half Dragon - 213 pages
The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane - 320 pages
The Other Side - 202 pages
Highland Vengeance - 75 pages
Total: 1,911 pages
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Tracked to here.
My list is in the other thread.Summer total - 53,126
June, 17,003
July, 13,893
August 22,230
Week 11August 10 - August 16
☑ Good Boy (8/10) ★★★½
Page Count 65
☑ Poster Boy (8/10) ★★★★
Page Count 312
☑ Tigerland (8/11) ★★★★
Page Count 295
☑ Love Connection (8/11) ★★★★★
Page Count 19
☑ Lothaire (8/12) ★★★★★
Page Count 558
☑ Werewolf at the Zoo (8/13) ★★★
Page Count 106
☑ The Last Ever After (8/14) ★★★★
Page Count 704
☑ Ignite (8/14) ★★★★★
Page Count 230
☑ Sinders and Ash (8/15) ★★★★
Page Count 167
☑ The Life and Loves of a He Devil (8/16) ★★★★
Page Count 304
Subtotal: 2760
Week 12
August 17 - August 23
☑ The Looking Glass Wars (8/17) ★★★★
Page Count 364
☑ A Demon and His Psycho (8/18) ★★★★
Page Count 180
☑ Acting on Love (8/18) ★★★★
Page Count 121
☑ Vampires are Forever (8/19) ★★★★
Page Count 371
☑ Felix and the Prince (8/20) ★★★★★
Page Count 316
☑ Pierce's Choice (8/20) ★★★★
Page Count 211
☑ Obvious (8/21) ★★★★
Page Count 113
☑ Silence Fallen (8/22) ★★★★½
Page Count 379
Subtotal: 2055
Week 12
August 24 - August 31
☑ Night Vision (8/24) ★★★★
Page Count 338
☑ Tall, Tatted and Tempting (8/25) ★★★½
Page Count 201
☑ Tied & Twisted (8/25) ★★★★
Page Count 75
☑ Texas Rough (8/26) ★★½
Page Count 230
☑ Accidentally Mated (8/26) ★★★★★
Page Count 202
☑ The Suffragette Scandal (8/27) ★★★★★
Page Count 260
☑ Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (8/28) ★★★★★
Page Count 384
☑ Shades of Gray (8/29) ★★★★
Page Count 282
☑ The Last Chance Christmas Ball (8/30) ★★★★★
Page Count 392
Subtotal: 2364
Recalculated missed page count: 199
In This Post: 7378
Personal Total To Date: 28317
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Total pages read: 510
Complete
, pages 130 - 357 (total pages read 228)
, pages 1 - 282
8/24 - 8/31 - 855 pg total264 pg - The Left Hand of Justice 8/25/19
375 pg - Almost Like Being in Love 8/28/19 - listed to audiobook. page count is from paperback
216 pg - Branded by Flames 8/28/19
One last book before I have to real life and get ready for a Labor Day party here tomorrow:Hairspray and Homicide Cindy Bell 8/31/19, 107 pages
If I do sneak and finish the one I'm on now, I'll post it before midnight EST ;)
Aug 24-31 - Books/Pages
- 8/24 - 145 p.
- 8/24 - 382 p.
- 8/26 - 304 p.
- 8/27 - 352 p.
- 8/28 - 148 p.
- 8/29 - 141 p.
- 8/30 - 296 p.
- 8/31 - 248 p.Total Pages: 2,016
I read:Red Sister - 469 pages
A Clockwork Orange - 246 pages
Hounded - 304 pages
Faithful Place - 400 pages
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II - 432 pages
Total: 1851 pages
My last week's report (books completed and page # of those six I started or continued but not finished yet):Rising Storm (242)
Secret Santa (72)
Acquiring Trouble (241)
Mistaken Kiss (226)
Love Letters (152)
Look Before You Jump (219)
Relentless Pursuit (224)
Alpha book 1 in ALPHA (257)
Secrets Collide (245)
Jesus Calling Morning and Evening Devotional (192)
The Former Assassin (50)
Cynic, Surfer, Saint (99)
La Línea (51)
Vengeance (63)
Aunt Bessie Believes (69)
=> 2,402
August 24- 31Sleeping Giants - 320 pages
House of Stone - 400 pages
The Line Becomes A River: Dispatches from the Border - 256 pages
How to Stop Time - 352 pages
Wolves of the Calla - 385 pages
Total Pages: 1,713
August 24 - 31Finished:
The Dancer 100 pgs 8/24/19
Come Play: An Erotica Charity Anthology 361 pgs 8/25/19
Damned If You Do 123 pgs 8/30/19
The Naughty List 145 pgs 8/30/19
Started
Crime on the Fens started 60 pgs read
Riven started 140 pgs read
Total Pgs read 929
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Page reports will be accepted until Sept. 3.
Tracked to here.
24-31 Aug: 1. 448; Belshazzar's Daughter by Barbara Nadel; 08/26/2019
2. 187; Who Rides The Tiger by Anne Mather; 08/28/2019
3. 315; Daughter of Silk by Linda Lee Chaikin; 08/30/2019
4. 255; THE HUSBAND SHE CAN'T REMEMBER by Tina Cambria; 08/31/2019
5. 210; A Day for Love by Mary Balogh; 08/31/2019
TOTAL PAGES: 1415
August 24 - 31Nine Perfect Strangers - 432 pages
Clean Mama’s Guide to a Healthy Home - 224 pages
The House at Sugar Beach - 354 pages
Rode Hard, Put Up Wet - 300 pages
The Rumor - 370 pages
Everything I Never Told You - 292 pages
Partially read
First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents - 192 pages
Little Fires Everywhere - 232 pages
Cowgirl Up and Ride - 100 pages
Total: 2496 pages
Week starting August 24:Legion: The Many Lives of Stephen Leeds: 352 pp
A Fool and His Honey:256 pp
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer: 224 pages
Voices of the Fall: 336 pp
Last Chance: 232 pp
Last Scene Alive: 256 pp
The Emperor's Blades: 480 pp
The Desperate Mission: 176 pp
352 + 256 + 224 + 336 +232 + 256 + 480 + 176 = 2312
Week 13, Aug 25 - Aug 31- Naruto, Vol. 05: The Challengers, 181 pgs (Paperback)
- The Sixth Wicked Child, 626 pgs (Kindle)
Week 13 Total: 807 pgs
18 august - 31 august Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future (211 pages)
The Luminaries (270 pages)
Where'd You Go, Bernadette (220 pages)
The White Masai (155 pages)
Total: 856 pages
Final pages!August 25-31
August 25
Dying for Devil's Food Jenn McKinlay 254 pages
August 28
About That Kiss Jill Shalvis
349 pages
August 31
Innocent in Death J.D. Robb
371 pages
Total 974 pages
Week 13 Aug 25-31159 pgs worth of Shadowblack hardcover is 352 pgs
All 326 pgs of Recursion
113 pgs of Traffick
7 pgs of #Murdertrending
64 pgs worth of One of Us Is Lying hardcover is 358 pgs
284 pgs worth of Girls with Sharp Sticks hardcover is 400 pgs
All 277 of The Prince and the Dressmaker
Total pgs read: 1230
I'm done. Loved this challenge. Read 52 books during the three months!24-31 Aug: 8+ books/1624 pages
The Broke Billionaire 13 pages to finish it
Handle With Care 320 pages
That Forever Girl 362 pages
Christmas in Winter Hill 176 pages
Aloha, Baby! 80pages
Into the Evermore 118 pages
The Viscount's Tempting Minx 146 pages
Getting Lei'd 185 pages
Hot Christmas Kisses 224 pages
August 24 - 31White Nights by Ann Cleeves 8.24.19 392 pages
Farewell to Freedom by Sara Blaedel 8.25.19 384 pages
The Family Way by Rhys Bowen 8.27.19 309 pages
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson 8.29.19 544 pages
The Forgotten Girls by Sara Blaedel 8.30.19 339 pages
A Better Man by Louise Penny 88 pages
Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev 75 pages
The Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill 40pages
2,171 pages
Mama's Completion PostLast Week
August 25th - 31st
Lover Awakened 5* ✔️ 8/25/19
468 pages
Published September 5th 2006
I Do, Babe 4* ✔️ 8/25
77 pages
Published April 22nd 2017 by Amazon
The Wallflower Wager 5* ✔️ 8/27
384 pages
Published August 13th 2019
Crux Untamed 3* ✔️ 8/30/19
430 pages
Published February 25th 2018
468 + 77 + 384 + 430 = 1,359
Mama's Total Summer Reading PostPersonal Book Totals: 36 Books
Personal Pages Totals: 12,508 Pages Read
Weekly reading goal: 500 pgs ✔️
Met Goal!
Totals:
Month of June: 11 books/ 3,235 pages
Month of July: 10 books/ 4,458 pages
Month of August: 15 books/ 4,815 pages
Weekly totals:
1-7 June: 2 books/ 643 pages ✔️
8-14 June: 3 books/ 740 Pages ✔️
15-21 June: 3 books/ 998 pages ✔️
22-28 June: 3 books/ 854 pages ✔️
29 June - 6 July: 2 books/ 700 pages ✔️
7-14 July: 3 books/ 1,302 pages ✔️
15-21 July: 4 books/ 1339 pages ✔️
22-28 July: 3 books/ 1,117 pages ✔️
29 July-6 Aug: 5 books/ 1420 pages ✔️
7-14 Aug: 3 books/ 946 pages ✔️
15-23 Aug: 3 books/ 1,090 pages ✔️
24-31 Aug: 4 books/ 1, 359 pages ✔️
*✔️ Means posted to READ-A-PALOOZA thread.
Final ReportStarted and finished Off Balance | 08.13 - 08.22 | 353 pages | 3stars
Started and finished Dientes de Dragón | 08.22 - 08.25 | 317 pages | 4stars
Started and finished Eleanor & Park | 08.08 - 08.31 | 430 pages | 3stars
Read part of Corona de Medianoche | 08.27 - 08.31 | 208 pages
Read part of The Lightning-Struck Heart | 08.26 - 08.31 | 322 pages
Read part of Los Viajes de Gulliver | 98 pages
Total Pages: 1,728
LaurLa's Read-A-Palooza
Report ~ Week 13
Book: Birthday Suit ~ 08.24 ★★★★
Pages: 308
Book: Rebellion ~ 08.25 ★★★★
Pages: 320
Book: Win the Game ~ 08.25 ★★★
Pages: 271
Book: Special Interests ~ 08.26 ★★★★
Pages: 201
Book: Stars Above ~ 08.26 ★★★★
Pages: 400
Book: Possessed by Passion ~ 08.26 ★★★
Pages: 218
Book: Light After Dark ~ 08.28 ★★★★
Pages: 306
Book: Zero Control ~ 08.28 ★★★
Pages: 224
Book: The Duet ~ 08.29 ★★★★
Pages: 326
Book: Crocodile on the Sandbank ~ 08.30 ★★★
Pages: 262
Book: N or M? ~ 08.30 ★★★
Pages: 228
Book: Accidental Tryst ~ 08.31 ★★★★
Pages: 346
Book: First Rapture ~ 08.31 ★★★
Pages: 122
Book: The Dirt on Ninth Grave ~ 08.31 ★★★★
Pages: 352
Total Pages: 3,884
Week 1324th - 31st August
pages 1868
Tank Girl: Free Comic Book Day 2018 pg 18
Sea of Thieves #0 pg 31
Deadly Class: Killer Set pg 17
Free Comic Book Day 2019 (All Ages) pg 22
Born Free II: Protecting Sea Animals pg 19
Avatar Free Comic Book Day 2011 pg 16
Avatar: The Last Airbender "Shells" pg 25
Avatar: The Last Airbender "Sisters" / Plants Vs. Zombies / Bandette pg 32
Free Comic Book Day 2017 - BOOM! Summer Blast pg 27
Free Comic Book Day 2017 - Fresh Off the Boat pg 21
The Wormworld Saga Free Comic Book Day 2018 pg 30
Ghost Hog Free Comic Book Day 2019 pg 22
Nube Guru Ahli Roh Vol. 5: Monalisa Pemakan Manusia pg 191
Nube Guru Ahli Roh Vol. 6: Hantu Di Lintasan Empat pg 189
Nube Guru Ahli Roh Vol. 7: Permainan Menarik Roh pg 189
Nube Guru Ahli Roh Vol. 8: Si Bocah Salju pg 190
Nube Guru Ahli Roh Vol. 9 : Youkai Nurarihyon pg 182
The Last Train: A Short Story pg 41
BOOM! 2016 Summer Blast pg 46
The Vault of Sowdek pg 20
Etiquette & Espionage pg 307
Daddy Dragon pg 98
The Expiration of Elise pg 81
Pink Heaven pg 38
The Map Room: A Short Story pg 16
01 - 31 Aug 2019
The Missing
Read: 31/07/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 324 pages
The Dragon of New Orleans
Read: 31/07/15 - 3.5 🌟🌟🌟 - 350 pages
Lost Souls ParaAgency and the Three Witches of Burberry
Read: 01/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 221 pages
Maybe Not
Read: 01/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 161 pages
Murder of a Werewolf
Read: 01/08/15 - 2 🌟🌟 - 149 pages
Kissing Tolstoy
Read: 02/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 196 pages
The V Card
Read: 02/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 270 pages
Dragon Down Under
Read: 05/08/15 - 2 🌟🌟 - 140 pages
Beard in Waiting
Read: 05/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 11 pages
Until Fountain Bridge
Read: 06/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 111 pages
Herding Cats
Read: 06/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 112 pages
Silver Dragon
Read: 07/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 165 pages
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1 Apocalypse Suite
Read: 07/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 184 pages
Mr. Aries
Read: 08/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 84 pages
The Accidental Beauty Queen
Read: 08/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 305 pages
Naughty King
Read: 09/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 110 pages
Feisty Princess
Read: 09/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 146 pages
Dirty Royals
Read: 09/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 82 pages
Down London Road
Read: 09/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 468 pages
Dumplin
Read: 10/08/15 - 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 384 pages
Sexy Motherpucker
Read: 10/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 316 pages
Buck Naked
Read: 10/08/15 - 3.5 🌟🌟🌟 - 241 pages
Cougar Bait
Read: 11/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 364 pages
Stone Cold Fox
Read: 11/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 240 pages
Fix Her Up
Read: 11/08/15 - 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 397 pages
Killer Attraction
Read: 12/08/15 - 3.5 🌟🌟🌟 - 232 pages
The Bride Test
Read: 13/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 320 pages
Flip This Zombie
Read: 13/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 272 pages
Out of Bounds
Read: 15/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 150 pages
Cruel and Unusual
Read: 16/08/15 - 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 356 pages
On What Grounds
Read: 17/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 292 pages
Etty Steele Vampire Hunter
Read: 20/08/15 - 2 🌟🌟 - 180 pages
The Accidental Girlfriend
Read: 21/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 177 pages
Buns
Read: 21/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 356 pages
Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating
Read: 22/08/15 - 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 320 pages
Lion’s Lynx
Read: 22/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 135 pages
Tiger’s Triupmph
Read: 23/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 133 pages
Jaguar’s Joy
Read: 23/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 124 pages
Panther’s Passion
Read: 23/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 143 pages
Enemies with Benefits
Read: 24/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 434 pages
The Red Dragon’s Baby
Read: 24/08/15 - 3 🌟🌟🌟 - 155 pages
Antarctic Affair
Read: 26/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 136 pages
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors
Read: 26/08/15 - 3.5 🌟🌟🌟 - 512 pages
Claiming Grace
Read: 26/08/15 - 1 🌟 - 286 pages
Wof Rain
Read: 27/08/15 - 4.5 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 400 pages
Rising Tides
Read: 28/08/15 - 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 356 pages
Inner Harbor
Read: 29/08/15 - 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 356 pages
Chesapeake Blue
Read: 29/08/15 - 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 392 pages
The Duke and I
Read: 30/08/15 - 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 433 pages
The Duke and I – Epilogue II
Read: 30/08/15 - 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 50 pages
Total Pages: 12,231
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Mythe: A Fairy Tale 8/26/19 **** (558 pages)
The Silent Governess 8/27/19 **** (447 pages)
The Grand Tour: or The Purloined Coronation Regalia 8/29 (484 pages)
Encantado: A Myth 8/30 (297 pages)
Secret Hollows 8/30 (222 pages)
total pages: 2,292
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Tracked to here.
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Peter Walsh : Albtraum, Teil 1 - 156
The Romanovs: The Final Chapter - 320
Bis alle Schuld beglichen - 289
The Secret of Castlegate Manor - 193
Faithful - 293
The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB - 576
Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors - 481
The Pearl That Broke Its Shell - 452
Queer Intentions: A (personal) journey through LGBTQ+ culture - 296
Her Final Breath - 426
The Cleaner - 354
Breakers - 299
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg - 240
The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir - 264
Written in Red - 514
The Thief - 452
Auf zerbrochenem Glas - 284
Weekly Total: 5889
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18th - 23rd August
Pages 1092
The Case of the Deepdean Vampire pg 35
Nightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun, Vol. 1: Lost Things pg 184
Nightmare Inspector: Yumekui Kenbun, Vol. 2: The Lodger pg 164
Journey into Terror pg 176
Island of the Blue Dolphins pg 192
The Passing of Pascal pg 75
The Magical Girl is a Boy 1 pg 89
Omega's Daddy pg 177