Read-A-Palooza Reporting Thread and Goal Thermometer

[Jane]

Final Reporting: 08-11 to 08-31: TOTA: 2703

Bearly Breathing, Kim Fox ~ 114 Pages
Wolf Vow, Christine DePetrillo ~ 404 Pages
Wolf Angel, Christine DePetrillo ~ 407 Pages
Wolf Sun, Christine DePetrillo ~ 414 Pages
Her Last Goodbye, Melinda Leigh ~ 335 Pages
Bearly In Control, Kim Fox ~ 93 Pages
Bearly Interested, Kim Fox ~ 81 Pages
Bearly In Time, Kim Fox ~ 81 Pages
Big Girl Panties, Stephanie Evanovich ~ 384 Pages
Free to Run, Tracey Jerald ~ 390 Pages

Note: Total Number of Books Read in 3 Months: 75 (Great Challenge!!!)

[Agnieszka]

Cool we read almost 750,000 pages - could it be a goal for the next time around?

[Natasha]

August 24 - August 31

Finished: Highland Vengeance - 106 pages
Wanderlost: Shots of Literary Tequila for the Restless Soul - 156 pages
The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine - 304 pages
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - 257 pages
New Jersey - 246 pages
The Internet of Us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data - 256 pages
A Clash of Kings - 269 pages
Not Working: Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone? - 456 pages

Total: 2,050 pages

[Elle]

Weeks 12 & 13

August 18 - 24
Sorcery of Thorns - 464 pages
A Dead Djinn in Cairo - 46 pages

August 25 - 31
Magic Shifts - 343 pages
The Mysterious Benedict Society - 497 pages

Total: 1350 pages

[*Dawn]

Beautiful Stranger Christina Lauren, #2 Beautiful Bastard, 6-11-19, 4-1/2* PB=345

Beautiful Bombshell Christina Lauren, #2.5 Beautiful Bastard, 6-12-19, 4* PB=129

Sinful Empire Meghan March, #3 Mount Trilogy, 6-12-19, 3* PB=243 (Read audio, but no HC listed)

Grave Errors Carol J. Perry, #5 Witch City Mystery, 6-14-19, 3* PB=330

Dark Legacy Christine Feehan, #27 Dark, Carpathian novel, 6-20-19, 4* PB=416

Ruth Ware, 6-21-19, 3* HC=341

The Wolf Jean Johnson, #2 Sons of Destiny, 6-21-19, 3* PB=310

Rose in a Storm Jon Katz, 6-27-19, 5* HC=240

A Place in the Sun R.S. Grey, 6-28-19, 4* PB=350 (Read audio, but no HC listed)

Silk Is for Seduction Loretta Chase, #1 The Dressmakers, 6-28-19, 3* HC=336

Christmas Eve, 1914 Charles Olivier, 7-5-19, 5* (Audio production a little over an hour, no HC) ="2" pages

At Grave's End Jeaniene Frost, #3 Night Hunters, 7-5-19, 3* HC=240 (listened to audio)

Verity Colleen Hoover, 7-8-19, 3* HC=368 (listened to audio)

True West Sam Shepard, 7-10-19, 4* HC=77 (listened to audio)

My Favorite Half-Night Stand Christina Lauren, 7-19-19, 4* PB=384 (listened to audio but no HC listed)

Devil's Daughter Lisa Kleypas, #5 The Ravenels, 7-22-19, 4* HC=272 (listened to audio)

The Unhoneymooners Christina Lauren, 7-25-19, 3-1/2* PB=400 (listened to audio but no HC listed)

Richer Than Sin Meghan March, #1 Sin Trilogy, 7-27-19, 4* PB=250 (listened to audio but no HC listed)

Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime Ron Stallworth, 7-28-19, 3* HC=208 (listened to audio)

The Widow Fiona Barton, 8-1-19, 3* HC=324 (listened to audio)

Claimed by a Highlander Margaret Mallory, #2 The Douglas Legacy, 8-14-19, 4* PB=330 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

Captured by a Laird Margaret Mallory, #1 The Douglas Legacy, 8-15-19, 3* PB=280 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

The Guardian Margaret Mallory, #1 Return of the Highlanders, 8-16-19, 3* HC=320 (listened to audio)

The Sinner Margaret Mallory, #2 Return of the Highlanders, 8-17-19, 3* HC=352 (listened to audio)

The Warrior Margaret Mallory, #3 Return of the Highlanders, 8-18-19, 3* PB=355 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

The Chieftain Margaret Mallory, #4 Return of the Highlanders, 8-19-19, 3* PB=391 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

The Gift Margaret Mallory, #4.5 Return of the Highlanders, 8-19-19, 3* PB=114 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

Knight of Pleasure Margaret Mallory, #1 All the King's Men, 8-21-19, 4* PB=363 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

Knight of Desire #2 All the King's Men, 8-22-19, 4* PB=354 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

Knight of Passion #3 All the King's Men, 8-25-19, 3* PB=384 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

Never Have I Ever Lauren Blakely, 8-27-19, 3* Ebook=300 (listened to audio, but only this and ebook format has been released as of this date)

Archangel's Consort Nalini Singh, #3 Guild Hunters, 8-28-19, 3* HC=384 (listened to audio)

Guilty as Sin Meghan March, #2 Sin Trilogy, 8-29-19, 3* PB=272 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

Getting Played Emma Chase, #2 Getting Some, 8-29-19, 4* Ebook=241 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

Playing for Keeps Kendall Ryan, #1 Hot Jocks, 8-30-19, 3* PB=258 (listened to audio, but no HC listed)

=10,263

My SINCERE apologies for posting all of this at once.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Tonight's count is a very nice 22,255. That brings the grand total to 744,613.

Tracked to here.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Agnieszka wrote: "Cool we read almost 750,000 pages - could it be a goal for the next time around?"

Since I completely underestimated at the beginning of this challenge, I hesitate to make a goal now :) I would have to ask for input from everyone.

[Tania]

One last book read before the challenge ended, Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: From Seeds to Swords by Cube Kid (finished 8/31), 192 pages

[Roger - president of NBR United -]

Finishing report

Rise & Fall 236 pages
Against the Grain 220 pages
Beta Test 202 pages
Second Hand 240 pages
started Becoming 126 pages of 426 pages

Total pages this post: 1024
Total Week 12: 1646 pages
Total to date: 34970 pages

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

1,216 pages were reported today. Adding that to the previous total makes 745,829.

Tracked to here.

[Tari]

Lanelle wrote: "1,216 pages were reported today. Adding that to the previous total makes 745,829.

Tracked to here."Wow, that's pretty awesome!

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "1,216 pages were reported today. Adding that to the previous total makes 745,829.

Tracked to here."


Wow - we blew this challenge out of the water!

[Elena]

Aug 17 - Aug 24

= 320 pages
= 379 pages

total = 699 pages

[Elena]

Aug 24 - Aug 31

= 320 pages

= 293 pages

= 407 pages

= 400 pages

Total = 1420 pages

[Mamacita aka MawMaw]

JoAnne wrote: "Lanelle wrote: "1,216 pages were reported today. Adding that to the previous total makes 745,829.

Tracked to here."


Wow - we blew this challenge out of the water!"

Yeah we did!

[Wealie]

Well if nothing it proves we're very, very, very prolific readers!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Tari wrote: "Wow, that's pretty awesome!"

It truly is!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Well, it's a little over a week since the challenge ended. There's been one more report. The final total is 747,948.

Everyone, thank you so much for making this challenge the wonderful success that it was. And I promise that I will try not to underestimate the members of TCF again :)

[JoAnne]

Lanelle wrote: "Well, it's a little over a week since the challenge ended. There's been one more report. The final total is 747,948.

Everyone, thank you so much for making this challenge the wonderful success th..."

Hope we get to do it again. It was a fun challenge!