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Theater Shoes
Looking for Alaska
Mine Till Midnight
House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
1,544 pages

Like a Lover 203 pages
Mark of the Gladiator 238 pages
Black & Blühe 166 pages
Total this post: 607 pages
Total for week 2: 2609 pages
Total to date: 5190 pages






Total: 1417 pgs

Vita Nostra - 416 pages
Akata Witch - 349 pages
Hex - 192 pages (50%, still in progress)
Joyland - 141 pages (50%, still in progress)
Total: 1098 pages

June 9-15
June 9
Rug Hooking for the first time® by Donna Lovelady 112 pages
The Art of Rug Hooking by Anne D. Mather 128 pages
June 11
The Whole30: The 30-Day Guide to Total Health and Food Freedom Melissa Hartwig 432 pages
June 14
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
369 pages
Total: 1041 pages





Page count 594
*Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors pg 337
*Nice Girls Don’t Sign a Lease Without a Wedding Ring pg 9
*Zero Hour pg 30
*Zero Hour Part 2: Badlands pg 29
*Zero Hour Part 3: Revelations pg 29
*Zero Hour Part 4: Survivors pg 26
*The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde pg 112
*Zero Hour Part 5: Countdown pg 22

Rick and Morty single issues 109 pages
Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror, Vol. 3 250 pages
The Gathering 27 pages
Without Pity: Ann Rule's Most Dangerous Killers 34 pages
You Might Be a Zombie and Other Bad News 109 pages
Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy 32 pages
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power 82 pages
Total 643 pages
I read
One Fell Sweep 6/8/19 **** 340 pages
Circus Mirandus 6/9/19 **** 292 pages
Our Souls at Night 6/11/19 *** 179 pages
What Stands in a Storm 6/12/19 **** 320 pages
Blind Sided 6/13/19 **** 310 pages
The Rowan 6/13/19 **** 336 pages
The Warlock's Companion 6/14/19 **** 235 pages
for a total of 2,012 pages
One Fell Sweep 6/8/19 **** 340 pages
Circus Mirandus 6/9/19 **** 292 pages
Our Souls at Night 6/11/19 *** 179 pages
What Stands in a Storm 6/12/19 **** 320 pages
Blind Sided 6/13/19 **** 310 pages
The Rowan 6/13/19 **** 336 pages
The Warlock's Companion 6/14/19 **** 235 pages
for a total of 2,012 pages
At the end of our 2nd week, the total is 89,327. That's only 10,673 away from our original goal!
Tracked to here.
Tracked to here.

I read 122 pages of Convenience Store Woman,
and I read 25 pages of Shadow Magic,
For a total of 147 pages
wasn't able to make my goal of 250 pages :(

Finished Uglies hardcover is 406 pgs listened to the equal of 309 pgs
Truly Madly Guilty hardcover is 432 pgs listened to the equal of 86 pgs
All of Pretties hardcover is 384 pgs
All 144 pgs of Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8: Kimono Dragons
Read 128 pgs of Killing November
Total 1021 pgs

-Kindle version of The Paper Wasp, 240 pgs (hardcover)
and
-Audible audiobook version of Riley Mack and the Other Known Troublemakers, 305 pgs (hardcover)
Total: 545 pages

- Audible audiobook version of The Detective Wins The Witch, 366 pgs (paperback)
and
- The Dinner List, 276 pgs (hardcover)
Total: 642 pgs

Of Blood and Bone. 453 pgs
A Game of Thrones 406 pgs
Total = 859 pgs
My apologies for posting late.

Started and finished Ascensión - Blanco | 06.06 - 06.10 | 282 pages | 4stars
Started and finished El Niño en la Cima de la Montaña | 06.11 - 06-12 | 256 pages | 3.5stars
Started and finished Zombie Town + Criaturas del Más Allá | 06.14 - 06.16 | 208 pages | 4stars
Total pages: 746 pages

Finished:
Ice Ghosts: The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition - 130 pages
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There - 161 pages
The Black Death: Natural and Human Disater in Medieval Europe - 208 pages
Tiger Lily - 309 pages
In Progress:
The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century - 159 pages
The Falconer - 67 pages
Total: 1,034 pages


Monument to the Dead by Sheila Connolly 6/10/19...135 pages

The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg 6/14/19...402 pages

Love Lies Bleeding by Susan Wittig Albert...130 pages


Wolfhunter River - 204 pages
Alice - 241 pages
The Beach House - 358 pages
Love Story - 131 pages
The Graveyard Book - 264 pages
Total: 1,198

6/11 The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth 320 pgs
6/11 The Escape Manual for Introverts 144 pgs
6/16 The Good, the Bad, and the Undead 453 pgs
Total: 917

I read Horse People: Scenes from the Riding Life, 367 pages and
The Two Million Dollar Intern by David Gauvey Herbert (finished 6/11), 48 pages and
Nightcrawlers by Rosecrans Baldwin (finished 6/11), 38 pages and
King of Dreams by Christie Thompson (finished 6/12), 32 pages
for a total of 485 pages

Strength of the Pack 336 pages
Total for week 2: 2945 pages
Read week 3
The Heart of Texas 312 pages
Ten Days in August 258 pages
total for week 3: 570 pages
Total this post: 906 pages
Total to date: 6096 pages

Cherry Scones & Broken Bones Darci Hannah, 360 pages
Killer Dress Nancy McGovern, 222 pages
Total: 739 pages
Thanks to the folks that reported their pages today, we've reached our goal of 100,000 pages. We're at 102,739 to be precise.
I am adjusting the thermometer for 400,000.
Tracked to here.
I am adjusting the thermometer for 400,000.
Tracked to here.

I am adjusting the thermometer for 400,000.
Tracked to here."
Really exciting!
Lanelle wrote: "Thanks to the folks that reported their pages today, we've reached our goal of 100,000 pages. We're at 102,739 to be precise.
I am adjusting the thermometer for 400,000.
Tracked to here."
I bet we blow that out of the water too!
I am adjusting the thermometer for 400,000.
Tracked to here."
I bet we blow that out of the water too!

I am adjusting the thermometer for 400,000.
Tracked to here."
Wow we have done amazing
Daph wrote: "Really exciting!"
It is!
Erica wrote: "I bet we blow that out of the water too!"
Ya know, I think we will :)
Trina wrote: "Wow we have done amazing"
I think so, too.
It is!
Erica wrote: "I bet we blow that out of the water too!"
Ya know, I think we will :)
Trina wrote: "Wow we have done amazing"
I think so, too.

Mamacita wants a Bedtime Story wrote: "Damn. We should prolly have made it even higher. Is this the 1st time we've done this challenge? If so, is this normal? Does it usually drop off later in the challenge or not?"
As far as I know, this is the first time we've done this type of challenge. I'm hoping that it won't drop off. I'm hoping that others will want to join in the fun.
As far as I know, this is the first time we've done this type of challenge. I'm hoping that it won't drop off. I'm hoping that others will want to join in the fun.

June 9 - 14
Rebel Born - 315 pages
Black Butler, Vol. 1 - 192 pages
Total: 507 pages
Lanelle, I'm hoping we don't drop off either. For me, it helps that you had us set a personal weekly goal. I may have to adjust mine as we get into the lazy hazy days of summer, but I always have that weekly goal in mind. I think 400,000 is do-able though. It looks like we're a great group of overachievers! : )

I am adjusting the thermometer for 400,000.
Tracked to here."
That's fantastic!!!
Elle wrote: "...For me, it helps that you had us set a personal weekly goal..."
I know that goals (and deadlines) help me accomplish things. I figured it would help with this challenge :)
I know that goals (and deadlines) help me accomplish things. I figured it would help with this challenge :)

Here's my first batch for week 3:
Asperger's on the Inside (287)
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (294)
Forever Notorious (271)
My Father's Tears (15)
Sturm im Paradies lit. transl: Storm in Paradise (320)
=> 1,187

Perfectly Clueless: 115 pg
The Accidental TV Star: 140 pg
Accidental Action Star: 106 pg
Keeping up appearances: 396 pg
Accidental Cinderella: 160 pg
Accidental Rock Star: 172 pg
Accidental Movie Star: 203 pg
Accidental Heiress: 179 pg
Kiss and Make Up: 86 pg
Truth or dare: 106 pg
Knocked-up Cinderella: 198 pg
the Trouble with Hate is: 378 pg
Accidental Billionaire: 163 pg
Flirting with the bad boy: 129 pg
#theRealCinderella: 275 pg
Happy Again: 84 pg
This is What Happy looks like: 404 pg
The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight: 236
Accidentally Perfect: 398 pg
For a total of 3928 pages

Week 1:
The Princess and the Fangirl - 320 pgs
Disruption - 273 pgs
Week 2:
Disruption - 143 pgs
Stay Sexy & Don’t Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide - 304 pgs
Charm & Strange - 224 pgs
Moonlight Seduction - 387 pgs
Moonlight Scandals - 190 pgs
Coldhearted Boss - 73 pgs
Total: 1914 pgs

Panic at the Pier Mel McCoy 6/19/19, 262 pages
Total: 582 pages




Total pages: 1074

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 453
Then She Was Gone 369
The Culling Trials 230
Total: 1052

15-21 June: 952 pages
1. 352; Beauty's Daughter: The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy by Carolyn Meyer; 06/15/2019
2. 192; Elusive Harmony by Mary Burchell; 06/17/2019
3. 408; The Girl in the Clockwork Collar by Kady Cross; 06/20/2019



Thank you, Melissa and Viji. Today's total is 2,004, which brings the big number to 113,935 pages.
Tracked to here.
Tracked to here.

June 15-21
The Girl in the Woods finished 6.17.19 575 pages
The Bookstore finished 6.20.19 334 pages
End in Tears 25 pages
Endless Night 15 pages
Excursions in the Real World 25 pages
Total = 974 pages
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