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week 4June 22-28
End in Tears 327 pages finished 6.23.19
Endless Night 150 pages
Excursions in the Real World199 pages finished 628.19
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer 96 pages 6.26.19
total=772 pages
Week 4 - June 22 - 28:
I Wish You All the Best - 336
Suicide Club - 372
Dear Martin - 210
Finders - 412
Odd One Out - 320
At the Going Down of the Sun - 512
Beneath the Stain - 350
Death of a Spy - 334
Aqua - 504
Swan Song - 956
The Company - 894
A Secret Garden - 384
What Doesn't Kill You - 152 (*39% read)
Weekly Total: 5736
I Wish You All the Best - 336
Suicide Club - 372
Dear Martin - 210
Finders - 412
Odd One Out - 320
At the Going Down of the Sun - 512
Beneath the Stain - 350
Death of a Spy - 334
Aqua - 504
Swan Song - 956
The Company - 894
A Secret Garden - 384
What Doesn't Kill You - 152 (*39% read)
Weekly Total: 5736
June 22 - 28: 613 pagesPeaches and Scream by Susan Furlong 6/24/19...106 pages
Tiles and Tribulations by Tamar Myers 6/28/19...319 pages
Miss Julia Delivers the Goods by Ann B. Ross...188 pages
LaurLa's Read-A-Palooza
Report ~ Week 4
Book: Deep Night ~ 06.23 ★★★★
Pages: 217
Book: Sweet Tea and Sympathy ~ 06.25 ★★★
Pages: 321
Book: Cowboy Jackpot: St. Patrick's Day ~ 06.25 ★★
Pages: 137
Book: Rocco and Mandy: A Red Team Wedding Novella ~ 06.26 ★★★
Pages: 188
Book: New York to Dallas ~ 06.27 ★★★★
Pages: 479
Book: Blame it on Texas ~ 06.28 ★★★
Pages: 191
Total Pages Week 4: 1,533
My completed books & DNFs for week 4:The Isaac Project (288)
Dark Alleys (264)
Death on the Range (166)
Divorced, Desperate and Dangerous book 2 in Three Southern Beaches: A Summer Beach Read Box Set (97)
Night School (480)
Unholy Alliances (abandoned after 14 pages)
=> 1,309 pages
22-28 June: 4++ books/1278 pagesA Debutante in Disguise 184 pages to finish it
Unleashed 336 pages
Lottie Mae 192 pages
Tangle 288 pages
A Father for Her Child 224 pages
Indigo 54 pages read; will finish reading 6/29
I will report what I read 6/29 and 6/30 on Monday so that I can keep track of my totals for June.
Only three books this week, for a total of 1,152 pages.
A Study in Death 6/23/19 **** 336 pages
Secrets to Reveal 6/24/19 ** 372 pages
Falling Awake 6/27/19 *** 444 pages
A Study in Death 6/23/19 **** 336 pages
Secrets to Reveal 6/24/19 ** 372 pages
Falling Awake 6/27/19 *** 444 pages
June 22-28One for the Money - 188 pages
Forever, Interrupted - 352 pages
Unbreak My Heart - 371 pages
The Sun Is Also a Star- 384 pages
Total: 1295 pages
I hope it’s okay for me to log Week 3 late as I forgot to do it last week! Week 3: 738
The Devil's Dozen: How Cutting-Edge Forensics Took Down 12 Notorious Serial Killers 164/164
Perfect Formation 206/206
The Chain 368/368
Week 4Hell & High Water 296 pages
Stood Up 312 pages
Cronin's Key II 242 pages
Total this post: 850 pages
Total for week 4: 850 pages
Total to date: 9061 pages
Week 4: June 22 - 28Feel Free: Essays 448 pages
Ayesha at Last 368 pages
Ella Minnow Pea 208 pages
City of Bones 485 pages
Total: 1,509 pages
Week 4 - 6/22 - 6/28 - total read 1611 pg328 pg - Dedicated 6/22/19
306 pg - A Little Side of Geek 6/24/19
391 pg - Lying Next to Me 6/25/19
356 pg - Would I Lie to You? (The Game Players) 6/27/19 - listened to audiobook and this is paperback page count
230 pg - Arrivals and Arrests 6/27/19
I read Just Clause by Lorna Barrett. Finished it on Friday, June 28, 2019 for 320 pages for the 4th week. While not the huge numbers I see being posted, I have reached a total of 1108 pages for June.
Week 4Closet Full of Coke A Diary of a Teenage Drug Queen 295 pages
Black & Blue 160 pages
Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital 333 pages
The House Next Door 433 pages
Stillhouse Lake 302 pages
Total: 1423pages
June 22-28 - Books/Pages
- 6/22 - 434 p.
- 6/24 - 432 p.
- 6/24 - 208 p.
- 6/25 - 158 p.
- 6/26 - 288 p.
- 6/28 - 546 p.Total Pages: 2,066
Thanks to the folks who reported their pages, our new total is 188,575. That 11,425 pages away from 200,000!
Tracked to here.
Tracked to here.
Mama's Completion Post ~ Week # 3
Do You Want to Start a Scandal 5* ✔️ 6/24/19
384 pages
Published September 27th 2016
The Island of Eden: Master of the Island / Master of Pleasure 3* ✔️ 6/26
108 pages
Published June 8th 2015
Disclaim 5* ✔️ 6/28/19
362 pages
Published August 31st 2016
384 + 108 + 362 = 854 Pages
June 22 - 29Finished:
In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom (209 pages)
Under the Dome (132 pages)
Progress:
Lab Girl (29 pages)
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life (106 pages)
Assassin's Quest (110 pages)
Total: 586 pages
Week 4 June 23-29276 pgs of Killing November
212 pgs of worth of The Night Window hardcover is 432 pgs
Finished & Listened to 261 pgs worth of Carry On hardcover is 522 pgs
8 pgs of Cursed
total pgs 757
June 22-28 Total=1,079 pgsI read Stalking Jack the Ripper (337 pgs)
Hunting Prince Dracula (434 pgs)
Queen of the Warrior Bees (308 pgs)
Read Week 4Ghost Ship 128 pages
Pure 329 pages
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 189 pages
The Invisible Island 96 pages
For a total of 742 pages
Week 4Pages 1903
*Cthulhu is Hard to Spell: A Lovecraft Anthology pg 176
*Gakuen Babysitters, Vol. 7 pg 190
*Gakuen Babysitters, Vol. 8 pg 183
*Gakuen Babysitters, Vol. 9 pg 192
*Gakuen Babysitters, Vol. 10 pg 172
*Gakuen Babysitters, Vol. 11 pg 188
*Gakuen Babysitters, Vol. 12 pg 178
*学園ベビーシッターズ 13 pg 192
*学園ベビーシッターズ 14 pg 192
*Amelia Fang and the Half-Moon Holiday pg 240
Sorry for the late report
Report for week ending 6/28:I read Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: An Unofficial Minecraft Adventure by Cube Kid (finished 6/27), 250 pages and
# A Friend Forever by Susan Polis Schutz (finished 6/27), 63 pages
for a total of 313 pages
Report:Finished 99 Percent Mine | 06.26 | 321 pages | 4stars
Started and finished Lagartija | 06.17 - 06.20 | 160 pages | 4stars
Started and finished La Luz Que No Puedes Ver | 06.16 - 06.30 | 664 pages | 4.5stars
Total pages: 1,145 pages
Today's total is 7,999, which brings the grand total to 196,574. That is only 3,426 pages away from doubling our previous goal. I'm certain we'll reach 200,000 before the end of the week!
Tracked to here.
Tracked to here.
Pages read = 1112Death Overdue by Allison Brook = 336 pgs
Diners, Dives & Dead Ends by Terri L. Austin = 333 pp
Telephone Line by Julie Mulhern = 250 pp
The Essence of Malice by Ashley Weaver = 193 pp
June 22 - 28:
Pages read: 372
Complete
, pages 147 - 336 (total of 190 pages read)
Incomplete
, pages 278 to 350 (total of 73 pages read)
, pages 1 - 109
Pages read: 372
Complete
, pages 147 - 336 (total of 190 pages read)Incomplete
, pages 278 to 350 (total of 73 pages read)
, pages 1 - 109
01 - 30 June Reads
01. Devil May Cry – 388 pages
02. A Demon’s Dark Embrace – 114 pages
03. Bitter Sweet Love – 105 pages
04. Burn for Me – 126 pages
05. The Darkest Prison – 61 pages
06. Dr. Strange Beard – 350 pages
07. A Princess Next Door – 154 pages
08. Holy Frigging Matrimony – 73 pages
09. The Vampire Wants A Wife – 204 pages
10. Best Laid Plans – 300 pages
11. Pucked – 382 pages
12. A Puked Holiday Outtake – 11 pages
13 The Proposal – 336 pages
14. The Princess’ Dragon Lord – 91 pages
15. Courtship – 157 pages
16. Bull in a Tea Shop – 189 pages
17. Hollywood Dragon – 148 pages
18. Mr Beaverton and the Pistachio Fiasco – 102 pages
19. Love Irresistibly – 306 pages
20. I Wanna Text You Up – 236 pages
21. Game, Set, Match – 466 pages
22. The Hookup – 218 pages
23. Only You – 369 pages
24. Act Like It – 295 pages
25. Claimed By Shadow – 374 pages
26. Most Irresistible Guy – 51 pages
27. Most Valuable Playboy – 308 pages
28. The Perfect Stroke– 341 pages
29. Roomies – 368 pages
30. Lucky Suit – 150 pages
31. Sea Swept – 356 pages
32. Into The Fire – 389 pages
33. River Marked – 337 pages
34. Love You, Love You Not – 400 pages
35. Marked in Flesh – 416 pages
36. Black Hills – 545 pages
37. On Dublin Street – 415 pages
38. An On Dublin Street Christmas – 36 pages
39. An On Dublin Street Halloween – 4 pages
40. The Gambler – 306 pages
41. Piece of Work – 297 pages
42. Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues – 100 pages
43. Bullet proof – 96 pages
44. The Naked Truth – 294 pages
Total pages: 10,764
From 06-22 to 06-30TOTAL: 2075
1. Healing Danger, Maddie Wade ~ 342 Pages
2. The Comanche Girl's Prayer, Angela Castillo ~ 214 Pages
3. The Saloon Girl's Journey, Angela Castillo ~ 198 Pages
4. Stolen Dreams, Maddie Wade ~ 384 Pages
5. Spiky, Ilaria Guarducci ~ 36 Pages
6. Zachary and the Great Potato Catastrophe, Junia Wonders ~ 36 Pages
7. Cinderella and the Major, Cynthia VanRooy ~ 118 Pages
8. This Troll, That Troll, Mick Inkpen ~ 12 Pages
9. Flamingo Sunset, Jonathan London ~ 32 Pages
10. Summer Isle, Morgan Routh ~ 109 Pages
11. Untamed Virgins, Frankie Love ~ 128 Pages
12. Little Swan, Jonathan London ~ 44 Pages
13. Untamed Lovers, Frankie Love ~ 131 Pages
14. Untamed Daddy, Frankie Love ~ 127 Pages
15. Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep!, Maureen Wright ~ 32 Pages
16.Untamed Fiance, Frankie Love ~ 132 Pages
I was on vacation so here is week 3 and week 4.June 15 - June 21
Finished: The Third Horseman: Climate Change and the Great Famine of the 14th Century - 161 pages
The Falconer - 319 pages
The Legend of Kimberly: Inheritance - 192 pages
A Curse Dark as Gold - 396 pages
The Temptation of Dragons - 233 pages
In Progress: LIFEL1K3 - 175 pages
The Thief's Countess - 58 pages
Total: 1,534 pages
June 22 - June 28Finished: LIFEL1K3 - 223 pages
The Thief's Countess - 211 pages
The Canterbury Tales - 504 pages
In Progress: The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains - 27 pages
Total: 965 pages
Ok contrary to my reply to Lanelle's post on my page, I did have a book from the 22-28 week to put with my book I read the 28th, all good now. Just off vacation, read but couldn't report:June 22-28
Strangled Eggs and Ham 304 pages
Kneading to Die 333 pages
Total 634 pages
First part of June 28-July 7
A Blossom of Murder 174 pages
The Big Kitty 304 pages
A Lesson In Deceit 50 pages
Total 528 pages
June 23-29June 23
The Empty Nesters by Carolyn Brown 316 pages
June 25
Just His Luck by B.J. Daniels 384 pages
June 28
Origin in Death by J.D. Robb 347 pages
June 29
December Magic by Tracey Mayhew 94 pages
1141 pages
Read week 4His Two Alphas 449 pages
Guarding Owen 105 pages
Can't Live Without You 202 pages (per Amazon) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Love Comes Around 208 pages
Total this post: 964 pages
Total for week 4: 1814 pages
Total to date: 10025 pages
Month of June: 15 books/4059 pages29 June - June 30: 2+ books/418 pages
Indigo 67 pages to finish it
Out of the Storm 141 pages
Fierce Winds and Fiery Dragons 210 pages
I will post for the rest of this week on Friday
June 24-30Finished:
Becoming 200 pgs
Started:
A Clash of Kings 60 pgs
Total of 260 pgs
Busy week and not much reading time
Thanks to some impressive reports, we blew past 200,000. Our new total is ...217,341.
That's only 82,569 pages away from 300,000. (I heard those groans :)
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That's only 82,569 pages away from 300,000. (I heard those groans :)
Tracked to here.
Sorry I fell behind logging in books read. It's been crazy busy. Here are my reads through June 30th:
The Big Kahuna 320p
Tightrope 319p
Lizards and Letter Openers 202p
I'm Your Venus 262p
Aunt Bessie Believes 213p
The Good Byline: A Riley Ellison Mystery 280p
The Royal Mail Caper 117p
Murder with a Twist 336pTotal pages: 2049
Ugh been a long week. So delayed on my posting. Week 4
June 22 - June 29
☑ At Grave's End (6/22) ★★★★★
Page Count 342
☑ Rogue in the Making (6/23) ★★★★
Page Count 284
☑ Mongrel (6/25) ★★★★
Page Count 174
☑ The Bones of You (6/25) ★★★★★
Page Count 396
☑ Facing West (6/26) ★★★★★
Page Count 312
☑ Merman (6/27) ★★★★
Page Count 184
☑ Blood for the Spilling (6/28) ★★★★
Page Count 280
☑ Machine (6/29) ★★★★
Page Count 167
☑ Equipoise (6/29) ★★★★
Page Count 236
In This Post: 2375
Personal Total To Date: 8742
Read Week 5Jealousy completed 6/30/19 316 pages
Unleashed 6/30/19 208 pages
The Beast of Baskerville completed 7/2/19 175 pages
For a total of 699 pages
The Exiled Queen: 586 pagesDragon’s Gift (DNF at 46%): 108 pages
Brothers of the Flame (DNF at 68%): 224 pages
Spark (DNF at 42%): 96 pages
Prince of Thorns (DNF at 15%): 57 pages
Shattered Promises: 284 pages
Four Psychos: 210 pages
Three Trials: 210 pages
Weekly Total: 175 pages
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Becoming pp. 250-426 = 176 pp
A Prince on Paper = 384 pp
The Kiss Quotient pp. 311-333= 22 pp.
Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice = 288 pp
Applewhites at Wit's End = 288 pp
After the Wedding = 364 pp
Total: 1522 pages