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Total this post: 382 pages
Total for week 5: 382 pages
Total to date: 1490 pages

29 June-5 July:
1. 273; Painter of Time by Matthew O'Connell; 07/01/2019
2. 384; A Summer to Remember by Mary Balogh; 07/02/2019
3. 464; The Wild Swans by Peg Kerr; 07/05/2019



Total Number of Pages read: 1121 pages

The Gloaming: 308 pages
This Will Only Hurt a Little: 321 pages
The Ruin of Kings: 560 pages
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love: 252 pages
The Year of Living Danishly: My Twelve Months Unearthing the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country: 304 pages
Total Pages: 1,745

June 1-7 827 pgs total
Bound to Danger 6/1/19 to 6/5/19 finished 352 pgs
Soulless 6/1/19 to 6/7/19 (pgs 50- 357) 300 pgs
Still Life with Murder 6/2/ - 6/7/19 read 175 pgs
June 8 - 14 1317 pgs read
One Man's Trash 6/8/19 to 6/9/19 343 pgs
His Human Prisoner 6/10/19 128 pgs
Trinity 6/11/19 108 pgs
Dark Soul Vol. 1 6/11/19 66 pgs
Terms of Service 6/10 - 6/13/19 398 pgs
Still Life with Murder 6/8 - 6/13/19 149 pgs
The Ruler 6/14/19 read 125 of 347 pgs
June 15-21 1250 pgs read
The Ruler 6/15/19 finished 222 pgs
The Mentor 6/16/19 334 pgs
Twisted and Tied 6/16/19 266 pgs
Vegan, Virgin, Valentine 6/16/19 228 pgs
Jude's Lullabye 6/17/19 32 pgs
The Cupcake Wars 6/18/19 9 pgs
A Night Out 6/18/19 9 pgs
One Wicked Night 6/20/19 150 of 230 pgs

Clause & Effect 288 pages
New Beginnings & Murder: A Petite Savannah Mystery 78 pages
Cinnamon Roll Murder 304 pages
Total: 862 pages

June 29-July 5
Endless Night by Agatha Christie 6.29.19 138 pages
The Glass Castleby Jeannette Walls 7.2.19 288 pages
Educated by Tara Westover 7.4.19 352 pages
Lafayette in the Somewhat United Statesby Sarah Vowell 7.5.19 226 pages
1,004 pages total

Metal Wolf: 50 pps.
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void: 334 pages
The Bride Test: 296 pages
A Natural History of Dragons: 334 pages
Envy of Angels p. 23-225 = 202 pages
Votes for Women!: American Suffragists and the Battle for the Ballot: 312 pages
50+334+296+334+202+312= 1528
Two days worth of page reporting -
10,036 + (original total) 226,452 = (new total) 236,488.
Tracked to here.
10,036 + (original total) 226,452 = (new total) 236,488.
Tracked to here.

Winter’s Guardian (DNF at 40%): 121 pages
The Grey Wolf Throne: 517 pages
Seven Wishes (DNF at 16%): 40 pages
Total: 678 pages
Week 5 - June 29 - July 5:
Anybody Out There? - 592
Death by Chocolate - 101
Limelight - 340
The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America - 360
I Heart Robot - 304
Splintered - Criminal Delights: Obsession - 214
Murder in Cherry Hills - 152
Ship of Smoke and Steel - 367
The Break - 576
A Ceremonial Death - 236
A MEET WITH MURDER - 245
In a Perfect State - 368
The Kills - 1003
What Doesn't Kill You - 246 (continued from previous week & finished)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - 352
Weekly Total: 5456
Anybody Out There? - 592
Death by Chocolate - 101
Limelight - 340
The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America - 360
I Heart Robot - 304
Splintered - Criminal Delights: Obsession - 214
Murder in Cherry Hills - 152
Ship of Smoke and Steel - 367
The Break - 576
A Ceremonial Death - 236
A MEET WITH MURDER - 245
In a Perfect State - 368
The Kills - 1003
What Doesn't Kill You - 246 (continued from previous week & finished)
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer - 352
Weekly Total: 5456

June 29 - July 5: .....686 pages
Miss Julia Delivers the Goods by Ann B. Ross..164 pages

Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday by Nancy Atherton 7/5/19...213

Ocean Beach by Wendy Wax...309 pages


420 pg Daughter of Smoke & Bone 6/30/19
374 pg The Disappeared 7/2/19
382 pg The Naturalist 7/2/19
358 pg Her Sanctuary 7/4/19
180 pg We Three 7/5/19

Report ~ Week 5









Book: Cowboy Jackpot: Christmas ~ 06.28 ★★★
Pages: 106
Book: Cowboy Jackpot: Valentine's Day ~ 06.29 ★★★
Pages: 132
Book: Fierce Eden ~ 06.29 ★★★★
Pages: 403
Book: Big Bad Beast ~ 06.30 ★★★★
Pages: 368
Book: It Had to Be Love ~ 06.30 ★★★★
Pages: 288
Book: Dial Marr for Murder ~ 07.02 ★★★
Pages: 220
Book: Faith of the Heart ~ 07.03 ★★★
Pages: 236
Book: Montana Christmas ~ 07.04 ★★★
Pages: 170
Book: Lover Awakened ~ 07.05 ★★★★
Pages: 468
Total Pages Week 5: 2,381

June 29th - July 6th

Dark Lover 5* ✔️ 7/3/19
393 pages
Published September 6th 2005

307 pages
Published June 7th 2016
393 + 307 = 700 Pages

Finished Every Which Way But Dead, 233p
Read The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember, 190p
Read Anne Perry and the Murder of the Century, 341p
Read Dirty John and Other True Stories of Outlaws and Outsiders, 368p
Reading Bare Bones, 110p
Total pages: 1,242

One Wicked Night 6/21/19 finished 80 pgs
Rafe and Cade Short Story 6/22/19 3 pgs
Sweet, Echoing Howl 6/23/19 37 pgs
Case One: Deceit 6/25/19 336 pgs
Always a Sinner 6/25/19 59 pgs
Immortal in Death 6/26/19 324 pgs
started the following but didn't finish:
Taking Turns 6/28 read 120 pg
Mr. Masters 6/28 200 pgs
The Red Hunter 6/28 200 pgs
June 29-July 5 1726 pgs read
Taking Turns 6/29/19 217 pgs
Mr. Masters 6/29/19 245 pgs
The X-Club 6/30/19 56 pgs
Eyes on You 6/30/19 120 pgs
The Red Hunter 7/1/19 159 pgs
Turning Back 7/3/19 287 pgs
Imperial Stout 7/5/19 272 pgs
His Turn 7/5/19 264 pgs
started : Born Sinner 7/5/19 106 ogs

My Regelence Rake 312 pages
Noble and Strong 228 pages
Gold Digger 230 pages
Lander 294 pages
Tread Marks & Trademarks 202 pages
Total this post: 1266 pages
Total for week 5: 2146 pages
Total to date: 12171 pages

total 771 pages and 2 books
High Tide 147 pages because listed at 294 pages per Amazon but that's for the duet with the next book in the series - I cut it the page listed in 1/2 since I couldn't find a page number anywhere else and read it on my Kindle
Home at Chestnut Creek 624 pages and included the bonus novel by Carolyn Brown, Wild Cowboy Ways (Lucky Penny Ranch #1) that was originally released December 22, 2015

- Audiobook version of Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, 336 pgs (Hardcover)
- After the End, 390 pgs (Paperback)
- Naruto, Vol. 01: Uzumaki Naruto, 187 pgs (Paperback)
Week 5 Total: 913 pgs

William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future! - 176 pages
Big Rock - 235 pages
Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life - 260 pages
Total: 671 Pages
June 29 - July 5
1,873 pages
Finding Mary Blaine 6/29/19 **** 384 pages
In Milady's Chamber 6/29/19 *** 291 pages
A Dead Bore 6/29/19 *** 280 pages
Family Plot 7/1/19 *** 224 pages
Too Hot to Handel 7/2/19 *** 226 pages
The White Dragon 7/4/19 **** 468 pages
1,873 pages
Finding Mary Blaine 6/29/19 **** 384 pages
In Milady's Chamber 6/29/19 *** 291 pages
A Dead Bore 6/29/19 *** 280 pages
Family Plot 7/1/19 *** 224 pages
Too Hot to Handel 7/2/19 *** 226 pages
The White Dragon 7/4/19 **** 468 pages
A whopping 20,204 pages reported today! You folks are awesome!
Our new total is 256,692 pages. We are over halfway to 300,000.
Tracked to here.
Our new total is 256,692 pages. We are over halfway to 300,000.
Tracked to here.

I read What Pet Should I Get? by Dr. Seuss (finished 7/2), 26 pages and
When the Tripods Came by John Christopher (finished 7/4), 151 pages and
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (finished 7/6), 208 pages
for a total of 385 pages

316 pgs worth of King of Fools hardcover is 599 pgs
212 pgs of worth of The Night Window hardcover is 432 pgs
73 pgs of Cursed
151 pgs worth of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows hardcover is 607 pgs
All 273 pgs of Heartstopper: Volume One
total pgs 1025

Lab Girl (57 pages)
Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life (74 pages)
Assassin's Quest (186 pages)
Total: 317 pages






Total Pages: 1,628

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon - 299 pages
Marvels and Misfits - 251 pages
Boys of Brayshaw High - 376 pages
Trouble at Brayshaw High - 284 pages
Total: 1,210 pages

A Crusty Murder J.M. Griffin 7/6/19, 104 pages
Sweet Tea and Secrets Joy Avon 7/6/19, 281 pages
Seaside and Homicide Jenna St. James 7/7/19, 101 pages
A Crafter Hooks a Killer Holly Quinn 7/7/19, 274 pages
Total: 760 pages

Color of You 207 pages
Unwrapping Hank 138 pages
Forever Yours, Faithfully 288 pages
60% of The Hanged Man's Ghost 241 pages/402 pages
(874 Pages)
Total for Week 5: 3020 pages
Week 6 Read
The Hanged Man's Ghost 161/402 pages
Here Without You 348 pages
Total for Week 6: 509 pages
Total this post: 1383 pages
Total to date: 13554 pages

June 22 - 28
Hakumei & Mikochi: Tiny Little Life in the Woods, Vol. 1 - 208pgs
June 30 - July 5
0 pages

W mroku przeszłości=After Dark (240)
The Prayer Box (384)
Immortal in Death (324)
Tall Man in Ray-Bans (224)
A Redneck's Guide: Dear John (48)
Pismo Święte: Nowy Testament z księgami Psalmów i Przysłów lit. transl: Holy Scripture: New Testament With The Books of Psalms and Proverbs (416)*
Race Against Time (355)
Nähen lernen: Von den Grundlagen zum Lieblingsmodell lit. transl: Learning To Sew: From the Basics (as in basic knowledge) To Favorite Piece (or Pattern) (58)*
Dying for a Date (254)
Chronisch hoffnungsvoll: Stärke finden in einem Leben mit Krankheit lit. transl: Chronically Hopeful: To Find Strength In A Life With Illness (240)
Das Wunder der Unschuld=Pay It Forward (360)
On Rocks and Clouds (92)
=> 2,995 pages
*books started prior to challange, I report here only the page # I read in these books after 6/1/19

June 30-July 6
July 1
A Cowgirl's Christmas by C.J. Carmichael 167 pages
July 2
Hearts Afire by Monique McDonell 165 pages
July 4
Weaving on a Little Loom by Fiona Daly 140 pages
Pin Loom Weaving: 40 Projects for Tiny Hand Looms by Margaret Stump 122 pages
July 6
Black Cat Crossing by Kay Finch 296 pages
Total: 890 pages






Emma and the City 330 pages
Magic Trials 267 pages
Indexing 420 pages
Boxes in the Basement 235 pages
Total: 1252 pages

Finished: The Girl Who Chased the Moon - 280 pages
Red Dragon - 464 pages
In Progress: Keeper of the Mountains: The Elizabeth Hawley Story - 45 pages
The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains - 146 pages
Total: 935 pages

Started and finished La Razón de Estar Contigo. Un Nuevo Viaje | 06.28 - 07.01 | 336 pages | 4stars
Started and finished La Vida de los Elfos | 07.01 - 07.09 | 303 pages | 3.5stars
Total pages: 639 pages
A wonderful total of 9,413 pages reported. A new total of 271,430. That's less than 30,000 pages away from 300,000!
Tracked to here.
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Pages 2071
*Cinnamon pg 40
*The Naughty Penguin pg 31
*Tales of Outcast #3 pg 24
*Beelzebub 01 pg 208
*Beelzebub 02 pg 208
*Beelzebub 03 pg 192
*Beelzebub 04 pg 192
*Beelzebub, Vol. 05: Honmakai pg 200
*Beelzebub, Vol. 06: Saint Ishiyama Academy pg 192
*Beelzebub, Vol. 07: The All-Out Showdown pg 200
*Beelzebub, Vol. 08: Volleyball Match!! pg 192
*Beelzebub, Vol. 09: The Demon Lord Has Come pg 200
*Beelzebub, Vol. 10: Crybaby Brothers pg 192
June 29 - July 5:
Total pages read: 442
Complete
, pages 110 - 521 (total pages read 412)
Incomplete
, pages 1 - 30
Sorry for the very late report. Things have been nutso around here lately.
Total pages read: 442
Complete

Incomplete

Sorry for the very late report. Things have been nutso around here lately.

A dance with darkness: 326 pages
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake: 397 pages
The Castle of Earth and Embers (DNF at 30%): 90 pages
The Storyteller: 460 pages
Shoot the Messenger: 314 pages
Escape the Sea (DNF): 34 pages
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead: 122 pages
Weekly Total: 1743 pages

Silenced in the Surf Kate E. Dyer-Seeley 7/10/19, 304 pages
Killer in the Carriage House Sheila Connolly 7/11/19, 336 pages
Total: 810 pages

Here Without You 348 pages
Lord Mouse 266 pages
Gives Light 315 pages
Hush 462 pages
Total this post: 1391 pages
Total for Week 6: 1900 pages
Total to date: 14945 pages

Aunt Dimity and the Heart of Gold by Nancy Atherton (240 pages)
An Invitation to Murder by Leighann Dobbs (354 pages)
Total Week 6 - 594 pages
Total this Challenge - 2,009
Erica wrote: "Sorry for the very late report. Things have been nutso around here lately."
My daughter and her new baby came home from the hospital today. I've been taking care of the other kids. It's been nutso here, as well!
My daughter and her new baby came home from the hospital today. I've been taking care of the other kids. It's been nutso here, as well!
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Chase Me Home 290 pages/amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...
Island Doctor 216 pages
All Souls Near & Nigh 374 pages
Total this post: 880 pages
Total for week 5: 880 pages
Total to date: 10905 pages