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Report for week ending 7/28:I finished Wish You Well by David Baldacci, 156 pages and
I read BAKI:New grappler Baki No.1 by Keisuke Itagaki (finished 7/23), 192 pages and
Just After Midnight by Catharine Ryan Hyde (finished 7/25), 331 pages
for a total of 645 pages
LaurLa's Read-A-Palooza
Report ~ Week 8
Book: Wilde Thing ~ 07.20 ★★★★
Pages: 352
Book: What Remains ~ 07.22 ★★★
Pages: 248
Book: Stranger in Town ~ 07.22 ★★★
Pages: 304
Book: Dreams of a Dark Warrior ~ 07.24 ★★★★
Pages: 512
Book: The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf ~ 07.25 ★★★★
Pages: 355
Book: Death at Wentwater Court ~ 07.25 ★★★
Pages: 276
Book: Fighting Dirty ~ 07.26 ★★★★
Pages: 444
Total Pages: 2,491
July 20 - July 26Finished: The Eternal City: A History of Rome - 406 pages
Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body - 214 pages
The Universe in a Nutshell - 216 pages
The Neutronium Alchemist 1: Consolidation - 608 pages
In Progress:
The Underneath - 72 pages
The University We Need: Reforming American Higher Education - 23 pages
Total: 1,539 pages
July 20 - 26 What Angels Fear 7/22/19 260 pgs
His First Christmas 7/25/19 89 pgs
Dirty Filthy Rich Boys 7/26/19 65 pgs
Owned 7/26/19 51 pgs
Total 465 pgs
July 20-26 - Books/Pages
- 7/21 - 249 p.
- 7/22 - 383 p.
- 7/23 - 384 p.
- 7/24 - 269 p.
- 7/25 - 285 p.Total Pages - 1,570
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Tracked to here.
Week 8 July 21-27All 320 pgs of Geekerella
All 285 pgs of Check, Please!: #Hockey, Vol. 1
335 pgs of Don't Say a Word
All 128 pgs of Sass & Sorcery
Total pgs 1068
Week 8, July 21 - July 27- The Catnapped Lover, 172 pgs (Kindle)
- The Bookish Life of Nina Hill, 154 pgs (Kindle)
Week 8 Total: 326 pgs
Finishing up the week: Red Velvet Cupcake Murder Joanne Fluke 7/26/19, 325 pages
Silent Knife Shelley Freydont 7/27/19, 305 pages
Total: 630 pages
Mama's Completion Post Week #8 ~ July 22-28
Lover Eternal 5* ✔️ 7/24/19
441 pages
Published March 7th 2006
Three is a War 3* ✔️ 7/24
298 pages
Published August 29th 2017
Nobody's Hero 4* ✔️ 7/27/19
378 pages
Published November 29th 2013
441 + 298 + 378 = 1,117
July 20 - 26An Unnecessary Woman- 291 pages
Hag-Seed- 301 pages
Agnes and the Hitman- 421 pages
Total: 1,013 pages
For last week. Needed an author's response re # pages in her book20-26 July: 4+ books/1411 pages
Cold Heart, Warm Cowboy 352 pages
Nights in Rodanthe 212 pages
On the Same Page 320 pages
A Mail Order Bride He Would Never Forget: A Historical Western Romance Book 395 pages (per author about 400 pages)
The Football Groom 132 pages so far
I read:How to Bang a Billionaire - 384 pages
Band Sinister - 224 pages
Six Wakes - 364 pages
The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! - 240 pages
This Census-Taker - 181 pages
Midwinterblood - 272 pages
Total: 1665 pages
July 20 - 26From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home - 352 pages
I Owe You One - 448 pages
Rock Chick Rescue - 498 pages
Whisper Network - 352 pages
Total: 1650 Pages
Books I finished or abandoned within the last two and half weeks:Rapture in Death (417)
Little Women book 1 of Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More (221)*
In Schönheit sterben=Murder by Mudpack (321)
Dark Path (348)
Der Tod ist kein Gourmet=Wicked Words (305)
Memory Man=Memory Man (561)
Mord zur Bescherung=The Ghost of Christmas Past (339)
Dead Man's Diamonds (162)
Gator Bait (249)
Tuesday's Gone (17)**
Hook, Line and Blinker (260)
Change of Fortune (272)
Reel of Fortune (300)
Must Love Murder (19)**
Mondlicht steht dir gut=Moonlight Becomes You (39)**
Digital Fortress (50)*/**
Gorky Park (17)**
Swamp Spook (290)
Virtual Strangers (10)**
Sliced Up (174)
=> 4,371
* started previous to this challenge - only the page # read after 6/1
** DNF, number of pages until I abandoned the book
Week 820th - 26th July
Pages 3454
Karma's a Witch pg 111
Villains Rule pg 360
Villains Deception pg 302
Haunting Karma pg 115
The Murder of Mariano pg 75
Beelzebub, Vol. 15: The King and Oga pg 208
Beelzebub, Vol. 16: Tatsumi-san pg 200
Beelzebub, Vol. 17: We're Going on a Field Trip!! pg 184
Beelzebub, Vol. 18: We're Going to the Hero Show!! pg 200
Beelzebub, Vol. 19: Pompadour pg 192
Beelzebub, Vol. 20: Oga VS Furuichi pg 192
Beelzebub, Vol. 21: The Final Decisive X'mas Battle!! pg 192
Beelzebub, Vol. 22: Killer Six Elements pg 192
Beelzebub, Vol. 23: The King's Crest Made Simple pg 192
Beelzebub, Vol. 24: Takamiya and Lucifer pg 192
Beelzebub, Vol. 25: Close Attack!! Triple Furuichi pg 192
Beelzebub, Vol. 26: How Many Li to Visit Mother? pg 192
Beelzebub, Vol. 27: Goodbub!! Ishiyama High pg 163
Report:Started and finished La Telaraña de Carlota | 07.22 - 07.23 | 200 pages | 5stars
Started and finished El Libro de la Selva | 07.25 - 07.27 | 192 pages | 4stars
Started and finished Cuentos de Buenas Noches para Niñas Rebeldes | 07.22 - 07.27 | 224 pages | 4stars
Started and finished Quiltros | 07.28 - 07.28 | 64 pages | 5stars
Total pages: 680 pages
ReadThe Fellowship of the Ring 545 pages
King Me 298 pages
Made Mine 288 pages
Loving Jay 202 pages
Running Off 196 pages
Breaking In 226 pages
Total this post: 1755 pages
Total for Week 8: 2495 pages
Total to date: 20773 pages
Week 9Letting Go 240 pages
Second Chance 162 pages
Why I Love Geeks 158 page https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
Total this post: 560 pages
Total for Week 8: 560 pages
Total to date: 21333 pages
July 21 - 27The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul - 304 pages
Blood Cross - 335 pages
Total: 639 pages
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The total for yesterday and today is 21,273. And that, folks, puts us over 400,000! I will bump the Goal Thermometer up to 500,000. I have no doubt that we will pass that number as well :)
Tracked to here.
July 21 - 27 Finished:
Assassin's Quest (184 pages)
Sunburn (192 pages)
In progress:
The Luminaries (84 pages)
Beard Science (41 pages)
The Gun Seller (108 pages)
Total: 609 pages
July 20-26I read Wild, Wicked & Wanton: 101 Ways To Love Like You're in a Romance Novel 7/23 224 pgs
Reamde 7/24 1,044 pgs
Total= 1,268
So sorry I'm late! I would have sworn I did this on time.July 20 - 26
Finished Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 604p
Read The Ocean at the End of the Lane, 195p
Read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 870p
Reading The Golem and the Jinni, 100p
Total pages: 1,769
July 21-27Pines 305 pages
A Fresh Kill 214 pages
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine 327 pages
total: 846 pages
7/23-7/28 ReadingPirate Alley 310 pages
Esperanza Rising 304 pages
Riding Freedom 144 pages
For a total of 758 pages
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Tracked to here.
27 July-31 July 2 + books/798 pagesThe Football Groom 144 pages to finish it
Montana Burning 304 pages
Spring House 350 pages
will submit balance of week's reading on the weekend
this is to complete my July stats
July 20 - 27Brazen = 260 pages
Wicked Envy = 326 pages
Island of Flowers = 190 pages
The Bride and the Brute = 222 pages
Total = 998 pages
Three more for this week:Murder by Fireworks Susan Bernhardt 7/30/19, 198 pages
A Lime to Kill Summer Prescott 7/31/19, 206 pages
Penne Dreadful Catherine Bruns 8/1/19, 416 pages
Total: 820 pages
July 16 to July 31, 2019: TOTAL: 2783Currawong Creek, by Jennifer Scoullar ~ 298 Pages
Spring Texas Bride, by Katie Lane ~ 274 Pages
Breakfast in the Barnyard, by J.T.K. Belle ~ 17 Pages
Soldier's Duty, by Elle James ~ 266 Pages
His Best Mistake, by Lucy King ~ 198 Pages.
Little Miss Perfect, by Julia Kent ~ 92 PagesShifter's Sacrifice
Shifter's Sacrifice, by Lisa Ladew ~ 318 Pages
Kendall's Matesm by Shelley Munro ~ 229 Pages
Plan B, by Jana Aston ~ 215 Pages
Pirates Don't Go to Kindergarten!, by Lisa Robinson ~ 32 Pages
Want Me, Cowboy, by Sinclair Jayne ~ 288 Pages
A Hero Lies Within, by Patrice Wilton ~ 246 Pages
Handle with Care, by Patrice Wilton ~ 310 Pages
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Tracked to here.
1-31 July Reads
Pleasure Unbound - 400 pages
Siren - 353 pages
The Cad and the Co-Ed - 337 pages
Love to Hate You - 400 pages
Brazen - 225 pages
The Moving Finger - 227 pages
Plaboy Pilot - 300 pages
Tempest Rising - 353 pages
And Then There Were None - 276 pages
The Overdue Life of Amy Byler - 328 pages
The Undomestic Goddess - 400 pages
Persuasion - 304 pages
Fifth Grave Past the Light - 352 pages
Shimmer - 7 pages
Glow - 10 pages
4.50 From Paddington - 227 pages
A Caribbean Mystery - 228 pages
[bookExcavated|21524735] - 127 pages
Hunt the Moon - 352 pages
Murder on the Orient Express - 228 pages
The ABC Murders - 240 pages
The Unidentified Redhead - 276 pages
Good Omens - 383 pages
The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters - 464 pages
International Player - 272 pages
Remedial Rocket Science - 262 pages
The Shark and I - 145 pages
Year One - 430 pages
The Adventures of Tom Stranger Interdimensional Insurance Agent - 150 pages
Love on My Mind - 366 pages
Idol - 339 pages
Undeadly - 270 pages
Boys and Toys - 84 pages
Monster Prick - 138 pages
Between Heats - 171 pages
Full Blooded - 322 pages
Kiss of Crimson - 416 pages
The Last True Vampire - 382 pages
One Wild Night - 146 pages
Monthly total: 10,690
Running total: 426,036
Goal: 250 pages27 July-2 Aug:
1. 234; Who Blew Up Delbert by Mia McDonald; 07/29/2019
2. 253; Ironheart by Rachel Lee; 08/01/2019
3. 295; Interrupted Aria by Beverle Graves Myers; 08/02/2019
TOTAL - 782 pages
7/29-8/2 ReadingDefiance 272 pages
Runaway Twin 197 pages
The Seer of Shadows 208 pages
For a total of 677 pages
July 27 - August 2week 9
Diamond Dust by Peter Lovesey 7,29,19 330 pages
Death and the Running Patterer by Robin Adair 7.31.19 303 pages
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh 7.30.19 245 pages
From Doon With Death by Ruth Rendell 8.2.19 226 pages
1,104 pages
Report for week ending 8/2:I read The Devil's Deep by Michael Wallace (finished 7/28), 253 pages and
The Best Girls by Min Jin Lee (finished 7/28), 18 pages and
Loam by Scott Heim (finished 7/28), 37 pages
Ungirls by Lauren Beukes (finished 7/29), 57 pages and
Anonymous by Uzodinma Iweala (finished 7/29), 18 pages and
The Beckoning Fair One by Dan Chaon (finished 7/29), 33 pages and
As Good as True by Cheryl Reid (finished 7/31), 376 pages and
The Call of the Wild/White Fang by Jack London (finished 8/2), 293 pages
for a total of 1085 pages
Week 927th July - 2nd August
pages 3595
Beelzebub vol. 28 pg 208
Tales of Outcast #4 pg 30
Halfway to the Grave pg 358
War Doctor: Surgery on the Front Line pg 359
Love So Life, Vol. 1 pg 186
Love so Life, Vol. 2 pg 198
Love so Life, Vol. 3 pg 191
Love so Life, Vol. 4 pg 198
Love so Life, Vol. 5 pg 181
Love so Life, Vol. 6 pg 192
Love so Life, Vol. 7 pg 190
Love so Life, Vol. 8 pg 186
Love so Life, Vol. 9 pg 186
Love so Life, Vol. 10 pg 178
Love so Life, Vol. 11 pg 186
Love so Life, Vol. 12 pg 187
Love so Life, Vol. 13 pg 189
Love so Life, Vol. 14 pg 192
July 27 - August 2 The Warrior finished 7/27/19 184 pgs
Owned 8/1/19 291 pgs
Always Mine 8/1/19 256 pgs
Claimed 8/2/19 269 pgs
The Genius 8/2/19 308 pgs
Total Pages: 1308
7/27 - 8/2 complete - 1737 pages total171 pg - Zach's Secret 7/27/19
296 pg - LOL: Laugh Out Loud 7/28/19
461 pg - In the Ruins 7/30/19
315 pg - A New Life 8/1/19
494 pg - Dragon's Triangle 8/1/19 - read audiobook - paperback version 494 pg
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Tracked to here.
Last of this week's reads started August 1 and continued todayLife and Other Inconveniences 175 pages so far
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Killer Bond - 237
Gesang der Zikaden - 336
The Dance of Love - 256
The King in Love: Edward VII's Mistresses - 432
Neverwhere: the Illustrated Edition - 436
Tell: Love, Defiance, and the Military Trial at the Tipping Point for Gay Rights - 288
The Flatshare - 336
Them: Adventures with Extremists - 352
Knight's Fire - 143
The Night Manager - 597
The Paris Diversion - 384
Bitter Legacy - 407
Red To Black - 106 (/512)
Total: 4310
Through August 2nd:How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: 256 pages
No Time to Spare: Thinking About What Matters 215 pages
Leverage in Death: 385
Connections in Death: 371 pages
256+ 215+385 + 371 = 1227 pages
July 27 to August 2The Man in the High Castle 259 pages
The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. 256 pages
The Poet X 368 pages
Total pages: 883
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