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January - Marathon Challenge
Hola!Sign me in for 26 books, please.
PROGRESS: 30/26
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El prisionero del cielo by Carlos Ruiz Zafón2.
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson3.
Jazz by Toni Morrison4.
The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters5.
The Crime at Black Dudley by Margery Allingham6.
The Brownies by Palmer Cox7.
Escalera para Electra by Aída Cartagena Portalatín8.
Death in the Clouds by Agatha Christie9.
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh10.
Nuestra Señora de París by Victor Hugo11.
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi12.
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi13.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe14.
Night Of The Fox by Jack Higgins15.
The Colonizer and the Colonized by Albert Memmi16.
The Piano by Jane Campion17.
El coro de los maestros carniceros by Louise Erdrich18.
It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis19.
Expediente 64 by Jussi Adler-Olsen20.
Timeline by Michael Crichton21.
Dead Body Language by Penny Warner22.
The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion23.
Los asesinos del emperador: El ascenso de Trajano, el primer emperador hispano de la historia by Santiago Posteguillo24.
The Rainbow Trail by Zane Grey25.
Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth26.
Finding Nouf by Zoë Ferraris27.
In the Footsteps of Marco Polo by Denis Belliveau28.
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing29.
Raza de bronce by Alcides Arguedas30.
The Cry of the Dove by Fadia Faqir
I have 18 books on my Jan TBR, it will be a combination of Physical and Audio books.1. Tunnel of Bones
2. One of Us is Lying
3. The Governess of Penwythe Hall
4. The Mother-Daughter Book Club
5. The Starless Sea
6. Déjà Dead
7. The Kiss Quotient
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I will join for 13 books17/13 books (10 books + 7 manga and graphic volumes)
6,062/7,095 pages
Harry Potter:
1. Harry Potter and the Philisopher's Stone (320/320)
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (352/352)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (384/384)
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (672/672)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix (816/816)
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (576/576)
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (640/640)
Discworld:
8. Soul Music (424/424)
9. Hogfather
The Broken Earth Trilogy:
10. The Fifth Season (175/512)
Malazan:
11. Memories of Ice
First Law Trilogy:
12. Before They Are Hanged
Space Odyssey:
13. 2001 (224/224)
Manga Witch Hat Atelier (Tongari Boushi no Atorie):
14. Vol. 1 (208/208)
15. Vol. 2 (224/224)
16. Vol. 3 (192/192)
17. Vol. 4 (192/192)
18. Vol. 5 (192/192)
Fables (Collected Editions):
19. Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (152/152)
20. Vol. 2: Animal Farm (136/136)
The Earthsea Cycle:
A Wizard of Earthsea (183/183)
Going to try to get 3 books in for January. Titles are TBD.
Managed to get 2 completed:
1. Circles of Time by Phillip Rock.
2. On Writing by Stephen King.
Managed to get 2 completed:
1. Circles of Time by Phillip Rock.
2. On Writing by Stephen King.
MARATHON CHALLENGE[Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2020
13/5
[book:The Last Mrs. Parrish|34043643] 2/1/20
The girl in the woods 1/5/20
Forgotten Bones 1/7/20
The Neighbor 1/8/20
The Well of Ascension 1/12/20
The Da Vinci Code 1/13/20
The Fountains of Silence 1/16/20
Oryx and Crake 1/17/20
Thunderhead 1/19/20
The Guardians 1/25/20
Mistress of the Art of Death 1/25/20
Warbreaker 1/28/20
Hellbent 1/29/20
Hi there! I'd love to sign up for this challenge!I'd like to read at least 5 books this months, possibly more but with school you never know!
1/5
[ ]1. King Solomon's Ring
[ ]2. If This Is a Man
[✓]3. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
[ ]4. A Fine Balance
[ ]5.
I am going to go for 14 books which will equal 4,480 pagesCompleted Books:
4,480/4,480
14/14
1)Princess and the Suffragette(1/1/20)
2)Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe(2/1/20)
3)Doctor Who: The Good Doctor(3/1/20)
4)The Guilty Dead(5/1/20)
5)The Day Before(5/1/20)
6)In the Midst of Life(5/1/20)
7)The Library Of Lost And Found(5/1/20)
8)The Wartime Midwives(6/1/20)
9)Scarlet(7/1/20)
10)Live From New York: An Uncensored History Of Saturday Night Live(8/1/20)
11)Thank You Notes(10/1/20)
12)Thank You Notes 2(12/1/20)
13)Bossypants(18/1/20)
14)The Wedding Diaries(22/1/20)
HiI would like to join for 4 books.
4/4 Read + 1/1 DNF - With all this motivation 9 books read!
1.READ
A Zany Slice of Italy2a.DNF All the Light We Cannot See
2b.READ
The Bromance Book Club 3. READ
Time Machines Repaired While-U-Wait4 - 9 Loved.
Hello!Happy New Year!!
I'll be joining this challenge again.
Plan to read 9 novels, and turn 1800 pgs.
1) His to Claim by Brenda Jackson 224 pgs
2) Duty or Desire by Brenda Jackson 224 pages
3) Bishop's Knight #1 by Katie Reus 250 pgs
4) Dancing Tides #3 by Vickie McKeehan 298 pgs
5) A Pelican Pointe #12 by Vickie McKeehan 304 pgs
6) Starlight Dunes #5 by Vickie McKeehan 313 pgs
7) Hidden Moon Bay #2 by Vickie McKeehan 321 pgs
8) Lighthouse Reef #4 by Vickie McKeehan 334 pgs
9) The Last Sister(Columbia River #1) by Kendra Elliot 336 pgs *****
10) The Country Guesthouse #5 by Robyn Carr 336 pgs
11) Last Chance Harbor #6 by Vickie McKeehan 353 pgs
12) Sea Glass Cottage #7 by Vickie McKeehan 353 pgs
13) A Pocket History of Human Evolution (Audiobook/160pgs)
Msg # 70.
Read 12/9 novels, and turned 3,646/1,800 pages!
January Marathon Completed!!
I'm in for 20 Books!Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Vol. 4: The Value of a Hidden Ace!!
The Cain Saga, Volume 03
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 11
Blue Exorcist, Vol. 10
"Okay"
Number the Stars
If I Was Your Girl
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 3
The Orphan Choir
World Trigger, Vol. 1
My Hero Academia, Vol. 17
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part One
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part Two
Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! (Manga) Vol. 3
My Hero Academia, Vol. 18
My Hero Academia, Vol. 19
Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 1
World Trigger, Vol. 2
The Cain Saga, Volume 04, Part 1
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 12
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 13
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 14
Bloom
The Cain Saga, Volume 04, Part 2
World Trigger, Vol. 3
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 2—Battle Tendency, Vol. 1
Goal: 28/20
Sign me up!Let's say 5 books for a total of at least 2020 pages. See what I did there?
Edit 31st of January
Books: 4/5
Pages: 1.372/2.020
Book 1: Scythe by Neal Shusterman - 3.90 ⭐️ - 435 pages
Book 2: The Passengers by John Marrs - 4.20 ⭐️ - 400 pages
Book 3: Wonder by R.J. Palacio - 5.00 ⭐️ - 336 pages
Book 4: One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence - 2.10 ⭐️ - 201 pages
I will try for 5 books. 1. The Son
2. The War of the Worlds
3. A Widow's Tale
4. Digital Fortress
5. The Long Winter
6. The Law is a Ass: An Illustrated Anthology of Legal Quotations
7. Hallow Be the Haunt
8. The Da Vinci Code
9. A Stolen Life
I’m up for two books! The first is pretty long (749 pages) and the second is currently undecided.1. Winter's Tale (749 pages; completed)
2. A Transcontinental Affair (~341 pages; completed).
I'd like to join with 23 books -- 10 from the other January monthly challenge; 3 series titles that lead up to one of those (I want to read them in order); and I hope to finish up the rest of the kids' books from A Series of Unfortunate Events.MARATHON CHALLENGE - Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2020
Progress: 23/23 -- COMPLETE
Finished with 36/23
1. The Griffin's Feather 1/1
2. Labor Day 1/1
3. Because of Winn-Dixie 1/1
4. The Cinderella Murder 1/2
5. All Dressed in White 1/2
6. The Sleeping Beauty Killer 1/3
7. Every Breath You Take 1/3
8. The Wide Window 1/3
9. One Wild Bird at a Time 1/4
10. The Miserable Mill 1/4
11. The Austere Academy 1/5
12. The Ersatz Elevator 1/5
13. Helen Keller in Love 1/6
14. The Paris Wife 1/6
15. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights 1/7
16. The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock 1/9
17. The Night Tiger 1/10
18. The Vile Village 1/11
19. The Hostile Hospital 1/12
20. The Carnivorous Carnival 1/13
21. The Slippery Slope 1/14
22. The Grim Grotto 1/15
23. The Forgotten 1/15
24. Shifting Stars 1/17
25. The Hunting Party 1/18
26. The Movement of Stars 1/19
27. The Penultimate Peril 1/21
28. The End 1/22
29. Fifty Poems Of Emily Dickinson 1/22
30. A Caribbean Mystery 1/22
31. Mr. Fox 1/23
32. The Atlas of Reds and Blues 1/24
33. Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession 1/26
34. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 1/27
35. Return to Tradd Street 1/28
36. Bel Canto 1/31
I'd like to get 3 books off my TBR.1.Inheritance by: Christopher Paolini
2.The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist by: Richard P. Feynman
3. Pompeii by: Robert Harris
4. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by: Robert K. Massie
5. All the Light We Cannot See by: Anthony Doerr
I'm in for 4 books (about 1500 pages)4/4
finished 1. The Outsider by Stephen King
finished 2. Calypso by David Sedaris
finished 3. Small Kingdom's & Other Things by Charlaine Harris
finished 4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
I would like to join and commit to reading 7 books in January (most on my TBR are over 500 pages long)!!! Apologies if I have not signed up in the right way, I'mnew.
I'll aim for 20MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2020
20/20
1. Theater Nights Are Murder Libby Klein 1/2/20
2. BlackBuried Pie Lyndsey Cole 1/3/20
3. Negative Exposure Lisa B. Thomas 1/4/20
4. There's A Murder Afoot Vicki Delany 1/5/20
5. A Body Below Ground Danielle Collins 1/6/20
6. Sunshine HunterMaddie Cochere 1/7/20
7. Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury Lee Hollis 1/8/20
8. Murder, She KnitPeggy Ehrhart 1/9/20
9. Zombie Waffle Murder (The Wicked Waffle Series) Carolyn Q. Hunter 1/9/20
10. Matchmaking Can Be Murder Amanda Flower 1/10/20
11. Death of a Dapper Snowman Angela Pepper 1/11/20
12. Raining Men and Corpses Anne R. Tan 1/12/20
13. Jammed Deany Ray 1/13/20
14. Death Bee Comes Her Nancy CoCo 1/14/20
15. Cherry Pie or Die CeeCee James 1/15/20
16. Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead Livia J. Washburn 1/15/20
17. Silenced in Sequins Debra Sennefelder 1/16/20
18. Glazed Murder Jessica Beck 1/17/20
19. Christmas Jam...boree Donna Walo Clancy 1/18/20
20. Hems and Homicide Elizabeth Penney 1/19/20
Gwen S. wrote: "I finished up an audiobook this AM, but this can’t be added to my January Marathon, correct??!??"Sure, you can, Gwen!
Is there a way for me to go back and edit my comment to add the books I’ve read. I can’t figure it out. Tried using safari and app.
Put me down for 4 books for January, please. 0/4
1. The Starless Sea
2. The Paris Orphan
3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
4. Cilka’s Journey
Actually, 5. And I can’t edit my comment via the app. Sorry about that! Add All The Light We Cannot See.
My goal is 6 books 1. Ready Player One
2.A Princess of Mars
3.Conscious Evolution: Mythology in Action
4.Black Notice
5.Silent Orchids
6.Soul Marked
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