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Jun 30, 2020 11:36AM
update msg #145 25,353/50,000
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Current Pages: 11092/16000January:
1. Frankenstein in BaghdadPages: 272
2. Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People Pages: 280
3. The Sun and Her Flowers Pages: 248
4. The Stationery Shop Pages 312
5. The Lying Game Pages 374
6. Cleopatra: A Life Pages 385
February
1. Nothing to See Here Pages 272
2. The Kiss Quotient Pages: 333
3. The Ten Thousand Doors of January Pages 374
4. The Word Exchange Pages: 384
5. Humble Pi: A Comedy of Maths Errors Pages: 313
March:
1. The Bride Test Pages: 320
2. The Indignities of Being a Woman Pages: 240
3. One Love:: Pages: 32
4. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays: Pages: 224
5. Don't Overthink It: Make Easier Decisions, Stop Second-Guessing, and Bring More Joy to Your Life Pages: 224
6. In the Woods Pages: 612
7. Insólitas Pages: 488
April:
1. The Space Between Us Pages 352
2. Sobre los huesos de los muertos Pages: 299
3. Girl Pages: 240
4. La chica de nieve Pages: 450
May
1. When You Are Engulfed in Flames Pages: 310
2. Actress Pages: 272
3. The Bromance Book Club Pages: 352
4. Oona Out of Order Pages: 357
5. Los informantes Pages: 376
6. Heroes: Mortals and Monsters, Quests and Adventures Pages: 415
7. Arid Dreams Pages: 210
June
1. Lovely War Pages: 480
2. Temporada de huracanes Pages: 224
3. America's First Female Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster Pages: 216
4. The Bookshop on the Shore Pages: 410
5. The Memory Police Pages: 288
6. From the Abyss: Short Stories and Poems of Descent & Redemption Pages: 118
2020 Lets turn pages challenge, 20,000 pages goalMessage #31
12,404/20,000 pages to June 30/2020
I only read 1,146 pages this month. 😢
End of June update for msg 40: Progress: 50,159/73,000
Monthly update:Goal: 15,574/25,000, 62.30% - 58 total books.
June - 11 books, 2,777 pages. 15,574 total pages.
48. The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories - 156 pages
49. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold (George Smiley, #3) - 288 pages
50. Switch Bitch - 144 pages
51. Downward to The Earth - 256 pages
52. This Is How You Lose the Time War - 208 pages
53. Explorations - 320 pages
54. The Diving Pool - 176 pages
55. Three-Ten to Yuma and Other Stories - 208 pages
56. Moving Pictures (Discworld, #10) - 400 pages
57. Forty Thousand in Gehenna (Unionside, #1) - 445 pages
58. A Murder of Quality (George Smiley, #2) - 176 pages
Message #57 updated at 23,379/35,000!
update to message 7: finished reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 333 pages
pages read challenge total: 9,264/10,000 pages
Update for MSG #63:Progress: 15,488 / 20,000
-- Pennies ~ ( 300 pages )
-- Dollars ~ ( 300 pages )
-- Hundreds ~ ( 300 pages )
-- Thousands ~ ( 386 pages )
Oops - I did finish one more before end of June....Updated Msg #72: 16,087/30,000
#49) “The Holdout” by Graham Moore – 325 (6/30/20) read/hard copy
8 books, 2,662 pages
Update to message 162 (Chloe): 7211/9000
Update to Message #13Progress: 23,065/45,000 pages
Update Msg #160Goal: 25,000
Progress: 14203/25000
January - 2466
The Sheen on the Silk - 518
Deception on His Mind - 616
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner - 596
A Traitor to Memory - 736
February - 1758
The Book Thief - 552
The Dilemma - 662
The Art Forger - 384
Bored of the Rings - 160
March - 1905
The Ice Queen- 211
American Wife - 555
Dopeworld: Adventures in the Global Drug Trade - 432
Original Sin - 416
Murder in the Palais Royal - 291
April - 3258
Sepulchre (Languedoc, #2)- 565
A Place of Hiding (Inspector Lynley, #12) - 514
City of Girls - 496
The Heist (Gabriel Allon, #14) - 467
The Barefoot Queen - 656
What Came Before He Shot Her (Inspector Lynley, #14) - 560
May - 2615
First Lady - 430
Cane River - 432
Careless in Red (Inspector Lynley, #15) - 640
A Cup of Friendship - 291
I Saw Him Die - 400
An Obvious Enchantment - 416
June - 2207
The Royal Governess- 368
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil - 301
This Body of Death (Inspector Lynley, #16) - 704
Women of Means: The Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls - 224
Believing the Lie (Inspector Lynley, #17) - 610
Updated msg #23: 28,415/25,000My stats are going to be way off as I’ve had so much more time to read this year.
I would amend my target but I don’t want to mess with the admins work load
Updated msg 20:Progress: 33,580/40,000
Current tier: 🦅 (Garuda)
Heather wrote: "Updated msg #23: 28,415/25,000My stats are going to be way off as I’ve had so much more time to read this year.
I would amend my target but I don’t want to mess with the admins work load"
@Heather
It is never a problem for me to raise (or lower) a participant's challenge goal. Any participant can revise their goal at any time.
For now, I've moved you back among the active participants.
Michelle wrote: "Message #57 updated at 23,379/35,000!"It's fantastic to hear from you, Michelle! 😊
Alison wrote: "Update to Message #6741,789/40,000 pages read as of 6/29/2020
***I have reached the tier of Dragon!!*** :)"
Congrats on powering through to Dragon tier in six months!
Please let me know if you consider yourself done with this challenge (I'll move you to the Completed section) or if you'll be raising your goal.
Whatever you decide is fine with me, natch.
Beth wrote: "Updated message #417.New total 10,425/10,000. I reached my target!
As we’re only halfway through the year I’m going to increase my target to 20,000. Bring on the unicorn."
Beth
A big congrats on reaching your initial goal.
I've raised it to 20,000 as requested. Happy reading!
Catherine wrote: "Updated message #24: 6,394/18,000 completed. Managed to close out June by sneaking in one more book. Here's hoping I can catch up in the latter half of the year!"
Catherine
I have faith in you! I know you can do it! *waves pompoms
update message #16511,275/30,000 at the mid-point.
Oshizu, can you please lower my goal down to 25,000. Thanks
LET'S TURN PAGES: Mid-Year StatsHere we are at the mid-point of 2020 already!
As a group, we are making some marvelous progress.
We've not reached 50% of our pledged pages, but we're might close!
Congratulations to everyone who turned even a single page during the first half of 2020. And a toast to all of you who have advanced to higher tiers! *does a happy dance
Pages pledged: 4,438,117 pages
Pages turned : 1,925,470 pages (43.4% of pages pledged)
Started : 159 active participants (out of 216 sign-ups)
Done : 0?
Thanks to you all for your perfectly formatted update posts!
It really speeds up the process of tracking everyone's pages in Ze Spreadsheet!
Also, a request: when you reach your pledged goal, please let me know whether
(1) you consider yourself done with the challenge (and will be updating less frequently or not at all); or
(2) you wish to raise your goal and continue on as an active participant. Thanks!
May we all reach our reading goals for the year 2020!
Thomas wrote: "update message #16511,275/30,000 at the mid-point.
Oshizu, can you please lower my goal down to 25,000. Thanks"
Thomas, will do!
update to message 893: total progress: 13,412/20,000 pages
Updated message #157Progress 14,526/30,000 pages
I'm late to the party but I would like to sign up for 50,000 pages.
Updated message #2226,187/30,000
Updated Message # 1239Daisy Jones and the Six (384 pages) =
9,269/20,000
UPDATE #14920,419/20,000
I'D LIKE TO INCREASE MY CHALLENGE FROM 20,000 TO 40,000 PAGES
THANKS
oshizu wrote: "LET’S TURN PAGESDuration: January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2020
Our most popular challenge, Let’s Turn Pages, returns once again in 2020!
The GoodReads Reading Challenge lets you aim at reading a c..."
i'm not getting this challenege
Updated msg #23: 29,091/25,000I don’t know if it’s possible to change my target to 50,000 as I’m going to beat 25,000 by a very long way!
Thank you
Update to message 92:Total Pages Read: 15,853/50,000
Going for the 🐉!Dragon: 40,000 and above pages
Year Totals: 25,138🦄
🧚♀️Sprite: 1,000 pages
🧝♀️ Elf: 5,000 pages
🧜♀️ Merfolk: 10,000 pages
🦄 Unicorn: 20,000 pages
🦅 Garuda: 30,000 pages
🐉 Dragon: 40,000 and above pages
January: 4,539
February: 5,830
March: 2,339
April: 1,616
May: 1,742
June: 1,284
July: 5,478
August:
September:
October:
November:
December:
Update to message #805The Bear and the Nightingale - 323 pgs
Progress: 6755 / 15,000
Updated Post #281:Way, way behind this year's goal. COVID-19 has killed my travel and I read a ton while traveling.
Book #8 - Awaken the Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny! by Tony Robbins - Pg. 512
Total pages = 3815 of 14,000
Updated message #2226,923/36,500 - changed goal from 30,000
oshizu wrote: "Alison wrote: "Update to Message #6741,789/40,000 pages read as of 6/29/2020
***I have reached the tier of Dragon!!*** :)"
Congrats on powering through to Dragon tier in six months!
Please let m..."
Thank You, Oshizu! I think I will up my goal to 60,000 pages since we are only half way through the year! I am amazed at how much I have read this year...I think this is due to the quarantine and all the time spent at home! :0
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