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Let's Turn Pages - 2020
Final Update for August:Msg #71
52,692/60,000
Edit msg 100:18/24 books
4,963/5,000 pages
Message #1239And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (272 pages)
13,154/20,000
Updated Msg #72: 23,224/30,000Since I had already posted Mid-August update, here is the rest and my final August #'s.
#68) “The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy – 432 (8/17/20) read/hard copy
#69) “Rosemary’s Baby” by Ira Levin – 245 (8/18/20) read/hard copy
#70) “Salem’s Lot” by Stephen King – 483 (8/24/20) listened/Overdrive
#71) “Night Passage” by Robert B. Parker – 324 (8/25/20) read/hard copy
#72) “In Pieces” by Sally Field – 417 (8/29/20) listened/Audible
12 books, 4,011 pages
Update message #115: 33464/40,000
Message #312020 Lets turn pages challenge, 20,000 pages goal
17,717/20,000 pages to August 30
I read 2671 pages in August!
Doe
Updated message #2235,259/36,500
Update to msg #107Progress: 20,671/40,000
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Das Jahr, in dem ich lügen lernte 27353.
I Capture the Castle 56654.
Der Tag, an dem die Oma das Internet kaputt gemacht hat 7255.
Der Tag, An Dem Der Opa Den Wasserkocher Auf Den Herd Gestellt Hat 7256.
Winterhaus 40757.
Die Feuerprobe 16058.
Die Reise der Basilisk 33059.
Im Labyrinth der Draken 39060.
Mortina - Ein Mädchen voller Überraschungen 4861.
Ella, verzaubert 256
January-August update: 25,516/30,000 pages turned
Please, updated msg #65: 4,277/10,000
Updated messsage #49: Completed 27,385 of 40,617 pages.Will I meet my goal? Stay tuned to find out! Currently at 67.% of page goal and 66.67% of the time span... cutting it awfully close! Must maintain the same average pace for the remaining 4 months.
Update to message #66PROGRESS: 78,450/75,000 🐉 Challenge completed!
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Update to message #170Progress: 8,561/14,000
Update msg#37: progress 20,510/40,000
Updated Msg #72: 23,713/30,000One more for August......
#73) “Tear Me Apart” by JT Ellison – 489 (8/30/20) read/hard copy
Update message #18Progress: 58,247/75,000 (78% complete)
(Msg #63) Progress: 19,069 / 20,000
August: 1,927 pages this month
-- The Ghostwriter ~ ( 318 pages )
-- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ ( 453 pages )
-- Worth It ~ ( 312 pages )
-- 99 Red Balloons ~ ( 352 pages )
-- Sacrifice ~ ( 241 pages )
-- Heart Bones ~ ( 251 pages )
Updated message #2235,455/36,500
Update Msg #160Goal: 25,000
Progress: 16592/25000
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
July - 841
Hornet's Nest (Andy Brazil, #1) - 377
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America - 464
August - 1548
Dawning of the Raj: The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings - 335
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man - 225
Poland - 620
The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Classmates from Revolution to Exile - 368
Updated message #804Progress: 9810/ 15,000
The Paragon Hotel - 432 pgs
My Plain Jane - 450 pgs
The Magicians - 402 pgs
Carmen wrote: "Update to message #66PROGRESS: 78,450/75,000 🐉 Challenge completed!
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@Carmen
A warm congratulations on turning such an incredible number of pages this year.
Please let us know, though, when you reach 80,000 pages so you can become our first Double Dragon! 🥂
LET"S TURN PAGES: August ReportDuration: January 1 through August 31, 2020
It's this time of the year again!
As you can see, we have finally passed the 50% mark as a group.
Please note that the stats below are based on the progress of active participants only.
Great job to everyone who has made progress this month!
I'll be updating the progress of everyone has posted updates in a minute.
Pages pledged: 4,709,000
Pages turned 2,356,843 (50%)
Challenges: Started: 168 active participants (out of 222 sign-ups)
Challenges Done: 4 (2.4%)
I'm sure more of us will be completing the Let's Turn Pages in September!
Monthly update:Goal: 20,912/25,000, 83.65% - 75 total books.
August - 5 books, 1,602 pages. 20,912 total pages.
71. The Decameron Project - 192 pages
72. Claudius the God (Claudius, #2) - 504 pages
73. Tales from Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #5) - 304 pages
74. Who'd Have Thought - 362 pages
75. Nobody's Perfect (Dortmunder, #4) - 240 pages
Updated to message #15348,173/15,000
The Dressmakers Gift- Fiona Valp 286 pages
The Wishlist- Jane Costello 481 pages
For One More Day- Mitch Albom 196 pages
Current Pages: 13458/16000January:
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
July
1. The Trials of Morrigan Crow Pages: 468
2. The Last Train to Key West Pages: 320
3. Undercover Bromance Pages: 320
4. Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain Pages: 288
5. The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite Pages: 184
6. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World Pages: 320
August
1.Wild Woman Pages: 222
2.The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas Pages: 192
update msg 614Progress: 13,787/20,000
oshizu wrote: "Carmen wrote: "Update to message #66PROGRESS: 78,450/75,000 🐉 Challenge completed!
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@Carmen
A warm congratulations on turning such an incre..."
Thanks oshizu!
I'll keep you informed of my progress (double dragon sounds a bit intimidating 😄)
Carmen wrote: "Thanks oshizu!I'll keep you informed of my progress (double dragon sounds a bit intimidating 😄) "
@Carmen
LOL, puhleeze! You're currently at 78,450 pages!
You are only 1,550 pages away from 80,000 pages.
How long would that take you to read 1,550 pages.
Like, one day? 😄😄😄😄
Goal: 🐉 Dragon: 40,000 - not counting graphic novels(read 37886 pages in 2019)
Total pages to date: 38,653/40,000
January [1,972]
February [1,633]
March [3,039]
April [5,227]
May [5,542]
June [2,793]
July [5,590]
August [5,522]
September [6,401]
October [934]
November
December
oshizu wrote: "Carmen wrote: "Thanks oshizu!I'll keep you informed of my progress (double dragon sounds a bit intimidating 😄) "
@Carmen
LOL, puhleeze! You're currently at 78,450 pages!
You are only 1,550 pages ..."
I said "double dragon" not the pages 😉😄😄😄
Update of message 53436,677/40,000
Updated message #2235,903/36,500
Update to message 365:Finished reading:
1922- 132 pages
He Started It- 384 pages
Horrorstor- 248 pages
How To Walk Away- 302 pages
The Black Flamingo- 360 pages
26,912 pages read
3,088 pages remaining
Update message 586CHALLENGE COMPLETED!!!
4,913/4,000
11. An Enchantment of Ravens Finished August 7th {304 pages}
12. Catching Fire Finished August 9th {472 pages}
13. Holes Finished August 10th {240 pages}
14. The Dark Prophecy Finished August 20th {414 pages}
15. Mexican Gothic Finished September 5th {352 pages}
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