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Let's Turn Pages - 2020
Update to msg 100:28/24 books
7,211/5,000 pages
Update to Message 364:Finished reading:
Watch Over Me- 272 pages
Until You (Fall Away 1.5)- 406 pages
32,730/30,000
Update for MSG #63: Progress: 24,454 / 20,000
October: 2,155 pages this month
-- Everafter ~ ( 288 pages )
-- Torn Apart ~ ( 274 pages )
-- Copper ~ ( 247 pages )
-- Stroke of Midnight ~ ( 350 pages )
-- We Were Liars ~ ( 242 pages )
-- Not My Father's Son ~ ( 304 pages )
-- The Slow Dissolve ~ ( 450 pages )
Update to msg 20Progress: 59,227/50,383
Updated message #169Progress: 11,461/14,000
October reads:
42. Get a Life, Chloe Brown - 369 pages
43. The Isle of Gold - 248 pages
44. Lasilinna - 361 pages
45. Lab Girl - 290 pages
46. The Wallcreeper - 168 pages
update to message 7:finished reading Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood - 384 pages
pages read challenge total: 15,597/20,000 pages
Updated message 11: 32,802/30,000 pages turned. I'M A GARUDA!
Marja wrote: "Updated message #169Progress: 11,461/14,000
October reads:
42. Get a Life, Chloe Brown - 369 pages
43. The Isle of Gold - 248 pages
44. Lasilinna ..."
How did you like Get a Life, Chloe Brown? I have the series on my TBR. I'm thinking about putting it higher on the list.
update to message 7: finished reading The Duchess Deal - 368 pages
pages read challenge total: 15,965/20,000 pages
Amy wrote: How did you like Get a Life, Chloe Brown? I have the series on my TBR. I'm thinking about putting it higher on the list."I really liked it! It had great banter and it was loads of fun, but it also dealt with sensitive topics like chronic pain and abusive relationship very well, in my opinion. Both Chloe and Red very likable. I gave it 4 stars, because I personally found it a little too smutty at times, and there was conflict towards the end that felt a little contrived to me, but overall I really enjoyed it.
Marja wrote: "Amy wrote: How did you like Get a Life, Chloe Brown? I have the series on my TBR. I'm thinking about putting it higher on the list."I really liked it! It had great banter and it was loads of fun,..."
Good to know. I just have so many other books that I want to get to but wasn't sure if this should be higher on my radar. Thanks!
Amy wrote: Good to know. I just have so many other books that I want to get to but wasn't sure if this should be higher on my radar. Thanks!"No problem, I hope you enjoy it, if you end up reading it!
Update for Message #312020 Lets turn pages challenge challenge
22,664/25,000 pages to Oct31/20
2480 pages read in October.
Thanks! Doe
update to message 7:finished reading Heartstopper: Volume One - 263 pages
pages read challenge total: 16,228/20,000 pages
Rachael wrote: "Updated message 11: 32,802/30,000 pages turned. I'M A GARUDA!"Rachael
Congratulations on exceeding your challenge goal and reaching the Garuda tier! Enjoy your new wings! :D
Update to message (#103), now it's #102I have completed the challenge
27,066/25,000
I apologize for not updating my progress regularly, it's been a crazy year.
Monthly update:Goal: 25,397/25,000, 101.59% - 90 total books.
October - 7 books, 2,201 pages. 25,397 total pages.
84. Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories - 400 pages
85. They're Made Out of Meat - 5 pages
86. The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies - 322 pages
87. Green Tea and Other Ghost Stories - 96 pages
88. Carrion Comfort - 801 pages
89. Goth - 300 pages
90. The Valancourt Book of Horror Stories: Volume One - 277 pages
Update to message #18:Progress: 75,430/75,000
Challenge complete but I'll continue reading & posting)
Snezana wrote: "Update to message (#103), now it's #102I have completed the challenge
27,066/25,000
I apologize for not updating my progress regularly, it's been a crazy year."
Snezana, there's no need to apologize.
You've met your targeted challenge goal and reached the unicorn tier!
Congratulations on completing your challenge!
Eggp wrote: "Monthly update:Goal: 25,397/25,000, 101.59% - 90 total books.
October - 7 books, 2,201 pages. 25,397 total pages.
84. Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories - 400 pages
85. [bo..."
Eggp
Way to go with reaching your challenge goal with 2 months left to go!
Margie wrote: "Update to message #18:Progress: 75,430/75,000
Challenge complete but I'll continue reading & posting)"
Margie,
Wow, that's a lot of pages! Congratulations!
I'm sure you'll soon join the ranks of Carmen and Beverly, our two Double Dragons!
Catherine wrote: "Updated message #24 and ended October at 10,688/18,000.I'm at needing to read basically 120 pages/day for the rest of the year to reach my goal....and I'm working 48 hours a week. Let's see what ..."
Catherine,
I love your enthusiasm and determination!!!
Don't forget: how much you read is not as important as how much you enjoy your reading!
Best wishes for a fantastic Sunday!
LET'S TURN PAGES: October ReportI am happy to report that nine more participants completed their Let's Turn Pages in the month of October.
Pages pledged: 4,956,500
Pages turned: 2,818,053 (56.9% of pages pledged)
Challenges Started: 167 active participants
Challenges Done : 24 (14.4%)
I notice many of you are getting closer and closer to your individual finish lines!
May we all enjoy great books in November!
P.S. If you notice that I've made a big error in your progress, please let me know by either posting in this thread or sending me a message. Thank you!
Update to message #66PROGRESS: 96,311/75,000 🐉🐉
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Update to Message #1239The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (391 pages)
17,595/20,000
DONE!!!Updated post 90
Current Pages: 16898/16000
January:
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
September
1. Faces on the Tip of My Tongue Pages: 136
2. His & Hers Pages: 320
3. The Fragility of Bodies Pages: 381
4. With the Fire on HighPages: 400
5. Transfer WindowPages: 92
October
1. Cementerios de neón Pages: 199
2. Be PreparedPages: 256
3. RamificationsPages: 197
4. Bites of Terror: 10 Frightfully Delicious Tales by Cuddles and RagePages: 144
5. MandíbulaPages: 288
6. The House in the Cerulean Sea Pages: 393
7.Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow Pages: 545
8. Minor Detail Pages 112
Update Msg #160Goal: 25,000
Progress: 20776/25000
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
September - 1716
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution - 412
Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York - 400
The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Soldier - 272
Old Sins - 632
October - 2462
Resurrection - 416
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - 245
The Mangrove Coast (Doc Ford Mystery, #6) - 336
Hello, Darkness - 476
Maria Fitzherbert: The Secret Wife of George IV - 320
D is for Deadbeat (Kinsey Millhone, #4) - 320
Crescent - 349
Updated Msg #72: 29,072/30,000 - getting closer! I've now saved $290 for my family vacation (coming up end of this week). Yay!October:
#82) “Keep Moving: And Other Truths About Living Well Longer” by Dick Van Dyke – 264 (10/1/20) listened/Audible
#83) “Love, Lucy” by Lucille Ball – 256 (10/4/20) listened/Audible
#84) “Cop Town” by Karin Slaughter – 416 (10/12/20) listened/Audible
#85) “Cat Under Fire” by Shirley Rousseau Murphy – 256 (10/18/20) listened/Overdrive
#86) “The Girl in Red” by Christina Henry – 293 (10/25/20) listened/Overdrive
#87) “A Case of Cat and Mouse” by Sofie Kelly – 304 (10/26/20) read/hard copy
#88) “Cat Raise the Dead” by Shirley Rousseau Murphy – 304 (10/27/20) listened/Overdrive
#89) “Trouble in Paradise” by Robert B. Parker – 320 (10/31/20) read/hard copy
8 books, 2413 pages
Total: 29,072/30,000
Update to message 49:Completed 34,133 of 40,617 pages
Update message 172: 9,507 of 5,000 completed
Update to message 364:Just finished reading:
Horrid- 336 pages
33,066/30,000
update to message 7:finished reading Check, Please! Book 1: # Hockey - 288 pages
pages read challenge total: 16,516/20,000 pages
Update msg #31117 206/10 000, which means I have surpassed my goal of the year, and that means next step is to aim for 20 000 pages and become a unicorn!
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