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Let's Turn Pages - 2020

finished reading A Court of Mist and Fury - 624 pages
pages read challenge: 20,103/20,000 pages
COMPLETED!

Now you can relax for the rest of the year without turning any pages, haha!"
No deal
I'll keep reading till the midnight of the New Year 😂"
Yana, you're such a hardcore reader! :D

22,110/20,000 as of Dec 23rd!
Woohoo!!!"
Nicely done, Lynette! Congratulations on your completion and your unicorn!

Jan 3646
Feb: 318+148+104+320+363+278+336+351+261+414+378 +337+91=3699
March: 429+384= 813
April: 176+196+277+400=1,049
May: 2..."
Gwen S.
Way to go on meeting your challenge goal! 😊

finished reading A Court of Mist and Fury - 624 pages
pages read challenge: 20,103/20,000 pages
COMPLETED!"
Congratulations, Amy!
You've not only completed your challenge but also earned the distinction of being the 50th participant to do so! Yay!

Progress: 19, 126/20,000
I don't know if I'll be able to squeak out the last pages I need but I'm sure going to try!!

finished reading A Court of Mist and Fury - 624 pages
pages read challenge: 20,103/20,000 pages
COMPLETED!"
Congratulations, Amy!
You've not only c..."
Thanks! I did better than last year with finishing before the last day of the year lol.

#102) “The Girl in the Mirror” by Rose Carlyle – 304 (12/14/20) read/hard copy
#103) “A Castle of Sand” by Bella Forrest – 329 (12/17/20) read/hard copy
#104) “Needful Things” by Stephen King – 790 (12/25/20) listened/Overdrive
#105) “The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy” by Heather Blake – 300 (12/26/20) listened/Overdrive

12/19 All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (196 pages)
12/26 Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquirel (246 pages)
21,562/20,000

Emily
Congratulations on completing your challenge this year!

And I'm considering it done for this year as I already completed 20K in June 24th and 30K in Aug 10th.

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson (320 pages)
21,882/20,000

Goal: 25,000
Progress: 35344 🦅 Garuda!
Physical pages - 26446
January - 2466
February - 1758
March - 1905
April - 3258
May - 2609
June - 2207
July - 841
August - 1548
September - 1716
October - 2462
November - 1610
December - 4066
Southern Cross (Andy Brazil #2) - 382
The Conspiracy Club - 405
The Art of Detection (Kate Martinelli, #5) - 528
The Client - 566
One For The Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) - 287
Sick Puppy - 528
Mystery of the Roman Ransom - 240
Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, #13) - 330
Murder Carries a Torch (Southern Sisters, #7) - 288
Shiver (New Orleans, #3) - 512
Audiobooks - 8898
The Dollhouse - 289
Plum Island (John Corey, #1) - 592
The Rooster Bar - 368
Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone (Harry Potter, #1) - 309
Long Road to Mercy (Atlee Pine #1) - 405
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - 121
City of Lies (Counterfeit Lady, #1) - 312
Night Fall - 692
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) - 341
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) - 435
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)- 734
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) - 870
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) - 652
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) - 759
Once We Were Brothers - 378
The Whistler - 384
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) - 211
The Last Juror - 278
Saving Sophie - 448
Karolina's Twins - 320

Current Pages: 22380/16000
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
November
1. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Pages: 448
2. The Pear Field Pages: 163
3. Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema Pages: 200
4. El tiempo de las amazonas Pages: 364
5. The Book of Cairo: A City in Short Fiction Pages: 144
6. The Institute Pages: 576
7. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Pages: 413
8. The Fig Tree Pages: 328
9. Hollowpox: The Hunt for Morrigan Crow Pages: 560
December
1. Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space Pages: 253
2. Tokyo Ueno Station Pages: 180
3. Cadáver exquisito Pages: 254
4. You Have Arrived at Your Destination Pages: 46
5. Solutions and Other Problems Pages: 528
6. Daddy-Long-Legs Pages: 156
7. La guerra no tiene rostro de mujer Pages: 368
8. We Keep the Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence Pages: 513

Alta
Would you please post another comment with your current progress so I can update it?
Thank you!

Goal: 25,000
Progress: 35344 🦅 Garuda!
Physical pages - 26446
January - 2466
February - 1758
March - 1905
April - 3258
May - 2609
June - 2207
July - 841
August - 1548
September - ..."
well done on meeting your challenge goal, Marta!
That was a great sprint in December!

FINAL: 40,646 pages read of goal 40,617
DRAGON GOD TIER!!!"
All hail the Dragon God! *bows
Congratulations, Marc!

Last update for 2020, as I just finished by Reading reading challenge!
December Update
Queen of Shadows, Sarah J. Maas - 645 pages
Cinderella Is Dead, Kalynn Bayron - 385 pages
The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Emily M. Danforth - 470 pages
The Book of the Shadow, Carrie Asai - 209 pages
Circe, Madeline Miller - 333 pages

Progress: 90,189/75,000 - challenge complete!
Thank you oshizu for hosting this busy challenge and keeping track of all of us!

finished reading The Kiss Quotient - 313 pages
pages read challenge total: 20,416/20,000 pages

Thanks :)

2020 round-up!
40/24 books
10,095/5,000 pages
I've now started my first book of 2021, but I think that's me done for 2020! I'm quite pleased that I beat my goals convincingly this year considering The Weirdness, so I've set my goals for 2021 a little higher.
Onwards!

Goal: 30,852/25,000, 123.41% - 106 total books.
December - 6 books, 1,846 pages. 30,852 total pages.
101. The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories - 292 pages
102. After-Supper Ghost Stories - 149 pages
103. What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1) - 512 pages
104. A Prayer for Owen Meany - 656 pages
105. The Aspern Papers - 96 pages
106. A Woman of No Importance - 141 pages

40. Never Goodbye: 336
41. A Conflict of Interest: 498
42. Until I Find You: 306
43. The Wife Who Knew Too Much: 390
44. Marrying The Northbridge Nanny: 216
45. Once Upon a Thanksgiving: 213
46. Snowball: 245
47. Wish: 303
48. Cross Her Heart: 319
49. The Party: 340
50. You Are Not Alone: 284
51. Small Town Spin: 319
52. Lethal Lifestyles: 268
53. Spare Room: 366
54. Stalker: 340
55. The Stranger Inside: 346
56. No Stone Unturned: 382
57. The Murder That Never Was: 334
58. A Face to Die for: 329
59. Mind Games: 311
60. Dead End: 678
61. Closer Than You Think: 329
62. Miracle Road: 335
63. Reflection Point: 721
64. Alone In the Dark: 261
65. Finding Jake: 292
66. The Stranger You Seek: 247
67. Chain of Custody: 188
68. Wife by Wednesday: 270
69. Finding the Edge: 248
70. Four Relentless Days: 331
71. Trouble in a Small Town: 356
72. Then She Was Gone: 372
73. A Cold Day in Hell: 618
74. Every Dark Corner: 344
75. Stranger in the Lake: 315
76. The Swap: 291
77. My Lovely Wife: 293
78. The Dilemma: 374
79. Dreamweaver Trail: 498
80. Bring Me Back: 333
81. Cardiac Event: 333
82. Life Support: 387
83. Monster in the Closet: 355
84. One Tuesday Morning: 339
85. The End of Her: 354
86. A Good Marriage: 307
87. The Whisper Man: 359
88. Don't Tell A Soul: 212
89. Truth or Die: 612
90. Teardrop Lane: 362
91. Every Last Fear: 359
92. Playing To Win: 302
93. Edge of Darkness: 264
94. His Christmas Wish: 399
95. The Rancher's Holiday Arrangement: 323
96. An Unforgettable Christmas: 288
97. A Christmas to Remember: 268
98. Playing Nice: 602
99. Thirteen: 292
100. You'll Never Know, Dear: 230
101. The Last Witness: 216
102. Death is Not Enough: 215
103. Someone We Know: 215
104. Holly Pointe & Mistletoe: 314
105. A Christmas Wedding for the Cowboy: 625
106. Santa's Seven-Day Baby Tutorial: 364
107. Hold Me, Cowboy: 361
108. A Woman Alone: 236
109. Say You're Sorry: 215
110. Christmas in a Snowstorm: 218
111. His Holiday Prayer: 218
112. The 13th Day of Christmas: 236
113. Keeping Christmas: 215
114, The Texas Cowboy's Quadruplets: 280
115. Her Christmas Wish: 218
116. Amish Christmas Twins: 219
117. A Baby for the Sheriff: 216
118. Colton 911: In Hot Pursuit: 280
119. Colton's Deadly Disguise: 280
120. Colton's Secret Bodyguard: 280
121. The Christmas Candle: 191
122. Mistletoe & Magic: 174
123. Christmas Cozy: 174
124. Merry Christmas, Darling: 128
Total pages read: 27,690
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Jan 3646
Feb: 318+148+104+320+363+278+336+351+261+414+378 +337+91=3699
March: 429+384= 813
April: 176+196+277+400=1,049
May: 25+296+141+304=766
June: 400+224+228+283+429+293=1,857
July: 480+396+224+222=1,322
August: 224+256+336+256+40+432+368+415=2,327
Sept: 384+131+134+224+224+315+288+296+296+304= 2,596
Oct: 271+91+110+392+294+86=1,134
November 2020:
The Return 368pgs
Hideaway 464pgs
Feliz Naughty Dog 116 pgs
Pale as Death Audiobook 9pgs
Stalking Ground 320pgs
Burning Ridge 280 pgs
Hanging Falls 282pgs
The Billionaire Next-door 216pgs
Path of Bones 306pgs
Falling for the Billionaire 209pgs
Tracking Game Audiobook 10pgs
Hunting Hour Audiobook 10pgs
Killing Trail Audiobook 9pgs
The Silence 288pgs
A Broken Bone 90pgs
Sweeter With You 49pgs
Total pages turned excluding audiobooks: 2,988 pgs turned in November, 2020!