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Let's Turn Pages - 2020
Message 76 Updated238,338/200,000 | Current Level: Dragon-COMPLETED
Final update: 43,101/36,000. Made it to dragon territory!
2020 Lets turn pages challenge. Goal of 25,000 pages. Message #31
I read 2859 pages this month for a yearly total of.... 26,888/25,000 pages to Dec 31/20!
(68 books)
And thank you SO much for all the work you’ve done this past year, keeping our totals up to date!!!
Happy Reading in 2021!
Doe
oshizu wrote: "Marc *Dark Reader of the Woods* wrote: "Update to message 49 - I did it!FINAL: 40,646 pages read of goal 40,617
DRAGON GOD TIER!!!"
All hail the Dragon God! *bows
Congratulations, Marc!"
It's no 68K pages, but thanks! And thank you for running this challenge. This is a massive group and the great leadership is appreciated.
Updated message #1239I just finished my last book of 2020: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano (336 pages)
Unicorn Level!
My goal was 20,000 pages and I hit 22,279 with this book. It has been a lot of fun. Thank you for hosting this challenge. Here is to even more pages in 2021!
Updated message #169Progress: 16,240/14,000
December reads:
54. Making History 575 pages
55. Miehet ja puut 141 pages
56. Suuri digikuvauskirja : vaiheittaiset ohjeet kuinka saada ammattimaisia kuvia 882 pages
57. Ehkä rakkaus oli totta 427 pages
58. Berliininpoppelit 294 pages
59. Erakkoravut 300 pages
60. Convenience Store Woman 176 pages
61. Giant Days, Vol. 4 114 pages
62. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 182 pages
I did it!
Thanks for hosting this challenge! :)
Updated message #13821,542/20,000
That's the last update. I'm done for 2020. Happy New Year, guys!
Update msg 61320,021/20,000 pages. I DID IT!! Just barely but I did it 🥳
Final update on msg. 1529:Total Pages: 17,805/10,000
Happy New Year!
Ran out of room in Msg. 165, so here's Part 2 of my List:176. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow, Part 2= 76 Pages
177. World Trigger, Vol. 7= 192 Pages
178. World Trigger, Vol. 8= 192 Pages
179. Sad Cypress= 282 Pages
180. Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow, Part 3= 76 Pages
181. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol. 1= 376 Pages
182. Animal Farm= 154 Pages
183. Batman: The Adventures Continue 2020 Batman Day Special Edition #1 (Batman: The Adventures Continue= 23 Pages
184. THE FOX'S KISS Vol. 1= 192 Pages
185. Highmountain: A Mountain Divided= 10 Pages
186. Anduin: Son of the Wolf= 10 Pages
187. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol. 2= 400 Pages
188. Trope 1: Origins= 61 Pages
189. Water for Elephants= 421 Pages
190. TROPE 2: Evolutions= 62 Pages
191. TROPE 4: Tangents= 110 Pages
192. Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 7= 200 Pages
193. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Part 4--Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol. 3= 386 Pages
194. The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1= 160 Pages
195. Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 4= 200 Pages
196. Assassination Classroom, Vol. 9= 192 Pages
197. Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 3= 392 Pages
198. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 16= 218 Pages
199. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 17= 186 Pages
200. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 18= 202 Pages
201. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race= 370 Pages
202. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 17= 192 Pages
203. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 18= 192 Pages
204. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 19= 192 Pages
205. The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding: A Hercule Poirot Short Story=33 Pages
206. Crazy Rich Asians= 544 Pages
207. The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 2= 160 Pages
208. The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 3= 168 Pages
209. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 19= 194 Pages
210. Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 8= 192 Pages
211. The Princess Saves Herself in this One= 210 Pages
212. Japanese Cooking with Manga: The Gourmand Gohan Cookbook - 59 Easy Recipes Your Friends will Love!= 128 Pages
213. Shadow of the Fox= 454 Pages
214. China Rich Girlfriend= 383 Pages
215. Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars= 232 Pages
216. My Hero Academia, Vol. 24: All It Takes Is One Bad Day= 192 Pages
217. Soul of the Sword= 304 Pages
218. On the Horizon= 80 Pages
219. Strange Planet= 144 Pages
220. Finna: Poems= 128 Pages
221. The Labors of Hercules= 412 Pages
222. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 20= 210 Pages
223. Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom, Vol. 9= 192 Pages
224. Stranger Planet= 144 Pages
225. Rich People Problems= 404 Pages
226. Escape from the Island of Aquarius= 160 Pages
227. My Hero Academia, Vol. 25: Tomura Shigaraki: Origin= 200 Pages
228. On the Come Up= 452 Pages
229. Beware of Older Men= 180 Pages
230. The Water Dragon's Bride, Vol. 1= 192 Pages
231. World Trigger, Vol. 9= 192 Pages
232. World Trigger, Vol. 10= 192 Pages
Goal Met So Far: 51,770/22,000
Final Update to Msg. 165 & 2301:51,770/22,000
Erica wrote: "Updated msg #1202: 11,243/10,000Last update for 2020, as I just finished by Reading reading challenge!."
Erica
Congratulations on completing both your Let's Turn Pages and Goodreads Reaching Challenge in one fell swoop!
Christine wrote: "39. The Stranger's Wife: 28140. Never Goodbye: 336
41. A Conflict of Interest: 498
42. Until I Find You: 306
43. [book:The Wife Who ..."
Christine
We have two participants named Christine in this challenge.
Please post another comment including both your original (sign-up) message # and current progress. Thanks!
El ratón lector wrote: "Update to Message #578Progress: 25,701/25,000 - challenge complete!
Thank you oshizu!!"
El raton lector
Excellent job, completed just in time! :D
Sarah wrote: "Message 76 Updated238,338/200,000 | Current Level: Dragon-COMPLETED"
Wow, Sarah!
"Congratulations" seems barely adequate...
I count 10 dragons plus one garuda! Well done!
Doe wrote: "2020 Lets turn pages challenge. Goal of 25,000 pages. Message #31
I read 2859 pages this month for a yearly total of.... 26,888/25,000 pages to Dec 31/20!
(68 books)
And thank you SO much for al..."
Doe
Congratulations on completing the challenge!
Thanks so much for joining us this year!
Marc *Dark Reader of the Woods* wrote: "It's no 68K pages, but thanks! And thank you for running this challenge. This is a massive group and the great leadership is appreciated..."
Marc
Thank you for the appreciation!
It's not a race. We all read within the individual constraints that life places on us. I haven't watched TV for several years, which sometimes means I'm horrid at socializing but I have more time reading, lol.
Marja wrote: "Updated message #169Progress: 16,240/14,000
December reads:
54. Making History 575 pages
55. Miehet ja puut 141 pages
56. [book:Suuri digikuvauskirja : vaiheittaise..."
Marja
Wooooo, way to go! *throws confetti
Bailey ✰ wrote: "Update msg 61320,021/20,000 pages. I DID IT!! Just barely but I did it 🥳"
Bailey
Amazing final sprint there! Congratulations!
And thanks again for leading the Shiver Me Timbers! monthly challenge in July! :D
AnnouncementI'll be doing two more full updates for this challenge:
*late January 1st (sorry, I should have deferred this update to Jan 2nd)
*January 9th (this thread will be archived on Jan 10th).
If you'd like to see your most recent 2020 progress update on Ze List, be sure to post your update (following the usual guidelines) by then.
Thanks!
Nicole wrote: "Final Update to Msg. 165 & 2301:51,770/22,000"
Lol, Nicole!
You posted while I was still typing!
Congratulations on finishing.
You've earned the distinction of being the 50th participant to complete Let's Turn Pages!
Updated #57 again! I'm a dragon now! =)Progress: 50,661/35,000 (144.75%)
Update to message #66PROGRESS: 114,146/75,000 🐉🐉
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Happy New Year! 🥂
Update Post #280:Last Book of 2020
Book #29 - Unbound by Stuart Woods - Pg. 308
Total pages = 11,118 of 14,000
Final Update Message #8719,203/25,000 pages
Better Luck next year!
update to message 7:finished reading Mister Black - 130 pages
pages read challenge total: 20,546/20,000 pages
update to message #1177: 11,933/10,000not sure if I was supposed to update since I hit my goal on last message, but I'll do it anyways! so glad I ended up reading 11,933 pages, next time I will read at least 12,000, haha ;-)
Final update msg#37Progress: 43,295/40,000
update to msg 1039 completed the challenge and my goal
Message #204 final update. 21,551/20,000. Thanks!
Edit Msg 55Challenge Complete!
Final Total 35,575/35,000
Update to post #892I reached my second goal of 20,000 pages: 20,402/20,000 pages
Novels: 14,790 pages
Manga, graphic novels, and other: 5,612 pages
Update msg #521Last update for 2020 : 11,089/10,000
Let's sail on to 2021 :)
Updated message #157!Finished just in the nick of time!
31,930/30,000 pages
Update to message #102I completed the challenge earlier this year, but I added my reads from November and December and managed to get over 30,000 pages in total! :)
31,209/25,000
Updated post 15Finished the year with 34801/30000
Pretty proud of that
Update to message #1451--45993/50,000 pagesI got close to my goal but some unexpected things came up that took away from my planned reading time this month. At least I made it to the dragon. This was a fun challenge to work on :)
Ahhh! I hope I made it in time! Update: Message 315
Last update page count: 15 907 / 40 000
Current page count: 54 950 / 40 000
Please note that I updated some page numbers from January to April. I was trying to match my GR and my personal spreadsheet and realized I took down the page count of the wrong editions for some of the books and used the wrong values in my masterpost. Sorry for the inconvenience!
emilia wrote: "update to message #1177: 11,933/10,000not sure if I was supposed to update since I hit my goal on last message, but I'll do it anyways! so glad I ended up reading 11,933 pages, next time I will r..."
emilia
it's quite fine to continue updating after meeting your challenge goal. We all enjoy seeing the final progress of all the participants, including our own. 😊
Taya wrote: "update to msg 1039 completed the challenge and my goal"
Taya
Congratulations on reaching your goal.
Please post again to share your current progress so I can update your entry on the Participants List using the format below:
(pages turned)/(pages pledged)
Thanks!
Chris wrote: "Message #204 final update. 21,551/20,000. Thanks!"Chris
Way to go on meeting your challenge goal!
Thanks for joining us in 2020.
Gretchen wrote: "Edit Msg 55Challenge Complete!
Final Total 35,575/35,000"
Gretchen
Excellent progress. Congratulations! :)
Kendra wrote: "Update to post #892I reached my second goal of 20,000 pages: 20,402/20,000 pages
Novels: 14,790 pages
Manga, graphic novels, and other: 5,612 pages"
Kendra
Congratulations for a job well done!
Susan (dalmatian21) wrote: "Updated message #157!Finished just in the nick of time!
31,930/30,000 pages"
Susan
Perfect pacing! Congrats!
Christina wrote: "Updated #1386433/6000"
Christina (#138)
Wonderful job on reaching your goal for 2020! Gratz!
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Progress: 25,701/25,000 - challenge complete!
Thank you oshizu!!