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Can 1,500,000 Pages Be Read In 2020?
Fair Warning by Michael Connelly
754,170 + 399 = 754,569
283 + 40+ + 416 + 130 + 0 + 310 = 1,179 + 754,569 = 755,748
I believe with the addition of Lorraine's 1,179 pages our total should be 755,748.
Terri Wino wrote: "Not sure if Arathi's book was 481 or 482 pages?"sorry I saw this now and corrected it, it was 482
Terri Wino wrote: "I believe with the addition of Lorraine's 1,179 pages our total should be 755,748."You’re right, I’ve edited!!
The Big Kahuna by Janet Evanovich and Peter Evanovich301 + 756,999 = 757,300
A Justified Murder by Jude Deveraux = 336 pagesBlood Brothers by Nora Roberts = 342 pages
Providence by Caroline Kepnes = 359 pages
Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah = 454 pages
Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner = 449 pages
The Hollow by Nora Roberts = 342 pages
758,396 + 2,282 = 760,678
_262 pgs
_ 380 pgs
_351 pgs
_287 pgs
_416 pgs
_32 pgs760,678 + 262 + 380 + 351 + 287 + 416 + 36 = 762,406
Aleesha had a typo when transferring her 32 page book into the calculation at the end of her post (it says 36 instead of 32), but her math is correct (she added the 32 pages, not 36, to her total), so with her pages and Aditya's 288 pages our total is correct at 762,694.
The Search Party by Simon Lelic 352 pagesThe First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan 304 pages
Dark Edges by Catherine Lee 305 pages
The Cumal Files by James Keegan 350 pages
You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen 343 pages
Turning Angel by Greg Iles 672 pages
The Split by Sharon J. Bolton 304 pages
His & Hers by Alice Feeney 304 pages
total = 2934 pages
762,694 + 2934 = 765,628 pages
Rodham - Curtis Sittenfeld
765,628 + 416 = 766,044
Undermajordomo Minor by Patrick deWitt - 341 pagesBlack Skies by Arnuldur Indridason - 330 pages
Seven Bridges by LJ Ross - 267 pages
The Bone Jar by SW Kane - 327 pages
This Won’t End Well by Camille Pagan - 291 pages
F is for Fugitive by Sue Grafton - 341 pages
The Hermitage by LJ Ross - 286 pages
The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward - 338 pages
The Places In Between by Rory Stewart - 324 pages
Total - 2,845 pages
767,336 + 2,845 = 770,181
Sue had a typo in the grand total from the previous entry. Should be:767,366 + 2,845 = 770,211
What's left of me is yours. Stephanie Scott 336 pagesHome before dark. Riley Sager 384 pages
Meurtres en copropriété. Deborah Crombie 299 pages
Sleepyhead. Mark Billingham 416 pages
Under the cold bright light. Garry Fisher 219 pages
1654 + 770,211= 771,865
If It Bleeds by Stephen King 436 + 772,260 = 772,696
I have a correction to make. I was looking over my June numbers and found that I had added 1,000 pages too much so I need to subtract 1,000 pages. So hear it goes:773,869 - 1,000 = 772,869
Thanks for understanding
Love You More by Lisa Gardner = 418 pagesBefore The Moon Rises by Catherine Bybee = 67 pages
The Perfect Husband by Lisa Gardner = 432 pages
Hot Ice by Nora Roberts = 322 pages
The 7th Month by Lisa Gardner = 71 pages
775,171 + 1,310 = 776,481
Written in blood, Chris Carter 496 pagesThe Puppet show M. W. Craven 352 pages
848 + 776,481 =777,329
Correction, numbers accidentally transposed:777,329 + 253 = 777,582
The Ambassadors by Henry James = 384 pagesSo, Anyway... by John Cleese = 400 pages
Madilog by Tan Malaka = 568 pages
384 + 400 + 568 = 1,352 pages
777,582 + 1,352 = 778,934 pages
Terri Wino wrote: "Correction, numbers accidentally transposed:777,329 + 253 = 777,582"
My thanks to you yet again Terri.
Dark Water, Robert Bryndza 341 pages + 777,582 =
777,923
Lorraine mistakenly added to an older total. Correction:778,934 + 341 = 779,275
The Order by Daniel Silva
780,057 + 496 = 780,553
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
780,553 + 188 = 780,741
The far empty, J. Todd Scott 443 pages+ 780,741 = 781,184
Prey by L.A. Larkin 390 pagesThe House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune 393 pages
Interlibrary Loan by Gene Wolfe 240 pages
Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch 320 pages
The Night Swim by Megan Goldin 352 pages
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout 280 pages
total = 1975 pages
782,716 + 1975 = 784,691
Mysterious Affair at Styles 121Unbroken 529
Dead Wake 430
Silent Patient 325
Caught 401
Overdue Life of Amy Byler 328
Dead Wrong 197
Walk the Wire 432
Not my Father's Son 305
Rebecca 449
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up 226
The Great Alone 435
Runaway 385
Masked Prey 416
Clouds without Rain' 203
Whiskers of the Lion 246
Tuesdays with Morrie 210
I had a busy book-reading July
785,823 + 5683 = 791,461
097.) 432 pgs. - The Rocking R Ranch by Tim Washburn098.) 284 pgs. - Faerie Forged by L.R. Braden
099.) 306 pgs. - A Song for Lonely Wolves by Lee Evie
100.) 175 pgs. - The Affliction of Praha by Simon Gillard
101.) 336 pgs. - Undercard by David Albertyn
102.) 368 pgs. - The Descent by Matt Brolly
103.) 100 pgs. - Chili Cauldron Curse by Lynn Cahoon
104.) 464 pgs. - Ink by Jonathan Maberry
105.) 320 pgs. - From Beer to Eternity by Sherry Harris
106.) 394 pgs. - Straight Shot by Jack Lively
107.) 244 pgs. - Ryker Chronicles: Blood Moon by Jeannette Savage
108.) 179 pgs. - Not On My Watch by Jeff Bailey
109.) 491 pgs. - Trinal Academy: Ancient Blood Ties by Erick Phillips
110.) 384 pgs. - Who's That Earl by Susanna Craig
111.) 377 pgs. - The Extinction Agenda by Michael Laurence
Jul 2020 total: 4,854 pgs. + Grp Total of 791,461 = 796,315 pgs.
I think Gretchen accidentally transposed the last two numbers in her page count, which should be 5,638. The new grand total she has listed is correct, though, at 791,461.
Sorry, I posted before seeing Pam's entry. Our current total is 796,315.
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Firstly with a collection of favourite authors and serial books to read, it is great to say I have read all seven in the Detective Natalia Ward books, as well as the Robyn Carter books.
One by one the girls disappeared…
When the frail body of a teenage girl is discovered strangled in a parking lot, shards of ice form in Detective Natalie Ward’s veins. As Natalie looks at the freckles scattered on her cheeks and the pale pink lips tinged with blue, she remembers that this innocent girl is somebody’s daughter…
The girl is identified as missing teenager Amelia Saunders, who has run away from home and her controlling father. Natalie’s heart sinks further when it becomes clear that Amelia has been working on the streets, manipulated by her violent new boyfriend Tommy.
A day later, another vulnerable girl is found strangled on a park bench. Like Amelia, Katie Bray was a runaway with connections to Tommy, and Natalie is determined to find him and track down the monster attacking these scared and lonely girls.
But when a wealthy young woman is found murdered the next morning, the word ‘guilty’ scrawled on her forehead, Natalie realises that the case is more complex than she first thought. Determined to establish a connection between her three victims, Natalie wastes no time in chasing down the evidence, tracing everyone who crossed their paths. Then, a key suspect’s body turns up in the canal, a mole in Natalie’s department leaks vital information and everything seems to be against her. Can Natalie stop this clever and manipulative killer before they strike again?
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One thing for sure, reading many police dramas, I would not like to be in their shoes, not sure I will like their hours, long hours.
As a reader I become frustrated at the case becoming slow and stalling, it brings the pace of the book down a little, as in real life I am sure frustrated the police doing the job.
A realistic, shocking, thriller, that although slow in the middle becomes well paced for the last few chapters as things start to come together.
New characters with old characters, and new personalities that have to grow with the series, good additions to the private lives that interest to the stories, and I hope in the future Murray gains more exposure and credit...
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3.5 to 4 stars for me.
378 pages
754, 170