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message 1151: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 310.


Total 13618/40000


message 1152: by Cindy (new)

Cindy | 38 comments I finished Der Steppenwolf on Saturday.

My new page count: 7,093/ 12,500


message 1153: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Nice going, everyone! I'm so impressed by your progress.

I'll be able to do another stats recap this month (I missed last month, unfortunately), so if you get your updates in by April 30, I'll do the update the next morning. :)


message 1154: by [deleted user] (new)

Updated message 9
10,508/20,000


message 1155: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments Please update 20,059/50,000

Songs of Submission #7 (166 pages)
I am Malala (240 pages)


message 1156: by Amanda (new)

Amanda McDowell Greetings!

I finished Leviathan at 440 pages.

That puts me at 3,760 out 12,000.

Thanks!


message 1157: by [deleted user] (new)

Updated Post #496.

58. Perfect Couple 27/04/15 336p.

Page Total: 22,240/60,000


Stephanie (Chinchillita) (chinchillita) | 427 comments Update Message 695 - Haven't updated in a while, but I broke the 30000 mark!! Woo!!
68. Speak (208) 4/7/15
69. Lock and Key (422) 4/9/15
70. The Husband's Secret (394) 4/9/15
71. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (465) 4/10/15
72. Siege and Storm (435) 4/11/15
73. Ruin and Rising (422) 4/12/15
74. The Selection (336) 4/13/15
75. The Girl Who Played with Fire (503) 4/21/15
76. Dark Places (349) 4/22/15
77. The Book of Strange New Things (512) 4/23/15
78. The Arrivals (274) 4/23/15
79. The Only Thing to Fear (280) 4/25/15
80. Watchmen (436)4/25/15
81. Made for You (356) 4/26/15
82. Anna and the French Kiss (372) 4/28/15

30838/50000


message 1159: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Jane, what did you think of Leviathan?

Congratulations on hitting 30,000 pages, Stephanie! You've read almost twice as many pages as I have. ;) What did you think of Watchmen? It's on my list of books to read next.


message 1160: by Kim (last edited Apr 28, 2015 06:18PM) (new)

Kim (heyitskim) Update on 4/28/15

Amulet, Vol. 1: The Stonekeeper (Amulet, #1) (192) 4/18/15

Amulet, Vol. 2: The Stonekeeper's Curse (Amulet #2)(224) 4/23/15
Amulet, Vol. 3: The Cloud Searchers (Amulet #3) (199) 4/24/15
Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye (Geronimo Stilton #1)(116) 4/25/15
Who Is AC?(176) 4/25/15
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House, #1)(80) 4/27/15

2,986/5,000 pages


message 1161: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 23 comments Msg. 194 edited. 7,098/30,000 pages.


message 1162: by Scott (new)

Scott Flicker | 1191 comments Finished Outlander

New total 14722/35000


message 1163: by Christina (new)

Christina | 141 comments Updated #436

8270/25000


message 1166: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Great job, everyone! You're all on pace or ahead of the game for your goals.


message 1167: by ChrisP (new)

ChrisP Poyner | 387 comments Message 233 Updated


Divergent****487 pages
Tarkin**288 pages
Insurgent****463 pages
Allegiant***526 pages
The Jungle***335 pages


12,182/40,000 pages read


message 1168: by Sherry (new)

Sherry (lilsherry) | 721 comments Updated:
22,588/45,000 pages Completed





message 1169: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments Please update 20,674

10 Years Later: a Second Chance Romance (257 pages) read 4-25

The Light Between Oceans (343 pages) read 4-29


message 1170: by Helen (new)

Helen (hpfish13) | 272 comments I've decided to split my list at the 10,000 page mark and I've read a few more books.

Completed 11,510/30,000

Magic Steps by Tamora Pierce (272 Pages)
The Other by Katherine Applegate (130 Pages)
The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (387 Pages)
Back to Before by Katherine Applegate (179 Pages)
The Familiar by Katherine Applegate (143 Pages)


message 1171: by Canadian Dragon (new)

Canadian Dragon | 904 comments 32) The Sea of Monsters p279
33) Three to Get Deadly p321

total 11149/30000


message 1172: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Updated to here.


message 1173: by Sally (new)

Sally  (autumnxdays) | 124 comments Bad month for me, only 5 books and less than 2,000 pages!

29. Ceremony in Death - J.D. Robb ★★★☆☆ 327 pages (03/04/15)
30. The Ocean at the End of the Lane- Neil Gaiman ★★★★☆ 255 pages (04/04/15)
31. The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah ★★★★☆ 416 pages (08/04/15)
32. Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas ★★★☆☆ 416 pages (17/04/15)
33. Crown of Midnight - Sarah J. Maas ★★★★★ 433 pages (20/04/15)

Total Pages Read: 13,794/35,000

Updated Message 183


message 1174: by Karin (new)

Karin | 88 comments update 969

1845/10.000

5. Retro By Mart Smeets (29/04/2015) - 207 p
6. Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen (30/04/2015) - 366 p


message 1175: by [deleted user] (new)

Monthly update:
I read 8,102 pages this month for a yearly total of 31,737/35,000.


message 1176: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments You're still on track for your goal, Sally, so don't stress.


message 1177: by Maiko (new)

Maiko Kirana Updated message 71

41419/50,000


message 1178: by Eggp (last edited Oct 31, 2015 06:49PM) (new)

Eggp | 487 comments Updated #49, getting there. :)
Goal: 16,450/40,000, 41.13% - 65 total books.

April - 14 books, 4,386 pages. 16,450 total pages.

52. Beowulf - 256 pages
53. The Age of Innocence - 334 pages
54. The Painted Veil - 280 pages
55. The Gods of Guilt (Mickey Haller, #5) - 306 pages
56. I Am Not a Serial Killer (John Cleaver, #1) - 272 pages
57. Ready Player One - 384 pages
58. The Cyberiad - 312 pages
59. Pines - 315 pages
60. The Terrible Old Man - 6 pages
61. Relic (Pendergast, #1) - 480 pages
62. The Monk - 353 pages
63. A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) - 240 pages
64. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - 560 pages
65. American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot - 288 pages


message 1179: by Overbooked ✎ (new)

Overbooked  ✎ (kiwi_fruit) | 2208 comments Monthly update: Pages read this month 6,855 for a total of 26,427/40,000


message 1180: by Daisya (new)

Daisya Spencer (daisya19) Currently read: 7,818 pages


message 1181: by [deleted user] (last edited Apr 30, 2015 09:42PM) (new)

Update Post #496.

59. Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice (29/04/15) 128p.
60. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (30/04/15) 432p.

Page Total: 22,800/60,000


message 1182: by Amanda (new)

Amanda McDowell Good evening,

I just finished Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain at 271 pages.

That puts me at 4,031/12,000.

For the first time so far, I'm actually on track!

Thanks.


message 1183: by Winter, Group Reads (new)

Winter (winter9) | 4998 comments Newest update :)

April:

1. Jernjomfruen, Ann-Christin Gjersøe - 04.03.15 - 395 pages
2. Persuasion, Jane Austen - 04.05.15 - 239 pages
3. A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift - 04.05.15 - 28 pages
4. The Weight of Blood, David Dalglish - 04.05.15 - 228 pages
5. Oroonoko, Aphra Behn - 04.12.15 - 64 pages
6. Alberte og Jacob, Cora Sandel - 04.12.15 - 205 pages
7. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess - 04.13.15 - 213 pages
8. Dead Soul, Michael R. Hicks - 04.16.15 - 260 pages
9. The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman - 04.17.15 - 40 pages
10. Haugtussa, Arne Garborg - 04.18.15 - 194 pages
11. Almost Heaven, Chris Fabry - 04.21.15 - 385 pages
12. Forest of Secrets, Erin Hunter - 04.28.15 - 336 pages
13. Drop City, T.C. Boyle - 04.28.15 - 464 pages

Total: 3051 pages

9995/25000 pages


message 1184: by Ian (new)

Ian after completing the book Modern Rituals, which was 300 pages, I am now up to...

2833/12,000


message 1185: by Carrie (last edited May 01, 2015 07:23AM) (new)

Carrie | 310 comments I finished reading Pie by Sarah Weeks Pie last night. Yes it's a children's book, but boy, do I want some PIE! There's a recipe at the beginning of each chapter and I think I might have to try making one! (I am so NOT a pie maker) Loved it!

Updated message 140 :)


message 1186: by Auntie (new)

Auntie K | 27 comments update
4,800/10,000


message 1187: by Bella (new)

Bella | 193 comments April Books Read
1. Helen of Sparta by Amalia Carosella. 416 pages
2. The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean by Susan Casey. 326 pages
3. The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey. 304 pages
4. Chocolat by Joanne Harris. 306 pages
5. Tainted Blood by M.L. Brennan. 306 pages
6. Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams & Rumors by Zoë Howe 404 pages
7. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli. 303 pages
8. Play On: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography by Mick Fleetwood. 323 pages
9. Antony And Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy. 470 pages
10. One Potion in the Grave by Heather Blake. 325 pages
11. The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman. 328 pages
12. Summer at the little beach street bakery by Jenny Colgan. 464 pages
13. Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story by J. Maarten Troost. 262 pages
14. The Sorcerer's Apprentices: A Season in the Kitchen at Ferran Adria's Elbulli by Lisa Abend. 295 pages
15. The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin. 318 pages
16. The Bees by Laline Paull. 338 pages
17. The Pretty App by Katie Sise. 342 pages
18. So That Happened: My Unexpected Life in Hollywood by Jon Cryer. 352 pages
19. All the Rage by Courtney Summers. 321 pages
20. Lemon Pies and Little White Lies by Ellery Adams. 292 pages.
21. Exile by Kevin Emerson. 304 pages
22. Dark Chocolate Demise by Jenn McKinlay. 295 pages
23. Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander. 316 pages
24. 99 Days by Katie Cotugno. 384 pages
25. Things We Know by Heart by Jessi Kirby. 291 pages
26. Shark's Fin And Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China by Fuchsia Dunlop. 320 pages
27. Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz. 260 pages
28. Amy and Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson. 343 pages
29. My Faire Lady by Laura Wettersten. 342 pages
30. An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir. 446 pages
31. The Girl at Midnight by Melissa Grey. 361 pages.
32. Encore to an Empty Room by Kevin Emerson. 313 pages
33. Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley. 309 pages
34. Cold Burn of Magic by Jennifer Estep. 340 pages
35. Ashes to Ashes by Melissa C. Walker. 325 pages
36. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. 352 pages
37. The Secrets of Attraction by Robin Constantine. 384 pages
38. The Game of Love and Death by Martha Brockenbrough. 329 pages

Total Pages Read in April: 12,809 pages

Total for 2015: 56,315 pages (of 125,000)


message 1188: by Nurai (new)

Nurai Wow Bella that's impressive!


message 1189: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 23 comments Msg. 194 updated. 7,408/30,000 pages.


message 1190: by Nurai (new)

Nurai I just finished Big Little Lies. I could not put it down! It was 460 pages.

5468/25000 pages


message 1191: by Scott (new)

Scott Flicker | 1191 comments Finished
The Girl on the Train
The Vampire Lestat

new total
15539/35000


message 1192: by Tawallah (new)

Tawallah | 199 comments Update: New total 16087/40 000


Juliefellioncomcast.net | 123 comments The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham pgs. 258. Julie F.


message 1194: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 310.

Total 13911/40000


message 1195: by Kathryn (new)

Kathryn (katreadinglist) | 49 comments I would like to try and reach 20,000 this year.
So far I have read:

Anglefall - Susan Ee - 326 pages
Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell - 460 Pages
Artemis Fowl - Eoin Colfer - 316 pages
The Titan's Curse - Rick Riordan - 320 pages
The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan - 288 pages
The lightning Thief - Rick Riordan - 377 pages

2,087/20,000


message 1196: by Laurie (new)

Laurie Updated message 115

11,525/32,000

Added this week:
40. Bruno, Chief Of Police by Martin Walker 262 pages
41. A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor 252 pages


message 1197: by Nurai (new)

Nurai Finished The Night Circus.

5885/25000


message 1198: by Chloé (new)

Chloé (fullmetalclo) | 573 comments Nurai wrote: "Finished The Night Circus.

5885/25000"


How did you like it?
It was one of my favorite read last year.


message 1199: by Nurai (last edited May 02, 2015 08:50AM) (new)

Nurai Chloé wrote: "Nurai wrote: "Finished The Night Circus.

5885/25000"

How did you like it?
It was one of my favorite read last year."


It's definitely my favorite book I've read this year and one of my favorite books ever! Kinda sad that I finished it haha. I wrote a review, you can read it here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...


message 1200: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments 176 participants
1,102,661 pages read
4,679,779 pages pledged
24% done!*

Since the end of February:
+18 participants
+556,881 pages read
+335,250 pages pledged

* Some of you are much closer on your individual challenges, and not everyone has been reporting their progress to me, but this is still a super great number! I'm so proud of all of you.


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