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message 201: by Isa (new)

Isa I updated message #200
782/45,000


message 202: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments I've added everyone. A lot of you are off to a great start already, and it's only January 3rd!


message 203: by Adriana (new)

Adriana | 3888 comments I'm at 520/25,000 after reading: In Real Life by Cory Doctorow


message 204: by Adriana (last edited Jan 03, 2015 10:53AM) (new)

Adriana | 3888 comments Cassandra wrote: "I've added everyone. A lot of you are off to a great start already, and it's only January 3rd!"

Yeah I know right? Brianna is killing it!


message 205: by Brenda (new)

Brenda (booksreally_) | 4 comments I'm joining! Goal: 30000!


message 206: by Isa (new)

Isa Update: 1,153/45,000


message 207: by Lois (new)

Lois | 112 comments 39,857 pages to go


message 208: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments When you say it like that, Lois, it sounds so far away!


message 209: by Tawallah (new)

Tawallah | 199 comments Update 428/40000


message 210: by Amanda (last edited Jan 03, 2015 08:57PM) (new)

Amanda | 23 comments Updated message 194.

437/30,000


message 211: by Cassandra (last edited Jan 03, 2015 11:54PM) (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments I finished Clariel by Garth Nix, which is 432 pages long, and Cinderella, which is 32 pages long.

728/40,000


message 212: by Scott (new)

Scott Ivlow (scottinwinterhaven) I am changing my goal I am committing to read 100 pages a week for all 52 weeks for a total of 5200 pages. This an obtainable goal for me to average out 20 pages a day.


message 213: by Maiko (new)

Maiko Kirana Updated message 71

873/50,000


message 214: by Nuri (new)

Nuri (guillan) | 34 comments I'm in for 18,000 pages.

I generally read around ~16,000 pages a year. This is a year I have to read lots of academic stuff, I'm writing my Masters Thesis, but I still hope I can read a little bit more than usual.


message 215: by Megan BG (new)

Megan BG (meganbgreads) | 1562 comments Read 388 pages - Yes Man.

Total - 388/25000


message 216: by ChrisP (last edited Dec 21, 2015 01:27PM) (new)

ChrisP Poyner | 387 comments The first few pages fall


The Dark Tower, Volume 2: The Long Road Home***160 pages
Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith****480 pages.
The Way of Kings*****1008 pages
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies**425 pages.
Mr. Mercedes**423 pages
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes***240 pages
The Witch With No Name****480 pages
Red Rising****400 pages
The Son of Neptune****512 pages
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything***315 pages
Saint Odd****352 pages
The Illustrious Dead: The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army***336
The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House****256 pages
Psycho****208 pages
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival***352
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch***413 Pages
Dhampir***376 Pages
A Morbid Taste for Bones**197 pages
Starship Troopers****264 pages
The Silver Dream***250 pages
1984****326 pages
The Haunting of Hill House****182 pages
The Accountant's Story: Inside the Violent World of the Medellín Cartel***304 pages
Red Seas Under Red Skies****630 pages
Black Cross****556 pages
The Exorcist****385 pages
Carrie****253 pages
Divergent****487 pages
Tarkin**288 pages
Insurgent****463 pages
Allegiant***526 pages
The Jungle***335 pages
Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game**** 317 pages
The Mark of Athena**** 586 pages
Neverwhere**** 370 pages
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies**310 pages
Stranger in a Strange Land****580 pages
Sharpe's Fortress****400 pages
A Study in Scarlet*** 108 pages
The Taking****410 pages
The Mysterious Affair at Styles**296 pages
Slaughterhouse-Five***215 pages
The Picture of Dorian Grey***294 pages
Hyperion*****483 pages
The House of Hades***585 pages
Night****113 pages
Heir to the Jedi**306 pages
Black Beauty****245 pages
Watchers***626 pages
Bag of Bones***704 pages
The Infinite Sea****320 pages
Rebel Yell: The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of [book:The Catcher in the Rye**274 pages
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress****382 pages
Alice in Wonderland***92 pages
Words of Radiance*****1018 pages
Stardust****248 pages
Thief of Lives***410 pages
The Dark Half****486 pages
In the Night Room** 368 pages
Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices & Priorities of a Winning Life***317 pages
Grimm Fairy Tales Volume 1***158 pages
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After**287 pages
The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History***473 pages
Dreadnought***400 pages
The 100**323 pages
The Diary of a Young Girl****283 pages
David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants****332 pages
Feed****599 pages
Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: Neverland***pages 230
Jane Eyre*****507 pages
Crime and Punishment***545 pages
The Shining****512 pages
Lords of the Sith***320 pages
Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series****328 pages
Something Wicked This Way Comes***293 pages
The Demon Lover***305 pages
Shatter Me**338 pages
The Color of Magic****287 pages
Grimm Fairy Tales: Oz***156 pages
False Memory****755 pages
The X-Files: Goblins*288 pages
The Book Thief*****550 pages
Till We Have Faces***313 pages
The Child Thief****508 pages
Macbeth***249 pages
Dark Disciple****320 pages
The Sign of Four***129 pages
The Blood of Olympus*****514 pages
Jewels: A Secret History****496 pages
Rebel Queen****355 pages
Six of Crows***465 pages
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story****386 pages
Sideswiped***80 pages
Magic Bites***260 pages
Don't Put Me In, Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey from the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench*****272 pages
Water for Elephants**335 pages
A Dark Matter*397 pages


Goal: 37,540/40,000


message 217: by Maiko (new)

Maiko Kirana Updated message 71

1177/50,000


message 218: by Adriana (new)

Adriana | 3888 comments I'm at 840 pages now after reading Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander

I'm so impressed by everyone who has passed the 1,000 mark already O__o


message 219: by Maureen (new)

Maureen | 238 comments Updated message 62.
Pages read: 136 / 20,000

1.Robert Kirkman - The Walking Dead, vol.11, 136 p. (1/4/15)


Theresa~OctoberLace (octoberlace) | 773 comments

Today I finished Restoration by Rose Tremain 371/40,000
Restoration by Rose Tremain


message 221: by Theo (new)

Theo (turrsaturrsa) I would like to start with 10,000 pages for this one :)

Let's Turn Pages Challenge, JAN 1-DEC 31
0/10,000
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message 222: by Sarah (new)

Sarah Moore (asomedayrelic) Updated Message 58 - 652/30,000 pages


message 223: by Krista (new)

Krista | 70 comments Updated post 165

400/30,000


message 224: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments That's perfect, Krista!


message 225: by Isa (new)

Isa 1,512/45,000!


message 226: by ChrisP (last edited Jan 04, 2015 01:24PM) (new)

ChrisP Poyner | 387 comments Cassandra wrote: "Susan, that's up to you. It doesn't matter to me at all.

What a great start, everyone!

I finished The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections yesterday.

264/40,000"


I'm starting the Sandman Series, is it good?


message 227: by Krista (new)

Krista | 70 comments Cassandra wrote: "That's perfect, Krista!"

Thanks. I was going to try to link to the original but couldn't figure out how.


message 228: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Wow, Isa! You're a speedy reader.

Chris, I love it. It has a lot of really cool myth. The first volume is not quite as good as the rest, so be sure to try it at least through the second volume.


message 229: by Megan BG (new)

Megan BG (meganbgreads) | 1562 comments Hmmm... my book count went up, but my stats still show 1 book?

I finished a 2nd book today. 233 is the closest listed edition I could find to the copy I have (mine is 234 before all of the discussion questions, etc, which I did not read).

If I Stay (If I Stay, #1) by Gayle Forman - 233

Total - 621/25000


Juliefellioncomcast.net | 123 comments I have finished two books. I am a teacher and have enjoyed reading over Winterbreak. The first book, The Beautiful Mystery, 400 pgs by Louise Penny. The second book, Somewhere Safe with Somebody Good, by Jan Karon 511 pgs. I will start Gone Girl tomorrow.


message 231: by Sally (new)

Sally  (autumnxdays) | 124 comments I've finished 3 books so far this year, admittedly not huge books but I think this is the best start I've had in years!

1. Dreamfever - Karen Marie Moning ★★★★★ 400 pages (01/01/15)
2. Shadowfever - Karen Marie Moning ★★★★★ 689 pages (02/01/15)
3. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn ★★★★☆ 272 pages (04/01/15)

Total Pages Read: 1,361/35,000

Is there an easy way to find my original post so I can update that?


message 232: by Amanda (new)

Amanda | 408 comments I've read Watcher In The Woods and Gatekeepers both in the Dreamhouse Kings series...now onto the 4th book.... 599/40,000


message 233: by Krista (new)

Krista | 70 comments Since I am a football widow for possibly the last day this year, I was able to start and finish a book today.

Update to message 165
The Jane Austen Book Club 250 pages

650/30000


message 234: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Sally, this is the link to your post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... Maybe save it in your bookmarks or favorites?


Book Dragon 🐉 📚 | 187 comments Just Finished bedding the wrong brother (Pages 159)

344/15,000


message 236: by Lynn (new)

Lynn (lmelliott) | 686 comments Updated Message 103 -- 1,222/50,000

I think I'll post my updates once a week or so for this challenge.....this seems an insane pace to keep up for the whole year!


message 237: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments That works for me, Lynn!


message 238: by Canadian Dragon (new)

Canadian Dragon | 904 comments Just finished my first

1 Every Day (Every Day #1) by David Levithan


message 239: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments I finished Cinder, which is 390 pages long.

1,118/40,000

Updated to here.


message 240: by Janet (new)

Janet (goodreadscomjanetj) | 784 comments Update to message 19 - I completed Tender Is the Night 317/18250


message 241: by Natalie (last edited Jul 22, 2015 04:39PM) (new)

Natalie O (goodreadscomjessycatsmom) | 133 comments Let's Turn Pages Challenge


goal: 35,000

completed: 21,384

398 pages A Darker Shade of Magic (7/22/15)
340 pages Emmy & Oliver (7/21/15)
364 pages Between Us and the Moon (7/19/15)
279 pages Roomies (7/16/15)
377 pages The Secrets of Attraction (7/15/15)
170 pages Living Dead Girl (7/13/15)
297 pages Keep Me Safe (7/13/15)
448 pages Illusion (7/9/15)
244 pages Heartbeat (7/5/15)
248 pages The Boy on the Bridge (7/4/15)
279 pages The Merciless (7/2/15)
417 pages Saint Anything (6/28/15)
451 pages Inferno (6/26/15)
389 pages How to Love (6/26/15)
331 pages End of Days (6/24/15)
395 pages Zoo (6/12/15)
372 pages 99 Days (6/5/15)
301 pages A Good Killing (6/2/15)
295 pages Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (5/31/15)
294 pages The Haunting of Sunshine Girl (5/28/15)
267 pages No Parking at the End Times (5/26/15)
201 pages Full Tilt (5/24/15)
468 pages Infamous (5/19/15)
420 pages Invincible (5/15/15)
225 pages Very Bad Things (5/12/15)
314 pages World After (5/8/15)
303 pages Love Anthony (4/29/15)
319 pages The Walls Around Us (4/28/15)
279 pages City 1 (4/17/15)
464 pages Infinity (4/16/15)
285 pages The Demonologist (4/13/15)
283 pages Angelfall (4/7/15)
302 pages Ice Shear (3/31/15)
210 pages The Realm of Possibility (3/30/15)
272 pages In Some Other World, Maybe (3/26/15)
420 pages Her Dark Curiosity (3/24/15)
248 pages The Three-Day Affair (3/23/15)
362 pages Talking Pictures: Images and Messages Rescued from the Past (3/22/15)
390 pages Mockingjay (3/20/15)
391 pages Catching Fire (3/19/15)
374 pages The Hunger Games (3/18/15)
279 pages Playlist for the Dead (3/17/15)
202 pages Boy Proof (3/15/15)
303 pages My Sunshine Away(3/14/15)
369 pages Shades of Earth (3/14/15)
261 pages Fugitive X (3/12/15)
205 pages A Monster Calls (3/11/15)
393 pages The Great Zoo of China(3/8/15)
289 pages Lost & Found (3/5/15)
368 pages Before He Finds Her (2/28/15)
270 pages The Same Sky (2/24/15)
289 pages The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells (2/23/15)
270 pages I Was Here (2/20/15)
260 pages Dash & Lily's Book of Dares (2/17/15)
323 pages The Girl on the Train (2/17/15)
324 pages The Darkest Part of the Forest (2/12/15)
357 pages Sapphire Blue (2/7/15)
322 pages Every Day (2/5/15)
378 pages All the Bright Places (2/3/15)
339 pages Isla and the Happily Ever After (1/25/15)
265 pages Revolution 19 (1/23/15)
338 pages Lola and the Boy Next Door (1/20/15)
291 pages Woman with a Gun (1/16/15)
196 pages Two Boys Kissing (1/13/15)
372 pages Anna and the French Kiss (1/9/15)
357 pages A Thousand Pieces of You (1/6/15)
232 pages Trapped (1/4/15)
420 pages The Madman's Daughter (1/2/15)


message 242: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Woods (nicole_woods65) | 976 comments Hello~ I'd like to join!


Goal: 10,000 Pages!

1. City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3) by Cassandra Clare = 341 Pages (The Book is 541 pages, but I started it before the year started, so I'm only counting what I read after the year started.)

Goal Met So Far: 341/10,000 Pages.


message 243: by Sally (new)

Sally  (autumnxdays) | 124 comments Cassandra wrote: "Sally, this is the link to your post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.... Maybe save it in your bookmarks or favorites?"

Thank you!


message 244: by Traci (new)

Traci (traciinaz) | 69 comments Update to Message 40

goal: 25,000

total completed: 954 pages

314 pages Queen Victoria's Granddaughters 1860-1918 (1/2/15)
144 pages Saga, Volume 3 (1/3/15)
192 pages Justice League Dark, Vol. 4: The Rebirth of Evil (1/3/15)
136 pages Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1: Cosmic Avengers (1/4/15)
168 pages Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2: Angela (1/4/15)


message 245: by Adriana (last edited Jan 05, 2015 11:02AM) (new)

Adriana | 3888 comments I'm at 1,170 with:

My Little Monster 1 by Robico My Little Monster 2 by Robico

I'll try to come back here when I reach +1,000 each time.

@Traci - The Guardians of the Galaxy comics look really good. Are you enjoying them?


message 246: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments That's a great idea, Adriana! I think I'll do the same.


message 247: by Nicole (new)

Nicole Woods (nicole_woods65) | 976 comments @Cassandra: Quick heads-up! It's just come to my attention that there is another Nicole doing this challenge.

I'm the one with 341/10,000.

I can go by Nicole W. or Cole; Whichever is easier for you.

Just wanted to let you know, so you can get that corrected. ;)


message 248: by Amanda (last edited Jan 05, 2015 01:19PM) (new)

Amanda Wiltsey (amandawiltsey) | 52 comments Update Amanda W.

1557/25,000

The Book of Life - 561
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - 496
The Book of Strange New Things - 500


message 249: by Cassandra (new)

Cassandra | 5832 comments Oops, Nicole - thanks for letting me know. I got you listed properly as Nicole W on another challenge, but I got tangled up in this one.


message 250: by Susan C (new)

Susan C (sacorwin) | 906 comments Updated message 17.
1,474 of 40,000 pages.


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