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Let's Turn Pages Challenge - 2015

Read:
1. Speaker for the Dead: 382
2. Animal Farm: 152
3. The Winter's Tale: 279
815/20,000

Read 113 pages of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
Yes Please = 288 pages
Slaughterhouse-Five = 285 pages
When God Was a Rabbit = 338 pages

Because I had more time to read than I expected in January (procrastination regarding work for studies is a wonderful thing ;)...), I'm definitely increasing my goal from 25,000 to 55,000 - I think following months will not be as fast, but I'll try :)!
So now: 9968 / 55,000

I've been spending most of my procrastination time here on Goodreads.

I'm at 3,015 after reading:






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Goal Met So Far: 1,912/10,000 Pages.
I'm at 2,951
I've finished two books:
331 pages Angel in the Forest by Young
880 pages The Invisible Bridge by Perlstein
my complete turn the page challenge
I've finished two books:
331 pages Angel in the Forest by Young
880 pages The Invisible Bridge by Perlstein
my complete turn the page challenge

Lettres Persanes461
It's a slow start. However, I've been reading so many things at the same time. I'll probably finish them one after the other, so the number will rise faster soon.

The number in bold after the book's title will be the book's number of pages.
1. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East 577
2. Two Serpents Rise 347
3. Three Parts Dead 336
4. Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman 546
5. The Stress Of My Life: A Scientist's Memoirs 272
6. Neptune's Brood 336
7. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 480
Current total: 2,558/50,000 pages


Edited Message #13 to add finishes for:
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness 561 pp - audiobook (23h 52m) finished 1/18/15
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 197 pp - audiobook (4h) finished 1/19/15

2653/30,000 Pages Completed
The Sorcerer Heir by Cinda Williams Chima (512 Pages)
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (323 Pages)
The Weakness by K.A. Applegate (129 Pages)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (200 Pages)
Igraine the Brave by Cornelia Funke (212 Pages)
Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale (306 Pages)
The Martian by Andy Weir (369 Pages)
Night Film by Marisha Pessl (602 Pages)

How did you find Sand Ian? I loved Wool by Hugh Howey
update: 4188/40,000
recently finished Tell No One by Harlan Coben

Anna Dressed in Blood (220 pages)
Sebastian (464 pages)
Suicide Squad, Vol. 1: Kicked in the Teeth (160 pages)
1798/30,000 Total Pages Completed

It was AMAZING!!!! Really recommend everyone to read it. It hits you hard though.

It was AMAZING!!!! Really recommend everyone to read it. It hits you hard though."
I wanted to add that it made you want to do something. It made me want to explore just live life to the fullest. It really left an impact on me.

7. The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton ★★★★☆ 427 pages (20/01/15)
Total Pages Read: 2,949/35,000
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6. Broken Monsters - Lauren Beukes ★★★☆☆ 400 pages (17/01/15)
Total Pages Read: 2,522/35,000