BLK 2015: How Many Pages?

[Lesley]

Because people have requested this, we will run this group challenge again this year with a slight change to the process.

The purpose is to see how many pages we can read collectively over a year with totals gathered monthly. I will record the monthly GROUP total in a post immediately below this so we can track our progress.

Rules -

♦ If you want to participate copy the template below and post a new comment. Once you add your comment I will add your name to the list of Participating Members which will be linked to your message. This will be the post where you will record your monthly reading and totals.

Add any books you read during the challenge time frame 01/01/2015 to 31/12/2015. No matter when you sign up all books that you read from January 2015 will be eligible.

♦ When you finish reading a book, go back to your original comment and update it with the number of pages, book link, date read. At the end of each month ensure your pages read and any bonus points are totalled and clearly recorded.

♦ Any book counts, as long as you read it this time-frame - book club selections, audio books, ebooks - add it! When counting audio or ebooks use the most popular edition of the paperback/hardcover on Goodreads for the page count.

♦ Started but DNF (Did Not Finish) a book: add it, but only add the number of pages you actually read and comment that you did so.

♦ There will be two bonuses, one for the most pages read during the month, and one for the most bonus points obtained. Winners will be notified via message and given instructions for their bonus round selections.

♦ Bonus rounds will be a little structured this year to help winners out in constructing their bonus rounds. Generally page winners will construct a bonus around something/s specific - book with rose on cover; written by woman author; set in Egypt for example. Bonus winners bonus rounds would be more around genre, format (ebook, audio), themed etc.

I would suggest when you have totted up your totals each month you 'hide' your reading list in a spoiler. Click HERE for how to do this and link to books.

COPY THIS TEMPLATE

BLK 2015: How Many Pages?
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Total bonus points: 0

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[Lesley]

Participating Members
By clicking on your name, you will be taken directly to your original recording post.
If that post reaches capacity, let me know and I'll make you another link to your new post.

Sharlene
Darkpool
Ella's Gran
Talia
Kathleen
Andrea
Mauzi
Deborah

February Bonus

March bonus point challenges
Darkpool's
Lesley's

April's bonus points challenge from Kathleen
April Bonus

May's Bonus Points challenge from Talia
May Bonus

June's Bonus Points challenge from Andrea
June Bonus

July's Bonus Points Challenge from Mauzi
July Bonus

August Bonus Points to score from Talia and Lesley (EG)
August Bonus Talia
August Bonus Lesley

September Bonus Points challenge - created by Kathleen & Andrea.
September Bonus Kathleen
September Bonus Andrea

October bonus points challenge created by Kathleen
October Bonus Kathleen

November bonus points challenge created by Deborah
November Bonus Deborah

[Lesley]

Group total for 2015
208,481

Group total by month
January 2015 30,086
February 2015 23,233
March 2015 21,678
April 2015 14,392
May 2015 17,418
June 2015 12,790
July 2015 17,391
August 2015 18,622
September 2015 22,434
October 2015 32,550
November 2015 16,509

December 2015

[P.D.R.]

I never have time to do this one!

[Sharlene]

I started off good last year keeping up with monthly totals. I like to keep track of the books I read so this one will be a page tally which I don't keep elsewhere.

BLK 2015: How Many Pages?
Total pages read: 20,924

Jan: 1752(view spoiler)[
1.Turning Amber 50 pages
2.Tormenting Lila 36 pages
3.Beg 102 pages
4.Wait for You 332 pages
5.One More Chance 256 pages
6.Breathe 333 pages
7.Because of Low 290 pages
8.Rain 304 pages
9.Winter's Passage 49 pages (hide spoiler)]
Feb: 2811 pages, 10 pts (view spoiler)[
1.Summer's Crossing 72 pages
2.Ugly Love 337 pages
3.The Iron Knight 400 pages
4.Iron's Prophecy 67 pages (5pts for the Summer King & Iron Queen)
5.Bloodlines 421 pages (5pts, for Sydney and her Alchemist Dad)
6.The Golden Lily 418 pages
7.Isla and the Happily Ever After 375 pages
8.Redeemed 320 pages
9.The Indigo Spell 401 pages (hide spoiler)]
March: 1935 no bonus points(view spoiler)[
1.Trust in Me 352 pages
2.Be with Me 365 pages
3.Dante's Fire 130 pages
4.The Fiery Heart 420 pages
5.Silver Shadows 380 pages
6.Have You Seen a Monster? 32 pages
7.Fairest 256 pages (hide spoiler)]
April: 852 pages(view spoiler)[
1.Two Boys Kissing 196 pages
2.Maybe Not 112 pages
3.10 Things to Do Before I Die 224 pages
4.Confess 320 pages (hide spoiler)]
May: 768 (view spoiler)[
1.The Intern 336 pages
2.Kiss Kill Vanish 432 pages (hide spoiler)]
June: 886 (view spoiler)[
1.unDefeated 310 pages
2.Grey 576 pages (hide spoiler)]
July: 587 (view spoiler)[
1.Taming the Taniwha 32 pages
2.The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making 328 pages
3.An Abundance of Katherines 227 pages (hide spoiler)]
August: 2292 pages + 190 Bonus points(view spoiler)[
1.No Place Like Oz 125 pages +20 ebk
2.The Vincent Boys 290 pages +20
3.The Vincent Brothers 304 pages +20
4.Fringe 144 pages
5.A Court of Thorns and Roses 432 pages +20
6.The Selection +25 audio
7.The Elite 323 pages
8.The Queen 67 pages +20
9.The Prince 65 pages +20
10.The Guard 120 pages +20
11.The Graveyard Book Volume 1 188 pages
12.The Graveyard Book Volume 2 164 pages
13.Rise 70 pages
14.Until Friday Night +25 (hide spoiler)]
September: 3161 pages +10pts(view spoiler)[
1.The Heir 342 pgs
2.The One 323 pgs
3.Just for Now 336 pgs
4.Yes Please 288 pgs
5.Sometimes It Lasts 288 pgs
6.Misbehaving 352 pgs
7.Bad for You 288 pgs
8.Hold on Tight 288 pgs
9.Until the End 400 pgs
10.You Were Mine 256 pgs + 10 points - character name: Rush Finlay (speed related) (hide spoiler)]
October: 1008 pages (view spoiler)[
1.Kiro's Emily 108 pages
2.Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy 78 pgs
3.The Lost Herondale 98 pgs
4.The Whitechapel Fiend 98 pgs
5.The Evil We Love 93 pgs
6.Nothing but Shadows 96 pgs
7.Rock Addiction 312 pgs
8.Rock Courtship 125 pgs (hide spoiler)]
November: 2349 pages (view spoiler)[
Mayim's Vegan Table: More than 100 Great-Tasting and Healthy Recipes from My Family to Yours 257
Beastly 300
Rock Hard 284
I Was Here 288
Rock Redemption 314
Carry On 522
Dumplin' 384 (hide spoiler)]
December: 2523(view spoiler)[
Bitter of Tongue 96
The Ruby Circle 348
November 9 320
When I'm Gone 273
When You're Back 256
The Day the Crayons Came Home 42
The Best Goodbye 256
The Tales of Beedle the Bard 109
Winter 823 (hide spoiler)]

[Darkpool]

Giving this a crack this year, tho I really don't care too much about the number of pages I read. We'll see how it goes...

BLK 2015: How Many Pages?
Total pages read: 17027
Total bonus points: 207


Jan: 2633 pages
1. Cinder 387pages
2. Wood Sprites 496pages
3. The Great Roxhythe 229 pages this year
4. 44 Scotland Street. Audiobook, read about 10% last year, estimate 292pages worth "read" this year.
5. Equal Rites. Approx 146 pages read this year
6. Scarlet. 452 pages
7. One for the Money. Audiobook, 320 pages
8. Heart of Steel. 311 pages


Feb: 1178 pages, 10 bonus point
1. Ice Games 164 pages
2. Cress 550 pages, plus two characters turn out to be father/daughter, so I'll claim 5 bonus points :-)
3. Dust Listened to the audiobook, but most popular print edition on GR has 464 pages. Juliet's father features more prominently in this one too, so I'll claim another 5 bonus points.

Mar: 1801 pages, 22 bonus points.
1. The Ruby Circle 348 pages
2. Death Masks 432 pages
3. Tethered 198 pages
4. The Masqueraders 287 pages
5. Doctor Who 12 Doctors 12 Stories 551 pages. 12 bonus points for 12 short stories, plus 10 for genre science fiction!


Apr: 1656 pages, no bonus points.
1. Knots & Crosses 225 pages
2. The Empty Throne I listened to the audiobook, so the most popular edition has 302 pages
3. Curtsies & Conspiracies 310 pages
4. Death on Demand 271 pages
5. Curse of the Spellmans Audiobook. Furious to discover I had an abridged edition, so got codex version out of library and skim-read to try and catch what was missed. Happily the bunch of loose ends I had lying around at the end of the audiobook are now neatly tidied up too. 405 pages.
6. Flowers For Mrs Harris 143 pages

May: 686 pages, no bonus points.
1. The Moon is a Harsh Mistress 302 pages
2. The Chimes 289 pages
3. The Absolute Beginners Guide: Making Chain Mail Jewelry: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started 95 pages


Jun: 1200 pages, 30 bonus points.
1. The Astronaut Wives Club 300 pages Audiobook (although I also got the paperback out of the library so I could look at the photos) bonus points:15
2. The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire 339 pages.
3. An Abundance of Katherines. Mostly audiobook, but I also had the paperback out for the graphs. 215 pages.
4. A Vintage Affair 342 pages


Jul: 1471 pages, 40 bonus points.
1. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (Audiobook. Most popular goodreads edition has 247 pages) 10 points for YA
2. Magonia 320 pages - audiobook. 10 points for YA
3. Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe 235 pages. Finally finished after 2 months. Amazing how motivating a library due date can be when you can't renew the book again!
4. Dauntless 304 pages. 10 points for space, 5 for a person on the cover.
5. The Last Queen 365 pages. 5 points for a person on the cover


Aug: 1365 pages, 95 bouns points.
1. At Home: A Short History of Private Life. I mostly listened to the audio, although I did get the illustrated edition out of the library and thoroughly enjoyed looking at the photos and reading the captions. I discovered that this was a foot-noted book, and not all footnotes made it into the audiobook (although many did)so I'm rather cheekily going to use this edition for the page count. At Home: A short history of private life 560 pages and 25 bonus points for audiobook.
2. Fallout. Woohoo! that's another book from the bookpool read, even if it's too late to count. I really like this series. 286 pages, and 20 points for a NZ author.
3. The Spellman Files. Audiobook. most popular goodreads edition has 375 pages. 25 bonus points for audio. By dumb luck this book had a minor character named Lynda (or possibly Linda - hard to tell on audio), so I claim 5 points because that's my name :-)
4. How to Catch a Cricket Match. 144 pages 20 points NZ author Harry Ricketts

Sept: 662 pages
1. Magic Shifts 342 pages
2. The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks. listened to the audio book, most popular goodreads edition has 320 pages.


Oct: 1151 pages, 10 bonus points.
1. Dissolution 443 pages and I'll take 10 points for A character stuck somewhere away from home, as our hero is stranded to a certain degree by bad weather.
2. The Mauritius Command. Audiobook - most popular Goodreads edition has 365 pages.
3. The Terracotta Dog. 343p


Nov: 354 pages
1. Five Red Herrings. Audiobook. 354 pages

Dec: 2571 pages
1. The Beekeeper's Apprentice. Audiobook. 341 pages
2. Mansfield Park - as this was an abridgement it is probably only the equivalent of 50 pages, but I need every page I can account for.
3. The Hiding Places 340 pages. Has taken me forever to finish. (actually, finishing it was the easy bit. The start of it was the difficult bit, mostly because my brain was full of other staff and I had no concentration to read)
4. The Blind Contessa's New Machine 207 pages
5. The Case of the Left-Handed Lady 234 pages
6. Fairest 220 pages
7.Cleopatra's Moon Audioook. 355 pages.
8. Winter 824 pages.


Unfinished at the end of 2015: 299 pages
1. Son of the Shadows. 75 pages read
2. How Green Was My Valley Audiobook. I'm pretty much bang on halfway through, and the most popular edition is 448 pages, so let's call that 224 pages then.

A very interesting exercise.

[Lesley]

BLK 2015: How Many Pages?
Total pages read: 0
Total bonus points: 0

Jan: 4908
(view spoiler)[1. 418 pages Think of a Number 01/01
2. 384 pages The Long Way Home 03/01
3. 385 pages XO 06/01
4. 325 pages The Art of Hearing Heartbeats 08/01
5. 291 pages On Borrowed Time 08/01
6. 234 pages Redeeming Brother Murrihy: The River to Hiruharama 09/01
7. 229 pages Yellow Crocus 09/01
8. 306 pages Sudden Death 12/01
9. 480 pages The Alexandria Link 16/01
10. 255 pages The Food Detective 16/01
11. 305 pages Prayers for Sale 19/01
12. 292 pages She Shall Have Murder 19/01
13. 418 pages The Red Lily Crown: A Novel of Medici Florence 24/01
14. 309 pages New Tricks 24/01
15. 277 pages Bogey Nights: A Bogey Man Mystery by Marja McGraw 29/01
(hide spoiler)]
Feb: 5382 pages
5 bonus
(view spoiler)[1. 340 pages Christine Falls 01/02
2. 304 pages Perfect Sins: A Mystery 01/02
3. 231 pages Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero 03/02
4. 304 pages Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman 06/02
5. 277 pages Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World 05/02
6. 216 pages The Old Buzzard Had It Coming 02/09
7. 320 pages Why Shoot a Butler? 16/02
8. 352 pages Dead Center 16/02
9. 642 pages Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman 17/02
10. 304 pages A Slice of Murder 18/02
11. 352 pages The Good Girl 20/02 + 5 bonus
12. 264 pages Button Holed 21/02
13. 512 pages The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra 23/02
14. 460 pages Big Little Lies 25/02
15. 200 pages Murder on the Ghost Walk 27/02
16. 304 pages Radio Shangri-la: What I Learned in Bhutan, the Happiest Kingdom on Earth 27/02
(hide spoiler)]
Mar: pages 4187
bonus 30
(view spoiler)[1. 196 pages Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage 03/03
2. 240 pages Prelude 03/03
3. 336 pages The Girl on the Train 05/03
4. 384 pages Holiday Buzz 07/03
5. 261 pages G is for Gumshoe 08/03
6. 233 pages The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 13/03
7. 203 pages Service for Two 13/03
8. 304 pages Without Warning 15/03 +10 points (David); +20 points (pub. March)
9. 304 pages Boiled Over 17/03
10. 241 pages Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading 20/03
11. 247 pages Murder Most Frothy 21/03
12. 150 pages The Sense of an Ending 23/03
13. 240 pages The Vow: The Kim and Krickitt Carpenter Story 24/03
14. 288 pages More Work for the Undertaker 29/03
15. 304 pages Bloom and Doom 29/03
16. 256 pages Perla 31/03 (hide spoiler)]
Apr: pages 1178
bonus 0
(view spoiler)[1. 267 pages Ice Cream Murder03/04
2. 226 pages Progressive Dinner Deadly 07/04
3. 192 pages Strangled Prose 18/04
4. 273 pages Knit One, Kill Two 23/04
5. 220 pages Murder on the Candlelight Tour28/04 (hide spoiler)]
May: pages 3541
bonus 0
(view spoiler)[1. 516 pages Hello from the Gillespies 02/05
2. 225 pages Saint Brigid's Bones: A Celtic Adventure 06/05
3. 262 pages Decaffeinated Corpse 06/05
4. 444 pages Dead By Midnight 12/05
5. 216 pages Plain Jane 21/05
6. 244 pages Aunt Dimity's Death 22/05
7. 480 pages The Fortune Hunter 23/05
8. 332 pages Espresso Shot 23/05
9. 592 pages Plum Island 28/05
10.230 pages Nursing a Grudge 30/05 (hide spoiler)]
Jun: pages 3011
bonus 45 (3 audio books)
(view spoiler)[1. 295 pages A Man Called Ove 06/06
2. 352 pages Inside the O'Briens 09/06
3. 320 pages Church of Marvels 13/06
4. 336 pages The Inn at Ocean's Edge 13/06
5. 231 pages Other People's Skeletons 16/06
6. 284 pages The Clock Strikes Twelve 20/06
7. 244 pages Murder by Yew 21/06
8. 190 pages A Murder Moist Foul 22/06
9. 759 pages Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 27/06 (hide spoiler)]
Jul: 2916
(view spoiler)[1. 352 Murder Tightly Knit 06/07
2. 384 A Vintage Affair 10/06
3. 253 Corpse Diplomatique 10/06
4. 132 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 12/06
5. 256 Never Buried 13/06
6. 224 To Love and Be Wise 16/06
7. 287 Antiques Roadkill 18/06
8. 160 The St. Valentine's Day Cookie Massacre 21/06
9. 368 The Secret Life of Luke Livingstone 22/06
10. 228 Strictly Murder 27/06
11. 272 Fallout 29/06 (hide spoiler)]
Aug: 4236 pages : Bonus 255
(view spoiler)[1. 340 pages My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologises 08/08
2. 321 pages Room 13/08
4. 338 pages East in Eden (ebook)13/08 Bonus 20
5. 206 pages Hushabye (ebook)14/08 bonus 20
6. 288 pages Dear Vincent 17/08
7. 210 pages Burnt Siena (ebook) 19/08 Bonus 20
8. 368 pages Please Don't Tell (audio) 20/08 Bonus 25
9. 221 pages Retirement Can Be Murder (ebook) 21/08 Bonus 20
10. 400 pages An Amish Cradle 23/08 Bonus 25
11. 256 pages Bats and Bones 23/08 Bonus 20
12. 344 pages Fifteen Postcards 26/08 Bonus 20
13. 212 pages Frosted Shadow 27/08 Bonus 20
14. 304 pages Chorus Lines, Caviar, and Corpses 27/08 Bonus 20
15. 224 pages You Changed My Life 29/08 Bonus 25
16. 204 pages The Sweet Dreams Bake Shop 31/08 Bonus 20 (hide spoiler)]
Sept: 4050 pages 70 bonus points
(view spoiler)[1. 312 pages The Ringmaster 04/09/2015
2. 192 pages Murder That Wasn't: The Case of George Gwaze 05/09/2015 20 points (nf)
3. 313 pages Musseled Out 08/09/2015
4. 239 pages Needled to Death 11/09/2015
5. 512 pages The Custom of the Country 17/09/2015
6. 352 pages Murder Freshly Baked 17/09/2015
7. 280 pages Holiday Grind 19/09/2015
8. 210 pages Death of an Old Git 20/09/2015
9. 320 The Good Life on Te Muna Road 24/09/2015 +10 points (entrance) + 20 points (Bio)
10. 219 pages Maid for Mayhem 24/09/2015
11. 256 pages Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family 29/09/2015 + 20 points (nf)
12. 272 pages Miss Zukas and the Stroke of Death 29/09/2015
13. 573 pages Villette 30/09/2015 (hide spoiler)]
Oct: 3034 pages - 10 bonus points
(view spoiler)[1. 312 pages Death by Chocolate 3/10
2. 260 pages Milkshake 6/10
3. 287 pages A Well-Kept Family Secret 9/10
4. 392 pages The Laundry Room 12/10
5. 200 pages Murder at the Azalea Festival 14/10
6. 336 pages Overture to Death 19/10 + 10 bonus points
7. 192 pages The Mystery of the Yellow Room 19/10
8. 150 pages Eat, Drink, and Be Buried 23/10
9. 200 pages Murder at Wrightsville Beach 27/10
10. 384 pages Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience 29/10
11. 321 pages Sworn to Silence 30/10 (hide spoiler)]
Nov: 3260 pages
1. 192 pages The Nursing Home Murder 05/11
2. 230 pages Stuck on Murder 07/11
3. 208 pages The Weedless Widow 08/11
4. 150 pages Blow Hot, Blow Cold10/11
5. 343 pages Murder By The Sea 12/11
6. 326 pages The Dress Shop of Dreams 14/11
7. 351 pages The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side 19/11
8. 272 pages A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die 21/11
9. 238 pages Miss Pym Disposes 23/11
10. 248 pages Under the Greenwood Tree 24/11
11. 338 pages The Merlot Murders 26/11
12. 364 pages Look Again 30/11
Dec:

[Lesley]

Good to see you both back Sharlene & Darkpool. ☺

[Talia]

BLK 2015: How Many Pages?
Total pages read: 47,615
Total bonus points: 220

Jan:9947(view spoiler)[
1.The Fellowship of the Ring 546pages 10/01
2.Books: A Living History 224pages 7/01
3.The Two Towers 439pages 15/01
4.Unworthy 314pages 16/01
5.Against Her Will 330pages 16/01
6.Poles Apart 278pages 17/01
7.Escorted 275pages 17/01
8.The Pact 290pages 18/01
9.Teach Me 178pages 18/01
10.Battlescars 197pages 19/01
11.When Summer Ends 363pages 20/01
12.Mail Order Bride: Free At Last In California 41pages 20/01
13.Mail Order Bride: The Cowboy's Pregnant Widow 41pages 20/01
14.Be My Eyes 367pages 21/01
15.Jake Undone 308pages 21/01
16.Down and Dirty 217pages 21/01
17.Forever 148pages 22/01
18.Praying for Release 26pages 22/01
19.Fallen From Grace 38pages 22/01
20.We All Fall Down 353pages 23/01
21.From Thin Air 232pages 23/01
22.Patch Up 296pages 24/01
23.The Game 172pages 24/01
24.Beautiful Mess 52pages 24/01
25.The Cowboy and the Princess 230 out of 454pages 24/01 DNF
26.His Lordship's Chaperone 274pages 25/01
27.Cursed Love 288pages 25/01
28.The Golem 15pages 26/01
29.The Gunslinger and the Heiress 288pages 26/01
30.Stepbrother Billionaire 372pages 27/01
31.Josie Day Is Coming Home 320pages 27/01
32.Raising Ryann 277pages 28/01
33.One Night Stand 222pages 28/01
34.Husband Taken by Billionaire 16pages 28/01
35.Caught by the Billionaire 20pages 29/01
36.The Offer 62pages 29/01
37.You Only Live Once 1 96pages 29/01
38.Maid for Love 366pages 29/01
39.Jane's Wild Weekend 97pages 29/01
40.Step Dancer 63pages 30/01
41.Love by the Letter 125pages 29/01
42.Just a Fling 48pages 29/01
43.Chasing Perfection: Vol. I 164pages 30/01
44.Chasing Perfection: Vol. II 200pages 30/01
45.Chasing Perfection: Vol. III 190pages 30/01
46.Chasing Perfection Vol. IV 180pages 30/01
47.Ebony Rescued by Biker 15pages 31/01
48.The Billionaire's Obsession 187pages 31/01
49.Frustrating Curves 68pages 31/01
50.Curves For The Billionaire 67pages 31/01
51.Adam Undone: Save a Horse 40pages 31/01
52.Cherry Pie 32pages 31/01
(hide spoiler)]
Feb:1371(view spoiler)[
1.The Sheik's Intimate Proposition 77pages 1/02
2.Pure Temptation 240pages 01/02
3.Broken Temptation 220pages 02/02
4.More than a Flirt 61pages 03/02
5.Just a Flirt 54pages 03/02
6.More Than a Fling 57pages 03/02
7.The Billionaire's Affair 73pages 05/02
8.Slave To The Billionaire 146pages 05/02
9.Drive Me Crazy 212pages 05/02
10.Spanish Doctor, Pregnant Nurse 186pages 10/02
11.The Food of Love 20/320pages 28/02 DNF
12.The Long Hot Summer 25/77pages 28/02 DNF (hide spoiler)]
Mar:3630(view spoiler)[
1.Unimaginable 231pages 10/03
2.The Tiger's Bride 40pages 17/03
3.The Virgin and the Gipsy 74pages 16/03
4.The Kitchen House 388pages 21/03
5.The Maze Runner 371pages 23/03
6.The Scorch Trials 359pages 25/03
7.The Death Cure 329pages 25/03
8.The Night Watch 489pages 27/03
9.The Day Watch 487pages 31/03
10.My Stepbrother: The Dom 187pages 30/03
11.Stepbrother Bad Boy 200pages 30/03
12.Ever After Drake 246pages 31/03
13.Ink Spots 83pages 31/03
14.The Cupcake Cowboy 146pages 31/03 (hide spoiler)]
Apr: 4722(view spoiler)[
1.Angry Sex 216pages 2/04
2.Modern Wicked Fairy Tales: The Complete Collection 416pages 6/04
3.Twilight Watch 440pages 7/04
4.The Last Watch 376pages 8/04
5.On the Way Home 234pages 10/04
6.No Ordinary Billionaire 230pages 13/04
7.A Debt Paid in Marriage 288pages 13/04
8.The Runaway Bride 105pages 13/04
9.Submissive Impulses 56pages 13/04
10.Dethroning Little Princess Hayley 19pages 14/04
11.High Class 19pages 14/04
12.Everything Can Be Bought 1: Indecent 20pages 14/04
13.Pregnant on the First Try! 1 20pages 14/04
14.Hidden 311pages 20/04
15.The Demetrios Virgin 192pages 21/04
16. Married to His Business 175pages 22/04
17.Love A Sailor 202pages 23/04
18.The Consequence of Loving Colton 304pages 23/04
19.Half-Blooded: The Alpha's Mate (A BBW Shifter Romance) 51pages 24/04
20.the McEllis Boys 550pages 25/04
21.Disciplined in the Garage: Taboo Interracial Short Story BMWW 24pages 26/04
22.Filthy Rich 128pages 26/04
23.Emma Brewster: Too Hot to Handle 102pages 27/04
24.The Marriage Bargain 246pages 27/04 (hide spoiler)]
May:963(view spoiler)[
1.Disorderly Lady 213pages 8/05
2.The Billionaire Playboy, Book One: Will of Fate 100pages (ish) 7/05
3.Rogue Maiden 32pages 7/05
4.Savage Cinderella 260pages 10/05
5.Beautiful PRICK 222pages 31/05
6.La Sanjuijuela 200pages 31/05 (hide spoiler)]
Jun:4607(view spoiler)[
1.A Tender Deception 212pages 03/06
2.One Night with her Boss 71pages 04/06
3.Teaching The Boss 164pages 04/06
4.The Spinster and The Earl 179pages 5/06
5.Strangers at the Altar 288pages 5/06
6.The Perfect Gift: Bluegrass Single #3 117pages 6/06
7.Perilous Seas: A New Adult Romance 170pages 7/06
8.Claiming His Fate 132pages 8/06
9.On The Run 51pages 9/06
10.Almost a Bride 254pages 10/06
11.Half-Blooded: Primal Urges (Part Two) 50pages 10/06
12.Meant for Her 156pages 11/06
13.A Cold Day for Murder 199pages 16/06
14.A Fatal Thaw 198pages 17/06
15.Dead In The Water 201pages 19/06
16.A Cold-Blooded Business 231pages 20/06
17.Play With Fire 324pages 21/06
18.Blood Will Tell 256pages 22/06
19.Breakup 256pages 24/06
20.Grey 576pages 26/06
21.Killing Grounds 256pages 26/06
22.Hunter's Moon 256pages 30/6 (hide spoiler)]
Jul:3408(view spoiler)[
1.Midnight Come Again 320pages 1/07
2.The Singing Of The Dead 320pages 2/07
3.A Fine And Bitter Snow 320pages 3/07
4.A Grave Denied 352pages 4/07
5.A Taint In The Blood 352pages 5/07
6.A Deeper Sleep 272pages 7/07
7.Whisper To The Blood 368pages 8/07
8.A Night Too Dark 336pages 10/07
9.Though Not Dead 464pages 14/07
10.The Marriage Charm 304pages 29/07 (hide spoiler)]
Aug:1653 Bonus:220(view spoiler)[
1.Incredibly Sexy Shifter Megabundle 260pages 11/08
2.His Taboo Sleeping Beauty (The Bundle) 50pages 11/08
3.The Billionaire's Daughter Bundle 54pages 11/08
4.The Beast-man Trilogy 98pages 11/08
5.Falling for my Best Friend 143pages 12/08
6.The Sheikh Seduces 33pages 12/08
7.The Boss's Son (An Office Romance) 187pages 12/08
8.The Alpha's Surrogate: A Paranormal Pregnancy Romance 318pages 12/08
9.The Billionaire's First Christmas 186pages 12/08
10.Love So Hot 121pages 13/08
11.Bought And Paid For: The Billionaire's Girlfriend 203pages 14/08 (hide spoiler)]
Sept:3944 (view spoiler)[
1.Restless In The Grave 373pages 02/09
2.Bad Blood 288pages 05/09
3.His Secretary: Undone 262pages 05/09
4.The Bear In Me 79pages 06/09
5.Innocence and the Outlaw 252pages 06/09
6.Ruby 182pages 06/09
7.Rough 162pages 09/09
8.Drawn To The Alpha 153pages 09/09
9.Only for Him 70pages 09/09
10.Indecent Cravings 56pages 11/09
11. Disgraceful by Drew Sinclair (complete - all three parts) 239pages 12/09
12.The Earl's Secret Bargain 228pages 18/09
13.Orphan Number Eight 381pages 25/09
14.Alpha 450pages 28/09
15.A Christmas Kiss 44pages 28/09
16.King's 192pages 29/09
17.King for a Day 220pages 29/09
18.King of Me 313pages 30/09 (hide spoiler)]
Oct:4283(view spoiler)[
1.Wilde Nights in Paradise 250pages 1/10
2.Hushabye 206pages 4/10
3.The Billionaire's Kisses 366pages 5/10
4.Thirsty for Payback 225pages 6/10
5.The Billionaire's Paradigm: His Absolute Purpose 640pages 7/10
6.Come Away with Me 220pages 8/10
7.Lucky 7 Brazen Bachelors Contemporary Romance Boxed Set 756pages 9/10
8.The Killing Place 448pages 10/10
9.Good Enough for a Princess 338pages 11/10
10.Seduction and Surrender 212pages 14/10
11.The Art of HomeMaking 197pages 18/10
12.Feels like Home 197pages 20/10
13.Not over You 214pages 21/10
14.Home Economics: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for the 21st-Century Household 176pages 21/10
15.Forever Home 65pages 21/10
16.Rescue Me: BBW Paranormal Shifter Romance 99pages 22/10
17.Protect Me: BBW Paranormal Shifter Romance 83pages 27/10 (hide spoiler)]
Nov:1892(view spoiler)[
1.The Charge of the Light Brigade 15pages 15/11
2.The Return of the King 554pages 16/11
3.Kushiel's Dart 901pages 27/11
4.His To Taste, His To Command 32pages 28/11
5.The Redmond Club Trilogy 68pages 28/11
6.Lay Me Down To Sleep 28pages 28/11
7.Not Into Temptation 28pages 28/11
8.The Babysitter's Best Friend 33pages 28/11
9.Too Big For The Babysitter 29pages 28/11
10.The Babysitter's First Time 26pages 28/11
11.Step-Son SEAL 178pages 29/11 (hide spoiler)]
Dec:7195(view spoiler)[
1.Prisoner of Desire 352pages 1/12
2.Bailey, the Family Pet 68pages 1/12
3.Kushiel's Chosen 678pages 5/12
4.Kushiel's Avatar 702pages 8/12
5.Kushiel's Scion 944pages 10/12
6.Kushiel's Justice 880pages 12/12
7.Kushiel's Mercy 653pages 18/12
8.The Dressmaker 296pages 21/12
9.Twilight 498pages 22/12
10.New Moon 563pages 24/12
11.Eclipse 629pages 26/12
12.Breaking Dawn 720pages 28/12
13.Escorted 275pages 31/12 (hide spoiler)]

[P.D.R.]

All out of time this year. Wretched neighbour has sprayed weedkiller on my land. Did it last year but this year is critical because that is my organic licence gone. I have to take him to court so am preparing the submission. All those photos and statements and getting the police to give me the last six years' complaints sheet is taking forever. The photos are crucial and need a lot of work. Have to have them printed specially!

[Darkpool]

P.d.r. wrote: "All out of time this year. Wretched neighbour has sprayed weedkiller on my land. Did it last year but this year is critical because that is my organic licence gone. I have to take him to court so a..."

Wow, this makes me so mad. What a jerk.

[Andrea]

While I probably won't be devouring books as quickly as I did when I first joined the group I do like having some motivation to keep going....so while I'm late I'm here!

BLK 2015: How Many Pages?
Total pages read:
Total bonus points:

JAN:
(view spoiler)[1. Cloud Atlas 6/1 509 Pages
2. The Fire Within 13/1 340 Pages
3. Hunting Lila 13/1 318 Pages
4. The Peripheral 29/1 485 Pages
5. Dead Silence 24/1 389 Pages
6. The Eye of the World IN PROG 116 Pages
7. Eragon IN PROG 245 Pages
8. Witch Hunt IN PROG 228 Pages
9. The Ward IN PROG 66 Pages (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 2,696 Pages
FEB:
(view spoiler)[1. Witch Hunt 4/2 194 Pages
2. The Ward 7/2 254 Pages
3. Eragon 11/2 258 Pages
4. The Eye of the World IN PROG 334 Pages
5. Black Wings 14/2 295 Pages (5 bonus for Madeline and her Father Azazel)
6. Angelfall 18/2 326 Pages
7. Icefire 28/2 426 Pages
8. Black Night 18/2 295 Pages
9. Sick 27/2 288 Pages
10.Ransomwood IN PROG 196 Pages (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 2,866 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 5
MARCH:
(view spoiler)[1. Ransomwood 1/3 72 Pages
2. A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold 17/3 609 Pages
3. Fire Star 18/3 548 Pages
4. Cinder 11/3 390 Pages (10 Bonus, Science Fiction Genre)
5. The Eye of the World 25/3 350 Pages
6. The Cask of Amontillado 4/3 20 Pages (1 Bonus, Short Story)
7. Son Of Heaven 25/3 375 Pages (20 Bonus, Science Fiction Genre and 'St David')
8. Hop Frog 12/3 45 Pages (1 Bonus, Short Story
9. Black Howl 27/3 274 Pages
10. The Great Hunt IN PROG 40 Pages
11. The Fire Eternal IN PROG 157 Pages
12. World After IN PROG 98 pages
13. Black Lament IN PROG 138 Pages (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 3,116
BONUS POINTS: 32
APRIL:
(view spoiler)[1. Black Lament 3/4 150 Pages
2. World After 4/4 222 Pages
3. The Fire Eternal 14/4 275 Pages
4. The Great Hunt IN PROG 216 Pages
5. Uglies 15/4 448 Pages
6. Heathen 25/4 402 Pages (10 Bonus, Song by David Bowie)
7. Dark Fire IN PROG 342 Pages (10 Bonus, Song by Light Rain)
8. The Maze Runner 29/4 374 Pages
9. Eldest IN PROG 40 Pages
10. Black City IN PROG 42 Pages (10 Bonus, Song by Fabolous) (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 2,511 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 30
MAY:
(view spoiler)[1. Dark Fire 6/5 120 Pages
2. Black City 5/5 246 Pages
3. Eldest IN PROG 224 Pages
4. The Great Hunt IN PROG 189 Pages
5. The Guard 12/5 242 Pages
6. Robopocalypse 19/5 347 Pages
7. The Wolf Gift 27/5 404 Pages (10 bonus, Paranormal Romance Genre)
8. Witch Finder IN PROG 315 Pages (10 bonus, Paranormal Romance Genre)
9. Daylight On Iron Mountain IN PROG 126 Pages (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 2,213 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 20
JUNE:
(view spoiler)[1. Witch Finder 3/6 59 Pages
2. Daylight On Iron Mountain 9/6 224 Pages
3. The Great Hunt IN PROG 269 Pages
4. Eldest IN PROG 218 Pages
5. Pretties 12/6 370 Pages
6. The Rats 15/6 208 Pages (20 Bonus Points, Horror Genre)
7. Scarlet 23/6 452 Pages
8. Property of a Lady 28/6 256 Pages (20 Bonus Points, Horror Genre)
9. Black Heart IN PROG 138 Pages (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 2,194 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 40
JULY:
(view spoiler)[1.Black Heart 5/7 150 Pages (5 Bonus, Person on Cover)
2.The Great Hunt 7/7 31 Pages
3.Eldest 18/7 186 Pages
4. The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making 9/7 247 Pages (15 Bonus, YA Book and Person on Cover)
5.The Bees 13/7 338 Pages (15 Bonus, Dystopia Genre)
6.Robogenesis 29/7 384 Pages (15 Bonus, Dystopia Genre)
7.When We Wake 17/7 304 Pages (45 Bonus, Dystopia Genre, Person on Cover, YA Book and Female Kiwi Author)
8. All the Bright Places 31/7 388 Pages (10 Bonus, YA Book)
9. Contaminated IN PROG 98 Pages (25 Bonus, YA Book and Dystopia Genre)
10. Gone IN PROG 146 Pages (30 Bonus, YA Book, Person on Cover and Dystopia Genre) (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 2,272 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 160
AUGUST:
(view spoiler)[1. Gone IN PROG 87 Pages
2. Contaminated 11/8 238 Pages
3. Black Spring 26/8 288 Pages
4. Allegiant 29/8 526 Pages (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 1,139 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 0
SEPTEMBER:
(view spoiler)[1. You're Never Weird on the Internet 7/9 272 Pages (20 Bonus Points for Memoir)
2. Gone 10/9 327 Pages
3. The Hungry Ghosts 15/9 389 Pages
4. Ghost Road Blues 20/9 472 Pages (10 Bonus Points 'Approach')
5. The Scorch Trials 26/9 368 Pages (10 Bonus Points 'Speed')
6. The Death Cure 29/9 325 Pages (10 Bonus Points 'Speed')
7. Reboot INPROG 68 Pages (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 2,221 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 50
OCTOBER:
(view spoiler)[1. Reboot 3/10 297 Pages
2. Across the Universe 9/10 398 Pages (10 Bonus Points 'Lost')
3. The Night Circus 15/10 387 Pages (10 Bonus Points 'Winning')
4. Numbers 15/10 325 Pages - AudioBook
5. Demons 18/10 213 Pages
6. The Shadow Thief 25/10 288 Pages - AudioBook (10 Bonus Points 'Lost')
7. Lagoon 25/10 306 Pages
8. Android Paradox 30/10 138 Pages
9. Dreams and Shadows 31/10 448 Pages (hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 2, 800 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 30
NOVEMBER:
(view spoiler)[1.The Mechanical 440 Pages
(hide spoiler)]
MONTH TOTAL: 440 Pages
BONUS POINTS: 0

DECEMBER:
1. The New Hunger 6/12 192 Pages
2. Dreamhunter 11/12 365 Pages - Audiobook
3. Nexus 15/12 460 Pages
4. Just a Geek: Unflinchingly honest tales of the search for life, love, and fulfillment beyond the Starship Enterprise 18/12 267 Pages
5. Foxglove Summer 27/12/15 377 Pages
MONTH TOTAL: 1661 Pages
BONUS POINTS:

So my overall contribution was 26,129 Pages!

[Lesley]

Not late Andrea ☺
I'll add your name to the participants list and link it back to your post - #15 so just click on your name when you want to update your reading.
That lets us chat and talk about the books we're reading without losing our post to record in.

[Darkpool]

OK, stupid question time... I have 3 books that I had started in 2014, and will finish in January. Do I count the pages I've read since the start of January, or may not count these books at all?

[Lesley]

Darkpool - quite alright to count the pages you've read this year in any book you begun last year. Approximate is good if you're not positive - no crime & punishment here!

[Lesley]

Kathleen wrote: "I discovered that one of my Patient Bookcase Dwellers was the 2nd in a duo (I'd picked it up super cheap some time ago) so I had to borrow the 1st from the library. Great teen-reads!

[bookcover:S..."

Don't like to scare you Kathleen, but Boy in the Suitcase was a group read in 2012! Time flies ...

[Lesley]

Sharlene, I see you haven't put page numbers for Turning Lila since it's not got anything on the GR record. If you think it's about the same size as Tormenting Lila just use the same page numbers. Can't be too particular when there's no print version of an ebook so just take a guess at it.

[Darkpool]

Ella's Gran wrote: "Darkpool - quite alright to count the pages you've read this year in any book you begun last year. Approximate is good if you're not positive - no crime & punishment here! "
LOL! As it happens I do own a copy of Crime and Punishment...

One is an audiobook, and another an ebook, so I'll deffo be doing some tricky estimation for them! The 3rd I know precisely where I was up to ;-)

[Lesley]

I'll be entering our January total in a couple of days and sorting out who gets to create the first highest page count bonus for February. So if you could all enter your January totals into your threads by 3 Feb please. :)

[Sharlene]

Thanks, I still had it on my ipad so I got the page number from there for the ebook. All added up. I've had such a slack month. Page count much lower than everyone else. I'm expecting that for the whole year as I'm all about completing the series I've already started which means lots of short stories or novellas for me.

[Lesley]

SharleneSays wrote: "Thanks, I still had it on my ipad so I got the page number from there for the ebook. All added up. I've had such a slack month. Page count much lower than everyone else. I'm expecting that for the ..."

I've had so many of my reserved books come in lately and that's what has made my count where it is. I'm starting to feel a bit pressured and all the books I've had have further reserves so can't be renewed.

What you are doing with completing series is something I was intending doing this year too. I seem to read #1 in so many series and not get any further and it isn't because I don't want to read any more. My current plan is come winter time I'll go back to a series and complete it. Promise! :)

Somehow I don't think we'll ever beat Talia or Kathleen though. ☺

[Darkpool]

Thanks for the bump! I'd totally forgotten about this!

[Lesley]

The winner for the most pages read in January was Talia with 9947 pages. So Talia will create our first bonus round for this year!
Congratulations Talia.

[Lesley]

FEBRUARY BONUS

Courtesy of our winner Talia!

If you read books in February fitting any of these features, claim the appropriate points and show those in your total bonus points for February.

You can claim the points for as many times as you read books fitting them.

5 points for a book featuring father and daughter
10 points for 'kindred' in title
15 points for a book with a book on the cover

[Talia]

Kathleen wrote: "Ella's Gran wrote: "The winner for the most pages read in January was Talia with 9947 pages. So Talia will create our first bonus round for this year!
Congratulations Talia."

Brilliant! And I thought I did nothing except read all month!"

It was a lot of shorts (15 to 100-ish pages) plus my course text - because I'm in summer school, but there are a couple of novels on there. I can read up to 350 pages a day without it interfering with my study, any more than that and things start to slow down. But don't worry, I slow down later (and then read more in procrastination at essay seasons) when Uni is busy.
Have fun with the challenge!
(See I'm procrastinating - I should be referencing a pile of Cookbooks)

[Lesley]

I have added the link to the February Bonus requirements to the Participants Thread. You can just click on that to find the thread that has the info.

[Sharlene]

I'm on track to exceed my January count, so that keeps me smiling. And I've even scored some bonus points for Feb. Thanks Talia!

[Lesley]

SharleneSays wrote: "I'm on track to exceed my January count, so that keeps me smiling. And I've even scored some bonus points for Feb. Thanks Talia!"

Yay Sharlene. Remembering we have two bonuses for next month set by the most pages winner and the most February bonus points winner!! So go for it.

I'm not having a lot of success with the bonus points myself though. :(

[Mauzi]

Is it too late to sign up still, since Jan is completely gone?

[Darkpool]

Don't see why not, Mauzi. I'm sure you could fill January in retrospectively? Although I should probably let EG make the call...

Just added my pathetic total for Feb: having 4 partially read books right now certainly not helping! Anticipating a better total for March.

[Lesley]

Mauzi, you most certainly can join in, and, as Darkpool said, if you know what you read in January you are most welcome to begin with that month. I shall just adjust the group total accordingly.

Everyone, could you make sure your totals for pages and bonus are entered for February please. I'll update our thread and work out who the page and bonus winners are tomorrow.

[Mauzi]

Cool, it'll be fun to keep track of it. :)

BLK 2015: How Many Pages?
Total pages read: 33,795 pages
Total bonus points: 300

Jan: 2968 pages
(view spoiler)[
01. Yes Please - Amy Poehler ★★★★☆ (09/01/15) 329 pages
02. All the Bright Places - Jennifer Niven ★★★★★ (10/01/15) 388 pages
03. Things We Know by Heart - Jessi Kirby ★★★★☆ (13/01/15) 304 pages
04. Frozen: Heart of Dread, Book One - Melissa de la Cruz ★★★★☆ (18/01/15) 352 pages
05. Waistcoats & Weaponry - Gail Carriger ★★★★★ (18/01/15) 298 pages
06. Poison Princess - Kresley Cole ★★★★☆ (22/01/15) 369 pages
07. Breaking Sky - Cori McCarthy ★★★★☆ (26/01/15) 416 pages
08. The Liar - Nora Roberts ★★★★★ (27/01/15) 512 pages (hide spoiler)]
Feb: 3533 pages + 5 bonus points
(view spoiler)[
01. Verity Hart vs. the Vampyres Omnibus - Jennifer Harlow ★★★★★ (03/02/15) 294 pages
02. Salvation in Death - J.D. Robb ★★★☆☆ (02/02/15) 480 pages
03. Sweet Addiction - Jessica Daniels ★★★★★ (02/02/15) 283 pages
04. A Court of Thorns and Roses - Sarah J. Maas ★★★★★ (07/02/15) 416 pages
05. The Sin Eater's Daughter - Melinda Salisbury ★★★★☆ (13/02/15) 320 pages
06. Seeker - Arwen Elys Dayton ★★☆☆☆ (20/02/15) 448 pages
07. Arsenic for Tea - Robin Stevens ★★★★★ (20/02/15 332 pages
08. Red Queen - Victoria Aveyard ★★★★★ (22/02/15) 320 pages
09. My Heart and Other Black Holes - Jasmine Warga ★★★★★ (27/02/15) 320 pages + bonus round option one: fathers and daughters
10. Endless Knight - Kresley Cole ★★★★★ (28/02/15) 320 pages (hide spoiler)]
Mar: 1639 pages
(view spoiler)[
01. Dead of Winter - Kresley Cole ★★★★★ (01/03/15) 303 pages
02. Playlist for the Dead - Michelle Falkoff ★★★☆☆ (01/03/15) 356 pages
03. Enchanted - Alethea Kontis ★★★☆☆ (15/03/15) 308 pages
04. I Am Radar - Reif Larsen ★★★☆☆ (16/03/15) 672 pages (hide spoiler)]
April: 618 pages
(view spoiler)[01. Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Novel - Charlaine Harris ★★★☆☆ (13/04/15) 224 pages
02. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbour - Lisa Kleypas ★★★★☆ (15/04/2015) 211 pages
03. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist - Rachel Cohn & David Levithan ★★★★☆ (28/04/15) 183 pages (hide spoiler)]
May: 5994 pages + 50 bonus points
(view spoiler)[
01. Ice Station - Matthew Reilly ★★★★★ (04/05/15) 624 pages
02. Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder - Joanne Fluke ★★★☆☆ (04/05/15) 436 pages
03. Hover Car Racer - Matthew Reilly ★★★★☆ (05/05/15) 444 pages
04. The Mysterious Mr. Quin: A Harley Quin Collection - Agatha Christie ★★★★☆ (06/05/15) 320 pages
05. Ghost Flight - Bear Grylls ★★☆☆☆ (08/05/15) 464 pages
06. Whisper of Sin - Nalini Singh ★★★☆☆ (09/05/15) 88 pages + bonus round option one: paranormal romance genre
07. Mama Lola: A Vodou Priestess in Brooklyn - Karen McCarthy Brown ★★★★☆ (13/05/15) 447 pages
08. Gangsta Granny - David Walliams ★★★★☆ (15/05/15) 299 pages
09. The Wrath and the Dawn - Renee Ahdieh ★★★★★ (17/05/15) 416 pages + bonus round option two: fantasy romance genre
10. Culture Shock!: New Zealand - Peter Oettli ★★★☆☆ (17/05/15) 250 pages
11. Magonia - Maria Dahvana Headley ★★★★★ (18/05/15) 320 pages + bonus round option two: fantasy romance genre
12. An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir ★★★☆☆ (21/05/15) 446 pages + bonus round option two: fantasy romance genre
13. Uprooted - Naomi Novik ★★★★★ (22/05/15) 448 pages + bonus round option two: fantasy romance genre
14. Newt's Emerald - Garth Nix ★★★★☆ (23/05/15) 304 pages
15. A School for Unusual Girls - Kathleen Baldwin ★☆☆☆☆ (24/05/15) 352 pages
16. The Hanged Man - P.N. Elrod ★★★★☆ (27/05/15) 336 pages (hide spoiler)]
June: 1036 pages
(view spoiler)[
01. In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio - Philippe Bourgois ★★★☆☆ (04/06/15) 432 pages
02. An Introduction To Social Anthropology: Sharing Our Worlds - Joy Hendry ★★★★☆ (13/06/15) 288 pages
03. Miss Mabel's School for Girls - Katie Cross ★★★☆☆ (27/06/15) 316 pages (hide spoiler)]
July: 2713 pages + 70 bonus points
(view spoiler)[01. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights - Salman Rushdie ★★★☆☆ (05/07/15) 304 pages
02. Safe Haven - Nicholas Sparks ★★★☆☆ (06/07/15) 365 pages + bonus round; person
03. #GIRLBOSS - Sophia Amoruso ★★★☆☆ (06/07/15) 256 pages + bonus round; person
04. The Paper Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg ★★★☆☆ (19/07/15) 224 pages + bonus round; person
05. Asking For It - Louise O'Neill ★★★★★ (23/07/15) 384 pages + bonus round; ya
06. The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra - Helen Rappaport ★★★★☆ (23/07/15) 381 pages + bonus round; person
07. The Chimes - Anna Smaill ★★★★☆ (29/07/15) 291 pages + bonus round; nz author + dystopia
08. Demon Road - Derek Landy ★★★★☆ (30/07/15) 508 pages + bonus rounds; ya + person (hide spoiler)]
August: 2908 pages + 140 bonus points
(view spoiler)[
01. American Assassin - Vince Flynn ★★★★☆ (13/08/15) 528 pages + bonus round; ebook
02. Kill Shot - Vince Flynn ★★★★☆ (13/08/15) 400 pages + bonus round; ebook
03. Ritual in Death - J.D. Robb ★★★★☆ (16/08/15) 160 pages + bonus round; ebook
04. Promises in Death - J.D. Robb ★★★★☆ (17/08/15) 448 pages + bonus round; ebook
05. Valiant - Sarah McGuire ★★★★☆ (19/08/15) 384 pages + bonus round; ebook
06. Black-Eyed Susans - Julia Heaberlin ★★★★☆ (23/08/15) 368 pages
07. Hunter - Mercedes Lackey ★★★☆☆ (25/08/15) 384 pages + bonus round; ebook
08. Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen ★★★★☆ (31/08/15) 236 pages + bonus round; ebook (hide spoiler)]
September: 4598 pages + 30 bonus points
(view spoiler)[
01. Queen of Shadows - Sarah J. Maas ★★★★★ (02/09/15) 656 pages
02. Into the Dim - Janet B. Taylor ★★★★☆ (03/09/15) 432 pages
03. The Aeronaut's Windlass - Jim Butcher ★★★★☆ (04/09/15) 640 pages
04. The Rest of Us Just Live Here - Patrick Ness ★★★★★ (06/09/15) 352 pages
05. The Natural Way of Things - Charlotte Wood ★★★☆☆ (11/09/15) 320 pages + bonus round; diffidence
06. Slave to Sensation - Nalini Singh ★★★☆☆ (17/09/15) 334 pages
07. A Bone to Pick - Charlaine Harris ★★☆☆☆ (18/09/15) 208 pages + bonus round; diffidence
08. Dark Witch - Nora Roberts ★★★☆☆ (19/09/15) 352 pages
09. Shadow Spell - Nora Roberts ★★☆☆☆ (20/09/15) 353 pages
10. Visions of Heat - Nalini Singh ★★★☆☆ (21/09/15) 352 pages
11. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse ★★★☆☆ (27/09/15) 215 pages + bonus round; diffidence
12. Caressed by Ice - Nalini Singh ★★★☆☆ (28/09/15) 384 pages (hide spoiler)]
October: 1620 pages
(view spoiler)[
01. Grandpa's Great Escape - David Walliams ★★★★☆ (05/10/15) 352 pages
02. Mine to Possess - Nalini Singh ★★★★☆ (07/10/15) 304 pages
03. Hostage to Pleasure - Nalini Singh ★★★★☆ (10/10/15) 330 pages
04. Branded by Fire - Nalini Singh ★★★☆☆ (10/10/15) 346 pages
05. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom - Yeonmi Park ★★★★★ (11/10/15) 288 pages (hide spoiler)]
November: 2672 pages
(view spoiler)[01. Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Court, Law Enforcement, and Correctional Practices - Arrigo & Shipley ★★★★☆ (02/11/15) 720 pages
02. Abnormal Psychology Twelfth Edition Dsm-5 Update Wiley E-Text + a Student's Guide to Dsm-5 Wiley E-Text - Kring et al ★★★★☆ (03/11/15) 656 pages
03. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl ★★★★★ (19/11/15) 208 pages
04. Matilda - Roald Dahl ★★★★★ (19/11/15) 256 pages
05. Manners & Mutiny - Gail Carriger ★★★★☆ (25/11/15) 304 pages
06. Dead Upon a Time - Elizabeth Paulson ★★☆☆☆ (25/11/15) 224 pages
07. Damage Done - Amanda Panitch ★★★★☆ (26/11/15) 304 pages (hide spoiler)]

December:1267 pages
01. The Martian - Andy Weir ★★★☆☆ (11/12/15) 369 pages
02. The Sword of Summer - Rick Riordan ★★★★★ (14/12/15) 528 pages
03. Soundless - Richelle Mead ★★★☆☆ (20/12/15) 272 pages
04. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupery ★★★★★ (28/12/15) 98 pages

[Lesley]

I've totalled up and the page turner winner for February is
ME!

DARKPOOL had the most bonus points (10)so gets to create our next bonus points challenge around something along the lines of genre, format (ebook, audio), themed etc.

I'll exercise my brain and think of some point scoring things and we'll post here in the next day or two - no later than Feb. 4.

[Darkpool]

*coughmarch4cough*

[Lesley]

Yeah, 4 March!! I' hangin onto the reins shouting whoa in a valiant effort to stop the year galloping away!

[Sharlene]

Mauzi wrote: "Cool, it'll be fun to keep track of it. :)

What are your thoughts on A Court of Thorns and Roses? That's a series I've heard a lot of lately. Nothing but good stuff.

[Lesley]

Kathleen wrote: "Ella's Gran wrote: "I've totalled up and the page turner winner for February is
ME!, ..."

Good work Lesley!"

All down to a couple of large tomes read!

[Lesley]

Okay, here's my bonus points to earn for March.

2 March is St David's day (often overshadowed by St Pat)
♦ 10 points for any books read whose author is named David - first or last name.

Of course we can't leave St Patrick out
♦ 15 points for every book read that has a predominantly green cover.

And just to really test you
♦ 20 points for any book read originally published in March of any year.
♦ 25 points if the author of any book read was born in March of any year.

[Lesley]

Darkpool,
Just post your points challenge when you're ready and then I''l link both posts back to the top of the thread again so we can find them easily.

[Darkpool]

Thank you! I wasn't sure what I needed to do. :-)

[Andrea]

Oooo those are some great bonus point requirements!..made me go search for all the books I'm currently reading to check birthdays and orginal publishing dates haha.

[Darkpool]

Alrighty. My apologies if I screw this up... all the points seem to be multiples of 5 so far, but...

♦ 1 point for every short story you read... so if you read an anthology with 12 short stories, that's 12 points.

14 March is the anniversary of the birth of Albert Einstein, so my other two challenges are in honour of this legendary scientist
♦ 10 points for every book in the genre science fiction
♦ 20 points for every non fiction book on a science subject.

[Mauzi]

SharleneSays wrote: "Mauzi wrote: "Cool, it'll be fun to keep track of it. :)

What are your thoughts on A Court of Thorns and Roses? That's a series I've heard a lot of lately. Nothing but good stuff."

I really enjoyed it! You should definitely give it a try if you can. I thought the worldbuilding was really great, and the characters were fun.

[Sharlene]

confused... which points are we doing for March?

[Lesley]

We are doing both. Each month the person who gets the most bonus points creates a challenge and the person who reads the most pages creates another.

[Lesley]

SharleneSays wrote: "confused... which points are we doing for March?"

Sorry Sharlene, missed your post. We are doing both point challenges each month. Hopefully more people will have more opportunity to earn some points, therefore get a chance to create future challenges - variety is the spice of life :)

[Darkpool]

Just scrambling to finish a couple of oh-so-nearly-read books to get them in for March... excellent motivation, this challenge!

[Lesley]

Darkpool (protesting GR censorship) wrote: "Just scrambling to finish a couple of oh-so-nearly-read books to get them in for March... excellent motivation, this challenge!"

You could always use the US 31 March as the end of the month which means you have all day to day! (lol)

[Darkpool]

Ella's Gran wrote: "You could always use the US 31 March as the end of the month which means you have all day to day! (lol) "

Where's that non-existent like button when I need it???

[Lesley]

Darkpool (protesting GR censorship) wrote: "Ella's Gran wrote: "You could always use the US 31 March as the end of the month which means you have all day to day! (lol) "

Where's that non-existent like button when I need it???"

It's with the half stars Darkpool!