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A wrote: "I will be reading with PremMy list:
1. Nilam Poothu Malarntha Naal: நிலம் பூத்து மலர்ந்த நாள் - 320 pages
2. A Room of One's Own
3. [book:கோபல்லபுரத்து மக்கள் Gopall..."
Wow! 2442 pages!! Congratulations :)
Mod
I will update my total by June end . Nothing much for a day to day update ☹️
Mod
Compulsory
1. Elevation 146 pages
2. Home Front 390
Rest
3. His and hers 304
4. Casual vacancy 503
5. The testaments 422
Reading Cuckold - at 260
Total - 1765
And 260 of cuckold ( which will be counted only if I finish ....so now I know which book gets preference ¯\_༼ᴼل͜ᴼ༽_/¯
Update: Books completed
1. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare: 206 pages
2. Lanny by Max Porter: 210 pages
3. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: 248 pages
Books in progress
1. Les Misérables by Victor
Hugo: 1310 pages
2. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera: 105 pages
Total: 2079 pages
Mod
Enjoyed both mandatory ones more than my regular reads :) Thx for picking them Rebecca.
Inga (mandatory) - 316 pgs
The Interview (Index 9) - 176 pgs
The Arrival (Index 8) - 132
The Magic of Lost Temple (Wildcard) - 203 pgs
Salvation of a Saint (mandatory) - 330 pgs
Currently reading:
None.
Update: Books completed
1. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare: 206 pages
2. Lanny by Max Porter: 210 pages
3. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: 248 pages
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera: 320 pages
Books in progress
1. Les Misérables by Victor
Hugo: 1310 pages
2. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking: 150 pages
Total: 2444 pages
Completed the 8th book in my list, Salvation of a Saint. Total pages read - 2021.
Finished Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes - 4 stars, and Autumn by Ali Smith - 2 stars.>> Total number of pages: 2123/2187
>> Number of books completed: 8/10
>> One preplanned book and one wild card slot left.
Sharadha wrote: "Finished Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes - 4 stars, and Autumn by Ali Smith - 2 stars.>> Total number of pages: 2123/2187
>> Number of books completed: 8/10
>> One preplanned book and one wil..."
Autumn's a two star read? I had been plaiining to pick it up🙁
Akanksha wrote: "Autumn's a two star read? I had been plaiining to pick it up🙁"Hmm, it's more like 2.5-3, but I was a bit miffed at the end of it, hence the critical rating I guess. The writing is good, but I didn't care much for the characters and the story was all over the place. You can give it a go though, might surprise yourself (and me) 😁.
Mod
Compulsory
1. Elevation 146 pages
2. Home Front 390
Rest
3. His and hers 304
4. Casual vacancy 503
5. The testaments 422
6. Cuckold - 609
Total - 2374
Update: Books completed
1. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare: 206 pages
2. Lanny by Max Porter: 210 pages
3. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: 248 pages
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera: 320 pages
5. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking: 341 pages
Books in progress
1. Les Misérables by Victor
Hugo: 1310 pages
Total: 2635 pages
The great Gatsby 218 pagesCutting for stone by Abraham Verghese 688 pages
The Giver of stars by Jojo Moyes 388 pages
Nights of rain and stars by Maeve Binchy 400 pages
The graveyard book by Nell Gaiman 320 pages
Total 2014 pages
Books completed: 8 Page Count: 2,621
My compulsory reads
1. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman - 4 stars 159 pages
2. A Spot of Bother - 4 stars. 354 pages
Others.
3. Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts. 4 stars. 367 pages.
4. Mayavalai: மாயவலை - சர்வதேச தீவிரவாத நெட்ஒர்க் குறித்த விரிவான ஆய்வு (I finished 50% already) 5 stars. 824 pages in June.
5. The One Hour Content Plan: The Solopreneur’s Guide to a Year’s Worth of Blog Post Ideas in 60 Minutes and Creating Content That Hooks and Sells by Meera Kothand. 4 stars. 108 pages
6. The Arrival by Shaun Tan. 5 stars. 132 pages.
7. The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni. 4 stars. 360 pages.
8. Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 3.5 stars. 317 pages
My update -Total Pages Completed - 2283
No. of Books Completed - 9
1. Zora and Me: The Summoner - Pages 256
2. Salvation of a Saint- Pages 330
3. The Girl from the Attic (Wild Card) - Pages 210
4. Based on a True Story (Wild Card) - pages 384
5. Welcome To Your Period (Wild Card) - Pages 176
6. EVERYTHING EQUALS NOTHING:: The Universe for young scientists, mathematicians and philosophers (Wild Card) - Pages 116
7. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Wild Card) - Pages 262
Books chosen by Aka
8. Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Pages 224
9. How to Stop Time - Pages 325
Mod
Compulsory
1. Elevation 146 pages
2. Home Front 390
Rest
3. His and hers 304
4. Casual vacancy 503
5. The testaments 422
6. Cuckold - 609
7. A good girls guide to murder - 433
Total - 2707
Read 9 book (2669 pages)Now Reading: A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Please update your threads with book/pages information. Also, know that only the pages of unfinished books will not be counted. Only pages of the books completely read will be counted.
Update: Books completed
1. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare: 206 pages
2. Lanny by Max Porter: 210 pages
3. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: 248 pages
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera: 320 pages
5. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking: 341 pages
6. Uprooted by Naomi Novik: 465 pages
Books in progress
1. Les Misérables by Victor
Hugo: 1310 pages
Total: 3100 pages
Completed the10th Book, Zora and me. Total Pages read - 2475
Update: Books completed
1. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare: 206 pages
2. Lanny by Max Porter: 210 pages
3. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: 248 pages
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera: 320 pages
5. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking: 341 pages
6. Uprooted by Naomi Novik: 465 pages
7. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo: 1405 pages
Currently reading
1. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert: 240 pages
Total: 3435 pages
I submit my final tally for the June Readathon:3188 pages from 11 books. (Actually 10 full books and 85% of one).
Finished The Housekeeper and the Professor - 3 stars. With that, I have completed all my self-nominated as well as compulsory books. My final tally for the readathon is 2,345 pages and 9/10 books completed.
I have one wild card slot left but doubt I will take up anything else at this point in time.
Notes:
1. My main comment thread had some mathematical glitches (not unusual) regarding the total (possible) number of pages read and these were exacerbated with the introduction of the wild card books. The number was originally 2,187 but has now been corrected to 2,345 (not sure where the calculations went awry but now it's all accurate).
2. My average rating in this readathon is ~4 stars which I am happy with :)
Congratulations to all of you for completing your challenges and achieving your goals. I had a great month of June courtesy this activity, so thanks all for arranging it :) Now bowing out with my (unplanned) thank you speech 😁
Compulsory Books -1. Ghachar Ghochar (117 pages)
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (490 pages)
Others-
3. The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (375 pages) (starting from 106 onwards) - 270 pages
4. The Arrival (119 pages)
5. The Prince and the Dressmaker (293 pages)
6. Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (71 pages)
Total Pages Completed : 270 + 117 + 119 + 293 + 490 + 71= 1360
(will update if I will be able to finish The Graveyard Book by midnight) ;)
FINAL UPDATE: Books completed
1. Coriolanus by William Shakespeare: 206 pages
2. Lanny by Max Porter: 210 pages
3. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo: 248 pages
4. The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera: 320 pages
5. The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking: 341 pages
6. Uprooted by Naomi Novik: 465 pages
7. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo: 1405 pages
8. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert: 327 pages
Total: 3522 pages
Mod
my update
Compulsory
1. Elevation 146 pages
2. Home Front 390
Rest
3. His and hers 304
4. Casual vacancy 503
5. The testaments 422
6. Cuckold - 609
7. A good girls guide to murder - 433
8. Hanover house - 244
Incomplete - The Au pair ( 234 out of 360 pages - not counted )
Total - 2951
American GodsThe Book Thief
A Head Full of Ghosts
Death Note Vol 9
Total pages Read:674 + 552 + 285 + 193 = 1604
Mod
Inga (mandatory) - 316 pgs
The Interview (Index 9) - 176 pgs
The Arrival (Index 8) - 132
The Magic of Lost Temple (Wildcard) - 203 pgs
Salvation of a Saint (mandatory) - 330 pgs
Total Pages Completed - 1488No. of Books Completed - 7
My List (Self-Nominated):
1. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo 290 - 30 = 260
2. Birthday Girl by Haruki Murakami 48
3. Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 232
4. Vilangu Pannai(Animal Farm) Tamil by Ka. Naa. Subramaniam 184
5. கடவுளின் நாக்கு by S. Ramakrishnan 384-34 = 350
Compulsory Read
1. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch 217
2. கோபல்ல கிராமம் by கி.ராஜநாரயணன் (Ki.Ra) 199
My final updateTotal 2629 pages
Read 8 books
The Great Gatsby
Cutting for stone
The Giver of stars
Nights of rain and stars
The Boston Girl
The Graveyard Book
World War Two Under the shadow of the swastika a graphic novel
Paathummaayude aadu ( Malayalam)
Final update -Total Pages Completed - 2475
No. of Books Completed - 10
1. Zora and Me: The Summoner - Pages 256
2. Salvation of a Saint- Pages 330
3. The Girl from the Attic (Wild Card) - Pages 210
4. Based on a True Story (Wild Card) - pages 384
5. Welcome To Your Period (Wild Card) - Pages 176
6. EVERYTHING EQUALS NOTHING:: The Universe for young scientists, mathematicians and philosophers (Wild Card) - Pages 116
7. The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Wild Card) - Pages 262
8. Zora and Me - Pages 192
Books chosen by Aka
9. Haroun and the Sea of Stories - Pages 224
10. How to Stop Time - Pages 325
Started After the Quake but couldn't read beyond first few pages due to lack of time.
Mod
oooh! Can this be revived for December month?
Mod
you all need to update in a single message box each and see how much you challenged yourselves. it is fun...
so, we choose the number of books we want to read?
We'd list out a few books at the start and your partner would pick books for you to read until the challenge ends.
I know. I just read the entire thread. its a very intense challenge and I don't have a partner.
Leena wrote: "I know. I just read the entire thread. its a very intense challenge and I don't have a partner."Oh, we've finished this challenge and i think you'll be able to participate when the challenge starts again with fresh pairings and book lists :)
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Books mentioned in this topic
Salvation of a Saint (other topics)After the Quake (other topics)
The Summoner (other topics)
The Girl From the Attic (other topics)
Welcome To Your Period (other topics)
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Ka. Naa. Subramaniam (other topics)Katherine Boo (other topics)
Haruki Murakami (other topics)
கி. ராஜநாராயணன் (other topics)
S. Ramakrishnan (other topics)
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Thanks, Kavi! I'm not sure, am I allowed to add more books? If yes, then how many more and only from my partner's list or ..."
Sorry, somehow missed this one. Yes, with mutual consent, you and your partner can add more books. The max per person is 25. This way you will be adding wild card - that is books not in initial list :).
Also, you can read books from your partners' list.