January - Marathon Challenge

[Susan]

I'm impressed by the amount of reading people do. Put me in for three books. If I achieve this, I'll be very happy.
0/1051 pages. Catch-22, The Paris Wife and A Farewell to Arms, is my goal.

[Audrey]

Hi! I’m signing up for 6 books. Need to get through all those books I collected from our Library book store.

Books: 0/6
Pages 0/1800

1. Station Eleven by: Emily St. John Mandel
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[Kim]

I’d like to sign up for 2000 pages and 10 books!
Thanks

[Sarah]

I would like to read 2500 pages in January.

Total: 0/2500

[Desiré]

Susan wrote: "I'm impressed by the amount of reading people do. Put me in for three books. If I achieve this, I'll be very happy.
0/1051 pages. Catch-22, The Paris Wife and A Farewell to Arms, is my goal."

Same! Glad I have a 3 book buddy lol.

[Kim]

I'll sign up for 10 books, 3000 pages.
1. Morning Glory - 304
2. Murder in the Locked Library - 289
3. The Silence - 128
4. A Woman Is No Man - 339
5. Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table - 304
6. Return to Virgin River - 320
7. Murder in the Mystery Suite - 277
8. Magic Lessons - 396
9. The House I Loved - 222
10. Never Change - 214
11. Heat Wave - 198
12. Murder in the Paperback Parlor - 287
13. How to Raise an Elephant256
14. First Comes Scandal - 288
15. A Clockwork Orange - 192
16. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - 292
17. Downton Abbey: The Complete Scripts, Season Three - 558
18. Death Comes as the End - 194
19. B is for Burglar - 384
20. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times - 340
21. The Great Alone - 440
22. Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis - 264
23. Salvage the Bones - 261
24. When He Was Wicked - 404
25. About a Boy - 307
26. To Sir Phillip, With Love - 372
27. Hawaii- 937
28. My Brilliant Life - 208
29. It's in His Kiss - 384
30. Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse - 307

30 books - 9666 pages

[Marley]

I’m in for 6 books!

[Leona]

I'd like to sign up for 20 books please. I'm new to this how do we track it? Do we list it here as we go?

[Gem]

Marathon Challenge
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2021
5/8 books, 1,631/2000 pages

1. Tied Up in Tinsel - 248
2. The Tell-Tale Heart & The Raven - 20
3. The Ghost Bride - 370
4. The Three Musketeers - 720
5. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World - 273
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[Tresdivas]

I'll try for 15 books. Thank you

25/15

1. The Hunger
2. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
3. The Thorn Birds
4. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
5. Rebecca
6. The Ultimate Retirement Guide for 50+: Winning Strategies to Make Your Money Last a Lifetime
7. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
8. Green River, Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer - America's Deadliest Serial Murderer
9. The Days of Wine and Covid
10. Wham! George & Me
11. The Nickel Boys
12. My Soul to Keep
13. Spilled Milk
14. The Sound of Rain
15. The Stillwater Girls
16. The Money Class: Learn to Create Your New American Dream
17. The Bookshop on the Corner
18. Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
19. Black Virus
20. The Silence
21. #WUHAN2: Empowering poems and pros-a about feelings and such...
22. We Are Displaced
23. The House on the Water
24. Hold Your Breath
25. Born at Midnight

[Elizabeth]

My goal is 17. That seems audaciously doable.

0/17

[suzanne_between_pages]

I sign in for 3 books 📚 , progress 0/3:

1. Station Eleven (Emily St John Mandel)
2. Into the Water (Paula Hawkins)
3. Hold back the Stars (Katie Khan)

Enjoy everyone!

[Brandy R]

I initially said 3 books, but I think I'm hoping for 5. :O

1/3 books

[done] 1. Eggs and Chickens - In Least Space on Home-Grown Food - Garden Way Bulletin A-17
2. The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens: Simple Steps for Healthy, Happy Hens
3. The Blade Itself
Bonus:
4. Power of the Fire Dragon: A Branches Book
5. Homemade Soap For Beginners

[Serenity]

Happy New Year!!!
I have a lofty goal of reading 10 books in January!!!
Progress 10/10
1. Crown of Feathers (477 pages)
2. Adrift (189 pages)
3. The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson #1 (375 pages)
4. A Court of Thorns and Roses (416 pages)
5. Devil in the White City (447 pages)
6. Artificial Intelligence (158 pages)
7. Fireborne (448)
8. Red Sister (467)
9. Murder on Cold Street (343 pages)
10. Jade City (495 pages)

[Sarah]

Sign me up for 10 books and 2,081 pages

Sign me up for 10 books and 2,081 pages

10/10 books
2,081/2,081 pages

CHALLENGE COMPLETED

✅1.Bloody Tower(160 pages)(15/1/21)
✅2.My Story: Anastasia(224 pages)(15/1/21)
✅3.Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale(152 pages)(15/1/21)
✅4.The Princes in the Tower(287 pages)(23/1/21)
✅5.The Maddie Diaries: A Memoir(240 pages)(8/1/21)
✅6.Keeping My Sisters' Secrets(256 pages)(9/1/21)
✅7.A Woman of Firsts: The Midwife Who Built a Hospital and Changed the World(280 pages)(10/1/21)
✅8.Sleeping Beauty's Daughters(224 pages)(6/1/21)
✅9.Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile(128 pages)(12/1/21)
✅10.Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm(130 pages)(12/1/21)

[Connie]

January Marathon Challenge
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2021

Goal 20 Books
6,000 Pages

[Janine]

Please sign me up for 4,000 pages.

[Meghan L]

My goal is 2,700 pages.

[Jennifer]

Okay, I’m in. Setting a modest goal to read 3 books and 1000 pages.

8/3 books completed
2011/1000 pages read

Challenge completed!

Themes and Variations DONE
Letter from the Birmingham Jail DONE
A Fire Sparkling DONE
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return DONE
The Obelisk Gate DONE
The Stone Sky DONE
Effin' Birds DONE
A Time to Dance DONE

[Becky]

Please sign me up for 7 books!

1. The Wicked King
2. The Queen of Nothing
3. Indulgence in Death
4. Treachery in Death
5. New York to Dallas
6. Blood & Honey
7. Celebrity in Death

[Nicolle]

I’m in for 5 books in January!

1. Blood & Honey
2. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
3. The House of Secrets
4. The Book of Speculation
5. In Focus Numerology: Your Personal Guide - Includes an 18x24-inch Wall Chart

[El]

I’m aiming for 10 books & 4000 pages!!

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[Brittany Lynn]

Sign me up for 4 books.

January Marathon Challenge
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2021
Progress: 0/4

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[CrazyAsACupcake]

I'll go for 6 books and 1,500 pages, please!

Books Finished:
A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: MinaLima Edition
虹の刻
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
Broadcast
To Be Taught, If Fortunate

Pages Read: 1,506

[bailey, Challenges]

I will sign up for 4 books!

Progress: 9/4 COMPLETE

✅1. The Gunslinger ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅2. The City We Became ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅3. The Wake of the Lorelei Lee: Being an Account of the Adventures of Jacky Faber, on her Way to Botany Bay ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅4. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✅5. Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
✅6. Station Eleven ⭐️⭐️
✅7. Harbor Me
✅8. If I Stay ⭐️⭐️
✅9. The Drawing of the Three ⭐️⭐️

[Kimberly]

I'm aiming for 5 books, 1500 pages, please!

3/5
720/1500

1. Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers
2. Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom: A Story
3. Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
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[Kimberle]

Goal: 4 books
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[Kim]

I am in for 5 books please!

1. The Christmas Boutique - Jennifer Chiaverini
2. Mrs. Lincoln’s Sisters -Jennifer Chiaverini
3. Angel Falls - Kristin Hannah
4. War Room - Chris Fabry
5. Getting Things Done - David Allen

[Gwen S.]

Happy New Year! January 2021 Marathon!

Please update msg#3!
1/7 books read & 283/2000 pages turned!

[Kristen]

Hello!!
I'm sorry I'm late please sign me up for 6 books and 2,000 pages.

JANUARY MARATHON CHALLENGE
GOAL: 6 books
PAGES: 0/2000

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[Caz]

I will read 10 books for January

[Matt]

Hello, Blagica:

I love the idea of this challenge to help start 2021 with a bang! My goal is 8 books for 2,400 pages.

Progress: 2/8 & 0/2400

1. When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
2. Paper Girls, Vol. 2
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[Rebecca]

Update message #15:

Books: 1/15
Pages: 53/4000

[Shareen]

My 2021 Challenge is 40 books. (I read physical copies, so you can have a visual of my Stack!) 2020 ended at my projected 36. It was a blessing. January Marathon Challenge: 5 BOOKS. 4 of those 5 books will be start to finish, with several hundred pages in the 1 remaining. Thank you! Go!

Blagica wrote: "MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2021

This is such a hit every year, that we thought we would kick off the year again with a running start! How often is it our New Year's Resol..."

[Jennifer]

Updating message #71

1/3 books completed
18/1000 pages read

Themes and Variations DONE

[Leon]

Hi all, I will join this “marathon” as well. I will go for 8 books and 3500 pages

0/8

[Wolf (Alpha)]

Going for 62 books in January. 2/62
1. Sacked by Jen Frederick 1/1/2021
2. Getting Lucky Number Seven by Cindi Madsen 1/1/2021

[Lauri]

Lauri's Spot!
January Marathon
6 Books
Target: 2000 pages
15 / 6
Dying for Devil's Food 1/2/21
Listening Woman 1/3/21
Away in a Manger 1/4/21
Bloodring 1/7/21
A Christmas Beginning 1/8/21
Tart of Darkness 1/9/21
Hot Flash Holidays 1/13/21
Chain of Gold 1/16/21
Christmas Letters 1/18/21
How the Finch Stole Christmas! 1/20/21
An Irish Country Christmas 1/21/21
A Fool and His Honey 1/23/21
The Book of Longings 1/26/21
The Twelve Clues of Christmas 1/30/21
Quench The Lamp 1/30/31

1/31/21 4757 pages!! Who knew?

[Nicole]

I'd like to join w/ a goal of 20 Books!

1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
2. Birds of Shangri-La, Vol. 1
3. Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 4
4. Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 20
5. Blue Exorcist, Vol. 21

5/20

[Rachael]

Updated message 7: 1/6

[Christina]

I 'm in with 4 books

[Carol]

update #12:

I've added a page # goal to my challenge.

2/31 books
464/3,000 pages

[Blagica , Challenges]

Alyana Pearl wrote: "Hi Blagica, do I need to set a goal for a number of books too or pages only are fine?"

whatever you wish is fine by me =)

[Alyana]

Blagica wrote: "Alyana Pearl wrote: "Hi Blagica, do I need to set a goal for a number of books too or pages only are fine?"

whatever you wish is fine by me =)"

okay cool, thanks 😊

[Blagica , Challenges]

L wrote: "I'd like to sign up for 20 books please. I'm new to this how do we track it? Do we list it here as we go?"

Welcome! Yes just post a new message with your original message amd the updated number.

for example update to message 60 1/20
hope this helps!

[Blagica , Challenges]

Gem wrote: "Marathon Challenge
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2021
2/8 books, 268/2000 pages

Welcome and congrats on your progress!

[Utkarsha]

Hello! I am new here. Please sign me up for 3 books...

[Laura Jane]

Hi, I'd like to try for 10 books please!

[Blagica , Challenges]

Updated to message 103!

[Kristen]

Update Message #83

JANUARY MARATHON CHALLENGE
GOAL: 1/6 books read
PAGES: 522/2000 read

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