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Archived Reading Challenges
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2022: 700,000 Page Challenge
Much Ado About Nothng = 118 pages
Bran Mak Morn = 400 pages
Catch 22 = 465 pages
Total 983 pages
Total to date: 205,171
Death at the President's Lodging by Michael Innes - 312 pgs
My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather - 110 pgs
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells - 178 pgs
Total to Date: 208,055 pgs
A Girl's Ride in Iceland (1895) by Ethel Alec-Tweedie. Finished e-book 2 June 2022. 238 pages.Total Group Pages To Date: 208,293
The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg ClarkFinished May 31st
287 pages
Total Group pages to date: 208,580
Diane, I think the book you read was set in the past, but is fiction published in 2015, so it's too new for the challenge, unfortunately. Books need to be 50 years old in order to be considered a fiction classic.
Rosemarie wrote: "Diane, I think the book you read was set in the past, but is fiction published in 2015, so it's too new for the challenge, unfortunately. Books need to be 50 years old in order to be considered a f..."Rosemarie wrote: "Diane, I think the book you read was set in the past, but is fiction published in 2015, so it's too new for the challenge, unfortunately. Books need to be 50 years old in order to be considered a f..."
Rosemarie wrote: "The Centaur by Algernon Blackwood

280 pages
Total to date: 210 598"
That applies to The Gilded Hour as well. I knew this but I forgot! Sorry. I’ll try to remove these 2 entries.
No worries!
We can just subtract the number of pages, Diane, and I'll give the updated total in the next message. Deleting can be a pain, but I'll give you a chance first.
We can just subtract the number of pages, Diane, and I'll give the updated total in the next message. Deleting can be a pain, but I'll give you a chance first.
The Keys of the Kingdom by A.J. Cronin 480 pagesFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 433 pages
Unfinished Cathedral by T.S. Stribling 383 pages
A Bell for Adano by John Hersey 269 pages
1565 pages total
Group Total: 214,772 pages
Hos os i Auschwitz (Here in Our Auschwitz and Other Stories) by Tadeusz Borowski174 pages
Group Total: 214.946 pages
Blueberry wrote: "Schlinder's List by Thomas Keneally
429 pgs
Total to date: 216,054"
Blueberry, you might want to check the title of the book, it's spelled wrong.
429 pgs
Total to date: 216,054"
Blueberry, you might want to check the title of the book, it's spelled wrong.
Blueberry, you and I must have been posting our updates at almost exactly the same time; I think the correct total is -Total to date : 216,310
Evelina: Or, The History of A Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Frances Burney512p 9/6/22
Total to date: 217,646
Rosemarie wrote: "Blueberry wrote: "Schlinder's List by Thomas KeneallyBlueberry, you might want to check the title of the book, it's spelled wrong."
Thanks. Corrected
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - 6/5/22 - 248 pages On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 6/7/22 - 339 pages
Total to date: 218,233
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War by Eugenia Dunlap Potts
56 pages - 08/06/22
Total to date: 218,289
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288p 29/5/22
total to date: 204,208