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Archived Reading Challenges > 2022: 700,000 Page Challenge

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message 1301: by Carol (new)

Carol (carolfromnc) | -671 comments Rosemarie wrote: "Carol wrote: "@Lesle or @Rosemarie, just checking. To be added to this thread, a book should be a classic using the published-at least 50-years-ago standard. Is that right?"

Children's books need ..."


Thank you!


message 1303: by Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile (new)

Lesle | 8704 comments Mod
Rosemarie wrote: "Carol wrote: "@Lesle or @Rosemarie, just checking. To be added to this thread, a book should be a classic using the published-at least 50-years-ago standard. Is that right?"

Children's books need ..."



I missed Carol's question.
Thank you Rosemarie.


message 1304: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Anytime!


message 1305: by Mike (new)

Mike Fowler (mlfowler) | 253 comments The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

368 pages - Review

Total to date: 472,939


message 1306: by Dave (last edited Oct 20, 2022 04:07PM) (new)

Dave (adh3) | 177 comments He Knew He Was Right by Trollope

952 pages

Total to date;473,891


message 1307: by Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile (new)

Lesle | 8704 comments Mod
Dave wrote: "He Knew He Was Right"

952 pages + 472,939 =

Group total = 473,891


message 1308: by Tony (new)

Tony | 53 comments Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

160 pages

Current Group Total: 470,868


message 1309: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Current total is 474 051 pages.


message 1310: by Carol (new)

Carol (carolfromnc) | -671 comments Prague Tales by Jan Neruda
Prague Tales by Jan Neruda

346 pages

Total to-date: 474,397 pages


message 1312: by Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile (new)

Lesle | 8704 comments Mod
Group Total = 474,749


message 1313: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine | 399 comments Silence. Shusako Endo 304 pages
Mansfield Park. Jane Austen 440 pages

744+ 474,749= 475,493


message 1314: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4718 comments A 25ª Hora by Virgil Gheorghiu

420 pages

Group Total = 475,913


message 1315: by Gilbert (new)

Gilbert The Trail of the Serpent by Mary Elizabeth Braddon The Trail of the Serpent by Mary Elizabeth Braddon.

487 pages

Current Group Total: 471,195.


message 1316: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 16 comments Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
256 pages

Group Total 471,451


message 1317: by Gilbert (new)

Gilbert Sorry, total should be:

476,656


message 1318: by Karen (last edited Oct 22, 2022 07:58AM) (new)


message 1319: by Karen (new)

Karen | 87 comments Oh wait - Slave Dancer doesn't count - first published in 1973. Sorry!

Group total: 476,877


message 1320: by Luís (last edited Oct 22, 2022 08:42AM) (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4718 comments A Cidade de Deus - Vol. I | Augustine of Hippo

815 pages

Group total: 477,692


message 1321: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (last edited Oct 22, 2022 09:20AM) (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Karen wrote: "The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox - 192 pages
Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children by Arthur Bowie Chrisman - 221 pages

Group total..."


Karen, Slave Dancer does count because YA books need to be published before 1982, so I will add the pages here.

Our new group total is 477 884 pages.


message 1322: by Karen (new)

Karen | 87 comments Thanks! Every little bit helps!


message 1323: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
So true!


message 1324: by Shaina (new)

Shaina | 536 comments Quick question - Will the Hitchhiker's Guide series count as YA? I didn't add it as it's post 1972.


message 1325: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
It isn't YA so the time frame is 50 years. Thanks for checking, Shaina.


message 1326: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
252 pages

Total to date: 478 136


message 1327: by Shaina (new)

Shaina | 536 comments Thank you, Rosemarie!


message 1328: by Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile (new)

Lesle | 8704 comments Mod
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

63 pages

Group total to Date 478,199


Abyssdancer (Hanging in there!) | 50 comments Autobiographical Writings by Hermann Hesse
291 pages

🥰


message 1330: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Group total to date: 478 490 pages


message 1331: by Tabitha (last edited Oct 22, 2022 08:06PM) (new)

Tabitha  Gallicano The Turn of the Screw - Henry James 144 pgs; Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass - Lewis Carrol 378 pgs; When The Bough Breaks - Otis Carney 320 pgs. Total: 842 pgs
(Unless the last one doesnt count..)

Current Group Total: 479,332


message 1332: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
The last one counts, since it was published in 1957 according to goodreads.


message 1333: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
234 pages

Total to date: 479 566


message 1334: by Ken (new)

Ken Seeling | 10 comments A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh, 288 pages. Group total: 429,620


message 1335: by Ken (new)

Ken Seeling | 10 comments Correction. 479,620


message 1336: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4718 comments The Young Törless by Robert Musil

157 pages

Total to date: 479 777


message 1337: by Nora (new)

Nora Currie A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
294 pages
Total to date: 480 061


message 1338: by Iris (last edited Oct 24, 2022 12:16AM) (new)

Iris  | 35 comments Poirot e i Quattro by Agatha Christie The Big Four by Agatha Christie - 179 pages
Morte al pub (Roderick Alleyn, #9) by Ngaio Marsh Death at the Bar by Ngaio Marsh - 347 pages
Ho servito il re d'Inghilterra by Bohumil Hrabal I Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal - 248 pages

Total to date: 481,079 (I added message 1333 page count that somehow got lost in the way)


message 1339: by Chad (new)

Chad | 869 comments A Room of One's Own
112 pages

Current Group Total: 481,191


message 1340: by Gilbert (new)

Gilbert The Egoist by George Meredith The Egoist by George Meredith

200 pages (DNF)

Current Group Total: 481,391


message 1341: by Chad (new)

Chad | 869 comments Whose Body?
212 pages

Current Group Total: 481,603


message 1342: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (last edited Oct 24, 2022 07:47PM) (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Gilbert wrote: "The Egoist by George MeredithThe Egoist by George Meredith

200 pages (DNF)

Current Group Total: 481,391"


A book can only be counted if you finish the book, Gilbert. I actually really enjoyed The Egoist.

Our group total is 481 403 pages.


message 1343: by Nora (new)

Nora Currie Do plays written by Shakespeare count?


message 1344: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Yes! They certainly do count, Nora.


message 1345: by Nora (new)

Nora Currie Rosemarie wrote: "Yes! They certainly do count, Nora."

Thanks so much for your help, Rosemarie.


message 1346: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen
The Three Impostors by Arthur Machen
179 pages

Total to date: 481 582


message 1347: by Piyangie, Classical Princess (new)

Piyangie | 3680 comments Mod
Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Devils by Fyodor Dostoevsky

769 pages

Group total: 482,351 pages


Abyssdancer (Hanging in there!) | 50 comments The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
702 pages


message 1349: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Our new total is 483 053 pages.


message 1350: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15922 comments Mod
Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
186 pages

Total to date: 483 239


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