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Archived Reading Challenges > 2022: 700,000 Page Challenge

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message 1751: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
Grandpa's Witched up Christmas by James Flora

36 pages

Total to date: 697 982


message 1752: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire

191 pages

Total to date: 698 173


message 1753: by [deleted user] (last edited Dec 20, 2022 10:57PM) (new)


message 1754: by Cleo (new)

Cleo (cleopatra18) | 99 comments The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoevsky 188 pages

The Man Who Was Thursday A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G.K. Chesterton 182 pages

Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie 368 pages

Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville 851 pages

Total: 1,589 pages

Total Group Pages to Date: 700,290 pages


message 1755: by Cleo (new)

Cleo (cleopatra18) | 99 comments Does that mean we did it? 🎉🎉🎉💫💫


The Bibliophile Doctor | 117 comments We did it , yesssss 🎉🎉🥂🥂🥳🥳


message 1757: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4718 comments Human Action The Scholar's Edition by Ludwig von Mises

Human Action: The Scholar's Edition by Ludwig von Mises

912 pages

Total Group Pages to Date: 701,612 pages


message 1758: by Iris (last edited Dec 21, 2022 02:33AM) (new)

Iris  | 35 comments I think the correct total should be 701,202.

Noi by Yevgeny Zamyatin We by Yevgeny Zamyatin - 222 pages

Total to date: 701,424


message 1759: by Piyangie, Classical Princess (new)

Piyangie | 3680 comments Mod
Yay! We've done it! 👏👏👏🥂🥂


message 1760: by Nora (new)

Nora Currie Yay!!!


message 1761: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
We did it! Thank you everyone! 🎉🎊👏🥳🤩


The Bibliophile Doctor | 117 comments I'm already waiting for next year challenge to start 🥺 this was super fun. Super excited 😆😄


message 1763: by Mike (new)

Mike Fowler (mlfowler) | 253 comments Congratulations everyone!


message 1764: by Pam, Southwest Enchanter (new)

Pam (bluegrasspam) | 1186 comments Mod
Congrats everyone! That’s a lotta reading! 📚📚📚


message 1765: by Lesle, Appalachian Bibliophile (last edited Dec 21, 2022 07:33AM) (new)

Lesle | 8704 comments Mod
Appreciate you putting us over our goal Cleo! and a huge Thank You for everyone this is an immense accomplishment for us!

I will be posting next years Page Challenge more towards the end of the year! but still keep reading and adding to our total!! we still have 10 days :)


message 1766: by Book Nerd, Purple Book Horse (last edited Dec 21, 2022 08:04AM) (new)

Book Nerd (book_nerd_1) | 1126 comments Mod
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I should have about 600 coming before the end of the year. Maybe we can make three quarters of a million?


message 1767: by Blueberry (new)

Blueberry (blueberry1) | 283 comments YEAH !!!


message 1768: by Kathy (new)

Kathy E | 2408 comments Wow, we did it! That was fun.


message 1769: by Cleo (new)

Cleo (cleopatra18) | 99 comments Lesle wrote: "Appreciate you putting us over our goal Cleo! and a huge Thank You for everyone this is an immense accomplishment for us! ..."

You're so welcome, Lesle! I was so excited at having finished Moby Dick and then realized I hadn't added the three books before it. Woo hoo! 🎉🎉🎉 Looking forward to next year's challenge!


message 1770: by Annette (new)

Annette | 241 comments Very good! Great team work!


message 1771: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4718 comments Congrats everyone!


message 1772: by Samantha, Creole Literary Belle (new)

Samantha Matherne (creolelitbelle) | -229 comments Mod
Yay! Congrats! Do we want to keep adding pages to see how far over we go?


message 1773: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
Definitely!


message 1774: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
The Gray Wolf by George MacDonald
The Gray Wolf by George MacDonald
9

Total to date: 701 433


message 1775: by Valerie (new)

Valerie (valroos) | 40 comments Fantastic! It is amazing that we managed to reach the goal.


message 1776: by Penelope (new)

Penelope | 200 comments What an effort. Fantastic and congratulations to all.


message 1777: by John (new)

John R Illuminations by Walter Benjamin
Illuminations by Walter Benjamin

272 pages - 21/12/22

Total to Date : 701,705


message 1778: by Samantha, Creole Literary Belle (new)

Samantha Matherne (creolelitbelle) | -229 comments Mod
Tex by S.E. Hinton -- 211 pages

Tex by S.E. Hinton

Group Total = 702,094


message 1779: by Mike (new)

Mike Fowler (mlfowler) | 253 comments Zadig and L'Ingénu by Voltaire
Zadig and L'Ingénu by Voltaire

192 pages - Review

Group total: 702,286


message 1780: by Blueberry (new)

Blueberry (blueberry1) | 283 comments Hunter's Green by Phyllis A. Whitney


Pgs 262

Total pgs. 702,548


message 1781: by Inese (last edited Dec 21, 2022 11:40PM) (new)

Inese Okonova | 88 comments The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis - 224 pages
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper - 272 pages

My total - 496 pages

Group's total - 703,044 pages


message 1782: by Tr1sha (last edited Dec 21, 2022 11:41PM) (new)

Tr1sha | 1043 comments Amazing success - with time to spare!


message 1783: by [deleted user] (new)

700k and still going 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Nice!


message 1784: by Blanca (new)

Blanca Ruiz | 51 comments Super happy that we reached our goal of 700K! Congratulations to everyone! I can't wait to start 2023 challenge! Happy Holidays to everyone!


message 1785: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
Thank you,Blanca! Happy holidays to you too!


message 1786: by Karin (new)

Karin | 700 comments We can still post pages, correct? I have over 2000 with three books I finished this week.


message 1787: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
Definitely, Karin!


message 1788: by Karin (new)

Karin | 700 comments Great--in the voice of the Terminator, "I'll be back!"


message 1789: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4718 comments Blanca wrote: "Super happy that we reached our goal of 700K! Congratulations to everyone! I can't wait to start 2023 challenge! Happy Holidays to everyone!"

Happy Holidays, Blanca.


message 1790: by Patrícia (new)

Patrícia (gh0stp) | 25 comments Nice work everyone!! Great to see, what an amazing way to end the year!


message 1791: by Rebecca (new)

Rebecca A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

104 pages

Group total: 703,148


message 1792: by Chad (new)

Chad | 869 comments The Dreaming Jewels
217 pages

Current Group Total: 703,365


message 1793: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
The Gifts of the Child Christ by George MacDonald

44 pages

Total to date: 703 409


message 1794: by John (new)

John R Proust at the Majestic by Richard Davenport-Hines
Proust at the Majestic by Richard Davenport-Hines

358 pages - 23/12/22

Total to Date : 703,767


message 1795: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs
Surfeit of Suspects by George Bellairs
224 pages

Total to date: 703 991


message 1796: by Laurel (new)

Laurel (thislolak) | 128 comments The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

234p

total to date: 704,991


message 1797: by Karin (last edited Dec 23, 2022 01:37PM) (new)

Karin | 700 comments JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH
2040 pages

Kon-Tiki by Kon-TikiThor Heyerdahl
240 pages

Emil and the Detectives by Emil and the Detectives
244 pages

The Chimes by Charles Dickens
116 pages

The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
84 pages

Corrected after John pointed out the arithmetic error in message 1802

Total to date: 706,949



message 1798: by John (new)

John R I think the correct total is 706,949? There's a mistake in message 1802.


message 1799: by Karin (last edited Dec 23, 2022 01:38PM) (new)

Karin | 700 comments John wrote: "I think the correct total is 706,949? There's a mistake in message 1802."

I didn't check the math in anyone else's posts, so will redo mine posthaste.

ETA - fixed! You were correct.


message 1800: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15924 comments Mod
John wrote: "I think the correct total is 706,949? There's a mistake in message 1802."

That is the correct total, John.
Thanks for catching that.


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