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Let's Turn Pages - 2023

Goal: 17,254/20,000, 86.27% - 48 total books.
June - 8 books, 3,774 pages. 17,254 total pages.
41. The Honourable Schoolboy (George Smiley, #6; Karla Trilogy #2) - 611 pages
42. Nine Stories - 198 pages
43. Neom - 256 pages
44. Moby Dick - 656 pages
45. Leviathan Wakes (Expanse, #1) - 573 pages
46. The Juniper Tree - 193 pages
47. The Stories of John Cheever - 914 pages
48. The Old Ways: A Journey On Foot - 373 pages

Original Message #10 - Goal of 25,000 pages
Total January - June - 12,164 pages
June total - 1020 pages
Thanks!!!!

13597/15000
I read Your Heart Is a Muscle the Size of a Fist by Sunil Yapa at 314 pages

finished reading A Wrinkle in Time - 218 pages
pages read challenge total: 12,383/20,000 pages

April:
The Darkest Minds- 184
Knocking Boots- 232
Tease Me Once- 280
I’ll Kiss You Twice- 250
Ten You’re Mine- 131
Monthly Total: 1077
May:
Icebreaker- 96
The Darkest Minds- 19
Monthly Total: 115
June:
Icebreaker- 351
The Sinner- 627
First Down- 310
Post Grad (extended epilogue)- 82
The Darkest Minds- 19
Breakaway- 412
Monthly Total: 1801

finished reading Sweet Little Lies - 308 pages
pages read challenge total: 12,691/20,000 pages

June
- tell me three things: 325
- Dark Ivy: 408
- Flammender Zorn: 428
- Unravel me: 461
- Ignite me: 408
- Regenmantel: 508
- The risk: 130
- Finde mich. Jetzt: 399
- Hero: 314
- Ever: wann immer du mich berührst: 416
- Every last word: 354
- Indigo Ridge: 326
- Words I keep: 388
- Harry Potter 1: 335
- Liar: 239
22,023

STATUS: 34,976/20,000
UPDATED: 12/28/2023
June Sub-Total: 18,354
JULY:
50 - Pahua and the Soul Stealer by Lori M. Lee - 07/09/2023, 345 pages
51 - Life on Delay: Making Peace with a Stutter by John Hendrickson - 07/10/2023, 255 pages
52 - The Fire Keeper by J.C. Cervantes - 07/15/2023, 432 pages
53 - Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt - 07/17/2023, 360 pages
54 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty - 07/22/2023, 254 pages
55 - The Shadow Crosser by J.C. Cervantes - 07/22/2023, 432 pages
56 - So Help Me God by Mike Pence - 07/28/2023, 553 pages
57 - City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda - 07/29/2023, 400 pages
July Sub-Total: 21,385
AUGUST:
58 - In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune - 08/06/2023, 432 pages
59 - The Forest of Vanishing Stars by Kristin Harmel - 08/09/2023, 376 pages
60 - The Book of Charlie by David von Drehle - 08/10/2023, 208 pages
61 - The Last Fallen Realm by Graci Kim - 08/13/2023, 320 pages
62 - Blackmail and Bibingka by Mia P. Manansala, 08/15/2023, 270 pages
63 - Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls - 08/22/2023, 368 pages
64 - While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams - 08/24/2023, 367 pages
65 - Rook by William Ritter - 08/25/2023, 368 pages
66 - Kit McBride Gets a Wife by Amy Barry - 08/28/2023, 328 pages
67 - Big Tree by Brian Selznick - 08/31/2023, 528 pages
August Sub-Total: 24,950
SEPTEMBER:
68 - The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories about Mythic Heroes by Rick Riordan - 09/06/2023, 464 pages
69 - Rogue Justice by Stacey Abrams - 09/09/2023, 368 pages
70 - Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse - 09/15/2023, 306 pages
71 - Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes - 09/17/2023, 389 pages
72 - The Sun and the Star: A Nico di Angelo Adventure by Rick Riordan - 09/20/2023, 480 pages
73 - The Color of Air by Gail Tsukiyama - 09/22/2023, 304 pages
74 - Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala - 09/25/2023, 304 pages
75 - The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires - 09/30/2023, 410 pages
September Sub-Total: 27,975
OCTOBER:
76 - My Accidental Jihad by Krista Bremer - 10/03/2023, 304
77 - Fury of the Dragon Goddess by Sarwat Chadda - 10/04/2023, 384 pages
78 - The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman - 10/07/2023, 422 pages
79 - The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee - 10/10/2023, 448 pages
80 - The Spirit Glass by Roshani Chokshi - 10/12/2023, 320 pages
81 - The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú - 10/17/2023, 250 pages
82 - Marrying Off Morgan McBride by Amy Barry - 10/17/2023, 336 pages
83 - Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia, 10/24/2023, 350 pages
October Sub-Total: 30,789
NOVEMBER:
84 - Solito by Javier Zamora - 11/01/2023, 384 pages
85 - They Went Left by Monica Hesse - 11/04/2023, 364 pages
86 - The Chalice of the Gods by Rick Riordan - 11/06/2023, 268 pages
87 - Deaf Utopia: A Memoir - And a Love Letter to a Way of Life by Nyle DiMarco - 11/14/2023, 317 pages
88 - Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Tehlor Kay Mejia - 11/14/2023, 323 pages
89 - Starter Villain by John Scalzi - 11/18/2023, 264 pages
90 - Paola Santiago and the Sanctuary of Shadows by Tehlor Kay Mejia - 11/25/2023, 352 pages
91 - Fox Snare by Yoon Ha Lee - 11/29/2023, 250 pages
November Sub-Total: 33,311
DECEMBER:
92 - The Comfort Book by Matt Haig - 12/05/2023, 272 pages
93 - Ballad & Dagger by Daniel José Older - 12/07/2023, 359 pages
94 - The Greatest Gift: A Christmas Tale by Philip van Doren Stern - 12/07/2023, 64 pages
95 - The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry - 12/08/2023, 26 pages
96 - I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai - 12/16/2023, 327 pages
97 - Last Canto of the Dead by Daniel José Older - 12/17/2023, 400 pages
98 - The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman - 12/19/2023, 65 pages
99 - Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates - 12/26/20203, 152 pages
## - A Boy Called Christmas by Matt Haig - IN PROCESS
## - The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden - IN PROCESS
Update to Message 33: #/20,000 pages.

July: Pages Read: 320 Pages Ahead of Challenge Pace: 723
Book #25: One to Go by Mike Pace - Pg. 320
Total Read: 9,473 of 15,000

finished reading Malibu Rising - 365 pages
pages read challenge total: 13,056/20,000 pages

finished reading Sugar and Spice - 279 pages
pages read challenge total: 13,335/20,000 pages

Finished reading:
Dear Amelia- 158 pages
Crossroads- 110 pages
The Last Word- 340 pages
The Hunt- 232 pages
Ghost- 181 pages
The Golden Spoon- 288 pages
Book Lovers- 377 pages
The Burning God (The Poppy War #3)- 622 pages
The Writing Retreat- 313 pages
Lessons In Chemistry- 400 pages
Loser- 218 pages
Two Can Keep A Secret- 329 pages
23,564 pages read
26,436 remaining

The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit . by Michael Finkel (191 pages)
13,605/25,000

9,606 out of 20,000
Only the Dead (Audio) - 7/3/23 - 400
Flash Point (Audio) - 7/5/23 - 480
7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Audio) -7/9/23 - 372
Roughing It (Audio) - 7/10/23 - 560
Long road trips are great for knocking out audiobooks.

Progress: 59,216/65,000
June
Total Number of Pages: 7,983
Total Number of Books: 55
July
Total Number of Pages: 4,040
Total Number of Books: 30

finished reading Basketball Junkie - 275 pages
pages read challenge total: 13,610/20,000 pages

Progress 9,849/15,000
437 - Born in Fire
427 - Raised in Fire
398 - Fused in Fire
457 - Natural Witch
520 - Natural Mage
453 - Natural Dual-Mage
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