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January - Marathon Challenge

Progress: 5,271/5,000 pages
1. Several People Are Typing (256 pp)
2. Too Bright to See (192 pp)
3. Z for Zachariah (249 pp)
4. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War (266 pp)
5. Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir (213 pp)
6. While We Were Dating (336 pp)
7. Before I Go to Sleep (359 pp)
8. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books (356 pp)
9. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (401 pp)
10. Erasure (280 pp)
11. The Female Persuasion (454 pp)
12. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (326 pp)
13. The History of Love (255 pp)
14. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake (292 pp)
15. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (371 pp)
16. To Kill a Mockingbird (323 pp)
17. My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (352 pp)

Matheron
i thought i had signed up but link i put down takes me to someone elses post and my name not down to join so will start my post here
goals
Books 07/25
Pages 1,677/3000
1. Silent Nights by Wendy Dalrymple 02-01-24 p147
2 War's Mate by Taylor Rylan 02-01-24 p193
3 Troy's Warlock by Taylor Rylan 03-01-24 p196
4 My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn 05-01-24 p379
5 Ryker's Enchantment by Taylor Rylan 06-01-24 p136
6 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 08-01-24 p386
7 The Ice Bear Miracle by Cerrie Burnell 09-01-24 p240
8 Song of Winds 11-1-24
9 Moonstruck 15-1-24
10 Grayson's Enlightenment 15-1-24
11 Credence 18-1-24
12 Beartown 19-1-24
13 Headcase 22-1-24
14 And Then There Were None 25-1-24
15 The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas 26-1-24
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i thought i had signed up but link i put down takes me to someone elses post and my name not down to join so will start my post here
goals
Books 07/25
Pages 1,677/3000
1. Silent Nights by Wendy Dalrymple 02-01-24 p147
2 War's Mate by Taylor Rylan 02-01-24 p193
3 Troy's Warlock by Taylor Rylan 03-01-24 p196
4 My Wicked, Wicked Ways by Errol Flynn 05-01-24 p379
5 Ryker's Enchantment by Taylor Rylan 06-01-24 p136
6 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan 08-01-24 p386
7 The Ice Bear Miracle by Cerrie Burnell 09-01-24 p240
8 Song of Winds 11-1-24
9 Moonstruck 15-1-24
10 Grayson's Enlightenment 15-1-24
11 Credence 18-1-24
12 Beartown 19-1-24
13 Headcase 22-1-24
14 And Then There Were None 25-1-24
15 The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas 26-1-24
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January Marathon - 11/4 Completed
1. In Cold Blood Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2. Never Split the Difference Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐
3. Bruce Lee: Artist of Life Read ⭐⭐⭐
4. None of This Is True Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
5. The Housemaid Read ⭐⭐⭐
6. The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
7. Grigori Rasputin A Life From Beginning To End Read ⭐⭐
8. Know My Name: A Memoir Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
9. We Should All Be Feminists Read ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
10. Yellowface Read ⭐⭐
11. Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World Read ⭐⭐⭐

1. The Valley of Fear
2. Murder in the Marais
3. The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs
4. The House on Mango Street
5. What the Devil Knows
5/10 books
1,421/3,000 pages read


1. The Winter Over by Matthew Iden
2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
3. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
5. Before Your Memory Fades by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
6. Snowflakes by Ruth Ware

Please Note: This challenge is for 1 month only. It is not a yearly challenge. So you only have until the end of the month to complete your goal.
If I have overlooked you and you want to participate in this challenge, let me know and I will get you added.
Also, I haven't gotten all the stats completed, but I'm going to have to apply some math before I update the numbers.

finished 3/10.
I finished Zijderups I think I now finished the two books with the most pages, so hopefully I will manage to finish the rest as well.

1. That Self-Same Metal - 352 pages
2. Fourteen Days - 384 pages
3. The Eternal Ones - 480 pages
4. Heartstopper: Volume Five - 336 pages
Update to message 42 :
Progress : 4/8 books read
1) Pride and Prejudice
2) Where the Crawdads Sing
3) Divine Rivals
4) The Lost Continent
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Progress : 4/8 books read
1) Pride and Prejudice
2) Where the Crawdads Sing
3) Divine Rivals
4) The Lost Continent
5)
6)
7)
8)

Unfortunately, gojenn, the Goodreads app isn't very good for tracking your challenges. You'll find a browser works best for that. Here's an FAQ that can be helpful for getting started with our challenges:
Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly Challenges - Start Here.
It covers how to join, update, find your message number, editing posts, and more.
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EDIT: For the record, you signed up in Message #74 .

Congratulations! to Kristina and Sarah for completing the challenge.
Monday the 15th we will be halfway through this monthly challenge.
As of the 12th:
23 participants counting pages have read:
10,615/50,603 pages.
78 participants counting books have read:
134/684 books.
Good job everyone! Keep reading!

Update to message 62:
3/5 Complete
1. Throne of Glass
2. None of This Is True
3. The Last Letter
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5.

Update to Jan marathon #64
12/12 complete
1 Fourth Wing- Read⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2 The Frozen River - Read⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
3 Spare - Read⭐⭐⭐⭐
4 The Vulcan Academy Murders - Read⭐⭐⭐⭐
5 The Optimist's Daughter - Read⭐⭐⭐
6 Penelope in Retrograde - Read⭐⭐⭐⭐
7 Headlong Flight - Read⭐⭐⭐
8 All the Little Liars - Read⭐⭐⭐⭐
9 The Best We Can - Read⭐⭐
10 Never Lie - Read⭐⭐⭐⭐
11 Sing, Wild Bird, Sing - Read⭐⭐⭐
12 Malibu Burning - Read⭐⭐⭐⭐
Update to message 42 :
Progress : 5/8
1) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
3) The Lost Continent by Tui T. Sutherland
4) Divine Rivals byRebecca Ross
5) Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
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Progress : 5/8
1) Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
2) Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
3) The Lost Continent by Tui T. Sutherland
4) Divine Rivals byRebecca Ross
5) Ruthless Vows by Rebecca Ross
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Goal : 4 books 📚
2/4 finished
1. Stephen King - The institute 3,5 ⭐️
2. Sarah J Maas - throne of glass 4,5 ⭐️
3.
4.

Fourth Wing
The Whispers
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Planet Earth is Blue
Born a Crime

Progress - 2/8
1) The Psychology of Time Travel (336 pages)
2) Moriarty (425 pages)
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To Kill a Mockingbird (other topics)
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843/4000 pages read :)