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Archived Reading Challenges > 2024: 800,000 Page Challenge COMPLETED!!

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message 551: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4712 comments Letters From Prison by Antonio Gramsci

292 Pages

Group total: 195 240


message 552: by Kathy (new)

Kathy E | 2395 comments Death on the Riviera by John Bude
Death on the Riviera (Superintendent Meredith, #4) by John Bude

242 pages

Group total: 195,482


message 553: by Dave (new)

Dave Scheinblum | 6 comments Once an Eagle by Anton Myrer

972 pages. Group total: 196,454


message 554: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)


message 555: by Michelle (new)

Michelle | 169 comments Norse Fairy & Folk Tales Norse Fairy & Folk Tales by James Shepherd p 224

Group Total: 197,028


message 556: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Thomas Hardy

246 pages

Group total: 197 274


message 557: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
The Circus of Adventure by Enid Blyton
The Circus of Adventure (Adventure, #7) by Enid Blyton
258 pages

Group total: 197 532


message 558: by John (new)

John R The Seed and the Sower by Laurens van der Post
The Seed and the Sower (Vintage Classics) by Laurens van der Post

224 pages - 23/07/24

Total to Date : 197,756


message 559: by Karen (new)

Karen | 87 comments Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

298 pages

Total to date: 198,054


message 560: by Samantha, Creole Literary Belle (new)


message 561: by Karen (new)

Karen | 87 comments Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery

384 pages

Total to date: 199,229


message 562: by Kathy (last edited Jul 26, 2024 07:01PM) (new)

Kathy E | 2395 comments The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey, #5) by Dorothy L. Sayers

243 pages

"Looking for Some Dignity" by Clarice Lispector 9 pages
"The Tree" by Maria Luisa Bombal 10 pages
from the book Short Stories by Latin American Women Paperback ed. by Celia Correas De Zapata
Short Stories by Latin American Women( The Magic and the Real) SHORT STORIES BY LATIN AMER WO Paperback  by eliaC.DeZapata,

Total to date: 199,491


message 563: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
Invaders from the Infinite by John W. Campbell Jr.

240 pages

Group total: 199 731


message 564: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
The River of Adventure by Enid Blyton
The River of Adventure (Adventure Series) by Enid Blyton
219 pages

Group total: 199 950


message 565: by Jim (new)

Jim Townsend | 180 comments Meditations (180) by Marcus Aurelius (121-80). Finished 27 July 2024. 143
Pages.

Group Total Pages Read: 143 + 194,948 = 195,091.


message 566: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4712 comments Jim wrote: "Meditations (180) by Marcus Aurelius (121-80). Finished 27 July 2024. 143
Pages.

Group Total Pages Read: 143 + 194,948 = 195,091. "


Group Total Pages Read: 143 + 199,950 = 200,093


message 567: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4712 comments Mulher Desiludida by Simone de Beauvoir

163 Pages


Group Total Pages Read: 163 + 200,093 = 200,256 Pages


message 568: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4712 comments Maurice by E.M. Forster

286 Pages

Group Total Pages Read: 286 + 200,256 = 200,542 Pages


message 569: by Carol (new)

Carol (carolfromnc) | -673 comments No Room at the Morgue No Room at the Morgue by Jean-Patrick Manchette by Jean-Patrick Manchette

188 pages

Total to-date: 200,730 pages


message 570: by Jim (new)

Jim Townsend | 180 comments Good morning everyone,

I read the Standard Ebooks edition of Meditations, which has 149 pages, not 143, so the correct

Group Pages Read is 200,736


message 571: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' by William Hope Hodgson
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' by William Hope Hodgson
134 pages

Group total: 200 870


message 572: by Book Nerd, Purple Book Horse (new)


message 573: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4712 comments A Cidade Queimada by Mário Cesariny.

56 Pages

Group Total: 201,648


message 574: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
Plan de evasión by Adolfo Bioy Casares

162 pages

Group total: 201 810


message 575: by Andrew (new)

Andrew Stewart | 15 comments It’s been way too long …

The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens 576

You Know Me Al - Ring Lardner 224

Secresy; or The Ruin On The Rock - Eliza Fenwick 240

The Belly Of Paris - Émile Zola 660

The Stone Angel - Margaret Laurence 316

The Rush For The Spoil - Émile Zola 352

Homage To Catalonia - George Orwell 232

Ivanhoe - Walter Scott 496

The Italian - Anne Radcliffe 544

Clotel; or, The President’s Daughter - William Wells Brown 320

The Captain’s Daughter - Alexander Pushkin 124

Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut 282

No Longer Human - Osamu Dazai 177

Fletch - Gregory McDonald 197

Flashman (Flashman Papers #1) - George Macdonald Fraser 323

Manchild In The Promised Land - Claude Brown 416

Roadside Picnic - Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 145

The Odd Women - George Gissing 432

The Serpent’s Coil - Farley Mowat 189

Professor Dowell’s Head - Alexander Belyaev 157

The Tower Of Dago - Mor Jokai 104

I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison 134

The Life Of Lazarillo Tormes - Anonymous 118

The Devil’s Wind - Manohar Malgonkar 320

The Beginning And The End - Naguib Mahfouz 412

7490 + 201810
New total 209,300


message 576: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
Fantastic list, Andrew!


message 577: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)


message 578: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine | 399 comments Tai-Pan. James Clavell
738+ 209 504= 210,242


message 579: by Jenna (new)

Jenna Scribbles | 67 comments Hi ! I’m accessing this group from my phone so all the features are not available. Let’s see if I can get this all in. 😊😊

Emily of New Moon - LM Montgomery, 342

The Gabriel Hounds - Mary Stewart, 256

The Magnificent Amberson’s - Booth Tarkington, 300

Goodbye Mr Chips - James Hinton, 115

Cannery Row - John Steinbeck, 182

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote, 343

At the Mountains of Madness - HP Lovecraft, 194

The Maracot Deep - Arthur Conan Doyle, 200

The Stepford Wives - Ira Levin, 145

Total = 2,236

So far in 2024.


message 580: by Jenna (new)

Jenna Scribbles | 67 comments So the current total is - 212,478

😃😃


message 581: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
Great list, Jenna!


message 582: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4712 comments O regresso do Conde de Abranhos by Artur Portela Filho

207 Pages

Current total is - 212,685 Pages


message 583: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
L'Attaque du moulin by Émile Zola
L'Attaque du moulin by Émile Zola
58 pages

Group total: 212 743


message 584: by Chad (new)

Chad | 867 comments I have months of pages that I need to include here. I’ll try and do it tomorrow.


message 585: by Jenna (new)

Jenna Scribbles | 67 comments Chad - I see you’ve recently finished Daniel Deronda. It’s on my list!

That and Doctor Thorne. I saw movies based on those two books and can’t wait to read them.

Jenna


message 586: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
Doctor Thorne is so good!


message 588: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine | 399 comments Le ventre de Paris. Emile Zola

470+213,369= 213,839


message 589: by Samantha, Creole Literary Belle (new)

Samantha Matherne (creolelitbelle) | -229 comments Mod
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

197 pages

Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key

144 pages

Total - 341 pages

Group total = 214,180


message 590: by Chad (new)

Chad | 867 comments Jenna wrote: "Chad - I see you’ve recently finished Daniel Deronda. It’s on my list!

That and Doctor Thorne. I saw movies based on those two books and can’t wait to read them.

Jenna"

I enjoyed both!


message 591: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac
Fell Murder by E.C.R. Lorac
231 pages

Group total: 214 411


message 592: by Book Nerd, Purple Book Horse (new)

Book Nerd (book_nerd_1) | 1123 comments Mod
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
237 pages

Group total: 214,648


message 593: by Karen (new)

Karen | 87 comments Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery

340 pages

Total to date: 214,988


message 594: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 15871 comments Mod
On the Nature of the Universe by Lucretius
On the Nature of the Universe by Lucretius
263 pages

Group total: 215 251


message 595: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4712 comments The Mansion by William Faulkner
The Mansion by William Faulkner

400 Pages

Group total: 215,651


message 597: by Jenna (new)

Jenna Scribbles | 67 comments Whoa! Chad that added to the total.
😄😄😄


message 598: by Lorraine (new)

Lorraine | 399 comments Le Morte d'Arthur: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table
Thomas Malory

768+ 218,423= 219,191


message 599: by Luís (new)

Luís (blue_78) | 4712 comments Filoctetes by Sophocles
Filoctetes by Sophocles

88 Pages

219,191 + 88 = 219,279 Pages in total


message 600: by John (new)

John R Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

409 pages - 07/08/24

Total to Date: 219,688


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