10.4 - Roll The Dice...

[Liz]

Petra, thanks for the suggestion! I'll take all the recommendations I can get.

[Manday]

Liz- my to read has a ton of books that are 224. Here is what I have:

The Reader
The Virgin Suicides
Do the Windows Open?
Frost in May (Virago Modern Classics)
Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water
The Last Fine Time
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez

[Sandy, Moderator Emeritus]

Liz wrote: "I rolled a 225, so not tons of choices (I rerolled just for fun & ended up with a 324, which would have been a whole lot easier for me, but oh well!)
[b..."

After you posted the suggestion about exporting your list, I did that, and these are the books listed between 216 and 232 pages. some I've read, some I haven't, some are new to fit specific tasks in this challenge. Maybe one of them would be interesting to you.

The World Wreckers (Darkover Series)
Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner
Shane
Scoop (Penguin Modern Classics)
Bimbos of the Death Sun
Like Water for Chocolate
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist (Mrs. Pollifax, Book 13)
Life Would Be Perfect If I Lived in That House
Without Feathers
The Shape-Changer's Wife
The Midwich Cuckoos
Saving Agnes: A Novel
Shakespeare's Champion (A Lily Bard Mystery, #2)
The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text With Exercises
I Am America: And So Can You!
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
The Truth Never Stands in Way of a Good Story

[Liz]

Thanks you guys!

[Jennifer N.]

Liz wrote: "Jennifer N. wrote: "Not to complain but I got 164. I'm not sure if I have any books that short on my TBR list."

here are some that would work from my tbr, if that helps at all.
[book:The Islan..."

Thanks Liz - The Island of Dr. Moreau it is!

[Louvaine]

Felina, thanks! I haven't read a lot of fantasy so that gives me something new to look into. Whoa! I just looked into the Ice & Fire series, they seem to be 750-1000+ pgs. That's a bit much for me right now, but I appreciate the suggestion. I'm thinking of reading Cutting for Stone.

[Rach]

I rolled a 251, and looks like I have a lot of options. Here are some just from my TBR list:

242 - Fates Worse Than Death - Kurt Vonnegut
244 - Fallen - David Maine
247 - Gilead - Marilynne Robinson
248 - The Everafter - Amy Huntley
254 - The Wordy Shipmates - Sarah Vowell
255 - The History of Love - Nicole Krauss
256 - Little Black Book of Stories - A.S. Byatt
256 - Dreamland - Sarah Dessen
256 - Golden: A Retelling of "Rapunzel" - Cameron Dokey
256 - Misguided Angel - Melissa dela Cruz
256 - Ophelia Joined the Group Maidens Who Don't Float: Classic Lit Signs on to Facebook - Sarah Schmelling
256 - Carrie - Stephen King
256 - I Married a Dead Man - Cornell Woolrich
256 - Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo - Lawrence Anthony
256 - Brighton Rock - Graham Greene
256 - Mennonite in a Little Black Dress - Rhoda Janzen
256 - Time Out of Joint - Philip K. Dick

And that's not even all of them, lol! Almost too many options. :)

[Tanya]

OUCH! 623.
Kinda hoping to get a smaller book for this task but oh well!

[Bridgit]

ugh. 644. so not fair. All the books on my TBR are actually a lot longer or in the 500 page range...

time to dig.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

LOL I love this task. Read any book you want as long as it has X number of pages.

[Cassandra]

Bridgit wrote: "ugh. 644. so not fair. All the books on my TBR are actually a lot longer or in the 500 page range...

time to dig."

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (637)
Hearts in Atlantis by Stephen King (640)
The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman (640)
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing (640)
The Once and Future King by T.H. White (640)
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (641)
The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty (648)
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (651)
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (656)
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (656)
The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (656)

[Sara ♥]

I rolled 134... I think I'm probably looking at a juvenile fiction book...

Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (125)
Way to Be!: 9 Rules For Living the Good Life (144)
The Talented Clementine (144)

[Jay]

Laura wrote: "Bridgit wrote: "ugh. 644. so not fair. All the books on my TBR are actually a lot longer or in the 500 page range...

time to dig."

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (637)
Hearts in Atlantis..."

I just finished Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets and my copy was 631 pages, though others vary. If you like non-fiction or true crime or cop shows, it was so good I'm still sad it's over.

[Nancy]

Just to clarify, we can use a book if the copy we actually read has a page count that fits our dice roll, even if Goodreads lists that edition with a different page count? I rolled 416 and would like to use my bookclub pick, Cloudstreet : A Novel . Goodreads says 432, but the copy I bought has 426 pages, whick JUST fits the task.

[Liz M]

Nancy wrote: "Just to clarify, we can use a book if the copy we actually read has a page count that fits our dice roll, even if Goodreads lists that edition with a different page count? I rolled 416 and would li..."

Librarians can edit book data, including page numbers. Check your booklink again ;)

[Danielle]

So glad you used Son of a Witch as the example, I've been meaning to read it for years and I rolled 361 so it only just fits! Thanks!!!

[Nancy]

Liz wrote: "Nancy wrote: "Just to clarify, we can use a book if the copy we actually read has a page count that fits our dice roll, even if Goodreads lists that edition with a different page count? I rolled 41..."

Thank you! I always knew librarians were some of my favorite people!

[Caz]

Any suggestions for 2,5,4? xx

Oops can't type! 2,3,4! And have found Not Tonight Honey, Wait 'Til I'm a Size Six which is 224 so that's what i'll read :) xx

[Iamthez]

I'm stuck with 253 and am having huge troubles finding a book. I found one that was 242 and a few that are 265 but nothing in between. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

You have The Mistress Of Nothing on your shelf, which is 256 page. Will that work, or have you put into a different task?

[Liz M]

A Good Man Is Hard to Find 256 pages
The Gathering 261 pages
G is for Gumshoe 261 pages
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler 260 pages
The Good Earth 260 pages
The Professor's House 258 pages
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 256 pages
Enduring Love 262 pages
We 256 pages
Falling Man: A Novel 256 pages
Mao II 256 pages
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 256 pages
Frankenstein 256 pages
Cold Comfort Farm 256 pages
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother 245 pages
The Storyteller: A Novel 256 pages
Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel 256 pages
Regeneration 256 pages
The Age of Innocence 256 pages
Girl with a Pearl Earring 248 pages
The History of Love 255 pages
Stardust 250 pages
The Virgin Suicides 249 pages
Gilead 247 pages
The Remains of the Day 245 pages
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings 247 pages
Fifth Chinese Daughter 246 pages

I have a suspiciously large number of books with 256 pages, but at least some of these should work once you are able to check the physical edition.

[Iamthez]

o.O Wow, you guys absolutely rock! Thank you so much, Liz and Elizabeth! Now I have no excuses for this challenge! :)

[Katie]

I rolled a 344. My copy of Bubbles Unbound has 334 pages of the actual title story, but it contains a 10ish page preview chapter for the next book.

Would this still work considering I never read the "bonus" material at the end of a book?

[Elliott]

Anyone know of any YA books with 656 pages? I doubt it.

[Cassandra]

Lavendarlol- (Special Civilian Roleplayer) wrote: "Anyone know of any YA books with 656 pages? I doubt it."

The Seventh Tower by Garth Nix?

[Elliott]

Maybe. But I don't really like fantasy novels that much. If I can't find anything else. Thanks.

[Elliott]

I'm also looking through authors like Lousia May Alcott and Jane Austen.

[Liz]

Lavendarlol- (Special Civilian Roleplayer) wrote: "Anyone know of any YA books with 656 pages? I doubt it."

the only YA on my list that would work:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (652 pgs)
some others that are between 646-666:
Vanity Fair (657 pgs)
River God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt (664 pgs)
The Other Boleyn Girl (664 pgs)

[Cassandra]

Lavendarlol- (Special Civilian Roleplayer) wrote: "Maybe. But I don't really like fantasy novels that much. If I can't find anything else. Thanks."

Impulse by Ellen Hopkins is another one. Besides that, I got nothing.

[Liz M]

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 648 pages
Foucault's Pendulum 656 pages

[Cindy AL]

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is an awesome book.

[Elliott]

I think I'm going to try tackling Vanity Fair. Is there anything "inappropriate" in it?

[Kate]

Is there an easier way of figuring out what page numbers all of the book in your list have other than clicking on all of the titles? I got the number 336.

[Elliott]

Go to Goodread's help page and look for the help topic for "import books". Under that topic is a link for "export your books". Clicking on it automatically exports all your books on your shelf to an excel file. The file has a column for titles and a column for pages, from there you can sort the whole sheet by number of pages & scroll to the relevant section to look at the corresponding titles.

(I took this from Liz's post on page 1. Hope it helps.)

[Dee]

when you sort your goodreads list, there is a menu down the bottom that you can use to order and page number is one of the options...or you can download your library via excel file - I do this on a regular basis) and it will give you all the columns with page number being one and use that

[Cynthia]

Katie wrote: "I rolled a 344. My copy of Bubbles Unbound has 334 pages of the actual title story, but it contains a 10ish page preview chapter for the next book.

Would this still work considering..."

Yes

[Ashley FL]

I got 665 -- Yikes!

Lalie Belle (Lavendarlol) wrote: "Anyone know of any YA books with 656 pages? I doubt it."

If I do this challenge, I'm going to read Inkspell (my edition has 656 pages). You could try that!

[Danielle Louise]

I rolled a 1,4,1, which is proving difficult! But I may have found a solution: my copy of The Song of Roland is 183, but the actual text of the poem doesn't begin until 51, making it 132 pages. Does that count?

[Anna]

I rolled 546, any kind of help would be greatly appreciated.

[Anna]

Anna wrote: "I rolled 546, any kind of help would be greatly appreciated."

Never mind I found my book: The Briar King by Greg Keyes (553)

[Stephanie]

Ashley wrote: "I got 665 -- Yikes!

Lalie Belle (Lavendarlol) wrote: "Anyone know of any YA books with 656 pages? I doubt it."

If I do this challenge, I'm going to read Inkspell (my edition has 656..."

Try books by Ellen Hopkins. She is fantastic and her books are long, but the page formats are unique.

[scherzo♫]

Danielle wrote: "I rolled a 1,4,1, which is proving difficult! But I may have found a solution: my copy of The Song of Roland is 183, but the actual text of the poem doesn't begin until 51, making it ..."

No, can you find a copy without introductory material?

[Danielle Louise]

pjreads wrote: "No, can you find a copy without introductory material?"

Alas, I can't, I have to read this edition at some point for other purposes. I will try to come up with something else. Thanks for the answer, though!

[Liz M]

Annie John: A Novel 148 pages
Reasons to Live 144 pages
Silk 144 pages
Seize the Day 144 pages
Lisa, Bright and Dark 143 pages
Krapp's Last Tape 140 pages
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 140 pages
By Night in Chile 144 pages
Electra 140 pages
Macbeth 144 pages

[Danielle Louise]

Liz wrote: "Annie John: A Novel 148 pages
Reasons to Live 144 pages
Silk 144 pages
Seize the Day 144 pages
Lisa, Bright and Dark 143 pages
..."

You are so awesome! I think I might go for Macbeth, because I've made it thus far in life without reading it and that should be corrected!