Crusader's 50000 pages in 2011

[Crusader]

For 2011 I'm going to do things a bit different. Instead of focusing on the number of books I'm going to focus on the number of pages.

My 2011 reading goal is to read 50000 pages.




Completed Challenges:
Series Madness Challenge
A-Z Character Challenge
Short Story Challenge

[Lu]

Nice plan! Might just join you :)

[Crusader]

You are more than welcome to join in! I'm actually quite excited about the challenge so I'm going to cheat a bit and start from today.

[Lu]

Now that is just not ethical :P

[Crusader]

Meh... I can always end it earlier to compensate for the 10 day early start.

[Lu]

yea :)

[Crusader]

Survivor in Death 376p - 7/10

376/50,000

[Crusader]

The Strain: 545p - 6/10
(40 pages deducted for section breaks, blank pages)

921/50,000

[Barbara]

Hey Crusader, I'm going to join you. But I'm starting on the first of january. This gives me time to finish books I've already started so I have a clean break. I always read several books at once so that's why a clean break is easiest for me. It's going to be a tough one. I think I will finish this year at a little below 43000 pages so that means 7000 pages more then this year. That's a lot of books.

[Crusader]

That's great to hear Barbara. I started early because I was finished with the book I was reading at the time and just couldn't wait for a new challenge.

I'm also looking at upping my reading with about 7000 pages. I'm not sure I'll be able to make it, but it's going to be fun to try.

[Crusader]

Flood: 471p - 6/10

1,392/50,000

[[deleted user]]

Oooh this does sound like a heap of fun, and I'm a sucker for a good challenge...

I'm going to aim for 40,000 pages or should we all aim for 50,000?

[Crusader]

You can aim for any number that would be a challenge for you, so 40k would be fine.

[[deleted user]]

Cool!
So are you going to start a thread where we can add our score? Or can we do it here?

Great challenge Crusader :)

[Crusader]

I started a new challenge thread: Page Fiend challenge

You can post your goal there and do status updates there. Keeping track would be better in your own reading goal thread.

[[deleted user]]

Thanks Crusader...
I've started a 2011 books reading goal thread and I think I'll keep track of the page count there as well :)

[Crusader]

King Arthur: Dragon's Child: 434p -7/10

1,826/50,000

[Crusader]

1. A Fire upon the Deep - 613 p - 8.5/10

2,439/50,000

[Crusader]

2. Djinn Rummy: 277p - 6/10

2,716/50,000

[Crusader]

3. Stranger in a Strange Land: 520p - 5.5/10

3,236/50,000

[Crusader]

4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: 220 p - 5/10

Read this for the HP Challenge. It's now very apparent that it's aimed at children. I think the later novels are much better and has actually grown with the initial audience.

3,456/50,000

[Lu]

If you get past the first 3 books they mature :)

[Crusader]

Lu wrote: "If you get past the first 3 books they mature :)"

I'll see if Slytherin needs the point boost later on and then read the rest if needed.

[Lu]

Sounds like a plan! You guys are well in the lead tho :)

[Crusader]

Lu wrote: "Sounds like a plan! You guys are well in the lead tho :)"

I know. I'm holding the 7th HP book in reserve, and I've still got 4 of the challenge books to finish.

I like being evil with a plan! ;)

[Lu]

Hhehe

[Crusader]

5. Ashes to Ashes: 484 p - 6.5/10

3,940/50,000

[Crusader]

6. Carved in Bone: 338 p - 7.5/10

4,278/50,000

[Crusader]

7. Feast of Souls: 582 p - 7.5/20

Very good if you enjoy dark fantasy. Kinda reminded me of Brent Weeks.

4,860/50,000

[Crusader]

8. I Am Number Four: 360p - 5/10

Boy, am I glad I didn't pay full price for this. It's cliche after cliche and borrows from various other sci-fi works without bringing anything new to the table.

5,220/50,000

[Crusader]

9. Shadowdale: 335p - 6/10

5,555/50,000

[Crusader]

10. Troy: Fall of Kings: 495p - 7.5/10

6,050/50,000

[Crusader]

11. Indelible: 358p - 6/10

6,408/50,000

[Barbara]

Don't you have a life? Or do you need to read books for work or something. I don't have much to do nowadays and I don't get through as much books as you do. Can you fast read or something.
But all kidding aside, nice going!

[Crusader]

Barbara wrote: "Don't you have a life? Or do you need to read books for work or something. I don't have much to do nowadays and I don't get through as much books as you do. Can you fast read or something.
But all..."

Reading is my life! ;)

No, the advantage is that I can read WHILE at work. I own my own business and it's now the off-season so I have lots of time sitting at work waiting for potential customers to walk in.

[Barbara]

Ok, now I get it. I know how that is. I once had a temp job as a receptionist and all I had to do was wait for people to arrive and tell them where to go. I had lots of time to do other things and one of the things I did was read books. And no one ever noticed I read them because I had this thing overhanging my desk I could shove my book under when people entered the building.
Good luck with your business!

[Crusader]

Thanks. I've had it for 6 years now, but this last year has been tough. Luckily I've got other stuff to keep me busy as well.

[Crusader]

12. Faithless: 388p - 6/10

6,796/50,000

[Barbara]

I sure hope your business will do better very soon.
I will never catch up with you otherwise :) I wanted to beat you but if you keep going like this I don't have a change.

[Crusader]

Ha, ha. Sorry to disappoint, but I'll only be getting busier at the end of April. I think it's those classics holding you back! ;)

[Barbara]

Well, I don't know. The next classic I'm going to read has almost 1500 pages. That should make a dent in my total.

[Crusader]

13. Fractured: 388p - 7/10

I enjoyed this much more than the Grant country novels. The character of Will Trent, a dyslexic GBI agent was just much more captivating.

7,184/50,000

[Crusader]

14. Tantras: 338p - 6/10

7,522/50,000

[Crusader]

15. Waterdeep: 341p - 7/10

7,863/50,000

[Crusader]

16. Animal Farm: 110p - 7/10

7,973/50,000

[Crusader]

17. Aftershock: 436p - 6/10

8,409/50,000

[Crusader]

18. Jurassic Park: 384p - 7.5/10

8,793/50,000

[Lu]

Ooooh and how was it? I have been dying to read it but have not gotten to it!

[Crusader]

Surprisingly good. I'd almost say that it's better than the movie, but that would depend on how vivid your imagination can be and how well you can imagine the dinosaurs as they are described.

Since I was a bit of a dinosaur geek in my tweens it helped tremendously. At some stages there are preachy interludes about science ethics etc. but that's a minor niggle.

[Lu]

Glad you liked it! Now I'm even more excited to read it! I nominated Michael Crichton for a reason :)