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Let's Turn Pages Yearly Challenge

Duration January 1 – December 31, 2013
I try to read 50,000 pages.
January: 5042
Febuary: 4675
Total: 9717/ 50,000

I got you added to the list, Jessica! I apologize I missed you! :)"
No worries Ashley. I know it is a lot of work keepin track of all challenge participants. Thanks for hosting!

Total Read in February: 2,593
Total to Date: 6,672 Pages


Goal: 9177/50,000
February Pages Read: 4128
14.Wallflower in Bloom: A Novel 272 pages
15.Opal 382 pages
16. When Morning Comes: A Family Affair Novel 340 pages
17. Through the Ever Night 341 pages
18. The Dead and the Gone 321 pages
19. The Women's Health Big Book of Yoga: The Essential Guide to Complete Mind/Body Fitness 416 pages
20. All She Ever Wanted 352 pages
21.Safe Haven 340 pages
22. Here Comes the Bride 304 pages
23. A Change of Fortune 320 pages
24. Gentleman of Her Dreams 68 pages
25. A Bride Unveiled 352 pages
26. First Comes Love 320 pages















So far this year I have read 1,637 pages
1. Catching fire-391
2.A Kiss in time- 371
3.The Notebook- 217
4. The edge of reason-338
5.Winged obsession- 320

I will get you added to the list!

Shadow on the Crown by Patricia Bracewell 416 pages
7,354/25,000 pages read

212 - the day i stopped drinking milk by sudha murty.
710 - the collected short stories by jeffrey archer.
268 - it happened in india by kishore biyani.
total until now- 1448

Let's Turn Pages Challenge
4,009/10,000
196 A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories
432 Angela's Ashes
123 The Stranger
240 American Born Chinese
289 Are You My Mother?
180 Fahrenheit 451
304 The Walking Dead, Book One
552 The Book Thief
304 The Walking Dead, Book Two
240 The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes
568 Bushranger Bill, Inside Mary Elizabeth's House, Shhh! Little Mouse, Jeremy's Decision, One Candle, Carl's Snowy Afternoon, If You Were A Pioneer On The Prairie, Moon DancePut Me in the Zoo, Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox, The Castaway Pirates: A Pop-Up Tale of Bad Luck, Sharp Teeth, and Stinky Toes, Wink: The Ninja Who Wanted to be Noticed, Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book, Train Song, Scooby-doo Spooky Sports Day, The Busy Tree, Digger Man, How I Became a Pirate
428 Memoirs of a Geisha
160 Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Here's what I read in February and so far in March:
30. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks - 243 pp
29. A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick - 291 pp
28. Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room by David Weinberger - 231 pp
27. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman - 343 pp
26. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - 324 pp
25. Misconception: A Novel by Ryan Boudinot - 224 pp
24. Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson - 359 pp
23. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende - 448 pp
22. The Matchmaker of Périgord by Julia Stuart - 318 pp
21. America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Stewart - 228 pp
20. The Keep by Jennifer Egan - 256 pp
19. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink - 218 pp
18. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely - 280 pp
17. Rabbit, Run by John Updike - 264 pp
16. The Island of the Colorblind by Oliver Sacks - 311 pp
15. The Color Purple by Alice Walker - 295 pp
14. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe - 438 pp

So far:
JANUARY:
Howell, Dorothy: Slay Bells and Satchels: 144 p.
Jaud, Tommy: Millionär: 320 p.
Janzen, Rhoda: Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: 256 p.
Ernestam, Maria: Der Kater, meine Nachbarn und ich: 128 p.
Freud, Esther: Lucky Break. 320 p.
Borgo, Pozzo di: Ziemlich beste Freunde. 247 p.
Rankin, Ian: Der Mackencie Coup: 384 p.
FEBRUARY:
Cathcart, Thomas: Plato and Platypus: 200 p.
Potter, Alexandra: Don't forget about me: 416 p.
Martinez, Al. Lee: Divine Misfortune: 307 p.
Schmidt-Salomon: Leibniz war kein Butterkeks. 288 p.
Bauer, Hermann: Karambolage: 277 p.
Sloan, Robin: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: 288 p.
MARCH:
Gaarder, Jostein: Sofie's World: 622 p.
Makes a total of 4.197 pages! Yay!


Happy reading!

Total for year: 11,788
MARCH:
38.3/2/13 Along Came a Spider 435 Pages
39.3/4/13The Apple Tree 190 Pages =625
40.3/5/13Real Women Wear Red 256 Pages =881
41.3/6/13The Widow 330 Pages = 1,211
42.3/8/13Ireland Rose 270 Pages =1,481
43.3/11/13The Warden 336 Pages = 1,817
44.3/11/13September Rain 63 Pages = 1,880
45.3/11/13Forever Mine 326 Pages =2,206
46.3/14/13The Baby Thief 340 Pages =2546
47.3/17/13Little Girl Gone 263 Pages =2,809
48.3/18/13Sweetheart in High Heels 335 Pages =3,144
49.3/18/13Sugar Crash 189 Pages =3,333
50.3/19/13If It Ain't Love 44 Pages =3,377
51.3/20/13Homespun Bride 282 Pages =3,659
52.3/21/13All's Fair 35 pages =3,694
53.3/22/13Cracked 80 Pages =3,774
54.3/24/13Justice in June 301 Pages =4,075
55.3/26/13Salt Bride: A Georgian Historical Romance 326 Pages =4,401
56.3/30/13Killing to Know 138 Pages =4,539
57.3/30/13Nothing Stays In Vegas 348 Pages =4,887
58.3/31/13Lie Like a Woman 229 Pages =5,116

Goal: 16973/50,000
March Pages Read: 7808
27.Stories That Move Mountains: Storytelling and Visual Design for Persuasive Presentations 259 pgs.
28. Origins: The Fire 15 pgs.
29. An Offer From a Gentleman 358 pgs.
30. Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: Teaching Kids to Succeed 195 pgs.
31. Romancing Mister Bridgerton: The Epilogue II 460 pgs.
32. Everyone Communicates, Few Connect: What the Most Effective People Do Differently 262 pgs.
33. Boosting Executive Skills in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for Educators 192 pgs.
34. Google+: The Missing Manual 234 pgs.
35. When He Was Wicked 368 pgs.
36. The Shadow Society 416 pgs.
37. Shades of Earth 369 pgs.
38. All Things New 416 pgs.
39. Understanding Your Young Teen: Practical Wisdom for Parents 200 pgs.
40. Writing Fiction For Dummies 362 pgs.
41. Powerful Phrases for Effective Customer Service: Over 700 Ready-to-Use Phrases and Scripts That Really Get Results 304 pgs.
42. The Healing Power of the Breath: Simple Techniques to Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Enhance Concentration, and Balance Your Emotions 240 pgs.
43. Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf Volume One 120 pgs.
44. I Can Make You Happy. by Paul McKenna 208 pgs
45. The Manager's Phrase Book: 3000+ Powerful Phrases That Put You in Command in Any Situation 192 pgs.
46. When Lightning Strikes 448 pgs.
47. Crystal Cove 320 pgs
48. Mystery Pennies 30 pgs.
49.Scarlet 452 pgs.
50. Lost Girls336 pgs.
51. Would-Be Witch 294 pgs.
52. Asunder 406 pgs.
53. Mercy Thompson: Homecoming 112 pgs
54. Broxo 240 pgs.





























I have read 1960 pages in March. So my updated total is
5667/24,000
Books read in March:
The Poet by Michael Connelly
Sharp Objectsby Gillian Flynn
Midnight Sunby Stephanie Meyer
Stealing Shadowsby Kay Hooper
Voyeurby Lacey Alexander
Hiding in the Shadowsby Kay Hooper







Jessica's Pages
Total read 8,621
Goal 35,000

Be on the lookout! :)

Best of luck to everyone on accumulating the pages this month.

To play catch up:
January -total pages 2878
Zombie Apocalypse 2.0 25p
The blue day book 92p
The meaning of life 121p
Zola's pride 105p
Kill Alex Cross 364p
Heartland Coming Home 140p
Heartland the storm 171p
The candle maker's widow 24p
Moonlight on the magic flute 110p
The runaway and the cattleman 248p
Ronald Regan the Notes 320p
waking up married 224p
a family affair 558p
montana secrets 376p
February books - total pages 1938
exclusively yours 701p
surprise at the library 27p
the ultimate merger 131p
meet digger the mole 30p
my fair donor 31p
the past between us 281p
his after hours mistress 186p
love a la carte 33p
a mother's whisper goodnight 35p
Shiver 386p
curves for his pleasure 17p
fantasy heights 1 - help wanted 33p
dutifully bound 47p
March total pages 4204
The Angel 410p
Direct Connect 22p
Her massage 8p
Riley 216p
On the Banks of Plumb Creek 338p
101 Degrees Fahrenheit 20p
Dancing 14
Inked 25p
Cornered 74
Living out of the box 83p
Marked for Marriage 256p
The Prince 407p
Chasing Nikki 479p
The games we play 35p
Discovery books Sharks 25p
Why wont he talk to me 128p
The Family Next Door 213p
Undeniably Yours 645p
Ice Fire 80p
the Set-up 55p
A hero's due 17p
Bewitching the werewolf 81p
Questing the beast 30p
The party 43p
Dear John 335p
The Boyfriend 165p
April Books (so far 757)
The Guardian - 494p
Matched - 263p

44. The Underpants by Steve Martin - 152 pp
43. The Pearl by John Steinbeck - 87 pp
42. The Teleportation Accident by Ned Beauman - 357 pp
41. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See - 269 pp
40. The Dolphin People by Torsten Krol - 368 pp
39. The Greatest Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy by Rick Beyer - 224 pp
38. Accelerated by Bronwen Hruska - 288 pp
37. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 635 pp
36. Lost At Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries by Jon Ronson - 400 pp
35. Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters by Natalie Standiford - 313 pp
34. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - 463 pp
33. Life of Pi by Yann Martel - 356 pp
32. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard - 286 pp
31. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut - 80 pp

212 - the day i stopped drinking milk by sudha murty.
710 - the collected short stories by jeffrey archer.
268 - it happened in india by kishore biyani.
001 - the girl who fell in love with the rain by thomas jose.
total until now- 1449

Just finished The 11th Hour by Janes Patterson, 325p
Totals 10434/36000
29% towards goal
Happy reading all

6. Red Ridding Hood This one-352
7.Boy meets girl-383
8. Who is afraid of Virgina Woolf-256
9.A streetcar named desire-170
April
10. The summoning-390
11. The Great Gatsby-180
12. The house on mango street-110
13. The Titanic Awards Celebrating the worst of Travel-224
14. Matched-366
4002 out of 15,000 pages already done!

28,318/50,000
January 2013
1. Impossible by Nancy Werlin 384 pages
1. Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen 335 pages
3. Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings by Helene Boudreau 206 pages
4. If I Stay by Gayle Forman 262 pages
5. Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh 429 pages
6. The Queen Bee of Bridgeton by Leslie DuBois 245 pages
7. The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver 340 pages
8. Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz 355 pages
9. Mark of the Witch by Jessica Gibson 192 pages
10. Chasing the Witch by Jessica Gibson 288 pages
January Total = 3036 pages
February 2013
11.Daughter of the Earth and Sky 228 pages
12. For Darkness Shows the Stars 402 pages
13. Odd Interlude #1 79 pages
14. Endlessly 385 pages
15. Real Mermaids Don't Hold Their Breath 231 pages
16. Demonglass 359 pages
17. Soul Control 454 pages
18. For Love of Livvy 250 pages
19. Stronger Than Magic 388 pages
20. Senior Year Bites 162 pages
21. Divergent 487 pages
22. Trusted Criminals: White Collar Crime in Contemporary Society 462 pages
23. The Art of the Steal: How to Protect Yourself and Your Business from Fraud, America's #1 Crime 240 pages
24. Summer Break Blues 166 pages
February Total = 4293 pages
March 2013
25.Confessions of a Prairie Bitch: How I Survived Nellie Oleson and Learned to Love Being Hated 302 pages
26. Witchblood 328 pages
27. The Maltese Falcon 224 pages
28. The Succubus Gift 262 pages
29. Succubus Unleashed 242 pages
30. Succubus Rising 248 pages
31. The Summer I Turned Pretty 276 pages
32. The Postman Always Rings Twice 116 pages
33. Cryer's Cross 233 pages
34. Notorious Nineteen 302 pages
35. The Day It Happened 17 pages
36. Coke with a Twist 36 pages
37. The Thin Man 201 pages
38. Harassed 215 pages
39. A Kiss in Time 371 pages
40. Witchcraft 318 pages
41. In Santa Fe, Salacious 25 pages
42. Croak 311 pages
43. I Lick My Cheese And Other Notes: From The Frontline Of Flatsharing 248 pages
44. A Dyeing Shame 216 pages
45. Sunset High 48 pages
46. Under Construction 47 pages
47. Cutthroat 47 pages
48. They 39 pages
49. Blood Lust 64 pages
50. The Faerie Path 312 pages
51. Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales 272 pages
March Total = 5311 pages
April 2013
52. Blue Bloods 302 pages
53. Leashed 79 pages
54. Fireworks on the 4th 302 pages
55. Snow White Blood Red 25 pages
56. WitchLove 208 pages
57. Cinder 387 pages
58. State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government 312 pages
59. Groomed for Murder 191 pages
60. Undercurrent 352 pages
61. UnEnchanted 216 pages
62. The Aviary 337 pages
63. Fairest 235 pages
64. The New Kid 281 pages
65. Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots 320 pages
66. In the Woods 429 pages
67. Notes of a Tourist on Planet Earth 177 pages
68. Revolution World 300 pages
69. Sweetheart in High Heels 61 pages
Uglies 425 pages
70. Fifty Shades of Grey 514 pages
71. The Benson 44 pages
72. How I Stole Johnny Depp's Alien Girlfriend 174 pages
April Total = 5706 pages
May 2013
73. Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse: A Novel 324 pages
74. Haunted Spouse 171 pages
75. Murder At the Toadstool Cafe 20 pages
76. Odd Interlude #2 78 pages
77. In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks: . . . And Other Complaints from an Angry Middle-Aged White Guy 256 pages
78. Odd Interlude #3 62 pages
79. Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood 257 pages
80. Oh Holy Ghost 110 pages
81. Where Trouble Roams 96 pages
82. Hearts at Stake 248 pages
83. Three Little Ghosts 127 pages
84. America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies 453 pages
85. Shots in the Mirror: Crime Films and Society 233 pages
86. Escape 413 pages
87. The 9th Judgment 355 pages
88. 10th Anniversary 395 pages
89. Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir 318 pages
90. Double Shot 310 pages
91. Masquerade 307 pages
92. Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living 229 pages
93. Where She Went 264 pages
94. Revelations 264 pages
95. You'll Never Blue Ball in This Town Again: One Woman's Painfully Funny Quest to Give It Up 272 pages
May Total: 5562
June 2013
96. The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee 240 pages
97. Dark Water 368 pages
98. The Van Alen Legacy 369 pages
99. Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle 248 pages
100. Weird Arizona: Your Travel Guide to Arizona's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets 256 pages
101. The Shining 497 pages
102. Love, Lust & Faking It: The Naked Truth About Sex, Lies, and True Romance 256 pages
103. Go Ask Alice 213 pages
104. Misguided Angel 265 pages
105. Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood: The Good, The Bad, and the Scary 176 pages
106. The Sense of an Ending 177 pages
107. unSweetined 256 pages
108. The Purloined Letter 48 pages
109. Life As I Blow It: Tales Of Love, Life & Sex . . . Not Necessarily In That Order 239 pages
110. If You Have to Cry, Go Outside: And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You 208 pages
111. The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead 254 pages
112. Deadlocked 340 pages
June Total: 4410


This month I have read 2,977 pages
so my updated total is 8,644/24,000
The books I read this month are listed below
16. Out of the Shadows by Kay Hooper–258
17. Bared to You by Sylvia Day-352
18. Reflected in You by Sylvia Day-338
19. Touching Evil by Kay Hooper-384
20. Three to Tango by Emma Holly, Lauren Dane, Bethany Kane and Megan Hart-346
21. The Departed by Shiloh Walker-326
22. Whisper of Evil by Kay Hooper-392
23. Seven Nights of Sin by Lacey Alexander-273
24. Somebody’s Lover by Jasmine Haynes-308










Completed 8,968/30,000
So, I'm behind on this challenge (I should be at 10,000 pages) but I'm not worried about that because I'm probably going to read a lot in the Summer Holidays, when I have more time.

59.4/1/13Wild Wild Widow 79 Pages
60.4/2/139 Months - Book One 114 Pages =193
61.4/4/13The Circular Staircase 208 Pages =401
62.4/5/13Mistletoe And Magic 219 Pages =620
63.4/6/13Needing Nita 27 Pages =647
64.4/7/13Almost a Bride 245 Pages =892
65.4/8/13Strong Enough to Love 52 Pages =944
66.4/8/13Sinfully Delicious 98 Pages =1,042
67.4/9/13Johnny Cornflakes: A Story about Loving the Unloved 139 Pages =1,181
68.4/9/13The Doll 30 Pages =1,211
69.4/11/13The House Of A Thousand Candles 396 Pages =1,607
70.4/11/13Drool Worthy 13 Pages =1,620
71.4/13/13Five Thousand Dollars Reward 160 Pages =1,780
72.4/15/13One O'Clock Jump 296 Pages =2,076
73.4/15/13Passion in Paradise 23 Pages =2,099
74.4/16/13Heart of Darkness 261 Pages =2,360
75.4/16/13Taking a Chance on Love 228 Pages =2,588
76.4/16/13Mickey Slips 55 Pages =2,643
77.4/18/13Think About Love 256 Pages =2,899
78.4/20/13Hanchart Land 168 Pages =3,067
79.4/23/13Uncle Tom's Cabin 438 Pages =3,505
80.4/24/13The Wedding Gift 114 Pages =4,057
81.4/25/13Accidental Meeting 79 Pages =4,136
82.4/25/13One Tiny Miracle 192 Pages =4,328
83.4/25/13 Imperative (A Quinn Larson Quests #1) 258 Pages =4,586
84.4/27/13DADDY by DEMAND 70 Pages =4,656
85.4/28/13An Offer He Can't Refuse 165 Pages =4,821
86. 4/29/13Real Romance 176 Pages =4,997
87.4/30/13All Over You 57 Pages =5,054
88.4/30/13Zoe 66 Pages =5,120
MAY:
Total Pages Read in January: 4,079
Total Read in February: 2,593
Total Read in March: 5,116
Total Read in April: 5,120
Total Read in May:
♥♥ Total to Date: 16,908 Pages ♥♥

212 - the day i stopped drinking milk by sudha murty.
710 - the collected short stories by jeffrey archer.
268 - it happened in india by kishore biyani.
001 - the girl who fell in love with the rain by thomas jose.
232 - swarabhedhangal by bhagyalakshmi
total until now- 1681

Here's what I've read since the last update:
51. This is a Book by Demetri Martin - 269 pp
50. What Is the What by Dave Eggers - 475 pp
49. Seeing by José Saramago - 307 pp
48. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards - 401 pp
47. When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro - 320 pp
46. Do the Windows Open? by Julie Hecht - 224 pp
45. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver - 548 pp

Matched 263p
Last call vol 1 332p
The 11th hour 325p
They don't exist 13p
Crossed 261p
Unforgiving pleasure 19p
A seals seduction 186p
Candy store (2013) 361p
Christmas in high heels 92p
With a view 112p
Walk with vampires 76p
Total 2434
Yr total 11454/36000
I'm a little behind for the year, but I'm hopeful to get back on track.

MARCH:
Mastrocola: Ich wollt ich wär ein Panther 208 p.
Parks: Teach Us How to Sit Still 368 p.
Stevenson: Miss Buncle 299 p.
Killian: Corpse Pose 281 p.
Scobel: Warum wir philosophieren müssen 592 p:
APRIL:
Ende: Momo 304 p.
Schöttle: Damenschneider 313 p.
Francis: Bloodline 354 p.
In total: 6.916 pages! Lazy April. Have to catch up in May... :)
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Read since last update: 3509 pages
Total: 6868/40000