2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Updated Message!

13914/15000, 38 books

For Doe
Thanks!!

message #134 updated

5283/10000

Update to message 174:

Just finished reading:

The Ersatz Elevator (A Series Of Unfortunate Events #6)- 259 pages

20,622 pages read

29,378 pages remaining

Update to message 538.

1. Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan - 432 pages
2. Bonfire by Krysten Ritter - 288 pages
3. The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen - 343 pages
4. I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara - 334 pages
5. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones - 306 pages
6. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann - 287 pages
7. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Precipice by John Jackson Miller - 30 pages
8. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Skyborn by John Jackson Miller - 31 pages
9. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon by John Jackson Miller - 32 pages
10. The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore by Joan Lowery Nixon - 305 pages
11. The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani - 228 pages
12. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 201 pages (I listened to the rest on audio)
13. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell - 356 pages
14. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 341 pages
15. Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff and David Corn - 305 pages
16. Lost Tribe of the Sith: Paragon by John Jackson Miller - 32 pages
17. Killer Cruise by Jennifer Shaw - 344 pages
18. Friends Forever by Danielle Steel - 318 pages
19. The Sleeping Beauty Killer by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke - 301 pages
20. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 435 pages
21. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - 92 pages (Finished on audio)
22. The Hellfire Club by Jake Tapper - 325 pages
23. Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History - 293 pages
24. Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco - 248 pages
25. The Outsider by Stephen King - 561 pages
26. You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott - 339 pages

7,137/20,000

Celeste wrote: "Celeste wrote: "Celeste wrote: "Celeste wrote: "17,011 / 20,000 pages + ...



18,992 pages ... +

Ameiro Paradox, Band 3 194 pages
意地悪な唇 Ijiwaru Na Kuchibiru 122 pages
異国色恋浪漫譚 Ikoku Irokoi Romantan 174 pages
Mandayuu and Me 200 pages
Bónd 177 pages
青のフラッグ 1 Ao no Flag 1 176 pages

MINUS!!!!!
The Awakening -303 pages

Total: 19,732 / 20,000 pages!!!!

Update:

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - 534
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - 695
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - 469
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 538
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 - 309
Water for Elephants - 292

Total - 16151/16000
Challenge Completed

Update to message 233:

17,209/22,500 or 76.484% of goal

Updated message 1069
18119/18000 pages completed

Updated message 41

62,744/75,000

Update to 757.

27,721/40,000

ॐ Let's Turn Pages - Goal 14,000 pages

9,199/14,000 pages [66%]

#1 The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto pp. 496 4/5
#2 Coming Home pp. 785 4/5
#3 First Frost pp. 314 5/5
#4 Rocket Science for Babies pp. 24 3/5
#5 Night Film pp. 637 4/5
#6 Doctor Sleep pp. 485 3/5
#7 The Miniaturist pp. 433 4/5
#8 Starseeker pp. 323 5/5
#9 The Rules of Magic pp. 367 5/5
#10 I See You pp. 372 4/5
#11 The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake pp. 325 3/5
#12 The Shipping News pp. 337 4/5
#13 Dark Matter pp. 401 4/5
#14 A Mislaid Magic pp. 236 4/5 (re-read)
#15 After the Unicorn pp. 252 4/5
#16 Arriving in Snowy Weather pp. 239 3/5
#17 Book of Pages pp. 64 5/5
#18 Up a Tree in the Park at Night with a Hedgehog pp. 215 2/5
#19 Into the Water pp. 428 4/5
#20 Mr Mercedes pp. 405 4/5
#21 Finders Keepers pp. 371 3/5
#22 End of Watch pp. 368 3/5
#23 How to Find Love in a Bookshop pp. 375 4/5
#24 The Couple Next Door pp. 362 3/5
#25 Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops pp. 119 4/5
#26 The Mother Garden pp. 191 3/5
#27 Uncanny Valley pp. 32 3/5
#28 The Martian Obelisk pp. 32 4/5
#29 Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture pp. 211 3/5

A Taint in the Blood, 432 pages.

27219/37500

Update to message 1787
8,699.00 pages completed

update to message #107

The storyteller's secret (390 p)



5271/13000

Update to message 1844.

Recently finished:

George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution - 235 pages
The Making of the Fittest: DNA and the Ultimate Forensic Record of Evolution - 304 pages

21,012/15,500

please change and update my goal

8617 pages/10000 pages (86.17%)

Update to message 233:

17,465/22,500 or 77.622% of goal

Weekly update to message 128 (page 3).

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707. - 10/9/18 320p ** - Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature by Janine M. Benyus
708. - 10/9/18 192p ** - Guerilla Furniture Design: A Manual for Building Lean, Modern Furnishings from Salvaged and Sustainable Materials by Will Holman
709. - 10/9/18 304p **** - Dream Teams: Working Together Without Falling Apart by Shane Snow
710. - 11/9/18 90p *** - The Secret Door to Success by Florence Scovel Shinn
711. - 11/9/18 304p *** - Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands Can Compete Against Brand Leaders by Adam Morgan
712. - 11/9/18 192p ** - Accidental Genius: Using Writing to Generate Your Best Ideas, Insight, and Content by Mark Levy
713. - 11/9/18 240p * - Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom
714. - 11/9/18 272p ** - Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward
715. - 12/9/18 242p ** - Furniture Styles by Oliver Knežević
716. - 12/9/18 237p ** - The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry Hunt
717. - 12/9/18 368p **** - Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian
718. - 12/9/18 256p *** - Unmarketing: Stop Marketing. Start Engaging. by Scott Stratten
719. - 12/9/18 148p *** - The IT Marketing Crash Course: How to Get Clients for Your Technology Business by Raj Khera
720. - 12/9/18 496p ** - The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz
721. - 13/9/18 448p **** - The New Strategic Selling: The Unique Sales System Proven Successful by the World's Best Companies by Robert B. Miller
722. - 13/9/18 336p ** - The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel
723. - 13/9/18 240p *** - The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain by Don Joseph Goewey
724. - 13/9/18 276p ** - Noose True stories of Australians who died at the gallows by Xavier Duff
725. - 14/9/18 240p *** - What Is Your What?: Discover the One Amazing Thing You Were Born to Do by Steve Olsher
726. - 14/9/18 304p * - After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory by Alasdair MacIntyre
727. - 14/9/18 336p *** - Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing by Jamie Holmes
728. - 14/9/18 399p *** - Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser
729. - 15/9/18 192p *** - The Heart of Hospitality: Great Hotel and Restaurant Leaders Share Their Secrets by Micah Solomon
730. - 15/9/18 288p *** - No Ordinary Disruption: The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends by Richard Dobbs
731. - 15/9/18 210p *** - The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't by Robert I. Sutton
732. - 15/9/18 72p *** - Think to Lose Weight - The W.E.D. Method. by Brian Ellis
733. - 15/9/18 218p *** - First Responder Supervisor Guide by Trennis E. Killian
734. - 15/9/18 208p ** - Ultimate Guide to Poker Tells: Devastate Opponents by Reading Body Language, Table Talk, Chip Moves, and Much More by Randy Burgess
735. - 16/9/18 107p ** - If You Loved Me, You'd Stop!: What You Really Need to Know if Your Loved One Drinks Too Much by Lisa Frederiksen
736. - 16/9/18 578p *** - The Ultimate Quotable Einstein by Freeman Dyson
737. - 16/9/18 476p *** - A Bigger Prize: Why Competition Isn't Everything and How We Do Better by Margaret Heffernan
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Total Books: 737
Total Pages: 224,942

(msg 60) 4379/8000 + 270 (First There is a River)= 4649/8000

Joyland, 283 pages.

27502/37500

updated post 129 20,341/20,000 pages

woohoo for surpassing my goal

update to message 426

34891/25000

Updated message 1069

19049/18000 pages completed

updated message 100

18928/20000

Updated message 41

63,874/75,000

Updated message 5.

23371/20000

Update to Message 233:

17,785/22,500 or 79.044% of goal

updated message 100

20046/20000

Update to message 174:

The Nightingale- 440 pages
I'm Thinking Of Ending Things- 241 pages
The Girl Before- 341 pages
Among The Hidden ( Shadow Children #1)- 153 pages
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo- 388 pages

22,168 pages read

27,832 pages remaining

(msg 60) 4649/8000 + 314 (The World Beneath) = 4963/8000

The Stars Are Legion, 400 pages.

27902/37500

Update to #107

Half of a yellow sun (545 p)

5816/13000

updated message 100

20621/20000

Update to message 233:

17,997/22,500 or 79.987% of goal

Challenge Completed

Updated message 1069:

19964/18000 pages completed

The Continental Risque, 384 pages.

28286/37500

Weekly update to message 128 (page 3).

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738. - 17/9/18 288p *** - Can You Learn to Be Lucky?: Why Some People Seem to Win More Often Than Others by Karla Starr
739. - 17/9/18 273p * - Bear Attacks: The Deadly Truth by James Gary Shelton
740. - 17/9/18 225p ** - Autism: The Gift That Needs to Be Opened by Autism Society, Newfoundland and Labrador
741. - 17/9/18 432p *** - The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation by Jon Gertner
742. - 17/9/18 379p ** - Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice by Adam Benforado
743. - 17/9/18 272p **** - All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age by Hubert L. Dreyfus
744. - 18/9/18 240p *** - The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb
745. - 18/9/18 127p ** - Guide To Hotel Housekeeping by Alex Buenafe
746. - 18/9/18 266p **** - Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead by Cecile Richards
747. - 18/9/18 456p ** - Green Illusions by Ozzie Zehner
748. - 18/9/18 271p *** - The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins
749. - 18/9/18 373p **** - Words of Wisdom - 1000 Inspirational Quotes That Make You Think - Wise Words, Aphorisms And Famous Sayings To Realize What Matters In Life by Luise J. Rotman
750. - 19/9/18 249p **** - Cult Horror Movies: Discover the 33 Best Scary, Suspenseful, Gory, and Monstrous Cinema Classics by Danny Peary
751. - 19/9/18 335p *** - The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner
752. - 19/9/18 200p *** - How to Write Everything by David Quantick
753. - 19/9/18 220p ** - The Power of Collective Wisdom: And the Trap of Collective Folly by Alan Briskin
754. - 19/9/18 240p *** - Sugar Crush: How to Reduce Inflammation, Stop Pain, and Reverse the Path to Diabetes by Richard P. Jacoby
755. - 19/9/18 201p **** - Think Yourself Successful: Rewire Your Mind, Become Confident, and Achieve Your Goals by Alireza Azmandian
756. - 19/9/18 290p *** - Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
757. - 19/9/18 144p *** - Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking Instead of Telling by Edgar H. Schein
758. - 20/9/18 248p **** - Unwrapping your Passion, Creating the Life You Truly Want by Karen Putz
759. - 20/9/18 208p ** - The Consultant's Handbook: A Practical Guide to Delivering High-value and Differentiated Services in a Competitive Marketplace by Samir Parikh
760. - 20/9/18 239p *** - Shot: Staying Alive with Diabetes by Amy F. Ryan
761. - 20/9/18 304p **** - Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built by Duncan Clark
762. - 20/9/18 288p ** - The Simple Act of Reading by Debra Adelaide
763. - 20/9/18 319p *** - Forks Over Knives - The Cookbook: Over 300 Recipes for Plant-Based Eating All Through the Year by Del Sroufe
764. - 21/9/18 120p *** - Tibetan Sound Healing: Seven Guided Practices to Clear Obstacles, Cultivate Positive Qualities, and Uncover Your Inherent Wisdom by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche
765. - 21/9/18 84p *** - You Were Born To Be An Entrepreneur: The Mystery of Discovering your Calling and Career by Jeremy Lopez
766. - 21/9/18 209p **** - Success is Not an Accident: Change Your Choices Change Your Life by Tommy Newberry
767. - 21/9/18 357p *** - Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes
768. - 21/9/18 341p *** - You Are That by Gangaji
769. - 22/9/18 131p *** - Drop Out And Get Schooled: The Case for Thinking Twice About College by Patrick Bet-David
770. - 22/9/18 96p **** - As a Man Thinketh / The Path of Prosperity by James Allen
771. - 22/9/18 290p ** - The Problem Was Me: How to End Negative Self-Talk and Take Your Life to a New Level by Thomas Gagliano
772. - 22/9/18 272p *** - The New Front Page by Tim Dunlop
773. - 22/9/18 286p **** - The Naked Millionaire: The Ultimate Fast-Track Guide to Wealth, Freedom and Fulfillment by David Taylor
774. - 22/9/18 304p **** - Never Too Late To Be Great: The Power of Thinking Long by Tom Butler-Bowdon
775. - 23/9/18 76p ** - The Easy Vegan Week by The Easy Vegan Home
776. - 23/9/18 320p ***** - Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
777. - 23/9/18 288p ** - The Language of Zen: Heart Speaking to Heart by Richard Burnett Carter
778. - 23/9/18 272p *** - The Science of Stephen King: From 'Carrie' to 'Cell,' The Terrifying Truth Behind the Horror Master's Fiction by Lois H. Gresh
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Total Books: 778
Total Pages: 235,412

Update to message 1787
8,949.00 Completed
20,000.00 Goal

updated message 100

20784/20000

Update to Message 1261!

Messenger -- 169 pages

New Total: 3,791

Celeste wrote: "Celeste wrote: "Celeste wrote: "Celeste wrote: "Celeste wrote: "17,011 / 20,000 pages + ...

18,992 pages ... +


Total: 19,732 pages ... + ...

Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom 195 pages
Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence 197 pages

= 20,124 / 20,000 pages 100% + 0.62%

Yeah. I'm done. Totally done!

Message #312 updated:

9,753/16,500 pages

1. Origin (461)
2. The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia (304)
3. The Lightning Thief (375)
4. Firestarter (428)
5. The Hobbit (303)
6. Memoirs of a Geisha (512)
7. Outlander (866)
8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (320)
9. You'll Grow Out of It (305)
10. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer (352)
11. A Wrinkle in Time (228)
12. The Female Persuasion (464)
13. Little Fires Everywhere (348)
14. The Hunger Games (387)
15. The Fellowship of the Ring (432)
16. Armada (368)
17. Catching Fire (403)
18. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (341)
19. The Secret History (546)
20. Manhattan Beach (438)
21. Truly Madly Guilty (415)
22. The Lying Game (370)
23. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (435)
24. The Two Towers (352)

Updated message 71:

14,450/25,000

updated message 266

Update to message 799:

28,529/25,000 Challenge complete.

I have updated my original post Becky m367

Updated message 72

26,701/40,000

War Year, 122 pages.

28408/37500

Added to post 320 :)

Update to #107

Cavendon Hall (404 p)

Another piece of my heart (408)

6628/13000