2025 Reading Challenge discussion

Update: I hit my goal! 38,444/36,000

Updated msg 100

25768/20000

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

11,647/14,000 pages [83%]

#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
#30 Zapped pp. 32 2/5
#31 Jack of Coins pp. 32 4/5
#32 Five Quarters of the Orange pp. 363 4/5
#33 We Were Liars pp. 225 5/5
#34 The Small Hand pp. 167 2/5
#35 Nine Last Days on Planet Earth pp. 32 5/5
#36 Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land pp. 32 5/5
#37 AI and the Trolley Problem pp. 32 4/5
#38 The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method pp. 147 5/5
#39 The Nearest pp. 32 4/5
#40 Animaculture pp. 72 3/5
#41 Haunted pp. 412 4/5
#42 The Fox on the Roundabout pp. 100 3/5
#43 The Man Who Planted Trees pp. 46 5/5
#44 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine pp. 390 5/5
#45 Black Dogs pp. 174 4/5
#46 The Witch's Daughter pp. 160 3/5

Update #107


Mercury and Me (222 p)
The Sun is also a Star (384 p)

10257/13000

Updated message 320!

updated msg 100

26854/20000

Update Post #388

21 The Queen by Steven James - 516 pages

Total = 8,661/12,500

Update to message 799:

Total Pages Read: 35,072/25,000

Blood Test, 308 pages.

32783/37500

Update to message 799:

Total Pages Read: 35,942/25,000

(msg 60) 5862/8000 + 391 (The Reading Group) = 6253/8000

Updated message 72

32,266/40,000

Update to 746

33,089/40,000

The Robots of Dawn, 435 pages.

33218/37500

The Lone Drow, 370 pages, and Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner, 160 pages.

33748/37500

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

11,975/14,000 pages [86%]

#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
#30 Zapped pp. 32 2/5
#31 Jack of Coins pp. 32 4/5
#32 Five Quarters of the Orange pp. 363 4/5
#33 We Were Liars pp. 225 5/5
#34 The Small Hand pp. 167 2/5
#35 Nine Last Days on Planet Earth pp. 32 5/5
#36 Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land pp. 32 5/5
#37 AI and the Trolley Problem pp. 32 4/5
#38 The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method pp. 147 5/5
#39 The Nearest pp. 32 4/5
#40 Animaculture pp. 72 3/5
#41 Haunted pp. 412 4/5
#42 The Fox on the Roundabout pp. 100 3/5
#43 The Man Who Planted Trees pp. 46 5/5
#44 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine pp. 390 5/5
#45 Black Dogs pp. 174 4/5
#46 The Witch's Daughter pp. 160 3/5
#47 Footsteps in the Dark pp. 328 3/5

Update #107

Ross Poldark (400p)

10657/13000

Update to message 966:

Current Total: 12,850 pages
Goal: 20,000 pages

Update to message 1602

The Woman in White

14922/15000

updated message 100

27372/20000

I never came back and updated message 47, but I hit my goal awhile ago. I'm up to 28,974/18,250.

Update to message 799:

Total Pages Read: 36,356/25,000

Update to Message 174:

Just finished reading:

The Voice On The Radio (Janie Johnson #3)- 224 pages
Everyone's A Aliebn When Ur A Aliebn Too- 256 pages

28,315 pages read

21,685 pages remaining

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

12,250/14,000 pages [88%]

#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
#30 Zapped pp. 32 2/5
#31 Jack of Coins pp. 32 4/5
#32 Five Quarters of the Orange pp. 363 4/5
#33 We Were Liars pp. 225 5/5
#34 The Small Hand pp. 167 2/5
#35 Nine Last Days on Planet Earth pp. 32 5/5
#36 Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land pp. 32 5/5
#37 AI and the Trolley Problem pp. 32 4/5
#38 The Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Join the Millions Who Have Become Nonsmokers Using the Easyway Method pp. 147 5/5
#39 The Nearest pp. 32 4/5
#40 Animaculture pp. 72 3/5
#41 Haunted pp. 412 4/5
#42 The Fox on the Roundabout pp. 100 3/5
#43 The Man Who Planted Trees pp. 46 5/5
#44 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine pp. 390 5/5
#45 Black Dogs pp. 174 4/5
#46 The Witch's Daughter pp. 160 3/5
#47 Footsteps in the Dark pp. 328 3/5
#48 Elizabeth Is Missing pp. 275 5/5

Update to message 799:

Total Pages Read: 36,873/25,000

Storm Force from Navarone, 391 pages.

34139/37500

Monthly update:
Goal: 30,240/25,000, 120.96% - 97 total books.

November - 8 books, 2,205 pages. 30,240 total pages.

90. Haunted Nights - 368 pages
91. Audition - 208 pages
92. The Wasp Factory - 256 pages
93. The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories - 272 pages
94. Cold Moon Over Babylon - 256 pages
95. The Rules of Attraction - 326 pages
96. Make Room! Make Room! - 288 pages
97. The Mourner (Parker, #4) - 231 pages

Update: +14,605 pages

(44,793/51,000)

Updated message 5.

30174/20000

Update to message 799:

Total Pages Read: 37,161/25,000

From January to November, I have turned 29,732 pages (my goal was only 25,000). One more month to go!

message 48 updated!

Pages read: 21.119/14,000

Challenge completed :)

Challenge #4
Let's Turn Pages

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For this year I am planning to read 15000. It is a goal that I hope to reach without many problems.

January

1. Fear and Trembling: A Novel Pages: 144
2. Con fecha de vencimiento Pages: 295
3. The Woman in Cabin 10 Pages: 352
4. LullabyPages: 207
5. First Love Pages: 169
6. Anya's Ghost Pages: 224
7. Where'd You Go, Bernadette Pages:332

Total Pages in January: 1723 /15000

February

1.A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea Pages: 155
2. Mathilda Pages: 189
3. The Sense of an Ending Pages: 162
4. Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food Pages: 352
5. A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America Pages: 304
6. Annihilation Pages: 210

Total Pages in February: 1372

Status: 3087/15000

March

1. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer Pages: 340
2.Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls Pages: 275
3. La sombra del viento Pages: 569

Total pages in March: 1184

Status: 4271/15000

April

1. Educated: A Memoir Pages: 352
2. My Brilliant Friend Pages: 331
3. 100 momentos que marcaron el mundo contemporáneo Pages: 210

Total Pages 893

Status: 5164/5000

May

1. Holidays on Ice Pages: 177
2. When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife Pages: 272
3. Geek Love Pages: 370
4. Lola Vendetta. Más vale Lola que mal acompañada Pages: 152
5. Lola Vendetta. ¿Qué pacha, mama? Pages: 160

Total Pages: 1131

Status: 6295/15000

June

1. All Systems Red Pages: 156
2. Home Fire Pages: 264
3. Los Divinos Pages: 256

Total pages: 676

Status: 6971/15000

July

1. Interpreter of Maladies Pages: 192
2. Contigo en la distancia Pages: 359

Total Pages: 551

Status: 7522 / 15000

August

1. Running Like a Girl Pages: 242
2. Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup Pages: 352
3. We Have Always Lived in the Castle Pages: 158
4. The Best We Could Do Pages: 336
5. Calypso Pages: 288
6. Sin noticias de Gurb Pages: 143
7. La danza de mi muerte Pages: 203
8. Obscena Pages: 224

Total Pages: 1946

Status: 9468 /15000

September

1, You Don't Look Your Age...and Other Fairy Tales Pages: 192
2. And Then There Were None Pages: 276
3. Lady Susan Pages: 180
4. The Kill Jar: Obsession, Descent, and a Hunt for Detroit's Most Notorious Serial Killer Pages: 288
5. Rules of Civility Pages: 324

Total Pages: 1260

Status: 11250/15000

October

1. The Chalk Man Pages: 340
2. La ridícula idea de no volver a verte Pages: 160
3. Virus tropical Pages: 240
4. The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night Pages: 224
5. Artificial Condition Pages:160

Total Pages: 1124

November

1. The Alice Network Pages: 510
2. Rogue Protocol Pages: 160
3. The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story Pages: 578
4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory Pages: 256
5. I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life Pages: 161

Total Pages: 1665

Status:13517/15000

Updated msg 61
49,734/25,000

I updated message 508, thanks!

Goal: 20,805/60,000

(msg 60) 6253/8000 + 236 (Twelve Years a Slave)= 6489/8000

Update to message 799:

Total Pages Read: 37,631/25,000

Up to 14,463 pages of 17,500 total
Full details in message 121

Updated message 72

Total: 33,381/40,000

Update to message 128 (page 3).

(view spoiler)[
839. - 24/10/18 496p ***** - The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene
840. - 25/10/18 384p ***** - #AskGaryVee: One Entrepreneur's Take on Leadership, Social Media, and Self-Awareness by Gary Vaynerchuk
841. - 25/10/18 268p ** - The Winners Manual: For the Game of Life by Jim Tressel
842. - 25/10/18 144p *** - The Leadership Genius of Julius Caesar: Modern Lessons from the Man Who Built an Empire by Phillip Barlag
843. - 26/10/18 192p ** - The Bone Broth Miracle Diet: Twenty-One Days to a Healthier, Energetic Self by Erin Skinner
844. - 26/10/18 256p ** - The Life and Masterworks of Salvador Dali by Eric Shanes
845. - 27/10/18 122p **** - Animal Farm by George Orwell
846. - 27/10/18 212p ** - Unplug: A Simple Guide to Meditation for Busy Skeptics and Modern Soul Seekers by Suze Yalof Schwartz
847. - 27/10/18 244p *** - The Influential Mind: What the Brain Reveals About Our Power to Change Others by Tali Sharot
848. - 28/10/18 274p *** - The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson
849. - 28/10/18 320p *** - The Evolution of Money by David Orrell
850. - 28/10/18 279p ** - Positive Living Through Positive Affirmations by Sylvester Renner
851. - 29/10/18 240p ** - The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid? by Linda Polman
852. - 29/10/18 390p *** - Born Liars: Why We Can't Live without Deceit by Ian Leslie
853. - 29/10/18 228p *** - Fusion: How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the World's Greatest Companies by Denise Lee Yohn
854. - 29/10/18 95p ** - Catching Fire Cookbook: Experience the Hunger Games Trilogy with Unofficial Recipes Inspired by Catching Fire by John Chatham
855. - 29/10/18 288p *** - Feast: Generous Vegetarian Meals for Any Eater and Every Appetite by Sarah Copeland
856. - 30/10/18 241p ** - The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life by Ivanka Trump
857. - 30/10/18 240p ** - The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be by Dana Mackenzie
858. - 30/10/18 226p *** - Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Social Media, and Blogs by Brian Halligan
859. - 30/10/18 272p * - Halloween: The History of America’s Darkest Holiday by David J. Skal
860. - 31/10/18 213p ***** - Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules: The Lost Writings by Napoleon Hill
861. - 31/10/18 29p **** - Affirmations:300 Positive Affirmations for Business Abundance and Wealth. by The Secret of Glory
862. - 1/11/18 288p *** - Unconditional Life: Discovering the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams by Deepak Chopra
863. - 1/11/18 272p **** - Your Best Year Ever: A 5-Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals by Michael Hyatt
864. - 2/11/18 208p *** - Body Mind Mastery: Training for Sport and Life by Dan Millman
865. - 2/11/18 272p *** - Hot Prospects: The Proven Prospecting System to Ramp Up Your Sales Career by Bill Good
866. - 3/11/18 320p **** - The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican by Benjamin Blech
867. - 3/11/18 96p *** - Attitude Reflects Leadership by Leo Hamblin
868. - 4/11/18 254p **** - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
869. - 5/11/18 115p **** - QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work and in Life by John G. Miller
870. - 5/11/18 130p *** - The 25 Sales Habits of Highly Successful Salespeople by Stephan Schiffman
871. - 6/11/18 320p ***** - Good Leaders Ask Great Questions: Your Foundation for Successful Leadership by John C. Maxwell
872. - 7/11/18 128p ***** - The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino
873. - 7/11/18 212p ***** - Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth by T. Harv Eker
874. - 8/11/18 144p * - Eminem: Crossing the Line by Martin Huxley
875. - 8/11/18 318p ** - Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don’t Know What You’re Eating and What You Can Do About It by Larry Olmsted
876. - 9/11/18 96p ***** - The Strangest Secret by Earl Nightingale
877. - 10/11/18 225p ***** - Legacy: What the All Blacks Can Teach Us About the Business of Life by James Kerr
878. - 11/11/18 253p **** - The Unemployed Millionaire: Escape the Rat Race, Fire Your Boss and Live Life on Your Terms! by Matt Morris
879. - 12/11/18 184p ** - Millionaire Teacher: The Nine Rules of Wealth You Should Have Learned in School by Andrew Hallam
880. - 14/11/18 138p **** - 1001 Great Inspirational Quotes by Peter V.G. Kristiansen
881. - 15/11/18 192p *** - Money Magic by Deborah Price
882. - 16/11/18 256p * - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The 7 Secrets of Awakening the Highly Effective Four-Hour Giant, Today by The Gang
883. - 20/11/18 302p **** - Expert Secrets: The Underground Playbook for Finding Your Message, Building a Tribe, and Changing the World by Russell Brunson
884. - 24/11/18 320p **** - Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink
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Total Books: 884
Total Pages: 263,706

Update to Message 174:

Finished reading The Book Thief- 552 pages

28,867 pages read

Updated message 1403 - added books 56-94

56. The Woman in the Window - 449 pages
57. The Wife Between Us - 346 pages
58. Kindred Spirits - 304 pages
59. Bubbles In Trouble - 336 pages
60. Ablaze: Stories of Daring Teen Saints - 132 pages
61. Masked Ball at Broxley Manor - 44 pages
62. Lies - 498 pages
63. Beloved - 275 pages
64. Futility or the Wreck of the Titan - 96 pages
65. I Know My Name - 384 pages
66. The Good Daughter - 656 pages
67. Bring Me Back - 291 pages
68. The Marriage Pact - 423 pages
69. Six Earlier Days - 47 pages
70. Alpha & Omega - 61 pages
71. I See You - 386 pages
72. The Other Woman - 304 pages
73. Carrie - 253 pages
74. Let Me Lie - 400 pages
75. Tempting Fate - 352
76. The Couple Next Door - 308 pages
77. The Secret, Book, & Scone Society - 290 pages
78. The Wife - 352 pages
79. Silent Victim - 325 pages
80. One Moment, One Morning - 408 pages
81. Still Lives - 275 pages
82. Smokin' Seventeen 324 pages
83. City of Bones - 485 pages
84. Our House - 404 pages
85. Then She Was Gone - 359 pages
86. Unraveling Oliver - 260 pages
87. Cat's Eye - 462 pages
88. Everything I Never Told You - 292 pages
89. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - 352 - pages
90. The Last Letter from Your Lover - 390 pages
91. Another Day - 327 pages
92. Hidden Bodies - 448 pages
93. This is How It Always Is - 338 pages
94. Nine Perfect Strangers - 453 pages 12889


Total: 33487 / 26500

Update:

Goal: 80,000 pages / 81,730 pages

Update to message 101.

14,111 pages on a goal of 12,000.

Update to message #1450


Progress: 24,928/25,000 pages (99%)
(as of 14 Dec)

Update to message 41


82,693/75,000

Update to #107

Girl was your face (240p)
Commonwealth (336 p)


11233/13000

Update to message 799:

Total Pages Read: 38,367/25,000

Updated Post 379

22 Manitou Canyon by William Kent Kreuger - 328 pages

Total = 8,989/12,500

Fin Gall, 290 pages.

34429/37500