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Let's see how we finished out 2018!

January 2018: 38,891 Pages
February 2018: 34,739 Pages
March 2018: 37, 986 Pages
April 2018: 42,716 Pages
May 2018: 29,638 Pages
June 2018: 35,926 Pages
July 2018: 43,793 Pages
August 2018: 29,567 Pages
September 2018: 23,310 Pages
October 2018: 34,088 Pages
November 2018: 34,000 pages

83. Stardust by Neil Gaiman (248 pages)
84. My Girls: A Lifetime with Carrie and Debbie by Todd Fisher (400 pages)
85. We Fed an Island: The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time by Jose Andres (288 pages)
86. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris (288 pages)
87. The Greatest Love Story Ever Told y Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally (288 pages)
88. The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Deborah Blum (352 pages)

My December Total: 1864 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 1,864 PAGES

Devil in the Grove. Gilbert King. Pulitzer. 4 stars. 12/24/18. 434 pages
The Mayflower. Nathaniel Philbrick. 12/25/18. 4 stars. 464 pages
The Lake House. . Kate Morton. 12/6/18 495 pages.
Women in the Castle. Jessica Shattuck. 12/30/18 356 pages.
Louisiana’s Way Home. Kate DiCamillo. 12/16/18. 240 pages
Mr. Dickens and His Carol. Samantha Silva. 12/20/18. 288 pages
Barbarian Days. William Finnegan. 12/28/18. 447 pages
Every Living Thing. Cynthia Rylant. 4 stars. 12/24/18. 81 pages.

My December Total: 2,805 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 4,669 pages

JANUARY: 9 books/3 nE, 1693 pages, avg. 188 pages
FEBRUARY: 10 books/2 nE, 2099 pages, avg. 210 pages
MARCH: 12 books, 3886 pages, avg. 324 pages
APRIL: 10 books, 2998 pages, avg. 300 pages
MAY: 12 books/1 nE, 3249 pages, avg. 271 pages
JUNE: 10 books, 3291 pages, avg. 329 pages
JULY: 10 books, 3246 pages, avg. 325 pages
AUGUST: 13 books/4 nE, 3682 pages, avg. 283 pages
SEPTEMBER: 11 books, 3979 pages, avg. 362 pages
OCTOBER: 15 books, 4121 pages, avg. 275 pages
NOVEMBER: 13 books/6 nE, 3421 pages, avg. 263 pages
DECEMBER: 9 books/3 nE, 2737 pages, avg. 304 pages
YEAR GOAL: 120 books/20 nE, 35,000 pages
TOTAL: 134 books/19 nE, 38,404 pages, avg. 287 pages

DECEMBER BOOKS:

126. Friedrich Nietzsche, The Pre-Platonic Philosophers: Translated from the German and Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Greg Whitlock [1872-73, tr. 2001] 287 pages
127. Maryse Condé, Une Saison à Rihata [1981] 214 pages [in French, Kindle]
128. Dava Sobel, The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars [2016] 323 pages
129. Hwang Sok-yong, The Shadow of Arms [1985, tr. 2014] 576 pages [Kindle]
130. Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon [1977] 341 pages
131. Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man [2007] 344 pages
132. Gabriel García Márquez, Ojos de perro azul [1974] 182 pages [in Spanish]
133. Toni Morrison, Tar Baby [1981] 306 pages
134. Honoré de Balzac, Les deux poètes [1837] 164 pages [in French]


GROUP TOTAL: 7,406 pages

December:

266. A Simple Favor by Darcy Bell 371 pages
267. The Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing Hahn 200 pages
268. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende 445 pages
269. The Vision, Vol. 2: Little Better Than a Beast by Tom King 136 pages
270. The Escape Room by Megan Goldin 352 pages
271. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 160 pages
272. Found by Jeff Newman 48 pages
273. Winter is Here by Kevin Henkes 40 pages
274. 3x4 by Ivan Brunetti 40 pages
275. Zola's Elephant by Randall de Seve 40 pages
276. The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee 42 pages
277. Dreamers by Yuyi Morales 40 pages
278. Imagine by Juan Filipe Herrera 32 pages
279. All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins 40 pages
280. Hammering for Freedom by Rita Lorraine Hubbard 32 pages
281. Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein 40 pages
282. Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop by Alice Faye Duncan 40 pages
283. Giraffe Problems by Jory John 42 pages
284. We are Grateful: Otsaliheliga by Traci Sorell 32 pages
285. Carmela Full of Wishes by Matt de la Pena 40 pages
286. In the Woods by Tana French 464 pages
287. Picture Us in the Light by Kelly Loy Gilbert 361 pages
288. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech 288 pages
289. 30 Days of Night, Vol. 1 by Steve Niles 104 pages
290. Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake 316 pages
291. The Dry by Jane Harper 328 pages
292. The Body in the Sleigh by Katherine Hall Page 352 pages
293. Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs 416 pages
294. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser 297 pages
295. An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green 352 pages
296. Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn 192 pages
297. When All the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz 352 pages
298. The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 341 pages
299. The Returned by Jason Mott 338 pages
300. The Museum of Mysteries by Steve Berry 165 pages
301. We Were Brothers by Barry Moser 192 pages

Total for Month: 7070
GROUP TOTAL: 14,476

December

179. Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson, #5) – Patricia Briggs (5 stars) 12/3/18 [292]
180. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden Mystery, #3) – Charlaine Harris (3 stars) 12/4/18 [256]
181. Seeing Red – Sandra Brown (4 stars) 12/6/18 [432]
182. The Illegal Gardener (The Greek Village, #1) – Sara Alexi (3 stars) 12/7/18 [306]
183. The Key (Deed, #2) – Lynsay Sands (4 stars) 12/8/18 2012 Scotland [384]
184. Nine Coaches Waiting – Mary Stewart (4 stars) 12/10/18 [272]
185. The Cowboy and the Cop (Gold Buckle Cowboys, #1) – Christine Wenger (3 stars) 12/12/18 [224]
186. Rekindling Motives (A Jolie Gentil Mystery, #2) – Elaine Orr (3 stars) 12/14/18 [308]
187. Breach of Promise to Marry: A History of How Jilted Brides Settled Scores – Denise Bates (3 stars) 12/17/18 [208]
188. A Town Called Christmas – Carrie Alexander (3 stars) 12/19/18 [278]
189. A Riesling to Die (A Wine Trail Mystery, #1) – J. C. Eaton ( 3 stars) 12/23/18 [220]
190. Highland Dragon Warrior (Dawn of the Highland Dragon, #1) – Isabel Cooper (4 stars) 12/27/18 [322]
191. Artemis – Andy Weir (3 stars) 12/30/18 [322]
192. He's So Fine (Lucky Harbor, #11) – Jill Shalvis (3 stars) 12/31/18 [311]

Total Books - 14
Total pages - 4135
Group Total: 18,611

1. Ceremony--Leslie Marmon Silko--244 pages
2. Granny Goes Hollywood--Harper Lin--157 pages
3. The Chameleon Wore Chartruese--Bruce Hale--97 pages
4. The Graveyard Book--Neil Gaiman--324 pages
5. How to Catch A Snowman--Adam Wallace & Andy Elkhearn--40 pages
6. Santa Bruce--Ryan T. Higgins--48 pages
7. The Deal of a Lifetime--Fredrik Backman--65 pages
8. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever--Barbara Robinson--108 pages
9. Bear Country--Doreen Cronin--101 pages
10. Friendly Competition--Ava Sterling--11 pages
11. The Kiss Quotient--Helen Hoang--314 pages

pages 1,408

GROUP TOTAL: 20,019

Pocketful of Bones by Julie Frayn - 342 pages
John Doe by Tess Gerritsen - 51 pages
Death of a Dapper Snowman by Angela Pepper - 350 pages
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness - 561 pages
Angel by James Patterson - 291 pages
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black - 419 pages
Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris - 335 pages

Total December Pages: 2,349

Group Total: 22,368

Read in December:

124. Eventide by Kent Haruf, 300 pgs
125. Chess Story by Stefan Zweig, 104 pgs
126. Double-Barreled Detective Story by Mark Twain, 120 pgs
127. Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, 624 pgs
128. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty, 453 pgs
129. Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm, 252 pgs
130. The Tour by Jean Grainger, 260 pgs
131. A Dream of Steam by James W. Barry, 338 pgs
132. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin, 304 pgs
133. A Bell for Adano by John Hersey, 269 pgs
134. Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott, 262 pgs
135. Onion John by Joseph Krumgold, 248 pgs
136. Sideways Stories from the Wayside School by Louis Sachar, 144 pgs
137. Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini, 48 pgs
138. The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant, 48 pgs
139. No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, 60 pgs

Total = 3,834 pages

GROUP TOTAL = 26,202 PAGES

December

112. Come On Shore and We Will Kill You and Eat You by Christine Thompson 258 pages
113. The Job by Steve Osborne 252 pages
114. Mama Maggie by Marty Makary 241 pages
115. A Winter Dream by Richard Paul Evans 265 pages
116. Class Reunion '65 by David Wallechinsky 541 pages
117. The Haymakers by Kent Meyers 185 pages
118. The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter by Holly Robinson 288 pages
119. The Library Book by Susan Orlean 310 pages
120. The 13th Gift by Joanne Huist Smith 204 pages
121/ Homebody by Joanna Gaines 351 pages
122. The Grace Of Silence by Michele Norris 204 pages
123. Prison Writings by Leonard Peltier 221 pages
124. I Am Matther by Matthew Davidson 127 pages

Total for December: 3447

My Total for year: 36,129

Group Total: 29,649

December:
103. I know a secret by Tess Gerritsen - 274 - 5★
104. Pieces of her by Karin Slaughter - 470 - 2★
105. The day of the dead by Nicci French - 332 - 5★
106. The secrets she keeps by Michael Robotham - 520 - 5★
107. Uitgeschakeld by Angelique Haak - 238 - 4★
108. Mijn vader is een vliegtuig by Antoinette Beumer - 237 - 4★
109. De val van Annika S. Simons & van der Zijl - 219 - 4★

Totals December:
7 books; 2280 pages


Totals 2018:
109 books; 32,618 pages

Group total: 31,929