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January - Marathon Challenge

Sign me in for 26 books, please.
PROGRESS: 30/26
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1. Tunnel of Bones
2. One of Us is Lying
3. The Governess of Penwythe Hall
4. The Mother-Daughter Book Club
5. The Starless Sea
6. Déjà Dead
7. The Kiss Quotient
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17/13 books (10 books + 7 manga and graphic volumes)
6,062/7,095 pages
Harry Potter:
1. Harry Potter and the Philisopher's Stone (320/320)
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (352/352)
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (384/384)
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (672/672)
5. Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix (816/816)
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (576/576)
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (640/640)
Discworld:
8. Soul Music (424/424)
9. Hogfather
The Broken Earth Trilogy:
10. The Fifth Season (175/512)
Malazan:
11. Memories of Ice
First Law Trilogy:
12. Before They Are Hanged
Space Odyssey:
13. 2001 (224/224)
Manga Witch Hat Atelier (Tongari Boushi no Atorie):
14. Vol. 1 (208/208)
15. Vol. 2 (224/224)
16. Vol. 3 (192/192)
17. Vol. 4 (192/192)
18. Vol. 5 (192/192)
Fables (Collected Editions):
19. Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (152/152)
20. Vol. 2: Animal Farm (136/136)
The Earthsea Cycle:
A Wizard of Earthsea (183/183)
Going to try to get 3 books in for January. Titles are TBD.
Managed to get 2 completed:
1. Circles of Time by Phillip Rock.
2. On Writing by Stephen King.
Managed to get 2 completed:
1. Circles of Time by Phillip Rock.
2. On Writing by Stephen King.

Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2020
13/5
[book:The Last Mrs. Parrish|34043643] 2/1/20
The girl in the woods 1/5/20
Forgotten Bones 1/7/20
The Neighbor 1/8/20
The Well of Ascension 1/12/20
The Da Vinci Code 1/13/20
The Fountains of Silence 1/16/20
Oryx and Crake 1/17/20
Thunderhead 1/19/20
The Guardians 1/25/20
Mistress of the Art of Death 1/25/20
Warbreaker 1/28/20
Hellbent 1/29/20

I'd like to read at least 5 books this months, possibly more but with school you never know!
1/5
[ ]1. King Solomon's Ring
[ ]2. If This Is a Man
[✓]3. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
[ ]4. A Fine Balance
[ ]5.

Completed Books:
4,480/4,480
14/14
1)Princess and the Suffragette(1/1/20)
2)Pride and Prejudice and Mistletoe(2/1/20)
3)Doctor Who: The Good Doctor(3/1/20)
4)The Guilty Dead(5/1/20)
5)The Day Before(5/1/20)
6)In the Midst of Life(5/1/20)
7)The Library Of Lost And Found(5/1/20)
8)The Wartime Midwives(6/1/20)
9)Scarlet(7/1/20)
10)Live From New York: An Uncensored History Of Saturday Night Live(8/1/20)
11)Thank You Notes(10/1/20)
12)Thank You Notes 2(12/1/20)
13)Bossypants(18/1/20)
14)The Wedding Diaries(22/1/20)

I would like to join for 4 books.
4/4 Read + 1/1 DNF - With all this motivation 9 books read!
1.READ

2a.DNF All the Light We Cannot See
2b.READ

3. READ

4 - 9 Loved.

Happy New Year!!
I'll be joining this challenge again.
Plan to read 9 novels, and turn 1800 pgs.
1) His to Claim by Brenda Jackson 224 pgs
2) Duty or Desire by Brenda Jackson 224 pages
3) Bishop's Knight #1 by Katie Reus 250 pgs
4) Dancing Tides #3 by Vickie McKeehan 298 pgs
5) A Pelican Pointe #12 by Vickie McKeehan 304 pgs
6) Starlight Dunes #5 by Vickie McKeehan 313 pgs
7) Hidden Moon Bay #2 by Vickie McKeehan 321 pgs
8) Lighthouse Reef #4 by Vickie McKeehan 334 pgs
9) The Last Sister(Columbia River #1) by Kendra Elliot 336 pgs *****
10) The Country Guesthouse #5 by Robyn Carr 336 pgs
11) Last Chance Harbor #6 by Vickie McKeehan 353 pgs
12) Sea Glass Cottage #7 by Vickie McKeehan 353 pgs
13) A Pocket History of Human Evolution (Audiobook/160pgs)
Msg # 70.
Read 12/9 novels, and turned 3,646/1,800 pages!
January Marathon Completed!!

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Vol. 4: The Value of a Hidden Ace!!
The Cain Saga, Volume 03
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 11
Blue Exorcist, Vol. 10
"Okay"
Number the Stars
If I Was Your Girl
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 1—Phantom Blood, Vol. 3
The Orphan Choir
World Trigger, Vol. 1
My Hero Academia, Vol. 17
The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho, Buson, and Issa
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part One
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part Two
Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! (Manga) Vol. 3
My Hero Academia, Vol. 18
My Hero Academia, Vol. 19
Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 1
World Trigger, Vol. 2
The Cain Saga, Volume 04, Part 1
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 12
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 13
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 14
Bloom
The Cain Saga, Volume 04, Part 2
World Trigger, Vol. 3
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 2—Battle Tendency, Vol. 1
Goal: 28/20

Let's say 5 books for a total of at least 2020 pages. See what I did there?
Edit 31st of January
Books: 4/5
Pages: 1.372/2.020
Book 1: Scythe by Neal Shusterman - 3.90 ⭐️ - 435 pages
Book 2: The Passengers by John Marrs - 4.20 ⭐️ - 400 pages
Book 3: Wonder by R.J. Palacio - 5.00 ⭐️ - 336 pages
Book 4: One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence - 2.10 ⭐️ - 201 pages

1. The Son
2. The War of the Worlds
3. A Widow's Tale
4. Digital Fortress
5. The Long Winter
6. The Law is a Ass: An Illustrated Anthology of Legal Quotations
7. Hallow Be the Haunt
8. The Da Vinci Code
9. A Stolen Life

1. Winter's Tale (749 pages; completed)
2. A Transcontinental Affair (~341 pages; completed).

MARATHON CHALLENGE - Monthly Challenge
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2020
Progress: 23/23 -- COMPLETE
Finished with 36/23
1. The Griffin's Feather 1/1
2. Labor Day 1/1
3. Because of Winn-Dixie 1/1
4. The Cinderella Murder 1/2
5. All Dressed in White 1/2
6. The Sleeping Beauty Killer 1/3
7. Every Breath You Take 1/3
8. The Wide Window 1/3
9. One Wild Bird at a Time 1/4
10. The Miserable Mill 1/4
11. The Austere Academy 1/5
12. The Ersatz Elevator 1/5
13. Helen Keller in Love 1/6
14. The Paris Wife 1/6
15. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights 1/7
16. The Mermaid and Mrs. Hancock 1/9
17. The Night Tiger 1/10
18. The Vile Village 1/11
19. The Hostile Hospital 1/12
20. The Carnivorous Carnival 1/13
21. The Slippery Slope 1/14
22. The Grim Grotto 1/15
23. The Forgotten 1/15
24. Shifting Stars 1/17
25. The Hunting Party 1/18
26. The Movement of Stars 1/19
27. The Penultimate Peril 1/21
28. The End 1/22
29. Fifty Poems Of Emily Dickinson 1/22
30. A Caribbean Mystery 1/22
31. Mr. Fox 1/23
32. The Atlas of Reds and Blues 1/24
33. Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession 1/26
34. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 1/27
35. Return to Tradd Street 1/28
36. Bel Canto 1/31

1.Inheritance by: Christopher Paolini
2.The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist by: Richard P. Feynman
3. Pompeii by: Robert Harris
4. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by: Robert K. Massie
5. All the Light We Cannot See by: Anthony Doerr

4/4
finished 1. The Outsider by Stephen King
finished 2. Calypso by David Sedaris
finished 3. Small Kingdom's & Other Things by Charlaine Harris
finished 4. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Apologies if I have not signed up in the right way, I'mnew.

MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2020
20/20
1. Theater Nights Are Murder Libby Klein 1/2/20
2. BlackBuried Pie Lyndsey Cole 1/3/20
3. Negative Exposure Lisa B. Thomas 1/4/20
4. There's A Murder Afoot Vicki Delany 1/5/20
5. A Body Below Ground Danielle Collins 1/6/20
6. Sunshine HunterMaddie Cochere 1/7/20
7. Poppy Harmon and the Hung Jury Lee Hollis 1/8/20
8. Murder, She KnitPeggy Ehrhart 1/9/20
9. Zombie Waffle Murder (The Wicked Waffle Series) Carolyn Q. Hunter 1/9/20
10. Matchmaking Can Be Murder Amanda Flower 1/10/20
11. Death of a Dapper Snowman Angela Pepper 1/11/20
12. Raining Men and Corpses Anne R. Tan 1/12/20
13. Jammed Deany Ray 1/13/20
14. Death Bee Comes Her Nancy CoCo 1/14/20
15. Cherry Pie or Die CeeCee James 1/15/20
16. Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead Livia J. Washburn 1/15/20
17. Silenced in Sequins Debra Sennefelder 1/16/20
18. Glazed Murder Jessica Beck 1/17/20
19. Christmas Jam...boree Donna Walo Clancy 1/18/20
20. Hems and Homicide Elizabeth Penney 1/19/20

Sure, you can, Gwen!


0/4
1. The Starless Sea
2. The Paris Orphan
3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
4. Cilka’s Journey


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2.A Princess of Mars
3.Conscious Evolution: Mythology in Action
4.Black Notice
5.Silent Orchids
6.Soul Marked
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