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Already in the last quarter of 2022. Oh, how this year has flown! As usual, please post the books and pages read for the month of September!

January 2022: 39,240 pages
February 2022: 23,594 pages
March 2022: 35,756 pages
April 2022: 30,065 pages
May 2022: 27,200 pages
June 2022: 30,313 pages
July 2022: 25,407 pages
August 2022: 31,014 pages

53. The Smartest Book in the World: A Lexicon of Literacy, a Rancorous Reportage, a Concise Curriculum of Cool by Greg Proops (310 pages)
54. More Than Love: An Intimate Portrait of My Mother, Natalie Wood by Natasha Gregson Wagner (304 pages)
55. In the Heights: Finding Home by Lin-Manuel Miranda (288 pages)
56. The Real Silent Witnesses: Shocking Cases from the World of Forensic Science by Wensley Clarkson (299 pages)
57. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr (630 pages)
58. Where the Lost Dogs Go: A Story of Love, Search, and the Power of Reunion by Susannah Charleson (320 pages)
59. 10 Women Who Changed Science and the World by Catherine Whitlock (304 pages)

My September Total: 2455 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 2,455 PAGES

YEAR GOAL: 150 books/48 nE, 38,000 pages

JANUARY: 5 books/2 nE, 1,759 pages, avg. 352 pages
FEBRUARY: 7 books/5 nE, 2,058 pages, avg. 294 pages
MARCH: 14 books/6 nE, 2,762 pages, avg. 197 pages
APRIL: 8 books/3 nE, 2,517 pages, avg. 315 pages
MAY: 9 books/3 nE, 2,729 pages, avg. 303 pages
JUNE: 15 books/9 nE, 2,711 pages, avg. 181 pages
JULY: 13 books/8 nE, 2,770 pages, avg. 213 pages
AUGUST: 9 books/2 nE, 2,320 pages, avg. 258 pages
SEPTEMBER: 13 books/5 nE, 3,423 pages, avg. 263 pages
TOTAL: 93 books/43 nE, 23,051 pages, avg. 248 pages

SEPTEMBER BOOKS:
81. Miguel Angel Asturias, Hombres de maiz [1949] 438 pages [in Spanish]
82. Giuseppi Bellini, Mundo mágico y mundo real. La narrativa de Miguel Ángel Asturias [1999, Sp. tr. 2008] 242 pages [Kindle, Biblioteca Cervantes] [in Spanish]
83. Boubacar Boris Diop, Murambi, le livre des ossements [2000] 206 pages [Kindle] [in French]
84. H.W.F. Saggs, The Greatness That Was Babylon: A sketch of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates valley [1962] 535 pages
85. James Wllard, Babylon [1972] 223 pages
86. Joan Oates, Babylon [1979] 215 pages
87. Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener [1853] 40 pages
88. Abdulrazak Gurnah, By the Sea [2001] 245 pages
89. Rubén Darío, Azul. . . [2nd ed., 1892] 334 pages [Kindle, Open Library] [in Spanish]
90. Rubén Darío, Antología [1992] 236 pages [in Spanish]
91. Ann Druyon, Cosmos: Possible Worlds [2020] 383 pages
92. Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Stepmotherland [2022] 119 pages
93. H.W.F. Saggs, Everyday Life in Babylonia & Assyria [1965] 207 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 5,878 pages

40) Listen to Me (Rizzoli & Isles #13) by Tess Gerritsen - 300 pages
41) Missing: Storm Warning/Now Way Out/A Deeper Fear (Lucy Kincaid #14.5, 16.5, 17.5) by Allison Brennan - 384 pages
42) Uncultured by Daniella Mestyanek Young - 336 pages
43) Don't Tell (Romantic Suspense #1) by Karen Rose - 482 pages
44) Sweet Revenge (Sisterhood #5) by Fern Michaels - 268 pages
45) Creep (Creep #1) by Jennifer Hillier - 436 pages

September pages: 2,206
Group Total: 8,084

143. Bay of Sighs (The Guardians Trilogy, #2) – Nora Roberts (3 stars) 9/3/22 [319]
144. Island of Glass (The Guardians Trilogy, #3) – Nora Roberts (4 stars) 9/5/22 [315]
145. Troublemaker (GO-Team, #1) – Linda Howard (3 stars) 9/7/22 [496]
146. The Sweetness of Water – Nathan Harris (4 stars) 9/12/22 [368]
147. The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry – Gabrielle Zevin (5 stars) 9/14/22 [288]
148. Curse of the Wolf King: A Beauty and the Beast Retelling(Entangled with Fae, #1) - Tessonja Odette (3 stars) 9/16/22 [356]
149. Kate's Style: Smart, Chic Fashion from a Royal Role Model – Caroline Jones (3 stars) 9/19/22 [175]
150. Twelve Days to Save Christmas – Elizabeth Neep (3 stars) 9/20/22 [297]
151. Where Angels Fear to Tread – E. M. Forster (3 stars) 9/21/22 [127]
152. Spoils of the Moon – Mark Shearman (2 stars) 9/23/22 [219]
153. Breaking the Silence – Diamante Lavendar (3 stars) 9/24/22 [136]
154. Star of the Morning (Nine Kingdoms, #1) – Lynn Kurland (3 stars) 9/25/22 [340]
155. Her Cyborg Beast (Interstellar Brides: The Colony, #4) – Grace Goodwin (3 stars) 9/26/22 [206]
156. Lost Library (Lost Library, #1) – Kate Baray (4 stars) 9/27/22 [292]
157. Persuasion (Illustrated): Classic Edition – Jane Austen (5 stars) 9/27/22 [192]
158. Dinner with Edward: A Story of an Unexpected Friendship – Isabel Vincent (5 stars) 9/28/22 [224]

Total Books - 16
Total pages - 4350
Group Total: 12,434

1. This is (Not) Enough--Anna Kang--22 pages
2. Half Wolf--Aimee Easterling--176 pages
3. Big Scoop of Ice Cream--Conxita Herrero Delfa--138 pages
4. Uncle and Ants--Marc Jedel--295 pages
5. Landscaping for Swingers--Alexandria Noir and Barbi Hammer--26 pages
6. Zoey--Pepper North--195 pages
7. Savage King--Eve Black--255 pages
8. Death by Baguette--Jennifer S. Alderson--186 pages
9. Aroused by the Demon--Ivan Axelson--29 pages
10. Acceptance--Constance Daley--15 pages
11. Daring Little Daisy--Allie Belle & Rayanna Jamison--142 pages
12. Photo Finish--Mardi Ballou--53 pages
13. The Princess in My Teacup--Sally Huss--50 pages
14. Hell of a Book--Jason Mott--321 pages
15. The Penguin Way--Scott Gordon--45 pages
16. Perfect Spiral--Lane Hart--286 pages
17. MILF's Pride--Tori Westwood--21 pages
18. Smitten For a Stranger--Felicity Monroe--68 pages
19. Squat Lifts and Smashed Avocado--G B Ralph--18 pages
20. Blind Date Sweethearts--Noelle Bensen--9 pages
21, All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, A Black Family Keepsake--Tiya Miles--385 pages
22. MILF Sex Toy Party--Olivia O'Malley--22 pages
23. How I Become a Stranger to Anger--Dr. Rafiq Yousufazi--77 pages
24. Killers of a Certain Age--Deanna Raybourn--353 pages
25. Second Chance Cowboys--Kim Loraine--72 pages
26. In the Library--Nina Dawn--38 pages
27. Ethan's First Day at Kindergarten--Danny Friedman and Karin Aaron--34 pages
28. I Snoop on My Sensations--Melissa Winn--21 pages
29. Lula's Brew--Elizabeth O. Dulemba--19 pages
30. Those Cats Are Crazy!--Phil and Brenda White--247 pages
31. I Did It--Jungmin Park--20 pages

Pages: 3638

GROUP TOTAL: 16,072

122) The People We Keep by Allison Larkin, 368 pgs
123) City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert, 470 pgs
124) A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, 227 pgs
125) The Shakespeare Requirement by Julie Schumacher, 320 pgs
126) Excellent Women by Barbara Pym, 231 pgs
127) Parnassus Wheels by Christopher Morley, 152 pgs
128) One Step Too Far by Lisa Gardner, 416 pgs
129) A Place in the World by Frances Mayes, 304 pgs
130) Haven by Emma Donoghue, 272 pgs
131) Flush by Virginia Woolf, 204 pgs
132) Himself by Jess Kidd, 384 pgs
133) Berenice by Edgar Allen Poe, 24 pgs

Total = 3,372 Pages

GROUP TOTAL = 19,444 PAGES

SEPTEMBER

278. Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket 158 pgs
279. The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra 332 pgs
280. Give the Devil His Due by Steve Hockensmith 362 pgs
281. As You Wish by Cary Elwes 259 pgs
282. The Surgeon's Daughter by Audrey Blake 384 pgs
283. The Quiche of Death by M. C. Beaton 276 pgs
284. I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis 112 pgs
285. I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906 by Lauren Tarshis 112 pgs
286. As Bright As Heaven by Susan Meissner 464 pgs
287. I Survived the Attacks of September 11, 2001 by Lauren Tarshis 112 pgs
288. The Girl in the Striped Dress by Ellie Midwood 364 pgs
289. Danger Down the Nile by James Patterson 451 pgs
290. The Face of Fear by Dean Koontz 206 pgs
291. Gad's Hall Omnibus by Norah Lofts 532 pgs
292. East Coast Toast by Walker Newton 309 pgs
293. I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg by Lauren Tarshis 112 pgs
294. The Return of the Pharaoh by Nicholas Meyer 272 pgs
295. I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79 by Lauren Tarshis 112 pgs
296. I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 by Lauren Tarshis 112 pgs
297. I Survived the Shark Attacks, 1916 by Lauren Tarshis 112 pgs
298. Wolf Hall by Hillary Mantel 535 pgs
299. U-Boat Enigmas by Anthony Babb 366 pgs
300. 11 Great Horror Stories by Betty M. Owen 239 pgs
301. Parnassus On Wheels by Christopher Morley 202 pgs
302. Gallery of Ghosts by James Reynolds 271 pgs
303. Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala 316 pgs
304, Secrets of the Forbidden City by James Patterson 448 pgs
305. The 12th Year Awakening by Jason Ellis 172 pgs
306. I Survived the Japanese Tsunami by Lauren Tarshis 112 pgs

Pages Read for the Month: 7,814
Group Total for the Year: 27,258

SEPTEMBER
79. Country Grit by Scottie Jones 218 pages
80. Women In White Coats by Olivia Campbell 315 pages
81. Doggie In the Window by Rory Kress 368 pages
82, Deep In The Heart Of Texas by Texas Stready 323 pages
83. Nurses Of Mayo Clinic by Arlene Keeling 148 pages
84. All The Living And The Dead by Haley Campbell 239 pages
85. Secrets Of A Marine's Wife by Shanna Hogan 345 pages
86. Hometown Killer by Carol Rothgeb 384 pages
87. Under And Alone by William Queen 260 pages
88. One Night In The ER by G. Scott McCreadie 217 pages
89. Murder Of An Elvis Girl by Buddy Morehouse 262 pages

Total for September: 2,862 pages
Group Total: 30,120 pages