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2023: 800,000 Page Challenge
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Pássaros da América by Lorrie Moore
301 pages
Total to date: 10 362"
Unfortunately this book is too new for our 800 000 challenge, so it doesn't count. It looks like a good book.
Our actual total is now 10 312 pages.
Rosemarie wrote: "Luís wrote: "Pássaros da América by Lorrie Moore
301 pages
Total to date: 10 362"
Unfortunately this book is too new for o..."
Checked. Thanks for the advice.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
272 pgs
Total to date: 10,092
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - 479 pagesAfter Twenty Years by O. Henry -20 pages
The Snows of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway -25 pages
Total to date : 13,571
We had wrong total to date.After I added total was 13571 pages
With Carol's 151 pages and Shaina's 276 pages
Total to date : 13, 998 pages
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can any one tell me which book should i read next?
The Way of Kings or The Stand
The Way of Kings or The Stand
My apologies! I think I am responsible for the earlier mistake on the group number. That said, I have finished
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by an Anonymous author. 180 pgsTotal to Date: 14,178
I have completed The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
366 pagesTotal to Date: 14,544
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The Way of Kings or The Stand"
I haven't read either one but you might get more responses if you post in one of our chat threads. What classic are you reading now? might be the best place.
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Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke 243 pp
Total to date: 16,620
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray680 pages
The White Priory Murders: A Mystery for Christmas: 107 - 276 pgsThe Westing Game - 192 pgs
Total to Date: 18,145 pgs
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Here's a quick reminder of which books we consider classics for this challenge, in the fiction categories.
General fiction, including mysteries and science fiction, need to be originally published in 1973 or earlier.
Poetry needs to be originally published in 1973 or earlier as well.
Children's and YA in 1983 or earlier.
FWC in 1993 or earlier.
Plays in 1993 or earlier.
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76 pages
Total to date: 18 512
I have completed The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald.180 pages
Total to date: 18,692
Rosemarie wrote: "We are already doing so well! Thank you, everyone!Here's a quick reminder of which books we consider classics for this challenge, in the fiction categories.
General fiction, including mysteries a..."
What's FWC?
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The Mysterious Mr. Badman - 192 pgsBreakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories - 162 pgs
Selected Stories by Anton Chekhov - 150 pgs
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke - 208 pgs
I'm going to subtract 276 pgs as I seem to have added The White Priory Murders: A Mystery for Christmas: 107 twice.
Total to Date: 19,684 pgs
Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin.
176 pages - 19/01/23
Total to date : 19,860
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose: 73 pagesLady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon: 490 pages
Current Group Total: 20,668
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