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Group count for the year so far:

January 2016 - 62,387
February 2016 - 67,136
March 2016 - 71,004
April 2016 - 44,158
May 2016 - 45,106
June 2016 - 41,350
July 2016 - 56,936

Post your August totals here!

36. Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe (33 pages – did not complete)
37. Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich (356 pages)
38. But Enough About Me by Burt Reynolds (320 pages)
39. The Restorer by Amanda Stevens (376 pages)
40. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (192 pages)
41. The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin (429 pages)

My total: 1,706 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 1,706 pages

Island of Dragons by Lisa McMann - 521 pages
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan - 288 pages
The Legend of the Rift by Peter Lerangis - 429 pages
The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue by Michael Tougias - 153 pages
Alive by Scott Sigler - 345 pages
Magyk by Angie Sage - 564 pages
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg - 347 pages

Total August Pages: 2,647
Group Total: 4,353

August
54. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier - 449 - 3★
55. Ritueel by Isa Maron - 330 - 4★
56. Darth Paper strikes back by Tom Angleberger - 165 - 3★ - read with my son
57. Ik zal verborgen zijn by Eline Rosenhart - 457 - 5★
58. Written in red by Anne Bishop - 457 - 5★
59. Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop - 367 - 4★
60. Playing with fire by Tess Gerritsen - 285 - 4★
61. The last mile by David Baldacci - 417 - 5★
62. The guilty by David Baldacci - 417 - 4★
63. Moon called by Patricia Briggs - 271 - 3★
64. Blood bound by Patricia Briggs - 278 - 4★
65. De kleine moeder van Bergen Belsen by Hetty Verolme - 235 - 4★

Totals August:
12 books; 4128 pages

Group total: 8,481

August

93. Better Off Dead in Deadwood (Deadwood, #4) – Ann Charles (4 stars) 8/2/16 [384]
94. Undiscovered (Treasure Hunter Security, #1) – Anna Hackett (4 stars) 8/3/16 [162]
95. Tarnished Knight (London Steampunk, #1.5) – Bec McMaster (3 stars) 8/4/16 [162]
96. Til There Was You – Kathleen Eagle (3 stars) 8/5/16 [251]
97. Best Left in the Shadows (Best Left in the Shadows, #1; Echoes of the Ascended, #3)– Mark Gelineau & Joe King (4 stars) 8/6/16 [102]
98. A Reaper of Stone (A Reaper of Stone, #1; Echoes of the Ascended, #1) – Mark Gelineau & Joe King (4 stars) 8/7/16 [108]
99. Uncaged (Corps Security, #3.5) – Harper Sloan (3 stars) 8/8/16 [132]
100. Timebound (The CHRONOS Files, #1) – Rysa Walker (5 stars) 8/10/16 [366]
101. The Yard (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad, #1) – Alex Grecian (4 stars) 8/13/16 [423]
102. The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street – Helen Hanff (5 stars) 8/15/16 [137]
103. Albert of Adelaide – Howard Anderson (4 stars) 8/16/16 [228]
104. A Good School – Richard Yates (4 stars) 8/17/16 [192]
105. Uncaged (Shifter's Uprising, #1) – Lisa Oliver & Thomas Oliver (2 stars) 8/18/16 [270]
106. The Housekeeper and the Professor – Yoko Ogawa (5 stars) 8/18/16 [180]
107. Journey to the River Sea – Eva Ibbotson (4 stars) 8/19/16 [296]
108. Illusion Town (Harmony, #13) – Jayne Castle (5 stars) 8/20/16 [340]
109. A Love for Lydia – Jeanne Savery (4 stars) 8/21/16 [256]
110. Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex – Mary Roach (4stars) 8/22/16 [319]
111. Aunt Dimity's Good Deed (Aunt Dimity, #3) – (3 stars) 8/24/16 [277]
112. Merry Christmas, Babies – Tara Taylor Quinn (3 stars) 8/26/16 [296]
113. Zen and the Art of Murder (P.I. Zen Moses, #1) – Elizabeth M. Cosin (3 stars) 8/27/16 [304]
114. Murder Well-Done (Hemlock Falls Mystery, #4) – Claudia Bishop (2 stars) 8/29/16 [257]
115. What Dreams May Come – Sherrilyn Kenyon, Rebecca York, Robin D. Owens (4 stars) 8/29/16 [288]
116. Embrace the Night Eternal (Envy Chronicles, #2) – Joss Ware (5 stars) 8/31/16 [369]

Total Books - 24
Total Pages - 6483

Group Total: 14,964

165. Marked, Kaylea Cross -8/1 226 pp.
166. The Name of the Wind, Patrick Rothfuss -8/3 664 pp.
167. The Never Hero, T. Ellery Hodges -8/5 429 pp.
168. Pack Challenge, Shelly Laurenston -8/5 213 pp.
169. The Wretched of Muirwood, Jeff Wheeler -8/7 300 pp.

170. Bonds of Justice, Nalini Singh -8/9 359 pp.
171. Dawn of Wonder, Jonathon Renshaw -8/10 712 pp.
172. Son of the Black Sword, Larry Correia -8/12 342 pp.
173. Nightstalkers, Bob Mayer -8/14 319 pp.
174. Return of the Phoenix: A Monster Squad Novel 1, Heath Stallcup -8/14 280 pp.
175. The Mercenary, Cherry Adair -8/14 256 pp.
176. Extinction Horizon, Nicholas Sansbury Smith -8/16 351 pp.
177. Extinction Edge, Nicholas Sansbury Smith -8/18 371 pp.
178. Kincaid, Marie James ✭✭ -8/18 248 pp.
179. Extinction Age, Nicholas Sansbury Smith -8/18 359 pp.

180. Extinction Evolution, Nicholas Sansbury Smith -8/20 414 pp.
181. Extinction End, Nicholas Sansbury Smith -8/21 450 pp.
182. Death Becomes Her, Michael Anderle -8/22 299 pp.
183. Queen Bitch, Michael Anderle -8/22 271 pp.
184. Love Lost, Michael Anderle -8/22 264 pp.
185. Beneath the Dark Ice, Greig Beck -8/24 320 pp.
186. Dark Rising, Greig Beck -8/27 470 pp.
187. Watch Me, Cynthia Eden -8/27 236 pp.
188. The Rule of Four, Ian Caldwell -8/28 544 pp.
189. Caged Wolf, S.M. Reine -8/30 200 pp.

190. Kiss of Steel, Bec McMaster -8/30 448 pp.
191. Fireblood, Jeff Wheeler -8/31 440 pp.

August Total: 9,785 pages

Group Total: 24,749

JANUARY: 10 books/1 nE, 3875 pages, avg. 388 pages
FEBRUARY: 10 bookd/1 nE, 2945 pages, avg. 295 pages
MARCH: 10 books/1 nE, 3282 pages, avg. 328 pages
APRIL: 9 books, 3258 pages, avg. 362 pages
MAY: 9 books, 2461 pages, avg. 273 pages
JUNE: 3 books, 1409 pages, avg. 470 pages
JULY: 8 books/3 nE, 2682 pages, avg. 335 pages
AUGUST: 10 books/1 nE, 2525 pages, avg. 253 pages
TOTAL: 69 books/7 nE, 22,517 pages, avg. 326 pages

AUGUST BOOKS:
60. Franz Cumont, The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism [1909] 243 pages
61. Stendhal, Memoire d'une touriste [1837] 80 pages [in French, Kindle]
62. Milan Kundera, Jacques and his Master: An homage to Diderot in three acts [written ca.1968, French orig. pub 1981 tr. 1985] 90 pages
63. Salma Khadra Jayyusi, ed., Tales of Juha: Classic Arab Folk Humor translated by Matthew Sorenson, Faisal Khadra and Christopher Tingley [2007] 144 pages
64. Frederick Copleston, S.J., A History of Philosophy, volume 7: Fichte to Nietzsche [1963] 496 pages
65. Stanislaw Lem, Mortal Engines [tr. Michael Kandel, 1977] 239 pages
66. John Steinbeck, Tortilla Flat [1935] 207 pages
67. John Steinbeck, Cannery Row [1945] 196 pages
68. Robert Murray Davis, ed., Steinbeck: A Collection of Critical Essays [1972] 183 pages
69. David Cairns, Berlioz, volume one: The Making of an Artist, 1803-1832 [2nd ed., 1999] 647 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 12,310 pages

There seems to have been some confusion. After looking at numbers, we are currently at 27,274.

GROUP TOTAL: 27,274

82)The Boys in the Boat - D. J. Brown, 416 pgs
83)Fortunate Son - John Fogerty, 416 pgs
84)Brooklyn - Colm Toibin, 288 pgs
85)Creatus Book #1 - Carmen DeSousa, 332 pgs
86) Creatus, They Exist - Carmen DeSousa, 103 pgs
87) The Woman in Cabin 10 - Ruth Ward, 352 pgs
88) Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates, 152 pgs
89) Mary Lincoln - Stacy McDermott, 151 pgs
90) Me, My Hair, and I - Elizabeth Benedict, 336 pgs
91) The Overcoat - Nikolai Gogol, 62 pgs
92) The Summer Before the War - Helen Simonson, 496 pgs
93) Seinfeldia - Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, 271 pgs
94) Ella Minnow Pea - Mark Dunn, 208 pgs
95) Go Tell It On the Mountain - James Baldwin, 256 pgs
96) The Walk - Richard Paul Evans, 289 pgs
97) The War That Saved My Life -Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, 316 pgs

August Total = 4,444 pages

Group Total: 31,718 pages

August:
190. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Chris Bohjalian 288 pages
191. Wicked Witch Murder Leslie Meier 304 pages
192. The Wrong Man Kate White 336 pages
193. The Cutting Season Attica Locke 384 pages
194. The 13th Enumeration: Key to the Bible's Messsianic Symbolism William Struse 120 pages
195. Darned if You Do Monica Ferris 304 pages
196. The Japanese Lover Isabel Allende 322 pages
197. The Morning Show Murders: A Novel Al Roker 432 pages
198. Salt to the Sea Ruta Sepetys 393 pages
199. Breath, Eyes, Memory Edwidge Danticat 234 pages
200. The Reader Bernhard Schlink 215 pages
201. No Place Like Oz Danielle Paige 125 pages
202. August Is a Wicked Month: A Novel Edna O'Brien 224 pages

Total for the Month: 3681
GROUP TOTAL: 35,399

Beverly wrote: "August:
190. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Chris Bohjalian 288 pages
191. Wicked Witch Murder Leslie Meier 304 pages
192. The Wrong Man Kate White 336 pages
193. The Cutting Season Attica Locke 384 p..."

Hey, Beverly, I kind of kept up with you in August!! You must have had a down month -- haha! ;)

Terris wrote: "Beverly wrote: "August:
190. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Chris Bohjalian 288 pages
191. Wicked Witch Murder Leslie Meier 304 pages
192. The Wrong Man Kate White 336 pages
193. The Cutting Season At..."

You are so right--I told my husband that this was the first month this year that I read under 5,000 pages!! It was the trips to Florida and Texas that did me in. I was too busy being touristy!! :)

Beverly wrote: "Terris wrote: "Beverly wrote: "August:
190. Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands Chris Bohjalian 288 pages
191. Wicked Witch Murder Leslie Meier 304 pages
192. The Wrong Man Kate White 336 pages
193. The Cu..."

Oh but what fun! You can read later, but Florida & Texas can't wait ;)

August 2016

1) A Murder of Magpies, Flanders, 277 pages
2) Con & Conjure, Shearin, 322 pages
3) The Virgin Mary Conspiracy, Phillips, 240 pages
4) Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, Roach, 298 pages
5) Chaos Choreography, McGuire, 345 pages
6) Night Shift, Harris, 308 pages
7) veiled, Jacka, 295 pages
8) Survivors Will be Shot Again, Crider, 264 pages
9) Die Like an Eagle, Andrews, 293 pages
10) Heirs of the Body, Dunn, 292 pages
11) Superfluous Women, Dunn, 305 pages

Pages Read: 3239

Group Total: 38,638

Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers 109 pages
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly (421/421) audio
The Bad Box by Harvey Click (282/282)MoM Challenge Book
Paw Enforcement by Diane Kelly (388/388) MoM Challenge Book
The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly (422/422) audio
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks (304/304) MoM Challenge Book
A Taste Fur Murder by Dixie Lyle (323/323)

Pages Read: 2249

Group Total: 40,887

August Page Count
Gaining Ground by Forrest Pritchard 383 pages
My Happy Days In Hollywood by Garry Marshall 288 pages
Lillian's Legacy by Carroll McKibben 169 pages
Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much by Michael Wood 116 pages
Law And Disorder by John Douglas 416 pages
Freak Like Me by Jim Rose 199 pages
Anatomy Of Motive by John Douglas 308 pages

Total for August: 1879
Group total: 42,766