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Put your page count for December 2016. Let's see how many pages our group read total in 2016!

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
August 2016 - 42,766
September 2016 - 42,833
October 2016 - 39,241
November 2016 - 33,673

54. Irena’s Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto by Tilar J. Mazzeo (317 pages)
55. Super Sushi Ramen Express: One Family's Journey Through the Belly of Japan by Michael Booth (280 pages)
56. You Will Not Have My Hate by Antoine Leiris (131 pages)
57. Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs (160 pages)
58. Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner (288 pages)

My total: 1176 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 1,176 pages

183. Alien in the Family (Katherine 'Kitty' Katt, #3) – Gini Koch (3 stars) 12/3/16 [457]
184. X Stands for Unknown – Isaac Asimov (3 stars) 12/4/16 [218]
185. Trust No One – Jayne Ann Krentz (4 stars) 12/9/16 [392]
186. Death of a Red Heroine (Inspector Chen Cao, #1) – Qiu Xiaolong (4 stars) 12/13/16 [465]
187. The Man Who Saved Christmas – Marisa Carroll (3 stars) 12/16/16 [298]
188. Western Christmas Proposals: Christmas Dance with the Rancher\Christmas in Salvation Falls\The Sheriff's Christmas Proposal – Carla Kelly, Kelly Boyce, Carol Arens (3 stars) 12/20/16 [288]
189. A Pinch of Sea Salt and a Dash of Murder (Outer Banks Baker Mystery, #1) – Phoebe T. Eggli (3 stars) 12/21/16 [164]
190. Sage Advice to Cover Up a Murder! (Outer Banks Baker Mystery, #2) – Phoebe T. Eggli (3 stars) 12/24/16 [174]
191. Huntress – Christine Warren, Marjorie M. Liu, Caitlin Kittredge, & Jenna Maclaine (3 stars) 12/27/16 [342]
192. Cowboys Are My Weakness – Pam Houston (3 stars) 12/28/16 [171]
193. Their First Noel – Annie Jones (2 stars) 12/29/16 [218]
194. Disarming Andi – Elizabeth Goddard (3 stars) 12/31/16 [172]

Total Books - 12
Total Pages - 3359

Group Total: 4,535

JANUARY: 10 books/1 nE, 3875 pages, avg. 388 pages
FEBRUARY: 10 books/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
SEPTEMBER: 9 books/1 nE, 2675 pages, avg. 297 pages
OCTOBER: 11 books, 2872 pages, avg. 261 pages
NOVEMBER: 13 books/2 nE, 4131 pages, avg. 318 pages
DECEMBER: 10 books, 2439 pages, avg. 244 pages
TOTAL: 112 books/10 nE, 34,634 pages, avg. 309 pages
[GOAL: 120 books/20 nE, 32,000 pages]


DECEMBER BOOKS

103. John Steinbeck, In Dubious Battle [1936] 250 pages
104. James B. Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament [Third edition with Supplement, 1969] 711 pages
105. John Steinbeck, The Wayward Bus [1947] 227 pages
106. John Steinbeck, Burning Bright [1950] 68 pages
107. John Steinbeck, The Short Reign of Pippin IV [1957] 151 pages
108. Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers [1966] 307 pages
109. Claude McKay, Selected Poems [1999] 52 pages
110. John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent [1961] 263 pages
111. Sam Keith, from the journals and photographs of Richard Proenneke, One man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey [1973] 223 pages
112. John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America [1962] 187 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 5798

December
Winter by Marissa Meyer - 824 pages
Faithless by Karin Slaughter - 390 pages
Death by Didgeridoo by Barbara Venkataraman - 111 pages
Adventures from the Land of Stories: Queen Red Riding Hood’s Guide To Royalty by Chris Colfer - 118 pages
Adventures from the Land of Stories: The Mother Goose Diaries by Chris Colfer - 121 pages

Total December Pages: 1,564
Group Total: 7,362

December
83. Wait for you by J. Lynn - 304 - 4★
84. Harry Potter and the cursed child by J.K. Rowling - Read with my daughter - 343 - 4★
85. Wat doen we met moeder? by Martje van der Brug - 283 - 5★
86. Band of brothers by Stephen E. Ambrose - 333 - 3★
87. The knight by Steven James - 472 - 4★
88. The midnight gang by David Walliams - read with my daughter 478 - 5★
89. The world according to Bobo by James Bowen - 275 - 4★
90. Belgravia by Julian Fellows -352 - 3★

Totals December:
8 books; 2840 pages

Group total: 10,202 pages

December:

258. Heartless Marissa Meyer 449 pages
259. Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South Beth Macy 432 pages
260. The Marriage of Opposites Alice Hoffman 371 pages
261. Kindness Goes Unpunished Craig Johnson 288 pages
262. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs 352 pages
263. The Ghost Bride Yangsze Choo 368 pages
264. Gingerbread Cookie Murder Joanna Fluke, Laura Levine and Leslie Meier 362 pages
265. The Twelve Clues of Christmas Rhys Bowen 311 pages
266. Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe George Eliot 236 pages
267. Seabiscuit: An American Legend Laura Hillenbrand 399 pages
268. Decline and Fall Evelyn Waugh 185 pages
269. Parable of the Talents Octavia Butler 368 pages

Total for the Month: 4121
GROUP TOTAL: 17,950

December's count:

1. A Dragon Moves In--Lisa Falkenstern--32 pages
2. Spy Ski School--Stuart Gibbs--366 pages
3. Turkey Claus--Wendi Silvano--40 pages
4. Snow Dog, Go Dog--Deborah Helligman--32 pages
5. At the Edge of the Orchard--Tracy Chevalier--289 pages
6. Young Scrooge--R. L. Stine--185 pages
7. Cloaked in Red--Vivian Vande Verde--127 pages
8. Daddy Kisses Santa Claus--Max Walker--240 pages
9. The Book with No Pictures--B. J. Novak--48 pages
10. The Mistletoe Promise--Richard Paul Evans--272 pages
11. The Geek Gets the Girl--Michele Hauf--106 pages
12. She's the Boss--Ava Sterling--13 pages
13. Gray Christmas--Lisabet Sarai--20 pages
14. My Favorite Major--Ava Stone--138 pages
15. The Housekeeper and the Professor--Yoko Ogawa--180 pages
16. Warriors: Forest of Secrets--Erin Hunter--312 pages

2400 pages
GROUP TOTAL: 20,350

Hens Dancing by Raffaella Barker (148/288) finished
Blind Retribution by K. T. Roberts (368/368)
L'Art De La Simplicité by Dominique Loreau (256/256))
Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn (320/320)
Sail by James Patterson (278/388)
To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn (60/307)
Disorderly Families: Infamous Letters from the Bastille Archives by Arlette Farge (140/328)

December 2016 Pages Read: 1570

GROUP TOTAL: 21,920

98. THE LIVING BLOOD - Tananarive Due, supernatural thriller, BOCD, 515 page [515 pages for Dec/33419 pages for 2016]
99. HAM BONES: Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery #7 - Carolyn Haines, mystery, 275 pages [790 pages for Dec/33694 pages for 2016]
100. DEATH AND RELAXATION: Ordinary Magic Book One - Devon Monk, UF, Nook, 324 pages [1114 pages for Dec/34018 pages for 2016]
101. HEAD GAMES: Hector Lassiter #1 - Craig McDonald, noir thriller, BOCD, 300 pages [1414 pages for Dec/34318 pages for 2016]
102. THE WARDED MAN: The Warded Man Book One - Peter V. Brett, fantasy/dystopian future, BOCD, 412 pages [1826 pages for Dec/34730 pages for 2016]
103. HOW THE WITCH STOLE CHRISTMAS: Witchless in Seattle #5 - Dakota Cassidy, paranormal cozy, Nook, 158 pages [1984 pages for Dec/34888 pages for 2016]
104. THE AWAKENING: Darkest Powers #2 - Kelley Armstrong, YA paranormal, 360 pages [2344 pages for Dec/35248 pages for 2016]
105. NINE OF STARS: A Dark Alchemy Tale #3 - Laura Bickle, UF, Nook, 267 pages [ 2611 pages for Dec/35515 pages for 2016]
106. VERITY HART VS THE VAMPYRES: Part One - Jennifer Harlow, steampunk, Nook, 42 pages [2653 pages for Dec/35557 pages for 2016]
107. DIG: Morgue Mama #2 - C R Corwin, amateur sleuth, Nook, 200 pages [2853 pages for Dec/35757 pages for 2016]

Current GROUP TOTAL: 24,773

Beverly wrote: "December:

258. Heartless Marissa Meyer 449 pages
259. Truevine: Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother's Quest: A True Story of the Jim Crow South Beth Macy 432 pages
260. The Marriage of Opposi..."

Show-off! ;) (haha!)

December:

138. I Was Told There'd Be Cake - Sloane Crosley
139. Landline - Rainbow Rowell
140. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer - Fredrik Backman
141. This Year Will Be Different - Maeve Binchy
142. The Buried Giant - Kazuo Ishiguro
143. The Lost Girls -Heather Young
144. Why the Monkees Matter - Rosanne Welch
145. Christmas Beyond the Box - Josh Langston
146. Blackboard Jungle - Evan Hunter
147. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm - Kate Douglas Wiggin
148. The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way - Bill Bryson
149. Esperanza Rising - Pam Munoz Ryan
150. Gimme A Call - Sarah Mlynowski
151. Truly Madly Guilty - Liane Moriarty

Total = 3,564 pages
Group Total = 28,337 pages

December Page Count

Language of Evil by Robert Beattie 341 pages
It's A Long Story by Willie Nelson 375 pages
The Rainbow Comes And Goes by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt 289 pages
In Such Good Company by Carol Burnett 286 pages
Killers Of The Lonely Heart- R. Berri Flowers 35 pages
A Strong West Wind by Gail Caldwell 256 pages
Weep For The Living by Anne Butler 309 pages
Mennonite In a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen 241 pages
Upstairs At The White House by J. B. West 381 pages
The End Of Food by Paul Roberts 322 pages
Innocence Lost by Carltown Stowers 333 pages
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shatterly 265 pages

Total for December: 3433
Group total: 31,770