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message 1: by Joyce (last edited Dec 31, 2014 01:50PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:19PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments 2014 Monthly Page Count

January - 2396P
February - 3,902P
March - 4,412P
April - 3,349P
May - 3,262P
June - 2,925P
July - 3,694P
August - 1,225P
September - 1,257P
October - 1,366P
November - 2,144P
December - 2,056P


message 2: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:20PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments January 2014


Start Date: 01/01/2014
End Date: 01/31/2014

Total Pages Read: 2396 pages
Total Bonus Points: 90 points

Books Read:
1. The Light Between Oceans 343P 04/01
Bonus points: 10

2. Twelve Years a Slave 142P - 10/01
Bonus points: 10

3. Winter Garden 391P 14/01
Bonus Points: 10

4. A Game of Thrones 807P 30/01
Bonus Points: 10+40=50

5. The Signature of All Things (audiobook) 512P 31/01
Bonus Points: 10

6. The Goldfinch DNF 201P


The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R.R. Martin The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt


message 3: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:25PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, February 2014

Start Date: 02/01/2014
End Date: 02/28/2014

Total Pages Read: 3,902P
Total Bonus Points: 90

Books Read:

1. The Snow Child - 386P 03/02/2014
Bonus Points: (winter)10 + (white)15 = 25

2. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry - 320P 05/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0

3. Dead Until Dark - 312P 08/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0

4. The Sugar Queen - 276P 11/02/2014
Bonus Points: (romance)15 = 15

5. The Goldfinch (continued from January) - 570P 15/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0

6. Eleanor & Park - 328P 17/02/2014
Bonus Points: (teen romance)15 = 15

7. East of Eden (audio) - 601P 20/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0

8. The Secret Garden - 318P 21/02/2014
Bonus Points: (F)5 + (red)15 = 20

9. The Perfume Collector - 456P 24/02/2014
Bonus Points: (romance)15 = 15

10. Water for Elephants - 335P 28/02/2014
Bonus Points: 0

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen


message 4: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:26PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, March 2014


Start Date: March 1, 2014
End Date: March 31, 2014

Total Pages Read: 4,412
Total Bonus Points: 40

Books Read:

1. Julia's Chocolates - 390P - 01/03/2014
Bonus Points: (green)5 = 5

2. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - 224P - 03/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0

3. Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys - 256P - 05/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0

4. The Husband's Secret - 394P - 09/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0

5. Labor Day: A Novel - 241P - 12/03/2014
Bonus Points: (much emphasis on babies, the desire to have a baby, the loss of 4 babies)20 = 20

6. Life After Life - 529P - 15/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0

7. Six Years - 351P - 16/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0

8. The Maze Runner - 374P - 18/03/2014
Bonus Points: (green cover)5 = 5

9. Blackberry Winter - 290P - 20/03/2014
Bonus Points: 0

10. P.S. I Love You - 492P - 22/03/2014
Bonus Points: (Ireland)10 = 10

11. Gone with the Wind (DNF) - 871P


Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King Still Foolin' 'Em Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys by Billy Crystal The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty Labor Day by Joyce Maynard Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Six Years by Harlan Coben The Maze Runner (Maze Runner, #1) by James Dashner Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahern Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell


message 5: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:26PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, April 2014


Start Date: April 1, 2014
End Date: April 30, 2014

Total Pages Read: 3,349P
Total Bonus Points: 190

Books Read:

1. Gone with the Wind (finished from March) 166P - 01/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 = 20

2. The Thirteenth Tale (audio) 406P - 02/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 = 20

3. The Notebook 214P - 06/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 = 20

4. Burial Rites (audio) 322P - 14/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 = 20

5. Outlander 627P - 15/04/2014
Bonus Points: (new author)20 + (gardens/herbalist)30 = 50

6. Waking Kate 38P - 16/4/2014

7. Lost Lake 294P - 17/04/2014
Bonus Points: 0

8. Annabel 461P - 22/04/2014
Bonus Points: (Canadian author)10 + (new author)20 = 30

9. Creepers 342P - 24/04/2014
Bonus Points: (Canadian author)10 + (new author)20 = 30

10. Firefly Lane (audio) 470P - 27/04/2014
Bonus Points: 0


Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) by Nicholas Sparks Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon Waking Kate by Sarah Addison Allen Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen Annabel by Kathleen Winter Creepers by David Morrell Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1) by Kristin Hannah


message 6: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:27PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, May 2014


Start Date: May 1, 2014
End Date: May 31, 2014

Total Pages Read: 3,262P
Total Bonus Points: 320

Books Read:

1. The Taker - 438P - 07/05/2014
Bonus Points: (female author)30 + (300+ pgs)40 = 70

2. Living Dead in Dallas - 421P - 09/05/2014
Bonus Points: (female author)30 = 30

3. The Pact (audio) - 512P - 10/05/2014
Bonus Points: (female author)30 + (300+ pgs)40 = 70

4. Beautiful Ruins (audio) - 337P - 22/05/2014
Bonus Points: (300+ pgs)40 = 40

5. Reconstructing Amelia (audio) - 400P - 31/05/2014
Bonus Points: (female author)30 + (300+ pgs)40 = 70

6. Winter's Tale - 748P - 31/05/2014
Bonus Points: (300+ pgs)40 = 40

7. Dune DNF - 199P

8. Pride and Prejudice DNF - 191P

9. The Count of Monte Cristo DNF - 146P


The Taker (The Taker, #1) by Alma Katsu Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) by Charlaine Harris The Pact by Jodi Picoult Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas


message 7: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:28PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, June 2014


Start Date: June 1, 2014
End Date: June 30, 2014

Total Pages Read: 2,925P
Total Bonus Points: 40

Books Read:

1.Thirteen Reasons Why - 288P - 02/206/2014
Bonus Points: 0

2. The Story of Beautiful Girl - 346P - 07/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0

3. Still Alice - 294P - 11/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0

4. Pride and Prejudice (continued from January 191P) - 368P - 16/06/2014
Bonus Points: (Published in 1813) 40= 40

5. The Time Traveler's Wife (audio) - 518P - 16/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0

6. Dune (continued from January 199) - 517P - 20/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0

7. Orphan Train - 304P - 21/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0

8. Coming Through Slaughter - 158P - 30/06/2014
Bonus Points: 0

9. Dragonfly in Amber - DNF - 523P


Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon Still Alice by Lisa Genova Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Dune (Dune Chronicles, #1) by Frank Herbert Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon


message 8: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:28PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, July 2014


Start Date: July 1, 2014
End Date: July 31, 2014

Total Pages Read: 3,694P
Total Bonus Points: 120

Books Read:

1. Night Film - 640P - 03/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0

2. Dragonfly in Amber (Finished from Jan 523P) - 752P - 05/07/2014
Bonus Points: (sci-fi)20 + (lacking sanitary/medicine)50 = 70

3. The Language of Flowers - 322P - 09/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0

4. Dune Messiah - 331P - 14/07/2014
Bonus Points: (sci-fi)20 = 20

5. Club Dead - 292P - 15/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0

6. Those Across the River - 357P - 19/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0

7. The Kitchen House - 365P - 21/07/2014
Bonus Points: (friends)30 = 30

8. The Cuckoo's Calling (audio) - 455P - 24/07/2014
Bonus Points: 0

9. A Clash of Kings - DNF - 703P


Night Film by Marisha Pessl Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) by Diana Gabaldon The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, #2) by Frank Herbert Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) by Charlaine Harris Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1) by Robert Galbraith A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin


message 9: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:29PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, August 2014

Start Date: 08/01/2014
End Date: 08/31/2014

Total Pages Read: 1,225P
Total Bonus Points: 0

Books Read:
1.A Clash of Kings (finished from July 703P/969P) - 266P - 05/08/2014
Bonus Points: 0

2. Dead to the World - 291P - 08/08/2014
Bonus Points: 0

3. Dead as a Doornail - 295P - 11/08/2014
Bonus Points: 0

4. The Invention of Wings - 373P - 13/08/2014
Bonus Points: 0


A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2) by George R.R. Martin Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) by Charlaine Harris Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5) by Charlaine Harris The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd


message 10: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:29PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, September 2014

Start Date: 09/01/2014
End Date: 09/30/2014

Total Pages Read: 1,257P
Total Bonus Points: 70

Books Read:
1. The Handmaid's Tale - 311P - 03/09/2014
Bonus Points: (banned)50 = 50

2. Definitely Dead - 324P - 20/09/2014
Bonus Points: (blue book)10 = 10

3. January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her - 304P - 22/09/2014
Bonus Points: 0

4. The Fault in Our Stars - 318P - 29/09/2014
Bonus Points: (Blue Cover)10 = 10

Handmaid's Tale, The by Margaret Atwood Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6) by Charlaine Harris January First A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield The Fault in Our Stars by John Green


message 11: by Joyce (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:30PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments Bunch-O-Bitches Reading Challenge, October 2014

Start Date: 10/01/2014
End Date: 10/31/2014

Total Pages Read: 1,366P
Total Bonus Points: 110

Books Read:

1.Dark Places(audio) - 349P - 10/15/2014
Bonus Points: (strong female character)40 = 40

2. Rainwater (audio) - 247P = 28/10/2014
Bonus Points: (House on Cover)30 + (strong femail character)40 = 70

3. A Storm of Swords (DNF) - 590P

4. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (DNF) - 180P

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Rainwater by Sandra Brown A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) by George R.R. Martin One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey


message 12: by Joyce (last edited Nov 24, 2014 08:27PM) (new)
Nov 20, 2014 07:31PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments November 2014

Start Date: 11/01/2014
End Date: 10/30/2014

Total Pages Read: 2,144

Books Read:
1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Finished from October) - 97P - 06/11/2014

2. All Together Dead - 323P - 15/11/2014

3. A Storm of Swords (Finished from October) - 586P - 19/11/2014

4. The Poisonwood Bible - 546P - 20/11/2014

5. Tethered - 272P - 21/11/2014

6. A is for Alibi - 320P - 24/11/2014


One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7) by Charlaine Harris A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) by George R.R. Martin The Poisonwood Bible (Oprah's Book Club) by Barbara Kingsolver Tethered by Amy MacKinnon A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1) by Sue Grafton


message 13: by Joyce (last edited Dec 31, 2014 01:49PM) (new)
Dec 04, 2014 08:18PM

Joyce Kurtz (joycemkurtz) | 222 comments December 2014

Start Date: 12/01/2014
End Date: 12/30/2014

Total Pages Read: 2,056

Books Read:

1. From Dead to Worse - 359P - 03/12/2014

2. A Touch of Dead - 192P - 04/12/2014

3. The Silkworm (audio) - 455P - 14/12/2014

4. The Sisters Brothers - 336P - 21/12/2014

5. The Kindness of Strangers - 402 - 28/12/2014

6. Dead and Gone - 312 - 30/12/2014


From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) by Charlaine Harris A Touch of Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #4.1, #4.3, #5.1, #7.1, #8.1) by Charlaine Harris The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) by Charlaine Harris


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