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Our totals for the first month! Keep up the good work and thanks for making this group so fun!

January 2020: 31,622 pages

12. When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith, and Funny People by Jeannie Gaffigan (320 pages)
13. Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad by Gordon H. Chang (320 pages)
14. Our Harlem: Seven Days of Cooking, Music and Soul at the Red Rooster by Marcus Samuesson (audio version only, pages unknown)
15. The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs (279 pages)
16. Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future by Pete Buttgieg (352 pages)

My February Total: 1272

GROUP TOTAL: 1,272 PAGES

YEAR GOAL: 120 books/20 nE, 32,000 pages

JANUARY: 10 books/2 nE, 2,623 pages, avg. 262 pages
FEBRUARY: 10 books/2 nE, 2,164 pages, avg. 216 pages
TOTAL: 20 books/4 nE, 4,787 pages, avg. 239 pages

FEBRUARY BOOKS:
11. Ismail Kadare, Chronicle in Stone [1971, tr 1987] 301 pages
12. Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton, trr., The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women [2016] 216 pages [Kindle]
13. Olga Tokarczuk, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead [2009, tr 2018] 274 pages
14. Peter Handke, Wunschloses Unglück [1972] 89 pages [in German]
15. Ismail Kadare, The Three-Arched Bridge [1973, tr 1997] 187 pages [Open Library]
16. Peter Handke, Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied [1972] 196 pages [Open Library, in German]
17. Ismail Kadare, The Traitor's Niche [1978, tr. 2017] 200 pages
18. Bae Suah, North Station [2010, tr. 2017] 212 pages
19. Ismail Kadare, Ghost Rider [1980, tr. 2010] 208 pages
20. Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad [2013, tr. 2018] 281 pages


GROUP TOTAL: 3,436 pages

February:
9. Het meisje dat van IS won by Farida Khalaf - 180 - ★★★★
10. The girl in the ice by Robert Bryndza - 373 - ★★★★★
11. The Night Stalker by Robert Bryndza - 380 - ★★★★★
12. The Twits by Roald Dahl - 80 - ★★★★ - Read with my daughter
13. Dark water by Robert Bryndza - 363 - ★★★★★
14. Last Breath by Robert Bryndza - 362 - ★★★★★
15. I'M Lijfboek by Isa Hoes en Medina Schuurman - 208 - ★★★★
16. It ends with us by Colleen Hoover - 306 - ★★★★
17. Dating you/Hating you by Christina Lauren - 274 - ★★★
18. Het Pilgrim Fathers Complot by Jeroen Windmeijer - 493 - ★★★★★
19. The broken girls by Simone St. James - 328 - ★★★★★

Totals February:
11 books; 3344 pages


Group Total: 6,780

FEBRUARY

31. The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan 589 pgs
32. Hunting Season by Mirta Ojita 264 pgs
33. Going Down Home With Daddy by Kelly Starling Lyons 32 pgs
34. Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker 320 pgs
35. The Toll by Neal Schusterman 625 pgs
36. A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum 336 pgs
37. Cinder by Marissa Meyer 387 pgs
38. Glitches by Marissa Meyer 32 pgs
39. Rosie Colored Glasses by Brianna Wolfson 320 pgs
40. Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier 560 pgs
41. Another Day by David Levithan 327 pgs
42. Morality for Beautiful Girls by Alxander McCall Smith 227 pgs
43. Sula by Toni Morrison 174 pgs
44. Such Good Girls by R. D. Rosen 320 pgs
45. Final Girls by Riley Sager 352 pgs
46. As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust by Alan Bradley 392 pgs
47. Midwives by Chris Bohjalian 384 pgs
48. L6.19 per Witching Hour by Joanna Mazurkiewicz 274 pgs
49. Ark by Veronica Roth 39 pgs
50. Six Earlier Days by David Levithan 47 pgs
51. Malice in Maggody by Joan Hess 260 pgs
52. Cowboy Pride by Lacy Williams 252 pgs
53. A Dead Red Heart by R. P. Dahlke 229 pgs
54. Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan 385 pgs
55. Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions by Mario Giordano 346 pgs
56. The Last Conversation by Paul Tremblay 56 pgs

Pages Read for the Month: 7529
Group Total: 14,309

February
7) Sudden Death by Allison Brennan - 424 pages
8) Look Alive Twenty-Five by Janet Evanovich - 317 pages
9) Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich - 306 pages
10) You by Caroline Kepnes - 422 pages



February total: 1,469
Group Total: 15,778

Read in February:

16) Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien, 322 pgs
17) Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley, 176 pgs
18) The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson, 22 pgs
19) The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides, 325 pgs
20) My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout, 193 pgs
21) The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, 512 pgs
22) Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, 511 pgs
23) Nine Women, One Dress by Jane L. Rosen, 261 pgs
24) Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee, 231 pgs
25) The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth Morrey, 352 pgs
26) Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World by Michael Pollan, 183 pgs
27) Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson, 270 pgs
28) The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit by Ray Bradbury, 72 pgs

Total = 3,430 Pages

GROUP TOTAL = 19,208 PAGES

Here's my February list:

1. Brook Street: Rogues--Ava March--75 pages
2. The Real Mother Goose--Selena Kitt--166 pages
3. Confessions--Selena Kitt--138 pages
4. You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters--Kate Murphy--263 pages
5. Braking for Bodies--Duffy Brown--293 pages
6. Farewell, My Lunchbag--Bruce Hale--107 pages
7. Tandem Demise--Duffy Brown--268 pages
8. Date in Disguise--Laura Westbrook--100 pages
9. Easy Guise to the U. S. Constitution and Other Important American Documents--Spark Books--145 pages
10. The Art of Mindful Reading--Elle Berthold--144 pages
11. The Bookshop of Yesterdays--Amy Meyerson--464 pages
12. Crier's War--Nina Varela--429 pages
13. Romeo and Juliet: A Novel--David Hewson (audiobook)
14. The Big Nap--Bruce Hale--110 pages
15. Lethal in Old Lace--Duffy Brown--295 pages
16. Evil Librarian--Michelle Knudsen--343 pages
17. Maisie Dobbs--Jacqueline Winspear--304 pages
18. Dracula, My Love--Syrie James--457 pages
19. Maus II: And Now My Troubles Begin--136 pages
20. Let the People Pick the President--Jesse Wegman--285 pages
21. The Last Real Cowboy--Caitlin Crews--374 pages
22. The Story of O--Pauline Reage--201 pages
23. The Magical Language of Others-- E. J. Koh--204 pages
24. The Lafayette Sword--Ed Giocometti and Jacques Ravenne--266 pages
25. The Gentleman and the Lamplighter--Summer Devon--60 pages
26. The Girl with the Louding Voice--Abi Dare--366 pages
27. Heidi and the Kaiser--Selena Kitt--152 pages
28. Indestructible--Jack H. Lucas--257 pages

My page total: 6504

GROUP TOTAL; 25,712 PAGES

FEBRUARY

Napalm and Silly Putty by George Carlin 269 pages
Hay Fever by Angela Miller 275 pages
In Pieces by Sally Field 404 pages
The Work by Wes Moore 198 pages
Bone Crusher by Linda Rosencrance 175 pages
Holiday In Stone Creek by Linda Lael Miller 224 pages
Mrs. Ike by Susan Eisenhower 339 pages
Anatomy Of A Song by Marc Myers 336 pages
Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham 344 pages

Total For February: 2,564 pages

Group total: 28,716 pages

Sorry to be late with this. Have had health issues that kept me from computer time, but I still was reading. Now catching up.

Feb

14. Gumballs and Murder (Candy Store Mystery, #1) – Wendy Meadows (2 stars) 2/1/20 [150]
15. Sapphira and the Slave Girl– Willa Cather (3 stars) 2/3/20 [230]
16. The Funny Thing Is... - Ellen DeGeneres (2 stars) 2/4/20 [179]
17. Sweet Lullaby – Lorraine Heath (3 stars) 2/6/20 [292]
18. Seduced by the Sea Lord (Lords of Atlantis, #1) – Starla Night (3 stars) 2/7/20 [250]
19. Rebel (Blades of the Rose, #3) – Zoe Archer (4 stars) 2/9/20 [431]
20. Dodge the Bullet (Golden Rule Outfitters, #.5) – Christy Hayes (3 stars) 2/10/20 [268]
21. Stranger (Blades of the Rose, #4) – Zoe Archer (4 stars) 2/9/20 (4 stars) 2/11/20 [496]
22. A Taste of Heaven – Penny Watson (4 stars) 2/12/20 [237]
23. Remedial Rocket Science (Chemistry Lessons, #1) – Susannah Nix (4 stars) 2/13/20 [262]
24. The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein (4 stars) 2/18/20 [321]
25. These Is My Words – Nancy E. Turner (5 stars) 2/21/20 [402]
26. Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World – Mark Miodownik (4 stars) 2/23/20 [252]
27. Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) – Charlaine Harris (4 stars) 2/24/20 [292]
28. Shots in the Dark (Mack's Bar Mystery, #4) – Allyson K. Abbott (4stars) 2/25/20 [352]
29. Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) – Charlaine Harris (4 stars) 2/26/20 [291]
30. The Lurid Lady Lockport – Kasey Michaels (3 stars) 2/29/20 1984 [204]

Total Books - 17
Total pages - 4909

Group Total = 33,625