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Here are the numbers for the last two months. Add your March totals to this list. Have a fun reading month!

January 2021: 46,051 pages
February 2021: 40,446 pages

11. Slay by Brittney Morris (323 pages)
12. Working Stiff: Two Years, 262 Bodies, and the Making of a Medical Examiner by Judy Melinek (258 pages)
13. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (448 pages)
14. Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In by Phuc Tran (320 pages)
15. Perfect Sound Whatever by James Acaster (304 pages)

My March Total: 1653 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 1,653 PAGES

Read in March:

18) Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope, 418 pgs
19) The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs, 279 pgs
20) The Desolations of Devil’s Acre by Ransom Riggs, 528 pgs
30) Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, 213 pgs
31) The God of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, 190 pgs
32) Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro, 304 pgs
33) The Frozen Woman by Annie Ernaux, 192 pgs
34) She Come By It Natural by Sarah Smarsh, 208 pgs
35) The Wisdom of the Shire by Noble Smith, 224 pgs
36) 11/22/63 by Stephen King, 849 pgs
37) Good Eggs by Rebecca Hardiman, 336 pgs
38) It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville, 176 pgs
39) The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, 200 pgs
40) Amsterdam by Ian McEwan, 208 pgs
41) Sunflower Sisters by Martha Hall Kelly, 528 pgs
42) Jacob I Have Loved by Katherine Paterson, 244 pgs
43) Holding by Graham Norton, 320 pgs

Total = 5,417 Pages

GROUP TOTAL = 7,070 PAGES

MARCH

27. Team of Five by Kate Andersen Brower 322pages
28. A Far Piece Of Canaan by Sam Helpern 386 pages
29. The Beantown Girls by Jane Healy 353 pages
30. Sweet Caroline by Christopher Andersen 304 pages
31. Humans Of New York by Brandon Stanton 429 pags
32. Perfection by Julie Metz 342 pages
33. Meant To Be by Walter Anderson 240 pages
34. Silent Testimony by Robert W. Walker 311 pages
35. China Ghosts by Jeff Gammage 252 pages
36. Murder Of Innocence by James Patterson 307 pages
37. Master Of The Mountain by Henry Wiencek 275 pages
38. Every Mother's Nightmare by Charles Bosworth Jr 350 pages
39. A Promised Land by Barack Obama 701 pages
40. Riding On The Edge Of An Era by Diana Allen Kouris 245 pages

Total for March: 4,817
Group total: 11,887

March
9) Betrayal in Death (In Death #12) by J.D. Robb - 355 pages
10) Dead Heat (Lucy Kincaid #8) by Allison Brennan - 405 pages
11) Light as a Feather (Light as a Feather #1) by Zoe Aarsen - 375 pages
12) The Desolations of Devil’s Acre (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #6) by Ransom Riggs - 503 pages
13) Best Laid Plans (Lucy Kincaid #9) by Allison Brennan - 437 pages

Total March pages: 2,075

Group Total: 13,962

My worst reading month in a long time, although I almost finished two more very long books which should give me a good start for April, and May 1 I'm retired and should go way up.

YEAR GOAL: 132 books/24 nE, 35,000 pages

JANUARY: 13 books/3 nE, 3,553 pages, avg. 273 pages
FEBRUARY: 9 books, 3,136 pages, avg. 348 pages
MARCH: 4 books, 1,274 pages, avg. 319 pages
TOTAL: 26 books/3 nE, 7,963 pages, avg. 306 pages

MARCH BOOKS

23. Naguib Mahfouz, The Mirage [1948, tr. 2009] 385 pages
24. Peter Handke, The Afternoon of a Writer [1987, tr. 1989] 86 pages
25. Ibrahim Nasrallah, The Lanterns of the King of Galilee [2012, tr. 2014] 549 pages
26. Cathryn J. Prince, A Professor, a President, and a Meteor: The Birth of American Science [2011] 254 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 15,236 pages

MARCH

61. Nemesis by Philip Roth 280 pgs
62. White Nights by Ann Cleeves 416 pgs
63. Nick & Vera by Peter Sis 64 pgs
64. The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer 32 pgs
65. Unspeakable by Carole Boston Weatherford 32 pgs
66. The Baby Farm by Karen Harper 400 pgs
67. The Wonder by Emma Donoghue 291 pgs
68. The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah 464 pgs
69. The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay 272 pgs
70. Dawn by Octavia Butler 256 pgs
71. Milo Imagines the World by Matt do la Pena 40 pgs
72. Time for Kenny by Brian Pinkney 40 pgs
73. The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel 40 pgs
74. The Highest Tribute by Kakla Magoon 40 pgs
75. Confessions of a Prairie Bitch by Alison Arngrim 320 pgs
76. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg 304 pgs
77. Baby of the Family by Maura Roosevelt 453 pgs
78. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 240 pgs
79. Later by Stephen King 304 pgs
80. Osnat and Her Dove by Sigal Samuel 40 pgs
81. Christmas Carol Murder by Leslie Meier 272 pgs
82. Dracula by Bram Stoker 398 pgs
83. There is a Rainbow by Theresa Trinder 52 pgs
84. Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper 32 pgs
85. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho 40 pgs
86. Bear Island by Matthew Cordell 48 pgs
87. Ducks on the Road by Anita Lobel 40 pgs
88. Watch Me by Doyin Richards 40 pgs
89. Stiff by Mary Roach 303 pgs
90. White Fragility by Robin Diangelo 192 pgs
91. The Never-Open Desert Diner by James Andersen 295 pgs
92. Mine by Robert R. McCammon 516 pgs
93. The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands by Mary Seacole 240 pgs
94. A New Day by Brad Meltzer 48 pgs
95. Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold 42 pgs
96. Outside, Inside by LeUyen Pham 48 pgs
97. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 320 pgs
98. A Murderer's Music Box by Manuel Rose 144 pgs
99. The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey 385 pgs
100. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood 352 pgs.
101. I'll Meet You in Your Dreams by Jessica Young 40 pgs
102. We Wait for the Sun by Katie McCabe 40 pgs
103. Jump at the Sun by Alicia D. Williams 48 pgs
104. Shake the Devil Off by Ethan Brown 304 pgs
105. A Common Death (was Festering Lilies) by Natasha Cooper 263 pgs
106. The Art of Forgetting by Peter Palmieri 316 pgs
107. The Case Against Satan by Ray Russell 141 pgs
108. A Dab of Dickens A Touch of Twain by Elliot Engel 368 pgs

Pages Read for the Month: 9655
GROUP TOTAL: 24,891 pages

March

49. The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1) – Helen Hoang (5 stars) 3/2/21 [314]
50. The Cafe by the Sea (Mure, #1) – Jenny Colgan (4 stars) 3/ 4/21 [416]
51. A Study in Silks (The Baskerville Affair, #1) – Emma Jane Holloway (3 stars) 3/5/21 [531]
52. Enemy Within (Chronicles of the Empire Book #1) - Marcella Burnard (5 stars) 3/6/21 [342]
53. Enemy Games (Chronicles of the Empire Book #2) - Marcella Burnard (5 stars) 3/7/21 [368]
54. Roadside Picnic – Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (3 stars) 3/8/21 [209]
55. Washington Black – Esi Edugyan (3 stars) 3/9/21 2018 [334]
56. First Frost (Waverley Family, #2) – Sarah Addison Allen (3 stars) 3/9/21 [294]
57. Clay's Quilt – Silas House (3 stars) 3/12/21 [320]
58. My Loving Vigil Keeping – Carla Kelly (4 stars) 3/13/21 [448]
59. Missing – Sharon Sala (4 stars) 3/14/21 [378]
60. The Bride Test – (Kiss Quotient, #2) – Helen Hoang (5 stars) 3/17/21 [296]
61. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Rachel Joyce (5 stars) 3/18/21 [320]
62. Crystal Cove (Friday Harbor, #4) – Lisa Kleypas (3 stars) 3/19/21 [316]
63. Pole to Pole With Michael Palin: North to South by Camel, River Raft, and Balloon – Michael Palin (4 stars) 3/19/21 [324]
64. All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr (4 stars) 3/21/21 [531]
65. No Perfect Destiny – Jackie Weger (3 stars) 3/21/21 [173]
66. The Aye-Aye and I – Gerald Durrell (3 stars) 3/23/21 [175]
67. Mine to Possess (Psy-Changeling, #4) – Nalini Singh (4 stars) 3/24/21 [328]
68. The Mystery of Mercy Close (Walsh Family, #5) – Marian Keyes (3 stars) 3/25/21 [387]
69. Puddle Jumping – Amber L. Johnson (5 stars) 3/26/21 [259]
70. The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie (Mackenzies & McBrides, #1) - Jennifer Ashley (5 stars) 3/27/21 [305]
71. Wilderness Reunion (Wilderness, Inc, #4) (3 stars) 3/28/21 [224]
72. Head Over Heels (Lucky Harbor, #3) – Jill Shalvis (3 stars) 3/28/21 [328]
73. The Beginner's Goodbye – Anne Tyler (4 stars) 3/31/21 [224]

Total Books - 25
Total pages - 8144

Group Total: 33,035

My March total:

1. Murders and Metaphors--Amanda Flower--318 pages
2. The Ghost and the Bogus Bestseller--304 pages
3. Code Name Madeleine: A Sufi Spy in Nazi-Occupied Paris--306 pages
4. Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City--Wes Moore--320 pages
5. Why She Wrote--Lauren Burke and Hannah K. Chapman--256 pages
6. Dangerous Books for Girls: Teh Bad Reputation of Romance Novels Explained--Maya Rodale--196 pages

March Pages: 1700

GROUP TOTAL: 34,735

My March Total:

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery 320 pages
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 394 pages
No Easy Target by Iris Johansen 352 pages
Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay 282 pages

March Total Pages: 1,348

GROUP TOTAL: 36,083