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Sorry this month is late being posted. Crazy month, already, for me! Here are the numbers for the year. Please add your May numbers here:

January 2021: 46,051 pages
February 2021: 40,446 pages
March 2021: 36,083 pages
April 2021: 41,852 pages

23. The Dinosaur Artist: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Quest for Earth’s Ultimate Trophy by Paige Williams (432 pages)
24. From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find Good Death by Caitlin Doughty (257 pages)
25. Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History by Cody Cassidy (240 pages)
26. So That Happened by Jon Cryer (354 pages)
27. The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience by Hillary & Chelsea Clinton (464 pages)
28. Who I Am by Pete Townshend (538 pages)
29. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics by Dolly Parton (651 pages)


My May Total: 2936 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 2,936 PAGES

63) Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova, 272 pages
64) The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman, 333 pages
65) Indiana by George Sand, 278 pages
66) The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton, 368 pages
67) The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, 352 pages
68) Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, 80 pages
69) Defending Jacob by William Landay, 421 pages
70) Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe, 339 pages
71) Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain, 288 pages
72) Home Stretch by Graham Norton, 320 pages
73) The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein, 252 pages
74) A Keeper by Graham Norton, 326 pages
75) The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, 256 pages
76) Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom by August Wilson, 112 pages
77) Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid, 384 pages
78) Book Love by Debbie Tung, 141 pages
79) Fences by August Wilson, 101 pages

Total = 4,623 Pages

GROUP TOTAL = 7,559 PAGES

May


99. Always on My Mind (Lucky Harbor, #8) – Jill Shalvis (3 stars) 5/2/21 [318]
100. Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, #10) – Charlaine Harris (3 stars) 5/4/21 [311]
101. The Man in the Tent: My Life under Canvas - The First Four Years – Tony Beardsall (5 stars) 5/6/21 [183]
102. Zane Grey: Romancing The West – Stephen J. May (3 stars) 5/7/21 [181]
103. I Do, I Do, I Do – Maggie Osborne (4 stars) 5/10/21 [352]
104. Montana Sky – Nora Roberts (4 stars) 5/11/21 [467]
105. Plaster and Poison (A Do-It-Yourself Mystery, #3) – Jennie Bentley (3 stars) 5/16/21 [304]
106. O Pioneers! – Willa Cather (4 stars) 5/17/21 [308]
107. No Mercy (Trek Mi Q'an, #2) – Jaid Black (3 stars) 5/18/21 [172]
108. The Book of Forgotten Authors – Christopher Fowler (4 stars) 5/19/21 2017 [384]
109. Enslaved (Trek Mi Q'an, #3) – Jaid Black (3 stars) 5/19/21 [190]
110. Warrior (Doppelganger, #1) – Marie Brennan (4 stars) 5/21/21 [395]
111.Jump and Other Stories – Nadine Gordimer (4 stars) 5/24/21 [256]
112. Pairing Off (Red Hot Russians, #1) – Elizabeth Harmon (4 stars) 5/26/21 [250]
113. Memories and Murder (Tourist Trap Mystery, #10) – Lynn Cahoon (3 stars) 5/27/21 [202]
114. Music Man (Romance in Rehoboth, #1) – K. L. Montgomery (4 stars) 5/29/21 [308]
115. The Buzz Kill (The Honeybee Mysteries #1) – Katherine Hayton (3 stars) 5/30/21 [103]
116. Trout Fishing in America – Richard Brautigan (2 stars) 5/31/21 1967 [182]
117. Cards on the Table (Hercule Poirot #15) – Agatha Christie (4stars) 5/31/21 [190]

Total Books - 19
Total pages - 5228

Group Total: 12,787

May
22) The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin (NetGalley) - 362 pages
23) Bone Crier's Dawn (Bone Grace #2) by Kathryn Purdie - 434 pages
24) Virgin River (Virgin River #1) by Robyn Carr - 398 pages
25) The Lost Girls (Lucy Kincaid #11) by Allison Brennan - 439 pages
26) The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare - 507 pages



May total: 2,140

Group total: 14,927

Here's my May's:

1. Spy School Goes South--Stuart Gibbs--339 pages
2. Wild Trail--A. M. Arthur--359 pages
3. The Time--Kathy Lyons--13 pages
4. Love Overboard--Janet Evanovich--244 pages
5. Biting Love--Megan Slayer--123 pages
6. Brains for Lunch--K. A. Holt--87 pages
7. Courtney: Friendship Superhero--Kellen Hertz--119 pages
8. A Plain Malice--Amanda Flower--366 pages
9. Strike Zone--Kate Angell--259 pages
10. Diamonds and Danger--Elizabeth Levy--148 pages
11. Prom & Prejudice--Elizabeth Eulberg--231 pages
12. Making His Move--Susan Scott Shelley--132 pages
13. Bounty Hunt--Jon Sharpe--155 pages
14. Snow Bound Seduction--Melissa Schroeder--78 pages
15. Conquering India--Melissa Schroeder--158 pages
16. War--Sebastian Junger--287 pages
17. The Age of Bronze--Rob Kidd--135 pages
18. Monkey See, Monkey Zoo--Erin Soderberg--145 pages
19. A Woman is No Man--Etuf Rum--339 pages
20. The Romeo and Juliet Code--Phoebe Stone--298 pages
21. Women of the West--Rick Stever--59 pages
22. Crazy for the Cowboy--Cindy Spencer Pape--153 pages
23. A Touch of Death--Marissa Dobson--172 pages
24. The Missing Treasures of Amy Ashton--Eleanor Ray--305 pages
25. Talk Bookish to Me--Kate Bromley--317 pages
26. The Girl Who Knew Too Much--Amanda Quick--355 pages
27. How Y'All Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived--Leslie Jordan--198 pages

TOTAL: 5574

GROUP TOTAL: 20501

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
APRIL: 12 books/1 nE, 3,314 pages, avg. 276 pages
MAY: 12 books/1 nE, 2,275 pages. avg. 190 pages
TOTAL: 50 books/5 nE, 13,552 pages, avg. 271 pages

MAY BOOKS

39. Nawal El Saadawi, God Dies By the Nile [1974, tr. 1985] 138 pages [Kindle, Open Library]
40. Naguib Mahfouz, Autumn Quail [1962, tr. 1985] 185 pages
41. Fadi Zaghmout, Laila [2018, tr. 2020] 115 pages [Kindle]
42. Naguib Mahfouz, The Search [1964, tr. 1987] 140 pages
43. Sinan Antoon, I'jaam [2004, tr. 2007] 97 pages [Kindle, Open Library]
44. Naguib Mahfouz, The Beggar [1965, tr. 1986] 143 pages
45. Sinan Antoon, The Corpse Washer [2010, tr. 2013] 200 pages [Kindle]
46. Naguib Mahfouz, Adrift on the Nile [1966, tr. 1993] 167 pages
47. Antoine de Saint Exupery, Le Petit Prince, Avec dessins par l'auteur [1943] 113 pages [in French]
48. Naguib Mahfouz, Miramar [1967, tr. 1978] 156 pages [Kindle, Open Library]
49. The Arabian Nights (Translated by Husain Haddawy) [tr. 1990] 518 pages [Kindle]
50. Sinan Antoon, The Book of Collateral Damage [2016, tr. 2019] 303 pages [Kindle]


GROUP TOTAL: 22,776 pages

MAY

52. Son by Jack Olsen 538 pages
53. My Southern Journey by Rick Bragg 251 pages
54. Sleep My Darling by Diane Fanning 200 pages
55. Respect by David Ritz 482 pages
56. They're Playing Our Song by Carol Bayer Sager 336 pages
57. Augie's Secret by Neal Karlen 185 pages
58. I Am These Truths by Sonny Hostin 256 pages
59. Diary Of A Medical Intuitive by Christel Nani 165 pages
60. Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding In Plain Sight by Julia Seveig 480 pages
61. Every Day Is A Gift by Tammy Duckworth 270 pages
62. Nomadland by Jessica Bruder 255 pages
63. Remember by Lisa Genova 264 pages
64. The Lost Family by Libby Copeland 282 pages

Total for May: 3,964 pages
Group total: 26,740

May:
23. The path to the sea by Liz Fenwick - 363 - ★★★★
24. You can't hide by Karen Rose - 405 - ★★★★★
25. Three hours by Rosamund Lupton - 261 - ★★★★★
26. Stormvarning by Maria Adolfsson - 408 - ★★★★★
27. The corner shop in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May - 302 - ★★

Totals May:
5 books; 1439 pages


Group total: 28,179 pages