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Here are our numbers so far, for the year!

January 2021: 46,051 pages
February 2021: 40,446 pages
March 2021: 36,083 pages
April 2021: 41,852 pages
May 2021: 28,179 pages
June 2021: 34,941 pages
July 2021: 29,830 pages

44. Scientists Who Changed History by D.K. Publishing (320 pages)
45. Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the 80s Changed Hollywood Forever by Nick de Semlyen (336 pages)
46. Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce (352 pages)
47. Open Book by Jessica Simpson (416 pages)


My August Total: 1424 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 1,424 pages

August
35) Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare - 669 pages
36) Stealing Home (The Sweet Magnolias #1) by Sherryl Woods - 387 pages
37) In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware - 308 pages
38) Notorious (Max Revere #1) by Allison Brennan - 401 pages
39) Interlude in Death (In Death #12.5) by J.D. Robb - 100 pages


August total: 1,865

Group total: 3,289

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
JUNE: 17 books/3 nE, 4,669 pages, avg. 275 pages
JULY: 12 books, 3,213 pages, avg. 268 pages
AUGUST: 10 books, 3,644 pages, avg. 364 pages
TOTAL: 89 books/8 nE, 25,078 pages, avg. 282 pages

AUGUST BOOKS
80. Saud Alsanousi, Mama Hissa's Mice [2015, tr. 2019] 377 pages [Kindle]
81. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Alf Laylah wa-Laylah) (Richard Burton tr.) v.5 [Kindle, Project Gutenberg] approx. 300 pages
82. Salma Khadra Jayyusi, ed., Modern Arabic Poetry: An Anthology [1987] 498 pages
83. Nawal El Saadawi, The Dramatic Literature of Nawal El Saadawi [Eng tr. 2009] 191 pages
84. Salma Khadra Jayyusi, ed., Anthology of Modern Palestinian Literature [1992] 754 pages
85. E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime [1975] 320 pages
86. Denys Johnson-Davies, ed., The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction [2006] 486 pages
87. Ronak Husni and Daniel L. Newman, edd., Modern Arabic Short Stories [2008] 296 pages
88. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (Alf Laylah wa-Laylah) (Richard Burton tr.) v.6 [Kindle, Project Gutenberg] approx. 300 pages
89. Naguib Mahfouz, In the Time of Love [1980, tr. 2010] 122 pages


GROUP TOTAL: 6,933 pages

Here's mine:

1. Little Blue Truck's Springtime--Alice Schertle--16 pages
2. Bookworm and the Beast--Tru Taylor--272 pages
3. Claimed by Wolves--Diane Leyne--143 pages
4. The Midnight Library--Matt Haig--288 pages
5. Finding Satisfaction--Diane Leyne--152 pages
6. Jerome--Miranda Lynn--75 pages
7. Unfit to Print--KJ Charles--140 pages
8. All's Fair--Kate Richards--131 pages
9. Ambassador Number 5--Bill Hartnett--221 pages
10. Beach Read--Emily Henry--358 pages
11. MAD About the Buoy--MAD Magazine--192 pages
12. We're Still Using That Greasy MAD Stuff--MAD Magazine--192 pages
13. Haunting Suspicions--Kate Richards--137 pages
14. A Beautiful Prison--Jenika Snow--160 pages
15. Daddy Next Door--E. J. Layne--44 pages
16. The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World--Lucinda Robb & Rebecca Boggs Roberts--142 pages
17. Three A Love Story--Adriana Kraft--91 pages
18. Euphoria--Lily King--256 pages
19. Seducing Cat--Adriana Kraft--101 pages
20. On the Corner of Hope and Main--Beverly Jenkins--289 pages
21. A Woman for Zachary--Adriana Kraft--94 pages
22. Anticipation--Adriana Kraft--17 pages
23. The Dinner Party--Victoria Rush--53 pages
24. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 1--16 pages
25. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 2--16 pages
26. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 3--16 pages
27. Hookups--Adriana Kraft--53 pages
28. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 4--17 pages
29. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 5--15 pages
30. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 6--15 pages
31. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 7--14 pages
32. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 8--16 pages
33. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 9--17 pages
34. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 10--15 pages
35. A Tempting Taste--Adriana Kraft--43 pages
36. Complexities--Adriana Kraft--37 pages

August Pages: 3852

GROUP TOTAL: 10,785

Books read in August:

119) Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac, 468 pgs
120) Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow, 341 pgs
121) The Aspern Papers by Henry James, 180 pgs
122) The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kuneras, 320 pgs
123) Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, 301 pgs
124) Bear Necessity by James Gould-Bourn, 312 pgs
125) Cheerfully Yours by A.J. Pearce, 304 pgs
126) Less Than Angels by Barbara Pym, 290 pgs
127) The Very Nice Box by Laura Blackett, 320 pgs
128) Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr, 640 pgs
129) Left for Dead by Jane Casey, 109 pgs
130) I Have Something to Tell You by Chasten Buttigieg, 256 pgs
131) The Misanthrope by Moliere, 64 pgs
132) Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, 96 pgs
133) The Last Green Valley by Mark Sullivan, 445 pgs
134) The Thirteen Clocks by James Thurber, 124 pgs
135) I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf by Grant Snider, 128 pgs
136) Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright by Ron Koertge, 179 pgs
137) The Guest List by Lucy Foley, 330 pgs

Total = 5,207 Pages

GROUP TOTAL = 15,992 PAGES

154. Zander (Heroes at Heart, #1) – Maryann Jordan (3 stars) 8/2/21 [324]
155. Phantom Wolf (Phantom Wolf #1) - Kia Carrington-Russell (3 stars) 8/3/21 [193]
156. The Man in the Tent: My Life under Canvas - Getting Started in Spain (The Man in the Tent, #2)– Tony Beardsall (4 stars) 8/5/21 [225]
157. The Lass Who Lost a Shoe (Highlander Ever After, #1) – Caroline Lee (3 stars) 8/6/21 2021 Scotland [169]
158. Their Fractured Light (Starbound, #3) – Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (3 stars) 8/10/21 2015 Planet Corinth [428]
159. Back in Black (SBC Fighters #5) – Lori Foster (2 stars) 8/13/21 [281]
160. Last Scene Alive (Aurora Teagarden #7) – Charlaine Harris (3 stars) 8/14/21 [256]
161. Virals (Virals, #1) – Kathy Reichs (4 stars) 8/17/21 [466]
162. Dear Mrs. Bird – A. J. Pearce (4 stars) 8/19/21 2018 London [288]
163. Accidental Abduction ( Accidental Abduction, #1) - Eve Langlais (3 stars) 8/19/21 [155]
164. The Medusa Project (The Medusa Project, #1) – Cindy Dees (5 stars) 8/21/21 [304]
165. Aunt Dimity and the Family TreeAunt Dimity and the Family Tree (Aunt Dimity, #16) – Nancy Atherton (3 stars) 8/23/21 [241]
166. Daisy Jones & The Six – Taylor Jenkins Reid (4 stars) 8/26/21 2019 [355]
167. Merc and Her Men (Merc, #1) – Elizabeth Lapthorne (2 stars) 8/27/21 [188]
168. Quinn (The Scottish Outlaws, #2) – Lily Baldwin (3 stars) 8/28/21 [202]
169. Disappearing Earth – Julia Phillips (4 stars) 8/29/21 2019 Russia [264]
170. The Body in the Belfry (Faith Fairchild, #1) – Katherine Hall Page (2 stars) 8/30/21 [290]
171. Softly Falling – Carla Kelly (5 stars) 8/31/21 [416]

Total Books - 18
Total pages - 5045

Group Total = 21,037

Here is my August list:

1. Little Blue Truck's Springtime--Alice Schertle--16 pages
2. Bookworm and the Beast--Tru Taylor--272 pages
3. Claimed by Wolves--Diane Leyne--143 pages
4. The Midnight Library--Matt Haig--288 pages
5. Finding Satisfaction--Diane Leyne--152 pages
6. Jerome--Miranda Lynn--75 pages
7. Unfit to Print--KJ Charles--140 pages
8. All's Fair--Kate Richards--131 pages
9. Ambassador Number 5--Bill Hartnett--221 pages
10. Beach Read--Emily Henry--358 pages
11. MAD About the Buoy--MAD Magazine--192 pages
12. We're Still Using That Greasy MAD Stuff--MAD Magazine--192 pages
13. Haunting Suspicions--Kate Richards--137 pages
14. A Beautiful Prison--Jenika Snow--160 pages
15. Daddy Next Door--E. J. Layne--44 pages
16. The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World--Lucinda Robb & Rebecca Boggs Roberts--142 pages
17. Three A Love Story--Adriana Kraft--91 pages
18. Euphoria--Lily King--256 pages
19. Seducing Cat--Adriana Kraft--101 pages
20. On the Corner of Hope and Main--Beverly Jenkins--289 pages
21. A Woman for Zachary--Adriana Kraft--94 pages
22. Anticipation--Adriana Kraft--17 pages
23. The Dinner Party--Victoria Rush--53 pages
24. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 1--16 pages
25. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 2--16 pages
26. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 3--16 pages
27. Hookups--Adriana Kraft--53 pages
28. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 4--17 pages
29. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 5--15 pages
30. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 6--15 pages
31. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 7--14 pages
32. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 8--16 pages
33. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 9--17 pages
34. The Obsidian Lounge, Episode 10--15 pages
35. A Tempting Taste--Adriana Kraft--43 pages
36. Complexities--Adriana Kraft--37 pages

August Pages: 3852

GROUP TOTAL: 24,889

Isn't Sheila's list here twice?

AUGUST
90. Why Can't Potatoes Walk by Lars-Ake Janson 210 pages
91. Minnesota Book Of Days-Tony Greiner 335 pages
92. Born A Crime-Trevor Noah 264 pages
93. My Father's Daughter by Tina Sinatra 303 pages
94. About Your Father by Peggy Rowe 230 pages
95. Sins Of The Father by Eileen Franklin 200 pages
96. Ticking Clock by Ira Rosen 324 pages
97. Unlikely Friends by Jennifer S. Holland 222 pages
98. Targeted by M. William Phelps 330 pages
99. She Come By It Natural by Sarah Smarsh 187 pages
100. Simon The Fiddler by Paulette Jiles 352 pages
101. The Extraordinary Life Of Sam Hell by Robert Dugoni 433 pages

Total For August: 3,390 pages

I'll wait to post my group total until someone figures out what happened with Sheila's list. Or someone can just add mine to the total if I forget to come back.

AUGUST

275. A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole 432 pgs
276. Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta 388 pgs
277. One Second After by William R. Forstchen 352 pgs
278. No Beast So Fierce by Dane Huckelbridge 304 pgs
279. Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco 327 pgs
280. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewel 340 pgs
281. Furyborn by Claire Legrand 516 pgs
282. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson 162 pgs
283. Billy Summers by Stephen King 515 pgs
284. Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins-Reid 355 pgs
285. The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith 214 pgs
286. The Babysitter by Liza Rodman 352 pgs
287. Hollow City by Ransom Riggs 399 pgs
288. Fast Girls by Elise Hooper 512 pgs
289. Silver Anniversary Murder by Leslie Meier 272 pgs
290. Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs 458 pgs
291. A Psalm for Wild Built by Becky Chambers 160 pgs
292. We Old Our Souls by Grady Hendrix 336 pgs
293. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie 286 pgs
294. Dear Treefrog by Joyce Sidman 40 pgs
295. Walking for Water by Susan Hughes 32 pgs
296. 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand 432 pgs
297. Daisy in Chains by Sharon Bolton 352 pgs
298, The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling 184 pgs
299. All Souls by Michael Patrick MacDonald 292 pgs
300. Kindom of Souls by Rena Barron 496 pgs
301. Ali Cross by James Patterson 320 pgs
302. Don't Tell A Soul by D. K. Hood 344 pgs
303. The Abandoned Heart by Laura Benedict 416 pgs

Read for the Month: 10,084
Group Total: 34,511

This was the total I came up with after removing Sheila's duplicated list and adding in Koren's total. Someone please check me and let us know if I made a mistake.

Beverly wrote: "AUGUST

275. A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole 432 pgs
276. Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta 388 pgs
277. One Second After by William R. Forstchen 352 pgs
278. No Beast So Fierce by D..."


I came up with the same thing, Bev.

Koren wrote: "Beverly wrote: "AUGUST

275. A Conspiracy of Stars by Olivia A. Cole 432 pgs
276. Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta 388 pgs
277. One Second After by William R. Forstchen 352 pgs
278. No Beas..."

Then hopefully we're good and the problem is solved!! :)