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And just like that we are sharing our numbers for 2022! AND I have the final tally for 2021. *drum roll* For 2021 we read, as a group, 425,889 pages! Impressive! Let's see if we can beat that number this year!

1. No Time Like the Future by Michael J. Fox (256 pages)
2. Well, Doc, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time! by J. Paul Waymack (274 pages)
3. My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King (368 pages)
4. Mother and the Tiger: A Memoir of the Killing Fields by Dana Hui Lim (260 pages)
5. The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean (368 pages)
6. The BFG by Roald Dahl (176 pages)
7. The World Played Chess by Robert Dugoni (400 pages)


My January Total: 2102 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 2,102 PAGES

1) Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 108 pgs
2) The Necklace & Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant, 291 pgs
3) The Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis, 258 pgs
4) A House for Mr. Biswas by V.S. Naipaul, 623 pgs
5) Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, 476 pgs
6) Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, 400 pgs
7) The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen, 418 pgs
8) To Have and To Hold by Mary Johnston, 403 pgs
9) The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams, 384 pgs
10) Two Old Women by Velma Wallis, 140 pgs
11) Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary, 134 pgs
12) The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens, 28 pgs
13) The Black Veil by Charles Dickens, 17 pgs
14) The Kiss by Anton Chekhov, 55 pgs
15) Wholehearted Faith by Rachel Held Evans, 196 pgs

Total: 3,931 pages

GROUP TOTAL = 6,033 PAGES

January
1) The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann - 277 pages
2) Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas #1) by Dean Koontz - 446 pages
3) Breaking Point (Lucy Kincaid #13) by Allison Brennan - 419 pages
4) The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner - 413 pages
5) Day Shift (Midnight, Texas #2) by Charlaine Harris - 307 pages
6) A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses #1) by Sarah J. Maas - 364 pages

January total pages: 2,226

Group Total: 8,259

January books:

The Woman in the Window 1/2/22 448 pages
The Innocent Girls B. R. Spangler. 1/4/22 366 pages
We Dream of Space Erin Entrada Kelly. 1/5/22 400 pages
Nine Elms Robert Brynzda. 1/11/22 392 pages
Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays Eric R. Thomas. 1/12/22 264 pages.
Broken Horses Brandi Carlile 1/13/22. 336 pages
The Wife Upstairs Rachel Hawkins. 1/17/22. 290 pages
The Love Lives of Birds: Courting and Mating Rituals . Laura Erickson 1/18/22. 152 pages
Sick of Shadows Sharyn McCrumb. 1/26/22 244 pages
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman. 1/28/22. 355 pages.
Chase Darkness with Me: How One True-Crime Writer Started Solving Murders Billy Jensen. 1/31/22 336 pages

My January pages: 3,583
Group total pages: 11,842

1. The Best Christmas Pageant Every --Barbara Robinson--108 pages
2. The Christmas Bookshop--Jenny Colgan--313 pages
3. Strip Search--Morticia Knight--219 pages
4. Billie and the Russian Beast--Theodora Taylor--182 pages
5. The Worst Book Ever--Beth Bacon--74 pages
6. One Hard Ride--M. M. Bordeaux--308 pages
7. Jack in the Green--Diane Capri--90 pages
8. Cynda and the City Doctor Theodora Taylor--238 pages
9. Daddy Bear--B. J. Smyth--40 pages
10. Strictly Business--Sheryl Nantus--290 pages
11. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone--Lori Gottlieb--415 pages
12. Exposed by Her Alphas--Jayce Carter--132 pages
13. The Good Manners--Olivia Dodson--24 pages
14. The Billion Dollar Contract--Jay Lay Cul--62 pages
15. Satisfying Olympia--Robin Gideon--259 pages
16. Bear Claw--Chrissy Smith--160 pages
17. The Stone Twins--Cyrah Richardson--180 pages
18. Aria Finds Her Voice--Sarah Palmer--15 pages
19. Little Cat Needs Space--Dori Durbin--18 pages
20. Moby-Dick--Herman Melville--670 pages
21. Do Not Wish for a Birthday Unicorn--Sarina Siebenaler--24 pages
22. No More Rules!--Michael Gordon--40 pages
23. Hurts So Good: The Science & Culture of Pain on Purpose--Leigh Cowart--237 pages
24. Oh God Yes--Silver Vixen--26 pages
25. Through the Eyes of Love--Jo Calloway--187 pages
26. Chasing the Omega--Jessica Edwards--295 pages
27. How a Mouse Saved the Royal Cat--Kurt Zimmerman--24 pages
28. I Feel Anxious--Aleks Harrison--16 pages
29. Fault Lines--Emily Itami--218 pages
30. The Giraffe Who Found Its Spots--Adison Books--31 pages
31. Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor--Lisa Kleypas--211 pages
32. Just Pardon My French--Jinx Schwartz--286 pages
33. Yes, Boss!--Bloodbath008--180 pages

Pages: 5636

GROUP TOTAL; 17,478

Between a two week road trip to visit my brother and a bad cold when I got back, I got off to a pretty rocky start for the year.

YEAR GOAL: 150 books/48 nE, 38,000 pages

JANUARY: 5 books/2nE, 1,759 pages, avg. 352 pages
TOTAL: 5 books/2nE, 1,759 pages, avg. 352 pages

JANUARY BOOKS:

1. Celia Correas Zapata, Isabel Allende: Vida y espíritus [1998] 255 pages [in Spanish]
2. Isabel Allende, City of the Beasts [2002] 406 pages [YA, Eng. tr.]
3. Isabel Allende, La isla bajo el mar [2009] 511 pages [in Spanish]
4. Gene H. Bell-Villada, Borges and His Fiction: A Guide to His Mind and Art [rev. ed., 1999] 325 pages
5. Abdulrazak Gurnah, Desertion [2005] 262 pages [Kindle, Open Library]


GROUP TOTAL: 19,237 pages

January

1. A Cornish Christmas – Lily Grahame (3 stars) 1/3/22 [237]
2. The Shadow Reader (Shadow Read, #1) – Sandy Williams (3 stars) 1/4/22 [307]
3. Death's Servant (The V V Inn #0.1) – C. J. Ellisson (3 stars) 1/4/22 [119]
4. Dead Wrong (The Justice Agency, #2) – Susan Sleeman (4 stars) 1/6/21 [288]
5. Double Exposure (The Justice Agency, #1) – Susan Sleeman (4 stars) 1/7/21 [288]
6. Into the Darkness (Darkness, #5) – Katie Reus (3 stars) 1/9/22 [250]
7. The Other Einstein – Marie Benedict (3 stars) 1/10/22 [304]
8. Redhead by the Side of the Road – Anne Tyler (3 stars) 1/12/22 [194]
9. The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #8) – Alexander McCall Smith (4 stars) 1/14/22 [213]
10. Beauty & the Lumberjacks (Hard N' Dirty, #8) – Lee Savino (2 stars) 1/14/22 [153]
11. Her Rogue Mates (Interstellar Brides Program #13) - Grace Goodwin (3 stars) 1/16/22 [210]
12. Crying Wolf (Black River Pack, #1) – Rochelle Paige (2 stars) 1/17/22 [165]
13. Starry Night Sky (Bear Claw Shifters, #1) – Grace Brennan (3 stars) 1/18/22 [130]
14. Ascension Saga: 1 (Interstellar Brides: Ascension Saga #1 part 1 of 3) - Grace Goodwin (3 stars) 1/18/22 [188]
15. One Sunny Day (Bear Claw Shifters, #2) – Grace Brennan (3 stars) 1/19/22 [134]
16. Wolfen (Wolfen, #1) – Madelaine Montague (4 stars) 1/21/22 [246]
17. Shadows on a Cape Cod Wedding (Antique Print #6) - Lea Wait (4 stars) 1/25/22 [230]
18. The Reef – Nora Roberts (3 stars) 1/25/22 [452]
19. One Starry Christmas – Carolyn Davidson, Carol Finch, & Lynna Banning (3 stars) 1/26/22 [304]
20. Slay It with Flowers (A Flower Shop Mystery, #2) – Kate Collins (3 stars) 1/28/22 [308]
21. Gluten for Punishment (A Baker's Treat Mystery #1) -Nancy J. Parra (4 stars) 1/31/22 2013 KS [305]

Total Books - 21
Total pages - 5025

Group Total - 24,262

JANUARY

1. Cackle by Rachael Harrison 293 pgs
2. Cilka's Journey by Heather Morris 320 pgs
3. The Line Between by Tosca Lee 384 pgs
4. Recursion by Blake Crouch 329 pgs
5. The Shark by Mary Burton 366 pgs
6. The Arctic Fury by Greer McCallister 407 pgs
7. Pet by Akawaeke Emezi 208 pgs
8. When We Were Brave by Karla M. Jay 413 pgs
9. The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan 288 pgs
10. The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab 444 pgs
11. No Ordinary Life by Suzanne Redfearn 400 pgs
12. Good Behavior by Blake Crouch 290 pgs
13. Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal 448 pgs
14. 10 Short Stories About Ghosts, Aliens, Cats and Other Nonsense by David M. Cooper 178 pgs
15. Westering Woman by Sandra Dallas 336 pgs
16. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin 169 pgs
17. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig 304 pgs
18. G. by John Berger 336 pgs
19. Frieren by Kanehito Yamada 192 pgs
20. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton 482 pgs
21. F'lorna of Rodesh by Alisa Wagner 356 pgs
22. e. e. Cummings, A Life by Susan Cheevar 240 pgs
23. Alice by Christina Henry 291 pgs
24. Just Visiting by Graham Wilson 232 pgs
25. Gudrun's Tapestry by Joan Schweighardt 271 pgs
26. H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker 282 pgs
27. Witch Hat Atelier, Vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama 208 pgs


Pages Read for the Month: 8467
Group Total for the Month: 32,729

January:
1. The burning maze by Rick Riordan - 443 - ★★★★
2. Flashback by S.J. Watson - 339 - ★★★
3. The tyrant's tomb by Rick Riordan - 334 - ★★★★
4. The tower of Nero by Rick Riordan - 309 - ★★★★
5. Marked in flesh by Anne Bishop - 521 - ★★★★
6. Soul Music by Terry Pratchett - 234 - ★★★★
7. Regels van het spel by Jillian Hoffman - 301 - ★★★★
8. Etched in bone by Anne Bishop - 445 - ★★★★
9. Perfect Prey by Helen Fields - 423 - ★★★★★

Totals January:
9 books; 3349 pages


Group total: 36,078 pages

JANUARY

1. Small Fry by Lisa Brennan Jobs 381 pages
2, Willie Nelson's Letters To America by Willie Nelson 272 pages
3. Dead But Not Forgotten by Amber Hunt 304 pages
4. The Farmer's Son by John Connell 242 pages
5. Empire Of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe 443 pages
6. Life In The Balance by Thomas Graboys, MD 193 pages
7. Maniac: The Bath Schoolhouse Disaster by Harold Schechter 192 pages
8. The Last Victim by Jason Moss 294 pages
9. West With Giraffes-Lynda Rutledge 346 pages
10. Enough Already- Valerie Bertinelli 241 pages
11. Eternal Party- Kristina Hagman 254 pages

Total for January: 3,162
Group Total: 39,240