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Who can believe we're in the last month of 2023 already? It's been quite a year! Post your November pages read, here! (For the first time in years, I didn't finish one book this entire month)

January 2023: 30,502 pages
February 2023: 26,121 pages
March 2023: 29,210 pages
April 2023: 34,510 pages
May 2023: 30,378 pages
June 2023: 25,928 pages
July 2023: 24,296 pages
August 2023: 20,308 pages
September 2023: 11,547 pages
October 2023: 26,837 pages

November
45. After the Forest by Kell Woods - 370 pages
46. Dirty Thirty (Stephanie Plum #30) by Janet Evanovich - 324 pages
47. A Match Made for Thanksgiving (Holidays with the Wongs #1) Jackie Lau - 101 pages
48. B is for Burglar (Kinsey Millhone #2) by Sue Grafton - 310 pages
49. This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent #1) by Kalyn Josephson - 398 pages

November page count: 1,503

Group total: 1,503

November:

144) Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz, 608 pgs
145) The Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFede, 256 pgs
146) The Running Grave by Robert Galbraith, 960 pgs
147) The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman, 422 pgs
148) Again and Again by Jonathan Evison, 336 pgs
149) Death with Interruptions by Jose Saramago, 238 pgs
150) Day by Michael Cunningham, 288 pgs
151) Good Bad Girl by Alice Feeney, 304 pgs
152) The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose, 304 pgs
153) The Star by Arthur C. Clarke, 6 pgs
154) The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, 160 pgs
155) Forever Home by Graham Norton, 323 pgs
156) A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck, 164 pgs
157) Dancers Among Us by Jordan Matter, 230 pgs
158) A Short Guide to a Happy Life by Anna Quindlen, 52 pgs

Total = 4,651 Pages

GROUP TOTAL = 6,154 PAGES

NOVEMBER

269. The Gap by Ninie Hammon 462 pgs
270. Not Fade Away by Laurence Shames 224 pgs
271. Brain Droppings by George Carlin 258 pgs
272. How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie 368 pgs
273. The Zoo at the Edge of the World by Eric Kahn Gale 240 pgs
274. The Drowned Girls by Loreth Anne White 526 pgs
275. The Girl From Guernica by Karen Robards 464 pgs
276. Medicine Man by Carolyn Jourdan 170 pgs
277. Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens 256 pgs
278. Maple Drizzle Murder by Rosie A. Point 126 pgs
279. When Stars Ran Down by Angela Jackson-Brown 368 pgs
280. Vanilla Sprinkle Murder by Rosie A. Point 150 pgs
281. Fading Away by Tom Upton 128 pgs
282. Scrublands by Chris Hammer 368 pgs
283. Lacy Eye by Jessica Treadway 352 pgs
284. Tolstoy and the Purple Chair by Nina Sankovitch 171 pgs
285. I Am Legend by Richard Matteson 162 pgs
286. If You Would Have Told Me by John Stamos 352 pgs
287. The Good Luck of Right Now by Matthew Quick 304 pgs
288. Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell 359 pgs
289. A Face in the Crowd/The Longest December by Stephen King 144 pgs
290. Broadway Butterfly by Sara DiVello 432 pgs
291. The Uncanny Valley by Gregory Miller 156 pgs
292. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris 416 pgs
293. Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann 535 pgs
294. A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat 320 pgs
295. The Diggers by Jonathan Maas 42 pgs
296. The Skull by Jon Klassen 112 pgs
297. Stag by Karen Russell 40 pgs
298. 2020: A Year in Taiwan by Ray Hecht no page count

Pages Read for the Month: 8005
GROUP TOTAL: 14,159

November

202. Here and Gone – Haylen Beck (4 stars) 11/1/23 [304]
203. Winter's Bone – Daniel Woodrell (4 stars) 11/2/23 [193]
204. Shield's Lady (Lost Colony, #3) – Amanda Glass (5 stars) 11/4/23 [352]
205. Dragon Blood (Hurog, #2) – Patricia Briggs (3 stars) 11/6/23 [275]
206. Out on a Limb: A Smoky Mountain Mystery (Nurse Phoebe, #1) – Carolyn Jourdan (3 stars) 11/6/23 [180]
207. Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson, #12) – Patricia Briggs (5 stars) 11/9/23 [319]
208. A Ghostly Undertaking (Ghostly Southern Mystery, #1) – Tonya Kappes (4 stars) 11/11/23 [273]
209. The Reading List – Sara Nisha Adams (5 stars) 11/13/23 [380]
210. Lessons in Chemistry – Bonnie Garmus (4 stars) 11/14/23 [390]
211. Endgame (Last Chance, #1) – Dee Davis (3 stars) 11/17/23 [363]
212. Megan's Mark (Feline Breed, #5) – Lora Leigh (3 stars) 11/18/23 [295]
213. A Christmas Peril (A Theater Cop Mystery, #1) – J. A. Hennrikus (4 stars) 11/21/23 [288]
214. Hurricane Season – Lauren K. Denton (3 stars) 11/22/23 [383]
215. The Man Within (Breeds, #2; Feline Breed, #2) – Lora Leigh (2 stars) 11/22/23 [236]
216. Murder Has a Motive (Mordecai Tremaine Mystery, #2) – Francis Duncan (3 stars) 11/29/23 [386]

Total Books - 15
Total pages - 4617
GROUP TOTAL: 18,776

YEAR GOAL: 150 books/50 nE, 37,000 pages

JANUARY: 8 books/4 nE, 1,680 pages, avg. 210 pages
FEBRUARY: 6 books/2nE, 1,822 pages, avg. 302 pages
MARCH: 7 books/4 nE, 2,643 pages, avg. 378 pages
APRIL: 12 books/5 nE, 3,362 pages, avg. 280 pages
MAY: 8 books/5 nE, 1,610 pages, avg. 201 pages
JUNE: 9 books/1 nE, 2,155 pages, avg. 239 pages
JULY: 8 books/1 nE, 3,277 pages, avg. 410 pages
AUGUST: 4 books, 373 pages, avg. 93 pages
SEPTEMBER: 12 books/1 nE, 2,968 pages, avg. 247 pages
OCTOBER: 11 books/2 nE, 4,198 pages, avg. 382 pages
NOVEMBER: 12 books/7 nE, 2,827 pages, avg. 235 pages
TOTAL: 98 books/32 nE, 26,915 pages, avg. 275 pages

NOVEMBER BOOKS:
87. Annie Ernaux, Une passion simple [1996] 77 pages [Kindle, Open Library] [in French]
88. Claude Lévi-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, v.2 [1970, Eng. tr. 1976] 383 pages
89. Victor Hugo, L'Homme qui rit [1869] 668 pages [Kindle, Open Library] [in French]
90. Nine downloaded articles on Mesopotamia 148 pages
91. Nora Benjamin Kubie, Road to Nineveh: The Adventures and Excavations of Sir Austen Henry Layard [1964] 324 pages
92. Milbry Polk and Angela M.H. Schuster, edd., The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia [2005] 242 pages
93. Andy Weir, The Martian [2014] 369 pages
94. Three Translations of The Book of Luke 81 pages
95. Annie Ernaux, Se perdre [2001] 294 pages [Kindle, Open Library] [in French]
96. Annie Ernaux, Retour à Yvetot [2013] 78 pages [Kindle, Open Library] [in French]
97. Four Homilies of the Tenth Century [est. 50 pages] [Latin and Old English]
98. Lazarillo de Tormes [ca. 1550] 103 pages [in Spanish]


GROUP TOTAL: 7,444 pages

Here are my November books:

1. More Than October--Blake Allwood--297 pages
2. Ice Around the Edges--Mary Calmes--59 pages
3. Sammy and Turkey's Tomato Tales--V. Moua--126 pages
4. Real Self-Care (Crystals, Cleansing, and Bubble Baths Not Included): A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellnes--Pooja Lakshmin, MD--254 pages
5. The Clumsy Chicken--Sue Elias--22 pages
6. Philip's Rules--Golden Angel--245 plages
7. The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals About Our Future with Robots--Kate Darlinhg--295 pages
8. Bruno and Bo's Adventures--Bryan DeLeon--16 pages
9. Gabrielle's Discipline--Golden Angel--274 pages
10. Austin's Lost Fireman--Della Cain and Kaytea Kat--112 pages
11. Lydia's Penance--Golden Angel--300 pages
12. Rainbow Sprinkles--Pepper North and Paige Michaels--170 pages
13. Short or Tall Doesn't Matter At All--Asaf Rozanes--35 pages
14. Lily Lemon Blossom: Welcome to Lily's Room--Barbara Miller--16 pages
15. The Giraffe Who Said Goodnight--Alisan Books--25 pages
16. On Forgiveness--Russell Hasan--48 pages
17. The Doctor Who Stole Christmas--K. C. Crowe--254 pages
18. Trouble With Leggings--Rachel Hriz--17 pages
19. Benedict's Commands--Golden Angel--254 pages
20. The Bear with Long Hair--Lisette Starr-34 pages
21. When Stars Collide--Susan Elizabeth Phillips--368 pages
22. Bishop--Sawyer Bennett--195 pages
23. Arabella's Taming--Golden Angel--222 pages
24. Heart of Stone--Diana Palmer--219 pages
25. Sammy and Turkey's Thanksgiving Party--V. Moua--102 pages
26. A Season for Treason--Golden Angel--274 pages
27. His Ballerina--Darcy Rose--118 pages
28. Sheriff Daddy--Lena Little--111 pages
29. Turkeys--Lucy Lennox and May Archer--204 pages
30. Turkey's New Friend--V. Moua--102 pages
31. The Lust Boat--Roz Lee--173 pages
32. A Season for Scandal--Golden Angel--246 pages

Pages: 5117

GROUP TOTAL: 12,561

Corrections:
James and Sheila"s need to be added to Group Total after Linda

Group Total 18,776
James 2,827
Sheila 5117

Final Group Total: 26,720