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Let's see how we finish off the year! Add your December total here!

January 2024: 33,656 pages
February 2024: 15,746 pages
March 2024: 18,885 pages
April 2024: 17,936 pages
May 2024: 12,771 pages
June 2024: 11,388 pages
July 2024: 13,883 pages
August 2024: 19,065 pages
September 2024: 13,762 pages
October 2024: 10,886 pages
November 2024: 22,474 pages

Bad month for me

December

157. The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (Dangerous Damsels, #1) – India Holton (3 stars) 12/2/24 [336]
158. Ceremony in Death (In Death, #5) – J. D. Robb (4 stars) 12/5/24 [329]
159. The Assassin's Blade (Throne of Glass, #0.1-0.5) – Sarah J. Maas (4 stars) 12/7/24 [446]
160. The Librarian of Burned Books - Brianna Labuskes (5 stars) 12/12/24 2023 [416]
161. The Way Life Should Be – Christina Baker Kline (4 stars) 12/17/24 [274]
162. Dawn (Xenogenesis, #1) – Octavia E. Butler (3 stars) 12/26/24 [248]
163. The Salt Maiden – Colleen Thompson (3 stars) 12/31/24 TX [309]

Total Books - 7
Total pages - 2358

Group Total: 2,358

DECEMBER

114. Heads In Beds by Jacob Tomsky 305 pages
115. From Scratch by Tembi Locke 332 pages
116. Once Upon A Farm by Rory Feek 236 pages
117. Don't Call Me Jupiter by Tom Bross 299 pages
118. Go Big Or Go Home by Scotty McCreery 249 pages
119. Long Haul by Frank Figliuzzi 249 pages
120. The Painted Pink Dress by Minu Cash 250 pages
121. All Dogs Go To Kevin by Jessica Vogelsang 319 pages
122. Last Night In The OR by Bud Shaw M.D. 291 pages
123. Little House In The Hollywood Hills by Charlotte Stewart
250 pages
124. Baby Don't Hurt Me by Chris Kattan 288 pages
125. Yule Log Murder by Leslie Meier 124 pages
126. So Much To Say by Nikki Van Noy 212 pages
127. The Fixers by E.J. Fleming 275 pages
128. Fairy Gardening by Julie Bawden-Davis 213 pages
129. An Unseen Hope by Ron Suskind 390 pages

Total For December: 4,282 pages
Group Total: 6,640

YEAR GOAL: 145 books/35 nE, 37,000 pages
ACTUAL: 145 books/27 nE, 33,425 pages, avg. 231 pages

JANUARY: 8 books/2 nE, 1,705 pages, avg. 213 pages
FEBRUARY: 7 books/1 nE, 2,605 pages, avg. 372 pages
MARCH: 7 books, 2,119 pages, avg. 303 pages
APRIL: 14 books, 3,102 pages, avg. 222 pages
MAY: 7 books/3 nE, 1,787 pages, avg. 255 pages
JUNE: 32 books/1 nE, 2,542 pages, avg. 79 pages
JULY: 11 books/2 nE, 3,734 pages, avg. 339 pages
AUGUST: 9 books/5 nE, 3,741 pages, avg. 416 pages
SEPTEMBER: 9 books/1nE, 2,999 pages, avg. 333 pages
OCTOBER: 18 books/3nE, 2,673 pages, avg. 149 pages
NOVEMBER: 9 books/7nE, 2,780 pages, avg. 309 pages
DECEMBER: 14 books/2 nE, 3,379 pages, avg. 241 pages
TOTAL: 145 books/27 nE, 33,425 pages, avg. 231 pages

DECEMBER BOOKS:
132. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Welcome to the Monkey House [1968] 308 pages
133. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Look at the Birdie [2009] 251 pages
134. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., While Mortals Sleep [2011] 253 pages
135. Pierre Gascar, Rimbaud et la commune [1971] 184 pages [in French]
136. Heinrich Böll, Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum [1974] 122 pages [in German]
137. Jon Fosse, Plays Five [2011] 368 pages
138. Jon Fosse, Plays Six [2014] 312 pages [Kindle]
139. Benvenuto Cellini, The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini [written 1558-1566, first pub. 1730; Eng. tr. (Symonds, 3rd ed.) 1889] 427 pages
140. Bernard Berenson, Italian Painters of the Renaissance, I: Venetian and North Italian Schools [1907] 236 pages
141. Bernard Berenson, Italian Painters of the Renaissance, II: Florentine and Central Italian Schools [1897] 254 pages
142. Jon Fosse, The Boathouse (Naustet) [1989, Eng. tr. 2017] 129 pages [Kindle]
143. Jon Fosse, Scenes from a Childhood [2018] 140 pages [Kindle]
144. Jon Fosse, Aliss at the Fire (Det er Ales) [2004, Eng. tr. 2010] 108 pages [Kindle]
145. Sylvia Sprigge, Berenson: A Biography [1960] 287 pages

GROUP TOTAL: 10,019 pages

For December:

183) The Whimsy of the World by Amor Towles, 41 pgs
184) The Wishing Game by Meg Shaffer, 304 pgs
185) Sticky Notes by Michael Eicheldinger, 208 pgs
186) The Breaking Wave by Nevil Shute, 282 pgs
187) Christmas at Thompson Hall by Anthony Trollope, 43 pgs
188) The Irish Country Yuletide by Patrick Taylor, 193 pgs
189) The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender, 292 pgs
190) The Wager by David Grann, 331 pgs
191) Electric October by Kevin Cook, 304 pgs
192) Juliet in August by Dianne Warren, 336 pgs
193) The Sound of Silence by Myron Uhlberg, 240 pgs
194) 700 Sundays by Billy Crystal, 192 pgs
195) The Quiet Little Woman by Louisa May Alcott, 22 pgs
196) Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney, 291 pgs
197) Saltwater by Katy Hays, 336 pgs
198) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley, 332 pgs
199) Christmas at Thrush Green by Miss Read, 352 pgs
200) The Guest by Albert Camus, 9 pgs

Total = 4,108 Pages

GROUP TOTAL = 14,127 PAGES

December:
94. A death in diamonds by S.J. Bennett - 342 - ★★★★
95. Kærlighed for voksne by Anna Ekberg - 365 - ★★★
96. Six days by Dani Atkins - 305 - ★★★★
97. The mystery of the Fabergé Egg by S.J. Bennett - 7 - ★★★
98. In de kantlijn van de tijd by Claudia de Breij & Paul van Vliet - 125 - ★★★★★

Totals December:
5 books; 1144 pages


Group Totals: 15,271 pages

DECEMBER

271. Staged by Elle Cosimano 43
272 Merriment and Mayhem by Alexandria Bellefleur 58
273. Magical Blend by Kennedy Layne 145
274. The Drowning House by Cherie Priest 384
275. White Bird by R. J. Palacio 224
276. Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah 401
277. Deck the Santa by Sue Hollowell 102
278. Where the Dean Wait by Allie Wilkes 400
279. Guilt and Ginataan by Mia Manansala 304
280. The Third Wife by Lisa Jewell 337
281. Beartown by Fredrik Backman 418
282. The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton 368
283. Only Santas in the Building by Alexis Daria 65
284. A Very Bad Thing by J. T. Ellison 446
285. Christmas, Criminals and Campers by Tonya Kappes 188
286. Sam Shine and the Curse of the Greenback Monkeys by Dan Walker 121
287. I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy 304
288. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley 349
289. Night and Day by John Connelly 368
290. We Shall Be Monsters by Alyssa Wees 320
291. The Mystery of the Missing Majorette by L. G. Hewitt 294
292. Killer Chocolate Pie by Carolyn Q. Hunter 178
293. Plunge by Joe Hill 168
294. The Watchmaker's Daughter by Larry Loftus 384
295. The Little Liar by Mitch Album 352
296. A Cornish Christmas Murder by Fiona Leitch 252
297. The Cat by Edgar Allan Paw 99
298. The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse by Alan Bradley 22
299. Devil's Nest by Richard Chizmar 32


Total Read for the Month: 7126
Group Total: 22,397