All the pages you read discussion

Objective: 12 000 pages in a year

Beginning: 3rd June 2010
End: 3rd June 2011

I hope I'll make it :)

1) Ender's Game 324 pages
2) Labyrinth 478 pages
3) The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox 245 pages

Total number for June: 1047 pages

I love Ender's Game. Have you read any of Orson Scott Card's other works?

I haven't yet read any of his other books. But I plan to do so. I've already started Speaker for the dead. I very much enjoyed Ender's Game (apart from the part about Peter and the squirrels - I love animals). And a quote about the enemy by Mazer Rackham is just awesome!:)

A friend of mine once told me that there are two types of Ender's Game fans... the ones who love Speaker for the Dead and the ones who hate it. I'm in the love it camp myself, but I can assure you that all of Card's works have their own unique flavor, so even if you don't like one, I would encourage you to try something else of his. :-)

I am in the Love camp on that one too

I’ve finished the Speaker for the Dead and decided that I belong to the group of people who love it!

It’s funny that many people adore Ender’s Game and dislike the Speaker, considering the fact that Card treated Ender’s Game as a sort of introduction to the actual book – the Speaker for the Dead.

Certainly they’re different, but for me, both are equally marvelous:)

4) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 218 pages
5) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 480 pages
6) Enduring Love 236 pages

Total number for July: 934
Overall total: 1981

7) Speaker for the Dead 432 pages
8) The Land of Laughs 295 pages
9) The Hound of the Baskervilles 256 pages
10) Eclipse 552 pages
11) A Wrinkle in Time 245 pages
12) Nights in Rodanthe 207 pages

Total number for August: 1987
Overall total: 3968

Asia wrote: "7) Speaker for the Dead 432 pages
8) The Land of Laughs 295 pages
9) The Hound of the Baskervilles 256 pages
10) Eclipse 552 pages
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Ooo, I love the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The Hound of the Baskervilles is one of my favorites. :-)

So, what was your opinion on Speaker for the Dead?

I enjoyed the Speaker immensely (as I said in one of my earlier posts in this thread:)
But I may elaborate on this one a little bit more.

I must admit that I was glad there was no more Peter. (I’m not at all happy to encounter tortured animals in the books I’m reading).

I like the character of Jane (as I would most characters who are artificial intelligence beings). When she appeared at the beginning I knew that the book couldn’t be bad. I really want to find out what’s going to happen to her next.

The biological aspect of the book is also intriguing, especially the Descolada. Another thing I take pleasure in reading about – superintelligent viruses.

I said earlier that I'd set the objective in due course. Ok, now the time has come.

I've just modified the topic of my thread declaring that I'll try to read 12 000 pages in one year's time.

Wish me perseverance and luck in choosing good books :)

Good Luck!!!

13) Deception Point 528 pages
14) Marked 306 pages
15) Betrayed 310 pages

Total number for September: 1144
Overall total: 5112

Platas0827 wrote: "Good Luck!!!"

Thanks:)

16) Dark Lover 393 pages
17) The Jewel of Medina 388 pages
18) Valley of Lagoons 586 pages
19) A Wizard of Earthsea 203 pages

Total number for October: 1570
Overall total: 6682



Halfway there:) Unless I revise the objective. Now, it seems quite likely that I will read more than I intended:D

20) Born of Night 304 pages
21) The Girl Who Played with Fire 503 pages

Total number for November: 807
Overall total: 7489

22) Kiss of Midnight 402 pages
23) The Gilded Cage 408 pages

Total number for December: 810
Overall total: 8299

24) The Darkest Night 374 pages
25) The Magicians' Guild 480 pages
26) The Novice 592 pages

Total number for January: 1446
Overall total: 9745



I've found my next favourite series: The Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan :D

Asia wrote: "24) The Darkest Night 374 pages
25) The Magicians' Guild 480 pages
26) The Novice 592 pages

Total number for January: 1446
Overall total: 9745

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That trilogy by Canavan is good. I also read the stand-alone novel she did for the same universe, which was just as good. Her new trilogy is on my to-read list. Hope you enjoy the third book!

27) Across the Universe 398 pages
28) Poison Study 416 pages
I never thought I'd love it so much! :D

Total number for February: 814
Overall total: 10559

29) My Sister's Keeper 448 pages
30) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms 398 pages
31) The Man of Property: The Forsyte Saga 364 pages
32) Indian Summer of a Forsyte 57 pages
33) In Chancery 288 pages

Total number for March: 1555 pages
Overall total: 12114



I've reached my aim (12000 pages) and there is still more than a month to go:D
I'll add up pages to 3rd June (as initially planned) and then probably set higher aim and start all over again:)

Congrats! Good for you!

How did you like Hundred Thousand Kingdoms? I've read several interviews with the author that prompted me to put it on my "to read" list, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

Thanks Lindsey!:)

I liked Hundred Thousand Kingdoms very much! Which surprised me because the first several pages didn’t awe me in any way. I kept reading hoping that something will happen to make the story more interesting:) And I’m glad I did because the moment came when Yeine was told something very crucial about her past and herself. Since then it grew better with every page:) I was more and more fond of Nahadoth (he was definitely my favourite character) and his conversations with Yeine were something I was really waiting for.

34) Daughter of the Forest 554 pages
35) Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind 132 pages

Total number for April: 686 pages
Overall total: 12800

36) Uglies 425 pages
37) Leviathan 440 pages
38) To Let 268 pages

Total number for May: 1133
Overall total: 13933

I really liked Poison Study

Me too:) I definitely plan to read the rest in the series!

Since the year has passed, and the challenge has been completed I hereby close this thread:)

The challenge was a success! I planned to read 12 000 pages and read 13 933 :D

This year I want to beat that number. I've already created a new thread. So, see you there!