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Stats from:

January- June 2014

48 books, 17,716 pages

 

July- December 2014

39 books, 8,845 pages

 

Total books for 2014: 87

Total pages for 2014= 26,347

 

List of books read:

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Read in 2015

 

Title, author, pages, date

 

January

1.) Sand Part 1: The Belt of the Buried Gods by Hugh Howey (40 pages) 1/5

 

Total= 40 pages

 

 

February

2.) "One Off's" by Andy Weir

The Egg (est 5 pages) 2/2

Annie’s Day (est 5 pages) 2/2 

The Real Deal (est 5 pages) 2/2

Bored World (est 5 pages) 2/2

The Midtown Butcher (est 5 pages) 2/2

Antihypoxiant (est 5 pages) 2/2

Meeting Sarah (est 5 pages) 2/2

 

3.) Short Stories, Hugh Howey all 2/2

Mouth Breathers (est 5 pages)

WHILE (u > i) i- -;   (est 5 pages)

The Automated Ones (est 5 pages)

Nothing Goes to Waste (est 5 pages)

Dragging Anchor- A True Story (est 10 pages)

 

4.)Yesterday's Gone: Season One- Sean Platt and David Wright (503 pages) 2/3-2/6

5.)Yesterday's Gone: Season Two- Sean Platt and David Wright (523 pages) 2/6-2/8

6.)Yesterday's Gone: Season Three- Sean Platt and David Wright (462 pages) 2/9-2/14

7.)The Lovely Bones- Alice Sebold (352 pages) 2/15-2/21

8.) a long way gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier- Ishmael Beah (244 pages) 2/21-2/22

9.) Skeletons at the Feast- Chris Bohjalian (apx 100 of 388 pages) 2/23-2/26: 27%

Read a Thon

10.) Wolf Skin- Jason Gurley (29 pages) 2/27

11.) The Caretaker- Jason Gurley (40 pages) 2/28

12.)The Dark Age: A Short Story- Jason Gurley (30 pages) 2/28

 

Total= 2,446 pages

 

March

13.)The Man in the High Castle- Phillip K. Dick (274 pages) 2/28- 3/3

14.) I, Zombie- Hugh Howey (306 pages) 3/3- 3/8

15.) Reasons to Stay Alive- Matt Haig (272 pages) 3/5- 3/12

16.) Gilead- Marilynne Robinson (289 pages) 3/9- 3/23

17.) Plain Truth- Jodi Picoult (432 pages) 3/24- 3/30

 

Total= 1,573 pages

 

April

Read a thon:

18.) The Giver- Lois Lowry (204 pages) 3/31- 4/2

19.) Jumpstart the World- Catherine Ryan Hyde (194 pages) 4/2

 

20.) Say You're One of Them- Uwem Akpan (368 pages) 4/2- 4/7

21.) Contamination Zero- TW Piperbrook (95 pages) 4/18

22.) A Scanner Darkly- Phillip K. Dick (307 pages) 4/21-4/25

23.) Burial Rites- Hannah Kent (353 pages) 4/26- 4/29

 

Started:

World Without End- Ken Follett (113 pages out of 1088 pages) 4/7

 

Total= 1,634 pages

 

May

Read a thon:

24.) One Shot (Jack Reacher #9)- Lee Child (466 pages) 5/1-5/4

25.) The Color War- Jodi Picoult (35 pages) 5/4

 

26.) Legend (A Legend Novel Book 1)- Marie Lu (352 pages) 5/4-5/8

27.) The Sisters Brothers- Patrick deWitt (339 pages) 5/11-5/15

28.) Prodigy (A Legend Novel Book 2)- Marie Lu (352 pages) 5/15- 5/23

29.) Champion (A Legend Novel 3)- Marie Lu (385 pages) 5/23-5/25

 

Total= 1,929 pages

 

June

30.) Only Ever Yours- Louise O'Neill (400 pages) 5/26, 6/4-6/6

31.) The Fever- Megan Abbott (321 pages) 6/7-6/12

Wild- Cheryl Strayed (125 out of 317 pages) 38% 6/14- 6/18

The End of the World Running Club- Adrian J Walker (143 of 421 pages) 21% 6/20- 6/24

 

Continued World without End- Ken Follett (read 120 pages out of 1088) 6/24-6/26  

 

Total= 1,109 pages

 

July

Read a thon:

32.) Born on the Fourth of July- Ron Kovic (225 pages) 7/3-7/5

 

33.) Firefight- Brandon Sanderson (421 pages) 7/6- 7/9

34.) Take Me With You- Catherine Ryan Hyde (351 pages) 7/11- 7/17

35.) The White Queen (Cousins War Series Book 1)- Philippa Gregory (408 pages) 7/17-7/23

36.) The Red Queen (Cousins War Series Book 2)- Philippa Gregory (404 pages) 7/24- 7/28

37.) Holes- Louis Sachar (241 pages) 7/29

 

Total: 2,050

 

August

38.) The Lady of the Rivers (Cousins War Series Book 3)- Philippa Gregory (513 pages) 7/30- 8/7

39.) Breakfast at Tiffany's- Truman Capote (111 pages) 8/1

 

Read a Thon:

Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War- Susan Southard (50% of 416, 208 pages)

40.) What We Talk About When We Talk About Love- Raymond Carver (176 pages)

 

41.) Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?- Raymond Carver (251 pages)  

42.) The Plagiarist- Hugh Howey (64 pages) 8/12

43.) The Old Equations- Jack Kerr (45 pages) 8/14

44.) Delirium (Delirium book 1)- Lauren Oliver (401 pages)

45.) Small Wars (Jack Reacher Kindle Single)- Lee Child (44 pages)

Devil in the White City- Erik Larson (447 pages, 50%, 223)

 

Total= 2,036 pages

 

September

46.) Pandemonium (Delirium Book 2)- Lauren Oliver (329 pages)

47.) The Kingmaker's Daughter (Cousins War Series 4)- Philippa Gregory (409 pages)

 

Read a Thon (4 day)

48.) The Painted Veil- W. Somerset Maugham (175 pages)

49.) Total Recall- Phillip K Dick (30 pages)

50.) Eddie and Sunny- Stacey Cochran (211 pages)

51.) Sugar- Deirdre Riordan Hall (270 pages)

 

52.) Make Me (Jack Reacher #20)- Lee Child (402 pages)

53.) Requiem (Delirium Book 3)- Lauren Oliver (369 pages)

55.) Nicholas and Alexandra- Robert K Massie (562 pages)

 

Total pages= 2,757

 

October

55.) Revival- Stephen King (374 pages) 10/1-10/5

56.) Seed- Lisa Heathfield (352 pages) 10/5-10/7

57.) The Girl With All the Gifts- MR Carey (435 pages) 10/7- 10/10

58.) The White Princess (Cousins War Series Book 5)- Philippa Gregory (519 pages) 10/12-10/17

59.) Chasing Windmills- Catherine Ryan Hyde (262 pages)

60.) The King's Curse (Cousins War Series book 6)- Philippa Gregory (451 pages)

 

Total= 2,393 pages

 

November

61.) Taming of the Queen- Philippa Gregory (465 pages)

62.) The Heart Goes Last- Margaret Atwood (322 pages)

63.) A Handmaid's Tale- Margaret Atwood (324 pages) Re- Read

64.) Gone With the Wind- Margaret Mitchell (1,037 pages)

65.) The Good Earth- Pearl S Buck (357 pages)

66.) Sons (The Good Earth book 2)- Pearl S Buck (320 pages)

67.) A House Divided (The Good Earth book 2)- Pearl S Buck (348 pages)

68.) The Martian- Andy Weir (369 pages)

 

Total= 3,542 pages

 

December

69.) Interview with a Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles book 1)- Anne Rice (341 pages)

Read a thon:

70.) Random Acts of Senseless Violence- Jack Womack (257 pages)

71.) A Long Walk to Water- Linda Sue Park (116 pages)

72.) Gone (Gone Saga 1)- Michael Grant (581 pages)

73.) The Other Boleyn Girl (Tudor Court Series book 2)- Philippa Gregory (672 pages)

74.) The Boleyn Inheritance (Tudor Court Series book 3)- Philippa Gregory (515 pages)

75.) Essays on Daily Life in North Korea: North of the DMZ- Andrei Lankov (346 pages)

76.) The Pearl- John Steinbeck (100 pages)

77.) Of Mice and Men- John Steinbeck (110 pages)

 

Total= 3,038 pages

 

Total pages for 2015= 22,618

77 books

 

Total pages for 2014= 26,347

87 books

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Short Term TBR as of 8/19

 

Make Me (Jack Reacher 20)- Lee Child (Release September 8, 402 pages)

Undermajordomo Minor- Patrick deWitt (Released September 15, 341 pages)

Selected Stories 1968- 2004- Alice Munro (own, 418 pages))

Station Eleven- Emily St. John Mandel (354 pages)

Total Recall- Phillip K. Dick (Read a thon, 30 pages)

A Man Called Ove- Fredrik Backman (353 pages)

Full House- Maeve Binchy (Read a thon, 117 pages))

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown- Holly Black (440 pages)

Fay- Larry Brown (498 pages)

The Girl With the Pearl Earing- Tracy Chevalier (read a thon, 273 pages)

The Girl With All the Gifts- M.R. Carey (435 pages)

Eddie & Sunny- Stacey Chochran (Read a thon, 226 pages)

At the Water's Edge- Sara Gruen (369 pages)

Sugar- Deirdre Riordan Hall (276 pages)

The Prettiest One- James Hankins (402 pages)

Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said- Phillip K Dick (Read a thon, 259 pages)

Girl Waits With Gun- Amy Stewart (416 pages)

In the Tunnel- Takamichi Okubo (Read a thon, 37 pages)

Winnie the Pooh Book 1- AA Milne (Read a thon, 163 pages)

Chasing Windmills- Catherine Ryan Hyde (Read a thon, 274 pages)

Prodigal Summer- Barbara Kingsolver (644 pages)

Peony in Love- Lisa See (406 pages)

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Philippa Gregory Series:

 

The Cousins War series

 

The White Queen (Book 1)

The Red Queen (Book 2)

Lady of the Rivers (Book 3)

The Kingmaker's Daughter (Book 4)

The White Princess (Book 5)

The King's Curse (Book 6)

 

The Tudor Court series

The Constant Princess (Book 1)

The Other Boleyn Girl (Book 2)

The Boleyn Inheritance (Book 3)

The Queen's Fool (Book 4)

The Virgin Queen (Book 5)

The Other Queen (Book 6)

 

To be Followed by

The Taming of the Queen (Release August 25)

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Reading plan:

 

September:

Make Me (Jack Reacher #20- Lee Child (402 pages)

Requiem- Lauren Oliver (369 pages)

 

October:

Something Wicked This Way Comes- Ray Bradbury (308 pages)

Seed- Lisa Heatherfield (352 Pages)

The Girl With All the Gifts- MR Carey (435 pages)

Revival- Stephen King (385 pages)

The White Princess- Philippa Gregory (519 pages)

 

November:

Read a Thon:

In the Tunnel- Takamichi Okubo (37 pages)

Winnie the Pooh- AA Milne (163 pages)

The Box- Hugh Howey (15 pages)

Ask Me Twice- Helen Childress (26 pages)

Cornbread- Sean Hammer (23 pages)

 

Station Eleven- Emily St. John Mandel (354 pages)

The Heart Goes Last- Margaret Atwood (320  pages)

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Abandoned Books:

 

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 58%

The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson 35%

Dracula by Bram Stoker (4th abandonment)

War of the Worlds by HG Wells (re-read)

A Time to Kill- John Grisham 52%

Skeletons at the Feast- Chris Bohjalian (26%, apx 100 pages read)

Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War- Susan Southard (50% of 416, 208 pages read)

Devil in the White City- Erik Larson (447 pages, 50%, 223 pages read)

The Coldest Girl in Coldtown- Holly Black (439 pages, 31%, 129 pages read)

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I see that you have read a few books by CRH in 2014. Why have you not posted them in the CRH topic and given your review/rating on them. :readingtwo:  :giggle2:

I was only sporadically doing reviews then :smile: Got more serious toward the end of the summer.  I can't wait to get into more of her shorter stuff in 2015!

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I hope 2015 will be a great reading year for you, Anna :):readingtwo:! I see a lot of interesting titles on your lists.

Maybe even some we will be reading together!  :)

 

I hope you have lovely reading year Anna :smile:

Thanks girls, and thanks for stopping in and taking the time :)  Marie, how are you liking The Shell Collector?

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You will LOVE Paper Towns and I think you will enjoy Looking for Alaska as well because I know you really enjoyed An Abundance of Katherines.

 

Hope you have a great reading year!! :D  :D  

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You will LOVE Paper Towns and I think you will enjoy Looking for Alaska as well because I know you really enjoyed An Abundance of Katherines.

 

Hope you have a great reading year!! :D  :D  

I can't wait to explore some more John Green in 2015!

 

 

Lots of goodies there ; best of luck with all your reading in 2015 !  :D

Thanks!  I hope all the ones on the Long Short List can be completed.  :readingtwo:

 

 

Best of luck for the year ahead, you have some great books on your lists.

Thanks! :smile:

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Today is the read a thon, so I will try and finish The Alchemist today, I have about 100 pages left. 

 

I also bought two dystopian collections, one for free called Yesterday's Gone: Season One by Sean Platt and David Wright.  It is 500 pages, but comes in 6 installments, all included in the free omnibus.  There are 4 Seasons, 6 installments each, all 6 installments are included in each Season.  I just bought the first season to try, especially because it was free and had lots of good reviews.

 

The second is called Taste of Tomorrow- The Dystopian Box Set   It is a collection of short (40 pages by Hugh Howey) and longish stories (450 pages), by authors like Colin F. Barnes, Chris Ward and Howey.  It was $1 on Amazon, and I looked up all 11 stories and they sounds really good.  The omnibus has a lot of favorable reviews.  I hope to read most of these for upcoming read a thons. 

 

I noticed I have A LOT of dystopian on my long short list, this might turn into a Dystopian year!  :eek:

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