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January Challenge: Marathon
Participants:
Books:
Adriana | 13/30
Alison | 2/5
Aly | 0/10
Amanda | 3/6 (mess. 43)
Amanda | 0/6 (mess.70)
Auntie | 0/50 *
Charity | 8/10
Chelsea | 0/5
Chelsea | 1/7 (mess. 181)
Claire | 7/8
Cynthia | 2/3
David 0/8
Deyara | 2/12
Diana S. | 0/13
Dragon | 0/5
Emma | 0/5
Emeraldawn | 0/5
Emily Grace | 0/5
Georgia | 0/8
Heather | 0/5
Heather | 0/5 (mess. 102) *
Jacqueline | 1/5
Jade | 6/10
Jeana | 5/7
Jessica | 0/7 (mess. 54)
Jill | 0/6
Jo | 3/10
Judy | 4/10
Julie | 2/4 (mess. 51)
Julie | 6/20
Kathryn | 4/8
Katie | 0/4
Katie | 0/6
Kimberly | 0/7
Kirsty | 7/8
Kristyn - Reading to Unwind | 0/6
Laura | 0/20
Liana | 3/4
Ligia | 0/8
Lindsey | 0/20
Lisi | 3/7
Lousia | 0/12
Lulu | 2/10
Lyn (Readinghearts) | 0/6
Maggie | 0/5
Marina | 2/12
Mark | 0/6
Mary | 0/4
Megan | 6/7
Melody | 0/2
Niecie | 1/10
Rachel | 4/5
Rebeca | 2/8
Rebecca | 4/10
Renee | 0/6
Renee | 7/10
Renie | 0/20
Ruth | 5/20
Sam | 0/7
Sara | 0/5
SealyBug | 0/5
Shannon | 0/4
Stefani - SpelingExpirt | 0/15
Stephanie | 0/3 (mess. 194)
Stephanie | 0/5 (mess. 203)
Tiffany | 2/30
Victoria | 14/16
Violaine | 0/10
Pages:
Amanda | 0/1300 (mess.66)
Auntie | 0/15000 *
Claire | 833/1400 (mess. 192)
Diana | 2396/2500 *
Dragon | 2529
Frank | 852/2000
Gabriella | 4408/5000
Hayley | 383/1000
Heather | 0/1500 (mess. 102) *
Izzie | 120/1500
Katherine | 830/10 000
Morgan | 0/1250
Niecie | 560/5000
Specific goals:
Bella | 1/3 (500+), 1/1 (750+), 1/1 (1000+)
Completed:
Books:
Aj | 1154/1000
Alex | 6/6
Lisa | 5/5
Maria | 19/10 *
Monica | 4/4
Tammie | 4/4
Natalie | 4/4
Kate | 9/6
Naichulovesbooks | 3/3
Erika | 12/12
Becky | 5/5
Gretchen | 8/8
Gwen | 11/9 *
Jessica | 12/6 (mess. 50)
Jessica | 25/25 (mess. 27)
Sarah | 10/5
Jaime | 8/8
Sam F | 8/8
Stephanie | 5/5
Maiko | 10/10
Karin | 13/5-6
Jane | 8/8
Winter | 10/10 *
Ceira | 6/6
Cassandra | 13/10
Linda | 8/6
Susan | 14/14
Alisia | 16/10
Cynthia | 12/10
Sarah | 10/6
Candiss | 8/8
Gabriella | 25/25 *
Sally | 15/10
Kelly | 14/10
Tarah | 15/15
Andrew | 11/11
Nora | 6/5
Nicole | 6/4
Aparna | 10/10
Blagica | 25/20 *
Diana | 6/5 *
Tori-ilana | 5/5
Chantal | 12/12
Kirby | 4/4
Kim | 5/5
Maureen | 11/10 *
Jennika | 5/5
Pages:
Fatma | 926/600
Maria | 6487/4000 *
Caro | 2912/1500
Gwen | 2929/1800 *
Carrie | 1549/750
Emily | 2054/2000
Sally | 5428/4500
Winter | 3239/3000
Emma | 5634/5000
Marina H | 3020/3000
Rowizyx | 4616/4500
Blagica | 10031/10000 *
Stephanie | 5001/5000
Stephanie (R-A) | 4146/4000
Jackie B. | 4019/3500
Sharon | 3728/2500
Kadijah | 1535/1500
Maureen | 5208/5000 *
Ornina | 1347/1347
I will join this challenge and try for eight books.1.)Pernelle's Escape and Murder at the Queen's Masquerade- Goodreads considers these two separate books but I'm only counting them as one since they are only a 127 pages combined.
2.) The Prince Lost to Time
3.)The Mapping of Love and Death
4.) Land of Shadows: A Medieval Mystery
5.) The Empty Throne
6.) Marvel Encyclopedia Updated and Expanded
7.) The Eye of God
8.) Murder at Whitehall
Goal completed!
I seem to be doing a marathon in December as I try to catch up to my goal of 125 - which had a big set back this year with my cancer surgery and treatments. I may join in January as a new year brings new inspiration!Goal = 2,500 pages
360+247+225+272+240+304+383=2,031
Decreased page goal, but complete. 3339/3000 pages, 11/10 books.
I'm going to go for 8 books in January. So far, I have 5, and I know I will finish another one or two by Sunday: 1. Songs of the Humpback Whale
2. Afterburn: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller
3. A Thousand Splendid Suns
4. The Marauders
5. The Martian
6. A Virtuous Woman
7. Cosega Storm
I'm going to go for pages. 1531/1500
1. Persuasion, 302 pages
2. Wild Seed, 288 pages
3. Divergent. 487 pages
4. Those Promised Paradize- Stories of the Sahabah Vol I, 256 pages
Read 105 pages of Unexpected Afghans: Innovative Crochet Designs with Traditional Techniques and 93 pages of All the Light We Cannot See.
Completed!
I'll try for 8 books as well. Linked books are read:1. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
2. Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan
3. Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale by Lynda Rutledge
4. Scarlet Song by Mariama Bâ
5. The Dog Who Danced
6. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
7. The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
8. Vinyl Cafe Turns the Page by Stuart McLean
9. At the Water's Edge by Sara Gruen
10. Nice to Come Home To by Rebecca Flowers
11. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
12. Paula by Isabel Allende
13. Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
14. The Fall of Five by Pittacus Lore
I'm doing the Bout of Books 15 Read-a-Thon from January 4 - 10, so this is a monthly challenge I think I may actually have a chance of completing.I want to say I'll try for 10 books, but that's probably biting off more than I can chew, so I'll try for 8.
1. Maud Martha - Gwendlyn Brooks
2. Around the World in Seventy-Two Days - Nellie Bly
3. Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth - Xiaolu Guo
4. Tainaron: Mail from Another City - Leena Krohn
5. Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1 - Fumi Yoshinaga
6. Here - Richard McGuire
7. Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft - Joe Hill
8. Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise - Ruth Reichl (audio)
Read: 8/8
I have already set a steep goal of 17 books for myself for the month of January, (I know I am crazy), however, I am thinking of aiming for about 5,000 pages (if that's what you were looking for in this?). It is hard to tell. Everyone seems to be setting book goals. If that is the case, then I guess my goal is 17. Yikes. However, given my personal monthly challenges, that seems to be what needs to happen. It will go fast, though...right? :)1. Faith Bass Darling's Last Garage Sale- 307 pages
2. A Darker Shade of Magic- 398 pages
3. I, Robot- 215 pages
4. Crome Yellow- 174 pages
5. The Nightingale- 440 pages
6. The Lie Tree- 414 pages
7. A World Away- 352 pages
8. Winter- 824 pages
9. Gilead- 247 pages
10. The Martian- 435 pages
11. Omon Ra- 154 pages
12. A Princess of Mars- 186 pages
Total: 4,146/4,000
Completed!
I am going to aim for 10 books1)Pandemonium
2)The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
3)Eragon
4)Fallen
5)Shadow and Bone
6)Miss Mayhem
I'd like to aim for 10 books for January.5/10
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Stephanie (R-A) wrote: "I have already set a steep goal of 17 books for myself for the month of January, (I know I am crazy), however, I am thinking of aiming for about 5,000 pages (if that's what you were looking for in ..."I put you down for 5000 pages. We wanted you to be able to choose either books or pages. If you want books instead, let me know :)
I'm in. 11 books for me, please :)EDIT: Updated goal to 25 books
1. The Six Wives of Henry VIII
2. A Christmas Carol
3. Through the Woods
4. Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
5. Dracula
2. A Christmas Carol
3. Through the Woods
4. Batman: Arkham Asylum - A Serious House on Serious Earth
5. Dracula
6. The Danish Girl
7. God Is Disappointed in You
8. Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
9. Bad Feminist
10. Twelve Years a Slave
11. I'm Just Here for the Free Scrutiny: One Model's Tale of Insanity and Inanity in the Wonderful World of Fashion
12. And Still I Rise: A Selection of Poems Read by the Author
13. DC Comics: Bombshells #1
14. DC Comics: Bombshells #2
15. DC Comics: Bombshells #3
16. Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
17. Skipping Towards Gomorrah
18. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
19. The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
20. Americanah
21. The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
22. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
23. A Game of Thrones: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1
24. Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice
25. Those Across the River
25/25 - COMPLETED!
I'm in for 5 books, including finishing 2 others that are halfway finished. Hopefully I'll do more than that!1. Finishing Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things
2. Finishing Not My Father's Son: A Memoir
3. Between the World and Me
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I'm going to sign up for 8! MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2016
This is not a sprint, but a way to spend January in the pages! Pick the number of pages or books you would like to read in January. The goal is to get the New Year started fast!
1. The Green Mile ✔
2. The Grownup ✔
3. The Little Prince ✔
4. A Room of One's Own ✔
5. The Tales of Beedle the Bard ✔
6. The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly ✔
7. The Bell Jar ✔
8. Under Milk Wood ✔
9. Mary Poppins ✔
10. My Life on the Road ✔
11. Downton Abbey - A Celebration: The Official Companion to All Six Series ✔
12. The Girl In The Ice ✔
13. Cruel Crown ✔
14. All the Rage ✔
COMPLETE 17.01.2016: 8/8
Updated Goal: 14/10
GOALS COMPLETE
I'll try for 3000 pages. That's just about my average number of pages read each month in 2015, but I have a busy January ahead of me, so it'll be a challenge.
Books and pages read:
1. The Valley of Horses 354 p.
2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary 224 p.
3. Ondskaben 350 p.
4. The Bell Jar 237 p.
5. The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story 391 p.
6. Things Fall Apart 172 p.
7. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 130 p.
8. Through the Looking-Glass 128 p.
9. Americanah 512 p.
10. A Man Called Ove 357 p.
11. All the Light We Cannot See 165 p.
Total pages read: 3020/3000 pages
In order to reach my goal of reading 140 books in 2016, I'm going to have to read about 12 books a month. In order to stretch myself (and to give me some slack for later in the year), I'm going to set my January goal to 14 books.1. A Dirty Job read 1/1/2016 ★★★★☆
2. Little Lady, Big Apple read 1/3/2016 ★★★★☆
3. Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin read 1/6/2016 ★★★☆☆
4. Everything I Never Told You read 1/7/2016 ★★★★☆
5. Yes Please read 1/8/2016 ★★★★☆
6. Bird in Hand read 1/9/2015 ★★★☆☆
7. Little Night read 1/11/2016 ★★★☆☆
8. A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty read 1/14/2016 ★★★★☆
9. Astonish Me read 1/16/2016 ★★★★☆
10. Girl at War read 1/16/2016 ★★★★★
11. Girlchild read 1/19/2016 ★★★☆☆
12. Up at Butternut Lake read 1/19/2016 ★★★☆☆
13. Boy, Snow, Bird read 1/21/2016 ★★★☆☆
14. The Golem and the Jinni read 1/24/2016 ★★★★☆
14/14
Challenge completed!
Hmmm... Let's go with a goal of 750 pages. For me, that will be a huge goal :)The Postcard Killers 420p. 1/8/16
Poppy 163p. 1/14/16
The Secret Diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever 373p. 1/19/16
Doll Bones 256p. 1/22/16
My Brother Loved Snowflakes 32p. 1/ /16
Legend 305p. 1/29/16
1549/750
Nice to see so many sign up. Welcome everyone so far!
I want to read 10 books in January - count me in! I don't want to set a specific number of pages, but because I'd feel like I am cheating if I only read short books to reach the goal, I think that at least 8 of these books should be over 300 pages.
I don't dream as high as the rest... The pages will be... I am for 1500 pages...
Updating you two tomorrow and any new ones. Everyone dreams differently Caro, I think that's great ^^
I would like to try for 5 books in January.
I always read the most books of the year in January. I'm going to shoot for 5, which will be a real challenge for me. I will check off books when completedMarathon Challenge
Duration: January 2016
Completed 2/5
1. A Little Princess ✓
2. When Crickets Cry ✓
3. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ✓
4. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up ✓
5. The Other Side of Heaven
I'll be in for 3 books.2/3
I'm in. I'll try for 10 books! 4,000 pages.19 of 10 books 6,487 of 4,000 pages
books pages
1.Red Queen 401
2.Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) 833
3.Ready Player One 372
4. The Luckiest Girl Alive 352
5. Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas 289
6. Still Alice: a novel 353
7. And Then There Were None 317
8. Queen Song 55
9.Unraveling You Series: The Complete Set 592
10. The First Husband 246
11. Aced 300
12. Catcher in the Rye 277
13. The Score 350
14. A Time to Kill 515
15. The Girl You Left Behind 369
16. Never, Never part 3 92
17. The Grapes of Wrath 496
18. Like Water for Chocolate 246
19. Glitches (Lunar Chronicles 0.5) 32
I'm going to try for 15, I think that will be a proper marathon for me.
This is one of the only times in the year where I get time to read a lot so I'll go for thirty books!
Oooo a did a running marathon last year but this will be SO much more fun! Couch, cuddles and reading ... count me in! Im thinking 5 :)1.
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Updated goal: I realized if I want an actual headstart, rather than just setting my pace for the rest of the year, I need to read at least 7 books, so that is my goal now.1. Lost for Words ✔
2. The Bell Jar ✔
3. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress ✔
4. The Time Traveler's Wife ✔
5. The Awakening ✔
6. Radiance ✔
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I'm going to try for 6.12/6
1. The Prince of Tides
2.The Girl on the Train
3.The Martian
4.Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher
5)Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin
6)The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
7)Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
8)Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
9) Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
10) Worthy by Catherine Ryan Hyde
11) Looking for Me by Beth Hoffman
12) Pavilion of Women: A Novel of Life in the Women's Quarters by Pearl S. Buck
I will go for four books.2/4
1. Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog by David Sedaris
2. Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog
I'm going to try for eight books for the month of January.
I am going to aim for 6 books in January!
2025 & 2026 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Unravelling Oliver (other topics)Antony and Cleopatra (other topics)
Scarlet (other topics)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Other Stories (other topics)
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Markus Zusak (other topics)Pittacus Lore (other topics)
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Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2016
Let's start the New Year off running! How many of us have a New Year's Resolution to read more books? How many of us set goals higher that we did last year? How many of us want to read that super long Penguin Classic that has been sitting on our book shelf, or spend long winter days on the couch with a pile of graphic novels? Let's start this New Year with a marathon of reading!
With long school breaks and snow days coming, pick a pile of books you feel you could snuggle up with. A nice long over 500 page book, a group of books under 100 pages, that book that has been on your TBR waiting to be read all day, or anything else you choose for yourself.
This is not a sprint, but a way to spend January in the pages! Pick the number of pages or books you would like to read in January and post them below. The goal is to get the New Year started fast! Who would have thought, with the snow coming, that you could do a marathon in January?
Kadijah Michelle is the creator of this challenge, thank you!