Read As Many Pages As You Can Challenge discussion

In 2019, I will be officially updating the the different levels. Until then, use the list below to set your 2019 goal!

Dwarf Willow - Read 5,000 pages
Bonsai - Read 10,000 pages
Wooly Thyme Shrub - Read 15,000 pages
Hydrangea Shrub - Read 20,000 pages
Goldenrod Shrub - Read 25,000 pages
Money Tree - Read 30,000 pages
Fiddleleaf Fig - Read 35,000 pages
Dwarf Peach - Read 40,000 pages
Apple Tree - Read 45,000 pages
Eastern Redbud - Read 50,000 pages
Cypress - Read 55,000 pages
Sassafras - Read 60,000 pages
Maple - Read 65,000 pages
Cedar - Read 70,000 pages
Yew - Read 75,000 pages
Hemlock - Read 80,000 pages
Birch - Read 85,000 pages
Chestnut - Read 90,000 pages
Alder - Read 95,000 pages
Buckeye - Read 100,000 pages
Oak - Read 110,000 pages
Poplar - Read 120,000 pages
Walnut - Read 130,000 pages
Coconut - Read 140,000 pages
Sweet Gum - Read 150,000 pages
Elm - Read 160,000 pages
Sycamore - Read 170,000 pages
Beech - Read 180,000 pages
Giant Sequoia - Read 190,000 pages
Spruce - Read 200,000 pages
Douglas Fir - Read 220,000 pages
Juniper - Read 240,000 pages
Mountain Ash - Read 260,000 pages
Redwood - Read 280,000 pages
Great Basin Bristlecone pine (Methuselah) - Read 300,000+ pages

Happy Reading!

I'm new to this group and I look forward to attempting the humble Wooly Thyme Shrub goal of 15,000 pages for physical books. 📖👀 (I have a separate goal of listening to 24 audiobooks. 📱🔊👂🏼)

I am going to Try: Sweet Gum - Read 150,000 pages

Level 1: Dwarf Willow - Read 5,000 pages
146- Elevation 1/2
333-Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time 1/2
336- The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal 1/2
TOTAL =815

256- Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology 1/3
TOTAL =1071

772- Aztec 1/3
235- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 1/4
246- The Painted Veil 1/6
450- The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories 1/6
TOTAL =2774

514- The Beggar King 1/7
208- The Spy 1/8
312- Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold 1/9
265- Broken 1/10
417- Adnan's Story: The Search for Truth and Justice After Serial 1/10
294- The Gendarme 1/11
TOTAL =4784

384- Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties 1/12
TOTAL =5168

Kenia wrote: "I'm new to this group and I look forward to attempting the humble Wooly Thyme Shrub goal of 15,000 pages for physical books. 📖👀 (I have a separate goal of listening to 24 audiobooks. 📱🔊👂🏼)"

Hi Kenia, I am also new!

I'm going to try for Cypress - 55,000 pages. I'm not sure if I quite made it in 2018 so I'm going to try again.

I'm at roughly 36.000 pages this year, so I will try to match this number next year.

I'm going to go for Dwarf Peach - Read 40,000 pages. I don't know if this year was an anomaly or not, but I'm going to try and match it!

This year, I read just over 50,000 pages so I am going to shoot for Cypress - 55,000!

For 2019, I'm going for Bosnia. 2018 I aimed for Goldenrod Shrub, but only got to a little over 9,000 pages. Even though I did not make the goal, I did read a few more books than in 2017!

Good luck everyone!

Hi, I'm new to this group. I am going to start with the "Dwarf Willow - Read 5,000 pages".

I finished last year just above Dwarf Peach (which is a cool name). For 2019, I will push it up a notch to Apple Tree (which is an uninteresting name... but a producer of great fruit.)

Nothing wrong with Apples 😉

I will go for the Great Basin Bristlecone pine (Methuselah) - Read 300,000+ pages

What was I thinking?:-) I’m going for Giant Sequioa

Claire wrote: "I will go for the Great Basin Bristlecone pine (Methuselah) - Read 300,000+ pages"

Wow, that one is a dozy!

going to attempt spruce lol

Abbie DiscoSuperFly wrote: "Claire wrote: "I will go for the Great Basin Bristlecone pine (Methuselah) - Read 300,000+ pages"

Wow, that one is a dozy!"

I made a mistake. It is indeed a bit too much:-)

I am going for Giant Sequioa!

Claire wrote: "Abbie DiscoSuperFly wrote: "Claire wrote: "I will go for the Great Basin Bristlecone pine (Methuselah) - Read 300,000+ pages"

Wow, that one is a dozy!"

I made a mistake. It is indeed a bit too mu..."

Hey, well you never know!

Sweet Gum - Read 150,000 pages

LEVEL 1

Level 2: Bonsai - Read 10,000 pages
TOTAL =5168

72- The Foretelling
TOTAL =5240

1049- The Arabian Nights 1/13
TOTAL =6289

My goal will be the Goldenrod Shrub 25,000

371-Splintered
288-Turtles All the Way Down
336-Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines
176-The Rose That Grew from Concrete
171-Every Heart a Doorway
467-Firstlife
608-Tilt
406-Illusive
320-The Last Academy
220-The Maze of Bones
174-One False Note
156-The Sword Thief

Total- 3,692

My goal is Eastern Redbud - 50,000 pages. Last year read almost 35,000 pages. I have planned to read a couple of more that 600 pages books.
---------Completed so far: 6,813 pages

January
: 320 : 123 : 496 : 416 : 480 : 485 :453 : 290 : 451 : 224
Total pages: 3,738

February
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 341
City of Glass: 541
180 Seconds: 300
The Librarian of Auschwitz: 424
City of Fallen Angels: 424
The Picture of Dorian Gray: 248
Thinner: 340
City of Lost Souls: 534
Frankenstein: 223
Total Pages: 3,075

March

I will attempt to go for Dwarf Peach: 40,000 pages

LEVEL 1: 5,000 pages- Complete 2/14/19

1. American Operator by Brian Andrews- 1/9/19, Pg. 426
2. Burial Rites by Hannah Kent- 1/13/19, Pg. 336- default I read the audio version
3. Lies She Told by Cate Holahan- 1/18/19, Pg. 304- default I read the audio version
4. Even If It Kills Her by Kate White- 1/18/19, Pg. 448- default I read the audio version
5. Horns by Joe Hill- 1/20/19, Pg. 370- default I read the audio version
6. Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution by Tucker Carlson- 1/24/19, Pg. 241- I read audio
7. Altar of Eden by James Rollins- 1/31/19, Pg. 512
8. Abuse of Power by Michael Savage- 2/1/19, Pg. 352- I read audio
9. The Atomic City Girls by Janet Beard- 2/2/19, Pg. 353- I read audio
10. Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World by Max Lucado- 2/2/19, Pg. 240- I read audio
11. The River at Night by Erica Ferencik- 2/3/19, Pg. 304- I read audio
12. (Don't) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health- 2/4/19, Pg. 241
13. Goldendoodle Care & Training: The Complete Guide On Raising, Training, & Caring For Goldendoodle Puppies by Lisa Ulrich- 2/8/19, Pg. 69
Total: 4,196

Update:

14. Chicago: A Novel of Prohibition by David Mamet- 2/11/19, Pg. 352- I read audio
15. He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly- 2/13/19, Pg. 416
16. The Bishop's Pawn: A Novel by Steve Berry- 2/14/19, Pg. 496
17. The Devil in Jalalabad by S. M. Barton- 2/14/19, Pg. 316

Total: 5,776- Dwarf Willow

Level 2: 10,000 pages- Complete 3/19/19

Update:

18. The Devils' Due by Steve Berry- 2/15/19, Pg. 23
19. Big Driver by Stephen King- 2/16/19, Pg. 198
20. Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell- 2/17/19, Pg. 358- I read audio
21. The Museum of Mysteries by Steve Berry- 2/18/19, Pg. 165
22. Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John Edward Douglas & Mark Olshaker- 2/22/19, Pg. 397- I read audio
23. I've Got My Eyes on You by Mary Higgins Clark- 2/24/19, Pg. 257
24. Bloodline by James Rollins- 2/28/19, Pg. 636
25. Journey Into Darkness by John Edward Douglas & Mark Olshaker- 3/7/19, Pg. 382- I read audio
26. Don't Let Go by Michel Bussi- 3/7/19, Pg. 320
27. In a Cottage In a Wood by Cass Green- 3/14/19, Pg. 321
28. Hero Dogs: How a Pack of Rescues, Rejects, and Strays Became America's Greatest Disaster-Search Partners by Wilma Melville & Paul Loboschefsky- 3/15/19, Pg. 336- I read audio
29. The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye- 3/16/19, Pg. 352- I read audio
30. Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone- 3/16/19, Pg. 267- I read audio
31. The Eye of God by James Rollins- 3/19/19, Pg. 530
Total: 10,315- Bonsai

Update:

Level 3: 15,000 pages- Complete 5/16/19

32. The Tower by Gregg Hurwitz- 3/21/19, Pg. 417- I read audio
33. Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman- 3/21/19, Pg. 352
34. Copycat by Alex Lake- 3/25/19, Pg. 417
35. Dead Woman Walking by Sharon J. Bolton- 3/31/19, Pg. 368- I read audio
36. The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena- 4/3/19, Pg. 316
37. The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor- 4/4/19, Pg. 304
38. Black Ice by Anne Stuart- 4/8/19, Pg. 384
39. The Bourbon Thief by Tiffany Reisz- 4/12/19, Pg. 432
40. Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters- 4/16/19, Pg. 262
41. Love Me to Death by Allison Brennan- 4/21/19, Pg. 498
42. Raven Black by Ann Cleeves- 4/26/19, Pg. 374- I read audio
43. Naked in Death by J.D. Robb- 4/26/19, Pg. 316
44. New Year Island by Paul Draker- 5/12/19, Pg. 725
Total: 15,480- Wooly Thyme Shrub

Update:

LEVEL 4: Hydrangea Shrub - Read 20,000 pages- Complete 7/10/19

45. Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel- 5/16/19, Pg. 352
46. The Forgotten Hours by Katrin Schumann- 5/27/19, Pg. 362
47. Inspection by Josh Malerman- 5/30/19, Pg. 387
48. Crooked House by Agatha Christie- 6/6/19, Pg. 276- I read audio
49. That Night by Chevy Stevens- 6/13/19, Pg. 372- I read audio
50. Silent Victim by Caroline Mitchell- 6/15/19, Pg. 325
51. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann- 6/18/19, Pg. 377
52. Those Girls by Chevy Stevens- 6/23/19, Pg. 384- I read audio
53. Doll House by John Hunt- 6/24/19, Pg. 225
54. Snowfall by Sharon Sala- 6/30/19, Pg. 375
55. The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger- 7/1/19, Pg. 359
56. City of the Lost by Kelley Armstrong- 7/5/19, Pg. 471- I read audio
57. Suspect by Michael Robotham- 7/10/19, Pg. 351
Total: 20,096

Update:

LEVEL 5: Goldenrod Shrub - Read 25,000 pages- Complete 11/10/19

58. Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney- 7/12/19, Pg. 387 - I read audio
59. The English Wife by Lauren Willig- 7/26/19, Pg. 376- I read audio
60. Backlash by Brad Thor- 7/31/19, Pg. 384
61. What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris- 8/4/19, Pg. 364
62. Block 46 by Johana Gustawsson- 8/12/19, Pg. 300
63. In the Blood by Steve Robinson- 8/15/19, Pg. 394
64. The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński- 9/10/19, Pg. 258
65. Insights on Luke by Charles R. Swindoll- 10/1/19, Pg. 608
66. By the Book by Dean Wesley Smith- 10/12/19, Pg. 272
67. What Price Honor? by Dave Stern- 10/17/19, Pg. 336
68. What is the Point?: Discovering Life's Deeper Meaning and Purpose by Misty Edwards- 10/18/19, Pg. 240
69. Surak's Soul by J.M. Dillard- 10/28/19, Pg. 240
70. Daedalus by Dave Stern- 11/7/19, Pg. 352
71. The Malta Exchange by Steve Berry- 11/9/19, Pg. 416
Total: 25,023

LEVEL 6: Money Tree - Read 30,000 pages- Complete on 12/13/19

72. Red Specter by Brian Andrews- 11/10/19, Pg. 424
73. The 6th Extinction by James Rollins- 11/14/19, Pg. 567
74. Ice and Bone: Tracking an Alaskan Serial Killer by Monte Francis- 11/15/19, Pg. 392, Read audio
75. Daedalus's Children: Part Two of Two by Dave Stern- 11/17/19, Pg. 384
76. The Eighth Sister by Robert Dugoni- 11/19/19, Pg. 437, Read audio
77. Man of War: An Eric Steele Novel by Sean Parnell- 11/22/19 Pg. 356, Read audio
78. The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins- 11/27/19, Pg. 670
79. Origin by Diana Abu-Jaber- 11/28/19, Pg. 384, Read audio
80. Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan- 12/1/19, Pg. 323, Read audio
81. The Seventh Plague by James Rollins- 12/2/19, Pg. 622
82. Star Trek Enterprise: Last Full Measure by Michael A. Martin- 12/9/19, Pg 352
83. The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer- 12/12/19, Pg. 521, Read audio
Total: 30,455

LEVEL 7: Fiddleleaf Fig - Read 35,000 pages
84. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides- 12/19/19, Pg. 323, Read audio
85. Rosetta by Dave Stern- 12/20/19, Pg. 416
86. Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz- 12/29/19, Pg. 367, Read audio
Total: 31,561

Hello. It is almost September 1 and I was just told about this group. My goal is Spruce, 200,000 pages. I am currently at 123,728 pages. I will post going forward regarding page count.

August:
367. Never Deny a Duke by Madeline Hunter, 8/29, 304 pages
368. Sit, Stay, Love by Debbie Burns, 8/30, 372 pages
369. My Forever Home by Debbie Burns, 8/30, 352 pages
370. Love at First Bark by Debbie Burns, 8/31, 352 pages
371. The Vicarage Murder by Faith Martin, 8/31, 205 pages

Starting here, from book #367 is 1,385 pages

123,728 + 1,385 =

Total June - August - 125,113


September:

388. Curtain by Agatha Christie
387. Taken to the Grave by M.M. Chouinard,
386. The Lies We Tell by by Debra Webb
385. The Secrets We Bury by Debra Webb, 432 pages
384. The Undertaker's Daughter by Debra Webb, 115 pages
383. The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney, 9/6, 424 pages
382. The Dancing Girls by M.M. Chouinard, 9/5, 304 pages
381. No Time to Say Goodbye: A heartbreaking and gripping emotional page turner by Kate Hewitt, 9/5, 332 pages
380. Diamond Fire by Ilona Andrews, 9/4, 160 pages
379. White Hot by Ilona Andrews, 9/3, 389 pages
378. Wildfire by Ilona Andrews, 9/3, 391 pages
377. Burn for Me by Ilona Andrews, 9/2, 400 pages
376. 29 Seconds by T.M. Logan, 9/2, 432 pages
375. Play Dead by Anne Penketh, 9/2, 384 pages
374. The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, 9/2, 262 pages
373. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, 9/1, 354 pages
372. The Daddy Coach by Karen Muir, 9/1, 254 pages

Robin Loves wrote: "Hello. It is almost September 1 and I was just told about this group. My goal is
Spruce
, 200,000 pages. I am currently at 123,728 pages. I will post going forward regarding page count."

So happy to have you!

Sam wrote: "Robin Loves wrote: "Hello. It is almost September 1 and I was just told about this group. My goal is
Spruce
, 200,000 pages. I am currently at 123,728 pages. I will post going forward regarding p..."

Thank you!

Just discovered the group, so I'm a bit late throwing my hat in the ring for this year. I've always focused more on pages read than on books read. I also like big books so I have a personal goal this year of averaging 500 pages per book read. I'm currently at 495 pages for that goal. I'm also at 8,914 total pages for the year, so I'm going to set my goal at Wooly Thyme Shrub level and strive to actually achieve the Hydrangea Shrub level.

Dan wrote: "Just discovered the group, so I'm a bit late throwing my hat in the ring for this year. I've always focused more on pages read than on books read. I also like big books so I have a personal goal th..."

Happy to have you join!