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Put your December total here! I will tally our final count after that! Here's to a productive and joyful 2026 for all!

YEAR GOAL: 145 books/25 nE, 36,000 pages

(Obiviously I didn't even come close except for the not-in-English)

JANUARY: 10 books, 3 nE, 2,478 pages, avg. 248 pages
FEBRUARY: 7 books, 2 nE, 1,689 pages, avg. 241 pages
MARCH: 7 books, 1 nE, 2,565 pages, avg. 366 pages
APRIL: 10 books, 3 nE, 3,047 pages, avg. 305 pages
MAY: 9 books, 5 nE, 2,540 pages, avg. 282 pages
JUNE: 9 books, 3 nE, 2,515 pages, avg. 279 pages
JULY: 20 books, 3,816 pages, avg. 191 pages
AUGUST: 7 books, 2,299 pages, avg. 328 pages
SEPTEMBER: 4 books, 3 nE, 654 pages, avg. 218 pages
OCTOBER: 10 books, 1 nE, 3,599 pages, avg. 360 pages
NOVEMBER: 11 books, 3 nE, 3,919 pages, avg. 356 pages
DECEMBER: 8 books, 3 nE, 3,179 pages, avg. 397 pages
TOTAL: 113 books, 27 nE, 29,785 pages, avg. 264 pages

DECEMBER BOOKS:
106. Louise Haywood and Francisco Toro, edd., Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita, y el “Libro de buen amor”: II Congreso Internacional (Congreso homenaje a Alan Deyermond)[2007] 36 articles, approx.496 pages [Kindle] [Mostly Spanish]
107. Alphonse Donatien, Marquis de Sade, Aline et Valcour, ou le Roman philosophique (tome 4) [1795] 323 pages [Kindle, in French]
108. Somadeva Bhatta, Katha Sarit Sagara, or The Ocean of the Streams of Story (Tawney tr.) v. 1 [11th cent.] [Eng. tr.] 247pages
109. Somadeva Bhatta, Katha Sarit Sagara, or The Ocean of the Streams of Story (Tawney tr.) v. 2 [11th cent.] [Eng. tr.] 702 pages
110. Shota Rustaveli, The Knight in the Panther’s Skin [late 12th or early 13th cent.; Eng. Tr. (Lyn Coffin) 2015] 277 pages [Kindle]
111. Toro Ceballos, Francisco, and Godinas, Laurette, edd., Juan Ruiz, Arcipreste de Hita, y el “Libro de buen amor”: III Congreso Internacional (Congreso homenaje a Jacques Joset)[2011] 508 pages [Kindle] [Mostly Spanish]
112. George Saunders, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: Four Russians Give a Master Class in Writing, Reading, and Life [2021] 410 pages
113. Salmon Rushdie, Haroun and the Sea of Stories [1990] 216 pages [Kindle, Overdrive]

GROUP TOTAL: 3,179 pages

Read in December:

160)The End of Summer by Rosamund Pilcher, 233 pgs
161) The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen, 303 pgs
162) The Traitor’s Wife by Allison Pataki, 467 pgs
163) A Man’s Place by Annie Ernaux, 96 pgs
164) Letters from Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien, 111 pgs
165) My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell, 273 pgs
166) Read Your Mind by Oz Pearlman, 304 pgs
167) I Deliver Parcels in Beijing by Hu Anyan, 336 pgs
168) Over-Time by Frank Deford, 424 pgs
169) The Antiques by Kris D’Agostino, 289 pgs
170) Big Bend by J.O. Langford, 159 pgs
171) Love and Saffron by Kim Fay,
172) Twisted Twenty-Six by Janet Evanovich, 306 pgs
173) I Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan, 152 pgs
174) Fair Weather by Richard Peck, 139 pgs
175) Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead by Mai Nguyen, 288 pgs

Total: 4,059 Pages

GROUP TOTAL: 7,238 PAGES

DECEMBER

296. We'll Prescribe You a Cat by Syou Ishida 297 pages
297. The Village Beyond the Mist by Sachi Kakashimwaba 148 pages
298. 13 Months Haunted by Jimmy Juliano 384 pages
299. The Zoo of Intelligent Animals by D. A. Holdsworth 449 pages
300. Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore 339 pages
301. Moosh and Goose's Adventure to Gnome Island by Beckham Miller 40 pages
302. Fables From South Africa by Samuel DenHartog 224 pages
303. Candy Canes of Christmas Past by Leslie Meyer 153 pages
304. The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams 432 pages
305. Second Suns by David Oliver Relin 432 pages
306. A Long Way to Auschwitz by Simon H. Kohavi 357 pages
307. Meet Reba by Stephanie Wheeler 42 pages
308. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey 209 pages
309. Christmas at Ferndean Manor by Joanna Campbell Slan 260 pages
310. Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney 306 pages
311. Mistletoe, Moussaka and Murder by Tina Kashian 354 pages
312. Christmas Eve Manor Murder Mystery Clue Advent Calendar by Howard Arnold 306 pages
313. Let It Snow by Red Tash 354 pages
314. Mercy Watson is Missing by Kate DiCamillo 177 pages
315. I Am the Walrus by Neal Shusterman 400 pages
316. The Thirteenth Child by deMeza 326 pages
317. The Bones Beneath My Skin by T. J. Klune 416 pages
318. Survive the Night by Riley Sager 336 pages
319. True Biz by Sara Novic 386 pages

Total Read for the Month: 6746
GROUP TOTAL: 13,984

December

170. When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II – Molly Guptill Manning (4 Stars) 12/3/25 [299]
171. The Patchwork Bride – Sandra Dallas (3 stars) 12/15/25 [304]
172. Lost Lake – Sarah Addison Allen (3 stars) 12/18/25 [352]
173. A Good Yarn (Blossom Street, #2) – Debbie Macomber (3 stars) 12/20/25 [380]
174. Joe's Wife – Cheryl St. John (3 stars) 12/22/25 [299]
175. Mission for the Maharajah (Patricia Fisher Cruise Ship Mysteries, #7) – Steve Higgs (3 stars) 12/26/25 [167]
176. A Sleuth and her Dachshund in Athens (Patricia Fisher Cruise Ship Mysteries, #8) – Steve Higgs (3 stars) 12/28/25 [162]
177. The London Bookshop Affair – Louise Fein ( stars) 12/31/25 2024 [416]
178. The Maltese Parrot (Patricia Fisher Cruise Ship Mysteries, #9) – Steve Higgs (3 stars) 12/29/25 [168]
179. No Place Like Home (Patricia Fisher Cruise Ship Mysteries, #10) – Steve Higgs (3 stars) 12/30/25 [199]

Total Books - 10 (pathetic month!)
Total pages - 2746

Group Total: 16,730

Here's my December reads:

1. After Hours at Dooryard Books--Cat Sebastian--319 pages
2. As My General Commands--Romeo Alexander--173 pages
3. Beauty and the Cop--Nichole Rose--147 pages
4. Cats Don't Like Christmas--20 pages
5. Duck and Dive--G. B. Balph--112 pages
6. Trust Me, I Hate You--Romeo Alexander--171 pages
7. Brett and Rowdy--B. A. Tortuga--222 pages
8. It Had to Be Him--Adib Khorram--373 pages
9. Jingle My Bells--Romeo Alexander--71 pages
10. Merry Cherry Christmas--Keira Andrews--213 pages
11. Little Fires Everywhere--Celeste Ng--484 pages

Pages: 2305

GROUP TOTAL: 19,035

DECEMBER
126. The Christmas Shoes- Donna VanLiere 132 pages
127. Unwrapping Christmas -Lori Copeland 157 pages
128. Over My Head-Claudia Osborn 238 pages
129. Pursued-Corey Mead 275 pages
130. The Whole Town's Talking -Fannie Flagg 402 pages
131. Truly-Lionel Richie 460 pages
132. How To Lose Your Mother- Molly Jong-Fast 246 pages
133. Betty: A Memoir by Mary McSwain Steele 250 pages
134. Let's Go The Long Way Home-Gail Caldwell 190 pages
135. Disloyal-Michael Cohen 432 pages

Total For December: 2,782
Group Total: 21,817