One Million Pages Per Lifetime discussion

This month we will be doing two different challenges.

1. Read any book that is 400+ pages
2. Read any book from this website

How many books can you all get this month?

I'm aiming for 5, but my super reading goal is 8 :). I'll post as I finish the books.

I def. have several large books on the pile for this upcoming month

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Kushiel's Chosen

I'm in. I'll be doing the 400+ pages one and will post as I go...

Oh, didn't specify. Only doing the 400+ pages as well.

I am going to do the 400+ page one as well. I will also see what I can read off the bestbooks.org site. Not sure yet.

I am in. Going to read A Long Way Gone. Already requested it from the library!!

Any thoughts about giving a bonus point or two for longer books? Like 1 bonus point for books over 750 pages, 2 points for books over 1000 pages?

Yeah, that would push members to get out the ginormous ones.

I am confused about the point system. Can someone please explain? Yes, I am a new member here :)

Okay technically there aren't any points, but each book in this case, is worth one point. Shay was asking if we could be awarded for reading bigger books. 1 point for 400+ pages, 2 points for 750+, and 3 points for 1000+ pages. Make sense?

Zakiya wrote: "Okay technically there aren't any points, but each book in this case, is worth one point. Shay was asking if we could be awarded for reading bigger books. 1 point for 400+ pages, 2 points for 750+,..."

Yes, that's what I meant. Like you could read 5 books, but have 8 points.

Yes, like that!

I love that idea. Thanks for clarifying!! :)

Haha youre welcome! :D

I'm going to stick with just the 400+ challenge for this month, seeing as I didn't get a chance to read any of the books for the teen reading list challenge in august :( I'll post these as I go. I think I'll aim for five to start and see where I can go from there.

I'm going to try for 10 points- don't know how many individual books.

Not sure how many points I'm hoping to aim. Depends on what books I read, so i'll just say 8 books, points are opt. according to the books.

1. The World According to Garp by John Irving (609 pages, 1 point)
2. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton (418 pages, 1 point)
3. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton (596 pages)
4. The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston (629 pages)
5. Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston
6. Brimstone by Douglas Preston (752 pages, 2 points)
7. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
8. Dance of Death by Douglas Preston
9. The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston
10. People of the Wolf (First North Americans by W. Michael Gear
11. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
12.Vixen by Jillian Larkin

Shay, why two points? You would only get 1 for that one. It's not 750 pages.

Zakiya wrote: "Shay, why two points? You would only get 1 for that one. It's not 750 pages."

You're right, thanks. Made the correction.

No problem!

I'll try it out, The book I've started is over 400 so this works perfect.

Finished my first book!

From website:
~ The Notebook (under Fiction)

Finished the first one from the website:

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

finished:

Retribution - 448 pages...ugh, is all I can say...thankfully it was a fast read - but glad I got it from the library

I have a question on the 400+ pages one. Do we read books more than 400 pages long? I just finished reading and it is only 400 pages and was wondering if I should count it for the 400+ pages challenge.

yep, that would count for the challenge! as long as it's at least 400 it counts :)

Zakiya wrote: "yep, that would count for the challenge! as long as it's at least 400 it counts :)"

Okay good! So I finally finished one book for the challenge, lol!

Haha, I understand that one! This seems to be hard for me this month, because all of my books want to be stubborn LOL :) I've only got one book that happened to be on the website.

1. Breaking the Silence by Diane Chamberlain (407 pages, 1 point)

I just finished which is 406 pages. This makes it now 2 books I have read this month over 400 pages!

as soon as i finish girl with the dragon tattoo, i'll have two books for this month.

I made my goal. I read 10 books (11 points):
1. The World According to Garp by John Irving (609 pages, 1 point)
2. Blue Moon by Laurell K. Hamilton (418 pages, 1 point)
3. Obsidian Butterfly by Laurell K. Hamilton (596 pages)
4. The Cabinet of Curiosities by Douglas Preston (629 pages)
5. Still Life with Crows by Douglas Preston
6. Brimstone by Douglas Preston (752 pages, 2 points)
7. The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
8. Dance of Death by Douglas Preston
9. The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston
10. People of the Wolf (First North Americans by W. Michael Gear
11. Vixen by Jillian Larkin
12. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
13. Fires in the Dark by Louise Doughty
14. The Throne of Fire by Rick Riordan

its def. been a slow reading month for me - but I have a couple of longer ones that i'm starting now that i'll hopefully finish before the end of the month

It has been slow as well for me...I think I am reading maybe one right now...Oh well. Maybe next months challenge.

I just haven't had a lot of longer reads

Glad to see I'm not the only one whose had a slow go of this challenge. I've only finished one so far. I have a longer one going that would count for it, but it's been really hard to get into

I'm currently working on reading two long books this month. I'm not sure that I'll get them finished by the end of September. I read approx. 50 pages in each of the books each day (in addition to the shorter books that I average reading 1-4 a week).

The longer books that I'm currently reading are:
The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel (9.1-9.28)

&

Through Wolf's Eyes by Jane Lindskold

Will post a reading status update by the end of the month.

I finished The Land of Painted Caves but neglected to finish Through Wolf's Eyes in September.

I just finished which is 454 pages long. This now makes three books I have completed for this challenge so far.

Awesome reading, Amy!

Finished my second book!

From website:
~ The Notebook (under Fiction)

400+ pages:
~ The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (644 pages)

Zakiya wrote: "Awesome reading, Amy!"

Thank you! It's funny how most of the time, the page numbers on goodreads does not match the page numbers of the actual books in your hands.

Right! And then, usually, if you do find a version that DOES have the right amount of pages, it's not the version you have. LOL! :p

Zakiya wrote: "Right! And then, usually, if you do find a version that DOES have the right amount of pages, it's not the version you have. LOL! :p"

Lol yeah.

Is there going to be an October challenge?

Yeah I will post it now.