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MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017

This was such a hit last year, that we are thought we would kick off the year again running! How often is our 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 classic that has been sitting on our book shelf, or spend a winter day curled up on the couch with a pile of graphic novels? Let's start this 2017 with a marathon of reading!

With long holiday breaks 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 read for way too long, 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 that by hurrying up and sitting with a book, that you could do a marathon?

Blagica will be leading this challenge. Thank you Blagica!

MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017

Participants for Number of Books
Abir | 0/4
Agnieszka| 27/30
Alex| 3/6
Alya| 0/4
Amanda(188) | 1/4
Andrea| 7/5
Alisia| 0/15
Arushi| 0/5
Betty| 0/4
Blagica| 12/20
Breadcrumb| 0/6
Casandra| 2/3
Charity| 6/8
Cindee| 9/12
Cindy | 0/4
Claire| 0/8
Cynthia| 2/5
Daph| 0/7
Emma| 1/9
Erika | 0/10
Felicia| 0/3
Flora| 2/5
Gail| 0/3
Gwen S. | 5/9
Ilea | 0/12
Jeana| 10/15
Jennifer(343) | 0/3
Jessica H | 0/10
Jodi| 0/8
Jordyn| 0/5
Juliefellioncomcast.net | 0/5
Kadijah Michelle | 0/6
Karin| 2/4
Katie/Doing Dewey| 0/10
Kathi| 0/4
Kalpesh | 0/5
Karoline| 0/4
Kinza | 6/10
Kristin| 7/6
Latifa| 0/3
Lauri| 0/10
Lois| 1/5
Luisa| 0/7
Maddison| 2/10
Mandy| 0/5
Marelis| 4/5
Maureen| 0/10
Megan| 0/7
Mich | 0/4
Monica| 0/5
Nicole| 0/5
Oneika| 0/3
Pam| 2/4
Rachel| 0/3
Rebecca Burke| 3/12
Reshov | 0/20
Samantha| 0/10
Sharon | 0/9
Sheryl| 1/5
Stacey| 0/6
Supriya| 0/3
Tea | 0/5
Tea(166) | 0/10
Teena | 0/4
Tori-Ilana| 3/4
Trisha | 3/12
Tura| 0/20
Vernice| 0/5
Voracious_reader | 0/13




Participants for Number of Pages
Adriana|2,791/4,000
Agnieszka| 5,655/7,000
Blagica | 5,195/5,000
Claire| 349/750
Flora | 702/2,000
Gem | 0/4,000
Gwen S. | 784/2,100
Jeana| 1,944/2,000
Karin| 622/1,200
Kristina | 2,097/2,500
Lindsey| 706/1,000
Lynette|0/650
Marelis| 593/1,057
Melissa| 0/1,500
Maureen| 0/5,000
Niecie| 0/4,000
Nikinnia| 0/4,000
Supriya| 0/1,500
Tea(166) | 0/3,100
Tammy | 0/1,700
Trisha | 1,099/3,000
Vernice| 0/2,000

Participants Who Finished
Sharon | 6,000/6,000 way to go
HyunAe | 9/4 Congrats
Amber| 4/4 Congrats
Claire| 14/10 way to go
Pamela| 4/4 nice going
cobean. | 4/4 good job
Diana | 2,001/1,500 nicely done
Heather| 8/8 way to go
Maxine | 5,095/5,000 awesome
Greg|4,909/3,200 pages 10/8 books Mission completed
Ece| 7/5 way to go
Sherry| 3/3 congrats
Erin | 4/4 way to go happy reading in 2017
Kate | 5/5 ~ 2,565/1,500 WAY to GO
JenniferR| 10/10 way to go
Margie | 10/10 NICE
Andrea| 3.205/2,500 way to go
Tanise| 3/3 awesome
Meaghan| 10/10 nice
Becky| 3/3 way to go
Anna | 4,890,/3,000 awesome job
Taylor R| 1,064/1,000 great work
Janine | 3,436/3,100 way to go
Mie | 2,647/2,600 congratulations
Jennifer| 5/5 nice job
Carol| 3/3 nice going
Rachael | 9/8 way to go
Brianna | 14/9|5,603/3,600 Nice
Emily | 3,039/2,000 Nice
Mary Pat| 6/5 way to go!
Kristin| 7/6 nice job
Richard| 80/80 Wow nicely done
Stephanie (R-A) | 11/10 congrats
Lindsay | 9/9 way to go!
Kelly | 10/8 good going
Siegwalt| 8/3 good going
Rebecca Burke| 6/6 3238 pages Nice
Gretchen| 8/4 congrats
Valerie| 5/5 way to go
Bernie| 4/4 nice job
Vanessa| 10/10 good work ~5,785/3,500
Lynette| 4,257/1,730~ 15/3 way to go
Debra | 16/10 ~3368/2,609 way to go
Amanda(message 120) | 19/18 NICE
Christy | 2,505/2,500 way to go
Ashly | 1,026/1,307 ~7/6 nicely done
Piyush| 7/7 way to go
Amber| 8/4 NICE!
Ami | 30/30 nicely done!
Nurai| 5/5 way to go
Lisa| 1,257/1,000 nicely done
Amanda| 8/6 ~2,448/2,000 congrats
Cindee| 9/9 way to go
Jessica | 24/20 congrats

I'm in!

Please put me down for 20 books :)

I'm counting books that I read to my daughter in my total book count this year. For this challenge, I will only be counting "grown up" books.

January Challenge: Marathon Challenge 2017

(Only counting "grown-up" books, and not bedtime stories to my daughter)

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20/20 - COMPLETED!

I would like to sign up for both pages and books (if possible)!

14 | 09 books
5,603 | 3,600 pages

Please sign me up for 1600 pages :)
Changing my goal to 2600 pages...

Todays total: 2647 - COMPLETE ✔️

I hope to finish (the Danish edition of) these:
�� Dracula - 396 pages
�� Calendar Girl: Volume Two - 456 pages
�� The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - 200 pages
�� Watership Down - 396 pages
�� Nattens kys - 195 Pages
�� Persuasion - 234 pages
�� Calendar Girl: Volume Three - 435 pages
�� Blitz - 335 pages

I will sign up for 4 books, one per week. I am really hoping to get into a one book per week habit this year. I hope this will get me off to a good start.

�� 1. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
�� 2. The Underground Railroad
�� 3. Patron Saint of Liars
�� 4. Rocket Boys

4/4 - Complete

I'm in for 2,500 pages in January.

2,097/2,500

1) Agnes - 147 pages - Finished 1/2/2017
2) The Sparrow - 202 pages (45% in 2017) - Finished 1/4/2017
3) Behold the Dreamers - 380 pages Finished 1/8/2017
4) Nine Stories - 302 - 56 (from 2016) = 246 pages Finished 1/12/2017
5) If on a Winter's Night a Traveler - 278 pages Finished 1/16/2017
6) The Sun Is Also a Star - 348 pages Finished 1/19/2017
7) The Grownup - 64 pages Finished 1/21/2017
8) A.D. 30 - 432 pages Finished 1/21/2017
9) Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk - 284 pages
10) American Gods - 565 pages

I have yet to complete this challenge. Third time is the charm.

5772/5000

345+270+495+699+252+238+537+223+671+325+377+330+329+376+301

Complete

all added good luck everyone!

I'm in for 3,000 pages.

***COMPLETE***

�� 1. The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - 672 pages
�� 2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling - 251 pages
�� 3. American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 722 pages
�� 4. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach - 112 pages
�� 5. House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski - 750 pages
�� 6. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas - 786 pages
�� 7. The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - 944 pages
�� 8. Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick by Matt Fraction - 128 pages
�� 9. Pulp by Charles Bukowski - 208 pages
�� 10. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 317 pages

4,890/3,000

welcome Anna!

I've not participated in any of the marathon/page turning challenges before, so about time I gave it a go!

May sound a bit specific, but I'd like to aim for 100 pages a day, so 3,100 pages.

I like that idea! welcome to the challenge.

I'm in, 6 books and 1,307 pages.

7/6
1,588/1,307

1. Proxy - 50pgs (1/2/17)
2. Strong Signal - 229pgs (1/5/17)
3. The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks - 208 (1/10/17)
4. A List of Cages - 310pgs (1/21/17)
5. The Other Boy - 229pgs (1/23/17)
6. Under Rose-Tainted Skies - 326pgs (1/29/17)
7. Into the Blue - 236pgs (1/31/17)

good luck Ashly all added

I'm in for 8 books, thank you

1. The Art of Becoming Homeless
2. I See You
3. Big Little Lies
4. The Ice Princess
5. Room
6. The Husband's Secret
7. In the Shade of the Monkey Puzzle Tree
8. A Handful Of Pebbles

I'm in with 1,500 pages. :)

I'm going to read 6 books at least 8 books for this challenge.

COMPLETED: 9/8
1. Magic Kingdom For Sale/Sold read 6 January, ***
2. The Whistler read 10 January, ****
3. Partners: A Rogue Lawyer Short Story read 10 January, ****
4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay read 11 January, with review
5. The Testing read 14 January, with review
6. Paper and Fire read 18 January, ****
7. Inside the Magic: The Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them read 21 January, ****
8. Ransom My Heart read 22 January,
9. Chocolat read 28 January, *** with review

welcome to you both I will add everyone now

Kadijah Michelle wrote: "MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017

This was such a hit last year, that we are thought we would kick off the year again running! How often is our New Year's Resolution to rea..."

I want in on the monthly challenges. I'm still trying to figure out how this works. But, I've been looking and love the challenges. Do I need to pick a number of books for each month or for the year?

P.S. I want to sign up for the monthly challenges for the year.

I'm in for 10 and 4,000 pages.

I fell short on this one 5 books and 1,906 pages.

�� 01. 144 in The Happy Prince and Other TalesThe Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales
�� 02. 404 in VictoriaVictoria
�� 03. 520 in Little WomenLittle Women
�� 04. 417 in The Underground RailroadThe Underground Railroad
�� 05. 07. 421 in Defending JacobDefending Jacob

I'm in for 5 books.

Welcome Gem Bernie Kalpesh

Barb wrote: "Kadijah Michelle wrote: "MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017

This was such a hit last year, that we are thought we would kick off the year again running! How often is our New..."

Barb the monthly challenges are posted here

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just let the challenge leader know you want to join and for how many books

Marathon Challenge
Duration: January 1 - January 31, 2017

1. Family Happiness by Leo Tolstoy Completed 6/01/17 Rating 3 stars 76 pages
2. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Completed 9/01/17 Rating 4 stars 352 pages
3. A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot Completed 14/01/17 Rating 4 stars 327 pages
4. A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen Completed 21/01/17 Rating 3 stars 81 pages
5. Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Completed 27/01/17 Rating 3 stars 863 pages
6. The Lost Art of Gratitude by Alexander McCall Smith Completed 28/01/17 Rating 4 stars 249 pages
7. Unsolved Mysteries of Amsterdam by Martijn J. Adelmund Completed 28/01/17 Rating 2 stars 157 pages
8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by Jack Thorne, John Tiffany J.K. Rowling Completed 31/01/17 Rating 3 stars 343 pages

8/6
2,448/2,000

Challenge completed

welcome Amanda!

everyone please let me know if I have made a mistake.

Please sign me up for 4 books

I will sign up for 10 books, please :)

Put me down for 4 books for Janrary please

I'd like to sign up for 4 books. Cheers *v*

welcome to you all!

I'm going to try for 12 books and 3,000 pgs

January Marathon challenge:

12 books/3,000 pgs
1. Big Little Lies 486 pgs
2.What Alice Forgot
3. The Hypnotist's Love Story
4. The Borgia Bride
5. Blood & Beauty: The Borgias
6. Unicorn's Blood
7. The Butterfly Sister
8. Mrs. Poe
9. Deep Blue
10. Darkhouse
11. Whispers of the Bayou 310 pgs
12. The Darwin Conspiracy 303 pgs

Finished : 1,099 pgs/3,000 pgs

Sign me up for 8 books please! :)

MARATHON CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1st - January 31st, 2017

I'd like to read 8 books in January!

1. A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard ��
2. The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr ��
3. Burned and Broken by Mark Hardie ��
4. The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace ��
5. Wing Jones by Katherine Webber ��
6. Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake ��
7. 1984 by George Orwell ��
8. Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton ��
9. Dancing into Battle by Julian Fellowes ��
10. Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton ��

Completed: 10/8 - challenge complete!

I'd like to sign up for 10 books in January.


1. American Gods
2. Red Bones
3. Cassie Scot
4. America's First Daughter
5. When All The Girls Have Gone
6. Secrets and Lies (worst cover ever)
7. A Separation
8. March: Book One
9. Difficult Women
10.The Masked City

Done!

I'm in for 5 books.
1. The Princess Diarist (I got this for Christmas, and now I can't look at the cover without tearing up.)
2. An Ember in the Ashes
3. Three Dark Crowns
4. Listening in: Radio and the American Imagination
5. Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power

welcome everyone who joined!Few more days and we can start all over again.

Sign me up for 10 books and 2417 pages
1. The Secret Garden & A Little Princess (331 pages
2. Behind Closed Doors (304 pages)
3.A Shiver at Twilight (108 Pages)
4. The Fault in Our Stars(313 pages)
5. One Crazy Summer(133 pages)
6. Rosalind(182 pages)
7. Land(200 pages)
8.Minutes Before Sunset (278 pages)
9. The House On Sunflower Road(270 pages)
10.Perfect(298 pages)

welcome Debra!

I'm in for 2000 pages, my usual Marathon Challenge goal! : p

Completed with 3,039 pages.

1. Tender Is the Night completed 1/4 - 344 pages
2. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald completed 1/8 - 384 pages
3. The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe completed 1/11 - 300 pages
4. Kristy's Great Idea (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #1) completed 1/12 - 186 pages
5. The Truth About Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #2) completed 1/13 - 141 pages
6. I Could Pee on This And Other Poems by Cats completed 1/13 - 112 pages
7. Mary Anne Saves the Day (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #3) completed 1/14 - 154 pages
8. Claudia and Mean Janine (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #4) completed 1/14 - 162 pages
9. The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories completed 1/16 - 139 pages
10. A Wrinkle in Time completed 1/16 - 260 pages
11. When You Reach Me completed 1/18 - 199 pages
12. The Silver Chair completed 1/21 - 217 pages
13. Moriarty completed 1/22 - 441 pages

I'm in for 12! I'm using this as an opportunity to finish all the books I started in 2016 along with counting the group reads I'm enrolled in.

I will aim for 9 books in January.

1) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
2) Running with Scissors
3) An Untamed State
4) American Gods
5) Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
6) Strange Weather in Tokyo
7) Bone Quill
8) The Perfect Location
9) The Secret Lives of the Amir Sisters

All added!

I will aim for 1,500 pages.

Completed: 2273/1,500

Books read:
A Study in Scarlet 108pp
A Time to Run 240pp
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between 224pp
Seriously... I'm Kidding 241pp
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 320pp
When I'm With You 262pp
Honeymoon for One 129pp
The Sign of Four
Happy Accidents: A Memoir 304pp
Razer's Ride 229pp
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Loving From Afar 216pp
Outlander

Hi! I'd like to sign up for 3 books and 1,500 pages please. Thanks!

I'm in for 10 books.
1. Into the Still Blue
2. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2
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I'm in for 20 books.

Sign me up for 8 books.

6/8

1. When We Collided by Emery Lord 1/6/17
2. This Raging Light by Estelle Laure 1/9/17
3. Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch 1/15/17
4. Loud in the House of Myself: Memoir of a Strange Girl by Stacy Pershall 1/18/17
5. Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty 1/22/17
6. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 1/30/17
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I'm in for 5.
1.Adulthood Is a Myth
2.Lord of Misrule
3. Running Out of Time
4. The Help
5.Haunted Chippewa Valley

FINISHED!

I'll try for 1700 pages please.

complete: 3493/1700
Outlander - 863
Cinder - 387
To Kill a Mockingbird - 323
Glitches - 32
Scarlet - 452
The Queen's Army - 18
The Little Android - 35
Cress - 560
Winter - 823