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Archived Reading Challenges > 2023: 800,000 Page Challenge

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Abyssdancer (Hanging in there!) | 50 comments The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
348 pages

One of the best-written books I have ever read �


message 102: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (last edited Jan 21, 2023 05:30PM) (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Hi,Mike. The book you just posted is too new for our challenge since it was first published well after 1973. We're just using classics for this challenge.
No worries, since you're not the only member to make this mistake!


message 103: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Our actual total is 21 321 pages.


message 104: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Mike wrote: "Rosemarie wrote: "Hi,Mike. The book you just posted is too new for our challenge since it was first published well after 1973. We're just using classics for this challenge."

Oops. Apologies. I ass..."


No worries!


message 105: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Our new updated total is 21 669 pages.


message 106: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Weekend at Thrackley by Alan Melville
Weekend at Thrackley by Alan Melville
242 pages

Total to date: 21 911


message 107: by Cleo (new)

Cleo (cleopatra18) | 99 comments The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

498 pages

Total pages to date: 22,409 pages


message 108: by jegaevi (new)

jegaevi | 11 comments Hey!

I would love to participate in this challenge too! This group seems really wholesome and motivating. Are there any rules or restriction about the books that count, or do they just have to be written at least 50 years ago?


message 109: by John (new)

John R Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

286 pages - 21/01/23

Total to Date : 22,695


message 110: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
jegaevi wrote: "Hey!

I would love to participate in this challenge too! This group seems really wholesome and motivating. Are there any rules or restriction about the books that count, or do they just have to be ..."


Age is the only factor. We use the original publishing date. We have three categories that are newer: Children's/YA is 40 years, Western and Drama are 30 years.

Welcome aboard!


message 111: by Piyangie, Classical Princess (new)

Piyangie | 3288 comments Mod
Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson

Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson 384 pages

Total to date: 23,079 pages


message 112: by jegaevi (new)

jegaevi | 11 comments Thank you Rosemarie!
I hope I am formatting this right!

The Golden Flower Pot by E.T.A. Hoffmann
The Golden Flower Pot by E.T.A. Hoffmann

96 pages

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

329 pages

329+96 = 425

Total to date: 23,504 pages


message 113: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Just right, jegaevi!


message 114: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)


message 115: by Shaina (new)

Shaina | 535 comments Final Acts: Theatrical Mysteries: 103 - 340 pgs

Final Acts Theatrical Mysteries 103 (British Library Crime Classics) by Martin (ed.) Edwards

Green for Danger - 246 pgs

Green for Danger (Inspector Cockrill #2) by Christianna Brand

Total to Date: 24,810 pgs


message 116: by Hung (new)

Hung Nguyen (hungnguyen90) | 15 comments Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson - 242 pages

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Total to date: 25,052 pages


message 117: by Samantha, Creole Literary Belle (new)

Samantha Matherne (creolelitbelle) | -320 comments Mod
I love seeing more members join this challenge.


message 118: by Karen (last edited Jan 23, 2023 09:18AM) (new)

Karen | 86 comments A Separate Peace by John Knowles

208 pages

Total to Date: 25,260


message 119: by Kathy (new)

Kathy E | 2213 comments Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

696 pages

Total to date: 25,956


message 120: by Cleo (new)

Cleo (cleopatra18) | 99 comments Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie Parker Pyne Investigates by Agatha Christie

251 pages

Total Pages To-Date: 26, 207 pages


message 121: by Laurel (new)

Laurel (thislolak) | 106 comments The Pornographers by Akiyuki Nosaka

304p
Total to date: 26,511


message 122: by Laurel (new)

Laurel (thislolak) | 106 comments The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon

364p

total to date: 26,875


Abyssdancer (Hanging in there!) | 50 comments Cup of Gold by John Steinbeck
216 pages


Abyssdancer (Hanging in there!) | 50 comments Hello everyone �

The Cloven Viscount by Italo Colvino
111 pages

Happy reading!

Bonita


message 125: by Carol (new)

Carol (carolfromnc) | -916 comments Tales From The Mountain by Miguel Torga

151 pages

Total to date 27,353 pages


message 126: by Chad (new)


message 127: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome
Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome
208 pages

Total to date: 27 805


message 128: by pice (new)

pice | 7 comments Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery
320 pages

Total to date: 28,125


message 129: by KC (last edited Jan 26, 2023 06:08AM) (new)

KC | 19 comments Good morning ~

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1/20/25 @ 279 pages
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne


The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 1/20/23 @ 31 pages
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe


The Call of the Wild by Jack London 1/25/23 @ 172 pages
The Call of the Wild by Jack London


Current Group Total = 28,607 pages


message 130: by Shaina (last edited Jan 26, 2023 09:15PM) (new)

Shaina | 535 comments Vera - 206 pgs

Total to Date: 28,813 pgs


message 131: by Laurel (new)

Laurel (thislolak) | 106 comments The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

530p

total to date: 29, 343 pages


message 132: by Kushagri (new)

Kushagri | 92 comments True Grit by Charles Portis: 227 pages

Current Group total: 29,570


Abyssdancer (Hanging in there!) | 50 comments Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
197 pages

Happy reading!

Bonita


message 134: by Cleo (new)

Cleo (cleopatra18) | 99 comments 52 Pickup by Elmore Leonard 52 Pickup by Elmore Leonard

324 pages

(and adding Bonita's pages of 197 which don't appear as if they were added)

Total Pages to-Date: 30,091 pages


message 135: by Tr1sha (last edited Jan 28, 2023 01:30AM) (new)

Tr1sha | 1043 comments The Chimes - Charles Dickens
117 pages

Journey by Moonlight - Antal Szerb
291 pages

Wonder Cruise - Ursula Bloom
332 pages

Ice Station Zebra - Alistair MacLean
401 pages

117+291+332+401 = 1 141 pages,
plus total 30 091 from message #134

Current group total = 31 232


message 136: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Thanks, Cleo!


message 137: by John (new)

John R Chess by Stefan Zweig
Chess by Stefan Zweig

83 pages - 28/01/23

Total to Date: 31,315


message 139: by Maureen (new)

Maureen (maursbooks) | 16 comments The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
180 pages

Total to Date 32,235


message 140: by Kathy (new)

Kathy E | 2213 comments Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie
Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie

276 pages

Total to date: 32,511


message 141: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Richard Adams's Favorite Animal Stories by Richard Adams
Richard Adams's Favorite Animal Stories by Richard Adams
236 pages

Total to date: 32 747


message 142: by Laura (last edited Jan 28, 2023 01:24PM) (new)


message 143: by Armin (new)

Armin Durakovic | 169 comments Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #9) by Agatha Christie
Jan 28

274 pages

Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
Jan 26

73 pages

Total pages= 33,320


message 144: by Andrea (new)

Andrea Phillips | 14 comments Jan = 960 pages total
Sankofa
Cachorro velho
Estela sem Deus
Their eyes were watching God
Los enemigos


message 145: by Rosemarie, Northern Roaming Scholar (new)

Rosemarie | 14846 comments Mod
Our new total is 34 280 pages.


message 146: by Cosmic (new)

Cosmic Arcata | 272 comments Abyssdancer wrote: "The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
348 pages

One of the best-written books I have ever read �"


One of my favorite by this author! I loved it too.


message 147: by Piyangie, Classical Princess (new)

Piyangie | 3288 comments Mod
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 149 pages

Total to date: 34,429 pages


message 148: by Kathy (new)

Kathy E | 2213 comments My Friend Maigret by Georges Simenon
My Friend Maigret (Maigret #31) by Georges Simenon

178 pages

Total to date: 34,607


message 149: by Kathy (new)

Kathy E | 2213 comments Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Thank You, Jeeves (Jeeves, #5) by P.G. Wodehouse

230 pages

Total to date: 34,837


message 150: by John (new)

John R Highland River by Neil M. Gunn
Highland River by Neil M. Gunn

242 pages - 30/01/23

Total to date : 35,079


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