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2023: 800,000 Page Challenge
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!
No worries, since you're not the only member to make this mistake!
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..."
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Oops. Apologies. I ass..."
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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?
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!
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!

I hope I am formatting this right!
The Golden Flower Pot by E.T.A. Hoffmann

96 pages
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

329 pages
329+96 = 425
Total to date: 23,504 pages
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Bolesław Prus
720 pages
Total to date: 24 224

720 pages
Total to date: 24 224


Green for Danger - 246 pgs

Total to Date: 24,810 pgs


The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Current Group Total = 28,607 pages


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

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






Total to Date: 32.055


64 The Gremlins

32 Alfie Gets in First

Total pages= 32,973

348 pages
One of the best-written books I have ever read �"
One of my favorite by this author! I loved it too.
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348 pages
One of the best-written books I have ever read �