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message 32 update - 2/10!

Updated message #29

1/5

I updated Message #30 and upped my goal to 10 books.

1/10 books completed. :)

We're one week in, and you're all doing amazingly! Congratulations to everyone on their progress! 🥳

TerryJane and Briana , I've updated your goals accordingly.
Welcome to the challenge Sahira and Beth! (as well as anyone else I might've missed.)

May you all have a fantastic week filled with lots of books and autumnal vibes! ☀️��

Updated message 11: 3/8 books completed

So far, I have surpassed Mount Kinka (Gifu), Japan (329 metres high)

3/6 complete
Will come back to list books later

Hola!
Update to message #17

PROGRESS: 14/20
PAGES: 5,249 (* Bonus Challenge)

I surpassed Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, rising 4,805.59 m (11th in the world) ⛰️
Mont Elbrus, altmost there! 🧗🏻‍♀️��

Update to message #34 - 4/7 books read!
1,237/3,360 pages read!

Hola!
Update to message #17

PROGRESS: 16/20
PAGES: 6,282 (* Bonus Challenge)


I already surpassed Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of 20,310 feet (6,190 m) above sea level (3th in the world) ⛰️

Mulhacén (3,482) - Mont Blanc (4,805) - Mont Elbrus (5,642) - Kilimanjaro (5,895) - Denali (6,190) - Aconcagua (6,961)- Everest (8,848)

Update to post 48

7/25 books

🏔�� 2987 pages = Mount Girouard in the Canadian Rockies ()

Elizabeth Sofia
Surpassing One's Limits
Duration: 9/1-31/24
Goal: 0/5 books

Tasks:
1. Read a book with 110 pages:
2. Read a book with 150 pages:
3. Read a book with 200 pages:
4. Read a book with 250 pages:
5. Read a book with 300 pages:

Finished
Sign me up for 8
Progress

5/8

* Start Climbing: Read a book with 110 pages.
* Keep Going: Read a book with 150 pages.
* Getting Higher: Read a book with 200 pages.
* Reaching New Heights: Read a book with 250 pages.
* Summit Push: Read a book with 300+ pages.
* Bonus Challenge: Accumulate a total page count to surpass the height of a chosen mountain (e.g., Mount Everest with 8,849 pages)
Surpassing Mount Kosciuszko 2,228

1.
2.
3.
4. 250 pages Demonic Prince 252
5. 300+ pg Club 22 531
Anarchy 369
300+ pg Dead Witch Walking 416
300+ pg Timber 749
Surpassing Mount Kosciuszko 2,228
Total 2317

Updated message 11: 4/8. I surpassed Gwanggyosan, South Korea (582 metres high) by reading 589 pages for this challenge so far.

Update to Message #5 : 18/21

I've now broken my September reading into segments, hoping to ascend all eleven peaks from of the Seven Summits lists. 🤞

🧗‍♀�� Whereabouts - 157p
🧗‍♀�� If I Run - 165p
🧗‍♀�� Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board - 222p
🧗‍♀�� Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith - 224p
🧗‍♀�� Wait for Dark - 238p
🧗‍♀�� The Woman Who Split the Atom: The Life of Lise Meitner - 264p
🧗‍♀�� Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler's Olympics - 272p
🧗‍♀�� The Other Mother - 280p
🧗‍♀�� Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team - 288p
🧗‍♀�� His & Hers - 304p
SUBTOTAL = 2,414p
Surpassing Mount Kosciuszko 2,228

🧗‍♀�� The Berry Pickers - 307p
🧗‍♀�� Burn Baby Burn - 310p
🧗‍♀�� Come On In - 315p
🧗‍♀�� The Anthill - 320p
🧗‍♀�� Last Minute Guest - 322p
🧗‍♀�� The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph - 336p
SUBTOTAL = 4,324p
Surpassing Mauna Kea 4,207m

🧗‍♀�� The Satapur Moonstone - 349p
SUBTOTAL = 4,6734p
Surpassing Mount Wilhelm 4,509m

🧗‍♀�� A Cry in the Dark- 351p
SUBTOTAL = 5,024p
Surpassing Mont Blanc 4,806m, Puncak Jaya 4,884m, and Mount Vinson 4,892m

Message #30 is updated.
4/10 books completed.

Update msg #28:

Progress: 7 / 10

Updated message #29

2/5

Welcome to the challenge Elizabeth & RaeRae!
Good luck to you both on reaching your goals this month!

Carmen wrote: "Hola!
Update to message #17

PROGRESS: 16/20
PAGES: 6,282 (* Bonus Challenge ..."

Wow, you're breezing through your goal, Carmen. Way to go!

TerryJane wrote: "Update to
Message #5
: 18/21

I've now broken my September reading into segments, hoping to ascend all eleven peaks from of the Seven Summits lists. 🤞"

Teach me all your organizational secrets, oh great one. 😀
I'd get as far as thinking that's what I wanted to do and then just stop 😅

Here's to many more books before the end of the month.

Hola!
Update to message #17

PROGRESS: 18/20
PAGES: 7,774 (* Bonus Challenge)


I already surpassed Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas with a summit elevation of 6,961 metres (22,838 ft) (2nd in the world) ⛰️

Mulhacén (3,482) - Mont Blanc (4,805) - Mont Elbrus (5,642) - Kilimanjaro (5,895) - Denali (6,190) - Aconcagua (6,961)- Everest (8,848)

Updated message 11: 5/8 books completed
Just surpassed Mount Pantokrator, Corfu (906 metres high)

Update to message #34 - 5/7 books read
1,825/3,350 pages read

Lisa wrote: "Teach me all your organizational secrets, oh great one. 😀
I'd get as far as thinking that's what I wanted to do and then just stop 😅

Here's to many more books before the end of the month."

Thanks, Lisa! I love the planning and organizing. It's the anticipation that's tough for me. Like, here we are in mid-September, and I'm already chomping at the bit to start October and Q4 reading. Argh!

Update to message 8; 7/5 books.

The Dawn Chorus (78 pages)
Thornhedge (114 pages)
How to Keep House While Drowning (151 pages)
Superior Saturday (292 pages)
Swordcrossed (384 pages)
Mountain of Mirrors and Starlight (506 pages)
Welcome to Dorley Hall (511 pages)

Hola!
Update to message #17

PROGRESS: 22/20
PAGES: 9,187 (* Bonus Challenge)

I already surpassed Everest, Earth's highest mountain above sea level. Its elevation (snow height) of 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8+1��2 in) was most recently established in 2020 by the Chinese and Nepali authorities.⛰️

Mulhacén (3,482) - Mont Blanc (4,805) - Mont Elbrus (5,642) - Kilimanjaro (5,895) - Denali (6,190) - Aconcagua (6,961) - Everest (8,848)

I'll have to travel to Mars in search of higher mountais!

Updated message 11: 6/8 books read. Surpassed: Camel's Hump, Vermont, USA (1,244 metres high) by reading 1,250 pages for this challenge so far

Updated message #29

3/5

2024 Reading Challenge
September - Surpassing One's Limits
Duration: September 1 - September 30, 2024

Progress: 2 out of 5

Ready to push your reading boundaries? In this challenge, you'll climb higher and higher by tackling books with increasing page counts. Start with a small book and gradually ascend to heftier reads, reaching your personal summit by month's end.

To join, post a message telling the challenge leader how many books you plan to read. If you are new to our group and/or our group challenges, you can learn more about how they work in this thread.

Example:
* Start Climbing: Read a book with 110 pages.
* Keep Going: Read a book with 150 pages.
* Getting Higher: Read a book with 200 pages.
* Reaching New Heights: Read a book with 250 pages.
* Summit Push: Read a book with 300+ pages.
* Bonus Challenge: Accumulate a total page count to surpass the height of a chosen mountain (e.g., Mount Everest with 8,849 pages).

1. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson - - 9/4/2024 - 229 Pages
2. Mrs. Quinn's Rise to Fame by Olivia Ford - - 9/10/2024 - 384 Pages
3.

Updated message 11: 7/8. I have now surpassed Mount Monroe, New Hampshire, USA (1,637 metres high)

Update msg #28:

Progress: 11 / 10 - COMPLETED 9-23-24

Ugly Mountain in West Virginia: 2598 feet - Final Page Count: 2777

Update to message #34 - 6/7 books read!
2,497/3,360 pages read

Hola!
Update to message #17

PROGRESS: 29/20
PAGES: 11,004 (* Bonus Challenge)

Mulhacén (3,482) - Mont Blanc (4,805) - Mont Elbrus (5,642) - Kilimanjaro (5,895) - Denali (6,190) - Aconcagua (6,961) - Everest (8,848) - Elysium Mons-Mars (12,5 km)

Updated message 11: 8/8. Still got time to climb/read more for this challenge!

Update to message #34 - 7/7 books read!
Challenge complete!

Sheila from NC. Sorry. I think some of this a duplicate post.
But this should complete me for 13 all together.

4.Volcano- Pompeii, 174 pg., /book/show/88
5.Volcano- Maribel vs. the Maribel Versus the Volcano: A Mount St. Helens Survival Story by Sarah Hannah Gómez
6.Set in Alpine country- And both Were Young, And Both Were Young by Madeleine L'Engle, 256 pgs. , Both Were Young by Madeleine L'Engle
7.Antarctica- A Foreboding of Petrels , A Foreboding of Petrels by Steve Burrows, A Foreboding of Petrels by Steve Burrows
8.Australia- Everyone in my Family has Killed Someone, pg.371
9.Gold on cover- Miss Benson’s Beetle
10.Gold on cover- , Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone by J.K. Rowling
11.Hawaii- Hawaii's Story by Liliuokalani,424 pgs. , Hawaii's Story by Liliuokalani
12.Involving ecological issue, A Shimmer of Hummingbirds, A Shimmer of Hummingbirds by Steve’s Burrows
13.Involving ecological issue, Deadly CurrentsDeadly Currents by Beth Groundwater
1. Involving ecological issue

Updated message 11: 9/8

Update to message #7: challenge completed! It took me 25 books to surpass my stated goal of 7543 pages instead of the 20 I was initially aiming for, but I got there!


1. The Most - Jessica Anthony 144pp.
2. This Is Not Miami - Fernanda Melchor 160pp.
3. Macbeth - William Shakespeare 184pp.
4. The Night Guest - Hildur Knútsdottír 208pp.
5. State of Paradise - Laura van den Berg 224pp.
6. Mabon: Rituals, Recipes & Lore for the Autumn Equinox - Diana Rajchel 240pp.
7. Great Expectations - Vinson Cunningham 254pp.
8. Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare - Megan Kamalei Kakimoto 272pp.
9. Splinters - Leslie Jamison 272pp.
10. Wayward - Dana Spiotta 288pp.
11. Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle 295pp.
12. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir - Anna Marie Tendler 304pp.
13. Unspeakable Home - Ismet Prcic 304pp.
14. Lady Macbeth - Ava Reid 320pp.
15. The Plot - Jean Hanff Korelitz 320pp.
16. Madwoman - Chelsea Bieker 336pp.
17. Margo's Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe 348pp.
18. Perfume & Pain - Anna Dorn 352pp.
19. Snake Oil - Kelsey Rae Dimberg 352pp.
20. The Wedding People - Alison Espach 384pp.
21. Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend - M.J. Wassmer 384pp.
22. I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom - Jason Pargin 393pp.
23. Creation Lake - Rachel Kushner 416pp.
24. The Changeling - Victor LaValle 426pp.
25. Cahokia Jazz - Francis Spufford 455pp.

25/20
7635pp./7543 meters (Changtse)

Update Message #5 : 27/21
Complete!

I ended up surpassing Everest with my 8,880 pages. Thanks for leading, Lisa!

Hola!
Update to message #17

PROGRESS: 35/20
PAGES: 12,612 (* Bonus Challenge)

Mulhacén (3,482) - Mont Blanc (4,805) - Mont Elbrus (5,642) - Kilimanjaro (5,895) - Denali (6,190) - Aconcagua (6,961) - Everest (8,848) - Elysium Mons-Mars (12,6 km)

Elysium Mons is a volcano on Mars located in the volcanic province Elysium, at 25.02°N 147.21°E, in the Martian eastern hemisphere. It stands about 12.6 km (41,000 ft) above its base, and I've just surpassed it!

Thanks, Lisa!

Carmen wrote: "It stands about 12.6 km (41,000 ft) above its base, and I've just surpassed it!"

Carmen, you amaze me! Always! 😮

Update message #12 - finished with 6/5

Update to Message #30:
6/10 books completed.

TerryJane wrote: "Carmen wrote: "It stands about 12.6 km (41,000 ft) above its base, and I've just surpassed it!"

Carmen, you amaze me! Always! 😮"

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Some challenges seem to give me wings...

Update message #38:

✔️1. Silver Foxed - 160 pages
✖️2. In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom - 273 pages
✔️3. Never Lie - 285 pages
✖️4. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers - 352 pages
✔️5. The Truth Hurts - 377 pages
✔️6. The Housemaid Is Watching - 387 pages
✔️7. The God of the Woods - 433 pages
✔️8. Phantasma - 513 pages

Books read: 6/8
Pages Completed: 2,155/2,780

Final update to message 11: 10/8 books read
Surpassed: Mount Galatea, Canada (3,185 metres high) by reading 3,187 pages for this challenge

Updated message #29

5/5

Challenge Complete

Updating message #42

3/3 books completed

Final Update to Message #30:
8/10 books completed.

I didn't quite make it to the peak of Whitetop Mtn, but I made more progress than I initially thought I would. :)

Update to message #14

5/10 books read
1,576 pages read

Challenge not completed.

Poor planning on my part. While I did read 21 books this month, they were not in ascending page order, which is what messed me up. And I wanted to stick to the spirit of the challenge. Definitely was a challenging challenge.