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Read-a-Thon '09

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  1. C Triebold

    Member
    Joined: May '08
    Posts: 206

    Tangerine by Edward Bloor, 303 pages

    Running Total: 4,269

    "Curiosity is a good thing, like onion soup. But too much onion soup makes your breath smell terrible. And too much curiosity can make your whole body smell terrible, if it causes you to be dead." - Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper
    Posted 8 months ago #
  2. Legossi

    Member
    Joined: Jun '09
    Posts: 8

    I read these books in June, but my internet was out all evening, so I couldn't post them yesterday, so I shall post them now.

    Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson - 657
    East by Edith Patou - 503
    Among the Impostors by Margaret Peterson Haddix - 172 pages
    Turnabout by Margart Peterson Haddix - 223 pages
    Think Big by Ben Carson and Cecil Murphey - 278 pages
    Time for Andrew by Mary Downing Hahn - 165 pages
    Early Sunday Morning - Barry Denenberg - 153
    Hangman's Curse by Frank Peretti - 293
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 312

    Running total: 9,324

    Posted 8 months ago #
  3. DaughterofLight

    Member
    Joined: Jun '08
    Posts: 22

    I am sooo going to lose I"m only on the second chapter of my next book!!! :(

    "Anger is the fluid LOVE bleeds when you cut it." ~C.S Lewis

    Posted 8 months ago #
  4. Sarah

    Member
    Joined: Aug '05
    Posts: 722

    *hugs DaughterofLight* Remember though, we're going to randomly choose some of the participants to win prizes.

    Outcast of Redwall, by Brian Jacques: 367 pages.

    Running Total: 3,198 pages.

    Posted 8 months ago #
  5. ForeverFan

    Member
    Joined: Jun '09
    Posts: 24

    North and South by Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell = 402 Pages

    Running Total: 3,482 pages

    theclueinthebookshelf.blogspot.com
    Posted 8 months ago #
  6. Jordan

    Key Master
    Joined: Aug '05
    Posts: 687

    Hey all, just wanted to make sure everybody saw the A+ Award Race. You can count books you read after it started. Check it out here: http://incredibooks.com/ibdiscuss/topic/a-award-an-alphabetically-correct-race

    Posted 8 months ago #
  7. wyatt

    Member
    Joined: Jan '09
    Posts: 77

    I'm not doing so well so I read The Tale of Despereaux again.
    268 pages.

    running total:1269

    Posted 8 months ago #
  8. C Triebold

    Member
    Joined: May '08
    Posts: 206

    Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow by James Rollins, 399 pages

    Running Total: 4,668 pages

    "Curiosity is a good thing, like onion soup. But too much onion soup makes your breath smell terrible. And too much curiosity can make your whole body smell terrible, if it causes you to be dead." - Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper
    Posted 8 months ago #
  9. Ben

    Member
    Joined: Aug '05
    Posts: 52

    The Indian in the Cupboard, by Lynne Reid Banks
    181 pages

    The King's Shadow, by Elizabeth Alder
    259 pages

    Time Cat, by Lloyd Alexander
    206 pages

    Running Total: 3,955 pages

    Posted 8 months ago #
  10. Ruth

    Administrator
    Joined: Aug '05
    Posts: 59

    Bringer of Storms, by L. B. Graham: 496 pages.

    Running Total: 4,848 pages

    Books are the quietest and most constant of friends. ~Charles W. Eliot
    Posted 8 months ago #
  11. C Triebold

    Member
    Joined: May '08
    Posts: 206

    Max by James Patterson, 309 pages

    Running Total: 4,977

    "Curiosity is a good thing, like onion soup. But too much onion soup makes your breath smell terrible. And too much curiosity can make your whole body smell terrible, if it causes you to be dead." - Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper
    Posted 8 months ago #
  12. Owan

    Member
    Joined: May '08
    Posts: 287

    Previous Total: 2,305

    The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie -- 123
    I liked this one. I actually kind of hoped they might go all the way to twenty-six. It would be interesting to see how he dealed with X, Y, and Z. 'Twas very interesting, despite the fact I flunked my private detecting. Oi.

    Late-Talking Children by Thomas Sowell -- 138
    My Mom picked this up for me. It was very interesting. Parts of it were ho-hum but it was, yes, interesting for the most part. Parts of it went so far as being fascinating. I, however, don't think I talked late because I am left-brained (hardly) but because I'm a stubborn person. Same goes for my brother. I do wish he'd hurry up and talk.

    Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie -- 115
    First it was Meredith, then Lorrimer, then Meredith, then Lorrimer, then...well, I shouldn't tell you which one of the four it was. It was interesting, very. But a little annoying at the same time. Poirot's amusing, but so...

    Running Total: 2,681

    "These last stands in a house make good stories, but nothing ever came of them. After their first few repulsed the enemy always sets the house on fire." -- ??
    Posted 8 months ago #
  13. Glittermouse11

    Member
    Joined: Jun '08
    Posts: 93

    Mistaken Identity, By Van Ryn,Cerak,Tabb pages 275

    The Haunted Showboat, By Carolyn Keene pages 184

    Running Total: 2,443

    There Is Beauty In Everything, Even Silence And Darkness
    - Helen Keller
    Posted 8 months ago #
  14. Ruth

    Administrator
    Joined: Aug '05
    Posts: 59

    Shadow in the Deep, by L. B. Graham: 492 pages. Whew! Three down, two to go...

    Running Total: 5,340 pages

    Books are the quietest and most constant of friends. ~Charles W. Eliot
    Posted 8 months ago #
  15. DaughterofLight

    Member
    Joined: Jun '08
    Posts: 22

    2743 plus

    Chosen by Ted Dekker = 260

    Running total= 2903

    "Anger is the fluid LOVE bleeds when you cut it." ~C.S Lewis

    Posted 8 months ago #

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