While I’m participating in a number of challenges that hinge on how many books you’ve read throughout the year, I’m also participating in this Pages Read challenge hosted by Book Dragon’s Lair. Let’s face it, when you read one of those epic books that has several hundred pages (like the Hamilton biography I’m working on now), it almost seems as if it should count for more than one book. Now it can, heh.

I’m shooting for the “Dwarf Peach” level of 24,001-36,000 pages for 2017. I may move up a category, but I felt this was the best level to start at. After all, for most reading challenges, including this one, you can go up the ladder of levels, but not down.

** Update 1/9/17 – Based on how many pages I’ve read in just the first 9 days of 2017, I’ve upped my challenge level to that of “Oak” – between 48,001-60,000 pages.**

If you’re interested in joining the challenge, click on the button/link at the bottom and it’ll take you to the challenge’s main page.

Running Tally of Pages = 48,595 pages

1. Mystery of the Blue Train – Agatha Christie – 339 pages
2. Peril at End House – Agatha Christie – 226 pages
3. Lord Edgeware Dies – Agatha Christie – 269 pages
4. Home Sweet Love – Ava Miles – 300 pages
5. Towhee, Get Your Gun – J.R. Ripley – 232 pages
6. Murder on the Orient Express – Agatha Christie – 315 pages
7. Three Act Tragedy – Agatha Christie – 249 pages
8. Death in the Clouds – Agatha Christie – 253 pages
9. The ABC Murders – Agatha Christie – 247 pages
10. Cinder Edna – Ellen Jackson – 32 pages
11. Assault & Beret – Jenn McKinlay – 304 pages
12. Scorched Eggs – Laura Childs – 320 pages
13. Egg Drop Dead – Laura Childs – 288 pages
14. Murder in Mesopotamia – Agatha Christie – 264 pages
15. Color Me Dead – Teresa Trent – 241 pages
16. Cards on the Table – Agatha Christie – 249 pages
17. The Water and the Wild – K.E. Ormsbee – 448 pages
18. The Doorway and the Deep – K.E. Ormsbee – 480 pages
19. Masked to Death – Christina Freeburn – 226 pages
20. Command Me – Geneva Lee – 361 pages
21. Conquer Me – Geneva Lee – 300 pages
22. Crown Me – Geneva Lee – 248 pages
23. Complete Me – Geneva Lee – 185 pages
24. Smugglers and Scones – Morgan Talbot – 250 pages
25. Dumb Witness – Agatha Christie – 317 pages
26. Wish – Barbara O’Connor – 240 pages
27. Echoes in Death – J.D. Robb – 384 pages
28. Terror in Taffeta – Marla Cooper – 278 pages
29. The Drawing Game – Deirdre Verne – 312 pages
30. Spells & Scones – Bailey Cates – 320 pages
31. Drawing Conclusions – Deirdre Verne – 312 pages
32. Brotherhood in Death – J.D. Robb – 388 pages
33. Drawing Blood – Deirdre Verne – 336 pages
34. The Next Always – Nora Roberts – 324 pages
35. The Last Boyfriend – Nora Roberts – 319 pages
36. The Perfect Hope – Nora Roberts – 308 pages
37. Kneaded to Death – Winnie Archer – 352 pages
38. Crime & Poetry – Amanda Flower – 345 pages
39. Gilt: By Invitation Only – Geneva Lee – 300 pages
40. A Tale of Two Mommies – Vanita Oelschlager – 20 pages
41. Pekoe Most Poison – Laura Childs – 317 pages
42. Be Light Like a Bird – Monika Schröder – 240 pages
43. Elementary, She Read – Vicki Delany – 320 pages
44. Death By Chocolate Lab – Bethany Blake – 304 pages
45. Twelve Angry Librarians – Miranda James – 288 pages
46. Cat Got Your Diamonds – Julie Chase – 336 pages
47. Prose & Cons – Amanda Flower – 323 pages
48. A Killer Read – Erika Chase – 294 pages
49. The Cracked Spine – Paige Shelton – 304 pages
50. Of Books & Bagpipes – Paige Shelton – 304 pages
51. A Christmas Tartan – Paige Shelton – 85 pages
52. Borrowing Blue – Lucy Lennox – 282 pages
53. Dying on the Vine – Marla Cooper – 288 pages
54. Brad (novella) – Lucy Lennox – 32 pages
55. Taming Teddy – Lucy Lennox – 238 pages
56. The Moonlight Serenade – Ava Miles – 87 pages
57. Cat Got Your Cash – Julie Chase – 336 pages
58. Jumping Jude – Lucy Lennox – 257 pages
59. Caramel Crush – Jenn McKinlay – 304 Pages
60. Teach Me – Isabella Sterling & Demi Donovan – 208 pages
61. Grounding Griffin – Lucy Lennox – 264 pages
62. No Charm Intended – Mollie Cox Bryan – 320 pages
63. Strange Fruit – Gary Golio & Charlotte Riley-Webb – 40 pages
64. Kale to the Queen – Nell Hampton – 288 pages
65. Magick & Mayhem – Sharon Pape – 358 pages
66. Reunion in Death – J.D. Robb – 371 pages
67. A Stone’s Throw – Debbie De Louise – 372 pages
68. Between a Rock & a Hard Place – Debbie De Louise – 277 pages
69. Written in Stone – Debbie De Louise – 214 pages
70. Day of Secrets – Daryl Wood Gerber – 270 pages
71. Homicide in Hardcover – Kate Carlisle – 289 pages
72. If Books Could Kill – Kate Carlisle – 290 pages
73. Dumpster Dying – Lesley A. Diehl – 223 pages
74. Murder Under Cover – Kate Carlisle – 304 pages
75. The Connecticut Corpse Caper – Tyler Colins – 317 pages
76. Grilled, Chilled, and Killed – Lesley A. Diehl – 224 pages
77. Pages of Sin – Kate Carlisle – 68 pages
78. Jamie Quinn Box Set (#1-3) – Barbara Venkataraman – 361 pages
79. The Convenient Cadaver – Matt Ferraz – 200 pages
80. Star-Crossed – Barbara Dee – 288 pages
81. Death on the Nile – Agatha Christie – 333 pages
82. Bearly Departed – Meg Macy – 293 pages
83. The Frog Princess Returns – E.D. Baker – 208 pages
84. Once Upon a Spine – Kate Carlisle – 288 pages
85. Treble at the Jam Fest – Leslie Budewitz – 288 pages
86. The Swallow’s Nest – Emilie Richards – 496 pages
87. The Witch & the Dead – Heather Blake – 320 pages
88. All Signs Point to Murder – Connie Di Marco – 336 pages
89. My Secret Guide to Paris – Lisa Schroeder – 224 pages
90. Sealed with a Secret – Lisa Schroeder – 224 pages
91. Stuck: The Penningtons Investigate – C.T. Collier – 309 pages
92. Do Fairies Bring the Spring – Liza Gardner Walsh – 32 pages
93. The Fiesta Burger Murder – Rosie A. Point – 110 pages
94. Curiosity Thrilled the Cat – Sofie Kelly – 324 pages
95. Calamity at the Continental Club – Colleen J. Shogan – 272 pages
96. Town in a Blueberry Jam – B.B. Haywood – 320 pages
97. Town in a Lobster Stew – B.B. Haywood – 384 pages
98. Hospitality and Homicide – Lynn Cahoon – 217 pages
99. Killer Party – Lynn Cahoon – 190 pages
100. Town in a Wild Moose Chase – B.B. Haywood – 336 pages
101. Town in a Pumpkin Bash – B.B. Haywood – 336 pages
102. Town in a Strawberry Swirl – B.B. Haywood – 320 pages
103. Town in a Sweet Pickle – B.B. Haywood – 336 pages
104. Shadow Girl – Gerry Schmitt – 336 pages
105. Vangie Vale and the Murdered Macaron – R.L. Syme – 422 pages
106. The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden – 322 pages
107. Town in a Cinnamon Toast – B.B. Haywood – 320 pages
108. Catering to Nobody – Diane Mott Davidson – 301 pages
109. Strawberry Cream Murder – Susan Gillard – 218 pages
110. Maple Frosted Murder – Susan Gillard – 218 pages
111. Cadbury Creme Murder – Susan Gillard – 213 pages
112. Tricky Blueberry Murder – Susan Gillard – 210 pages
113. Chocolate Frosted Murder – Susan Gillard – 205 pages
114. Mint Chip Murder – Susan Gillard – 210 pages
115. Red, White and Blueberry Murder – Susan Gillard – 215 pages
116. World of Innocent – Nadine Keels – 106 pages
117. Town in a Maple Madness – B.B. Haywood – 304 pages
118. Stepbrother with Benefits 1 – Mia Clark – 110 pages
119. Stepbrother with Benefits 2 – Mia Clark – 99 pages
120. Stepbrother with Benefits 3 – Mia Clark – 101 pages
121. Stepbrother with Benefits 4 – Mia Clark – 97 pages
122. Stepbrother with Benefits 5 – Mia Clark – 100 pages
123. Stepbrother with Benefits 6 – Mia Clark – 138 pages
124. Stepbrother with Benefits 7- Mia Clark – 99 pages
125. Broken Angel – Kristy Gibs – 120 pages
126. Moving Maverick – Lucy Lennox – 279 pages
127. The Witness – Nora Roberts – 468 pages
128. The Collector – Nora Roberts – 496 pages
129. A Knit Before Dying – Sadie Hartwell – 288 pages
130. My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 1 – Juliette Jaye – 110 pages
131. My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 2 – Juliette Jaye – 106 pages
132. My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 3- Juliette Jaye – 39 pages
133. My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 4 – Juliette Jaye – 40 pages
134. My Stepbrother’s Arrangement 5 – Juliette Jaye – 37 pages
135. A Christmas Peril – J.A. Hennrikus – 288 pages
136. Secrets in Death – J.D. Robb – 370 pages
137. Body on Baker Street – Vicki Delany – 297 pages
138. If You Give a Mouse a Brownie – Laura Numeroff – 32 pages
139. Cat Got Your Secrets – Julie Chase – 311 pages
140. Murder at the Riverbend Retirement Resort – Stan Schatt – 181 pages
141. Vangie Vale & the Corpseless Custard – R.L. Syme – 330 pages
142. Beware the Orchids – Cynthia Hickey – 217 pages
143. A Party for Myrtle (children’s book) – 28 pages
144. The Cupcake Caper – Kelle Z Riley – 241 pages
145. Stepbrother with Benefits 8 – Mia Clark – 119 pages
146. Stepbrother with Benefits 9 – Mia Clark – 119 pages
147. Cookies, Corpses, and the Deadly Haunt – Rachael Stapleton – 208 pages
148. Watching Glass Shatter – James J. Cudney – 278 pages
149. Death Overdue – Allison Brook – 329 pages
150. Murder on the Toy Town Express – Barbara Early – 304 pages
151. Seashells, Spells, & Caramels – Erin Johnson – 286 pages
152. Shaken, Not Purred – Kelle Z Riley – 249 pages
153. Watching Glass Shatter – James J. Cudney – 278 pages
154. A Deadly Eclair – Daryl Wood Gerber – 340 pages
155. Stepbrother with Benefits 10 – Mia Clark – 127 pages
156. Broken Promises – Anne Willow – 212 pages
157. Donut Hole Mysteries Collection #2 – Susan Gillard – 808 pages
158. Teaching Roman – Geneva Lee – 344 pages
159. That Olde White Magick – Sharon Pape – 240 pages
160. A Fatal Collection – Mary Ellen Hughes – 264 pages
161. Etched in Tears – Cheryl Hollon – 320 pages
162. Black Arts, Tarts & Gypsy Carts – Erin Johnson – 300 pages
163. Delivering Dante – Lucy Lennox – 294 pages
164. A Very Marian Christmas – Lucy Lennox – 246 pages
165. Stepbrother with Benefits 11 – Mia Clark – 111 pages
166. Stepbrother with Benefits 12 – Mia Clark – 141 pages
167. Stepbrother with Benefits 13 – Mia Clark – 80 pages
168. Stepbrother with Benefits 14 – Mia Clark – 94 pages
169. Of Murder and Men – Lynn Cahoon – 320 pages
170. Mister Mottley and the Dying Fall – Ellen Seltz – 214 pages
171. Stepbrother with Benefits 15 – Mia Clark – 91 pages
172. The White Spell – Lynn Kurland – 336 pages
173. Mermaid Fins, Wands, and Rolling Pins – Erin Johnson – 286 pages
174. The Dreamer’s Song – Lynn Kurland – 336 pages
175. The Discombobulated Decipherers – Julie Seedorf – 228 pages
176. Unnatural Causes – Dawn Eastman – 288 pages
177. A Murder for the Books – Victoria Gilbert – 336 pages
178. Only With You – J.D. Chambers – 224 pages
179. Mister Mottley Stirs Up Trouble – Ellen Seltz – 17 pages
180. Mister Mottley Gets His Man – Ellen Seltz – 181 pages
181. About a Dog – Jenn McKinlay – 320 pages
182. To Helvetica and Back – Paige Shelton – 304 pages
183. Vision in White – Nora Roberts – 325 pages
184. Potions & Pasteries – Bailey Cates – 304 pages
185. Bed of Roses – Nora Roberts – 335 pages
186. Savor the Moment – Nora Roberts – 339 pages
187. Appointment with Death – Agatha Christie – 303 pages
188. Happy Ever After – Nora Roberts – 333 pages