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OK OK  I know I am running behind on posting the stats... but it will be today, hopefully this afternoon.

 

Ran into a Phatmass Posting Problem on the 'Nunsense Walking the Camino' section in open mic -- I'm posting the walk commentary each day, and I needed to get it posted or she would be out-of-range... and the post kept being eaten.  Took 4 hours to post what should have taken 1 hour.  Grrrrrr.  And I lost 3 hours of reading time!!!!!  Grrrrrr.  LOVE going to bed at 4AM. :eek:

 

Now you guys will have priority... after we eat.   :)

 

Last bits for posting, anyone?

 

Ploof, Catholicterp7 and BG, congrats on the additional books & pages!!!

 

And Catholicterp7, if you want me to include page counts, can you just give me the number of pages in that anthology?  close enough for me!

 

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Here is what you have been waiting for!     

The Updated numbers!!!!

 

 

CURRENT STATS FOR Byz’s

PHATMASS SUMMER 2013

READING COMPETITION

 

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AS OF 6PM pdt ON July 9, 2013

 

 

Amppax ….. 7

 

Quantum Prophecy Book 1

Quantum Prophecy Book 2

Superhuman Series Book 1

Superhuman Series Book 2

Superhuman Series Book 3

Rangers Apprentice Book 10

Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace…………….176 pages

 

 

In progress:

 

 

AnneLine ….. 8

 

A Few Lines to Tell You …………….113 pages

Victorian Farm ……………………… 273 pages

All New Square Foot Gardening ….  272 pages

With Belles on Their Toes ………… 240 pages

STNG - Guises of the Min…….…… 277 pages

Meet The Austins………………...… 240pages

Book of Joshua………………………. 21 pages

The Arm of the Starfish……………. 272 pages

 

 

In progress:

 

Out of the Silent Planet

Christy

The Killer Angels

Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer & Office of readings

From the Liturgy of the hours (approx 700 pgs by end of summer)

Night Prayer from the Liturgy of the hours (approx 200 pgs by end of summer)

Mount Joy

 

 

 

 

Ardil ….. 7

 

Outliers

A Wanted Man

Children of Dune

Joyland

Bag of Bones

As A Man Thinketh

Game of Thrones

 

 

Working on:

 

Clash of Kings

Devil in the White City

 

 

ARFink ….. 13

 

7 Issues of Axe Cop

6 Issues of Dr. McNinja

 

In Progress: 

An Unmemorable STNG Novel

Next on the docket - Guards! Guards!

 

 

 

BG45 ….. 5

 

Matter

Kill Shot

Star Wars: Revan

Confessions of a Megachurch Pastor

Warhammer 40k: Atlas Infernal

 

In Progress: 

 

Byz ….. 14

 

2 Corinthians

Nehemiah

Galatians

Tobit

Judith

Ephesians

Esther

1 Thessalonians

1Timothy

Return of the King

The Real Story

Many Waters

Job

The Two Towers

 

In Progress:  The Philokalia (4 giant volumes/compilation?)

(I would think you could also do it by sections –

Somewhat  like the Sherlock Holmes anthologies…)

 

 

 

Cartermia ….. 25

 

Confessions of a Murder Suspect

Double Dutch

Out of my Mind

Secret of Yellowfang

The Book of Revelations

The Book of Jude

The Book of John

Tiger Curse

Tiger Quest

Fyre

Weird & Wacky, Strange & Slimy

The Book Thief

The Thief Lord

The Drowned City

The Europa Conspiracy

The Third Degree

Over the Edge

Double Cross

Scared to Death

Break and Enter

A Wrinkle in Time

A Wind in the Door

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

Many Waters

An Acceptable Time

 

In Progress: 

 

The HP Series

 

 

Catholicterp ….. 38

 

Bertram's Hotel

One of our Thursdays is Missing

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Valley of Fear

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge

The Adventure of the Cardboard Box

The Adventure of the Red Circle

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

The Adventure of the Dying Detective

The Disappearance of Lady Francis Carfax

His Last Bow

The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone

The Problem of Thor Bridge

The Adventure of the Creeping Man

The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

The Adventure of the Three Garridebs

The Adventure of Illustrious Client

The Adventure of the Three Gables

The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier

The Adventure of the Lion's Mane

The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger

The Adventure of the Shoscombe Old Place

The Singular Experience of Mr. Scott Eccles

The Tiger of San Pedro

The Adventure of the Empty House

The Adventure of the Norwood Builder

The Adventure of the Dancing Men

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist

The Adventure of the Priory School

The Adventure of Black Peter

The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton

The Adventure of the Six Napoleons

The Adventure of the Three Students

The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter

The Adventure of the Abbey Grange

The Adventure of the Second Stain

 

 

In Progress:

in progress - Maurice & Therese

in progress - A Shepherd's Look at PsalmTwenty-Three

 

 

Chrysophlax ….. 23

 

Castaways of the Flying Dutchman ………………….113 pages

Bolo! ………………………….………………...……….113 pages

Jennifer …………………….……………………..…….113 pages

The Thief……………………………………….....…….113 pages

The Queen of Attolia……………………………..…….113 pages

The King of Attolia……………………………….……..113 pages

In the Best Families…………………..…………….….113 pages

The Hunters: Brotherband Chronicles Book 3…..….113 pages

These Old Shades……………………………….….….113 pages

The Outcasts……………………………………….…...113 pages

The Ruins of Gorlan…………………………..…….….113 pages

The Burning Bridge…………………………….......….113 pages

The Foundling………………………………….……….113 pages

The Crimson Thread………………………….….…….113 pages

Montmorency; Thief, Liar Gentleman? ………..…….113 pages

Counterfeit Son…………………………………..…….113 pages

Rowan and the Travelers……………………….…….113 pages

Point Blanc………………………………………..…….113 pages

Sunlight and Shadow…………………………….…....113 pages

Venitia…………………………………………..……….113 pages

Mermaid……………………………….……….....…….113 pages

Pirate talk, or, marmalade …………………………....113 pages

False Mermaid ……………………….…..…..….…….113 pages

 

 

In Progress:

The Last Crusader

 

ContemporaryCaflicCrusader….. 2

 

Bilingual Instruction Book………………………….…..02 pages

Superman Comic Book………………………..……….27 pages

 

In Progress: 

 

 

Doc Bomb…… 8

 

1 Maccabees

2 Maccabees

The Secret Adversary

Sons of Cain

The Gospel of Matthew

1 Timothy

Job

Titus

Cowboys and Aliens

………(credit for comic book version given) …….……112 pages

The Apocalypse Explained ………………………….….226 pages

 

To be documented:    "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things"

(totaling 6042 pages, that need to be fleshed out to be counted… cough up TITLES, sir!)

(Even Jesus got a NAME when he was fleshed out….)

 

Currently Reading:

Rapture: The End Times Error… something,

………. something, something…

The Summa (aka a little light reading for Summa-time)

 

 

EraMight…… 0

 

In Progress:

A bunch of library books in Braille

 

 

FP ….. 3

 

HP - The Half Blood Prince

HP - The Deathly Hallows

Anne of Green Gables

 

In Progress:

 

Anne of Avonlea

The Fellowship of the Ring

 

 

L&T ….. 6

 

Joint Statements & Agreements between Catholic & Oriental Orthodox Churches

Folk Tale:  The Take [Tale?] of the Pope and of his Workman, Balda

Folk Tale:  The Tale of the Golden Cockerel

Consumer Reports Used Car Guide

Play:  Mozart and Salieri

Quick Guide to Coding and Billing Compliance for Medical Practices

Hip-Hop: Nelly……………………………………………..……………..…..55 pages

20th C. Russian Poetry…………………………………………………..…..15 pages

 

 

 

In Progress:

 

Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen

Eastern Canon Law CCEO

Crescent

Win Government Contracts for your Small Business

 

 

LWS ….. 3

 

Mortality ………………………………………………………………………..…...104 pages

Original Unity of Man and Woman: Catechesis on the Book of Genesis…....178 pages

The Fellowship of the Ring …………………………………………………..…..458 pages

 

 

In Progress:

Moonstone

"and then on to other books!"

in progress - Night Prayer from LOTH for the summer (approx 200 pages)

    LWS—let me know if you do NOT want me to count this as in progress….   ;)

 

Nihil …..     (removed from count per his request)

 

No books have been documented with name and author

 

To be documented:  200 Books

 

In Progress:

St John Chrystostom’s Commentary on the Psalms

 

 

Ploomf ….. 6

 

The Broken Land……………………………………..…..496 pages

Wyrd Sisters…………………………………………..…..368 pages

The Great Divorce…………………………….……..…..160 pages

Good Omens…………………………………..……..…..400 pages

Ireland……………………………………………………..576 pages

Mormonism and the Magic World View………………..730 pages

 

 

In Progress:

 

Pooh Bear aka Winchester….. 0

 

“1 book, read to AL’s mother”

 

To be documented:  name & author of said book

 

In Progress:

 

 

Spem ….. 2

 

Man's Search for Meaning

A Pure, Clear Light

Jane Eyre……………………………………..…..328 pages

 

In Progress:

 

 

 

Trisha ….. 1

 

Book 3 of Annie’s People

 

In Progress:

 

 

TOTALS TO THIS POINT:   7/9/2013    6PM PDT

 

Summer Readers…………….……… 21

Total Documented Books read……..175

Undocumented Books Read………. 451

Books in Progress……………………38

Documented Pages Read……......16,660

 

 

CURRENT LEADERS:

 

BOOKS READ  

1st Place …………………….. Catholicterp7….. 38

2nd Place……………………… Cartermia………25

3rd Place ……………………... Chrysophlax ..... 23

 

 

PAGES READ   

1st Place ……………………… Chrysophlax …. 6903

2nd Place ……………………… Aldillacid …….. 3229

3rd Place ……………………… Ploomf ……….. 2730

 

NOTE:  most readers have NOT yet submitted pages read.

 

Serious corrections gratefully accepted. 

Readers submitting non-serious corrections will be taken to the village common and pelted with used romance novels.  You have been warned.   :brutebeast:

 

 

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Catholicterp7

PS the in progress is no longer true. This happens to me a lot. I'm now in the process of reading When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home by Erma Bombeck

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CatholicInterp7, your corrections are duly noted and will change my records.  Watch for the chanages for the next update:  Page numbers 1971 (an impressive number!) and updated book in process info.

 

Also, congrats to everyone on their reading!  Totals are impressive!!!!   Anyone else want to add more page numbers... wouldn't it be fun to be able to say we read 500 books and/or 50,000 pages together this summer?

 

And I'd be careful.... I've seen pictures on the ARFink thread of Chrysophlax reading... and I bet Cartermia is doing the same thing.  Always have to worry about the quiet ones.....

 

 

 

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Doctor Bombay wrote  Today, 06:35 PM:

 

 

i gave you page numbers for all of mine, but they aren't being counted.

 

 

Huh. <_<

 

AnneLine responds:

 

 

Uh, Doc, I love you, but when was the last time you got your reading glasses adjusted?

 

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Doc Bomb…… 8

 

1 Maccabees

2 Maccabees

The Secret Adversary

Sons of Cain

The Gospel of Matthew

1 Timothy

Job

Titus

Cowboys and Aliens

………(credit for comic book version given) …….……112 pages

The Apocalypse Explained ………………………….….226 pages

 

To be documented:    "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things"

(totaling 6042 pages, that need to be fleshed out to be counted… cough up TITLES, sir!)...................<===

(Even Jesus got a NAME when he was fleshed out….)

 

 

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If you don't like my choice, you can appeal to the Court of Byz.....

 

 

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Readers submitting non-serious corrections will be taken to the village common and pelted with used romance novels.  You have been warned.   :brutebeast:

BAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHA rotfl

 

Also, as for Christina Therese, I've already listed the page count for FOTR, so you can just copy it off of me! :)

Side note-- this thread is getting pretty long... what say we count it to our totals of reading for the summer? :P

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Doctor Bombay wrote  Today, 06:35 PM:

 

 

i gave you page numbers for all of mine, but they aren't being counted.

 

 

Huh. <_<

 

AnneLine responds:

 

 

Uh, Doc, I love you, but when was the last time you got your reading glasses adjusted?

 

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Doc Bomb…… 8

 

1 Maccabees

2 Maccabees

The Secret Adversary

Sons of Cain

The Gospel of Matthew

1 Timothy

Job

Titus

Cowboys and Aliens

………(credit for comic book version given) …….……112 pages

The Apocalypse Explained ………………………….….226 pages

 

To be documented:    "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things"

(totaling 6042 pages, that need to be fleshed out to be counted… cough up TITLES, sir!)...................<===

(Even Jesus got a NAME when he was fleshed out….)

 

 

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If you don't like my choice, you can appeal to the Court of Byz.....

 

I was referring to this:
 

 

1 Maccabees - 33 pages

2 Maccabees - 24 pages

The Secret Adversary - 252 pages

Sons of Cain - 444 pages

The Gospel of Matthew - 60 pages

1 Timothy - 7 pages

Job - 39 pages

Titus - 3 pages

 

To be documented:    "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things" - 6,042 pages

 

COUNT ME!!!!! :bounce:

 

 

 

Snip, indeed!
 

And I've discovered my arms are exactly the perfect length so that I do not require reading glasses.  God is great like that.

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OK. Phatmass doesn't like me the last 2 days...keeps eating my posts!

 

Trying to post for the 4th time... grrrrr.

 

1) LWS: Glad you liked the comment about the romance novels. he he he.

 

True story: The Chair of the World & Comparative Literature and Classics departments at my college had a shelf of romance novels among all the classics in his office. When I asked him about it, he blushed, and said that they were brought to him by the janitor of the college. She had found about 50 of them set next to a trash can for disposal. (obviously being discarded for good reason) She didn't speak much English nor could she read in English, but she knew his department was all about books... she didn't want to be someone who destroyed books... and she said she knew he would do what to do with them and knew that he could find a good home for them. He made a place for them in his office, because he knew that was important to her. And told all of US the story when we asked about them! I found that (and him!) to be one of the most Christian things I have ever heard of.... And I was a WCL major, and learned to love him as a wonderful, thoughtful mentor..... and a wonderful Catholic in a public university....

 

2) LWS: Good point about the long thread (although we are having a lot of fun, aren't we?) Byz and I were thinking maybe he would just post the book count, and I could update the who's on first pages from time to time... and cough up the grand list at the end of the summer.
Only concern is that SOMEONE might think we are pulling a fast one if we don't list all the books. Anyone want the whole list from time to time (maybe every few weeks?)

 

3) When does this completion end, anyway? Labor Day? Last Day of Summer? Byz....?

 

4) Dr B, I am very glad that God has constructed you so wonderfully! Praise Him!!!!!

 

5) Read the fine print.

 

cough up the book names, and we will give you the page counts. they are already in my records awaiting the names.

 

 

And beware of incoming romance novels.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Let me do a side by side comparison.

 

Doc Bomb…… 8

 

1 Maccabees

2 Maccabees

The Secret Adversary

Sons of Cain

The Gospel of Matthew

1 Timothy

Job

Titus

Cowboys and Aliens

………(credit for comic book version given) …….……112 pages

The Apocalypse Explained ………………………….….226 pages

 

To be documented:    "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things"

(totaling 6042 pages, that need to be fleshed out to be counted… cough up TITLES, sir!)

(Even Jesus got a NAME when he was fleshed out….)

 

Currently Reading:

Rapture: The End Times Error… something,

………. something, something…

The Summa (aka a little light reading for Summa-time)

 

Doc Bomb…… 8

 

1 Maccabees - 33 pages

2 Maccabees - 24 pages

The Secret Adversary - 252 pages

Sons of Cain - 444 pages

The Gospel of Matthew - 60 pages

1 Timothy - 7 pages

Job - 39 pages

Titus - 3 pages

 

To be documented:    "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things" - 6,042 pages

 

COUNT ME!!!!! :bounce:

 

 

What is different between the two? <_<
 

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Ah, I see.  :)   I would like a Byztermination on this one.
 
Because this is what Amazon says:

 

 
Your search "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things" did not match any products.

 

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