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Sorry, should've posted this a few days ago, but with all the real world stuff...

 

Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn.  544 pages

 

Juvenile Delinquency, a Sociological Approach  by Thompson & Bynum  518 pages

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Good to hear from all of you!!!   I'll get to this probably late tonight.

 

had to spend my free time celebrating my husband's birthday and getting to Santiago before I could find the time to update (See virtual Pilgrimage to Santiago in Compostela in Open Mic.....). 

 

Hope to get to this this evening, so insert your updated page tallies, please!!!!

 

Probably one more update after that before the end of the summer finale.

 

Has anyone heard from Byz?  He seems to have disappeared into the library stacks.....

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I am reading, "Fr. Paul of Moll" who was a Belgian Benedictine Priest. The stories are crazy but edifying. 

 

Anyone else read this book yet? 

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Just realized I never posted my OWN books!!!! 

 

(Way too much counting, too little reading going on in AnneLine land!!!!)

 

I have finished Sr. Wendy Beckett's Pains of Glass.  It is a small but beautifully done book on the Story of the Passion as shown in the windows of the King's College Chapel in Cambridge.  It is a lovely little book!  48 pages

 

I also have finished Mount Joy by Daisy Newman.  This is an interesting 'coming of age' story about a young girl, Maris, who has an interest in medieval art and who wins a prize for an essay.  Rather than taking the money and applying it to her college tuition, she decides to use her money for a pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.....  A little dated (written 1968) but still a good read.   (279 pages)

 

Will be posting my updated totals soon... and there might be some surprises!!! he he he

 

Hey Byz... where are you?????

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CURRENT STATS FOR Byz’s

PHATMASS SUMMER 2013

READING COMPETITION

 

AS OF 1 AM pdt On August 19, 2013

 

PAGE 1 of 2

 

 

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

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ………………….…………………   176

 

In progress:

 

 

AnneLine ….. 14

 

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………………...… 240 pages

Book of Joshua………………………. 21 pages

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

The Killer Angels……………….……355 pages

Sister Clare…………………………...276 page

Finding Sanctuary…………………. 192 pages

Press Here…….……………….……  19 pages

Mount Joy…………………………... 279 page

Finding Sanctuary…………………. 192 pages

Pains of Glass ………………………. 48 pages

 

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ………………….…………………   2,877

 

 

In progress:

 

Out of the Silent Planet

Christy

 

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)

 

 

 

 

Ardil ….. 11

 

Outliers…………………….….……… 336 pages

A Wanted Man…………….………… 585 pages

Children of Dune………….………… 408 pages

Joyland………………….…………… 283 pages

Bag of Bones……………..…….…… 732 pages

As A Man Thinketh………..……….… 78 pages

Game of Thrones……..………….… 969 pages

Storm of Swords……………..…... 1,128 pages

A Feast for Crows…………… ……..979 pages

A Dance with Dragons ……………..959 pages

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ………………….…………………   7,263

 

 

Working on:

 

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 ….. 11

 

Matter………………………………… ……….624 pages

Kill Shot………………………………… …….464 pages

Star Wars: Revan……………………… ……368 pages

Confessions of a Megachurch Pastor.........170 pages

Warhammer 40k: Atlas Infernal…………… 409 pages

Star Trek Destiny:  Gods of Night………… 431 pages

Star Trek Destiny:  Mere Mortals…………..448 pages

Star Trek Destiny:  Lost Souls…………….. 464 pages

Rogue Angel:  Clockwork Doomsday….…. 320 pages

Extreme Measures …………………………. 544 pages

Juvenile Delinquency ………………………. 518 pages

 

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ………………….…………………   4,760

 

 

In Progress: 

 

Byz ….. 27

 

2 Corinthians

Nehemiah

Galatians

Tobit

Judith

Ephesians

Esther

1 Thessalonians

1Timothy

Return of the King

The Real Story

Many Waters

Job

The Two Towers

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

1 John

Render Under Caesar

Revelation

Matthew

Book of Psalms

Mark

Book of Proverbs

Enders’ Game

Ecclesiastes

 

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

We Still Hold These Truths

 

 

Cartermia ….. 177 ( :eek: :eek: :eek: )

 

Confessions of a Murder Suspect ……………. 384

Double Dutch……………………………………. 183

 

Out of my Mind………………………….………. 320

Secret of Yellowfang………………….…………528

The Book of Revelations………….……………   16

The Book of Jude…………………….………….    2

The Book of John…………….………………….   26

Tiger Curse ……………………………………..  448

Tiger Quest……………………………………… 496

Fyre……………………………………………..   720

Weird & Wacky, Strange & Slimy…………….  256

The Book Thief…………………………………  576

The Thief Lord………………………………….. 376

The Drowned City……………………………… 464

The Europa Conspiracy……………………….. 432

The Third Degree……………………………….

Over the Edge………………………………….. 216

Double Cross…………………………………..  235

Scared to Death……………………………….. 203

Break and Enter……………………………….

A Wrinkle in Time …………………………….. 356

A Wind in the Door …………………………… 245

A Swiftly Tilting Planet ……………………….. 320

Many Waters …………….……………………. 368

An Acceptable Time ………………………..… 384

The Battle of Jerico-Draper ………………….. 352

Sun Copper / Cooper Sun………………..……338

The Lost Years of Merlin (Bk 1)………………

The Lord of the Flies…………………..……….208

The Entire Baby Sitters Club Series ........ 23,100

COUNTED BY NAME—132 books = 23,100 pages

Baby Sitter’s club – Super specials (7) ….. 1,750

COUNTED BY NAME – 7 books = 1,750 pages

Demon King…………………….………………528

Divergent………………………….…………….487

Insurgent……………………….……………….544

Birthmarked…………………….………………384

That Dorky Homemade Look……….………. 124

Term Limits…………………………………….640

The Boy Who Dared ………………………….

Dante’s Inferno ……………………………….

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ………………….…………………   36,009 ( :eek: :eek: :eek: )

 

In Progress:  The HP Series

 

 

Catholicterp7 ….. 55

 

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

….. Subtotal of pages for entire collection:  …...1,971 pages

Maurice and Therese…………………   .…………282 pages

Readers’ Digest Magazine……………….….…….200 pages

Witness to Wonders……………………….……….158 pages

Song of Songs………………………………………

Talking Hands………………………………………288 pages

The Great Divorce………………………………… 146 pages

And You Are Christ’s………………….………….. 148 pages

The Red Suit Diaries ……………………………. 217 pages

Murder, She Wrote:  Panning for Murder ………276 pages

Mount Vernon Love Story………………………  223 pages

Her Forbidden Knight ………………….…….…  248 pages

Dear Stranger, Dearest Friend ………………… 288 pages

One for Sorrow ………………………………..… 161  pages

Two for Joy …………………………….………… 172 pages

The Seven Secrets of the Eucharist …….……. 125 pages

The Murder of King Tut ………………………… 407 pages

The Count of Monte Cristo (abridged) ……….  608  pages

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: …………………….…………………   5,907

 

 

In Progress:

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

When You Look Like your Passport

…….Photo, It’s Time to Go Home

The Country Priest

 

 

 

Christina Therese ….. 11

 

A Small Book of Devotions

….. from the Heart of M. Mary Francis……...… 36 pages

The Cloistered Poor Clare Nuns…….…..…..… 22 pages

The Fellowship of the Ring…………….……… 395 pages

The Two Towers………………………………...338 pages

Hunches in Bunches………………….…………..48 pages

Oh, the Places You’ll Go……………….……….. 56 pages

The Return of the King…………….……….….. 293 pages

Ella Enchanted………………………………….. 230 pages

A Mango-Shaped Space………………………. 218 pages

The Butter Battle Book ………………….……… 42 pages

Claire, Mirror of Humanism ……………………. 29 pages

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ………………….…………………   1,707

In Progress: 

Morning, Evening & Office of Readings

from LOTH for the summer

(approx 700 pages)

Night Prayer from LOTH for the summer

(approx 200 pages)

The Catholic Mistique: Women Converts tell their Stories

The Return of the King

Christy (possibly…)

Alguna cosa en espanol!

Conversations with St. Therese

 

 

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CURRENT STATS FOR Byz’s

PHATMASS SUMMER 2013

READING COMPETITION, continued

 

AS OF 1 AM pdt On August 19, 2013

 

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Chrysophlax ….. 55

 

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

Backwater…………………………….....................….192 pages

Rules of the Road………………………………………201 pages

One Crazy Summer…………………………….…..….218 pages

Water ………..………………………………….……….266 pages

Chalice…………………………………..………......….263 pages

Montmorency on the Rocks………………..….…..….362 pages

The Vicious Deep…………………………...…..….….370 pages

Quiet Gentlemen…………………….…………..….....368 pages

Devil’s Cub……………………………..……..…….….320 pages

Sailor Twain: or, the Mermaid in the Hudson…..…..400 pages

The Amaranth Enchantment …………………..….....306 pages

The Wells Bequest……………………………………..272 pages

And Be a Villain……………………………………….. 256 pages

The Rail Kings…………………………………………..301 pages

The Wide Awake Princess…………………………….261 pages

Fire in the Rainbow…………………………………….287 pages

Before Midnight…………………………………………193 pages

Beauty Sleep……………………………………………186 pages

Winter’s Child……………………………………………173 pages

Hiding in the Shadows………………………………….368 pages

The Dreamgivers ………………………………..……..217 pages

The Nightriders………………………………………….271 pages

The Rawhiders ………………………………………….334 pages

Without Fail………………………………………………549 pages

Unlocking the Spell……………………………………..261 pages

The Desert Hawks ……………………………………..336 pages

 

The Awakening……………………………………..…. 264 pages

Wings:  A Fairy Tale …………………….……………. 307 pages

Born to be Heroes ……………………….…………….287 pages

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ……………..………….…………………   16,729

 

In Progress:

The Last Crusader

 

 

ContemporaryCaflicCrusader….. 2

 

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

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

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ………………….…….………………………..  29

 

In Progress: 

Board Expansion Rule Book (almost delivered!)

 

 

 

Doc Bomb…… 10

 

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………………………………........…..07 pages

Job……………………………………… … ..…..39 pages

Titus…………………………………………..…..03 pages

Cowboys and Aliens

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

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

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ……………………..…….…………………   1,200

 

 

To be documented:    "250 Miscellaneous Mysterious Things"

(totaling 6042 pages, that will be counted if documented by name)

 

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 ….. 5

 

Harry Potter -- The Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter -- The Deathly Hallows

Anne of Green Gables

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter – The Chamber of Secrets

 

In Progress:

 

Anne of Avonlea

The Fellowship of the Ring

 

Ima Lurker ….. 0

 

In Progress:

Fr. Paul of Moll

 

 

L&T ….. 8

 

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

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ……………………..…….…………………   70

 

In Progress:

 

Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen

Eastern Canon Law CCEO

Crescent

Win Government Contracts for your Small Business

 

LWS ….. 8

 

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

Original Unity of Man and Woman: Catechesis on

……….. the Book of Genesis………………………............. 178 pages

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

Moonstone………………………….……………….……….. . 472 pages

Gone……………………………………………………………  592 pages

The Maze Runner…………………………………………….. 400 pages

The Scorch Trials …………………………………………….  384 pages

Catechesis on the Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel …..  56 pages

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ……………………..…….………………………..  2,644

 

 

In Progress:

"and then on to other books!"

 

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

The Two Towers

 

 

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

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ……………………..…….…………………   2,730

 

In Progress:

 

Pooh Bear aka Winchester….. 0

 

“1 book, read to AL’s mother”

 

To be documented:  name & author of said book

 

In Progress:

 

 

Stella Matutina ….. 0

 

In Progress:

Revelations of Divine Love

The Screwtape Letters

 

 

Spem ….. 6

 

Man's Search for Meaning

A Pure, Clear Light

Jane Eyre……………………………………..…..328 pages

Cecilia:  Bride of Christ and Beyond……..……360 pages

Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam……………….114 pages

Finding God in All Things ………………..…… 144 pages

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ……………………..…….…………………   946

 

 

In Progress:

Sense & Sensibility

Joan of Arc:  Maid, Myth & History

 

 

Trisha ….. 3

 

The Brethren (Book 3 of Annie’s People) ……… 362 pages

Great Expectations ………………………………. 592 pages

The Kitchen House ………………………………. 384 pages

 

TOTAL PAGES counted: ……………………..…….…………………   1,328

 

In Progress:

METAtopolis (288 pages)

 

 

TOTALS TO THIS POINT:   8/5/2013    11 PM PDT

 

Summer Readers…………….……… 23

Total Documented Books read……..428

Undocumented Books Read………. 451

Books in Progress……………………37

Documented Pages Read……......84,375

Undocumented Pages Read…….   6,042

 

 

CURRENT LEADERS:

 

DOCUMENTED BOOKS READ  

1st Place ………….………….. Cartermia…………….…176

2nd Place…….……………….. Catholicterp7………..….. 55

2nd Place …………………….. Chrysophlax ……………. 55

3rd Place ……………………..  Byzantine ...….……….... 27

 

 

DOCUMENTED PAGES READ   

1st Place ……………………… Cartermia…………... 36,009

2nd Place ……………………… Chrysophlax ….…… 16,729

3rd Place ……………………… Ardillacid ...…..…..… 7,263

 

 

 

NOTE:  some readers have NOT yet submitted pages read and/or have not

documented pages read.

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Has anyone heard from Byz?  He seems to have disappeared into the library stacks.....

 

 

And has anyone seen Byz lately????

 

 

 

Hey Byz... where are you?????

I'm back! Glad to know I was missed!

 

Okay, here are my book counts. Yes, we are definitely out of agreement on several... including mine! I'll work on this at some point, someday.

 

Cartermia, 167? (Did you already put in Term Limits?)

Chrysophylax, 56

Catholicterp, 55

Byz, 24

Arfink, 13

AnneLine, 13

Ardil, 11

Christina T, 11

BG45, 11

Doc Bomb, 8

LT, 8

Ampax, 7

LWS, 7

Ploomf, 6

FP, 5

Spem, 5

Trisha, 4

Crusader, 2

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.Cartermia, 167? (Did you already put in Term Limits?)

Do you doubt I can read an adult book. My history teacher told me to read it three years ago so I read it then and this summer I reread it.

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Do you doubt I can read an adult book. My history teacher told me to read it three years ago so I read it then and this summer I reread it.

I do not doubt it. I was just unsure whether you had previously listed it without page numbers, in which case I would have counted it twice by accident.

 

Watch your tone, young lady.

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Chrysophylax

Hey, I haven't  been on here in a while! I was dog sitting and also doing training for two new jobs and a lot of other stuff. I don't think this week could have been more crazy! And next week college starts up again... :unsure:  My stack of library books is being neglected! Cry!

 

I do have a few books to put on though.

His Lordship's Chaperone by Shirley Marks (266 pgs) Ridiculous book and pretty funny! An easy fun read.

 

Bound To The Warrior by Barbara Phinney (279 pgs) Um, it was ok. The plot was ... generic.

 

Outcast, the Un-magician by Christopher Golden (227 pgs) This book was really good! A nice work of fiction! I can't wait to read the next one.

 

False Colours by Georgette Heyer (317 pgs) I love this book. This is possibly my favorite book, and I think everyone should read it. Hilarious and the characters are so real and wonderful; Georgette Heyer really is an amazing author.

 

 

Well, I hope I will be able to fit in a few more books before the end of the month, but we shall see. Thanks for doing this competition! It has been a lot of fun and a great motivation to keep reading! Enjoy the rest of the summer!

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This HAS been fun!   (Well, more fun for those who are at the top of the pile than the rest, I guess!)  

 

BUT THERE IS STILL TIME to get some more read!!!!

 

You have until the end of Saturday Night to get 'em all read!!!!!!  

 

Midnight on Sept. 1st Phatmass Time (midnight after the 31st, Central Time Zone) is the deadline for posting reading tallies!!!!!

 

Byz, when you get a moment, can you check your numbers?   Thanks!

 

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