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1raistlinsshadow
'Kay, so not strictly a 50-book challenge, but if I can knock at least 50 off my to-be-read list, so much the better! (If I divide 25,000 by 300 pages, I get 83 1/3 books... But we'll aim for 50 books, plus whatever articles and things I end up counting!)
1. The Midnight Disease by Alice W. Flaherty – 307 pgs.
Total: 307 pgs.
1. The Midnight Disease by Alice W. Flaherty – 307 pgs.
Total: 307 pgs.
5raistlinsshadow
Thanks! Good luck with yours, too!
4. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez – 115 pgs.
5. Defender by CJ Cherryh – 464 pgs.
4. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez – 115 pgs.
5. Defender by CJ Cherryh – 464 pgs.
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7. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster – 256 pgs.
Total: 1818 pgs.
Possibly the most endearing book I've ever read—it never gets old, and it's a surefire way I can make a bad day (especially now, when I find myself identifying with Milo's initially dreary outlook on life, the universe, and everything) so much better. I first read it over ten years ago, and I've read it six times since! Happy 50th year, Phantom Tollbooth!
Total: 1818 pgs.
Possibly the most endearing book I've ever read—it never gets old, and it's a surefire way I can make a bad day (especially now, when I find myself identifying with Milo's initially dreary outlook on life, the universe, and everything) so much better. I first read it over ten years ago, and I've read it six times since! Happy 50th year, Phantom Tollbooth!
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16. Pretender by C.J. Cherryh – 404 pgs.
17. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut – 79 pgs.
Total: 4726 pgs.
17. God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian by Kurt Vonnegut – 79 pgs.
Total: 4726 pgs.
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19. Deliverer by C.J. Cherryh – 406 pgs.
20. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller – 171 pgs.
Total: 5443 pgs.
20. The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller – 171 pgs.
Total: 5443 pgs.
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21. Home Land by Sam Lipsyte – 229 pgs.
22. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – 317 pgs.
23. Two Lessons from Psycholinguistics for Second Language Learning by Thomas G. Bever – 15 pgs.
24. Remarks on the Individual Basis for Linguistic Structures by Thomas G. Bever – 18 pgs.
25. When Global Structure “Explains Away” Local Grammar: A Bayesian Account of Rule-Induction in Tone Sequences by Colin Dawson & LouAnn Gerkin – 10 pgs.
26. Speech Perception as Categorization by Lori L. Holt & Andrew J. Lotto – 10 pgs.
27. Two Types of Auditory Priming Support Morphological Decomposition in Spoken Maltese Word Recognition by Adam Ussishkin, Andrew Wedel, Kevin Schluter, & Colin Dawson – 54 pgs.
28. The Time Course for Language Acquisition in Biologically Distinct Populations: Evidence from Deaf Individuals by Danielle S. Ross & Thomas G. Bever – 10 pgs.
29. A Theory of Syntactic Interference in the Bilingual by Monserrat Sanz & Thomas G. Bever – 26 pgs.
30. Methods for Studying Spontaneous Speech by Natasha Warner – 31 pgs.
31. Syntactic Processing Depends on Dorsal Language Tracts by Stephen M. Wilson et al. – 7 pgs.
32. Deeper Than Shallow: Evidence for Structure-Based Parsing Biases in Second-Language Sentence Processing by Jeffrey Witzel, Naoko Witzel, & Janet Nicol – 42 pgs.
Total: 6212 pgs.
22. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov – 317 pgs.
23. Two Lessons from Psycholinguistics for Second Language Learning by Thomas G. Bever – 15 pgs.
24. Remarks on the Individual Basis for Linguistic Structures by Thomas G. Bever – 18 pgs.
25. When Global Structure “Explains Away” Local Grammar: A Bayesian Account of Rule-Induction in Tone Sequences by Colin Dawson & LouAnn Gerkin – 10 pgs.
26. Speech Perception as Categorization by Lori L. Holt & Andrew J. Lotto – 10 pgs.
27. Two Types of Auditory Priming Support Morphological Decomposition in Spoken Maltese Word Recognition by Adam Ussishkin, Andrew Wedel, Kevin Schluter, & Colin Dawson – 54 pgs.
28. The Time Course for Language Acquisition in Biologically Distinct Populations: Evidence from Deaf Individuals by Danielle S. Ross & Thomas G. Bever – 10 pgs.
29. A Theory of Syntactic Interference in the Bilingual by Monserrat Sanz & Thomas G. Bever – 26 pgs.
30. Methods for Studying Spontaneous Speech by Natasha Warner – 31 pgs.
31. Syntactic Processing Depends on Dorsal Language Tracts by Stephen M. Wilson et al. – 7 pgs.
32. Deeper Than Shallow: Evidence for Structure-Based Parsing Biases in Second-Language Sentence Processing by Jeffrey Witzel, Naoko Witzel, & Janet Nicol – 42 pgs.
Total: 6212 pgs.
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35. The Cosmic Perspective Fundamentals by Jeffrey Bennett, Megan Donahue, Nicholas Schneider, and Mark Voit – 304 pgs.
36. Speech and Voice Science by Alison Behrman – 450 pgs.
37. Mars #1 by Fuyumi Soryo – 194 pgs.
38. Mars #2 – 178 pgs.
39. Mars #3 – 187 pgs.
40. Mars #4 – 175 pgs.
41. Mars #5 – 163 pgs.
42. Mars #6 – 169 pgs.
43. Mars #7 – 178 pgs.
44. Mars #8 – 175 pgs.
45. Mars #9 – 165 pgs.
46. Mars #10 – 172 pgs.
47. Mars #11 – 178 pgs.
48. Mars #12 – 176 pgs.
49. Mars #13 – 176 pgs.
50. Mars #14 – 163 pgs.
51. Mars #15 – 192 pgs.
Total: 10,176 pgs.
36. Speech and Voice Science by Alison Behrman – 450 pgs.
37. Mars #1 by Fuyumi Soryo – 194 pgs.
38. Mars #2 – 178 pgs.
39. Mars #3 – 187 pgs.
40. Mars #4 – 175 pgs.
41. Mars #5 – 163 pgs.
42. Mars #6 – 169 pgs.
43. Mars #7 – 178 pgs.
44. Mars #8 – 175 pgs.
45. Mars #9 – 165 pgs.
46. Mars #10 – 172 pgs.
47. Mars #11 – 178 pgs.
48. Mars #12 – 176 pgs.
49. Mars #13 – 176 pgs.
50. Mars #14 – 163 pgs.
51. Mars #15 – 192 pgs.
Total: 10,176 pgs.
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55. A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon – 354 pgs.
56. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – 379 pgs.
Total: 11,996 pgs.
56. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen – 379 pgs.
Total: 11,996 pgs.
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57. Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer – 643 pgs.
58. Canterbury Tales, Norton Edition – 600 pgs.
59. Semantics: An Introduction to the Science of Meaning by Stephen Ullmann – 278 pgs.
Total: 13,517 pgs.
Slightly over half done for the year, more than half done with my page count!
58. Canterbury Tales, Norton Edition – 600 pgs.
59. Semantics: An Introduction to the Science of Meaning by Stephen Ullmann – 278 pgs.
Total: 13,517 pgs.
Slightly over half done for the year, more than half done with my page count!
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61. How to Build an Android by David F. Dufty – 264 pgs.
Total: 14,130 pgs.
This is from Early Reviewers—if you're interested, please do read my review!
Total: 14,130 pgs.
This is from Early Reviewers—if you're interested, please do read my review!
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66. An Introduction to Language by Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, and Nina Hyams – 586 pgs.
67. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling – 309 pgs.
68. Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman – 230 pgs.
69. Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling – 341 pgs.
Total: 16,711 pgs.
67. Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling – 309 pgs.
68. Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman – 230 pgs.
69. Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling – 341 pgs.
Total: 16,711 pgs.
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70. Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling – 435 pgs.
71. Dream Country by Neil Gaiman – 160 pgs.
Total: 17,306 pgs.
71. Dream Country by Neil Gaiman – 160 pgs.
Total: 17,306 pgs.
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79. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling – 759 pgs.
80. Linguistic Change by EH Sturtevant – 185 pgs.
Total: 21,222 pgs.
80. Linguistic Change by EH Sturtevant – 185 pgs.
Total: 21,222 pgs.
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82. Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception by Eoin Colfer – 348 pgs.
83. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer – 385 pgs.
84. Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer – 420 pgs.
85. Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer – 357 pgs.
86. Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman – 264 pgs.
87. Language: Its Structure and Use by Edward Finegan – 611 pgs.
88. The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer – 232 pgs.
Total: 24,148 pgs.
83. Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer – 385 pgs.
84. Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer – 420 pgs.
85. Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex by Eoin Colfer – 357 pgs.
86. Fables & Reflections by Neil Gaiman – 264 pgs.
87. Language: Its Structure and Use by Edward Finegan – 611 pgs.
88. The Miracle of Language by Richard Lederer – 232 pgs.
Total: 24,148 pgs.
46johnsimpson
Hi, well done only 852 pages to go and already 5 books ahead of what you thought it would take.
47raistlinsshadow
Thanks! That's true—apparently I haven't read enough books over 300 pages to make up for those under 300 pages. ;)
48NicolePatrick
All I have to say is WOW 88 books is impressive. Wont be long and you will have reached you goal!
49raistlinsshadow
Thanks! I'm almost there!
89. Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff – 324 pgs.
Total: 24,472 pgs.
This was an Early Readers proof, so I have a review on it, too!
89. Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff – 324 pgs.
Total: 24,472 pgs.
This was an Early Readers proof, so I have a review on it, too!
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90. Losing My Voice and Finding Another by Cooper Thompson – 190 pgs.
Total: 24,662 pgs.
This was also an Early Readers proof—another review!
Total: 24,662 pgs.
This was also an Early Readers proof—another review!
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91. The Emergence of Optimality Theory by K.P. Mohanan, D. Archangeli, D. Pulleyblank – 15 pgs.
92. Derivations and Levels of Representation by John J. McCarthy – 19 pgs.
Total: 24,696 pgs.
92. Derivations and Levels of Representation by John J. McCarthy – 19 pgs.
Total: 24,696 pgs.
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93. Psycholinguistics: A Resource Book for Students by John Field – 231 pgs.
Total: 24,927 pgs.
For what it's worth, this was a textbook that was really well set-up—it could be used in modules, or it could be read straight through for an overview of everything, and then each section repeats topics cyclically. It's really cool, and a style that I'd really like to adopt for any textbook writing I might do in the future...
Total: 24,927 pgs.
For what it's worth, this was a textbook that was really well set-up—it could be used in modules, or it could be read straight through for an overview of everything, and then each section repeats topics cyclically. It's really cool, and a style that I'd really like to adopt for any textbook writing I might do in the future...
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94. Reading in the Real World and its Correlates by Richard F. West, Keith E. Stanovich, and Harold R. Mitchell – 17 pgs.
95. Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments by Justin Kruger and David Dunning – 14 pgs.
96. The Black Count by Tom Reiss – 400 pgs.
97. Lexical-Functional Grammar by Yehuda N. Falk – 237 pgs.
98. Introductory Phonology by Bruce Hayes – 323 pgs.
Total: 25,918 pgs.
Made it to my goal! Hurray!
The Black Count is a book I got through Early Reviewers, and so has a review on it. I enjoyed reading it a lot more than I thought I would!
95. Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments by Justin Kruger and David Dunning – 14 pgs.
96. The Black Count by Tom Reiss – 400 pgs.
97. Lexical-Functional Grammar by Yehuda N. Falk – 237 pgs.
98. Introductory Phonology by Bruce Hayes – 323 pgs.
Total: 25,918 pgs.
Made it to my goal! Hurray!
The Black Count is a book I got through Early Reviewers, and so has a review on it. I enjoyed reading it a lot more than I thought I would!
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99. The Magic of Recluse by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – 501 pgs.
100. The Towers of the Sunset by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – 536 pgs.
101. Syntax: A Generative Introduction by Andrew Carnie – 526 pgs.
Total: 27,481 pgs.
100. The Towers of the Sunset by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – 536 pgs.
101. Syntax: A Generative Introduction by Andrew Carnie – 526 pgs.
Total: 27,481 pgs.
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102. The Magic Engineer by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – 617 pgs.
103. Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction by Ivan Sag – 608 pgs.
Total: 28,706 pgs.
103. Syntactic Theory: A Formal Introduction by Ivan Sag – 608 pgs.
Total: 28,706 pgs.
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105. Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman – 256 pgs.
106. Worlds’ End by Neil Gaiman – 168 pgs.
107. Subliminal Speech Priming by Sid Kouider and Emmanuel Dupoux – 9 pgs.
108. The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman – 352 pgs.
Total: 29,801 pgs.
106. Worlds’ End by Neil Gaiman – 168 pgs.
107. Subliminal Speech Priming by Sid Kouider and Emmanuel Dupoux – 9 pgs.
108. The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman – 352 pgs.
Total: 29,801 pgs.
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The final books of 2012, posted a few days late—I was on vacation!
109. The Wake by Neil Gaiman – 191 pgs.
110. Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman – 159 pgs.
111. The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman – 128 pgs.
112. The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd – 764 pgs.
113. Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk – 233 pgs.
114. Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk – 175 pgs.
115. The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud – 462 pgs.
Total: 31,913 pgs.
I ended with a nice round number of "things read" (99 books, by Goodreads' count, so 16 articles) and I totally blew my challenge out of the water by almost 7000 pages (and a palindrome for a pagecount!). Good year for reading! Hope 2013 will be similar!
109. The Wake by Neil Gaiman – 191 pgs.
110. Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman – 159 pgs.
111. The Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman – 128 pgs.
112. The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd – 764 pgs.
113. Stranger Than Fiction by Chuck Palahniuk – 233 pgs.
114. Fugitives and Refugees by Chuck Palahniuk – 175 pgs.
115. The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud – 462 pgs.
Total: 31,913 pgs.
I ended with a nice round number of "things read" (99 books, by Goodreads' count, so 16 articles) and I totally blew my challenge out of the water by almost 7000 pages (and a palindrome for a pagecount!). Good year for reading! Hope 2013 will be similar!
