Hi Friends! Similar to what @one_crazy_eliott did last month with starting a book a day this month I'll be embarking on a challenge to finish a book every day of October! (Last year I ended up averaging about 172 pages a day I believe.) The rules for myself are simple:

1. Finish a book everyday of October. (I use the word 'book' lightly. What I generally mean is a published work of fiction or nonfiction. The shortest book on my list this year is 44 pages.)
2. All books must be started in October...can't use anything I started before then. (Books don't need to be started and finished all in one day. So long as I started reading them in October, they are fair game.) Time to see if this will be an annual occurrence or not! 😂

Goals: Read a book everyday of October! Attempt for an average of 185 pages a day.

October 1: The Chibok Girls by Helon Habila— 124 pgs October 2: A Desperate Road to Freedom by Karleen Bradford— 240 pgs October 3: A River in Darkness by Masaji Ishikawa-- 174 pgs October 4: Footsteps in the Snow by Carol Matas-- 185 pgs October 5: The Mist by Stephen King-- 176 pgs October 6: A Journey to the New World by Kathryn Lasky-- 173 pgs October 7: Days of Toil and Tears by Sarah Ellis— 219 pgs October 8: Children of the Corn by Stephen King— 46 pgs October 9: A Sea of Sorrows by Norah McClintock--176 pgs October 10: Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose-- 96 pgs October 11: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan-- 64 pgs October 12: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery-- 96 pgs October 13: Orphan at My Door by Jean Little-- 224 pgs October 14: The Winter of Red Snow by Kristiana Gregory-- 173 pgs October 15: Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse-- 227 pgs October 16: Skylark by Patricia MacLachlan-- 98 pgs October 17: ✖️ October 18: Not a Nickel to Spare by Perry Nodelman-- 218 pgs October 19: Taken by Elizabeth Stephens-- 143 pgs October 20: Standing in the Light by Mary Pope Osborne-- 184 pgs October 21: I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly by Joyce Hansen-- 208 pgs October 22: ✖️ October 23: ✖️ October 24: All Fall Down by Jean Little-- 200 pgs October 25: My Face to the Wind by Jim Murphy-- 182 pgs October 26: A Light in the Storm by Karen Hesse-- 169 pgs October 27: Pieces of the Past by Carol Matas-- 192 pgs October 28: ✖️ October 29: ✖️ October 30: ✖️ October 31: ✖️

End of Challenge Summary: Books Read: 24 Page total: 3987 Average pages per day: 128

This was such a fun challenge!! I'm excited to try it again next year (hopefully with all y'all again!!) and hopefully read a few more books and a few more pages! Thanks for everyone who joined the challenge (and for all those that cheered us on!!)!! We all killed it this year!! Now we can all chill again :) Happy Halloween!!!