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The Monthly Challenge for December contains 56 works. You can help by reading the guide and contributing to the current challenge.
This month:
  • Pages processed: 126 (4.2% of target)
  • Avg. pages/day: 63
  • Yesterday: 121

Last month:
  • Pages processed: 4513 (150.4% of target)
  • Avg. pages/day: 150


The current Proofread of the Month is A Grammar and Vocabulary of the Language of New Zealand (1928) by Thomas Kendall.

Recent collaborations: Little Fuzzy, Creation by Evolution, Recollections of Full Years, The Heart of Jainism, The Silent Prince, A Journey to Lhasa and Central Tibet, The Tower, Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope, The Story of the Flute, The Art of Kissing

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