Friday, April 27, 2012

I finished reading:

"The Return of the Native" written by Thomas Hardy.  413 pages.

The 25th book of the year.  9063 pages at an average of 363 pages per book.

-Richard

Sunday, April 22, 2012


End of Read-a-Thon Meme

  1. Which hour was most daunting for you? The Last one, Hour 18.  
  2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?  Thrillers.   Trying to read a classic, no matter how good, or how much I enjoy it towards the end is tough.
  3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?  I keep doing them so must be doing some well :)
  4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?  
  5. How many books did you read? Finished two and got to page 171 of Hardys "Return of the Native".
  6. What were the names of the books you read? The Rhinemann Exchange and 1st to Die
  7. Which book did you enjoy most? 1st to Die
  8. Which did you enjoy least?  None
  9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders? N/A
  10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time? Very Likely.   Reader.
The Final Stats:

Pages Read:  1038
Time Read: 10 Hours 3 Minutes
Books Finished: 2

-Richard
End of read-a-thon Hour 18
Pages Read this Hour: 54
Total Pages Read: 1027
Time Read this Hour: 33 Mins
Total Time Read:  9 Hours 53 Mins
Books Finished: 2


I think that's it.   My eyes have gone so it's time for bed!!!   Another good day, especially considering how stressful the last couple of weeks have been.   I may sneak in a few extra pages, but, that will be it.   Goodnight and back at it in October.

-Richard
End of Read-A-Thon Hour 17

Pages Read this Hour:  18
Total Pages Read: 973
Time Read This Hour: 10 Minutes
Total Time Read:  9 Hours 20 Minutes
Books Finished:2 


Running out of steam.  Going to try another hour and go from there.

-Richard

Saturday, April 21, 2012

End of Read-a-Thon Hour 16

Pages read this hour: 36
Total pages read: 955
Time read this hour: 37 mins.
Total time read: 9 Hours 10 Mins
Books Finished: 2


-Richard
End of Read-A-Thon Hour 15

Pages Read This Hour: 37
Total Pages Read: 919
Time Read this Hour: 30 Mins
Total Time Read: 8 Hours 33 Minutes
Books Finished: 2


-Richard
End of Read-A-Thon Hours 13 and 14.

Pages Read These Hours:  152
Total Pages Read: 882
Time Read These Hours:  52 mins
Total Time Read: 8 Hours 3 Minutes
Books Finished: 2

My new book is "Return of the Native" written by Thomas Hardy.  413 Pages.

-Richard
I finished reading:

"1st To Die" written by James Patterson.  462 pages.

24th book of 2012.  8650 pages at an average of 360 per book.

-Richard
Read-A-Thon Halfway Survey

1) How are you doing? Sleepy? Are your eyes tired?  Going Strong
2) What have you finished reading?  The Rhinemann Exchange by Robert Ludlum
3) What is your favorite read so far?  1st To Die, by James Patterson
4) What about your favorite snacks? Cadbury's Creme Eggs
5) Have you found any new blogs through the readathon? If so, give them some love!  No, too busy reading


-Richard
End of Read-A-Thon Hour 12.  Half Way.

Pages Read this Hour: 134
Total Pages: 730
Time Read this Hour: 54 Minutes
Total Time Read: 7 Hours 11 Minutes.
Books Finished: 1


-Richard
End of Read-a-Thon Hour 11

Pages Read this Hour: 117
Total Pages Read: 596
Time Read this Hour: 43 Minutes
Total Time Read: Six Hours 17 Minutes
Books Finished: 1


-Richard
End of read-a-thon hour 10

Pages Read this Hour: 103
Total Pages Read:  479
Time Read this Hour: 46 minutes
Total Time Read: 5 hours 34 minutes
Books Finished: 1


My new book is one Jenn wanted me to read, so, is a departure from my normal way of reading (in the order I get them).   It is 1st To Die written by James Patterson.   It is 462 pages.

Richard
I finished reading:
"The Rhinemann Exchange" written by Robert Ludlum.  446 Pages.

The 23rd book of the year.  8188 pages at an average of 356 pages per book.

-Richard
End of read-a-thon Hour 9

Pages Read This Hour:  53
Total Pages Read:  376
Tine Read This Hour:  36 Minutes
Total Time Read:  4 Hours 48 Minutes.
Books Finished: 0

-Richard
End of read-a-thon Hour 8

Pages Read Last Hours:  110
Total Pages Read:  323
Time Read Last Hours:  1 hour 8 minutes
Total Time Read:  4 hours 12 minutes
Books Finished: 0


-Richard
End of Read-A-Thon Hour 4

Pages Read Last Hour -82
Total Pages Read - 213
Time Read Last Hour - 51 Minutes
Total Time Read -  3 hours 4 Minutes
Books Finished - 0

Going out to meet my mother-in-law for lunch, probably be gone for a couple of  hours.

-Richard
End of Read-A-Thon Hour 3

Pages Read Last Hour - 59
Total Pages Read - 131
Time Read Last Hour - 50 Minutes
Total Time Read -  2 hours 13 Minutes
Books Finished - 0

-Richard
End of Read-A-Thon Hour 2

Pages Read Last Hour - 34
Total Pages Read - 72
Time Read Last Hour - 31 Minutes
Total Time Read -  1 hour 13 Minutes
Books Finished - 0

-Richard
End of Read-a-Thon Hour 1

Pages read last hour - 38
Total pages read - 38
Time read last hour - 42 minutes
Total time read - 42 minutes
Books finished - 0



-Richard
Read-a-Thon Introductory Questionnaire

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  The Woodlands, TX
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? I don't have a stack, just read the books in the order I get them without looking ahead so I can't say
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Going out for Cici's Pizza for dinner
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! English, now living in TX via lots of difference places.  Sports freak and this evening will be worrying about how the San Jose Earthquakes are doing against Salt Lake.  Will I be able to read during the game?
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?  Ninth one.   Essentially doing the same usual.  Just looking forward to days escape from "life"


-Richard
7am and start of the read-a-thon.

I am starting on the book I am reading, The Rhinemann exchange by Robert Ludlum.  Currently I am page 41 out of 446.

-Richard

Friday, April 20, 2012

Tomorrow is the next Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon.   It's been a tough, tough, few weeks so it will be nice to have a days escapism.

This will be the ninth one we have done.   The average for the previous ones are:

Average time read:  11 hours 23 minutes
Average number of Books Finished : 3 1/2
Average number of pages read: 997



-Richard
I finished reading:
"Steppenwolf" written by Hermann Hesse.  248 pages.

Weird!!

22nd book of the year.  7742 pages at an average of 352 pages per book.

-Richard

Friday, April 13, 2012

I finished reading:

"Monsoon" written by Wilbur Smith.  822 pages.

21st book of the year.  7494 pages at an average of 362 pages per book.

-Richard

Thursday, April 05, 2012

I finished reading:

"Hitler's Elite" written by Louis L. Snyder.  277 pages.

20th book of the year.  6772 pages at an average of 339 pages per day.

-Richard

Sunday, April 01, 2012

I finished reading:

"Tobacco Road" written by Erskine Caldwell.  159 pages.

A weird book.  I only picked it up because I thought it was about North Carolina.  Turned out it was set in Georgia.

19th book of the year.  6495 pages at an average of 342 per book.

-Richard