I finished reading:

"Love in the Time of Cholera" written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.  348 pages.

The eighty-fifth book of 2013.  35,716 pages at an average of 420 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Tales if Beedle the Bard" written by J.K. Rowling.  111 pages.

The eighty-fourth book of the year.  35,368 pages at an average of 421 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading;

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" written by J.K. Rowling.  759 pages.

The eighty-third book of the year.  35,258 pages at an average of 325 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Divide and Conquer" created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik, written by Jeff Rovin.  372 pages.  

The eighty-second book of the year. 34,499 pages at an average of 420 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Son of Old Man Hat - A Navaho Autobiography" recorded by Walter Dyk.  378 pages.

The eighty-first book of the year.  34,077 pages at an average of 421 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"One Hundred Years of Solitude" written by Gabrial Garcia Marquez.  422 pages.

The eightieth book of the year.  33,699 pages at an average of 421 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Tom Clancy's Op-Center: State of Siege" created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik written by Jeff Rovin.  368 pages.

The seventy-ninth book of the year.  33,277 pages at an average of 421 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Balance of Power" created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik written by Jeff Rovin.  450 pages.

The seventy-eighth book of the year. 32,909 pages at an average of 422 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Happy to be Hear" written by Garrison Keillor.

The seventy-seventh book of the year.  32,459 pages at an average of 422 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Acts of War" created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik written by Jeff Rovin.  492 pages.

The seventy-sixth book of the year.  32,183 pages at an average of 423 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Love Me" written by Garrison Keillor.  272 pages.

The seventy-fifth book of the year.  31,691 pages at an average of 423 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Games of State" created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik written by Jeff Rovin.  500 pages.

The seventy-fourth book of the year.  31,419 pages at an average of 425 pages per book.

- Richard

I finished reading:

"Monsignor Quixote" written by Graham. Greene.

The seventy-third book of the year.  30,919 pages at an average of 424 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Mirror Image" created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pierczenik written by Jeff Rovin. 436 pages.

The seventy-second book of the year.  30,698 pages at an average of 426 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Mozart" written by Wolfgang Hidesheimer.  366 pages.

For a classical music fan like I am it is actually amazing how little Mozart I know and have listened to.

This was the seventy-first book of the year.  30,252 pages at an average of 426 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Tom Clancy's Op-Center" created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik written by Jeff Rovin.  387 pages.

The seventieth book of the year.  29,886 pages at an average of 427 pages per book.

- Richard

I finishesd reading:

"Industry and Empire" written by Eric Hobsbawm.  324 pages.

The sixty-ninth book of the year.  29,499 pages at an average of 428 pages per book.

- Richard

I finished reading:

"Paper Lion" written by George Plimpton.  303 pages.

The sixty-eight  book of the year.  29,175 pages at an average of 429 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Worthy Opponents" written by Edward G. Longacre.  322 pages.

The sixty-seventh book of the year.  28,872 pages at an average of 431 pages per book.

- Richard

I finished reading:

"The Edge of Battle" written by Dale Brown.  437 pages.

The sixty-sixth book of the year.  28,550 pages at an average of 433 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Warden" written by Jim Willett and Ron Rozelle.  231 pages.

The sixty-fifth book of the year.  28,113 pages at an average of 433 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Tristan Betrayal" written by Robert Ludlum.  505 pages.

The sixty-fourth book of the year.  27,882 pages at an average of 436 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Texas Prisons: The Largest Hotel Chain in Texas" written by Lon Bennett Glenn.   339 pages.

The sixty-third book of 2013.  27,377 pages at an average of 435 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Sigma Protocol" written by Robert Ludlum.  650 pages.

The sixty-second book of the year.  27,038 pages at an average of 436 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Two Lives, One Russia: The True Story of one American's Harrowing and Illuminating Experience as a Pawn of the KGB" written by Nicholas Daniloff.  320 pages.

The sixty-first book of the year. 26,388 pages at an average of 433 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Cry of the Halidon" written by Robert Ludlum.  430 pages.

The sixtieth book of the year.  26,068 pages at an average of 434 pages per book.

-Richard

End of readathon questionnaire

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?  20
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?  Harry Potter
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?  Nope - great as it is
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon? 
5. How many books did you read? Finished 2
6. What were the names of the books you read? The Communist Part of the Soviet Union and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
7. Which book did you enjoy most? Harry Potter
8. Which did you enjoy least?
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?  Definately

End of readathon hour 20.

Pages read this hour: 43

Total pages read: 1210

Time read this hour: 31 minutes

Total time read: 12 hours 37 minutes.

Books finished: 2

That's all she wrote folks.  Goodnight!

Richard

End of readathon hour 19.

Pages read this hour: 99

Total pages read: 1167

Time read this hour: 40 minutes.

Total time read: 12 hours 6 minutes.

Books finished: 2

My next book "The Cry of the Halidon" written by Robert Ludlum. (430 pages).

This is my last hour.  I've done the readathon a lot of times now and never made it to completing 20 so we are in uncharted territory.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" written by J.K. Rowling.  652 pages.

The fifty-ninth book of the year.  25,638 pages at an average of 435 pages.

-Richard

End of readathon hour 18.

Pages read this hour: 106

Total pages read: 1068

Time read this hour: 55 minutes

Total time read: 11 hours 26 minutes

Books finished: 1

-Richard

End of readathon hour 17

Pages read this hour: 34

Total Pages read: 962

Time read this hour: 20 mins

Total time read: 10 hours 31mins

Books finished: 1

-Richard

End of readathon hour 16.

Pages read this hour: 103

Total Pages read: 928

Time read this hour:  52 mins

Total time read: 10 hours 11 mins

Books finished: 1

-Richard

End of readathon hour 15.

Pages read this hour: 64

Total pages read: 825

Time read this hour: 35 mins

Total time read: 9hours 19minutes.

Books finished: 1

-Richard

End of readathon hour 14

Pages read this hour: 62

Total pages read: 761

Time read this hour: 30 mins

Total time read:  8 hours 44 mins

Books finished: 1

- Richard

End of readathon hours 12 and 13

Pages read these hours: 109

Total pages read: 699

Time read these hours: 1 hour 4 mins

Total time read: 8 hours 14 mins

Books finished: 1

- Richard

End of readathon hour 11

Pages read this hour: 69

Total pages read: 590

Time read this hour: 43 mins

Total time read: 7hrs 10 mins

Books finished: 1

Out for a "reading" dinner.

-Richard

End of readathon hour 10

Pages read this hour: 70

Total pages read: 521

Time read this hour: 40 mins

Total time read: 6 hrs 27mins

Books finished: 1

My new book is "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" 652 pages.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Communist Party of the Soviet Union" written by Leonard Schapiro.  629 pages.

The fifty-eight book of the year.  24,986 pages at an average of 431 pages per book.

End of readathon hour 9

Pages read this hour: 56

Total pages read: 451

Time read this hour: 45 mins

Total time read:  5 hours 47 mins

Books finished: 0

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Trans-Siberian Express" written by Warren Adler.  402 pages.

The fifty-seventh book of the year.  24,357 pages at an average of 427 per book.

-Richard

End of readathon hour 8

Pages read this hour:  71

Total pages read: 385

Time read this hour: 51 mins

Total time read: 5hrs 2mins

Books finished: 0

- Richard

End of readathon hour 7

Pages read this hour: 32

Total pages read: 314

Time read this hour: 25 minutes

Total time read: 4hrs 11 mins

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 6.

Pages read this hour: 76

Total pages read: 282

Time read this hour: 49 mins

Total time read: 3 hrs 46 mins

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 5:

Pages read this hour:  43

Total pages read: 206

Time read: 28 minutes

Total time read: 2 hours 58 minutes

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 4.

Pages read this hour:  55

Total pages read: 163

Time read this hour: 54 minutes

Total time read: 2hrs 29 minutes.

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 3:

Pages read this hour: 50

Total pages read: 108

Time read this hour:  32 minutes

Total time read: 1hr 35 mins

Books finished:  0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 2.

Pages read this hour: 34

Total pages read: 58

Time read this hour: 34 mins

Total time read: 1 hour 3 mins.

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 1.

Pages read this hour: 24

Total pages read: 24

Time read this hour: 29 minutes.

Total time read: 29 minutes.

Books finished: 0

-Richard

So, here we are the start of another Dewey's 24 hour readathon.   I must admit not feeling really motivated right now, but, I once I get going I will be fine.  

I am starting the day of with the book I am currently reading.   A book, which although I am enjoying,is not light reading so perhaps not the best to start the day with.   It is "The Communist Party of the Soviet Union" written by Leonard Shapiro.   Currently I am on page 127 out of 629.

Now the opening questionnaire.

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?-   The Woodlands, TX, USA (just north of Houston.
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Looking forward to anything I read, but, am looking forward to reading #6 of the Harry Potter series.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Anything my wife has made :)
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! Ex Patriot Brit, living in Houston, TX
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?  I have participated in many.   I can't say I'll be doing anything different.   I have thoroughly enjoyed everyone and do not expect this to be any different.

-Richatrd

I finished reading:

"Twenty-Two foreigners in Funny Shorts:  The Intelligent Fan's Guide to Soccer and World Cup '94" written by Pete Davies.

Reading this book now almost twenty years after it was written it is absolutely incredible how far soccer has come in the US.  It's cool to have been a part of it in a very, very small way.

The fifty-sixth book of the year.  23,995 pages at an average of 428 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Russian Woman" written by Tom Hyman. 316 pages.

The fifty-fifth book of the year.  23,715 at an average of 431 pages per book.

I finished reading:

"North of South" written by Shiva Naipaul.  349 pages.

The fifty-fourth book of the year

.  23,399 pages at an average of 433 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"As the Crow Flies" written by Jeffrey Archer.  736 pages.

The fifty-third book this year.  23,050 pages at an average of 435 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Communist China: Revolutionary Reconstruction and International Confrontation 1948 to the Present" edited by Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell.  636 pages.

The fifty-second book of the year.  22,314 pages at an average of 429 pages per book.

- Richard

I finished reading:

"Signal and Noise" written by John Griesmer.   593 pages.

The fifty-first book of the year.  21,678 pages at an average of 425 pages per book.

 

- Richard

I finished reading:

"Anil's Ghost" written by Michael Ondaatje.  307 pages.

A sad story of violence in the favourite country I have ever visited.  It's hard to believe such a beautiful country and happy, friendly people could be surrounded by such pain.

The fiftieth book of the year.  21,085 pages at an average of 422 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading "Lenin's Brain" written by Tilman Spengler. 266 pages.

The forty-ninth book of the year. 20,778 pages at an average of 424 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Jesus Rode a Donkey - Why Republicans Don't have the Corner on Christ" written by Linda Seger.  289 pages.

The forty-eight book of the year.  20,512 pages at an average of  427 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Moscow 5000" written by David Grant.  398 pages.

The forty-seventh book of 2013.  20,223 at an average of 430 pages per book.

- Richard

I finished reading:

"Reached" written by Ally Condie.

The forty-sixth book of the year.  19,825 pages at an average of 431 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" written by J.K. Rowling.  870 pages.

My least favourite of the Harry Potter series so far.

The forty-fifth book of the year. 19313 pages at an average of 429 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Memoirs of Richard Nixon" written by Richard Nixon.  1090 pages.

The forty-fourth book of the year.  18,443 pages at an average of 419 pages book.

A very interesting book.   Watergate is something I don't know anything about so without reading more I cannot make a judgement.  What is interesting is the fact that Nixon was considered a right wing Conservative yet in today's climate he would probably have to be a Conservative Democrat.   For example one of his policy goals was "affordable health insurance for everyone".  Sound familiar?

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The President's Daughter" written by Jack Higgins.  304 pages

The forty-third book of the year.   17,353 pages at an average of 404 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Storming Intrepid" written by Payne Harrison.  608 pages.

"The Double Helix - A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA" written by James D. Watson.  226 pages.

The forty-first and forty-second book of the year.  17,049 pages at an average of 406 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Becoming Eichmann - Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer" written by David Cesarani.  368 pages.

The fortieth book of the year.  16,215 pages at an average of 405 pages per book.

-Richard

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I finished reading:

"The Russian Passenger" written by Gunther Ohnemus.  260 Pages.

The thirty-ninth book of the year.  15,841 pages at an average of 406 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"My Grandfather's Son - A Memoir" written by Clarence Thomas.  289 pages.

The thirty-eight book of the year.   15,581 pages at an average of 410 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Fatherland" written by Robert Harris.  380 pages.

The thirty-seventh book of the year.  15,292 pages at an average of 413 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" written by J.K. Rowling.  734 pages.

The thirty-sixth book of the year.  14,912 pages at an average of 414 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Blitz - The Story of December 29, 1940" written by Margaret Gaskin.  374 pages.

The thirty-fifth book of the year.  14178 pages at an average of 405 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Red Heat" by Don Pendleton and Jerry VanCook.  349 Pages.

The thirty-fourth book of the year.  13,804 pages at an average of 406 pages per book.

-Richard