Thursday, January 29, 2015

I finished reading:

"The Apocalypse Watch" written by Robert Ludlum.  751 pages.

"A Tale of Two Cities" written by Charles Dickens.  470 pages.

The tenth and eleventh books of the year.   4,769 pages at an average of 434 pages per book.


-Richard

Sunday, January 25, 2015

I finished reading:

"Playgrounds of the Gods: A Year of Sporting Fantasy" written by Ian Stafford. 255 pages.

The ninth book of the year.  3,548 pages at an average of 394 pages per book.


-Richard

Friday, January 23, 2015

I finished reading:

"Writing for The King" written by Stephen Poxon.  41 pages.

The eighth book of the year.  3,293 pages at an average of 412 pages per book.


-Richard
I finished reading:

"Winter of the World" written by Ken Follett.  Book two of "The Century" trilogy.  940 pages.

The seventh book of the year.  3,252 pages at an average of 465 pages per book.


-Richard

Thursday, January 15, 2015

I finished reading:

"Henry V" written by William Shakespeare.  266 pages.

The sixth book of the year.  2,312 pages at an average of 385 pages per book.


-Richard

Monday, January 12, 2015

End of Bout of Books Day 7 and Event :(

Pages read this day: 51
Books finished this day:0

Total Pages Read:  1146
Books Finished:  4

A thoroughly enjoyable event and I am really looking forward to the next one.   Thanks to all those who organized it.

-Richard 

Sunday, January 11, 2015

End of Bout of Books Day 6:

Pages read this day: 148
Books finished this day: 1

Total Pages read:  1095
Total Books finished: 4

-Richard

Saturday, January 10, 2015

I finished reading:

"Saving the Queen" written by William F. Buckley, Jr.  286 pages.

The fifth book of the year.  2,046 pages at an average of 409 pages per book.


-Richard
End of Bout of Books Day 5.

Pages read on Day 5: 131
Books finished on Day 5: 0

Total Pages Read:  947
Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

Friday, January 09, 2015

End of Bout of Books Day 4:

Pages read on Day 4:  223
Books Finished on Day 4: 2

Total Pages Read:  816
Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

Thursday, January 08, 2015

I finished reading:

"The Walking Dead Volume 5: The Best Defense" written by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn.  136 pages.

The fourth book of the year.  1,760 pages at an average of 440 per book.


-Richard
I finished reading:

"Bestie" written by Joe Lovejoy.  372 pages.

The third book of the year.  1,624 pages at an average of 541 per book.


-Richard
End of Bout of Books Read-a-Thon Day 3

Pages read on Day 3:  174
Books finished on Day 3: 0

Total Pages Read: 593
Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

Wednesday, January 07, 2015

End of Bout of Books read-a-thon Day 2.

Pages read on Day 2:  217
Books finished on Day 2: 1

Total pages read: 418
Total books finished: 1

I am now reading "Bestie" written by Joe Lovejoy and am on page 176 out of 372.

-Richard

Tuesday, January 06, 2015

I finished reading:

"The Heart of Everything that Is:  The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend" written by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.  365 pages.

The second book of the year.  1285 pages at an average of 643 pages per book.


-Richard
For the Bout of Books read-a-thon I started at page 122 of "The Heart of Everything That Is" written by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.   

On Day one I read 201 pages getting to page 323.   The book is 365 pages so I should finish it today.

-Richard

Saturday, January 03, 2015

2014 finished with 95 books finished with   34,012 pages read at an average book size of 358 pages.  This is the second most books I've read in a year.   The most being 97 in 2008.

For 2015 I am keeping my goal at 52 books, or, one a week.   

I have finished the first book of the year: "Fall of Giants" written by Ken Follett.  It is the first book of "The Century" trilogy which I intend to read this year.  It has 920 pages.


-Richard