I finished reading:

"Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka" written by Franz Kafka. 328 pages.

The thirteenth book of the year.   4,168 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.

-Richard

II finished reading:

"The Leopard Hunts in Darkness" written by Wilbur Smith.  441 pages.

The twelfth book of the year.  3,840 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Landline" written by Rainbow Rowell.  308 pages.

The eleventh book of the year.  3,399 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Bare Bones" written by Kathy Reichs.  383 pages.

The tenth book of the year.  3,091 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Queen Victoria" written by Lytton Strachey.  246 pages.

The ninth book of the year.  2,708 pages at an average of 301 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"BBC Doctor Who Time Trips" stories written by Cecelia Ahern, Jake Arnott, Trudi Canaan, Jenny T. Colgan, Stella Duffy, Nick Harkaway, Joanne Harris and A.L. Kennedy.  378 pages.

The eighth book of the year.  2,462 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon" written by Henry Fielding.  114 pages.

The seventh book of the year.  2,084 pages at an average of 298 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 7 (January 8th) and Final Post:

Pages Read Day 7: 251
Books Finished Day 7: 0

Total Pages Read: 1744
Total Books Finished: 5

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Wall" written by John Hersey.  632 pages.

The sixth book of the year.  1,970 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 6 (January 7th):

Pages Read on Day 6: 225
Books Finished on Day 6: 0

Total Pages Read:  1,493
Total Books Finished:  5

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 5 (January 6th):

Pages Read Day 5: 133
Books Finished Day 5: 1

Total Pages Read: 1,258
Total Books Finished: 5

I finished reading "Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters" and started "The Wall".

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters:  Travels through England's Football Provinces" written by Daniel Gray.  291 pages.

The fifth book of the year.  1,338 pages at an average of 268 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 4 (January 5th):

Pages Read Day 4:  269
Books Finished Day 4: 1

Total Pages Read: 1,135
Total Books Finished: 4

I finished "The Loved One" written by Evelyn Waugh and started "Hatters, Railwaymen and Knitters" written by Daniel Gray.

-Richard

I finished reading;

"The Loved One" written by Evelyn Waugh.  191 pages.

The fourth book of the year.  1,047 pages at an average of 262 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 3 (January 4th)

Pages read on Day 3: 212
Books finished on Day 3:1

Total Pages Read:  866
Total Books Finished: 3

I finished reading "The Man Who Only Loved Numbers" written by Paul Hoffman and start "The Loved One" written by Evelyn Waugh.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Man Who Only Loved Numbers:  The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth" written by Paul Hoffman.   268 pages.

The third book of the year.  856 pages at an average of 285 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 2 (January 3rd):

Pages Read on Day 2:  309
Books Finished on Day 2: 1

Total Pages Read: 654
Total Books Finished: 2

I finished reading "Dead in the Family" by Charlaine Harris and started "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" written by Paul Hoffman.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Dead in the Family" written by Charlaine Harris. 311 pages.

The second book of the year.  588 pages at an average of 294 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 1 (January 2nd):

Pages Read on Day 1:  345 Pages
Books finished on Day 7: 1

Total Pages Read: 345
Total Books Finished:1

I finished reading "How The Beatles Rocked the Kremlin" and started to read "Dead in the Family".

-Richard

I finished reading:

"How The Beatles Rocked the Kremlin:  The Untold Story of a Noisy Revolution" written by Leslie Woodhead.  277 pages.

The first book of 2017.

-Richard

We are again participating the week long  Bout of Books readathon.  I am again taking my Christmas Holiday the first week of January so it coincides which is nice.  A good way to get the year started!!

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 2nd and runs through Sunday, January 8th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 18 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

Here are a few random reading stats from 2016:

Books Finished:  117
Pages Read: 38,483
Average # of Pages per Book: 329

I read authors born in 19 different countries:  1. USA - 64,  2. England - 20, 3. Wales - 6, 4. Russia - 4 and 5. France - 3

I read authors born in 23 different US States: 1. New York - 8, 2. Texas - 5 and 3. Missouri, Georgia, Massachusetts and Minnesota - 4

I read books with titles starting with 21 different letters. I did not read books starting with N, V, X, Y or Z.

I read authors with last names starting with 18 different letters.  I did not read I, J, K O, Q, U, V and X

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 925 which means an average of 77 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 269,411 pages at an average or 29,935 a year and 348 per book.

Next years goal for books read will be 100.   A higher target, but, I have now hit over 100 two years in a row.  This years goal was 66.

Happy New Year.

- Richard