End of read-a-thon closing survey:


1. Which hour was most daunting for you? Always the last one.  (Hour 19 for me)
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a reader engaged for next year?  Action thrillers
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next season?.   I like it as it is.  This is # 19 for me and I don't intend to stop.
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?  I did like the Instagram challenge.
5. How many books did you read? Finished three.
6. What were the names of the books you read? A Fighting Chance, Dead Reckoning, The Charm School and start The Ladies Paradise
7. Which book did you enjoy most? A Fighting Chance
8. Which did you enjoy least? The Ladies Paradise, but, only because I just started it and have not gotten into it yet.
9. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?  Very!! A Reader

My final stats:

Pages Read: 1232
Time Read: 12 hours 25 minutes
Books Finished: 3

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 19:

Pages read this hour: 82
Time read this hour: 46 minutes
Books finished this hour: 1

Total Pages Read: 1223
Total Time Read: 12 hours 20 minutes
Total Books Finished: 3

I think that's about it.  Maybe a few more pages before I go to bed.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Charm School" written by Nelson DeMille.  630 pages.

The forty sixth book of the year.  17,289 pages at an average of 376 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 18:

Pages read this hour: 56
Time read this hour: 32 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 1141
Total Time Read: 11 hours 34 minutes
Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 17:

Pages read this hour: 86
Time read this hour: 52 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 1085
Total Time Read: 11 hours 2 minutes
Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 16:

Pages read this hour: 66
Time read this hour: 47 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 999
Total Time Read: 10 hours 10 minutes
Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 15:

Pages read this hour: 38 pages
Time read this hour:  22 mins
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 933
Total Minutes Read: 9 hours 33 minutes
Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 14:

Pages read this hour: 103
Time read this hour: 50 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  895
Total Time Read: 9 hours 11 minutes
Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard 

End of Read-a-thon hour 13:

Pages read this hour: 63

Time read this hour: 35 minutes

Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 792

Total Time Read: 8 hours 21 minutes 

Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 11 and 12:

Pages read these hours: 91

Time read these hours: 60 mins

Books finished these hours: 0

Total Pages Read: 729

Total Time Read: 7 hours 46 minutes

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 10:

Pages read this hour: 57
Time read this hour: 44 minutes
Books Finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 638
Total Time Read: 6 hours 46 minutes
Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 9:

Pages read this hour: 73
Time read this hour: 32 minutes
Books finished this hour: 1

Total Pages Read: 581
Total Time Read: 6 hours 2 minutes
Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Dead Reckoning" written by Charlaine Harris.  325 pages.

The forty fifty book of the year.  16,659 pages at an average of 370 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 8:

Pages read this hour: 97
Time read this hour: 50 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 508
Total Time Read: 5 hours 29 minutes
Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

End of read-a-thin hour 7:

Pages read this hour: 86
Time read this hour:  47 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  411
Total Time Read:  4 hours 39 minutes
Total Books finished: 1

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 6:

Pages read this hour: 20
Time read this hour: 15 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 325
Total Time Read: 3 hours 52 minutes
Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 5:

Pages read this hour: 77
Time read this hour: 48 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 305
Total Time Read: 3 hours 37 minutes
Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 4:

Pages read this hour: 68
Time read this hour: 43 minutes
Books finished this hour: 1

Total Pages Read: 228
Total Time Read: 2 hours 49 minutes
Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

I finished reading:

"A Fighting Chance" written by Elizabeth Warren.  288 pages.

The forty fourth book of the year.  16,334 pages at an average of 371 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 3:

Pages read this hour: 63
Time read this hour: 46 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 160
Total Time Read: 2 hours 6 minutes
Total Books Finished:  0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 2:

Pages read this hour:  51
Time read this hour: 34 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read:  97
Total Time Read: 1 hour 20 minutes
Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 1:

Pages read this hour:  46
Time read this hour: 46 minutes
Books finished this hour: 0

Total Pages Read: 46
Total Time Read: 46 minutes
Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

Read-a-thon opening Survey:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  The Woodlands, TX (just north of Houston)
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  The one I am currently reading (Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren)
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?  Cookies!!
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! Ex-pat Englishman now in the Houston, Texas area married to the love of my life.   I'll also be very anxiously watching the football scores from England this morning.
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?  This is the nineteenth I have taken part in and will do it similar to all the rest which I have thoroughly enjoyed.

-Richard

Tomorrow we are participating in our nineteenth Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon.

As usual I don't have a list of book, just reading them as they come.  I do know that I will read the next Charlaine Harris Sookie book.  My goal is to beat my average number of pages (1096), average time read (11 hours 34 minutes)  and average number of books finished (3.6) from the previous read-a-thons.


-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Great Departure: The United States and World War I 1914-1920" written by Daniel M. Smith.  201 pages.

The forty third book of the year.  16,046 pages at an average of 373 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"S-Day" written by James Stewart Thayer.  465 pages.  

The forty second book of the year.  15,845 pages at an average of 377 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Very Good Gospel:  How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right" written by Lisa Sharon Harper.  206 pages.

The forty first book of the year.  15,380 pages at an average of 375 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Freedom of Speech and Press in Early American History: Legacy of Suppression" written by Leonard W. Levy.  320 pages.

The fortieth book of the year.  15,174 pages at an average of 379 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Red Army" written by Ralph Peters.  403 pages.  

The thirty ninth book of the year.  14,854 pages at an average of 381 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Through the Year with William Booth" edited by Stephen Poxon.  378 pages.

The thirty eighth book of the year.  14,451 pages at an average of 380 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Black Elk:  The Life of an American Visionary" written by Joe Jackson.  484 pages.

The thirty seventh book of the year.   14,073 pages at an average of 380 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Sofia Petrovna" written by Lydia Chukovskaya.  120 pages.

The thirty sixth book of the year.  13,589 pages at an average of 377 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Cathedral@ written by Nelson De Mille.  575 pages.

The thirty fifth book of the year.  13,469 pages at an average of 385 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945" written by Rick Atkinson.  641 pages.

The thirty fourth book of the year.  12,894 pages at an average of 379 pages per book.

-Richard