I read:

“Stonehenge” written by Bernard Cornwall.  482 pages.

The fifteenth book of the year.  4,198 pages at an average of 280 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear” written by The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.  135 pages.

The fourteenth book of the year.  3,716 pages at an average of 265 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading;

“Hillbilly Elegy” written by J.D. Vance.  257 pages.

The thirteenth book of the year.  3,581 pages at an average of  275 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Cornhuskers” written by Carl Sandburg.  71 pages.

The twelfth book of the year.  3,324 pages at an average of  277 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Rembrandt’s Gold” written by Paul Christopher. 347 pages.

The eleventh book of the year.  3,253 pages at average of 296 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America” written by Nancy Isenberg.  321 pages.

The tenth book of the year.  2,906 pages at an average of 291 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books:

Pages read on Day 7:  176
Books finished on Day 7: 1

Total Pages Read:  1624
Total Books Finished:  5

A fun week, especially combined with a week off work.    Hopefully will be back at it in May!!

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Warning to the West” written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.  146 pages.

The ninth book of the year.  2,585 pages at an average of 287 pages per book.

- Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 6 (January 13th)

Pages read on Day 6:  233
Books finished on Day 6: 1

Total Pages Read:  1448
Total Books Finished:  4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Furies” written by Bill Napier.  492 pages.

The eighth book of the year.  2,439 pages at an average of 305 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 5 (January 12th):

Pages read on Day 5: 233
Books finished on Day 5: 0

Total pages read:  1199
Total books finished: 3

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 4 (January 11th):

Pages read on Day 4: 360
Books finished on Day 4: 3

Total pages read: 955
Total books finished: 3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“March:  Book Three” written by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.  246 pages.

A series everyone should read!!

The seventh book of the year.  1,947 pages at an average of  278 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Brotherhood of War Book I: The Lieutenants” written by W.E.B. Griffin.  401 pages.

The sixth book of the year.  1701 pages at an average of  284 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 3 (January 10th):

Pages read on Day 3: 185
Books finished on Day 3: 0

Total pages read:  595
Total books finished: 1

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 2 (January 9th):

Pages read on Day 2: 235
Books finished on Day 2: 1

Total Pages Read:  410
Total Books Finished: 1

I finished The Canterbury Tales and started The Lieutenants by W.E.B. Griffin.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Canterbury Tales” written by Geoffrey Chaucer.  508 pages.

The fifth book of the year.  1,300 pages at an average of 260 pages per book.

 

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 1 (January 8th):

Pages read on Day 1: 175
Books finished on Day 1: 0

Total pages read: 175
Total books finished: 0

I am currently reading The Canterbury Tale by Chaucer.  I finished the day on page 390.

-Richard

Next week it's time for the next Bout of Books.   It will be the tenth time Jenn and I have taken part in it.  I am off work on a weeks vacation so I hope to be able to have some good, solid time relaxing and reading. 

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 8th and runs through Sunday, January 14th 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 21 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I finished reading:

“Sermon on the Mound: Finding God at the Heart of the Game” written by Michael O’Connor.  177 pages.

The fourth book of the year.  792 pages at an average of 198 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“March: Book Two” written by John Lewis,  Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.  187 pages.

The third book of the year.  615 pages at an average of 205 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Nausea” written by Jean-Paul Sartre.  178 pages.

The second book of the year.   428 pages at an average of  214 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Bloody Confused:  A Clueless American Sportswriter Seeks Solace in English Soccer” written by Chuck Culpepper.  250 pages.

The first book of 2018.

-Richard

Here are a few reading stats from 2017:

Books finished:  138.   A new record (previous 133)
Pages read: 48,051.  A new record (previous 41,805)
Average # of pages per book: 348

I read authors born in 20 different countries:  1. USA: 81, 2. England: 26, 3. Russia: 4, 4: Canada, Scotland, Australia and France: 3

I read authors both in 30 different USA States:  1. New York: 13, 2: Mississippi, Massachusetts, California: 5, 5: Pennsylvania, Michigan, 4.

I read books with titles starting with 22 different letters of the alphabet.  I did not read books starting with I, X, Y and Z.

I read authors with last names starting with 20 different letters.  I did not read E, I, V, X, Y and Z. 

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 1063 which means an average of 82 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 317,362 pages at an average or 317,462 a year and 348 per book.

This years goal is 100 books.

Happy New Year.

-Richard