I finished reading:

“The Power Broker” written by Stephen Frey.  387 pages.

The one hundred and fifty eighth book of the year.  59,296 pages at an average of 375 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Summer Book” written by Tove Jansson.  170 pages.

The one hundred and fifty seventh book of the year.  58,909 pages at an average of 375 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“A Column of Fire” written by Ken Follett.  909 pages.

The one hundred and fifty sixth book of the year.  58,739 pages at an average of 377 pages per book.

-Richard 

Final read-a-thon stats and closing survey:

Total Pages Read:  1437
Total Time Read:  12 hours 58 minutes
Total Books Finished:  4

1. How would you assess your reading overall?  A good day. Successful and I ended up reading more than I thought.
2. Did you have a stategy, and if so, did you stick to it?  I always read a very similar way with books in kinda the order I get them, with, some series that I keep for read-a-thons.
3. What was your favorite snack?  My wife's homemade cupcakes :)
4. Wanna volunteer for our next event?  I'd rather just be a reader.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 16-18:

Pages read these hours:  207 pages

Time read these hours:  1 hour 54 minutes

Books finished these hours:  0

Total pages read:  1309

Total time read:  11 hours 56 minutes

Books finished:  4

I’ll probably read one more hour before going to bed.

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hours 12-15:

Pages read these hours:  170

Time read these hours:  1 hour 35 minutes

Books finished these hours: 0

Total Pages Read:  1,102

Total Time Read:  10 hours 2 minutes

Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hours 9-12:

Pages read these hours: 246

Time read these hours: 2 hours 30 mins

Books finished these hours: 0

Total pages read: 932

Total times read:  8 hours 27 mins

Total books finished:  4

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 6-9:

Pages read these hours:  274

Time read these hours:  1 hour 30 mins

Books finished these hours:  2

Total Pages Read:  686

Total Time Read:  5 hours 57 minutes

Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Test” written by Sylvain Neuval.  104 pages.

The one hundred and fifty fifth book of the year.  57,830 pages at an average of 373 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Saga, Volume Two” written by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.  160 pages.

The one hundred and fifty fourth book of the year.  57,726 pages at an average of 375 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-thon hours 4-6:

Pages read these hours:  276

Time read these hours:  2 hours 32 mins

Books finished these hours:  2

Total pages read:  412

Total time read:  4 hours 27 minutes

Total books finished:  2

-Richard

 I finished reading:

“Zom-B Gladiator” written by Darren Shan.  160 pages.

The one hundred and fifty third book of the year.  57,566 pages at an average of 376 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Blenheim Battle for Europe:  How Two Men Stopped the French Conquest of Europe” written by Charles Spencer.  342 pages.

The one hundred and fifty second book of the year.  57,406 pages at an average of 378 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of readathon hours 1-3:

Pages read these hours:  136

Time read these hours:  1 hour 55 minutes

Books finished:  0

-Richard

Read-a-thon Introductory Survey:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  Just north of Houston, TX
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  All of them!!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Maltessers
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  #swinglow
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?  Nothing, keep to tried and trusted!!

-Richard

 I finished reading:

“Black Ops” written by W.EB. Griffin. 784 pages.

The one hundred and fifty first book of the year.  57,064 pages at an average of 378 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Narrow Road” written by Brother Andrew with John and Elizabeth Sherrill.  326 pages.

The one hundred and fiftieth book of the year.  56,280 pages at an average of 375 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading;

“The Coroner’s Lunch” written by Colin Cotterill.  257 pages.

The one hundred and forty ninth book of the year.  55,954 pages at an average of 376 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Wobegon Boy” written by Garrison Keillor.  305 pages.

The one hundred and forty eighth book of the year.  55,697 pages at an average of 376 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Remains of the Day” written by Kazuo Ishiguru.  245 pages.

The one hundred and forty seventh book of the year.  55,392 pages at an average of 377 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“All’s Fair:  Love, War has Running for President” written by Mary Matalin and James Carville with Peter Knobler.   479 pages.  

The one hundred and forty sixty book of the year.  55,147 pages at an average of 378 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Autumn” written by Ali Smith.  160 pages.

The one hundred and forty fifth book of the year.  54,668 pages at an average of 377 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Rachel Ray” written by Anthony Trollope.  391 pages.

The one hundred and forty fourth book of the year.  54,408 pages at an average of 378 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever:  A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke - North Carolina Basketball Rivalry” written by Will Blythe.  359 pages.

The one hundred and forty third book of the year.  54,017 pages at an average of 378 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The World As It Is:  A Memoir of the Obama White House” written by Ben Rhodes. 422 pages.

The one hundred and forty second book of the year.  53,658 pages at an average of 378 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Stop Living Like a Constipated Christian” written by Sam Glenn.  132 pages.

The one hundred and forty first book of the year.  53,236 pages at an average of 378 pages per book.

 -Richard