I finished reading:

“Present Over Perfect:  Leaving Behind Frantic For a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living” written by Shauna Niequist.  234 pages.

The one hundred and sixty eighth book of the year.  57,238 pages at an average of 341 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Their Eyes Were Watching God” written by Zora Neale Hurston.  205 pages.

The one hundred and sixty seventh book of the year.   57,004 pages at an average of 341 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Seventh Scroll” written by Wilbur Smith.  614 pages.

The one hundred and sixty sixty book of the year.  56,799 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Of Blood and Bone” written by Nora Roberts.  453 pages.

The one hundred and sixth fifth book of the year.  56,185 pages at an average of 341 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Year One” written by Nora Roberts.  419 pages.

The one hundred and sixty fourth book of the year.  55,732 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Lipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes” written by T. Cooper. 430 pages.

The one hundred and sixty third book of the year.  55,313 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Unwomanly Face of War:  An Oral History of Woman in World War II” written by Svetlana Alexievich.  331 pages.

The one hundred and sixty second book of the year.  54,883 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard 

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I finished reading:

“Strength to Love” written by Martin Luther King Jr. 164 pages.

The one hundred and sixth first book of the year.  54,552 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Footprints of God” written by Greg Iles.  544 pages

The one hundred and sixtieth book of the year.  54,388 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“A Promised Land” written by Barack Obama.  701 pages.

The one hundred and fifty ninth book of the year.  53,844 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Lions of Lucerne” written by Brad Thor.  507 pages.

The one hundred and fifty eighth book of the year.  53,143 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Sunbelt Cities:  Politics and Growth Since World War II” edited by Richard M. Bernard and Bradley R. Rice.  346 pages.

The one hundred and fifty seventh book of the year.  52,636 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Common Prayer Pocket Addition:  A Liturgy for Ordinary Radical” written by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.  156 pages.

The one hundred and fifty sixth book of the year.  52,290 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Downsize This:  Random Threats From An Unarmed American” written by Michael Moore.  312 pages.

The one hundred and fifty fifth book of the year.  52,134 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Teaching a Stone to Talk:  Expeditions and Encounters” written by Anne Dillard.  175 pages.

The one hundred and fifty fourth of the year.  51,822 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Ice Hunt” written by James Rollins.  613 pages.

The one hundred and fifty third book if the year.  51,647 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Republican Reversal:  Conservatives and the Environment from Nixon to Trump” written by James Morton Turner and Andrew C. Isenberg.  216 pages.

The one hundred and fifty second book of the year.  51,034 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Sanya: My Life with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.  278 pages.

The one hundred and fifty first book of the year.  50,818 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Love Is An Inside Job:  Getting Vulnerable With God” written by Romal Tune.  273 pages.

The one hundred and fiftieth book of the year.  50,540 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading;

“Stupid White Men: and Other Excuses for the State of the Nation” written by Michael Moore.  256 pages.

The one hundred and forty ninth book of the year.   50,267 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Judas Strain” written by James Rollins.  525 pages.

The one hundred and forty eighth book of the year.   50,011 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Making of the Woman’s World Cup:  Defining stories from a sport’s coming of age” written by Kieran Theivan and Jeff Kassouf.  198 pages.

The one hundred and forty seventh book of the year.   49,486 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Rasputin:  Volume II” written by Ivan Nazhivin.  374 pages.

The one hundred and forty sixth book of the year.  49,288 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Living Gently in a Violent World” written by Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier.  105 pages.

The one hundred and forty fifth book of the year.  48,914 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Ring Shout” written by P. Djeli Clark.  181 pages.

The one hundred and forty fourth book of the year.  48,809 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Murder At The Opera” written by Margaret Truman.   373 pages.

The one hundred and forty third book of the year.  48,628 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of read-a-thon-closing survey and final stats:

1. How would you assess your reading overall?  - Pretty Happy!  I read right at my average number of pages for a read-a-thon (one page more!!), but read less time by about an hour from my average and finished more books 5 vs an average of 3.7
2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?  - Yes!!
3. What was your favorite snack?  - Lemon Cake

Total Pages Read:  1114

Total Time Read:  10 Hours 42 minutes

Total Books Finished - 5

-Richard

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

Pages read these hours:  255

Time read these hours:  1 hour 52 minutes

Books finished these hours:  1

Total Pages Read:  1,109

Total Time Read:  10 hours 38 minutes

Total Books Finished:  5

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Murder on the Potomac” written by Margaret Truman.  341 pages.

The one hundred and forty second book of the year.  48,255 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 13-15:

Pages read these hours: 58

Time read these hours:  30 minutes

Books finished these hours: 0

Total Pages Read: 854

Total Time Read:  8 hours 46 minutes

Total Books Finished:  4

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hours 10-12:

Pages read these hours:  218

Time read these hours:  2 hours 45 mins

Books finished these hours:  1

Total Pages Read:  796

Total Time Read:  8 hours 16 minutes

Total Books Finished:  4

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Flying Finish” written by Dick Francis.  253 pages.

The one hundred and forty first book of the year.  47,914 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 7-9:

Pages read these hours:   166

Time read these hours:  1 hour 37 mins

Books finished these hours:  1

Total Pages Read:  579

Total Time Read:  5 hours 31 mins

Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Saga:  Volume 8” written by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan.  146 pages.

The one hundred and fortieth book.  47,661 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 4-6:

Pages read these hours:  298

Time read these hours:  2 hours 32 mins

Books finished these hours:  2

Total Pages Read:  412

Total Time Read:  3 hours 52 mins

Total Books Finished:  2

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Abraham:  A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths” written by Bruce Feiler.  226 pages.

The one hundred and thirty ninth book of the year.  47,515 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Silks” written by Dick and Felix Francis.  421 pages.

The one hundred and thirty eighth book of the year.  47,289 pages at an average of 343 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 1-3:

Time read these hours:  1 hour 20 minutes

Pages read these hours:  114 pages

Books finished: 0

-Richard 

 Jenn and I are taking part in our 28th Dewey's read-a-thon today.

I will post updates every three hours and books as they are finished.

Here is my opening survey:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  The Woodlands, TX
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  Not one particularly.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?   Golden Oreos
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  English Ex-Pat "Lost in Texas"
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?  I am only going to read mysteries or thrillers versus non-fiction or literature which I normally do

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Red Wheel:  March 1917, Node III Book 1” written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn.  637 pages.

The one hundred and thirty seventh book of the year.  46,868 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“In The Frame” written by Dick Francis.  206 pages.

The one hundred and thirty sixth book of the year.  46,231 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Collectors” written by David Baldacci.   511 pages.

The one hundred and thirty fifth book of the year.   46,025 pages at an average of 341 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Liturgy for Living” written by Charles P. Price and Louis Weil.  208 pages.

The one hundred and thirty fourth book of the year.  45,514 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Rasputin:  Volume I” written by Ivan Nazhivin.  374 pages.

The one hundred and thirty third book of the year.  45,306 pages at an average of 341 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Moving Targets” written by Sean Flannery.  472 pages.

The one hundred and thirty second book of the year.  44,932 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“On Immunity:  An Inoculation” written by Eula Biss.  163 pages.

The one hundred and thirty first book of the year.  44,460 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“November 1916” written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.  1000 pages.

The one hundred and thirtieth book of the year.  44,297 pages at an average of 341 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Day of the Cheetah” written by Dale Brown.  502 pages.

The one hundred and twenty ninth book of the year.  43,297 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Color of Compromise:  The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism” written by Jemar Tisby.  215 pages.

The one hundred and twenty eighth book of the year.  42,795 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Radium Girls:  The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” written by Kate Moore.  403 pages.

The one hundred and twenty seventh book of the year.  42,580 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Fields of Color:  Pivotal Battles of the Civil War” written by Edwin C. Bearss.  431 pages.

The one hundred and twenty sixth book of the year.  42,177 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“I’m Still Here:  Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness” written by Austin Channing Brown.  182 pages.

The one hundred and twenty fifth book of the year.  41,746 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Templar Legacy” written by Steve Berry.  497 pages.

The one hundred and twenty fourth book of the year.  41,564 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Lenin: The Man, the Dictator and the Master of Terror” written by Victor Sebestyn.  509 pages.

The one hundred and twenty third book of the year.  41,067 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Faithful Spy” written by Alex Berenson.   461 pages.

The one hundred and twenty second book of the year.  40,558 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith” written by Rob Bell.   179 pages.

The one hundred and twenty first book of the year.  40,097 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Draft and the Vietnam War” written by Jacquin Sanders. 156 pages.

The one hundred and twentieth book of the year.  39,918 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Cross of St, George” written by Alexander Kent.  337 pages.  

The one hundred and nineteenth book of the year.   39,762 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard