I finished reading:

“Waking up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race” written by Debby Irving.  249 pages.

The eighteenth book of the year.   6,337 pages at an average of 352 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Crome Yellow” written by Aldous Huxley.  177 pages.

 

The seventeenth book of the year.  6,088 pages at an average of 358 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Athabasca” written by Alistair MacLean.  284 pages.

The sixteenth book of the year.  5,911 pages at an average of 369 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Kingdom of Christ” written by Frederick Denison Maurice.  569 pages.

The fifteenth book of the year.  5,911 pages at an average of 394 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“We Fed an Island:  The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time” written by Jose Andres with Richard Wolfe.  248 pages.  

The fourteenth book of the year.  5,342 pages at an average of 382 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“A Soldier’s Story” written by Omar N. Bradley.  540 pages.

The thirteenth book of the year.  5,094 pages at an average of 391 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Poetry and Prose” written by Walt Whitman.  856 pages.

The twelfth book of the year.  4,554 pages at an average of 379 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Partisans” written by Alistair MaClean.  276 pages.

The eleventh book of the year.  3,698 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Lot Stories” written by Bryan Washington.  222 pages.

The tenth book of the year.  3,422 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Hawke” written by Ted Bell.  582 pages.

The ninth book of the year.  3,200 pages at an average of 356 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Book Day 7 (January 12th) and final update:

Pages read day 7:  759
Books finished  day 7: 2

Total Pages Read:  2215*   a new record of pages read during Bout of Books
Total Books Finished:  6

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 6 (January 11th):

Pages read day 6: 394
Books finished day 6: 0

Total Pages Read: 1456
Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Zom-B: Circus” written by Darren Shan.  118 pages.

The eighth book of the year.  2618 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Crimean War:  A History” written by Orlando Figes.  493 pages.

The seventh book of the year.  2,500 pages at an average of 357 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Books Day 5 (January 10th):

Pages read day 5: 133
Books finished day 5: 1

Total Pages Read:  1,062
Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Creative Process” edited by Brewster Ghiselin.   251 pages.

The sixth book of the year.  2,007 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 4 (January 9th):

Pages read day 4:  108
Books finished day 4: 0

Total Pages Read:  929
Total Books Finished:  3

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 3 (January 8th):

Pages read day 3:  241
Books finished day 3: 1

Total Pages Read:  821
Total Books Finished:  3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Saga: Volume Three: written by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.  144 pages.

The fifth book of the year.  1,756 pages at an average of 351 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Books Day 2 (January 7th):

Pages read on Day 2: 278
Books finished on Day 2: 2

Total Pages Read:  580
Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Zom-B : Mission” written by Darren Shan.  175 pages.

The fourth book of the year.  1,612 pages at an average of 403 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Winner” written by David Baldacci.  628 pages.

The third book of the year.  1,437 pages at an average of 479 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Books Day 1 (January 6th):

Pages read on day 1: 302
Books finished on day 1: 0

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Diary of Lena Mukhina:  A Girl’s Life in the Siege of Leningrad” written by Lena Mukhina.  391 pages.

The second book of the year.  809 pages at an average of 404 pages per book.

-Richard

We will be participating in our 16th book of books starting Monday, January 6th:

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 27 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Heart of Darkness” written by Joseph Conrad.  418 pages.

The first book of 2020.

-Richard

Here are a few reading stats from 2019

Books finished:  190.  The most was 193 in 2018
Pages read: 69,137.  A new record (previous 64,037)
Average # of pages per book: 365 (the best year was 420 pages per book in 2013)

I read authors born in 28 different countries:  1. USA: 98, 2. England: 42, 3. Russia: 8, 4. India: 5,  5. Canada: 4

I read authors both in 27 different USA States:  1. New Jersey: 22  2. New York: 13,  3. Pennsylvania: 10,  4. Illinois: 5,  5. Ohio, California, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina and Massachusetts: 4

I read books with titles starting with 24 different letters of the alphabet.  I did not read books starting with Q and X.

I read authors with last names starting with 24 different letters.  I did not read Q, X and Z

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 1446 which means an average of 96 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 450,870  pages at an average of 37,572 per year at an average of 348 per book.

This years goal is 120 books.

Happy New Year.

-Richard