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