I finished reading:

“Sharpe’s Trafalgar” written by Bernard Cornwell.  293 pages.  Three stars.

The thirteenth book of the year.  4,245 pages at an average of  327 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Concrete Rose” written by Angie Thomas.  360 pages. Five Stars.

The twelfth book of the year.  3,952 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Sins of the Father” written by Jeffrey Archer. 415 pages.  Four Stars.

The eleventh book of the year.  3,592 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Cross And The Lynching Tree” written by James H. Cone.  166 pages.  Five Stars.

The tenth book of the year.  3,177 pages at an average of 318 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Football Factory” written by John King. 262 pages.  Two stars.

The ninth book of the year.  3,011 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard. 

I finished reading:

“Sonnet to Science:  Scientists and Their Poetry” written by Sam Illingworth.  179 pages.  Four stars.

The eighth book of the year.  2,749 pages at an average of 344 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Violence of Love” written by Oscar Romero.  206 pages.  Four Stars.

The seventh book of the year.  2,570 pages at an average of 367 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Three to Get Deadly” written by Janet Evanovich.  Three stars.

The sixth book of the year.  2,364 pages at an average of 394 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Archangel” written by Robert Harris.  415 pages.  Three stars.

The fifth book of the year.  2,043 pages at an average of 409 pages per book.

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 7, January 10th and Final Stats:

Pages read on Day 7:  207

Books finished on Day 7: 1

Total Pages Read:  778

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

I finished reading;

“The Burn” written by Vassily Aksyonov.  528 pages.  Four stars.

The fourth book of the year.  1,628 pages at an average of 407 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Books Day 6, January 9th:

Pages read on Day 6:  169

Books finished on day 6: 0

Total Pages Read:  571

Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 5,  January 8th:

Pages read on Day 5:  71

Books finished on Day 5: 0

Total Pages:  402

Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 4, January 7th:

Pages read on day 4:  130

Books finished on day 4: 1

Total Pages Read: 331

Total Books Finished:1

-Richard

I finished reading:

“If Grace is True:  Why God Will Save Every Person” written by Philip Gulley and James Mulholland.  224 pages.

The third book of the year.  1100 pages at an average of 367 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 3, January 6th:

Pages read day 3: 27

Books finished day 3: 0

Total Pages Read: 201

Total Books Finished: 0

The very slow start continues.  This day was affected by being engrossed with all the shenanigans in the US Capitol.

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 2, January 5th:

Pages read on Day 2:  102

Books finished on Day 2: 0

Total Pages Read: 174

Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 1, January 4th:

Pages read on Day 1: 72

Books finished in Day 1:  0

A slow start!!

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Only Time Will Tell” written by Jeffrey Archer.  446 pages.  Four Stars.

The second book of the year.  876 pages at an average of 438 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Tess of the D’Urbervilles” written by Thomas Hardy.  430 pages.  Four Stars.

The first book finished of 2021.

-Richard 

Jenn and I will be participating in our 18th Bout of Books starting in Monday January 4th.

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 4th and runs through Sunday, January 10th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 30 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

-Richard

 Here are a few reading stats from 2020

Books finished:  168.  The most was 193 in 2018
Pages read: 57,238.  The most I read was 69,137 pages last year
Average # of pages per book: 341 (the best year was 420 pages per book in 2013)

I read authors born in 29 different countries:  1. USA: 89, 2. England: 39, 3. Russia: 10, 4. Scotland and Canada:7 

I read authors both in 35 different USA States (incl DC):  1. Illinois: 12  2. New York: 11,  3. Pennsylvania: 9,  4. Texas: 8  5. Ohio and California: 7

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 X and Y

I read authors who won the Booker Prize (2), the Nobel Prize (7) and the Pulitzer Prize (3)

I read the most books published in 2017 (11) the newest book was published in 2020 and the oldest book I read was published in 1816.

My average rating of books was 3.8

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 1614 which means an average of 101 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 508,108  pages at an average of 39,085 per year at an average of 346 per book.

This years goal is 120 books.

Happy New Year.

-Richard