I finished reading:

“Self-Portrait In A Convex Mirror” written by John Ashberry.  83 pages. Four stars.

The seventy eighth book of the year.  26,265 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Secret Warriors” written by W.E.B. Griffin.  405 pages.  Three stars.

The seventy seventh book of the year.  26,182 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Deluge” written by Stephen Markley.  880 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy sixth book of the year.  25,777 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Collected Poems 1943-2004” written by Richard Wilbur.  577 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy fifty book of the year.  24,897 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 7, May 19th and Final Post:

Pages read on Day 7:  261

Books finished on Day 7: 1

Total Pages Read:  1579

Total Books Finished:  5

Until August....

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 6, May 18th:

Pages read on Day 6:  522

Books finished on Day 6: 1

Total Pages Read:  1397

Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Just Send Me Word:  A Trie Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag” written by Orlando Figes.  301 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy fourth book of the year.  24,320 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century” written by Alexandra Popoff.  326 pages.  Five stars.

The seventy third book of the year.  24,019 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 5, May 17th:

Pages read on Day 5:  138 Pages

Books finished on Day 5: 0

Total Pages Read:  875

Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 4, May 16th:

Pages read on Day 4:  163

Books finished on Day 4: 2

Total Pages Read:  737

Total Books Finished:  3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Prometheus Deception” written by Robert Ludlum.  546 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy second book of the year.  23,693 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Explosive Eighteen” written by Janet Evanovich.  305 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy first book of the year.  23,147 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 3, May 15th:

Pages read on Day 3:  150

Books finished on Day 3: 0

Total Pages Read:  574

Total Books Finished:  1

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 2, May 14th:

Pages read on Day 2:  245

Books finished on Day 2: 1

Total Pages Read:  424

Total Books Finished:  1

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Slaughterhouse Five” written by Kurt Vonnegut.   275 pages.  Four stars.

The seventieth book of the year.  22,842 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 1, May 13th:

Pages read on Day 1:  179 pages

Books finished on Day 1: 0

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Alex + Ada” written by Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn.  128 pages.  Five stars.

The sixty ninth book of the year.  22,567 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Mischievous Creatures:  The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science” written by Catherine McNeur.  338 pages.  Five stars.

The sixty eighth book of the year.  22,439 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Red Joen” written by Jennie Rooney.  390 pages.  Three stars.

The sixty seventh book of the year.  22,101 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.

-Richard 

 Next week Jenn and I will be partaking in The Bout of Books read-a-thon.   The 29th time we've done it!!  

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, daily Discord questions, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 40 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Wieland” written by Charles Brockton Brown.  124 pages.  Two stars.

The sixty sixth book of the year.  21,711 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Texas:  The Lone Star State” written by Rupert N. Richardson, Adrian Anderson and Ernest Wallace.  427 pages.  Three Stars.

The sixty fifth book of the year.  21,587 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard