I finished reading:

“Foster” written by Claire Keegan.  92 pages.  Five stars.

The ninety fifth book of the year.  30,427 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Solenoid” written by Mircea Cartarescu.  638 pages.  Three stars.

The ninety fourth book of the year.  30,335 pages at an average of 323 pages per book.

-Richard 

July read month - July 5th:

Pages read today: 202

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  634

Total books finished: 0

-Richard 

July read month - July 4th:

Pages read today:  166

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  432

Total books finished:  0

-Richard 

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July read month - July 3rd:

Pages read today: 132

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  266

Total books finished:  0

-Richard 

July read month - July 2nd:

Pages read today:  83

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  134

Total books finished:  0

-Richard 

July read month - July 1st:

Pages read today:  51

Books finished today:  0

-Richard 

June read month - June 30th:

Pages read today:  134

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:   5009

Total books finished:  18

That’s it for June.  A pretty good reading month.  We have decided to do it again for July!

-Richard 

June read month - June 29th:

Pages read today:  124

Books finished today: 1

Total pages read:  4875

Total books finished:  18

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Frozen Deep” written by Wilkie Collins.  101 pages.  Three stars.

The ninety third book of the year.  29,697 pages at an average of 319 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 28th:

Pages read today:  283

Books finished today:  2

Total pages read:  4751

Total books finished:  17

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Woman in their Element:  Selected Woman’s Contributions to the Periodic System” written by Various.  499 pages.  Five stars.

The ninety second book of the year.  29,596 pages at an average of 322 pages.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Native Guard” written by Natasha Trethewey. 46 pages.  4 stars.

The ninety first book of the year.  29,097 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 27th:

Pages read today:  98

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  4468

Total books finished:  15

-Richard 

June read month - June 26th:

Pages read today:  280

Books finished today: 1

Total pages read:  4370

Total books finished:  15

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Prelude to Terror” written by Helen MacInnes. 

The ninetieth book of the year.  29,051 pages at an average of 323 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 25th:

Pages read today:  24 

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  4090

Total books finished:14

-Richard

June read month - June 24th:

Pages read today:  68

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  4066

Total books finished:  14

-Richard

June read month - June 23rd:

Pages read today:  280

Books finished today: 1

Total pages read: 3998

Total books finished:  14

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Hidden Target” written by Helen MacInnes.  351 pages.  Three stars.

The eighty ninth book of the year.  28,699 pages at an average of 322 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 22nd:

Pages read today:  225

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  3718

Total books finished:  13

-Richard 

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I finished reading:

“The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism:  A Call to Action” written by Carter Haywood.  230 pages.  Five stars.

The eighty eighth book of the year.  28,348 pages at an average of 322 pages per

-Richard

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June read month - June 21st:

Pages read today:  292

Books finished today:  3

Total pages read:  3493

Total books finished: 12

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Animal Farm” written by George Orwell.  139 pages.  Four stars.

The eighty seventh book of the year.  28,118 pages at an average of 323 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The White Bear” written by Henrik Pontoppidan.  161 pages.  Three stars.

The eighty sixth book of the year.  27,979 pages at an average of 325 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Severn & Somme” written by Ivor Gurney.  36 pages.  Four stars.

The eighty fifth book of the year.  27,818 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 20th:

Pages read today: 145

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  3201

Total books finished:  9

-Richard 

June read month - June 19th:

Pages read today:  162

Books finished today: 1

Total pages read:  3051

Total books finished:  9

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Last Secret Of The Secret Annex:  The Untold Story of Anne Frank, Her Silent Protector, and a Family Betrayal” written by Joao Van Wijk-Voskuijl and Jeroen De Bruyn. 226 pages.  Four stars.

The eighty fourth book of the year.  27,782 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 18th:

Pages read today:  140

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read: 2889

Total books finished:  8

- Richard 

June read month - June 17th:

Pages read today:  38

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  2749

Total books finished:  8

-Richard

June read month - June 16th:

Pages read today:  101

Books finished today: 1

Total pages read:  2711

Total books finished:  8

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Above Suspicion” written by Helen MacInnes.   256 pages.

The eighty third book of the year.  27,556 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 15th:

Pages read today:  231

Books finished today: 2

Total pages read: 2610

Total books finished: 2

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Darkmotherland” written by Samrat Upadhyay.  759 pages.  Three stars.

The eighty second book of the year.   27,300 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“M.A.C.N.O.L.I.A” written by A. Van Jordan.  131 pages.  Four stars.

The eighty first book of the year.  26,541 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 14th:

Pages read today:  268

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  2379

Total books finished:  5

-Richard

June read month - June 13th:

Pages read today:  31

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read: 2111

Total books finished:  5

-Richard 

June read month:  June 12th:

Pages read today:  153

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  2080

Total books finished:  5

-Richard 

June read month - June 11th:

Pages read today:  120

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  1927

Total books finished:  5

-Richard 

June read month - June 10th:

Pages read today:  20

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read: 1807

Total books finished:  5

-Richard

June read month - June 9th:

Pages read today:  102

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read: 1787

Total books finished:  5

-Richard 

June Read Month a June 8th:

Pages read today:   323

Books finished today:  1

^{Total pages read:  1685}

^{Total books finished:  5}

^-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Reds:  The Tragedy of American Communism” written by Maurice Isserman.  313 pages.  Four stars.

The eightieth book of the year.  26,410 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.

-Richard

June Read Month - June 7th:

Pages read today:  237

Books finished today: 1

Total pages read:  1362

Total books finished: 4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Then We Take Berlin” written by John Lawton.  418 pages. Three stars.

The seventy ninth book of the year.  26,097 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 6th:

Pages read today:  185

Books finished today:  1

Total pages read:  1125

Total books finished: 1

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Jacobs’s Ladder” written by Ludmila Ulitskaya.  542 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy eighth book of the year.  25,679 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard 

June read month - June 5th:

Pages read today:  180

Books finished today:  0

Total pages read:  940

Total books finished: 2

-Richard 

June read month - June 4th:

Pages read today:   152

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  760

Total books finished:  0

-Richard 

June read month:  June 3rd:

Pages read today: 133

Books finished today: 0

Total pages read:  608

Total books finished: 0

-Richard

June Read Month - June 2nd:

Pages read today:  340

Books finished today; 1

Total pages read: 475

Total books finished:  2

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Hardcore Twenty Four” written by Janet Evanovich.  275 pages.  Theee stars.

The seventy seventh book of the year.  25,137 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard

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June Read Month - June 1st:

Pages read: 135

Books finished: 1

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Voyage of The Beagle” written by Charles Darwin.  503 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy sixth book of the year.  24,862 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard 

In June this year we’re going to devote more time to reading and track what we read.  Therefore. I will track what I read and post on a daily basis.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Command Performance” written by Jean Echenoz.  162 pages.  Two stars.

The seventy fifth book of the year.  24,359 pages at an average of 325 pages per book.  

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Murder on Sex Island” written by Jo Firestone.  253 pages. Four stars.

The seventy fourth book of the year.  24,197 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Christopher Isherwood Inside Out” written by Katherine Bucknell.  729 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy third book of the year.  23,944 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“An Invitation for Me to Think” written by Alexander Vvedensky.  126 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy second book of the year.  23,215 pages at an average of 322 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Theft” written by Abdulrazak Gurnah.  296 pages.  Five stars.

The seventy first book of the year.  23,089 pages at an average of 325 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Snare of the Hunter” written by Helen MacInnes.  318 pages.  Four stars.

The seventieth book of the year.  22,793 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Threads” written by Nathan Evan’s and Justin David.  71 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty ninth book of the year.  22,475 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Star-Spangled Jesus:  Leaving Christian Nationalism and Finding a True Faith” written by April Ajoy.  222 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty eighth book of the year.  22,404 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Code Talker:  A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two” written by Joseph Bruchac.  224 pages.  Three stars.

The sixty seventh book of the year.  22,404 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Twelve Mighty Orphans:  The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Riled Texas Football” written by Jim Dent.  279 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty sixth book of the year.  22,180 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Red Dusk And The Morrow:  Adventures and Investigations. In Soviet Russia” written by Paul Dukes.  263 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty fifth book of the year.  21,901 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Into The Snow” written by Gennady Aygi.  94 pages. Four stars.

The sixty fourth book of the year.  21,638 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Sunrise on the Reaping” written by Suzanne Collins.  382 pages.  Five stars.

The sixty third book of the year.  21,544 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Visiting Tom:  A Man, A Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace” written by Michael Perry.  306 pages.  Three stars.

The sixty second book of the year.  21,162 pages at an average of 341 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Way We Live Now” written by Anthony Trollope.  837 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty first book of the year.  20,856 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“So Late In The Day” written by Claire Keegan.  118 pages.  Four stars.

The sixtieth book of the year.  20,019 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 16-18 and final post as it’s bed time.

Pages read these hours:  211 pages

Time read these hours:  2 hours 12 minutes 

Books finished these hours:  1

Total pages read:  1091

Total time read:  12 hours 58 minutes

Total books finished:  4

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Saturday Afternoon Fever:  Jeff Stelling The Autobiography” written by Jeff Stelling.  308 pages.  Five stars.

The fifty ninth book of the year.  19,901 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

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

Pages read these hours:  160

Time read these hours:  2 hours 3 minutes

Books finished these hours: 0

Total pages read:  883

Total time read:  10 hours 46 minutes

Total books finished:  3

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 9-12/

Pages read these hours:  339

Time read these hours:  2 hours 47 mins

Books finished these hours:  2

Total pages read:  723

Total time read:  8 hours 43 minutes

Total book finished: 3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Turbo Twenty-Three” written by Janet Evanovich.  288 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty eighth book of the year.  19,593 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Day Watch” written by Sergei Lukyanenko.  449 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty seventy book of the year.  19,305 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard 

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

Pages read these hours:  152 pages 

Total time these hours:  1 hour 40 mins

Book finished these hours:  0

Total pages read: 404

Total time read: 6 hours 2 mins

Total books finished:  1

-Richard 

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

Pages read these hours:  144

Time read these hours:  2 hours 25 mins

Books finished these hours: 1

Total pages read:  252

Total time read:  4 hours 22 mins

Total books finished: 1

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“33 Revolutions Per Minute:  A History of Protest Songs from Billie Holiday to Green Day” written by Dorian Lynskey.  532 pages.  Four stars.

The fifth sixth book of the year.  18,856 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

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

Time read these hours:  1 hour 59 minutes

Pages read these hours:  108

Books finished these hours:  0

-Richard

 

April 2025 Opening Survey

1) What part of the world are you reading from today? - Just north of H-Town.
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? - Jeff Stelling's biography
3) Which snacks are you most looking forward to?  Cadbury Cream Eggs
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  Living in a dark world with surrounded by the light of the love of my life.
5) What are your goals for this readathon?   Hopefully get to 1000 pages

-Richard

Today we are once again participating in Dewey’s 24 hour readathon.  I don’t have any particular goal today - just hopefully a chance to rest, relax and read.

I will post quick updates every three hours.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Alexander Kushner” written by Alexander Kushner.  30 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty fifth book of the year.  18,318 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“A Life in Music:  From the Soviet Union to Canada.  Memoirs of. Madrigal Ensemble Singer” written by Alexander Tumanov.  416 pages.  Five stars.

The fifty fourth book of the year.  18,288 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Poems of Alexander Lawrence Posey” written by Alexander Lawrence Posey.  192 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty third book of the year.  17,872 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“At Home:  A Short History of Life” written by Bill Bryson.  532 pages.  Two stars.

The fifty second book of the year.  17,680 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Death Along The Spirt Road” written by C.M. Wendelboe.  310 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty first book of the year.   17,148 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Frog In The Throat” written by Markus Werner.  122 pages.  Three stars.

The fiftieth book of the year.  16,838 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Frozen River” written by Ariel Lawson.  427 pages.  Five stars.

The forty ninth book of the year.  16,716 pages at an average of 341 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Losing Control” written by Fiona Erskine.  361 pages. Four stars.

The forty eighth book of the year.  16,289 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“How To Watch The Olympics” written by David Goldblatt and Johnny Acton. 388 pages.  Three stars.

The forty seventh book of the year.  15,958 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Chemical Reaction” written by Fiona Earskine.  414 pages.

The forty sixth book of the year.  15,570 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard