Sunday, November 16, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Field Notes for the Wilderness:  Practices for an Evolving Faith" written by Sarah Bessey.   222 pages.  Five stars.


The one hundred and sixty ninth book of the year.  52,846 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.



-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 15:


Pages read today:  267

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  2279

Total books finished:  7


-Richard

Saturday, November 15, 2025

 Non-Fiction November, November 14th:


Pages read today:  9

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  2012

Total books finished:  7


-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 13th:


Pages read today:  108

Books finished today:  1


Total page read:  2003

Total books finished:  7


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Sven Goran Eriksson" written by Joe Lovejoy.   354 pages.  Two stars.


The one hundred and Sixty Eighth book of the year.  52,624 pages at an average 313 pages per book.



-Richard

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Non-Fiction November, November 12th:


Pages read today:  363

Books finished today:  1


Total pages read:  1895

Total books finished:  6


-Richard

 I finished reading:  


"The Boys In The Boat:  Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold the 1936 Berlin Olympics" written by Daniel James Brown.   370 pages.  Four stars.


The one hundred and sixty seventh book of the year.  52,270 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.






-Richard

Non-Fiction November, November 11th:


Pages read today:  90

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  1532

Total books finished:  5


 -Richard

Non-Fiction November, November 10th:


Pages read today:  55

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  1442

Total books finished: 5


-Richard

 Non-Fiction November,  November 9th:

Pages read today:  292

Books finished today:  1


Total pages read:  1387

Total books finished: 5


-Richard


 I finished reading:


"Solo:  A memoir of Hope" written by Hope Solo with Ann Killion.   281 pages.   Two stars.


The one hundred and sixty sixth book of the year.  51,900 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.



-Richard

Sunday, November 09, 2025

 Non-Fiction November, November 8th:


Pages read today:  284

Books finished today:  1


Total pages read:  1095

Total books finished:  4


-Richard 

 Non-Fiction November:  November 7th:


Pages read today:  72

Books finished today: 1


Total pages read:  811

Total books finished:   3


-Richard 

Saturday, November 08, 2025

 I finished reading:

To Be Young, Gifted and Black” written by Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason.  213 pages.  Five stars.


The one hundred and sixty fifth book of the year.  51,619 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.




-Richard 

 I finished reading:


"The Forsaken:  An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia" written by Tim Tzouliadis.   362 pages.   Four stars.


The one hundred and sixty fourth book of the year.  51,406 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.



-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 6th:


Pages read today:  89

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read: 739

Total books finished:  2


-Richard

 Non-Fiction November, November 5th:


Pages read today: 96

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  650

Total books finished: 2


-Richard

Wednesday, November 05, 2025

 Non-Fiction November, November 4th:


Pages read today: 75

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  554

Total books finished:  2


-Richard

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

 Non-Fiction November, November 3rd:


Pages read today:  70

Books finished today: 0


Total pages read:  479

Total books finished:  2


-Richard

 Non-fiction November, November 2nd:


Pages read today:  115

Books finished today: 0


Total pages read:  409

Total books finished:  2


-Richard

Sunday, November 02, 2025

 Non-Fiction November, Nov 1st:


Pages read today:  294

Books finished today: 2


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Britons, To Arms!: The Story of the British Volunteer Soldier" written by Glenn A. Steppler.  155 pages.  Three stars and ""Velentin Berensky A Quartet for Life" compiled and edited by Maria Matalaev.  200 pages.  Five stars.


The one hundred and sixty second and sixty third books of the year.  51,044 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.




-Richard

Saturday, November 01, 2025

 It's November!!  My favourite reading month.   This month I will only read non-Fiction.   I will track the daily reading on here for the month.

All fiction put away for now!!


-Richard

Friday, October 31, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Onward:  How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul" written by Howard Schultz.  328 pages.   Three stars.


The one hundred and sixty first book of the year.  50,689 pages at an average of 315 pages per book.



-Richard

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Elena: A Hand Made Life" written by Miriam Gold.  206 pages.  Five stars.


The one hundred and sixtieth book of the year.   50,361 pages at an average of 315 pages per book.



-Richard

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Children of Radium:  A Buried Inheritance" written by Joe Dunthorne.  223 pages.   Three stars.


The one hundred and fifty ninth book of the year.   50,155 pages at an average of 315 pages per book.






-Richard

Sunday, October 26, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The War in the Air:  The Royal Airforce in World War II" edited by Gavin Lyall.  412 pages.  Four stars and "Rally Round the Flag, Boys" written by Max Schulman.  278 pages.   One star.


The one hundred and fifty seventh and fifty eighth books of the year.   49,932 pages at an average of 316 pages per book.




-Richard

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Siberian Curse:  How Communist Planners Left Russia Out In The Cold" written by Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy.  229 pages.  Four stars.


The one hundred and fifty sixth book of the year.  49,242 pages at an average of 316 pages per book.



-Richard

Sunday, October 19, 2025

 End of read-a-thon hours 16-18 (10pm-1am) and final numbers as it's bed time:


Pages read these hours:  96

Time read these hours: 1 hour 49 minutes

Books finished these hours: 1


Total pages read:  1133

Total time read:  12 hours 3 minutes

Total books finished: 6


-Richard

Saturday, October 18, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Battle of San Jacinto" written by James W. Pohl.  48 pages.   Three stars.


The one hundred and fifty fifth book of the year.  49,013 pages at an average of 316 pages per book.



-Richard


 End of read-a-thon hours 13-15 (7pm-10pm):


Pages read these hours:  158

Time read these hours:  2 hours 12 minutes

Books finished these hours: 1


Total pages read:  1013

Total time read:  10 hours 24 minutes

Total books finished:  5


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"The Sweet Dove Died" written by Barbara Pym.   210 pages.  Four stars.


The one hundred and fifty fourth book of the year.   48,965 pages at an average of 318 pages per book.



-Richard

 End of read-a-thon hours 10-12 ((4pm-7pm):


Pages read these hours:  258

Time read these hours:  2 hours 19 minutes

Books finished these hours:  1


Total pages read:  855

Total time read:  8 hours 12 minutes

Total books finished:  4


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Twisted Twenty Six" written by Janet Evanovich.  305 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and fifty third book of the year.  48,755 pages at an average of 319 pages per book.



-Richard

 End of read-a-thon hours 7-9 (1pm - 4pm):


Pages read these hours:  310

Time read these hours: 2 hours 51 minutes

Books finished these hours:  1


Total pages read:  597

Total time read:  5 hours 3 minutes

Total books finished:  3


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"The Protocols" written by Mike Evans.   426 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and fifty second book of the year.  48,450 pages at an average of 319 pages per book.



-Richard

 End of read-a-thon hours 4-6 (10am - 1pm)


Pages read these hours: 132

Time read these hours: 1 hour 8 minutes

Books finished these hours: 0


Total pages read: 289

Total time read:  2 hours 12 minutes

Total books finished: 2


-Richard

 End of read-a-thon hours 1-3 (7am - 10am):


Pages read these hours:  167

Time read these hours:  1 hour 4 minutes.

Books finished these hours: 2


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Chernobyl: The Fall of Atomgrad" written by Matyas Namai.  112 pages.  5 stars.


The one hundred and fifty first book of the year.  48,024 pages at an average of 318 pages per book.



-Richard

 I finished reading:


"The Holy Reich:  Nazi Conceptions of Germany 1919-1945" written by Richard Steigmann-Gall.  267 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and fiftieth book of the year.  47,912 pages at an average of 319 pages per book.



-Richard

Friday, October 17, 2025

I finished reading:


"Camino Ghosts" written by John Grisham.  292 pages. Four stars.


The one hundred and forty ninth book of the year.   47,645 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.



-Richard

 Tomorrow we will be participating in Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon.


I will post updates every three hours with a goal to read 1000 pages.


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Where We Buried The Sun:  One Woman's Gulag Story" written by Alla Tumanov.  304 pages.   Four stars.


The one hundred and forty eighth book of the year.  47,353 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.



-Richard


Sunday, October 12, 2025

 I finished reading:


"And Thereby Hangs A Tale" written by Jeffrey Archer.  317 pages.  Two stars. " Stephen Fry in America" written by Stephen Fry.  344 pages.  Three stars.  "The Coventry Code" written by R.Page Jones and Evonne Old.   282 pages.  Two stars.   "The Face of Russia:  Anguish, Aspiration, and Achievement in Russian Culture" written by James H. Billington.  251 pages. Four Stars.   "The Expats" written by Chris Pavone.  336 pages.  Three stars.  "Funeral in Berlin" written by Len Deighton.  270 pages. Three stars.


The one hundred and forty second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh books of the year.  47,049 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.








-Richard


Thursday, October 02, 2025

 I finished reading:


"To The Moon And Back" written by Eliana Ramage.   431 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and forty first book of the year.  45,249 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.



-Richard

Sunday, September 28, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Stone Door" written by Leonara Carrington.  Three stars.  130 pages.  "The Chief Executives of Texas: From Stephen F. Austin to John B. Connally, Jr." written by Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr. Three stars.  237 pages and " A Burning" written by Megha Majumdar.   Five stars.  289 pages.


The one hundred and thirty eighth, ninth and fortieth books of the year,   44,818 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.






-Richard

Friday, September 26, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Messy Roots - A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American" written by Laura Gao.   272 pages.   Five stars.


The one hundred and thirty seventh book of the year.  44,162 pages at an average of 322 pages per book.



-Richard


Wednesday, September 24, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Story Of The Century:  Wagner and the Creation of The Ring" written by Michael Downes.  245 pages.  Four stars.


The One Hundred and Thirty Sixth book of the year.   43,890 pages at an average of 323 pages per book.



-Richard

Monday, September 22, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Russian Minstrels:  A History of the Skomorokhi" written by Russell Zguta.  122 pages.  Four stars and "My Life in Rugby" written by Terry Holmes.  175 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and thirty fourth and thirty fifth books of the year.  43,645 pages at an average of 323 pages per book.




-Richard

Saturday, September 20, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Invictus:  Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation" written by John Carlin.  261 pages  Five stars.


The one hundred and thirty third book of the year.  43,348 pages at an average of 126 pages per book.



-Richard


Friday, September 19, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Freedom Artist" written by Ben Okri.  347 pages.   Four stars.


The one hundred and thirty second book of the year.  43,087 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.



-Richard


Monday, September 15, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Queen Victoria:  From her birth to the death of the Prince Consort" written by Cecil Woodham-Smith.  444 pages.  Four stars.


The one hundred and thirty first book of the year.  42,740 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.



-Richard

Saturday, September 13, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Effort At Speach:  New and Selected Poems" written by William Meredith.  230 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and thirtieth book of the year.  42,296 pages at an average of 325 pages per book.



-Richard

Tuesday, September 09, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Billion-Dollar Brain" written by Len Deighton.  282 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and twenty ninth book of the year.  42,066 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.



-Richard

 I finished reading:


"The Girl From Saint Petersburg" written by Joyana Peters.  107 pages.  Four stars.


The one hundred and twenty eighth book of the year.  41,784 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.



-Richard

Monday, September 08, 2025

 I finished reading:

"Dear Unknown Friend:  The Remarkable Correspondence between American and Soviet Women" written by Alexis Peri.   215 pages.  Five stars.


The one hundred and twenty seventh book of the year.  41,677 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.



 -Richard

Sunday, September 07, 2025

 I finished reading:


"Poolies at Heart:  Celebrating Hartlepool United's Finest" written by Stephen Poxon.  222 pages.   Four stars.


The One Hundred and Twenty Sixth book of the year.  41,462 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.



-Richard

Saturday, September 06, 2025

 I finished reading:  


"Russia's War: A History of the Soviet War Effort 1941-1945" written by Richard Overy.  330 pages.  Four stars.


The one hundred and twenty fifth book of the year.  41,238 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.'


-Richard


Wednesday, September 03, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Way to Win:  Strategies for Success in Business and Sport" written by Will Carling and Robert Heller.   315 pages.   Four stars.


The one hundred and twenty fourth book of the year.  40,908 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.




-Richard

Monday, September 01, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Venetian Betrayal" written by Steve Berry.  550 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and twenty third book of the year.   40,593 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.



-Richard

 I finished reading:


"The Reagan Diaries" edited by Douglas Brinkley.  693 pages.  Three stars


The one hundred and twenty second book of the year.  40,043 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.



-Richard

 August read month  - August 31st:


Pages read today:  220

Books finished today:  13


Total pages read:  4491

Total books finished:  13


This is also the end of tracking my reading over the summer.   The next month I track will be November when I partake in "Non-Fiction November".


The final stats for the summer are:


Total pages read:  15494

Total books finished:  47


-Richard

Sunday, August 31, 2025

 August read month - August 30th:


Pages read today:  207

Books finished today: 0


Total pages read:  4271

Total books finished:  13


-Richard


 August read month - August 29th:


Pages read today:  215

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read: 4064

Total books finished: 13


-Richard

 August read month - August 28th:


Pages read today:  156

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  3849

Total books finished:  13


-Richard

 August read month - August 27th:


Pages read today:  89

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  3693

Total books finished:  13


-Richard

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

 August read month - August 26th:


Pages read today:  55

Books finished today:  1


Total pages read:  3604

Total books finished:  13


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Fascism: A Warning" written by Madeleine Albright.  254 pages.  Five stars.


The one hundred and twenty first book of the year.  39,350 pages at an average of 325 pages per book.




-Richard

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

 August read month - August 25th:


Pages read today:  124

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read:  3549

Total books finished:  12


-Richard

 August read month - August 24th:


Pages read today:  80

Books finished today:  0


Total pages read: 3425

Total books finished:  12


-Richard

Sunday, August 24, 2025

 August read month - August 23rd:


Pages read today: 187

Books finished today:  1


Total pages read:  3345

Total books finished:  12


-Richard

Saturday, August 23, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Holy Alliance:  Liberalism and the Politics of Federation" written by Isaac Nakhimovsky.   303 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and twentieth book of the year.  39,096 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.



-Richard