I finished reading:

“Gavin Bryars” edited by David Wordsworth and Leslie East.  308 pages.

The twenty seventh book of the year.  9,667 pages at an average of 358 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Long Way Round” written by Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman.  304 pages.   Three stars.

The twenty sixth book of the year. 9,359 pages at an average of 360 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Giveaway” written by Tod Goldberg.  275 pages.  Two stars.

The twenty fifth book of the year.  9,055 pages at an average of 362 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Trinity Six” written by Charles Cumming.  354 pages.  Three stars.

The twenty fourth book of the year.   8,780 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Intermezzo” written by Sally Rooney.  448 pages. Four stars.

The twenty third book of the year.  8,426 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Chemical Detective” written by Fiona Erskine.  420 pages.

The twenty second book of the year.  7,978 pages at an average of 363 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Warlord:  A Life of Winston Churchill at War 1874-1945” written by Carlo D’Este.  553 pages.  Four stars.

The twenty first book of the year 7,558 pages at an average of 369 pages per book.

Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Rest is Silence” written by August Monterroso.  130 pages.  Three stars.

The twentieth book of the year.  7,005 pages at an average of 350 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The End Game” written by Tod Goldberg.  278 pages.  Three stars.

The nineteenth book of the year.  6,875 pages at an average of 362 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Haven:  The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America” written by Ruth Gruber.  295 pages.  Five stars.

The eighteenth book of the year.   6,597 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Nickel Boys” written by Colson Whitehead.  210 pages.  Five stars.

The seventeenth book of the year.  6,302 pages at an average of 371 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Last Exile” written by E.V. Seymour.  410 pages.  Four stars.

The sixteenth book of the year.  6,092 pages at an average of 381 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Patriot: A Memoir” written by Alexei Navalny.  479 pages.  Five stars.

The fifteenth book of the year.  5,682 pages at an average of 379 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Strongmen:  Mussolini to the Present” written by Ruth Ben-Ghat.  272 pages.  Four stars.

The fourteenth book of the year.  5,203 pages at an average of 372 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Jump The Clock” written by Erica Hunt.  195 pages.  Four stars.

The thirteenth book of the year.  4,931 pages at an average of 379 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Whisperers:  Private Life in Stalin’s Russia” written by Orlando Figes.  665 pages.  Four stars.

The twelfth book of the year.  4,736 pages at an average of 395 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“God’s Politics: why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn’t Get It” written by Jim Wallis.  374 pages.  Three stars.

The eleventh book of the year.  4,071 pages at an average of 370 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon day 15 and final stats:

Pages read on Jan 15th:  37

Books finished on Jan 15th: 0

Total pages read:  3009

Total books finished:  10

-Richard 

End of # newyearsathon day 14:

Pages read on Jan 14th:  20

Books finished on Jan 14th: 0

Total pages read:  2972

Total books finished:  10

-Richard 

End of # newyearsathon day 13:

Pages read on Jan 13th:  156

Books finished on Jan 13th: 0

Total pages read:  2952

Total books finished:  10

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon day 12:

Pages read on Jan 12th:  329

Books finished on Jan 12th:  10

Total pages read:  2,796

Total books finished:  10

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“This Side of Paradise” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  338 pages.  Three stars.

The tenth book of the year.  3,697 pages at an average of 370 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon day11:

Pages read on Jan 11th:  275

Books finished on Jan 11th:  0

Total pages read:  2467

Total books finished:  9

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon day 10:

Pages read on Jan 10th:  160

Books finished:  1

Total pages read:  2192

Total books finished: 9

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Beyond The Gender Binary” written by Alok Vaid-Menon.  63 pages.  Four stars.

The ninth book of the year.  3,359 pages at an average of 373 pages per book.

-Richard

End of # newyearsathon day 9:

Pages read on Jan 9th:  228

Books finished on Jan 9th:  1

Total pages read:  2032

Total books finished:  8

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Orbital” written by Samantha Harvey.  207 pages.  Five stars.

The eighth book of the year.  3,296 pages at an average of 412 pages per book.

-Richard 

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End of #newyearsathon day 8:

Pages read on Jan 8th: 139

Books finished on Jan 8th: 1

Total pages read:  1804

Total books finished:  7

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Fix” written by Tod Goldberg.  274 pages.  Two stars.

The seventh book of the year.  3,089 pages at an average of 441 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon day 7:

Pages read on Jan 7th:  123

Books finished on Jan 7th: 1

Total pages read:  1665

Total books finished:  6

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Leningrad:  The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944” written by Anna Reid.  419 pages.  Four stars.

The sixth book of the year.  2,815 pages at an average of 469 pages per book.

-Richard

End of #newyearsathon day 6:

Pages read on January 6th:  149

Books finished on January 6th: 0

Total pages read:  1542

Total books finished:  5

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon Day 5:

Pages read on Jan 5th:  253

Books finished on Jan 5th:  0

Total pages read:  1,393

Total books finished:  5

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon day 4:

Pages read on Jan 4th: 333

Books finished on Jan 4th: 1

Total pages read:  1104

Total books finished:  5

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Remote Control” written by Andy McNab.  311 pages.  Four stars.

The fifth book of the year.  2,396 pages at an average of 479 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon day 3:

Pages read on Jan 3:385

Books finished on Jan 3: 1

Total Pages Read:  807

Total Books Read:  4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Tricky Twenty-Two” written by Janet Evanovich. 282 pages.  Three stars.

The fourth book of the year.  2,085 pages at an average of 521 pages per book.

-Richard

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End of #newyearsathon day 2:

Pages read on Jan 2:  212

Books finished on Jan 2:  2

Total Pages Read:  422

Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“A Spy By Nature” written by Charles Cumming.  512 pages.  Four stars.

The third book of the year.  1,803 pages at an average of 601 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money & Power” written by Daniel Yergin.  788 pages.  Four stars.

The second book of the year.  1,291 pages at an average of 645 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of #newyearsathon Day 1:  

Pages read on Jan 1st:  210

Books finished on Jan 1st:  1

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Collected Poems in English” written by Joseph Brodsky.  503 pages.  Four stars.

The first book of 2025.

-Richard

This year as there is no more Bout of Books Jenn and I will be starting the year participating in a #newyearsathon.   This runs from January 1st to 15th, so, like I did with Bout of Books I will post a daily update on pages read etc...

-Richard 

Here are my final reading stats from 2024

Books finished:  181.  This was the fifth most with the record of 243 in 2022.   I read 59,135 pages which was the fifth most.   The record is 74,393 from 2022.   

Average # of pages per book: 327.   The highest average number of pages per book was 420 in 2013.

I read authors born in 47 different countries compared to 38 last year:  1. USA: 97, 2. England: 33, 3. Russia: 12, 4. Republic of Ireland 5 and 5. Scotland, India and France all with 4.   

I read authors born in 26 different USA States (incl DC):  1. New Jersey 16, 2. New York 11, 3. Illinois, 9  4. California: 8,  5. Texas 7.   Last year was 32 different States.  

   
I read books with titles starting with 22 different letters of the alphabet.  I missed Q, X, Y and Z.

I read authors with last names starting with 23 different letters.  I did not read N, X and Z

I read authors who won the Booker Prize (8), the Nobel Prize (5) and the Pulitzer Prize (7)

I read the most books published in 2024 (10) the newest book was published in 2024 and the oldest book I read was published in 1798.

My average rating of books was 3.7 (last year was 3.8)

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 2387 which means an average of 119 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 753,994 pages at an average of 44,353 per year at an average of 336 per book.

This years goal is 120 books.

Happy New Year.