I finished reading:
"Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945" written by Frederick Taylor. 456 pages. Fours stars.
The twentieth book of the year. 5,622 pages at an average of 281 pages per book.
-Richard
Saturday, February 07, 2026
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
Monday, February 02, 2026
Sunday, February 01, 2026
Friday, January 30, 2026
I finished reading:
"The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything: How Carbon Dioxide Made Our World" written by Peter Brannon. 448 pages. Four stars and "I,Q Book One: Independence Hall" written by Roland Smith. 293 pages three stars.
The fifteenth and sixteenth book of the year. 4,421 pages at an average of 276 pages per book.
-Richard
Thursday, January 22, 2026
I finished reading:
"Hot Pursuit" written by Stuart Woods. 389 pages, three stars and "The Hit" written by David Baldacci. 390 pages, four stars and "Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand" written by Jeff Chu. 314 pages, four stars and "Selected Poems" written by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. 89 pages four stars and "Night of the Avenging Blowfish" written by John Welter. 313 pages, two stars.
The tenth through fourteenth books of the year. 3,680 pages at an average of 263 pages per book.
-Richard
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Monday, January 12, 2026
Sunday, January 11, 2026
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Friday, January 09, 2026
Thursday, January 08, 2026
Wednesday, January 07, 2026
Tuesday, January 06, 2026
Monday, January 05, 2026
I finished reading:
"Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven" written by Janet Evanovich. 304 pages. Three stars and "Saga: Volume 12' written by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan. 154 pages. Four stars.
The third and fourth books of the year. 1,046 pages at an average of 261 pages per book.
-Richard
Sunday, January 04, 2026
Saturday, January 03, 2026
Thursday, January 01, 2026
Here are my final reading stats from 2025
Books finished: 190. This was the joint fourth most with the record of 243 in 2022. I read 59,398 pages which was the fifth most. The record is 74,393 from 2022.
Average # of pages per book: 313. The highest average number of pages per book was 420 in 2013.
I read authors born in 43 different countries compared to 47 last year: 1. USA: 80, 2. England: 42, 3. Scotland: 12, 4. Russia: 9 and 5. India and Ukraine with 6.
I read authors born in 26 different USA States (incl DC): 1. California 18, 2. New York 10, 3. New Jersey, and Pennsylvania: 6 and 5. Texas and Michigan: 5. Last year was 26 different States.
I read books with titles starting with 23 different letters of the alphabet. I missed U, X, and Z.
I read authors with last names starting with 25 different letters. I did not read X
Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 2577 which means an average of 123 per year. Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have read 813,392 pages at an average of 44,188 per year at an average of 334 per book.
This years goal is 123 books.
I read authors born in 26 different USA States (incl DC): 1. California 18, 2. New York 10, 3. New Jersey, and Pennsylvania: 6 and 5. Texas and Michigan: 5. Last year was 26 different States.
I read books with titles starting with 23 different letters of the alphabet. I missed U, X, and Z.
I read authors with last names starting with 25 different letters. I did not read X
I read authors who won the Booker Prize (2), the Nobel Prize (4), the Pulitzer Prize (8) and the Woman's Prize (1)
I read the most books published in 2024 (15) the newest book was published in 2025 and the oldest book I read was published in 1845.
My average rating of books was 3.7 (last year was 3.7)
Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 2577 which means an average of 123 per year. Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have read 813,392 pages at an average of 44,188 per year at an average of 334 per book.
This years goal is 123 books.
-Richard
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