I finished reading:

"Cold War Football:  A History in Ten Matches" written by Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall.  228 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and forty-first book of the year.   45,172 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Dirty Thirty" written by Janet Evanovich.   324 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and fortieth book of the year.  44,944 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.

-Richard

 End of Read-a-Thon hours 16-18 and final stats:

Pages read these hours:  64

Time read these hours:  1 hour 25 minutes

Books finished these hours:  1

Final pages read:  612

Final time read:  9 hours 44 minutes

Final books finished:  2

As expected we did not read as much as usual, but still had fun.   We will continue reading today.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Woodcutter" written by Reginald Hill.   581 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and thirty-ninth book of the year.  44,620 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.

-Richard

 End of Read-a-Thon Hours 13-15:

Pages read these hours:  102

Time read these hours:  1 hour 24 minutes

Books finished these hours:  0

Total pages read:  548

Total time read:  8 hours 19 minutes

Total books finished:  1

-Richard

 End of Read-a-Thon hours 10-12:

Pages read these hours:  195

Time read these hours:  2 hours 14 minutes

Books finished these hours:  1

Total pages read:  444

Total time read:  6 hours 55 minutes

Total books finished:  1

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Tolstoy" written by Henri Troyat.   Five stars.  733 pages.

The one hundred and thirty-eighth book of the year.  44,039 pages at an average of 319 pages per book.

-Richard

 End of Read-a-Thon hours 7-9:

Pages read these hours: 94

Time read these hours:  1 hour 40 minutes

Books finished these hours:  0

Total pages read:  249

Total time read:  4 hours 41 minutes.

Total books finished:  0

-Richard

 End of Read-a-Thon hours 4-6:

Pages read these hours:  159

Time read these hours:  2 hours 44 minutes

Books finished these hours:  0

Total pages read:  172

Total time read:  3 hours 1 minute

Total books finished:  0

-Richard

 End of Read-a-Thon Hours 1-3:

Pages read these hours:  23

Time read these hours:  17 minutes

Books finished these hours:  0

-Richard

 Today Jenn and I are participating in another Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon.  This time it will be a very light one as she is not feeling well and I am tired having just got back from a work trip to Germany.   We will relax, focus on reading and still have fun!!

-Richar

 I finished reading:

"Love & Blood:  At the World Cup with the Footballers, Fans, and Freaks" written by Jamie Trecker.  241 pages.  Two stars and "Requiem For A Glass Heart" written by David Lindsey.  433 pages.  Two stars.

The one hundred and thirty-sixth and thirty-seventh books of the year.   43,306 pages at an average of 316 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Paper Money" written by Ken Follett.   286 pages.  Two stars.

The one hundred and thirty-fifth book of the year.   42,632 pages at an average of 316 pages per book. 

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Kill Shot" written by Vince Flynn.   436 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and thirty-fourth book of the year.   42,346 pages at an average of 316 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Giant" written by Edna Ferber.  447 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and thirty-third book of the year.  41,910 pages at an average of 315 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Spoon River Anthology" written by Edgar Lee Masters.   284 pages.  Two stars.

The One Hundred and Thirty-Second book of the year.   41,463 pages at an average of 314 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Labor in the Soviet Union" written by Solomon M. Schwartz.  339 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and thirty-first book of the year.  41,179 pages at an average of 314 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"I Liked Rex" written by Diane Williams.  122 pages.  Two stars.

The one hundred and thirtieth book of the year.   40,840 pages at an average of 314 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Escape" written by David Baldacci.  630 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and twenty-ninth book of the year.   40,718 pages at an average of 316 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Survival Soul" written by Juno Dawson.   357 pages.   Five stars.

The one hundred and twenty-eighth book of the year.  40,088 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Pioneer Summer" written by Elena Malisova and Kateryna Sylvanova.  441 pages.   Five stars.

The one hundred and twenty-seventh book of the year.   39,731 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Be the Bridge:  Pursuing God's Heart for Racial Reconciliation" written by Latasha Morrison.  221 pages.   Four stars.

The one hundred and twenty sixth book of the year.   39,290 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Extreme Measures" written by Vince Flynn.   515 pages.  Two stars.

The one hundred and twenty fifth book of the year.   39,069 pages at an average of 313 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Agent X" written by Noah Boyd.   391 pages.   Two stars.

The one hundred and twenty fourth book of the year.   38,554 pages at an average of 311 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Girl, Woman, Other" written by Bernardine Evaristo.   452 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and twenty third book of the year.   38,163 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Paths to Russia:  From War to Peace" written by F. Wilhelm Christians.   221 pages.   Four stars.

The one hundred and twenty second book of the year.   37,711 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Protect And Defend" written by Vince Flynn.   405 pages.   Three stars.

The One Hundred and Twenty-First book of the year.  37,490 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Smoke" written by Ivan Turgenev.   192 pages.   Five stars.

The One Hundred and Twentieth book of the year.  37,085 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Faraway Inn" written by Sarah Beth Durst.   369 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and nineteenth book of the year.   36,893 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Crook Manifesto" written by Colson Whitehead.   319 pages.   Four Stars.

The one hundred and eighteenth book of the year.   36,524 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Memorial Day" written by Vince Flynn.   574 pages.   Three stars.   

The one hundred and seventeenth book of the year.   36,205 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Flood Tide" written by Clive Cussler.  511 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and sixteenth book of the year.  35,631 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Bloom" written by Sarah Westcott.   55 pages.   Four stars.

The one hundred and fifteenth book of the year.   35,120 pages at an average of 305 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Story of a Brief Marriage" written by Anuk Arudpragasam.   193 pages.   Four stars.

The one hundred and fourteenth book of the year.  35,065 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Executive Power" written by Vince Flynn.   482 pages.  Three starts.

The one hundred and thirteenth book of the year.   34,872 pages at an average of 309 per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Mutual Contempt:  Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud that Defined a Decade" written by Jeff Shesol.   475 pages.   Three stars.

The one hundred and twelfth book of the year.   34,390 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

 -Richard

 I finished reading:

"where are the love poems for dictators:" written by e. ethelbert miller.    91 pages.  Three stars.

The One Hundred and Eleventh book of the year.   33,915 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Transfer of Power" written by Vince Flynn.   549 pages.  Three stars.

The One Hundred and Tenth book of the year.  33,824 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"G." written by John Berger.   366 pages.  One star.

The one hundred and ninth book of the year.  33,275 pages at an average of 305 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"a bag of marbles" written by Joseph Joffo, Kris and Vincent Bailly.   128 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and eighth book of the year.   32,909 pages at an average of 305 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"No Map Could Show Them" written by Helen Mort.  65 pages.   Four stars.

The one hundred and seventh book of the year.   32,781 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Tiger's Share" written by Keshava Guha.  246 pages.   Four stars.

The one hundred and sixth book of the year.   32,716 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Putin's World:  Russia Against the West and With the Rest" written by Angela Stent.  372 pages.   Four stars.

The One Hundred and Fifth book of the year.   32,470 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Regional Office is Under Attack!" written by Manuel Gonzales.  399 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and fourth book of the year.  32,098 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Jubilee" written by Margaret Walker.   502 pages.   Five stars.

The one hundred and third book of the year.   31,699 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"from South Creek" written by Simon J. Ortiz.   95 page.  Three stars.

The one hundred and second book of the year.   31,197 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Church Camp:  Bad Skits, Cry Night and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation" written by Cara Meredith.   203 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and first book of the year.  31,102 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine:   Going Rogue" written by Janet Evanovich.   324 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundredth book of the year.  30,899 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Beautiful Game:  Sixteen Girls and the Soccer Season the Changed Everything" written by Jonathan Littman.  286 pages.   Four stars.

The ninety-ninth book of the year.  30,575 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Elements Beyond Uranium" written by Glenn T. Seaborg and Walter D. Loveland.   327 pages.   Four stars.

The ninety-eighth book of the year.  30,289 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Light While There Is Light:  An American History" written by Keith Waldrop.   201 pages.   Two stars.

The ninety-seventh book of the year.   29,962 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Gray Mountain" written by John Grisham.   368 pages.  Three stars.

The ninety-sixth book of the year.   29,761 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Amari and the Night Brothers" written by B.B. Alston.   408 pages.  Five stars.

The ninety-fifth book of the year.  29,393 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Harmonic Leader:  Leading with Clarity, Integrity, and Impact" written by J.R. Bennett.  325 pages.  Three stars.

The ninety-fourth book of the year.  28,985 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The Last Tsar:  The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs" written by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.   437 pages.  Four stars.

The ninety-third book of the year.   28,660 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"Written in the Dark:  Five Poets in the Siege of Leningrad" edited by Polina Barskova.   159 pages.  Five stars.

The ninety-second book of the year.   28,223 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard