I finished reading:

"Monument 14: Savage Drift" written by Emmy Laybourne.  305 pages.

The one-hundred and seventh book of the year.  35,542 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 13:

Pages read: 41

Time read:  21 minutes

Total Pages Read: 929

Total Time Read:  8 hours 30 minutes

Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 12:

Pages read: 66

Time read: 25 minutes

Total Pages Read:  888

Total Time Read: 8 hours 9 minutes

Books Finished: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 11:

Pages read: 118

Time read: 48 mins

Total Pages Read:  822

Total Time Read: 7 hours 44 minutes

Books Finised: 2

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 10:

Pages read: 75

Time read: 45 minutes

Total Pages Read: 704

Total Time Read: 6 Hours 56 Minutes

Books Finished: 2

My new book is Monument 14: Savage Drift written by Emmy Laybourne.  305.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Dead to the World" written by Charlaine Harris.  291 pages.

The one-hundred and sixth book of the year.  35,237 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 9:

Pages read: 102

Time read: 54 mins

Total Pages Read:  629

Total Time Read:  6 Hour 11 Minutes.

Books Finished: 1

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 7 and 8.

Pages read: 56

Time read: 34 mins

Total Pages Read: 527

Total Time Read: 5 hours 17 minutes

Books Finished: 1

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 6:

Pages read:  81

Time read: 51 minutes

Total Pages Read: 471

Total Time Read:  4 Hours 43 Minutes

Books Finished: 1

-Richard

End of read-a-thin Hour 5:

Pages read:  94

Time read: 35 minutes

Total Pages Read:  390

Total Time Read: 3 hours 52 minutes

Books Finished: 1

My new book is Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris.  291 pages.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"A Time to Kill" by John Grisham.  515 pages.

The one-hundred and fifth book of the year.  34,946 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

End of read-thon hour 4:

Pages Read 88

Time read: 52 minutes

Total Pages Read: 296

Total Time Read: 3 Hours 17 minutes

Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 3:

Pages read: 92

Time read:  55 minutes

Total Pages Read:  208

Total Time Read:  2 hours 25 minutes

Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hour 2

Pages read:  77

Time read: 52 minutes

Total Pages Read:  116

Total Time Read:  1 hour 30 minutes

Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of read-a-thon Hour 1

Pages Read: 39
Time Read: 38 minutes
Total Pages Read: 39
Total Time Read: 38 minutes
Books Finished: 0 

-Richard

So, here we go start of the read-a-thon.

I am starting with "A Time to Kill" by John Grisham which I on page 125 (out of 515).

Here is the introduction meme:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  The Woodlands, TX
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  No plans on what to read...Just see what pops up next!!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?   Anything my wonderful wife has made.
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  Chemist, read-a-holic, sports fan,
5) If you participated in the last read-a-thon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first read-a-thon, what are you most looking forward to?  Nothing really different.   This is the sixteenth time I've done it and all have been fun.

-Richard

Tomorrow I am excited to take part in my sixteenth Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon.   No goals apart from relaxing and reading.   

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Surprised by Joy" written by C.S. Lewis.  190 pages.

The one-hundred and fourth book of the year.  34,441 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Murder at the Washington Tribune" written by Margaret Truman.  321 pages.

The one-hundred and third book of the year.  34,251 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Blind Man's Bluff:  The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage" written by Sherry Sontag and Christopher Pike.  396 pages.

The one hundred and second book of the year.  33,930 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Morning Glories:  Volume 4" written by Nick Spencer.  216 pages.

The one hundred and first book of the year.  33,534 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Inside the Third Reich" written by Albert Speer.  621 pages.

The One Hundreth book of the year.  33,318 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

I'm I finished reading:

"The Road" written by Cormac McCarthy.  287 pages.

The ninety-ninth book of the year.  32,697 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.

-Richard

 I finished reading:

"The First Circle" written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.  674 pages.

The ninety-eighth book of the year. 32,410 pages at an average of average of 331 pages per book.  This is new record for books read in a year.  The previous was 97 in 2008.  Ironically the average number of pages per book that year was also 331.  It is not the most pages per year.  That was just over 34,000 last year when I read 95 books.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Runaway Jury" written by John Grisham.  550 pages.

The ninety-seventh book of the year.  31,736 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Trouble is a Friend of Mine" written by Stephanie Tromley.  334 pages.

The ninety-sixth book of the year.  31,186 page at an average of 325 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics" written by David M. O'Brien.  409 pages.

The ninety-fifth book of the year.  30,852 pages at an average of 325 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Third Secret" written by Steve Berry.  376 pages.

The ninety-fourth book of the year.  30,443 pages at an average of 324 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Twelfth Night" written by William Shakespeare.  99 pages.

The ninety-third book of the year.  30,067 pages at an average of 323 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:  

"Murder on K Street" written by Margaret Truman.  318 pages.

The ninety-second book of the year.  29,968 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Break no Bones" by Kathy Reichs.  337

"MacBeth" by William Shakespeare. 93 pages.

The ninetieth and ninety-first books of the year. 29,650 pages at an average of  426 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Morning Glories: Volume Three" written by Nick Spencer.  241 pages.

The eighty-ninth book of the year.  29,220 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Setting Free the Bears" written by John Irving.  340 pages.

The eighty-eighth book of the year.  28,979 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 7 (August 23rd) and Final Post

Pages Read on Day 7:  286
Books Finished on Day 7: 1

Total Pages Read: 1684
Total Books Finished: 6

I finished Einstein written by Johnathan Bernstein and stated The Shape Shifter by Tony Hillerman.

This the most pages read (previous best was 1611) and most books finished (previous best was 5).

See y'all in January

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Shape Shifter" written by Tony Hillerman.  276 pages.

The eighty-seventh book of the year.  28,639 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Einstein" written by Jeremy Bernstein.  230 pages.

The eighty-sixth book of the year.   28,363 pages at an average of 330 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 6 (August 22nd)

Pages Read on Day 6:  404
Books Finished on Day 6: 2

Total Pages Read:  1398
Total Books Finished: 5

I finished The Pelican and Morning Glories: Volume 2.   I am over half way through Einstein written by Jonathan Bernstein.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Morning Glories: Volume 2" written by Nick Spencer.  168 pages.

The eighty-fifth book of the year.  28,133 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Pelican Brief" written by John Grisham.  434 pages.

The eighty-four book of the year.  27,964 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 5 (August 21st):

Pages Read Day 5: 207
Books Finished Day 5: 0

Total Pages Read:  988
Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 4 (August 20th)

Pages Read Day 4:  376
Books Finished Day 4: 1

Total Pages Read:  781
Total Books Finished :3

I finished Club Dead by Charlaine Harris and started Pelican Brief by John Grisham

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Club Dead" written by Charlaine Harris.  292 pages.

The eighty-third book of the year.  27,530 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 3 (August 19th)

Pages Read Day 3:  111
Books Finished Day 3: 1

Total Pages Read:  405
Total Books Finished :2

I finished Morning Glories Volume One and Started Club Dead by Charlaine Harris.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Morning Glories: Volume One" written by Nick Spencer.  188 pages.

The eighty-second book of the year.  27,238 pages at an average of 332 per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 2 (August 18th)

Pages read on Day 2: 118
Books finished on Day 2:  0

Total Pages Read:  294
Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 1 (August 17th)

Pages read on Day 1:  176
Books finished on Day :1

Total Pages Read:       176
Total Books Finished: 1

I finished Harry's Last Stand written by Harry Leslie Smith and Started Morning Glories Volume 1:

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Harry's Last Stand" written by Harry Leslie Smith. 200 pages.

The eighty-first book of the year.  27,050 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Anatomy of Revolution" written by Crane Binton.  271 pages.

The eightieth book of the year.  26,850 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I'm getting ready to take part in my third Bout of Books read-a-thon starting on August 17th for a week.   No goals will be set, except taking time to rest, relax and read.   

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 17th and runs through Sunday, August 23rd in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 1d information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I finished reading:

"Deja Dead" written by Kathy Reichs.  411 pages.

The seventy-ninth book of the year.  26,579 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Communism and the New Left - What They're Up to Now".  196 pages.

The seventy-eighth book of the year.  26,168 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"English, August - An Indian Story" written by Upamanyu Chatterjee.  322 pages.

The seventy-seventh book of the year.  25,971 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Falklands War" written by Michael Parsons.  112 pages.

The seventy-sixth book of the year.  25,649 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

I finished reading:

"The Chamber" written by John Grisham.  676 pages.

The seventy-fifth book of the year.  25,537 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Outsiders" written by S.E. Hinton. 180 pages.

The seventy-fourth book of the year.  24,861 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Debacle" written by Emile Zola.  509 pages.

The seventy-third book of the year.  24,681 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard

I'm 

I finished reading:

"7 Days to Sunday: Crisis Week with the New York Football Giants" written by Eliot Asinof.  311 pages.

The seventy-second book of the year.  24,172 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Messenger" written by Lois Lowry.  169 pages.

The seventy-first book of the year.  23,861 pages at an average of 336 pages.

-Richard

I finished reading: "The Earth" written by Emile Zola.  500 pages.

The seventieth book of the year 23,692 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"A Painted House" written by John Grisham.  465 pages.

The sixty-ninth book of the year.  23,192 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"American Indian Myths and Legends" selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.  499 pages.

The sixty-eighth book of the year. 22,727 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Client" written by John Grisham.  566 pages.

The  sixty-seventh book of the year.  22,228 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Summons" written by John Grisham.  373 pages.

The sixty-sixth book of the year.  21,662 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.

-Richard

The I finished reading:

"The Trail of Tears@ written by Gloria Jahoda.  312 pages.

Made me very angry.  A quote "When Americans had to choose between morals and their dreams of money, they invariably opted for money".  Two centuries later nothing has changed.

The sixty-fifth book of the year.  21,289 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Broker" written by John Grisham.  419 pages.

The sixty-fourth book of the year.  20,977 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Agent 6" written by Tom Rob Smith.  467 pages.

The sixty-third book of the year.  20,558 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Peacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House" written by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy.  351 pages.

The sixty-second book of the year.  20,091 pages at an average of 324 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Red January" written by William Chamberlain.  158 pages.

The sixty-first book of the year.  19,740 pages at an average of 324 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Testament from Prison@ written by Georgi Vins.  283 pages.

The sixtieth book of the year.   19,582 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard