I finished reading:

“Soviet Marxism:  A Critical Analysis” written by Herbert Marcuse.  252 pages.

The thirty first book of the year.   10,446 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Krysalis” written by John Trenhaile.  527 pages.

The thirtieth book of the year.  10,194 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Hope in the Dark:  Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities” written by Rebecca Solnit.  142 pages.

The twenty ninth book of the year.  9,667 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Sri Lanka: The Invention of Enmity” written by David Little.  112 pages.

The twenty eighth book of the year.  9,525 pages at an average of 340 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Extreme Denial” written by David Morrell.  466 pages.

The twenty seventy book of the year.  9,413 pages at an average of 349 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Lincoln in the Bardo” written by George Saunders.  343 pages.

The twenty sixty book of the year.  8,947 pages at an average of 344 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Emma” written by Jane Austen.  396 pages.

The twenty fifth book of the year.  8,604 pages at an average of 344 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Diamond Hunters” written by Wilbur Smith.  332 pages.

The twenty fourth book of the year.  8,208 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Sleepwalkers in a Fog:  Stories” written by Tatyana Tolstaya.   192 pages.

The twenty third book of the year.  7,876 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Player Piano” written by Kurt Vonnegut.  341 pages.

The twenty second book of the year.  7,684 pages at an average of 349 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Helps to Holiness” written by Samuel Logan Brengle.  134 pages.

The twenty first book of the year.  7,343 pages at an average of 350 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Hell is Always Today” written by Jack Higgins.  273 pages.

The twentieth book of the year.  7,209 pages at an average of 360 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Illuminate:  The Illuminae Files_01” written by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff.  599 pages.

The nineteenth book of the year.  6,936 pages at an average of 365 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Waking up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race” written by Debby Irving.  249 pages.

The eighteenth book of the year.   6,337 pages at an average of 352 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Crome Yellow” written by Aldous Huxley.  177 pages.

 

The seventeenth book of the year.  6,088 pages at an average of 358 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Athabasca” written by Alistair MacLean.  284 pages.

The sixteenth book of the year.  5,911 pages at an average of 369 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Kingdom of Christ” written by Frederick Denison Maurice.  569 pages.

The fifteenth book of the year.  5,911 pages at an average of 394 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“We Fed an Island:  The True Story of Rebuilding Puerto Rico, One Meal at a Time” written by Jose Andres with Richard Wolfe.  248 pages.  

The fourteenth book of the year.  5,342 pages at an average of 382 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“A Soldier’s Story” written by Omar N. Bradley.  540 pages.

The thirteenth book of the year.  5,094 pages at an average of 391 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Poetry and Prose” written by Walt Whitman.  856 pages.

The twelfth book of the year.  4,554 pages at an average of 379 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Partisans” written by Alistair MaClean.  276 pages.

The eleventh book of the year.  3,698 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Lot Stories” written by Bryan Washington.  222 pages.

The tenth book of the year.  3,422 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Hawke” written by Ted Bell.  582 pages.

The ninth book of the year.  3,200 pages at an average of 356 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Book Day 7 (January 12th) and final update:

Pages read day 7:  759
Books finished  day 7: 2

Total Pages Read:  2215*   a new record of pages read during Bout of Books
Total Books Finished:  6

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 6 (January 11th):

Pages read day 6: 394
Books finished day 6: 0

Total Pages Read: 1456
Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Zom-B: Circus” written by Darren Shan.  118 pages.

The eighth book of the year.  2618 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Crimean War:  A History” written by Orlando Figes.  493 pages.

The seventh book of the year.  2,500 pages at an average of 357 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Books Day 5 (January 10th):

Pages read day 5: 133
Books finished day 5: 1

Total Pages Read:  1,062
Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Creative Process” edited by Brewster Ghiselin.   251 pages.

The sixth book of the year.  2,007 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 4 (January 9th):

Pages read day 4:  108
Books finished day 4: 0

Total Pages Read:  929
Total Books Finished:  3

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 3 (January 8th):

Pages read day 3:  241
Books finished day 3: 1

Total Pages Read:  821
Total Books Finished:  3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Saga: Volume Three: written by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples.  144 pages.

The fifth book of the year.  1,756 pages at an average of 351 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Books Day 2 (January 7th):

Pages read on Day 2: 278
Books finished on Day 2: 2

Total Pages Read:  580
Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Zom-B : Mission” written by Darren Shan.  175 pages.

The fourth book of the year.  1,612 pages at an average of 403 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Winner” written by David Baldacci.  628 pages.

The third book of the year.  1,437 pages at an average of 479 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of Bout of Books Day 1 (January 6th):

Pages read on day 1: 302
Books finished on day 1: 0

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Diary of Lena Mukhina:  A Girl’s Life in the Siege of Leningrad” written by Lena Mukhina.  391 pages.

The second book of the year.  809 pages at an average of 404 pages per book.

-Richard

We will be participating in our 16th book of books starting Monday, January 6th:

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 6th and runs through Sunday, January 12th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, Twitter chats, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 27 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Heart of Darkness” written by Joseph Conrad.  418 pages.

The first book of 2020.

-Richard

Here are a few reading stats from 2019

Books finished:  190.  The most was 193 in 2018
Pages read: 69,137.  A new record (previous 64,037)
Average # of pages per book: 365 (the best year was 420 pages per book in 2013)

I read authors born in 28 different countries:  1. USA: 98, 2. England: 42, 3. Russia: 8, 4. India: 5,  5. Canada: 4

I read authors both in 27 different USA States:  1. New Jersey: 22  2. New York: 13,  3. Pennsylvania: 10,  4. Illinois: 5,  5. Ohio, California, Colorado, Texas, North Carolina and Massachusetts: 4

I read books with titles starting with 24 different letters of the alphabet.  I did not read books starting with Q and X.

I read authors with last names starting with 24 different letters.  I did not read Q, X and Z

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 1446 which means an average of 96 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 450,870  pages at an average of 37,572 per year at an average of 348 per book.

This years goal is 120 books.

Happy New Year.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Hazardous Duty” written by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.  406 pages.

The one hundred and ninetieth book of the year.  69,371 pages at an average of 365 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Master of Petersburg” written by J.M. Coetzee.  227 pages.

One hundred and eighty ninth book of the year.  68,965 pages at an average of 365 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Jude the Obscure” written by Thomas Hardy.  The one hundred and eighty eighth book of the year.  68,738 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Covert Warriors” written by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. 

The one hundred and eighth seventh book of the year.  68,367 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Milkman” written by Anna Burns.  348 pages.

The one hundred and eighty sixth book of the year.  67,995 pages at an average of 365 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Night Before Christmas” written by Clement C. Moore.  48 pages.

The one hundred and eighth fifth book of the year. 67,647 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Oresteian Trilogy” written by Aeschylus.  182 pages.

The one hundred and eighty fourth book of the year.  67,599 pages at an average of 367 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Fifth Profession” written by David Morrell.  498 pages.

The one hundred and eighty third book of the year.  67,417 pages at an average of 368 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Jesus I Never Knew” written by Philip Yancey.  275 pages.

The one hundred and eighty second book of the year.  66,919  pages at an average of 368 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Vanishing Stair” written by Maureen Johnson.  369 pages.

The one hundred and eighty first book of the year.  66,644 pages at an average of 368 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Boston” written by Upton Sinclair.  799 pages.

The one hundred and eightieth book of the year.  66,275 pages at an average of 368 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Northanger Abbey” written by Jane Austen.  165 pages.

The one hundred and seventy ninth book of the year.  65,476 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Outlaws” written by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.  656 pages.

The one hundred and seventy eight book of the year.  65,311 pages at an average of 367 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“A Place at the Table:  40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor” written by Chris Seay.  222 pages.

The one hundred and seventy seventh book of the year.  64,655 pages at an average of 365 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“There There” written by Tommy Orange.  290 pages.

The one hundred and seventy sixth book of the year.  64,433 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Truly Devious” written by Maureen Johnson.  416 pages.

The one hundred and seventy fifth book of the year.  64,143 pages at an average of 367 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Saturday” written by Ian McEwan.  289 pages.

The one hundred and seventy fourth book of the year.  63,727 pages at an average of 366 pages per boook.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Letters from London:  1990-1995” written by Julian Barnes.  344 pages.

The one hundred and seventy third book of the year.  63,438 pages at an average of 367 pages per book.

-Richard