I finished reading:

“DeRo: My Life” written by Dwayne De Rosario with Brandan Dunlap.  192 pages.  Four stars.  

The fifty eight book of the year.  20,257 pages at an average of 349 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Murder of the Leviathan” written by Boris Akunin.  223 pages.  Two stars.

The fifty seventh book of the year.  20,065 pages at an average of 352 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“High Five” written by Janet Evanovich.  317 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty sixth book of the year.  19,842 pages at an average of 354 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 7, May 16th and Final Stats:

Pages read on Day 7:  341

Books finished on Day 7: 1

Total Pages Read: 1,105

Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Night Manager” written by John Le Carre.  429 pages.  Two stars.

The fifty fifth book of the year.  19,525 pages at an average of 355 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 6, May 15th:

Pages read on Day 6:  142

Books finished on Day 6: 0

Total Pages Read:  764

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 5, May 14th:

Pages read on day 5:  118

Books finished on day 5:  0

Total Pages Read: 622

Total Books Finished:  2

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 4, May 13th:

Pages read on day 4: 94

Books finished on day 4: 1

Total Pages Read:  504

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War” written by Duncan White.  692 pages.  Five Stars.

The fifty fourth book of the year.  19,096 pages at an average of 354 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 3, May 12th:

Pages read on day 3:  122

Books finished on day 3: 0

Total Pages Read:  410

Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 2, May 11th:

Pages read on Day 2:  130

Books finished on Day 2: 1

Total Pages Read:  288

Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Slay Ride” written by Dick Francis.   279 pages.  Three stars. 

The fifty-third book of the year.  18,404 pages at an average of 347 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 1, May 10th:

Pages Read on Day 1:  158

Books Finished on Day 1:  0

-Richard

 This week we will be participating in our twentieth "Bout of Books":

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 10th and runs through Sunday, May 16th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 31 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

-Richard

I finished reading;

“The Turkish Gambit” written by Boris Akunin.  211 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty second book of the year.  18,125 pages at an average of 349 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“New Monasticism” written Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.  174 pages.  Four stars.

The fifty first book of the year.  17,914 pages at an average of 351 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Grandmaster” written by Warren Murphy and Molly Cochrane.  431 pages.  Four stars.

The fiftieth book of the year.  17,740 pages at an average of 355 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Darkest Hour:  How Churchill Brought England Back From the Brink” written by Anthony McCarten. 265 pages.  Three stars.

The forty ninth book of the year.  17,309 pages at an average of 353 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Lives of Unforgetting: What We Lose in Translation When We Read the Bible” written by Stant Litore.  363 pages.  Four stars.

The forty eighth book of the year.  17,044 pages at an average of 355 pages per book.

-Richard 

 Read-a-thon final step and closing survey

Pages Read:  1021

Time Read:  11 hours 42 minutes

Books Finished: 5

Closing Survey

1. How would you assess your reading overall?   Patchy.... some hours read well,  others struggled
2. Did you have a strategy, and if so, did you stick to it?  Yes
3. What was your favorite snack?   Strawberry Dip w/Ginger Nuts
4. Wanna volunteer for our next event? Stay tuned for the recap post!

-Richard

End of read-a-thon hours 16-18:

Pages read these hours:  153

Time read these hours 1 hour 50 minutes

Books finished these hours:  1

Total Pages Read: 1004

Total Time Read:  11 hours 29 minutes

Total Books Finished:  5

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Four to Score” written by Janet Evanovich.   313 pages.  Three stars.

The forty seventh book of the year.  16,681 pages at an average of 356 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hour 13-15:

Pages read these hours:  140 pages

Time read these hours:  2 hours 6 minutes 

Books finished these hours:  0

Total Pages Read:  851

Total Time Read:  9 hours 29 minutes 

Total Books Finished:  4

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hour 10-12:

Time read these hours:  1 hour 24 mins 

Pages read these hours:  171

Books read these hours:  1

Total Time Read:  7 hour 23 mins

Total Pages Read:  711

Total Books Finished:  4

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Saga Vol. 9” written by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan.  154 pages.  Three stars.

The forty sixth book of the year.  16,368 pages at an average of 356 pages per book.  

-Richard 

 End of read-a-thon hours 7-9:

Pages read these hours:  278

Time read these hours:  2 hours 8 minutes

Books finished these hours:  3

Total Pages Read: 541

Total Time Read:  5 hours 59 minutes

Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Zom-B: Bride” written by Darren Shan.  234 pages.  Four stars.

The forty fifth book of the year.  16,214 pages at an average of 360 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hours 4-6;

Time read these hours:  2 hours 13 mins

Pages read these hours:  183

Books finished these hours:  2

Total Time Read:  3 hours 51 minutes

Total Pages Read:  163

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Beneath the Bleeding” written by Val McDermid.  484 pages.  Four stars.

The forty forty book of the year.  15,980 pages at an average of 363 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Girl Who Played With Fire” written by Stieg Larsson.  503 pages.  Three stars.

The forty third book of the year.   15,496 pages at an average of 360 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hours 1-3:

A slow start!!

Time read these hours:  1 hour 38 minutes 

Pagers read these hours:  80

Books finished these hours:  0

-Richard 

 Today we are participating in another Dewey's Readathon.   I will post updates after every three hours.

Here is the opening summary:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  The Woodlands, Texas, USA (35 miles North of Houston).
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  All of them!!
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?  My wife's strawberry dip
4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  Chemist, poet, English, husband - "lost in Texas"
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?  This time we will be staying home so we can also take care of our rehabbing dog and "super" senior cat.

-Richard

I finished reading.

“The Confession” written by John Grisham.  515 pages.  Four stars.

The forty second book of the year.  14,993 pages at an average of 357 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” written by John Berendt.  388 pages.  Four stars.

The forty first book of the year.  14,478 pages at an average of 353 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“This Was A Man” written by Jeffrey Archer.  403 pages.  Four stars.

The fortieth book of the year.  14,090 pages at an average of 352 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“A Vision Unfulfilled:  Russia and the Soviet Union in the Twentieth Century” written by John M. Thompson.  561 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty ninth book of the year.  13,687 pages at an average of 351 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finish reading:

“Sisters in the Wilderness:  The Challenge of Womanist God-Talk” written by Delores S. Williams.  239 pages.  Three stars.

The thirty eighth book of the year.  13,126 pages at an average of 345 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Winter Queen” written by Boris Akunin.  242 pages.  Three stars.

The thirty seventh book of the year.  12,887 pages at an average of 348 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Cometh the Hour” written by Jeffrey Archer.  404 pages.  The thirty sixth book of the year.  12,645 pages at an average of 351 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“God is Red:  A Native View of Religion” written by Vine Deloria Jr.  305 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty fifth book of the year.  12,241 pages at an average of 350 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia” written by Mohsin Hamid.  222 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty fourth book of the year.  11,936 pages at an average of 351 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Cellist of Sarajevo” written by Steven Galloway.  235 pages.  Five Stars.

The thirty third book of the year.  11,714 pages at an average of 355 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Agent Sonya:  Moscow’s Most Daring Wartime Spy” written by Ben Macintyre. 335 pages. Four stars.

The thirty second book of the year. 11,479 pages at an average of 359 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Mightier Than The Sword” written by Jeffrey Archer.  400 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty first book of the year.  11,144 pages at an average of 359 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Conversations with Myself” written by Nelson Mandela.  410 pages.  Four stars.

The thirtieth book of the year.   10,744 pages at an average of 358 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Conversations with Myself” written by Nelson Mandela.  410 pages.  Four stars.

The thirtieth book of the year.   10,744 pages at an average of 358 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Machines Like Me” written by Ian McEwen.  333 pages.  Five stars.

The twenty ninth book of the year.  10,334 pages at an average of 356 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Letters on England” written by Voltaire.  145 pages.  Four stars.

The twenty eighth book of the year.  10,001 at an average of 357 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Good German” written by Joseph Kanon.  533 pages.  Three stars.

The twenty seventh book of the year.  9,856 pages at an average of 365 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Angel of Greenwood” written by Randi Pink.  291 pages.  Five stars.

The twenty sixth book of the year.  9,323 pages at an average of 359 pages per books

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Your God Shall Be My God:  Religious Conversion in Britain Today” written by Jonathan A. Romain.   237 pages. Four stars.

The twenty fifth book of the year.  9,032 pages at an average of 361 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Yellow Dog” written by Martin Amis.  339 pages.  Two stars.

The twenty fourth book of the year.  8,795 pages at an average of 366 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Native:  Identity, Belonging and Rediscovering God” written by Kaitlin B. Curtice.  182 pages.  Five Stars. 

The twenty third book of the year.  8,456 pages at an average of 368 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Be Careful What You Wish For” written by Jeffrey Archer. 494 pages.  Four Stars.

The twenty second book of the year.  8,274 pages at an average of 376 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“How To Write An Autobiographical Novel” written by Alexander Chee.  277 pages.  Four Stars.  

The twenty first book of the year.  7,780 pages at an average of 370 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Cat’s Table” written by Michael Ondaatje.   265 pages. Five stars.

The twentieth book of the year.  7,503 pages at an average of 375 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Hell’s Corner” written by David Baldacci.  574 pages.  Four stars.

The nineteenth book of the year. 7,238 pages at an average of 381 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading/

“When No One is Watching” written by Alyssa A. Cole.  352 pages.  Five stars.

The eighteenth book of the year. 6,664 pages at an average of 370 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Goldfinch” written by Donna Tartt.  771 pages.  Five Stars.

The seventeenth book of the year.  6,312 pages at an average of 371 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Claims of The Bible and Science:  Correspondences Between a Layman and F.D. Maurice on Some Questions Arising out of the Controversy Respecting The Pentateuch (1863)” written by Frederick Denison Maurice.  198 pages.  Four stars.

The sixteenth book of the year.  5,541 pages at an average of 346 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Best Kept Secret” written by Jeffrey Archer.  496 pages.  Four stars.

The fifteenth book of the year.  5,343 pages at an average of 356 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Egoist” written by George Meredith.   602 pages.

The fourteenth book of the year.  4,847 pages at an average of 346 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Sharpe’s Trafalgar” written by Bernard Cornwell.  293 pages.  Three stars.

The thirteenth book of the year.  4,245 pages at an average of  327 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Concrete Rose” written by Angie Thomas.  360 pages. Five Stars.

The twelfth book of the year.  3,952 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Sins of the Father” written by Jeffrey Archer. 415 pages.  Four Stars.

The eleventh book of the year.  3,592 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard