Staring next week I will be participating in our 23rd Bout of Books read-a-thon.

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 9th and runs through Sunday, May 15th 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 34 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I finished reading:

“Life and Fate” written by Vasily Grossman.  871 pages.  Five stars.

The seventy fourth book of the year.  34,273 pages at an average of 328 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hours 16-18 and final stats (bed time)

Pages read these hours:  185

Time read these hours:  1 hour 56 mins 

Books finished these hours: 0

Total Pages Read:  1,062

Total Time Read:  11 hours 46 minutes 

Total Books Finished:  4

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hour 12-15:

Pages read these hours:  208

Time read these hours:  2 hours 58 mins

Books finished these hours:  1

Total Pages Read:  877

Total Time Read:  9 hours 50 minutes

Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Fraud of the Century:  Rutherford B. Hayes, Samuel Tilden and the Stolen Election of 1876” written by Roy Morris, Jr.  256 pages.  Three stars.

The seventy third book of the year.  23,402 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.

-Richard

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

Pages read these hours:  220

Time read these hours: 2 hours 42 mins 

Books finished these hours:  2

Total Time Read:  7 hours 8 mins

Total Pages Read:  670

Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Maus I:  A Survivor’s Tale - My Father Bleeds History” written by Art Spiegelman.  159 pages.  Five stars.

The seventy second book of the year.  23,146 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Collected Poems 1947-1997” written by Allen Ginsberg.  1166 pages.  Four stars.

The seventy first book of the year.  22,987 pages at an average of 324 pages per book.

 -Richard 

End of read-a-thon Hour 9:

Pages read these hours:  181

Time read these hours:  1 hour 37 mins 

Books finished these hours:  1

Total Pages Read:  450

Total Time Read:  4 hours 26 mins

Total Books Finished:  1

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“To The Nines” written by Janet Evanovich.  320 pages.  Four stars.

The seventieth book of the year.  21,821 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard 

End of read-a-thon hours 3-6:

Pages read these hours:  180

Time read these hours:  1 hour 44 mins

Books finished these hours: 0

Total Pages Read:  269

Total Time Read:  2 hours 49 mins

Total Books Finished:  0

-Richard 

 End of read-a-thon hours 1-3:

Pages read these hours:  89

Time read these hours:  1 hour 1 minute

Books finished these hours:  0

-Richard

 We are taking part in another Dewey's read-a-thon.   I will post updates after every three hours.

What fine part of the world are you reading from today?   Houston, TX
Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  Life and Fate
Which snack are you most looking forward to?  Cream Eggs
Tell us a little something about yourself!   English...Lost in Texas
If you participated in the last readathon, what’s one thing you’ll do different today? If this is your first readathon, what are you most looking forward to.  Staying in a hotel tonight.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Stettin Station” written by David Downing.  289 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty ninth book of the year.  21,501 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The House of the Dead:  Siberian Exile Under the Tsars” written by Daniel Beer.  378 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty eighth book of the year.  21,212 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Silesian Station” written by David Downing.  306 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty seventh book of the year.  20,834 pages at an average of 311 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“A Short History of Communism” written by Robert Harvey.  408 pages.  Three stars.

The sixty sixth book of the year.  20,528 pages at an average of 311 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Stalingrad” written by Vasily Grossman.  983 pages.  Five stars.

The sixty fifth book of the year.  20,120 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Portrait of a Spy” written by Daniel Silva.  508 pages.  Four stars.

The sixty fourth book of the year.  19,137 pages at an average of 299 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Social Justice Jesus:  Justice, Mercy, and Faith as Presented in the Sermon on the Mount” written by Edward S. Georgeson.  323 pages.  Three stars.

The sixty third book of the year.  18,629 pages at an average of 296 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Anna Karenina” written by Leo Tolstoy.  817 pages.  Five stars.

The sixty second book of the year.  18,306 pages at an average of 295 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Messenger” written by Daniel Silva.  488 pages.  Four stars.  

The sixty first book of the year.  17,489 pages at an average of 287 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Stephen Spender Collected Poems 1928-1985” written by Stephen Spender.  198 pages.  Four stars.

The sixtieth book of the year.  17,001 pages at an average of 283 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Without You, There Is No Us:  Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite”written by Suki Kim.  291 pages.  Four stars.

The fifty ninth book of the year.  16,803 pages at an average of 285 pages.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Gates of Europe:  A History of Ukraine” written by Serhiu Plokhy.  366 pages.  Four stars.

The fifty eighth book of the year.  16,512 pages at an average of 285 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Wild Iris” written by Louise Gluck.  63 pages.  Four stars.

The fifty seventh book of the year.  16,146 pages at an average of 283 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Run:  Book One” written by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury and Nate Powell.  151 pages.  Five stars.

The fifty sixth book of the year.  16,083 pages at an average of 287 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Mission Song” written by John Le Carre.  337 pages.  Three stars.  

The fifty fifth book of the year.  15,932 pages at an average of 290 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Dreamers: On the Trail of the Nez Perce” written by Martin Stadius.  415 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty fourth book of the year.  15,595 pages at an average of 289 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Prelude” written by William Wordsworth.  537 pages.  Five stars.

The fifty third book of the year.  15,180 pages at an average of 286 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Dr.  Second” written by Adam Hargreaves.  32 pages.  Four stars.

The fifty second book of the year.  14,643 pages at an average of 282 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Judgement of Paris:  The Revolutionary Decade That Gave The World Impressionism” written by Ross King.  374 pages.  Three stars.

The fifty first book of the year.  14,611 pages at an average of 286 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Deliver Us From Evil” written by David Baldacci.  532 pages.  Four stars.

The fiftieth book of the year.  14,237 pages at an average of 285 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Selected Works of Edward Said 1966-2006” written by Edward Said.  Five stars.  570 pages.

The forty ninth book of the year.  13,705 pages at an average of 280 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“An American Sunrise” written by Joy Harjo.  109 pages.  Five stars.

The forty eighth book of the year.  13,135 pages at an average of 274 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Deaf Republic” written by Ilya Kaminsky.  76 pages. Five stars.

The forty seventh book of the year.  13,026 pages at an average of 277 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Allies and Advocates:  Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Culture” written by Amber Cabral.  159 pages. 

The forty sixth book of the year.  12,950 pages at an average of 282 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Black Elk Lives:  Conversations with the Black Elk Family” written by Esther Black Elk DeSersa, Olivia Black Elk Pourier,  Aaron DeSersa Jr. and Clifton DeSersa.  Four stars.  148 pages.

The forty fifth book of the year.  12,791 pages at an average of 284 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Call Us What We Carry” written by Amanda Gorman.  223 pages.  Four stars.

The forty fourth book of the year.  12,643 pages at an average of 287 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Dr. First” written by Adam Hargreaves.  32 pages.  Four stars. 

The forty third book of the year.  12,420 pages at an average of 289 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Soul” written by Andrey Platonov.  317 pages.  Five stars.

The forty second book of the year.  12,388 pages at an average of 295 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Fall of the House of Habsburg” written by Edward Crankshaw.  439 pages.  Four stars.

The forty first book of the year. 12,071 pages at an average of 294 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Catherine the Great:  A Short History” written by Isabel de Madariaga.  218 pages.  Four stars.

The fortieth book of the year.  11,632 pages at an average of 291 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Molotov’s Magic Lantern: A Journey in Russian History” written by Rachel Polonsky.  369 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty ninth book of the year.  11,414 pages at an average of 293 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Burning Shore” written by Wilbur Smith.  632 pages.  Two stars.

The thirty eighth book of the year.  11,045 pages at an average of 291 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Decision in Philadelphia:  The Constitutional Convention of 1787” written by Christopher Collier and James Lincoln Collier. 363 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty seventh book of the year.  10,413 pages at an average of 281 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Book Collectors:  A Band of Syrian Rebels and the Stories that Carried then through a War” written by Delphine Minoui.  189 pages.  Five stars.

The thirty sixth book of the year.  10,050 pages at an average of 280 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Helgoland:  Making Sense of the Quantum Revolution” written by Carlo Rovelli.  203 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty fifth book of the year.  9,861 pages at an average of 282 goes per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Stories of the Invisible: a guided tour of molecules” written by Philip Ball.  185 pages. Three stars.

The thirty fourth book of the year.  9,658 pages at an average of 284 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Death of Jesus” written by J.M. Coetzee.  197 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty third book of the year.  9,473 pages at an average of 287 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Klara and the Sun” written by Kazuo Ishiguro.  303 pages.  Four stars.

The thirty second book of the year.  9,276 pages at an average of 290 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Three Musketeers” written by Alaxandre Dumas.  636 pages.  Three stars.

The thirty first book of the year.  8,973 pages at an average of 289 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Apostles” Creed for Today” written by Justo L. Gonzalez.  92 pages.  Four stars.

The thirtieth book of the year.  8,337 pages at an average of 278 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Triumph of the Sun” written by Wilbur Smith.  631 pages.  Three stars.

The twenty ninth book of the year.  8,245 pages at an average of 284 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Total Cold War:  Eisenhower’s Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad: written by Kenneth Osgood.  369 pages.  Four stars.

The twenty eighth book of the year.  7,614 pages at an average of 272 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Green Man” written by Anne Enright.  310 pages.  Five stars.

The twenty seventh book of the year.  7,245 pages at an average of 268 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Schooldays of Jesus” written by J.M. Coetzee.  260 pages.  Four stars.

The twenty sixth book of the year.  6,935 pages at an average of 267 pages per book.

-Richard