I finished reading:

“Beautiful Gruesome and True:  Artist at Work in the Face of War” written by Kaelen Wilson-Goldie.  133 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and eighty second book of the year.  55,648 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Killing Game” written by Don Pendleton.  317 pages.  One star.

One hundred and eighty first book of the year.  55,515 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Special Operations” written by W.E.B. Griffin.  356 pages.  Two stars.

The one hundred and eightieth book of the year.  55,198 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Headwind” written by John J. Nance.  432 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and seventy ninth book of the year.  54,842 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Last White Man” written by Mohsin Hamid.  180 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and seventy eighth book of the year.  54,410 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Men in Blue” written by W.E.B. Griffin.  340 pages.  Two stars.

The one hundred and seventy seventh book of the year.  54,230 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Passport to Life:  Autobiographical Reflections on the Holocaust” written by Emanuel Tanay.  278 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and seventy sixth book of the year.  53,890 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Dr. Ninth” written by Adam Hargreaves.  32 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and seventy fifth book of the year.  53,612 pages at an average of 306 pages per book.

-Richard

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I finished reading:

“Five Sisters:  Woman Against the Tsar” edited by Barbara Engel.  249 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and seventy fourth book of the year.  53,580 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

I finished reading:

“Trust Fund” written by Stephen Frey.  357 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and seventy third book of the year.  53,331 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Binti Home” written by Nnedi Okorafor.  162 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and seventy seventh book of the year.  52,974 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Gentlemen from San Francisco and Other Stories” written by Ivan Bunin.  224 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and seventy first book of the year.  52,812 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Institute of Fools:  A Dissident’s Memoir of his Detention in the Most Notorious Soviet Psychiatric Institution” written by Victor Nekipelov.  257 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and seventieth book of the year.  52,588 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“above the dreamless dead:  World War I in poetry and comics” edited by Charles Duffy.  144 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and sixty ninth book of the year.  52,331 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Straits of Power” written by Joe Buff.   483 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and sixty seventh book of the year.  51,486 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Possessed” written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.  701 pages.  Four stars.  

The one hundred and sixty eighth book of the year.  52,187 pages at an average of 311 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Travois:  An Anthology of Texas Poetry” written by various.  156 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and sixty sixth book of the year.  51,003 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Under The Lights And In The Dark:  Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer” written by Gwendolyn Oxenham.  261 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and sixth fifth book of the year.  50,847 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Rosa Parks May Story” written by Rosa Parks with Jim Haskins.  188 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and sixty fourth book of the year.  50,586 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished readings

“Music in World War II:  Coping With Wartime in Europe and The United States” edited by Pamela M. Potter,  Christina L. Baade and Montemorra Marvin.   273 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and sixty third book of the year.   50,398 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Serge Diaghilev:  His Life His Work His Legend An Intimate Biography” written Serge Lifar.  535 pages. Five stars.

The one hundred and sixty second book of the year.  50,125 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“A Serious Call:  To a Devout and Holy Life: A Puritan Guide” written by William Law.  289 pages.  Theee stars.

The one hundred and sixty first book of the year.  49,590 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

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

The one hundred and sixtieth book of the year.  49,301 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Sherman:  Fighting Prophet” written by Lloyd Lewis.  653 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and fifty ninth book of the year.  49,269 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Vig” written by John Lescroart.  362 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and fifty eighth book of the year.  48,616 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 7 and Final Stats:

Pages read on Day 7:  352

Books finished on Day 7:0

Total Pages Read:  1771

Total Books Finished:  5

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 6, August 20th:

Pages read on Day 6:  414

Books finished on Day 6: 2

Total Pages Read:  1,419

Total Books Finished: 5

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Take My Hand” written by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.  355 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and fifty seventh book of the year.  48,254 pages at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Timeslice:  Houston Poetry 2005” edited by Carolyn Tourney Florek.  125 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and fifty sixth book of the year.  47,899 page at an average of 307 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 5, August 19th:

Pages read on Day 5:  229

Books finished on Day 5: 0

Total Pages Read: 1,005

Total Books Finished:  3

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 4, August 18th:

Pages read on Day 4: 156

Books finished on Day 4: 1

Total Pages Read:  776

Total Books Finished: 3

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Twelve Sharp” written by Janet Evanovich.  322 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and fifty fifth book of the year.  47,774 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 3,  August 17th:

Pages read on Day 3:  114

Books finished on Day 3: 0

Total Pages Read:  620

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 2, August 16th:

Pages read on day 2:  232

Books finished on day 2:  0

Total Pages Read:  506

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 1, August 15th:

Pages Read on Day 1:  274

Books Finished on Day 1: 2

-Richard

I finished reading:

“They Can’t Kill Until They Kill Us” written by Hamif Abdurraqib.   287 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and fifty fourth book of the year.  47,452 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Poetry of Lakeland:  A Colour Souvenir in Verse” written by various poets.  77 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and fifty third book of the year.  47,165 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Protege” written by Stephen Frey.  384 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and fifty second book of the year.  47,088 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Enormous Room” written by E.E. Cummings.  265 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and fifty first book of the day.  46,704 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry” written by various poets.   537 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and fiftieth book of the year.  46,439 pages at an average of 310 pages per book.

-Richard

 This week we are again participating in the week long "Bout of Books".    I will post a daily update on how I read every day.

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, August 15th and runs through Sunday, August 21st 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 35 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Hamburg Score” written by Viktor Shklovsky.  240 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and forty ninth book of the year.  45,902 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading;

“If This Is Man and the The Truce” written by Primo Levi.  453 pages.  Five stars.

The one hundred and forty eighth book of the year.  45,662 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Notebooks 1942-1951” written by Albert Camus.  274 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and forty seventh book of the year.  45,209 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Resistance Book 1” written by Carla Jablonski and Leland Purvis.  124 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and forty sixth book of the year.  44,935 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:  

“Comeback” written by Dick Francis.  261 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and forty fifth book of the year.  44,811 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Dweller in Shadows: A Life or Ivor Gurney” written by Kate Kennedy.  388 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and forty fourth book of the year.  44,550 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

- Richard 

I finished reading:

“Victory Call to Arms” written by Stephen Coonts, David Hagberg and Barrett Tillman.  320 pages.  One Star.

The one hundred and forty third book of the year.  44,162 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Masaryk Station” written by David Downing.  330 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and forty second book of the year.  43,842 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Dr. Seventh” written by Adam Hargreaves.  32 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and forty first book of the year.  43,512 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Sharpe’s Christmas” written by Bernard Cornwell.  95 pages.  3 stars.

The one hundred and fortieth book of the year.  43,480 pages at an average of 311 pages per book.

-Richard 

Final Stats for the Reverse Read-a-Thon:

Time Read:  11 Hours 23 Minutes

Pages Read: 1167

Books Finished: 5

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Daisy Jones and the Six” written by Taylor Jenkins Reid.  351 pages.  5 stars.

The one hundred and thirty ninth book of the year.  43,385 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Eleven on Top” written by Janet Evanovich.  321 pages.  Three stars.

The one hundred and thirty eighth book of the year.  43,034 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Blood and Fire:  William and Catherine Booth and their Salvation Army” written by Roy Hattersley.  441 pages.  Three stars. 

The one hundred and thirty seventh book of the year.  42,713 pages at an average of 312 pages per book.

-Richard 

It’s midnight, so, after a long day at work going to bed after 5 hours of the read-a-thon.

My update:

Time read:  4 hours 6 minutes

Pages read:  409

Books finished: 2

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Quiet Game” written by Greg Iles.  559 pages. Four stars.

The one hundred and thirty sixth book of the year.  42,272 pages at an average of 311 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“All The Frequent Troubles of Our Days:  The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler” written by Rebecca Donner.  488 pages.  Four stars.

The one hundred and thirty fifth book of the year.  41,713 pages at an average of 309 pages per book.

-Richard 

 This weekend we will be taking part in the Dewey's 24 hour reverse read-a-thon.   To be honest I prefer this one due to the starting and finishing time and never feel as tired afterwards.

Although slightly early here is my introduction survey:

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?  Greater Houston, Texas, USA.

2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to?  No defined stack...whatever is next :)

3) Which snack are you most looking forward to?  Golden Oreos

4) Tell us a little something about yourself!  North East Englishman...sweltering 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? Participated in many.  Probably won't do anything different...

-Richard

I finished reading:

“A Climate of Change” written by various authors.  48 pages. Five stars.

The one hundred and thirty fourth book of the year.  41.225 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard