I finished reading:

"For Whom the Bell Tolls" written by Ernest Hemingway.  471 Pages.

The fifth book of the year.  2332 pages at an average of 466 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Life of Pie" written by Yann Martel.  319 pages.

"What to listen for in Music" written by Aaron Copland.  298 pages.

The third and fourth books of the year.  1861 pages at an average of 465 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Exile" written by Alan Folsom.  690 pages.

The second book of the year. 1244 pages at an average of 622 pages per book.

-Richard

So, 2012 is finished.  80 books read, 28,836 pages at an average of 360 pages.   This is the second most book I've ever read in a year (96 is the record in 2008) by far my highest average of pages per book (the previous record 332 also in 2008).

The goal of 2013 will still be the same - 52 books read.

Now to the first book finished this year:

"And Quiet Flow the Don" written by Mikhail Sholokhov.  554 pages.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Listening In - The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy" selected by Ted Widmer. 288 Pages.

"The Wit of Cricket" compiled by Barry Johnston. 274 Pages.

These where the 79th and 80th books of 2012.  28,836 pages read at an average of 360 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Pandora's Clock" written by John J. Nance.  430 Pages.

The 78th book of 2012.  28,274 pages at an average of 362 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Washington Square" written by Henry James.  220 Pages.

The 77th book of 2012.  27,844 pages at an average of 362 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Carnival of the Spies" written by Robert Moss.  628 pages.

The 76th book of the year.  27624  pages at an average of 363 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Lake Wobegon Days" written by Garrison Keillor.  420 pages.

The 75th book of 2012.  26,996 pages at an average of 360 pages per books.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Murder on Embassy Row" written by Margaret Trueman.  344 pages.

74th book of the year.  26,576 pages at an average of 359 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Four Short Novels: The Fox, Love among the Haystacks, The Ladybird and The Captain's Doll".  266 Pages.

The 73rd book of the year.  26,232 pages at an average of 359 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Traitor" written by Stephen Coonts. 354 pages.

The 72nd book of the year.  25,966 pages at an average of 361 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Crossed" written by Ally Condie.  367 Pages.

The 71st books of the year. 25,612 pages at an average of 361 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Matched" written by Ally Condie.  366 pages.

The 70th book of the year.  25,245 pages at an average of  361 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Notes from Underground and The Grand Inquisitor" written by Fyodr Dostoeyvsky.  229 pages.

The 69th book of the year.  24,879 pages at an average of 361 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Red Skies" written by R. Karl Largent.  392 pages.

The 68th book of the year.  24,650 pages at an average of 363 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Dubliners" written by James Joyce.  223 Pages.

The 67th book of the year.  24,258 pages at an average of 362 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Robert Ludlum's The Moscow Vector" written by Patrick Larkin.  4546 pages.

The 66th book of the year.  24,035 pages at an average of 364 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Education of John Reed".  Selected writings edited by John Stuart.  223 pages.

The 65th book of 2012.  23,579 pages at an average of 363 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Torpedo Junction" written by Homer H. Hickam Jr. 325 Pages.

The 64th book of the year.  23,356 pages at an average of 365 pages per book.

-Richard