I finished reading:

"The Communist Party of the Soviet Union" written by Leonard Schapiro.  629 pages.

The fifty-eight book of the year.  24,986 pages at an average of 431 pages per book.

End of readathon hour 9

Pages read this hour: 56

Total pages read: 451

Time read this hour: 45 mins

Total time read:  5 hours 47 mins

Books finished: 0

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Trans-Siberian Express" written by Warren Adler.  402 pages.

The fifty-seventh book of the year.  24,357 pages at an average of 427 per book.

-Richard

End of readathon hour 8

Pages read this hour:  71

Total pages read: 385

Time read this hour: 51 mins

Total time read: 5hrs 2mins

Books finished: 0

- Richard

End of readathon hour 7

Pages read this hour: 32

Total pages read: 314

Time read this hour: 25 minutes

Total time read: 4hrs 11 mins

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 6.

Pages read this hour: 76

Total pages read: 282

Time read this hour: 49 mins

Total time read: 3 hrs 46 mins

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 5:

Pages read this hour:  43

Total pages read: 206

Time read: 28 minutes

Total time read: 2 hours 58 minutes

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 4.

Pages read this hour:  55

Total pages read: 163

Time read this hour: 54 minutes

Total time read: 2hrs 29 minutes.

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 3:

Pages read this hour: 50

Total pages read: 108

Time read this hour:  32 minutes

Total time read: 1hr 35 mins

Books finished:  0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 2.

Pages read this hour: 34

Total pages read: 58

Time read this hour: 34 mins

Total time read: 1 hour 3 mins.

Books finished: 0

-Richard

End of readathon hour 1.

Pages read this hour: 24

Total pages read: 24

Time read this hour: 29 minutes.

Total time read: 29 minutes.

Books finished: 0

-Richard

So, here we are the start of another Dewey's 24 hour readathon.   I must admit not feeling really motivated right now, but, I once I get going I will be fine.  

I am starting the day of with the book I am currently reading.   A book, which although I am enjoying,is not light reading so perhaps not the best to start the day with.   It is "The Communist Party of the Soviet Union" written by Leonard Shapiro.   Currently I am on page 127 out of 629.

Now the opening questionnaire.

1) What fine part of the world are you reading from today?-   The Woodlands, TX, USA (just north of Houston.
2) Which book in your stack are you most looking forward to? Looking forward to anything I read, but, am looking forward to reading #6 of the Harry Potter series.
3) Which snack are you most looking forward to? Anything my wife has made :)
4) Tell us a little something about yourself! Ex Patriot Brit, living in Houston, TX
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?  I have participated in many.   I can't say I'll be doing anything different.   I have thoroughly enjoyed everyone and do not expect this to be any different.

-Richatrd

I finished reading:

"Twenty-Two foreigners in Funny Shorts:  The Intelligent Fan's Guide to Soccer and World Cup '94" written by Pete Davies.

Reading this book now almost twenty years after it was written it is absolutely incredible how far soccer has come in the US.  It's cool to have been a part of it in a very, very small way.

The fifty-sixth book of the year.  23,995 pages at an average of 428 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Russian Woman" written by Tom Hyman. 316 pages.

The fifty-fifth book of the year.  23,715 at an average of 431 pages per book.

I finished reading:

"North of South" written by Shiva Naipaul.  349 pages.

The fifty-fourth book of the year

.  23,399 pages at an average of 433 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"As the Crow Flies" written by Jeffrey Archer.  736 pages.

The fifty-third book this year.  23,050 pages at an average of 435 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Communist China: Revolutionary Reconstruction and International Confrontation 1948 to the Present" edited by Franz Schurmann and Orville Schell.  636 pages.

The fifty-second book of the year.  22,314 pages at an average of 429 pages per book.

- Richard

I finished reading:

"Signal and Noise" written by John Griesmer.   593 pages.

The fifty-first book of the year.  21,678 pages at an average of 425 pages per book.

 

- Richard

I finished reading:

"Anil's Ghost" written by Michael Ondaatje.  307 pages.

A sad story of violence in the favourite country I have ever visited.  It's hard to believe such a beautiful country and happy, friendly people could be surrounded by such pain.

The fiftieth book of the year.  21,085 pages at an average of 422 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading "Lenin's Brain" written by Tilman Spengler. 266 pages.

The forty-ninth book of the year. 20,778 pages at an average of 424 pages per book.

-Richard