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