I finished reading:

"Vodka" written by Boris Starling.  638 Pages.

The fourteenth book of the year.  4726 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Elmer Gantry" written by Sinclair Lewis.  447 pages.

With the focus on religion and Christianity in the current Republican Primary this book is very timely.   Describing the hypocrisy of the Church and preachers.   How true is this in the world now?  How many folks go to Church and really understand and believe, or just go because they have to, or, it looks good?

The thirteenth book of the year.  4088 pages at an average of 314 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Camel Club" written by David Baldacci.  435 Pages.

The twelfth book of the year.  3641 pages at an average of  303 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Lost and Found" written by Carolyn Parkhurst.  289 pages.

Eleventh book of the year.  3206 pages at an average of 291 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Good Soldier Schweik" written by Jaroslav Hasek. 429 pages.

The tenth book of the year.  2917 pages at an average of 292 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"One for the Money" written by Janet Evanovich.  320 Pages.

Prep for the movie!!

The ninth book of the year.  2488 pages at an average of 276 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"James Herriot's Yorkshire" written by James Herriot.  293 pages.

A good trip down memory lane, The North Yorkshire Moors, The Yorkshire Dales, Harrogate, York, Whitby, Scarborough.   So many good memories!!

-Richard

I finished the:

"Narrow Corner" written by W. Somerset Maugham.  167 Pages.

The seventh book of the year.  1875 pages at an average of 268 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Fifth Column and Four Stories of the Spanish Civil War" written by Ernest Hemingway.  151 Pages.

Sixth book of the year.  1708 pages at an average of 285 pages.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Way to Dusty Death" written by Alistair MacLean.  254 pages.

Fifth book of the year.  1557 pages at an average of 311 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Assassin" written by Ted Bell.  558 Pages.
"Amerika" written by Franz Kafka.  300 Pages.
"Therese Requin" written by Emile Zola.  256 Pages.
"The Quiet American" written by Graham Greene.  189 Pages.

It's amazing how much reading you can do an a trip to and from California!!

These are the first four books of the year. 1303 pages at an average of  326 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Death of Ivan Ilyich" written by Leo Tolstoy.  134 Pages.

The 53rd (and final book) of 2011.  17,163 pages read at an average of 324 pages per book.

This compares to last year where I also read 53 books.  However, last year I read a lot more pages at 19,391 (avg 366 pages per).

The goal for 2012?  Exactly the same: 52 books.

Happy New Year!!

-Richard

"The Death of Ivan Ilyich" written by Leo Tolstoy.  134 Pages.

The 53rd (and final book) of 2011.  17,163 pages read at an average of 324 pages per book.

This compares to last year where I also read 53 books.  However, last year I read a lot more pages at 19,391 (avg 366 pages per).

The goal for 2012?  Exactly the same: 52 books.

Happy New Year!!

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Spy who came for Christmas"  written by David Morrell.  228 pages.

A good, light read.

52nd book of the year.  17,029 pages at an average of 227 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Death in the Afternoon" written by Ernest Hemingway.  263 pages.

This book is about bullfighting.  Normally I would come no where near to reading a book like this is cruelty to animal is something I abhor and am morally opposed to.  However, as one of my goals is too read all of Hemingway's books read it.  By the end I was glad when I got to the chapter on the matadors getting hurt after reading about the pain the horses and bulls went through!!

Fifty-first book of the year.  16,799 pages at an average of 329 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"In Dubious Battle" written by John Steinbeck.  313 Pages.

I think this is my favourite Steinbeck book I have written.  Also, very appropriate given the nature of strife, especially with Occupy Wall Street as this book is about striking apple pickers in the California Valley during the 30's depression.

"The Torrent of Spring" written by Ernest Hemmingway.  108 Pages.

Weird!!!

The 49th and 50th books of the year.  16,536 pages at an average of 331 per book.


-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Secret Ways" written by Alistair MacLean.  256 pages.

Book #48, 16115 pages at an average of 336 per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Rainbow Six" written by Tom Clancy.  897 Pages.

The 47th book of 2011.  15859 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Mission to Moscow" written by Joseph E. Davies.  475 pages.

46th book of the year.  14962 pages at an average of 325 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"A History of Russian Literature from its Beginnings to 1900" written by D.S. Mirsky.  383 pages.

45th book of 2011.  14,487 pages at an average of 322 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading"

"The Eye of the Tiger" written by Wilbur Smith.  390 Pages.

44th book of the year.  14,104 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.

-Richard