“The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers” written by Robert L. Heilbroner. 292 pages.
The twenty third book of the year. 6,703 pages at an average of 291 pages per book.
-Richard
Friday, February 23, 2018
I finished reading:
“Texas Hold ‘E-mail” written by Kinky Friedman. 218 pages.
The twenty second book of the year. 6,411 pages at an average of 291 pages.
-Richard
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
I finished reading:
“Yuri Andropov: A Secret Passage into the Kremlin” written by Vladimir Solovyov and Elena Klepikova. 287 pages.
The twenty first book of the year. 6,193 pages at an average of 295 pages per book.
-Richard
Sunday, February 18, 2018
I finished reading:
“Normandy Revisited” written by A.J. Liebling. 243 pages.
The twentieth book of the year. 5,906 pages at an average of 295 pages per book.
-Richard
Thursday, February 15, 2018
I finished reading:
“The Bookseller of Kabul” written by Asne Seierstad. 288 pages.
The nineteenth book of the year. 5,663 pages at an average of 298 pages per book.
-Richard
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
I finished reading:
“Executing Grace: How the Death Penalty Killed Jesus and Why it’s Killing Us” written by Shane Claiborne. 287 pages.
The eighteenth book of the year. 5,375 pages at an average of 299 pages per book.
-Richard
Monday, February 12, 2018
I finished reading:
“Dead Right” written by David Frum. 205 pages
The seventeenth book of the year. 5,088 pages at an average of 299 pages per book.
-Richard
Saturday, February 10, 2018
I finished reading:
“Children is the Arbat” written by Anatoli Rubakov. 685 pages.
The sixteenth book of the year. 4,883 pages at an average of 305 pages per book.
-Richard
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
I read:
“Stonehenge” written by Bernard Cornwall. 482 pages.
The fifteenth book of the year. 4,198 pages at an average of 280 pages per book.
-Richard
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
I finished reading:
“The Third Reconstruction: How a Moral Movement is Overcoming the Politics of Division and Fear” written by The Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. 135 pages.
The fourteenth book of the year. 3,716 pages at an average of 265 pages per book.
-Richard
Saturday, January 27, 2018
I finished reading;
“Hillbilly Elegy” written by J.D. Vance. 257 pages.
The thirteenth book of the year. 3,581 pages at an average of 275 pages per book.
-Richard
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
I finished reading:
“Cornhuskers” written by Carl Sandburg. 71 pages.
The twelfth book of the year. 3,324 pages at an average of 277 pages per book.
-Richard
I finished reading:
“Rembrandt’s Gold” written by Paul Christopher. 347 pages.
The eleventh book of the year. 3,253 pages at average of 296 pages per book.
-Richard
Sunday, January 21, 2018
I finished reading:
“White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America” written by Nancy Isenberg. 321 pages.
The tenth book of the year. 2,906 pages at an average of 291 pages per book.
-Richard
Monday, January 15, 2018
End of Bout of Books:
Pages read on Day 7: 176
Books finished on Day 7: 1
Total Pages Read: 1624 Total Books Finished: 5
A fun week, especially combined with a week off work. Hopefully will be back at it in May!!
-Richard
Sunday, January 14, 2018
I finished reading:
“Warning to the West” written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 146 pages.
The ninth book of the year. 2,585 pages at an average of 287 pages per book.
- Richard
End of Bout of Books Day 6 (January 13th)
Pages read on Day 6: 233
Books finished on Day 6: 1
Total Pages Read: 1448 Total Books Finished: 4
-Richard
Saturday, January 13, 2018
I finished reading:
“The Furies” written by Bill Napier. 492 pages.
The eighth book of the year. 2,439 pages at an average of 305 pages per book.
-Richard
End of Bout of Books Day 5 (January 12th):
Pages read on Day 5: 233
Books finished on Day 5: 0
Total pages read: 1199 Total books finished: 3
-Richard
Friday, January 12, 2018
End of Bout of Books Day 4 (January 11th):
Pages read on Day 4: 360
Books finished on Day 4: 3
Total pages read: 955 Total books finished: 3
-Richard
Born in Hartlepool, England. Left home age 18 to go to The University of Bradford. Earned a degree in Chemistry and Chemical Technology. Moved to London to work. Married Jenn, from TX, in 1997. Moved to High Wycombe. After 1 year of marriage moved to Edna, TX. Then job moves took us the Bay Area of CA in Jan 1999, then to Raleigh, NC in Oct 2001 followed by a move back to the Houston, TX area in Jan 2011.