I finished reading:

“Final Justice” written by W.EB. Griffin.  518 pages.  Three stars.

The twenty fourth book of the year.  6,325 pages at an average of 264 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Salvation Army: 150 Years of Blood and Fire” written by Stephen Huggins.  196 pages.  Five stars.

The twenty third book of the year.  5,807 pages at an average of 252 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Zoom-B: Goddess” written by Darren Shan.  193 pages.  Five stars.

The twenty second book of the year.  5,611 pages at an average of 255 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Aftermath:  Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955” written by Harland Jahner.  327 pages.

The twenty first book of the year.  5,418 pages at an average of 258 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Resurrection:  Poems of Internal Revival” written by Anthony Menzel.  76 pages.  One star.

The twentieth book of the year.  5,091 pages at an average of 255 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Moviegoer” written by Walker Percy.  242 pages.  Two stars.

The nineteenth book of the year.  5,015 pages at an average of 264 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Black and British:  The Forgotten Story” written by David Olusoga.  526 pages.  Five stars.

The eighteenth book of the year.  4,773 pages at an average of 265 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“For the Union Dead” written by Robert Lowell.  65 pages.  Four stars.

The seventeenth book of the year.  4,247 pages at an average of 250 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Life Studies” written by Robert Lowell.  95 pages.

Three stars.

The sixteenth book of the year.  4,182 pages at an average of 261 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Myth of Christian America:  What You Need to Know About the Separation of Church and State” written by Mark Weldon Whitten.  120 pages.  Three stars.

The fifteenth book of the year.  4,087 pages at an average of 272 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Strait is the Gate” written by Andre Gide.  148 pages.  Four stars.

The fourteenth book of the year.  3,967 pages at an average of 283 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Collected Poems” written by Philip Larkin.  318 pages.  Four stars.

The thirteenth book of the year.  3,819 pages at an average of 294 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Such a Fun Age” written by Kiley Reid.  305 pages.  Four stars.

The twelfth book of the year.  3,501 at an average of 292 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Arabesques” written by Anton Shammas.  269 pages. Four stars.

The eleventh book of the year.  3,196 pages at an average of 291 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Shadow Divers:  The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II” written by Robert Kurson.  364 pages.  Four stars.

The tenth book of the year.  2,927 pages at an average of 293 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Towards The Flame:  Empire, War and the End of Tsarist Russia” written by Dominic Lieven.  368 pages.  Four stars.

The ninth book of the year.  2,563 pages at an average of 285 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 7, January 8th and Final Post,

Pages read on Day 7: 337

Books finished on Day 7: 0

Total Pages Read: 1600

Total Books Finished: 5

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 6, January 7th:

Pages read on day 6:  280

Books finished on day 6: 1

Total Pages Read: 1,263

Total Books Finished:  5

-Richard

I finished reading reading:

“The Train To Crystal City:  FDR’s Secret Prisoner Exchange and America’s Only Family Interment Camp During World War II” written by Jan Jarboe Russell.   336 pages.  Five stars.

The eighth book of the year.  2,195 pages at an average of 274 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 5, January 6th:

Pages read on Day 5:  148

Books finished on Day 5: 0

Total Pages Read:  983

Total Books Finished : 4

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 4, January 5th:

Pages read on Day 4:  73

Books finished on Day 4: 0

Total Pages Read:  835

Total Books Finished : 4

-Richard

 End of Bout of Books Day 3, January 4th:

Pages read on Day 3: 357

Books finished on Day 3: 2

Total Pages Read: 762

Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Dr. Thirteenth”’written by Adam Hargreaves.  34 pages.  Three stars.

The seventh book of the year.  1,859 pages at an average of 266 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Lean Mean Thirteen” written by Janet Evanovich.  330 pages.  Three stars.

The sixth book of the year.  1,825 pages at an average of 304 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 2, January 3rd:

Pages read on Day 2: 111

Books finished on Day 2: 1

Total Pages Read:  405

Total Books Finished: 2

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Constant Fire:  Beyond our the Science vs Religion Debate” written by Adam Frank.  267 pages.  Three stars.

The fifth book of the year.  1,495 pass at an average of 299 pages per book.

-Richard 

 End of Bout of Books Day 1, January 2nd:

Pages read on Day 1: 294

Books finished on Day 1: 1

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Franny and Zooey” written by J.D. Salinger.  202 pages.  Four stars.

The fourth book of the year.  1,228 pages at an average  of 307 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Complete Poems of John Keats” written by John Keats.  461 pages.  Four stars.

The third book of the year.  1,026 pages at an average of 342 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Saga: Volume 10” written by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan.  168 pages.  Three stars.

The second book of the year.  565 pages at an average of 282 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

”Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow” written by Gabrielle Zevin.   397 pages.  Four stars.

-Richard

Next week Jenn and I will be participating in our 25th Bout of Books.  

The Bout of Books readathon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It’s a weeklong readathon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 2nd and runs through Sunday, January 8th in YOUR time zone. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are reading sprints, Twitter chats, and exclusive Instagram challenges, but they’re all completely optional. For all Bout of Books 36 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

I'll post an update on the number of pages and books read on a daily basis.

-Richard

Here are my final reading stats from 2022

Books finished:  243.  This was by far a record.  My previous record was 193 in 2018.  Last year I read 145..
Pages read: 74,393.  This is also a record.  The previous record was 69,137 pages in 2019.   Last year was 51,824
Average # of pages per book: 306.  This was a record low for average pages per book.   The previous low was 314 in 2015.   The highest average number of pages per book was 420 in 2013.

I read authors born in 38 different countries:  1. USA: 104, 2. England: 61, 3. Russia: 15, 4. Canada and France: 7.   Last year was 26 different countries.

I read authors both in 39 different USA States (incl DC):  1. New York: 20  2. Jersey: 16  3. Texas: 12,  4. California: 11,  5. Illinois: 6.   Last year was 31 different States.  

   
I read books with titles starting with 25 different letters of the alphabet.  The only one I missed wad X.

I read authors with last names starting with 23 different letters.  I did not read Q, X and Y

I read authors who won the Booker Prize (6), the Nobel Prize (12) and the Pulitzer Prize (10)

I read the most books published in 2019 (17) the newest book was published in 2022 and the oldest book I read was published in 51 BC

My average rating of books was 3.9 (last year was 3.8)

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 2002 which means an average of 111 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 634,325 pages at an average of 42,288  per year at an average of 346 per book.

This years goal is 120 books.

Happy New Year.