Tuesday, October 21, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Siberian Curse:  How Communist Planners Left Russia Out In The Cold" written by Fiona Hill and Clifford Gaddy.  229 pages.  Four stars.


The one hundred and fifty sixth book of the year.  49,242 pages at an average of 316 pages per book.



-Richard

Sunday, October 19, 2025

 End of read-a-thon hours 16-18 (10pm-1am) and final numbers as it's bed time:


Pages read these hours:  96

Time read these hours: 1 hour 49 minutes

Books finished these hours: 1


Total pages read:  1133

Total time read:  12 hours 3 minutes

Total books finished: 6


-Richard

Saturday, October 18, 2025

 I finished reading:


"The Battle of San Jacinto" written by James W. Pohl.  48 pages.   Three stars.


The one hundred and fifty fifth book of the year.  49,013 pages at an average of 316 pages per book.



-Richard


 End of read-a-thon hours 13-15 (7pm-10pm):


Pages read these hours:  158

Time read these hours:  2 hours 12 minutes

Books finished these hours: 1


Total pages read:  1013

Total time read:  10 hours 24 minutes

Total books finished:  5


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"The Sweet Dove Died" written by Barbara Pym.   210 pages.  Four stars.


The one hundred and fifty fourth book of the year.   48,965 pages at an average of 318 pages per book.



-Richard

 End of read-a-thon hours 10-12 ((4pm-7pm):


Pages read these hours:  258

Time read these hours:  2 hours 19 minutes

Books finished these hours:  1


Total pages read:  855

Total time read:  8 hours 12 minutes

Total books finished:  4


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Twisted Twenty Six" written by Janet Evanovich.  305 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and fifty third book of the year.  48,755 pages at an average of 319 pages per book.



-Richard

 End of read-a-thon hours 7-9 (1pm - 4pm):


Pages read these hours:  310

Time read these hours: 2 hours 51 minutes

Books finished these hours:  1


Total pages read:  597

Total time read:  5 hours 3 minutes

Total books finished:  3


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"The Protocols" written by Mike Evans.   426 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and fifty second book of the year.  48,450 pages at an average of 319 pages per book.



-Richard

 End of read-a-thon hours 4-6 (10am - 1pm)


Pages read these hours: 132

Time read these hours: 1 hour 8 minutes

Books finished these hours: 0


Total pages read: 289

Total time read:  2 hours 12 minutes

Total books finished: 2


-Richard

 End of read-a-thon hours 1-3 (7am - 10am):


Pages read these hours:  167

Time read these hours:  1 hour 4 minutes.

Books finished these hours: 2


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Chernobyl: The Fall of Atomgrad" written by Matyas Namai.  112 pages.  5 stars.


The one hundred and fifty first book of the year.  48,024 pages at an average of 318 pages per book.



-Richard

 I finished reading:


"The Holy Reich:  Nazi Conceptions of Germany 1919-1945" written by Richard Steigmann-Gall.  267 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and fiftieth book of the year.  47,912 pages at an average of 319 pages per book.



-Richard

Friday, October 17, 2025

I finished reading:


"Camino Ghosts" written by John Grisham.  292 pages. Four stars.


The one hundred and forty ninth book of the year.   47,645 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.



-Richard

 Tomorrow we will be participating in Dewey's 24 hour read-a-thon.


I will post updates every three hours with a goal to read 1000 pages.


-Richard

 I finished reading:


"Where We Buried The Sun:  One Woman's Gulag Story" written by Alla Tumanov.  304 pages.   Four stars.


The one hundred and forty eighth book of the year.  47,353 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.



-Richard


Sunday, October 12, 2025

 I finished reading:


"And Thereby Hangs A Tale" written by Jeffrey Archer.  317 pages.  Two stars. " Stephen Fry in America" written by Stephen Fry.  344 pages.  Three stars.  "The Coventry Code" written by R.Page Jones and Evonne Old.   282 pages.  Two stars.   "The Face of Russia:  Anguish, Aspiration, and Achievement in Russian Culture" written by James H. Billington.  251 pages. Four Stars.   "The Expats" written by Chris Pavone.  336 pages.  Three stars.  "Funeral in Berlin" written by Len Deighton.  270 pages. Three stars.


The one hundred and forty second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh books of the year.  47,049 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.








-Richard


Thursday, October 02, 2025

 I finished reading:


"To The Moon And Back" written by Eliana Ramage.   431 pages.  Three stars.


The one hundred and forty first book of the year.  45,249 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.



-Richard