I finished reading:

“Cricket:  A Modern Anthololgy” edited by Jonathan Agnew.  499 pages.

The one hundred and ninety second book of the year.  63,796 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading;

“An Autobiography” written by Igor Stravinsky.  176 pages.

The one hundred and and ninety first book of the year. 63,297 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Stone Cold” written by David Baldacci.  511 pages.

The one hundred and ninetieth book of the year.  63,121 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama” written by Gwen Ifill.  266 pages.

The one hundred and eighty ninth book of the year.  62,610 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“New Britain” written by Tony Blair.  321 pages.

The one hundred and eighty eighth book of the year.  62,344 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Afghan” written by Frederick Forsyth.  390 pages.

The one hundred and eighty seventh book of the year.  62,023 page at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin” written by Timothy Snyder.  417 pages.

The one hundred and eighty sixth book of the year.  61,633 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Hope And Other Superpowers” written by John Pavlovitz.  231 pages.

The one hundred and eighty fifth book of the year.  61,216 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The History of the Luftwaffe 1915-1945” written by John Killeen.  310 pages.

The one hundred and eighty fourth book of the year.  60,985 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Firm” written by John Grisham. 501 pages.

The one hundred and eighty third book of the year.  60,675 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“After the Bomb: Week One” written by Gloria D. Miklowitz.  137 pages.

The one hundred and eighty second book of the year.  60,174 pages at an average of 331 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Rising Waters” written by various authors.  314 pages.

The one hundred and eighty first book of the year.  60,038 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Wordsworth Book of First World War Poetry” written by Various Authors.  132 pages.

The one hundred and eightieth book of the year.  59,724 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Brethren” written by John Grisham.  440 pages.

The one hundred and seventy ninth book of the year.  59,592 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Exit West” written by Mohsin Hahmid.  231 pages.

The one hundred and seventy eighth book of the year.  59,152 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richars

I finished reading:

“Our Town” written by Thornton Wilder.  103 pages.

The one hundred and seventy seventh book of the year.   58,921 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Testament” written by John Grisham.  533 pages.

The one hundred and seventy sixty book of the year at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“After the Bomb” written by Gloria D. Miklowitz.  156 pages.

The one hundred and seventy fifth book of the year.  58,285 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard 

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I finished reading:

“Ten Hills Farm:  The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North” written by C.S. Manegold.  265 pages.

The one hundred and seventy fourth book of the year.  58,129 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Homegrown Democrat:  A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America” written by Garrison Keillor.   238 pages.

The one hundred and seventy third book of the year.  57,864 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Wish You Well” written by David Baldacci.  368 pages.

The one hundred and seventy second book of the year. 57,626 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Killer of the Flower Moon:  The Osage’s Murders and the Birth of the FBI” written by David Grann.  291 pages.

The one hundred and seventy first book of the year.  57,258 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“My brother, Ernest Hemingway” written by Leicester Hemingway.  256 pages.

The one hundred and seventieth book of the year.  56,967 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Murder in Havana” written by Margaret Truman.  373 pages.  

The one hundred and sixty ninth book of the year.  56,711 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Gilead” written by Marilynne Robinson.  247 pages.

The one hundred and and sixty eighth book of the year.  56,338 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“A Mile Wide:  Trading a Shallpw Religion for a Deeper Faith” written by Brandon Hatmaker.  195 pages.

The one hundred and sixty seventh book of the year.  56,091 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Lincoln - Douglas Debates of 1858” edited by Robert W. Johnson.  329 pages.

The one hundred and sixty sixty book of the year.  55,896 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

On day five of the Thankfully Reading Weekend I read 281 pages.

This means for the weekend I read 1,329 pages and finished 4 books.

-Richard

On Day 4 of the Thankfully Reading Weekend I finished one book and read 109 pages.

Total so far this weekend:  Read 1048 pages and finished four books.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Day After World War III” written by Edward Zuckerman.  342 pages.

The one hundred and sixty fifth book of the year.  55,567 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

On Day Three of the Thankfully Reading Weekend I finished one book and read 340 pages.

Total so far for the weekend:  Read 939 pages and finished 3 books.

-Richard

On day two of the ThankFully Reading Weekend I read 289 pages of Dangerous Girls.

Total for the weekend:

599 pages read,  2 books finished:

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Dangerous Girls” written by Abigail Haas.   388 pages.

The one hundred and sixty fourth book of the year.  55,225 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

This Thanksgiving Jenn and I are doing a "Thankfully Reading Weekend".   I will post updates at the end of a day.

Day 1:  I finished the book I was reading (Hitler's Secret Enemy) and completely read The Gatekeepers.  For a total of 310 pages.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Gatekeepers:  How The White House Chiefs if Staff Define Every Presidency” written by Chris Whipple.  300 page.

The one hundred and sixty third book of the year.  54,837 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Hitler’s Secret Enemy:  Admiral Canaris:  Patriot or Traitor” written by Ian Colvin.  221 pages.

The one hundred and sixty second book of the year.  54,537 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Innocent Man:  Murder and Injuistice in a Small Town” written by John Grisham.  435 pages.

The one hundred and sixty first book of the year.  54,316 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“We Were Eight Years in Power:  An American Tragedy” written by Ta-Nehisi Coates.  367 pages.

The one hundred and sixtieth book of the year.  53,881 pages at an average of 337 per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Roosevelt and Hopkins Volume One:  The Men Who Shaped Our Lives” written by Robert E.  Sherwood.  528 pages.

The one hundred and fifty ninth book of the year.  53,514 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Sanctified Sanity:  The Life and Teachings is Samuel Logan Brengle” written by R. David Rightmire.  160 pages.

The one hundred and fifty eighth book of the year.  52,986 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Lonely Sea” written by Alistair MaClean.  216 pages.

The one hundred and fifty seventh book of the year.  52,826 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“All The Gallant Men:  An American Sailor’s Firsthand Account of Pearl Harbor” written by Donald Stratton with Ken Gire.  270 pages.

The one hundred and fifty sixth book of the year.  52,610 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Road to Wigan Pier” written by George Orwell.  189 pages.

The one hundred and fifty fifth book of the year.  52,340 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

 -Richard

I finished reading:

“Station Eleven” written by Emily St. John Mandel.  333 pages.

The one hundred and fifty fourth book of the year.  52,151 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“A Dangerous Fortune” written by Ken Follett.  568 pages.

The one hundred and fifty third book of the year.  51,818 pages at an average of 339 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Inconvenient Indian:  A Curious Account of Native People in North America” written by Thomas King.  266 pages.

The one hundred and fifty second book of the year.  51,250 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Guns of August” written by Barbara Tuchman.  489 pages.

The one hundred and fifty first book of the year.  50,984 pages at an average of 338 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Night Over Water” written by Ken Follett.  524 pages.

The one hundred and fiftieth book of the year.  50,495 pages at an average of 337 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Hound of the Baskerville” written by Arthur Conan Doyle.  255 pages.

The one hundred and forty ninth book of the year.  49,971 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Alexandria Link” written by Steve Berry.  485 pages.

The one hundred and forty eighth book.   49,716 pages at an average of 336 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Rough Justice” written by Jack Higgins.  417 pages.

The one hundred and forty seventh book of the year.  49,231 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Blood Strike” written by Don Pendleton.  348 pages.

The one hundred forty sixth book of the year.  48,814 at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“The Dark of the Sun” written by Wilbur Smith.  282 pages.

The one hundred and forty fifty book of the year.  48,466 pages at an average of 334 pages per book.

-Richard 

I finished reading:

“Lie Down with Lions” written by Ken Follett.  304 pages.

The one hundred and forty fourth book of the year.  48,184 pages at an average of 335 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Read-a-Thon stats:

Not quite the day we planned!!

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?  Always the last.
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!  I finished reading "Immanuel, History of Wolves, Zom-B Underground, The Generals and started Lie Down with Wolves"
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?  History of Wolves
4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you happy?
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep?  Yes.

Total Pages Read: 875
Total Time Read: 9 hours 20 minutes
Total Books Finished:  4

-Richard

End of read-a-thon 18 hours:

Total Pages Read:  842

Total Time Read:  8 hours 57 minutes

Total Books Finished: 4

-Richard