I finished reading:

“Across That Bridge: A Vision got for Change and the Future of America” written by John Lewis.  208 pages.

The fifth book of the year.  2,113 pages at an average of 423 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 5 (January 11th):

Pages read on Day 5:  163
Books finished on Day 5: 1

Total Pages Read: 806
Total Books Finished: 1

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Blair Years:  Extracts from the Alastair Campbell Diaries” written by Alastair Campbell.  757 pages.

The fourth book of the year.  1,905 pages at an average of 476 pages per book.

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 4 (January 10th):

Pages read on Day 4: 181
Books finished on Day 4: 0

Total Pages Read: 643
Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 3 (January 9th):

Pages Read on Day 3:  192
Books Finished on Day 3: 0

Total Pages Read:  462
Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 2 (January 8th):

Pages read on Day 2: 130
Books finished on Day 2: 0

Total Pages Read: 270
Total Books Finished: 0

-Richard

End of Bout of Books Day 1 (January 7th):

Pages read on Day 1: 140
Books finished on Day 1: 0

-Richard

Next week we will again be participating in the week long Bout of Books read-a-thon.  It will be the thirteenth time we will be doing it. 

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda Shofner and Kelly Rubidoux Apple. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, January 7th and runs through Sunday, January 13th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure. There are challenges, giveaways, and a grand prize, but all of these are completely optional. For all Bout of Books 24 information and updates, be sure to visit the Bout of Books blog. - From the Bout of Books team

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Midnight’s Children” written by Salman Rushdie.  533 pages.

The third book of the year.  1,148 pages at an average of 383 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“If You Come Softly” written by Jacqueline Woodson. 181 pages.

The second book of the year.  615 pages at an average of 308 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“The Associate” written by John Grisham.  434 pages.

The first book of 2019.

-Richard

Here are a few reading stats from 2018

Books finished:  193   A new record (previous 138)
Pages read: 64,037.  A new record (previous 48,051)
Average # of pages per book: 332 (the best year was 420 pages per book)

I read authors born in 27 different countries:  1. USA: 103, 2. England: 35, 3. Scotland: 11, 4. Russia: 10,  5. Wales:8

I read authors both in 33 different USA States:  1. New York: 33,  2. New Jersey: 8,  3. Virginia: 7,  4. Arkansas: 6,  5. Massachusetts: 5.

I read books with titles starting with 23 different letters of the alphabet.  I did not read books starting with Q, V  and X.

I read authors with last names starting with 21 different letters.  I did not read E, J, Q, U Y and X.

Since I've started tracking the number of books (2005) I have read 1256 which means an average of 90 per year.   Since I've started tracking the # of pages (2008) I have  read 381,499 pages at an average or 34,682  a year and 347 per book.

This years goal is 120 books.

Happy New Year.

-Richard

I finished reading:

“Briar Rose” written by Jane Yolen.  241 pages.

The one hundred and ninety third book of the year.  64,037 pages at an average of 332 pages per book.

-Richard

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