End of read-a-thon hour 4.

Pages read this hour - 56
Total pages read - 148
Time read last hour - 48 minutes
Total time read - 2 hours 31 minutes
Books finished - 0


-Richard

End of read-a-thon Hour 3

Pages read this hour - 37
Total pages read - 92
Time read last hour - 50 minutes
Total time read - 1 hour 43 minutes
Books finished - 0


-Richard

End of Read-a-Thon Hour 2

Pages read last hour - 15
Total pages read - 55
Time read last hour - 10 minutes
Total time read - 53 minutes
Books finished - 0

Struggling to get going today :(

-Richard

Read-a-thon Introduction:

1)Where are you reading from today?  Home in The Woodlands, Texas (Just north of Houston)
2)Three random facts about me… English, American and sports mad
3)How many books do you have in your TBR pile for the next 24 hours?  I do not have a pile...just read books in the order I get them
4)Do you have any goals for the read-a-thon (i.e. number of books, number of pages, number of hours, or number of comments on blogs)?  About 1000 pages
5)If you’re a veteran read-a-thoner, any advice for people doing this for the first time?  Don't stress about goals, just enjoy and relax


-Richard

End of Read-a-Thon Hour 1


Pages read last hour - 40
Total pages read - 40
Time read last hour - 43 minutes
Total time read - 43 minutes
Books finished - 0


-Richard

7am and start of the 8th read-a-thon.  As usual I will be reading the books in the order I bought them with one exception.  The next book I start will be one that Jenn has just finished that I want to read.  My goal for the day is about a thousand pages, which is a bit less than usual because I am still recovering from a bad head cold....

I am starting of with the book I am currently reading:  "The Other South - Southern Dissenters in the Nineteenth Century".  I am at page 200 out of 371.

Enjoy y'all!!

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Communist Manifesto" written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.  258 Pages.

Actually it was only 40 pages with the rest of it an introduction and preface.   Interesting in light of the end of the cold war, and essentially the communist world.  They definitely had some good ideas, but, in my very laymans opinion it fails because it lacks soul.  It lacks faith and creativity, two major parts of mans make up.

40th book of the year.  12,785 pages at an average of 320 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Fathers and Sons" written by Ivan Turgenev.  295 pages.

One of my all time favourite books written by one of my favourite authors.

39th book of the year, 12527 pages at an average of 321 pages per book.

-Richard

October 22nd is time for the next Read-a-Thon.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Satan Bug", 223 pages and "Fear is the Key", 256 pages, both written by Alistair MacLean.

The 37th and 38th book of 2011.   12,232 pages at an average of 322 pages per book.

-Richard

I have decided to create a separate blog where I pull away from my original one.  That has essentially turned into me listing, and occasionally writing about the books I read.

I want to try and blog more on how to live and what it is like to live a Christian Life in the US, especially in terms of the current socio-political environment.    I am sure I will go of on many different tangents, but, hey, that's what I do!!!  


The URL is: http://richlsjenn1.blogspot.com/

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Floodgate" written by Alistair MacLean.  310 pages.

36th book of the year.  11753 pages at an average of 326 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Potsdam Bluff" written by Jack D. Hunter.  358 Pages.

The 35th book of the year.  11443 pages at an average of 327 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"The Cross and the Switchblade" written by David Wilkerson.  174 Pages

It's been a long time since I read this book and I found it as inspiring now as I did over twenty years ago.  It has certainly made me think and reflect.  Do I have the same faith and passion that I had then?  Do I have the faith that allowed me to come to the US the first time in 1989, or, quit everything and move here in 1998?  I don't know the answer to that question.  Certainly something to think about and meditate on.

The 34th book of 2011.  11085 pages at an average of 326 pages.

-Richard

"The Mayor of Casterbridge" written by Thomas Hardy.  256 pages.
This is the first book by Hardy that I ever read.  I surprisingly really enjoyed it and will now be reading more.

The 33rd book of the year.  10911 pages at an average of 331 pages.

-Richard

"The Idiot" written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.  632 pages.

32nd book of 2011.  10655 pages at an average of  333 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Green Hills of Africa" written by Ernest Hemingway. 221 Pages.

31st book of the year. 10023 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Messiah" written by Boris Starling. 457 pages.

The 30th book of 2011. 10002 pages at an average of 333 pages per book.

-Richard

Here is something I have thinking a lot about recently. As you know our life changed dramatically with the move from NC to TX and it's been very unsettled, we have yet to find a Church we feel comfortable linking up with and life is just plain busy and at times out of control. I think it's time like this we need to move away from the distraction that come in our way, move away from unnecessary complications and look to the simple Truth of our Faith and linking into the analogy that I am going to use drink from the "Well of His Love". Water. A simple thing we need to survive as Humans right? Ok, so it can by steam and Ice different, but, yet the same co-existing separately and also at the same time (obviously a great example to describe the Trinity, but, in this case). So,we have made the water more complicated. So, what is water? Everyone knows - H2O. Simple? Wrong. In each state it is held together differently and is more technically H3+ O-. OK, but it can also be Deuteriated or tritiated (D2O or T2O). Is that where it ends? No. Each atom has different excited discrete energy states ionically or covalently bonded, with that there are different electron orbitals, each atom combining mesons, quarks buzzing around etc.. etc.. etc... Each having it's perfect purpose, but, in life we are thirsty, we are in a drought (like here in TX) we are dying because of needing something to drink does it matter? No, what matters is that water is necessary for life and without it we would die. What I am trying to say is in the battle of life does it matter if Schrodinger equations are correct or we can get a drink of water. I can understand the chemistry, but, if I am stuck in a desert with nothing to drink would that matter? Likewise, Spiritually does it matter what nuances of theology or doctrine say or to "Live in the Presence of God" and accept His Salvation and get His Water of life? Don't get me wrong I love delving in to deep matters as much as anyone and it is important to understand, but, what I am trying to say is we cannot get so distracted we forget what our childlike faith should be.

It doesn't quite come out right on paper, so I hope it kinda makes sense!!

-Richard

I finished reading:

"Absolute Friends" written by John le Carre. 453 pages.

29th book of 2011. 9545 pages at an average of 329 pages per book.

-Richard