(Y-9) First Three Weeks

The first pull of weeks is behind me and the outcome, although really productive , isn’t quite where I want it.

The monumental nature of this year reading (and next one as well) kind of overshadows a week where I read 500 pages, but this shouldn’t be a discouragement, it has become more fuel for the fire.

My total for this three weeks is 1,612. Has I have mention in other post comic books are back in the mix and this year is only getting better.

From last year list I have finished two books, The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice, which is a real treat to read, it captures the life (and “death”) of Lestat of Lioncourt, the egotistical vampire we came to love to hate from Interview with the Vampire. The second one was El evangelio según Jesucristo by José Saramago, in which the story of the messiah is re-imagined, if you are deeply rooted in catholic belief this might offend you. I for one found it beautifully written and quite challenging because it dwells more in the inner workings of such a iconic figure in history.

My list of book for (Y-9) is finally set, some book from last year, some Nobel Laureates, some goodies that I haven’t read in a few years and also the return of a Classic that last year I couldn’t read as part of my tradition.

The list goes as follow:

Frankenstein ( Edición Sexto Piso Ilustado)	Mary Shelley
A Dance with Dragons	George R.R. Martin
The Lord of the Rings	J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit (Ilustrated Edition)	J.R.R. Tolkien
Tarantula	Bob Dylan
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster	Svetlana Alexievich
Young Once	Patrick Modiano
Las lunas de Júpiter	Alice Munro
Sorgo Rojo	Mo Yan
The Half-Finished Heaven	Tomas Tranströmer
The Hunger Angel	Herta Müller
Mondo and Other Stories	J.M.G. Le Clezio
My Name is Red	Orhan Pamuk
The Piano Teacher	Elfriede Jelinek
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows	J.K. Rowling
The Amber Spyglass	Philip Pullman
El Evangelio según Jesucristo	José Saramago
Pyramids	Terry Pratchett
Memorial del convento	José Saramago
J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle-Earth	Daniel Grota
El naranjo	Carlos Fuentes
The Vampire Lestat	Anne Rice
The Anubis Gates	Tim Powers
México Mutilado	Francisco Martin Moreno
La Catedral del Mar	Ildenfonso Falcones
Apocalisis	Stephen King

26 in total, the one in red are the already finished.

The returning classic is none other the Frankenstein an illustrated version in spanish.

 

Also I have found some new Star Wars comic books to plum-up my hoarding stash, lots to read and lots more to find.

Right now I’ll keep working on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Star Wars Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire ( a really cool graphic novel), Las lunas de Júpiter by Alice Munro (short story extraordinaire) and some digital comic books on comixology to pass the long waiting periods.

So here are the number for this period:

• Total pages for  the ninth year : 1,612 pages
• Days left for the ninth year: 344 days
• Books left for the eight year: 24 books
• Pages left to read in my goal for the eight year: 55,384 pages
• Total pages of Lost in a million pages: 185,266 pages

Happy Readings!!!!

azr