To say that the last 3 weeks of reading had been shitty would be the biggest understatement of the current year of reading.

And no, I’m not being dramatic. The combined total of the month October is 321 pages, being October 12, the best day of reading with a total of 90 pages. Underwhelming, to say the least.

To salvage this month and the bare minimum total to feel at least comfortable with the trajectory of the year will be to reach a total of 5,518 pages.

It’s not a small task, but one that I’ll better get right into it.

Off to read.

azriel

I refuse to break my 16-week streak of achieving the total quota of reading. The only thing standing between me and keeping it alive is 1,178 pages.

For the next 5 hours, I have only one task in my scope.

Off to read.

azriel

After many months of hiatus, I’m finally back and with a vengeance.

This year has proven to be a behemoth. Each and every one of the categories or milestones that have crossed my path have been achieved with flying colors.

Today marks the 123 day of reading, and I’m already way ahead of schedule, 93 days to be precise. My current total is 38,589 pages, and if this pace is kept, the final tally would put me around the astronomical total of 118,000 pages, which gives me the motivation to at least shoot for the first year over 70,000 pages or better yet, to cross the threshold into a realm that I could have never imagining, but I will not get ahead of myself.

On the broader picture, and since I have already achieved the very significant milestone of getting past the first half of the project, currently at the astounding total of 521,150 pages, my focus has shifted toward two goals.

The first is to get to the next milestone of 3/4 of the way or reach the 750,000 page mark, which, according to my projections, I will achieve on May 4, 2030. Not an ideal date, for it would only leave me with a little over a year to read the final quarter of the project, but as always, this number is slowly dwindling.

The other goal or the whole enchilada, as the namesake of the project clearly states, is to reach the 1,000,00 page mark. Currently, the end date is July 11, 2037, making me 6 years, 1 month, and 6 days late. This date has seen the most drastic shift. In the last 4 months, it has decreased by almost 2 years. The fact of the matter is to keep pounding away at those pages, and eventually, I’ll achieve balance.

One of my current “side quests” was to read a whole bunch of books that have been sitting on my shelves for far too long in an expanse of two months. I’m not pleased to say that there’s still 6 whole books left, and with only 8 days left on the deadline, it’s nearly impossible to reach that goal. Knowing me, that “nearly impossible” is always the catalyst for the craziest and most bat-shit crazy reading sessions.

With that in mind, I’ll better get back to reading.

It’s good the back to dwell between my most beloved abode, to get lost in an infinite sea of ink and words.

Thanks for staying connected and keeping the fire going, I really appreciate it.

Azriel D

3 little letters that will contain everything this project was always meant to be.

I will shortly be back to writing and share the amazing progress that year sixteen of Lost in a Million Pages has presented.

Off to read

azr