As I finish up another week of reading, number 34 of the current year, I can help but see some glimmers of hope for the final stretch of the year. I mean, when the total for the week is 1,938 pages, and you are running on 4 straight days of 300 or more pages, there’s no way not to feel excited .
What can I say, my motivation and inspiration are going thru the roof.
As you might recall ,on the past few post, my main focus has been to return to reading form, and the best way for me to do that, is to challenge myself to hit certain milestones to get the not so impressive numbers of this dwindling year to a decent amount, at least enough so I can regroup and intensify my strategies for the remaining years.
As always, and it’s beside me why I don’t stick to the formula, the combination of reading graphic novels and books are proving to be the most effective combination to keep things rolling and more importantly adding up pages to the rachitic coffers of this year’s total.
For today’s reading, and the reason in over 300 pages, I dove into another story of the incredibly interesting universe of the famous video game Assassin’s Creed, in the Fall and The Chain, you follow the exploits of assassin Nikolai Orelov as he navigates 19th-century Russia, and a deep plot involving the Tsar and Templar.
To continue the journey, my next read will be the series, Origins, set in Ancient Egypt and the creation of the Assassin Brotherhood, just by the setting, I’m so eager to jump right into it.
The final story that accompanied me was the second story arc of Frankenstein, but the one that shares a universe with my all time favorite comic book character Hellboy. In this mini series, the Adam is living in exile inside the Hollow Earth , this of course after surviving the Ragnarok, his relative peaceful existence is shattered when a little girl seeks his advice after receiving a new darkness brewing. There’s not much to say, Mike Mignola + Frankenstein = One very happy Azriel.
There’s nobody like Mr. Mignola to take all this elements and recombine them into a coherent mythos. That man is literally the definition of taking something and making it yours.
As you can see, I had an intense day of reading, and just to make a quick recap here are the current status of my 4 challenges
- 10-day reading streak, at least 179 pages per day (Completed)
- 5-day gold reading streak, at 300 pages per day (4 day streak)
- 4 week reading streak, at least 1,253 pages per week ( 2 week streak)
- 100-day reading streak, at least 179 pages per day (17 day streak)
Everything is going forward to much of my delight, tomorrow, I’ll return to what became my traditional “Magic Monday” or officially known as the Numbers post, where I’ll update the broader scope or my reading project
For now, I’m off to read
Azriel
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