Welcome to another installment of Magic Mondays, being this the third week in a row , fills me with such joy and excitement. I wish to have more time to write, but as long as this section keeps going on like a hum drum, I can mark it as a win.
There’s a post pending from my section Azriel’s Infinite Book Shelf, I finished the fourth volume of the War of the Spider Queen, part of my trek thru The Forgotten Realms, but I’ll get deeper into that sometime tomorrow.
Now, get into this weeks update, and it’s a juicy one.
Concerning the eleventh week of my current year of reading, the total I’m delighted to inform that surpassed the minimal for the week and it finish with 1,540 pages, that’s 189 more pages than needed. Although the week started slowly, Saturday proved to be the perfect boost I needed, finishing with a staggering 712 total pages.
The total for the year ascended to 12,161 pages, putting the next milestone of 15,000 pages within 17 days, and projected, of course if this pace can be maintained, on September 3, that’s 3 days earlier that last week’s projection.
For the week ahead, number twelve of the year, the goal is simple, reach at least 1,416 total pages and get the current book, Annihilation , the fifth volume of The Spider Queen War, to at least 3/4 done, that’s around 200 pages for the week, in between, a lot of DC Comics series that have been on my radar for quite sometime, and now with the subscription is the perfect time to tackle them. I’ll be going thru some of the ones I have read in the next The Journey post.
Now for the bigger picture. As you might know, the next three milestones are quite the handful, but they give me a place to aim my efforts, and on the past weeks, I have seen a steady decrease in the dates to achieve, and seeing this same trend all around the board, that forward momentum, it just rekindles the desire to go and chase pages but more importantly, new adventures.
Anyway, for the most proximate milestone, 700,000 total pages, my current projection puts it at September 4, 2027. That’s 9 days earlier than last week’s projection, Still, my intention is to accomplish this goal within the confines of this year of reading.
As I said in past posts, my personal favorite milestone is the 750,000-page mark, of course is because what’s attached at the end of it, the roadtrip of a lifetime with my partner in crime. Not to give a lot away but this involves rugged desert views, natural wildlife refuge, at least 3 National Parks, and the ancient ruins of a mysterious civilization, and so much more.
But in order to get on the road I must keep on reading, right now, the projection puts this milestone at January 9, 2029, that’s 9 days earlier than last week’s projection
Now for the big boy, the coveted 1,000,000 pages, and subsequently, this milestone to has another trip at the almost end, in this particular one, the plan is to finish the journey at the Emerald City, and get there in style, but I’m getting ahead of myself.
The projection for the whole enchilada is currently on October 15, 2035, that’s 7 days earlier than last week’s projections. Every single day count, even if I’m still 4 years 4 months and 10 days behind, this type of burst in my reading is what keeps moving the date closer to my 50th birthday.
Of course in order to achieve the main story quest, a little wink there to the beloved gamers in my life, I must rely on the side quest that gets me the cool gear. Starting of with my current number one side quest, the 49-hour timed reading.
Much to my surprise, this week, in between all of the grownup chaos, I manage to insert quite the few reading sessions to help me unwind, so much so that the clock moved an astonishing 9 hours 28 minutes and 36 seconds, leaving a little under 28 hours between me and some new acquisitions to my reading ranks.
On side quest number two, or how to read 100,000 pages in one year, there was also some progress and the toll came down to 87,839 pages, still a monumental task, but one that would be a dream to achieve.
Thankfully with all this forward momentum has bump up the At The End total, also known as the current projected total pages by my 50th birthday keeping the current pace of reading, quite the mouth full, anyway, it sits on 839,460 pages, that’s 1,032 pages more than last week’s projection.
Although this small feats would appear to be not that much, adding it up has brought me from a finishing date in 2042 to 2035 in only a couple of years of dedicated reading.
Now a quick recap:
- Total pages (Y-19): 12,161 pages
- Pages left (Y-19): 58,043 pages
- Total Pages (General) : 661,141 pages
- Date to achieve 750,000 pages: January 9,2029
- Date to achieve 1,000,000 pages: October 15, 2035
- Days behind: 1,593 days
For now, I’m off to read
Azriel
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