Category: Panic Mode

(Y-9) 47 days…focus..shifted

The end of this reading year is fast approaching and with that, my anxiety grows.

I start making plans for next year which include the shifting of books and with the next year being the 10th anniversary of my project this take on a whole different meaning.

I have in store for (Y-10) a sort of back to my origins.

The thing that really got me into readings was fantasy books and Lord of the Rings had the most impact of all the books I read.

With that in mind, I started analyzing this year remaining list and decided to migrate some books for my full of epicness.

Here are the remaining books

READING LIST (Y-9)
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit (Illustrated Edition) J.R.R. Tolkien
Tarantula Bob Dylan 
Jerusalem Alan Moore
Dragonlance: Dragons of a Fallen Sun  Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Dragonlance: Dragons of a Lost Star Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Dragonlance: Dragons of a Vanished Moon Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Dragonlance: The Legend of Huma Richard A. Knaak
The Tyranny of the Night Glen Cook
México Mutilado Francisco Martin Moreno
Star Wars: Aftermath Chuck Wendig
Star Wars: The Black Fleet crisis Tyrant’s Test Michael P. Kube-McDowell
Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy-Ambush at Corellia Roger MacBride Allen
Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy-Assault at Selonia Roger MacBride Allen
Star Wars: The Corellian Trilogy-Showdown at Centerpoint Roger MacBride Allen

The ones in bold red are migrating to next year, the ones in blue are the main focus for the remaining 47 days and the ones in normal text are probably going back to the shelf to be read in another year.

For now, I’ll focus on México Mutilado, Jerusalem, and Tarantula, in that particular order and one by one.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

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(Y-9) 51 days…

The last couple of weeks have been a bit hard and honestly, I can seem to find my train of thought.

But finally, to the soothing sound of rain, last night I finished my first piece of reading material in over a month.

It was a graphic novel, Crimson Vol.1,  it follows the misadventures of a teenager turned vampire by the name Alex Elder. My favorite character is definitely Joe, a Mexican Indian vampire that becomes Alex’s mentor.

Illustrated by Humberto Ramos, it’s a must have.

 

With this, I’m inching closer to one of the important milestone of this crazy project, 200,000 pages.

I’m only 122 pages off.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

 

 

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(Y-9) Tick, Tock the clock goes (aka the 60 day march)

Well, here I am, staring down the last 60 days of this year of reading.

And a long ass road to get where this project must be.

So, here is the current reading situation.

I have read 21 of the 36 proposed books. Not that bad.

In the page count, I have 15,942 of the 27,300 minimal progress to deem this year a productive one.

That gives me 11, 358 pages to tackle.

One of the positive things of my final count is that I’m only 282 pages short to reach 200,000. This means that I have some celebratory wine and pizza on the horizon, this is a tradition with my wife, it all started when I read the first 100,000.

In the meantime, I have about 190 pages to read per day and a whole lot of caffeine in my future.

As my bullet journal can tell it’s has been a bloody awful time (pun intended).

 

I’ll start with the three currently in my reading pile, Jerusalem by Alan Moore, México Mutilado by Francisco Martin Moreno and Star Wars: Tyrant’s Test by Michael P. Kube-McDowell.

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And one final thing.

I have never been so motivated to take this journey.

Thanks for listening.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

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(Y-9) 91 days

Finally, after 89 days, I finished Apocalipsis by Stephen King.  A really interesting take on a post-apocalyptic society and the constant fight between good and evil.

Highly recommended.

With this,  I have reached 15,263 total pages for the year and only 961 pages to reach 200,000.

So I did the logical thing after finishing a massive book.

I went ahead and started another one.

At 1266, Jerusalem by Alan Moore, promises to be a harrowing descent to the haunted streets of Mr. Moore’s hometown, Northampton, England.

Also, I keep on chipping away at two other books, 17 to go in the reading list and little time to do it.

This week also marks the beginning of a new method, at least for me, of keeping track of my reading.

Inspired by Bullet Journal , this analog system is the perfect solution for me to keep update my information and have it always at hand.

Check their website in the link above, its full of really cool ideas and video tutorials to get you started.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

 

 

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