Category: Reading Tasks

200 days

I have 200 days left of this short “year” of reading, and still over 34,000 pages to go.

As I was saying yesterday, I never back down from a challenge, by the end of this month I will be free from my work on my Masters degree, and I’ll go into turbo mode.

One of the highlights of today is that I read the first 100 pages of my trek thru the Malazan Empire, only 3890 pages to go.

Tonight I think a big batch of caffeine is in order, accompanied by a couple of X- men graphic novels.

For now, I am off to read.

azr.

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Never back down from a challenge

I have been preoccupied with a lot of things lately, and of course my reading has been a bit affected.

My challenge for this month in Bookly was a whopping 3,703 pages, from which I have read a meager 372 pages.

Like I said, never back down from a challenge, it doesn’t matter if I reach the goal, the fun is the journey there.

3,331 pages , 14 days, sounds like a fun challenge.

For now, I am off to read.

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The final march into Genabackis

I have decided that I going to focus on finishing The Malazan Book of the Fallen, an 10-part epic series by Canadian writer Steven Erikson.

Yesterday, I started the seventh book, Reaper’s Gale, and the plan is to keep track of the remaining four books as one long read.

With that in mind here is the length of each one starting with 1003 pages of Reaper’s Gale.

Followed by the 1,270 pages of Toll the Hounds.

The ninth book is Dust of Dreams, with a total of 816 pages.

And finally, the epic conclusion, The Crippled God, with a total of 908 pages.

Combined they give me 3,997 pages, a great challenge for this year, which consequently will be a short one , this in order to coincide the end of each one with my birthday. Concluding in 2031, with my 50th birthday.

To start off the Malazan Challenge, I have read 41 of the 3,997.

For now, I am off to read.

azr.

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Last day of the readathon

This is the last hours of Bookly’s Fall readathon,and I have reach a total of 7 hours and 15 minutes

I am confident that I can reach at least the 10 hours of the challenge.

My three focus are: get those 10 hours, finish Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf, and read 600 pages, I have 468 so far.

For now, I am off to read.

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8 years on WordPress

Yesterday was my 8th anniversary using WordPress to write my blog.

And after 710 posts, more than 6,500 visits, and 3,600 visitors, I can only say thank you for coming along for the ride.

Here is for many more years.

Cheers!

Salud!

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Halfway there, or, the second report of the readathon

As I start the 3 day of Bookly’s Fall Readathon, the halfway mark has been achieved.

Yesterday was a slow day of reading, being that was cleaning and laundry day, I just read about 42 minutes.

I’ll make it up today, and hopefully tomorrow I will be reaching the coveted goal of 10 hours of reading.

Also, my current total of pages is 364 , and I am still reading Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf, and the second volume of Werewolf by night.

For now, I am off to read.

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First readathon report

I am up and running on this the first day of Bookly’s Fall Readathon.

I have already logged 2 hours and 2 minutes of my goal of 10 hours.

In order to achieve this I should read 2 and a half hours per day, so this is a great motivator to push forward.

My focus was on two things, my current book , Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf, from which I read from page 88 to 176.

The other is the second volume of Werewolf by night, from which I read from page 108 to 167, and to my delight there’s an appearance by Frankenstein’s monster.

I am aiming today for more than 3 hours of reading and a bit over 300 pages.

For now, I am off to read.

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T-minus (3 hours)

I am eager to start Bookly’s Fall Readathon, a 4 day reading frenzy with a simple premise, track 10 hours of reading using the app.

To be honest I will be aiming for 15 hours, and at least 1,000 pages.

I have some books ready in my virtual TBR.

I’ll kick off the festivities at exactly 12:01 a.m. with Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf, and take it from there.

For now, I am off to read.

azr.

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Spooktober comes to an end

The spookiest month has come and went.

Let me recap how my plans work out.

On the movie front, I just watched 1 of the 19 movies that were on my list, and it’s probably time to scrap this part from next year’s festivities.

On the reading front, it went a bit better, but not that much, I finished Frankenstein, and read the about half of The Halloween Tree.

Also ,first volume of Marvel’s The Vampire Tales, about 1/5 of the second volume of Werewolf by Night, a couple of short stories from Avatar’s Night of the Living Dead, and the crown jewel of this year’s festivities, Hellboy: The Storm and The Fury.

Not a very productive run, but a really satisfying one.

Right now I am gearing up for my next task, Bookly’s Fall Readathon, which will take place from November 5 to 8, and the main goal is to read 10 hours using the app.

For more information check out Bookly’s blog.

For now, I am off to read.

azr.

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Books of (Y-13)

10 days into my new year of reading, and I haven’t yet completed my list of books.

I have been over all of my bookshelves, and decided to dedicate, in addition to the books inherited from last year, this year of reading to all my new acquisitions of my favorite Mexican publishing company, Editorial Paraiso Perdido.

Earlier on the year , I subscribed to it’s new books membership, which counted with 10 new novels to be release throughout 2020.

I still have 4 more books to receive, and in addition to that I bought some other that I found interesting.

Right now , as you can above, I have 10 great stories to dig into, and start things off I’ll read Serafina y el ardid insondable, written and beautifully illustrated by Diana Martín.

For now, I am off to read.

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