Right now my reading is going through a good stretch.
I’m sitting on 11 continuous days with 100 or more pages read per day.
My goal is to maintain this good streak for at least 100 days, which will be until April 22 of this year.
Maybe in this period I’ll hit another of my coveted landmark, a 500 page day.
For now I will get back to reading the eight book of the Legend of Drizzt saga and maybe start the third volume of the super cool graphic novel Saga.
Happy Readings!!!
azr.
Yesterday I finished the day with a total of 387 pages, but more important than that I finish a couple of whales, first Lord of the Rings and second The Fall of Cthulhu graphic novel.
With that the total for the two days of epicness was 605 pages, not to bad.
Total I plan to keep at it and see if I’ll finish book seven of The Legend of Drizzt and dive right into book eight. Of course with some comic books in between.
Also, I wanted to make a quick recap of number for this the tenth year of my crazy project.
Total pages for (Y-10) : 7,149 pages
Pages left to read (Y-10): 89,617 pages
Days left in (Y-10): 270 days.
Big numbers ahead of me, combined with big plans. Can hardly wait.
Happy Readings!!!
azr
And after 80 days I finally finished with Lord of the Rings. This is the third time, and hopefully not the last one, that I have read it.
This part of what makes this book great, the meticulous mythology behind everything.
So, right now I’m sitting on 246 pages for the day and 464 total for the two days of epicness. I’ll focus on The Legacy, seventh book of the legend of Drizzt saga, and The Fall of Cthulhu graphic novel.
My estimation is that the graphic novel will be done before midnight and the book will have less than 100 pages to go.
I’m picking up the pace and loving it.
Happy Readings!!!
azr
Right now I’m sitting on 118 pages.
As soon as the kids settle down I’ll switch gear and dedicate a couple of hours to Lord of the Rings and The Fall of Cthulhu.
I’ll reach the 300 page mark by midnight.
I’ll check in tomorrow morning to see what is in store for the day.
Happy Readings!!!
azr
I have planned two days of pure epicness reading
My crazy plan is to read, or at least try, 1,000 pages in a two-day span, I know, fucking crazy.
I’ll probably post a couple of times each day to tell you about my progress.
Wish me luck.
On other matters, my bullet journal is coming along nicely.
Here are some new updates I have been working on.
Keeping daily progress, things have been a little red, but a sweeping block of blue is in the forecast.
These pages above is dubbed “the colossus of the wolf” in which, I keep track of the major goal of this year, reaching those 97,000 total pages.
I think if the goal is achieved, of course, a commemorative piece of art should be created, luckily I’m surrounded by really talented people.
And lastly, below you can see an example of my daily logs, I know a bit obsessive.
Now back to it, I have a couple of crazy long days ahead of me.
Happy Readings!!!
azr
Well here I am, two weeks into the new year and not quite catching a good reading rithym.
A few things had change in the past weeks and let just say that my available reading will grow exponentially.
On a positive note, I just completed my Legend of Drizzt collection and are ready to dwell with the legendary drow.
For now I’ll pound away at Lord of the Rings and The Halfling’s Gem, hopefully I will be done with both of them by the weekend. Which, consequently, will be the perfect opportunity to announce by new plans for the future of Lost in a million pages.
Happy Readings!!!
azr
After a few days of relaxing, eating and drinking is now back to the daily grind.
But first, let me go back a few days while I was still on vacation.
The last outing of this great trip was to the magical town of Tequila, Jalisco.
As the name obviously gives it away it is the birthplace of one of Mexico’s most emblematic spirit.
The visit consistent of a tour to one of the many tequila distillers, La Cofradia, were you firstly get acquainted with the agave plant, the basis of it all, the cooking process, the fermentation, the aging process and of course lots of sampling, including, a 55 proof tequila, pure and strait.
After a couple of hours of strolling around this gorgeous place I went to the downtown area, keep on drinking and eating. Quite the magnificent day I’ll say.
Now back to the reading part, my plans for my vacation reading was not what I expect, but who cares it was really soothing.
I manage to finish two book of the Legend of Drizzt saga and read about 1/3 of the Fall of Cthulhu graphic novel.
So this gave me the following numbers:
Total pages for (Y-10) : 5.002 pages
Total pages left for (Y-10) : 91,764 pages
Total books left for (Y-10): 46 books
I’ll get back to reading and flirting with the idea of a 100 book year.
Happy Readings!!!
azr.
As I predicted things have been moving at snail pace and I’m loving it.
In the morning, the usual ritual ensues, coffee and reading, then the day really starts, some have been totally relaxed and others have been filled with visits to cool places.
This past two days have been the latter version.
First I had finally the chance to visit Templo Expiatorio del Santísimo Sacramento, this really cool neo-gothic church.
It’s building started on 1897 by the famous Italian architect Adamo Boari and wasn’t finish for another 75 years.
A rare style to be found in Mexico and an impressive building to visit.
From there we headed to one of our favorite spots in Guadalajara, Hospicio Cabañas, a cultural center which houses a series of impressive mural by the famous Mexican painter José Clemente Orozco.
I’ll let the murals do the talking.
More that impressive, these is a place you could sit for hours and take in every detail and still find yourself needing more time.
Also walking around the area in and around the Hospicio Cabañas you can find and all sort of cultural and historical things that baffle the mind.
On the second day we went to Lake Chapala, this massive body of water covers 420 square miles and is the largest fresh water lake in all of the country.
On the books front I’m pleased to inform that the first book, The Crystal Shard, in my reading plan for this vacations is under my belt and the second one is well underway.
Today I’ll take it easy, for tomorrow the magical town of Tequila awaits me, and I have a feeling that things are about to get blurry.
Happy Readings!!!
azr
Finally, my long awaited holiday break is in full swing.
I plan to read a lot and equally eat a lot.
I’ll post some updates from my visits to the second largest city in Mexico.
Back in Juarez, I left the Lord of the Rings on hold, with about 400 pages to go, and plan to finish it on the first week of the year.
Right now I started with the long Saga of the dark elf ranger extraordinaire, Drizzt, a 30 book journey that was long overdue.
I’ll throw a few digital comics here and there and flirt with the idea of reading 100 books in one year, but that is a topic for after my vacation.
Happy Readings and Happy Holidays
azr.
My original intention was to start reading The Legend of Drizzt series around mid-November, but, apparently, it is already December.
Of the 33 books of this epic saga, I have read the first trilogy, that is in the chronological order of the story because it was published after the second trilogy, The Icewind Dale, of the chronology, bit confusing, I know.
The first trilogy, The Dark Elf Trilogy, follows Drizzt in the Underdark, his homeland. Since the first time I delve into the world of this rogue Dark Elf my fantasy loving self-has been longing to go back to this vast and captivating world.
So, this year, it is the main attraction.
As you can see above this is the trilogy I plan to read over the holiday break, besides some graphic novels.
But what is standing on my way you may ask.
Well, only 5 books and 19 days.
Two of them I’m currently reading, Lord of the Rings, at page 462 of 1,137 , and The Legend of Huma, at page 218 of 384.
The other three are a trilogy set in the fantasy world of Dragonlance.
Dragons of a Fallen Sun, Dragons of a Vanished Moon and Dragons of a Lost Star, better known as the War of Souls trilogy, supposedly should introduce a new era of heroes to an already rich history of legendary figures.
In all these books are about 1,800 pages and with another 800 pages from the ones in progress, they amount to a gargantuan, bat-shit crazy, no sleep, highly caffeinated task, and guess what, I’m going to do it.
And I brought reinforcements, first and foremost, some good tunes, in form of three of my current favorite albums.
Prisoner by Ryan Adams and A Deeper Understanding and Lost in the Dream by The War on Drugs, all things in life are made better with music and I’m doing it old school and playing them on vinyl, I don’t know but there is something ritualistic about changing the record and feeling its weight on your hand that something digital can’t give you, sure more practical to use a streaming service for the day to day, but in this special occasions good old vinyl hits the right spot.
The second thing is some nice and dark chocolate, obviously to go along with the liters of coffee that I’m about to consume. Along with this I have a new little partner gracing my bookshelf, none other than my favorite comic-book character, Hellboy, well a cute version of him.
And lastly my faithful bullet journal to keep track of all the nuisance and crazy ideas that cross my over caffeinated and under slept mind.
Lately and unfortunately there have been a lot of red days, but with this tasks in hand I can no longer afford them.
Doing the math, I’ll have to read 2,628 pages in 19 days. I really don’t shy-away from crazy challenges.
Stay tuned for daily progress briefings and random happenings.
I almost forgot, my page total for this, the tenth year of reading is 3,425 pages, little under my goal for the end of November, but, I’ll take it.
Now back to reading, see you tomorrow.
azr.
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