What a difference two years makes.

On the eight year of reading, I was focused on achieving a life-long goal of reading a book for each week of the year.

I came really close, 44 books in 52 weeks.

With this focus, my total page suffered a lot.  Because I was centered on reading books and nothing else.

Last year, the ninth, I was all over the place, not a definitive tendency could be determined.

But this year, I’m locked and loaded, there are two main themes in my goal for the year.

The First, and the main one, is to achieve the gargantuan task of the page count ahead of me, 96,766 total pages, from which I can gladly say knocked off the first 1,000 (1,136 pages to be precise).

This is mainly because I started reading comics, again. There were a lot a reasons of why i stopped all together, but the principal one, beside my focus on book this past two years, was that I suffered from a saturation of all comic-book related stuff floating around, I was feed-up.

I guess now, the idea that the cinematic universe of comics are one thing totally separated from what I love to read.

So, it truly is a big difference when it comes to quick page count, this gives me a great hope, that at least, this is a year of more than 50,000 pages and consequently the best year in the 10 years I have been doing this.

As for the second theme, the focus on the series of books I’m reading, a true fantasy galore, starting with my two gateway books, The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, and topping it off with some fantasy series I have been meaning to read for a very long time, The Legend of Drizzt, The Malazan Book of the Fallen and The Black Company.

There is the path-way for this year, just have to ramble on.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

In the early hours of this past Saturday, I suffered a classic episode of insomnia.

So I put my usual condition to good use and finally finish The Hobbit.

The first time I read was about 17 years ago, and let me tell you that, although is still an amazing book, I found it quite different.

Many things I remember, but there were passages that my mind found like they were totally new.

That is the magic of books, no matter how many time we come back to them they should us something new every time.

This particular edition was a gift from my beautiful wife and I cherish even more, on top of this, the final illustration by Alan Lee is truly breathtaking.

With the Hobbit on the bag, the next book is, naturally, The Lord of the Rings. The 50th-anniversary edition was also a gift, actually, I received them together, along with an Atlas of Middle-Earth.

These two books were my gateway to a broader world.

So, with this, my reading has picked up and I’ll try to breach the gap between the schedule I proposed for this year and where I actually am at this moment.

The total page count had a boost because this morning I finished reading Fight Club 2, if you liked the original novel, and are not really into comics, you’re going to have a hard time adjusting to reading its sequel in this format, but, give it a try it’s well worth it.

The total for (Y-10) sits at 866 pages, with the goal of reaching 1,500 by this next weekend.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

Well, it has been a really rocky start to my reading year.

I fell behind with the reading schedule and I’m about to lose it.

Right now I just past the middle point of The Hobbit, they just met the eagle king and Beorn.

To be honest, the title of this chapter of the Hobbit, Queer Lodgings, fits perfectly with the last two weeks of my living arrangement, and with everything in my house in piles and dust everywhere has not helped much to my progress.

But, apparently, it all ends today, just need tidy-up and will be back to normal but with some much-needed improvements.

The only thing I have been reading, in the endless commute home and the occasional line, is some comic books on my phone.

So the total for this year is 190 pitiful pages.

Need to get back on track, and I think this weekend will have the secret formula, some wandering and lots of caffeine.

Back to it.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

My reading has progress slowly but surely.

It has been a whirlwind this week, with a few renovations at the house there has not been a moment to stop and read.

But I’m confident come the weekend this will be sorted out.

Right now I’m at the chapter were Bilbo meets Gollum.

And the ring of power it’s at hand.

The total for (Y-10) is 123 pages, I have squease a few comic books during the commute home.

Back to it, Happy Readings!!!

azr.