(Y-9) 10 days….Book Fair and more planning.

Just a few more days and this year is done.

I finally finished reading Star Wars: Tyrant’s Test and started reading what will be the final of (Y-9), Star Wars: Aftermath, so far it has been pretty good, pure Star Wars fun.

Sunday was the last day of the Book Fair, so, I went by early to see if something grabbed my eye, and being books the obvious answer is of course, yes.

Right now the total page count for (Y-9) is 17,255.

My hope is that I’ll finish this year with at least 18,000 and have the monumental task of 95,000 pages for (Y-10).

For now, my main focus is to try and give a little boost to this year total and keep on hoarding read material for next year.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

4 October, 2017 0

(Y-9) 14 days…..happy shelves

Today I bought some books that will be part of all the epicness awaiting for me in (Y-10).

After reading The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings I will dive right into the world of Rogue Drow Drizzt Do’Urden.

Probably he is one of my all-time favorite characters and in honor of next year theme, I will finally read this entire series.

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30 September, 2017 0

(Y-9) 15 days….. new books and the international coffee day

The last two weeks of this reading year.

I will focus on my only remaining book and beef up that total number for the year.

Of course to do that I’ll need my old friends, comic books.

A lot has been going on this week, but the main thing is the State Book Fair is in full swing.

And that brings me to the highlight of the week, on Wednesday my multi-talented wife presented, on said Book Fair, her latest book endeavor, oh yes her latest, this being her second book in print.

The newest one is a photographic memoir of a very particular landmark found in our city, the border. And do mean the physical space between the United States and Mexico.

Filled with beautiful black and white photos, mostly taken by local artist Luis Pegut, the book tries to recapture all the stories hidden in the sands if the Rio Grande.

I couldn’t feel prouder of this beautiful piece of art celebrating our beloved city.

On Sunday, being the last day of the Book Fair, will go back and see what goodies we can find.

For now, I started hoarding some Legend of Drizzt books for next year total epicness, pictures coming as soon as they arrive.

Well, being the international coffee day I think I’ll celebrate by brewing some in my french press.

Cheers everybody and Happy Readings!!!!

azr.

29 September, 2017 0

(Y-9) 22 days… seven times seven

Yesterday I almost put down Jerusalem and leave it for another time.

It’s messing with my mind, in a good way.

The book is so rich and deeply layered, that is no secret coming from Mr. Moore’s pen.

But I decided to push through and finish it before October 13.

That is when (Y-10) begins and epicness ensues.

For year ten, the total of pages to read will be determined by how (Y-9) ends in total pages, but I’m looking forward to about 90,000 + pages. A gargantuan task.

With this in mind, I thought about how many books and pages should I read for the 10th anniversary of my crazy project. Hence, the title of this post, seven times seven.

Using that idea, which has been rattling around my mind for no apparent reason, I came with the number of books for the year: 7 x 7 = 49 books, and, in order to consider (Y-10) a productive year I should at least read 7 x 7,777 = 54,439 pages.

For now, I’ll spend some long night trying to rack up as many pages as I can and keep searching for epic material to read next year.

My midnight companions

Fight Club 2 @ page 51 of 276

Jerusalem @ page 178 of 1266

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

22 September, 2017 0

(Y-9) 33 days…. the end is drawing near.

I have little over a month to go in this the ninth year of reading.

And with this my focus has to be on finishing the three current books on my reading list.

That is 2,034 pages in 33 days, well I have already read 574 pages, so it’s a bit less than that.

Here is the way I adapted my bullet journal for the task at hand.

With this I’ll finish the year with about 19,000 pages,and really motivated to reach the ultimate goal of 130,500 pages in three years.

For now I’ll focus my efforts in completing the series in the list and make the next year of reading truly an epic one.

And to finish this past weekend right, I acquired a couple of new characters to further improve my bookshelves.

Happy Readings!!!

azr.

11 September, 2017 0

(Y-9) 44 days….making plans

Usually, at this time of the year, I begin planning the reading for next year.

Like I said in past posts the next year of reading is back to the one genre that got me hooked on reading, Epic Fantasy.

So, from now on (Y-10) will be known as “Total Epicness”.

To start the year with a bang I will read the illustrated edition of The Hobbit and the 50th-anniversary edition of Lord of Rings.

From there I planned to tackle three series: The Malazan Book of the Fallen (starting with book 2) by Steven Erikson, The Black Company by Glen Cook and the Dragonlance: The War of Souls. I know a huge task but I’m up for it.

And to top it off, and if completed, the crown jewel of the year, I will tackle almost the entire Legend of Drizzt series by R.A. Salvatore. I’ll start with book 4, the first three I have already read, and work myself up to number 23, which is the last they have published.