I have reach my first mayor reading goal.
20,015 pages. I am beyond happy.
Thanks to the Expanded Star Wars universe, an a bit to my insomnia, in the early hours of the morning I finished Darth Maul’s graphic novel and reached my coveted number.
I guess celebratory drinks are in order and hopefully there will be no rambling posts later in the evening.
Happy Readings!!
azr
So it begins, the final one hundred days of this year of reading are upon us, and with that my panic mode sets in automatically.
The only difference for this year is that I feel confident of my current pace and, at least one of my immediate goal is within reach.
As you can tell by this entry’s name I had a happy accident yesterday, my page total was of 426 for the day, I believe that if this was mapped out and thoroughly planned it would have failed miserably.
This grand total was spearheaded by two remarkable graphic novels, Lee Bermejo’s Batman: Noel and the always fantastic Saga, this time was the eight-volume of this award-winning book, written by the powerhouse author Brian K. Vaughan.
This gives me a giant boost and a clear pathway to reach some of the goals and regroup for the upcoming years.
With this burst of reading my total for the year went up to 19,671 total pages, only 329 pages for the first goal and 14,063 pages for the minimal total I intend to have my October.
As the clock winds down on this year, I will try to complete something that past years have somehow eluded me, to write at least one daily post of this last effort to close out the year on a high note.
For today I will attempt to replicate yesterday’s success, but today I will explore a galaxy far, far away in the company of a couple of Scoundrels and a Lord of the Sith, this also of course with a few outings thru the perilous paths of the Forgotten Realms accompanied by rogue Drow Drizzt Do’Urden.
If everything goes as planned, tomorrow a celebratory pizza and wine will be a top priority and a quick and rambling post to spread some of my joy.
Happy Readings!!!
azr.
Every day I inch closer to my 20,000-page goal.
So, I start the third day of this month with a total of 19,221 pages, just 779 pages to reach one of the high peaks of this year of reading.
Although my original goal coming into this year was 96,766 pages, a monumental task, I have become content with the idea of at least reading the total page count of the last two years combined, that is 33,734 total pages.
And that has become my immediate goal, but of course, I am shooting for at least in the 40,000-page realm, and how you may ask I will achieve this, well by reading of course.
These past three days have been quite productive, I finished a bunch of Batman: Detective Comics single issues and the second volume compiling the story arc of The Syndicate of Victims of this same title, these are of the new DC Comics storyline Rebirth, a significant reboot of all their main characters.
I should add that officially Batwoman is becoming one of my favorites characters of the Batman family, she is a total badass.
The next batch of comics on my to-read pile is, from the same reboot of The Batman, Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps, I have the two first story arcs, missed in some single issues and a trade paperback.
I am working slowly back to catch-up with the latest story timeline of DC Comics.
I expect to be really close to my 20,000-page goal by this weekend, all of this I considered it a dress rehearsal for the kick-ass readathon coming up shortly.
Getting into reading shape, now, back to it.
azr.
I start the month of July with a total of 18,373 pages and the whole month to chase those elusive 20,000 pages.
To start off this month-long reading session, I can not think of a better way than to dive right into the latest installment of Batman: Detective Comics, I have fallen so behind with DC Comics current timeline, but there is no better time to catch up with it.
And to send June off in style, yesterday, along with the local art museum, we organized a walk through the ever-changing landscape of the urban context in our fair city.
The particularity of this place is that you can see how slowly it has transformed from cotton fields to strip malls.
Historically, this place was the beginning point of the agricultural area of our city, it will follow the Rio Bravo for approximately 37 miles covered in fields and acequias were not only the agrarian activity thrived but also leisure activities that all people of my age fondly remember.
The purpose of this walking experiences is to rescue some of this history and preserve the memories of this places, through photography, before they vanish beneath a thick layer of asphalt.
Well, I’ll get back to my reading and to enjoy these vacation period.
azr.
Yesterday I finally broke the 18,000-page mark.
18,045 pages to be precise, and, with the summer vacation period coming up, I think a challenge is what is at hand.
For these vacation period, besides the readathon on the weekend of the 21st of July, the goal is to reach 20,000 pages, that is 1,955 pages in about 30 days.
So I better get to it.
Happy Readings!!!
azr.
My plan to have a 500-page day failed miserably, again.
On Sunday, the day I thought was going to be the day, the total of pages was 154, not so bad, but not quite my goal.
But looking on the bright side of things, I made some headway with The Orc King and finished DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Justice League, this weird cross-over graphic novel has some memorable stories, like Superman and The Predator.
And one gem, I am of course talking about the Batman/Hellboy/Starman crossover, illustrated in all its glory by comic book legend Mike Mignola.
Tomorrow I’ll post an update on the total for the year and my reading is progressing.
Happy Readings!!!
azr
Yesterday, I set out to have a 500-page day, I didn’t mind if it was Saturday or Sunday, but as I recap yesterdays total, I realized that Sunday will be a better day to achieve this mini-goal.
Obviously, it was because I only read 168 pages.
So I said to myself, I think Sunday will work just fine!
And here I am, having some rich, intense black coffee and getting ready to start with the task, which if I can achieve it will put me so close to breaking the 18,000-page mark.
Back to reading and have a relaxing rest of the weekend.
azr.
For this weekend I will attempt, once again, to have not a 400-page day but a 500-page day.
As always I do not rest until my mind is satisfied with what I set out to achieve.
A bit obsessive, I know.
I do not know which day this crazy goal will take place, but I can assure you it will happen this weekend.
So I’m off to the races, with 64 pages under my belt for this lovely, extremely hot summer morning.
Happy Readings!!!
azr
With the readathon a month away, I must begin to get in excellent reading shape, 24 hours of reading sounds easy, but they can be brutal.
With that in mind, I will begin to push myself to read more often and for extended periods of time.
For this weekends plan, I expect to read at least 75% of the new current book, The Orc King, book number 20 of the Legend of Drizzt saga and the first of the Transitions Trilogy.
Some comic books, mainly a set of one-shots based in Frank Frazetta’s paintings.
And to top it of finish with a digital graphic novel, DC Comics/Dark Horse Comics: Justice League, from which the first story is Superman and The Predator, and the second one, which I’m reading, is versus the Terminator, I know crazy premises, but somehow they work.
As you can see, from the new reading list, I have finished The Two Swords and The Death Dealer mini-series, and I am glad to inform that the 17,000-page mark has been passed, 17,293 pages to be precise.
With these, I surpassed last years total, and with still 108 days to go in this year of reading I plan to, at least, sum up more pages than the previous two years combined.
So, I will begin to flex my minds muscles, and hopefully, I’ll have a great reading weekend.
Mr. Reznor if you please, let us begin the festivities with some music.
Happy Readings!!!
azr.
I was trying to figuring out how 24 hours of reading could be scheduled in the weekend on the readathon.
I came up with a preliminary layout for my reading session.
Because I’m on Mountain Standard Time, two hours behind Eastern Standard Time, my reading would start on Friday at 10:00 p.m. and finish on Sunday also at 10:00 p.m., so, the inaugural session will coincide with the official starting time of the readathon.
Well, the schedule is set, and I am pretty anxious to dive right in.
For now, I will think of what could be my approach, book-wise that is, and make so progress with my currents reads.
Back to it.
azr.
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