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Fourth day of “Seven Days of Reading”

At the halfway point of my week of reading, and i can stanley say that it has been a great success.

I finished all three tasks from yesterday , and that gives me 9 of 9.

  1. Read 50 pages outside
  2. Read 2 printed graphic novels
  3. Read 3 single issue comic books
  4. Read 300 total pages
  5. Read 1 digital graphic novel
  6. Read 2 digital graphic novels
  7. Read 50 pages in bed
  8. Read for 2 hours
  9. Read 300 total pages

The task of reading 50 pages in bed was the most challenging, for I am really hyperactive, and can seem to stay in one place.

The task of reading 2 hours was fairly easy , and the last, read 300 total pages, I just made it with a total of 301 pages.

I read about 52 pages of Reaper’s Gale, getting close to finishing, currently on page 726 of 1003.

Also, I read Tom Taylor’s Dceased, a great way tho incorporate Dark Seid’s Anti-Life equation and Zombies, it was a trill ride.

Lastly, I read the first issue of Green Lantern’s miniseries Black Stars, still in the helm the amazing Grant Morrison , who never disappoints.

Now let’s see what the wheel has in store for me today.

  1. Read 100 pages on 1 room
  2. Read 50 pages while drinking red wine ( oh no, the sacrifice!)
  3. Read 300 total pages

Great tasks for Christmas eve.

For now, I am off to read, and prepare a turkey.

azr.

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Third day of “Seven days of reading “

Another successful day of reading, I completed all three tasks from yesterday, and also the one left hanging from the first day.

As you can see below, all 6 tasks are complete.

  1. Read 50 pages outside
  2. Read 2 printed graphic novels
  3. Read 3 single issue comic books
  4. Read 300 total pages
  5. Read 1 digital graphic novel
  6. Read 2 digital graphic novels

Yesterday’s reading was mainly of one of my favorite characters, Red Sonja, the She-Devil with a Sword.

On the fifth volume of Queen Sonja we see her rise from Queen to Empress as she faces a familiar foe with a devilish hand.

On Red Sonja : Wrath of the Gods and Revenge of the Gods, she faces the norse pantheon as Loki the trickster tries to conquer several nations and bring forth Ragnarok.

The third task was to read 300 pages, my total for the day was a whopping 424 pages, and it shapes up to be an amazing end of the year readathon.

Now let’s see what the wheel has in store for me today.

  1. Read 50 pages in bed
  2. Read for 2 hours
  3. Read 300 total pages

Another great tasks for the day before Christmas eve.

For now, I am off to read .

azr

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Second day of “Seven Days of Reading”

A great start to my seven days of reading, I completed two tasks, and the third one, read 50 pages outside, is well underway, I have only today to finish it, as the “rules” stated on my last post

  1. Read 50 pages outside
  2. Read 2 printed graphic novels
  3. Read 3 single issue comic books

For the other two task, I read the second volume of Gerard Way run on Doom Patrol, he is a really underrated writer, it’s really an amazing work, the other graphic novel was Batman/Superman: Year of the Villain, the multiverse is still under the onslaught of The Batman who Laughs.

Also, three issues, from 2 to 4, of the Dark Horse comics series, Cryptocracy, the tale of the 9 families who form the world’s secret government, and their struggles with the supernatural.

For today the wheel has spoken, and my next three tasks are.

  1. Read 300 total pages
  2. Read 1 digital graphic novel
  3. Read 2 digital graphic novels

A fairly easy day, the most challenging task will be to read outside, but with the cool winter breeze and the warming sun it will also be a delight.

For now, I am off to read.

azr.

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A little side note

One thing I forgot about the “rules” for my week of reading.

If I don’t finish a task on the appointed day, I have only the next to complete it, and of course Sunday will be the last day, and the last day to finish up any remaining tasks.

Let see what the wheel has in store for tomorrow.

For now, I am off to read.

azr

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Seven days of reading

It’s finally here, the week leading up to Christmas, and the final readathon of the year.

I found myself with somewhat of a withdrawal from not participating on the 24in48 readathon back in July, and I concocted one of my own.

It didn’t go so well, I had a lot on my mind, but this time around it will be different.

So, this is quite straightforward, I have 21 task to complete over the week, that’s 3 tasks per day.

I’ll leave to chance how I am going to tackle each day, this, with the help of a spin wheel with all the tasks.

Let’s see what the wheel has in store for Monday, the first day of reading.

  1. Read 50 pages outside
  2. Read 2 printed graphic novels
  3. Read 3 single issue comic books

The day is set, wish me luck.

For now, I am off to read.

azr

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Numbers: December 16, 2020

With just a few days left before my week long readathon, I still have a lot of things I would like to achieve before it starts.

The main one is to finish with book seven of The Malazan book of the Fallen, Reaper’s Gale.

I just passed the halfway point, currently on page 512 of 1003, and this will be my focus for this remaining days.

On my epic December plan to read more than 8,000 pages on the month, I am progressing as the Fellowship of the Ring thru the Pass of Caradhras, really slow and cold, minus the snow, I still have 7,793 pages to go.

This only gets me more hyped up for the upcoming intense week of reading.

On the broader picture for this year of reading I still have 30,714 pages to reach my goal, this task over 172 days left.

Right now I am reading the third volume of the comic book series Queen Sonja .

For now, I am off to read.

azr.

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One before we go…to sleep

Yesterday’s reading has gotten my rythm back.

It was a pretty decent day, 157 total pages of reading, finished the first volume of Queen Sonja, and read about 24 pages from Reaper’s Gale.

I still have 8,125 pages to go on this epic December, and a lot of little goals to achieve.

The first would be to finish Reaper’s Gale by December 21, this is in time for my week long readathon, and to start a new book, Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb.

I have heard a lot of amazing things about her writing, and it is low overdue to dive right into a new fantastic universe.

For now I am off to read.

azr.

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A not so epic start

To be completely honest, I have been struggling with my reading.

The start to this month’s gargantuan task has been disappointing to say the least.

With three weeks left in the year, and 8,282 pages to read I think this is a great opportunity to face this challenge head on.

Yesterday I had a glimmer of hope, for my total was 186 pages this combined with two graphic novels under my belt, things are looking up.

Concerning my numbers, I have a total of 4,760 total pages for this year, but the bad news is that I’m 30 days behind schedule , and with 179 days left on this year of reading, it is time to hit warp speed.

For today there’s some epicness ahead, I’ll try to make some headway with Reaper’s Gale, currently on page 371, and begin with a series of the She-Devil with a Sword, Queen Sonja, have been eyeing but haven’t got around to reading it.

For now, I am off to read, and take this cold and rainy December day as a good omen.

azr.

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First Epic December report

A not so epic start to this merry December task.

I could read 73 pages, so that leaves me with 8,868 left, not the start I would like, but once I grab momentum this will flow better.

For today, my immediate goal is to finish the second volume of Peter David’s legendary run on Hulk, this, with the equally amazing Todd Mcfarlane, continue to read the next two issues of Batman: King of Fear, it’s always a delight to see Kelley Jones work on Batman.

And to top it off, the first issue of a pretty particular crossover Conan the Barbarian event, involving Moon Knight from Marvel Comics, and Solomon Kane, another of Robert E. Howard’s famous creations.

For now, I am off to read.

azr.

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An epic December

I have finally finished with my Masters program, on Monday, I presented my final dissertation, it was a positive result, and I have officially received a passing grade.

With that out of my mind I can now focused a bit more on reading, and on this blog.

I have the intention make this December an epic reading event.

To start, I am 27 days behind my reading schedule for this short year.

My current total is 4,022 pages, and there are still 187 days left of reading, in order to get back on schedule my total for December must be 8, 941 pages, a gargantuan task to say the least.

In order to make this happen, I’m planning to intensify my comic book intake, and on the week of Christmas, that’s from December 21 to December 27, I will be doing a readathon of my own creation, with new challenges and surprises each day.

To start off this month with a bang, I will rely on my old friend Batman.

See you tomorrow for my daily update of how those 8,000 pages are coming along.

For now, I am off to read.

azr.

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