Welcome to another Magic Monday, and what a special week it was for my reading.

Everything is going full speed ahead, my challenge of 52 books in 52 weeks challenge is way ahead of schedule, starting week number 34, I’m ready books numbers 40 and 41, still working on Reyes de la Tierra Salvaje by Nicholas Eames, currently on page 415 of 528.My newest challenge, one short story a day, is enjoying a 30-day streak, now I’m working on the collection The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams, which will be book number 41 of year .

Now let’s talk about MY NUMBERS, the current total is 40,087 of the 64,952 pages of this year’s goal, that’s 1,685 registered pages more than last update.I have finally reach the 40,000 pages milestone,time for some celebration, and focusing on the next step, 50,000 pages. According to my projections, in order to get back to schedule for the year of reading, I should be reaching this next milestone by March 14, that’s 35 intense days.

The end of the year projection of total pages, for the second week in a row, had a significant boost, right now is at 59,642 pages, 834 pages more than the last update. My reading schedule is now 21 days behind, this is a 2 day gain from my last update, my mantra, one step at a time, one page at a time, is finally showing off results.

I start week 34 with a deficit of 3,976 pages, and a total 5,222 pages to get back to balance, the good news is that I had a whopping 710 pages more for this week’s quota, and the total for the month of February, which is 4,984 pages, has now a total of 1,943 pages, representing almost a 40% of the total in just one week.Just the motivation I needed to keep on grinding away.

For the first 500,000 pages, I have only 109,336 pages left, and the new date of reaching that goal is November 1, 2025, that’s 18 days earlier than the last projection, finally, I’ll make an extra effort to close into the middle of year 2025, but my sights are still pointed at March 20, 2023 as the desired date to reach the first half of the challenge, that gap narrowed from 966 to 948 days behind schedule.

The second part of the journey, or the other 500,000 pages, my weekly pages needed are now 1,712 with a daily average of 245 pages, a 2 page a day drop from the last projection.

Now for the golden prize of 1,000,000 pages, to my delight, the projections puts it 7,594 days away, a 43 day gain from the last projection, making the end date is November 23, 2042, that’s 4,189 days after the original plan, 36 days less that the last projection. This passed few weeks my momentum forward has been at least a month of time gained, still, my eye on the prize of the coveted end date of 2031, and the very special trip to close-out the final pages of my journey.

To summary the numbers from my Journey Back.

• Pages to reach 500,000: 109,336 pages
• Days to reach 1,000,000: 7,594days
• Days behind schedule: 4,189 days

Now back to work on the 50,000-page milestone, and hitting my daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

Off to read.

azr.

Finally, Magic Monday are officially back, this would be the third week in a row that my procrastination doesn’t get the best of me, and I post how the week’s reading was.

Now, lets get down to business, the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge is still running smoothly, starting week number 33, and I’m already 100 pages into book number 40 of year, Reyes de la Tierra Salvaje by Nicholas Eames , the first book of the epic adventures of the mercenary band Saga, how I jump to book number 40 from book number 38 from last week, well, I finished the short story collection Dreams Underfoot by Charles DeLint, part of the my newest challenge, one short story a day, which now is entering its 24th straight day .

Now let’s talk about MY NUMBERS, the current total is 38,402 of the 64,952 pages of this year’s goal, that’s 1,590 registered pages more than last update.My next milestone, 40,000 pages, that according to my projections, should have been reached two weeks ago, and I was aiming to surpass by today, is still 1,598 pages away, judging by this week’s reading, I’ll probably be celebrating by the next Magic Monday this huge milestone.

The end of the year projection of total pages had a significant boost, right now is at 58,808 pages, 734 pages more than the last update. My reading schedule is now 23 days behind, this is a 2 day gain from my last update, my mantra, one step at a time, one page at a time, is finally showing off results.

I start week 33 with a deficit of 4,686 pages, and a total 5,932 pages to get back to balance, the good news is that I had 187 pages more for this week’s quota, and the total for the month of January, which is 5,518 pages, has now a 469 page surplus, leaving 4,150 pages to get back to balance. Being the month February the shortest of the year, and hence the one with the smallest monthly quota, I´ll take it as a motivation to keep on grinding away.

For the first 500,000 pages, I have only 111,024 pages left, and the new date of reaching that goal is November 19, 2025, that’s 16 days earlier than the last projection, finally, I’ll make an extra effort to close into the middle of year 2025, but my sights are still pointed at March 20, 2023 as the desired date to reach the first half of the challenge, that gap narrowed from 993 to 977 days behind schedule.

The second part of the journey, or the other 500,000 pages, my weekly pages needed are now 1,728 with a daily average of 247 pages, a 2 page a day drop from the last projection.

Now for the golden prize of 1,000,000 pages, to my delight, the projections puts it 7,637 days away, a 41 day gain from the last projection, making the end date is December 29, 2042, that’s 4,225 days after the original plan, 34 days less that the last projection. Finally, just reached 2042, still, my eye on the prize of the coveted end date of 2031, and the very special trip to close-out the final pages of my journey.

To summary the numbers from my Journey Back.

• Pages to reach 500,000: 111,024 pages
• Days to reach 1,000,000: 7,637 days
• Days behind schedule: 4,225 days

Now back to work to reach the 40,000-page milestone, and hitting my daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

Off to read.

azr.

Welcome to the second Magic Monday on a row that’s actually a Monday, I plan to keep this streak for the foreseeable future .

Now, lets get down to business, the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge is still running smoothly, starting week number 32, and I’m about to start book number 38 of year, Matemáticas para las Hadas, my the late Mexican author F.G. Haghenbeck, being the story of Ada Byron, genius mathematician, and daughter of famous English poet Lord Byron.

Now let’s talk about MY NUMBERS, the current total is 36,812 of the 64,952 pages of this year’s goal, that’s 1,310 registered pages more than last update.My next milestone, 40,000 pages, that according to my projections I should have reach it last Monday. This leaves me still 3,188 pages, and hopefully in a couple of weeks, I´ll reach that coveted next stepping stone.

The end of the year projection of total pages had a little boost, right now is at 58,074 pages, 324 pages more than the last update. My reading schedule is now 25 days behind, this is a 3 day loss from my last update, this is something I have been struggling with, but as my mantra for the last few months, one step at a time, one page at a time.

I started week 32 with a deficit of 4,873 pages, and a total 6,119 pages to get back to balance, I came short by 54 pages.The January monthly quota there’s still 964 pages left ,and 5,583 to get back to balance, number that should be reach by the end of the month February, motivation enough to keep on grinding away.

For the first 500,000 pages, I have only 112,614 pages left, and the new date of reaching that goal is December 5, 2025, that’s 13 days earlier than the last projection, finally, I’ll make an extra effort to close into the middle of year 2025, but my sights are still pointed at March 20, 2023 as the desired date to reach the first half of the challenge, that gap narrowed from 1,006 to 993 days behind schedule.

The second part of the journey, or the other 500,000 pages, my weekly pages needed are now 1,741 with a daily average of 249 pages, a 1 page a day drop from the last projection.

Now for the golden prize of 1,000,000 pages, to my delight, the projections puts it 7,678 days away, a 31 day gain from the last projection, making the end date is February 1, 2043, that’s 4,283 days after the original plan, 24 days less that the last projection. In spite of everything, I managed to edge closer to 2042, with my eye on the prize of the coveted end date of 2031, and the very special trip to close-out the final pages of my journey.

To summary the numbers from my Journey Back.

• Pages to reach 500,000: 112,614 pages
• Days to reach 1,000,000: 7,678 days
• Days behind schedule: 4,259 days

Now back to work to reach the 40,000-page milestone, and hitting my daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

Off to read.

azr.

Magic Monday are finally back, and it only took me a month to get them back on track, I deserve a reward.

Now, lets get down to business, the 52 books in 52 weeks challenge is still running smoothly, starting week number 31, and I’m about 1/2 done with book number 34 of year, the third and final book, The Stone Sky, of the Hugo Award winning series The Broken Earth by the amazingly talented author N.K. Jemisin, and the final confrontation between daughter and mother is just looming over the horizon, as we learn what passed civilizations had some hidden agendas for the use of the mysterious obelisks, and the oreneges true purpose.

Now let’s talk about MY NUMBERS, the current total is 35,502 of the 64,952 pages of this year’s goal, that’s 1,245 registered pages more than last update.My next milestone, 40,000 pages, that according to my projections I should have reach it today, January 17, 2022. Leaving me with 4,498 pages short, but judging with how this couple of weeks have developed, I’ll close that gap pretty soon.

The end of the year projection of total pages gained a little amount of ground, right now is at 57,750 pages, 499 pages more than the last update. My reading schedule, better known as my Achilles heel, is now 28 days behind, this is a 2 day loss from my last update, this is something I have been struggling with, but as my mantra for the last few months, one step at a time, one page at a time.

I started week 31 with a deficit of 4,819 pages, and a total 6,065 pages to get back to balance, I had 416 pages of surplus this week, ending week 30 with a total of 1662.The January monthly quota there’s still 2,156 pages left , and 6,775 to get back to balance, number that should be reach by the end of the month, motivation enough to keep on grinding away.

For the first 500,000 pages, I have only 113,924 pages left, and the new date of reaching that goal is December 18, 2025, that’s 10 days earlier than the last projection, finally, I’ll make an extra effort to close into the middle of year 2025, but my sights are still pointed at March 20, 2023 as the desired date to reach the first half of the challenge, that gap narrowed from 1,016 to 1,006 days behind schedule.

The second part of the journey, or the other 500,000 pages, my weekly pages needed are now 1,753 with a daily average of 250 pages, a 1 page a day drop from the last projection.

Now for the golden prize of 1,000,000 pages, to my delight, the projections puts it 7,709 days away, a 31 day gain from the last projection, making the end date is February 25, 2043, that’s 4,283 days after the original plan, 25 days less that the last projection. In spite of everything, I managed to edge closer to 2042, with my eye on the prize of the coveted end date of 2031, and the very special trip to close-out the final pages of my journey.

To summary the numbers from my Journey Back.

• Pages to reach 500,000: 113,924 pages
• Days to reach 1,000,000: 7,709 days
• Days behind schedule: 4,283 days

Now back to work to reach the 40,000-page milestone, and hitting my daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

Off to read.

azr.