Balancing act, part one

My weekend was a productive one, not gargantuan numbers, but fairly decent.

I’m at the cusp of finish Assassin Apprentice, currently on page 328, and still trying to find a printed copy of the second volume, in the mean time I have a backup plan to keep on reading.

The other thing I read this weekend was the second part of Tom King’s Batman: City of Bane, the threat is not always so clear, especially when the multiverse is involved, great read.

For today I plan to start the latest volume of Detective Comics, at least the most recent here in Mexico, written by the extraordinary Peter J. Tomasi.

Hopefully I’ll chip away some pages, for I still have 5,455 pages to go on January, and 26,372 pages to go for this year of reading.

For now, I am off to read.

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Week plans, football and reading

Today starts the NFL playoffs, I have been following football for as long as I can remember, and watching the Superbowl for more than 30 years.

On my favorite things to do, it holds the fifth slot after reading, books, comics, and eating, right now I am watching my favorite team, Indianapolis Colts, face a really tough rival in the Buffalo Bills, let’s hope we survive this week.

In between snaps, I will be reading all that I can, I still have 5,672 pages to go on January.

To try to chip off some pages I’ll keep on reading Assassin Apprentice, currently on page 312, and I will start the new comic book series Star Wars- The High Republic, taking place in the golden age of the Republic, some 200 years before the events of Episode IV

For now, I am off to read

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Slowly finding balance

It has been a couple of slow reading days, nothing to worry about, but I need to step it up.

My total for yesterday’s reading was 123 pages, still working on Assassin Apprentice, currently on page 242, and read a big chunk of Planet Hulk, the fight between Silver Savage and Green Scar is epic.

I still have 5,953 pages to read in January, and 26,870 pages for (Y-13), a gargantuan task but doable.

Fortunately in February the girls from 24in48 readathon are back, and as always it’s a great event to read my eyes off.

Check out their latest post to see how can you participate.

For now, I am off to read.

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Balancing progress

The good news is that this year of reading I have yet to have one day without reading.

The not so great news is that I have not yet catch the rythm I need to get to my goal.

That’s why I have deployed my plan to get back on track, which originally was to read about 9,000 in January, pretty farfetched.

So came up with a three month rollout, and for the month of January it came to be a total of 6,505 pages, from which, I still have 6,076 to go.

I just have passed the halfway of Robin Hobb’s Assassin Apprentice, currently on page 214, and started re-reading one of my favorite comic story arc, Planet Hulk.

Let’s chip away at those pages.

For now, I am off to read.

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Happy 129th birthday to Professor Tolkien

A long time ago, in Bloemfontein, South Africa, a remarkable writer was born that came and change the world of fantasy literature forever.

I place The Lord of the Rings in the top place of my favorite books, this is mostly because it was that one book that got me really into reading, but most importantly I read them during a really dark emotional period for me.

I don’t say this lightly, but it help me to keep afloat, and not to sick on a really dark chasm.

For that I am forever grateful.

So rise a glass in salute, and may the wonder of Middle-Earth never ends.

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Balancing

It was nearly a month since I updated my digital reading files, also known as the keepers of the numbers, they contain every single thing I have read, and/or planned to read.

Over the years I have narrowed it down to two files.

As my update progress I found the next challenge waiting at the end of a spreadsheet.

I had a notion of how far behind my reading schedule is, but over 9,000 pages, I need to fix this now.

I probably take this next three months to achieve this balance, let’s see how this progresses.

For now, I am off to read.

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The beginning of a new year

Yesterday was a day to tidy up, and to start this new year the best way possible.

I wanted to start this year of my precious blog by saluting all who are kind enough to accompany me on this journey, and to share some of the numbers from 2020.

Although I say some a slight decrease of traffic from the previous year, it still was an amazing response to each and every post.

I almost hit the 2,000 mark, but this year I planned to post more often and with some new material lined up, I am sure it will be another great year of blogging.

But the most satisfying is to see that each year I reach new countries, and I am more than grateful to share these journey with such a diverse audience.

Concerning my numbers for this year of reading, I can officially say that year thirteen will not be my worst, for I have surpassed the numbers of year 4, which I had a total of 8,730 pages, and I am currently looking at a total of 8,804 pages, this, with 155 days left on my year of reading, which I have stated in passed post is going to be a bit shorter, for I am adjusting my finishing date to coincide with my birthday.

There are still 29,180 pages left on my goal of reading for this year, so with that in mind.

I am off to read.

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Plans for the final day of the year

Yesterday I finished reading a couple of graphic novels.

Both of them were second volumes of story I have been meaning to read, Moonshine and Agent of the Empire.

Two totally different tones for each story, Werewolves and jar Whiskey, against intergalactic espionage, but really enjoyable.

Today will be pretty similar, we will have an early celebratory dinner, and probably celebrate the turning of the year in our warm and cozy bed.

This of course with some reading material.

Some Morrison and Miller to close out the year.

For now, I am off to read.

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The last breathes of 2020

With this bizarre year almost at its end, I plan to end it doing some of my favorite things.

To start, I’ll cook a traditional Mexican dish, at least for my family, to celebrate the end of this shit of an excuse of year we called 2020.

I’ll post some pictures of the end product.

The other two things to end this year right, firstly, is to fatten up my bookshelves for next year.

The newest arrivals from independent Mexican publishing house, Paraiso Perdido.

And my second, and honestly favorite end of year tradition, is trying some new spirit from the ever growing list of new takes on our rich tradition of beverages, for this occasion it will be a small bottle of Mezcal Arriba Juarez

This one came with some other goodies as company.

I sincerely hope that you are keeping safe and healthy, and that the upcoming year will be far better than the one we are about to leave.

For now, I am off to read, and prepare my end of year report.

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Final numbers of “Seven of reading “

What an amazing week of reading.

I was on a reading slump , this week was a much needed jolt of energy to move forward with the rest of this year.

Concerning the 21 tasks that comprised the week , I am glad to inform that 20 were completed, leaving only read 6 hours in one day, it was part of the last day , and honestly I only completed half of it.

The greatest thing was to finish the seventh book of The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Reaper’s Gale, I have been working on it for a while as the threat of The Crippled God gets closer to blow everything away.

The other task from the last day was to start a new book, I did not only that but also started a new series from critically acclaimed author Robin Hobb.

But the most important thing was the sheer amount of total pages, 2,577, this over 1 book, 4 comic books, and 13 graphic novels.

I’ll try keep this pace up to close this bizarre year with a bang.

For now, I am off to read.

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