’tis the season to be reading

My October and November reading was, to put it gently, underwhelming. Now as December approaches its final leg I´m determined not to let this cold streak reach the third month in a row. Although it is a monumental task, my plans for the end of the year total deserve a bit of extra effort on my part.

So what is the task you might ask, well, there are 9 days left to read 4,209 pages, which is around 468 pages per day, as I said, not the easiest of challenges but one that will surely be the steppingstone toward the first year over 100,000 total pages, this year in particular deserves it. My projection sits at 78,409 pages. There´s some catching up to do.

For this gargantuan task, I brought a familiar friend and one of my all-time favorite series in any medium, Berserk by the late great Kentaro Miura.

Now to jump into the deep end.

Off to read.

Azriel

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At the edge of the knife

I’m at that point where the whole year of reading can go south in a heartbeat. Although my projections still put this year’s reading over the 80,000-page mark.

My current pace of reading puts me on pace to finish with the projected pages for the year, but just barely, not the whopping 120,000 pages projected at the end of the second month.

But have no fear, I will not allow myself to stir away from that gargantuan accomplishment. These will not slip my hand. At the end of the year of reading, there will be 100,000 registered pages, the first of the project, but not the last.

Off to read.

azr

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Wise advice

I just finished reading, or better said, rereading Ray Bradbury’s amazing novel Fahrenheit 451, and while researching some of the background on the origin of the story, I found an amazing quote.

‘You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.’

Ray Bradbury

Well, Mr. Bradbury, I’ll just take your advice to heart.

Off to read

azriel

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40,000 pages

Those last 600 pages to reach the milestone of 40,000 pages for the sixteen year of reading were quite trialing.

But, Alas, here we are, still some days away from the middle of the year, and with the possibility of reading 100,000 pages, just barely above that magic number, but with a real chance of achieving this earth shattering task.

I foresee some intense periods of reading, aligning with a few changes in my life, but if anything, I’ll use the upcoming tribulations as fuel for my inner fire.

Off to read.

azr

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About the last 3 weeks

To say that the last 3 weeks of reading had been shitty would be the biggest understatement of the current year of reading.

And no, I’m not being dramatic. The combined total of the month October is 321 pages, being October 12, the best day of reading with a total of 90 pages. Underwhelming, to say the least.

To salvage this month and the bare minimum total to feel at least comfortable with the trajectory of the year will be to reach a total of 5,518 pages.

It’s not a small task, but one that I’ll better get right into it.

Off to read.

azriel

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There’s only time

I refuse to break my 16-week streak of achieving the total quota of reading. The only thing standing between me and keeping it alive is 1,178 pages.

For the next 5 hours, I have only one task in my scope.

Off to read.

azriel

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Beacons of hope

After many months of hiatus, I’m finally back and with a vengeance.

This year has proven to be a behemoth. Each and every one of the categories or milestones that have crossed my path have been achieved with flying colors.

Today marks the 123 day of reading, and I’m already way ahead of schedule, 93 days to be precise. My current total is 38,589 pages, and if this pace is kept, the final tally would put me around the astronomical total of 118,000 pages, which gives me the motivation to at least shoot for the first year over 70,000 pages or better yet, to cross the threshold into a realm that I could have never imagining, but I will not get ahead of myself.

On the broader picture, and since I have already achieved the very significant milestone of getting past the first half of the project, currently at the astounding total of 521,150 pages, my focus has shifted toward two goals.

The first is to get to the next milestone of 3/4 of the way or reach the 750,000 page mark, which, according to my projections, I will achieve on May 4, 2030. Not an ideal date, for it would only leave me with a little over a year to read the final quarter of the project, but as always, this number is slowly dwindling.

The other goal or the whole enchilada, as the namesake of the project clearly states, is to reach the 1,000,00 page mark. Currently, the end date is July 11, 2037, making me 6 years, 1 month, and 6 days late. This date has seen the most drastic shift. In the last 4 months, it has decreased by almost 2 years. The fact of the matter is to keep pounding away at those pages, and eventually, I’ll achieve balance.

One of my current “side quests” was to read a whole bunch of books that have been sitting on my shelves for far too long in an expanse of two months. I’m not pleased to say that there’s still 6 whole books left, and with only 8 days left on the deadline, it’s nearly impossible to reach that goal. Knowing me, that “nearly impossible” is always the catalyst for the craziest and most bat-shit crazy reading sessions.

With that in mind, I’ll better get back to reading.

It’s good the back to dwell between my most beloved abode, to get lost in an infinite sea of ink and words.

Thanks for staying connected and keeping the fire going, I really appreciate it.

Azriel D

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A.D.N.

3 little letters that will contain everything this project was always meant to be.

I will shortly be back to writing and share the amazing progress that year sixteen of Lost in a Million Pages has presented.

Off to read

azr

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Daily Journal: July 31,2023

All in all, the weekend was really productive for my reading. I could tally almost 14 hours of total reading, but more importantly, I got to page 936 of Alan Moore’s Jerusalem, not quite the original goal, but a triumph.

Also, I finished the novella A Frost of Fear and Fortitude, which had been my favorite story from the Levanthria series, that dark spin on Saint Nick was just perfect. Hopefully, A.P. Beswick will make some more stories, besides the upcoming A Frost of Death and Deceit, to be released on December 1, 2023.

The only task left for the month of July is to reach the 12,000 net pages. Right now, I’m looking at 286 pages to do so. The best course of action is to read a bit of Mr. Moore’s book and finish the night with some graphic novels.

With that in mind.

Off to read

azriel

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Daily Journal: July 30,2023

Yesterday was a very productive day of reading, from the challenge of reading those elusive 24 hours over the weekend, a monumental task that only achieved twice in several tries, I was able to rack up 9 hours 25 minutes, and 14 seconds, not bad for not really trying.

Hopefully, today will turn out to be at least as productive as yesterday, if the clocks passed the 12 hours mark, then I’ll be more than satisfied. The truth of the matter is that the true goal is to hit those mini challenges to close out the week of reading on a high note.

Speaking of which, and as posted in yesterday’s entry, the four challenges go as follows:

  • Reach page 950 of Alan Moore’s Jerusalem (currently on page 852)
  • Finished the third book of the Levantria Series A Kingdom of Courage and Cruelty
  • Read the novella “A Frost of Fear and Fortitude” (currently on page 43 of 128)
  • Read 12,000 net pages on the month of July, my current total is 11,525, leaving only 475 pages for the next two days.

On the broader picture there was some forward momentum. In the next milestone, to reach 750,000 pages, the new date is set to be October 16, 2030, pretty close to the deadline of the whole project, but has decreased by 56 days in the last two weeks. My goal to reach this next waystation is on April, 2027. which puts me 1,266 days behind, things that doesn’t make me sweat, judging by my reading rhythm, I’ll get way faster than that.

For the major prize, the current date of achieving the herculean task is now on February 17, 2038. The last time I calculated this projection, back on June 12, my end date was February of 2039, that means that over a month of reading I have close the gap to a whole year less, pretty impressive if you ask me.

The main focus of today will be Alan Moore´s Jerusalem, and lighten the mood, I´ll throw in some graphic novels. I have considering revisiting one of my favorite Green Lantern story-arcs, Blackest Night, written by Geoff Johns back in 2009, and it shaped Green Lantern as we know it today, which remains one of the few series that I read from the major two comic publishers.

Off to read.

azriel

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