200 day march

Well, my plan to read 100 pages of Storm of Swords didn’t sailed has smoothly as I will hope, of said goal my progress was only 25 pages, a quarter of my original intent. The next day I only read 4 pages of the book. Can I say more. This gives a total of 9,815 pages, slow progress. In happier news I was going through my Hellboy comic collection (both the printed and digital material ) and found out that I haven’t read a couple of graphic novels in the seven year that this project has been active, so it’s time to revisit some old friends. The left one is Volume 7: The Troll Witch and Others, the right one is Volume 2: Wake the Devil, I’m so excited to delve into this mysterious and dark world, which it feels just like home. The other good news is that my comic book stash grew exponentially thanks to a mega bundle in comixology. I found it by chance, the bundle consist of 141 comic books and more than 5,000 pages from publisher Dynamite Entertainment and include the like of Red Sonja, Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time, George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards and much more, all for the measly price of 6 dollars. If your interested here is the link http://www.comixology.com/The-Dynamite-Mega-Bundle-Pt-2/bundle/914 So I have replenish my stock and ready for the challenge ahead. Happy Readings azr

So I started my new reading goal with a bang. But as I slowly got into it my numbers sort of mellow out.

Part of it I think is that my head and my body are trying to tell me that I also need to rest.

I’ll figure some strategy to balance this two things. Caffeine is ever present but this task I think asks for something more.

Well here are the numbers for the first 7 days.

March 28-208 pages

March 29-353 pages

March 30-212 pages

March 31-148 pages

April 1- 11 pages

April 2-87 pages

April 3-89 pages

As you can see some great days some not so much.

So that’s 8,331 pages down, 41,669 pages to go.

For now I’ll keep reading Storm of Swords and finish my gigantic cup of coffee.

Happy Readings

azr

The last few months have been a real whirlwind.

Between life itself and having a new member in my family, time has the tendency to evaporate.

In the reading front my progress has been decent (given the circumstances) ,but not to my complete satisfaction.

A couple of weeks back we had the opportunity to take a small road trip to the city of Casas Grandes ( about 170 miles southwest from Ciudad Juarez, my hometown) and it gave me a chance to reconnect, to unwind and refocused.

Being surrounded by the mighty desert and exploring the ruins of the majestic lost city of Paquime with my beloved wife and my amazing kids This will always have a positive effect on my mood. And to top it off staying in a charming B & B, well that just made this that much more special.

WP_000124 — A shot from the museum in Paquime

WP_000126 — A shot from an interior garden in the museum of Paquime

WP_000128 — A scale model depicting how Paquime was originally build.

WP_000150 — An interior courtyard in the museum of Paquime.

WP_000151 — The interior patio from the B&B “Las Guacamayas”

WP_000152 — A shot of the rooms at the B&B “Las Guacamayas”

WP_000153 — A shot of the interior Patio at the B&B “Las Guacamayas”

This trip got me thinking about my reading goal and the direction of this blog.

It gave me the idea of starting a couple of new sections.

The first one I’m going to call it “Ambulat” which is a derivation of a greek word that means “to walk”. It’s main purpose is creating a space to share my little road trips around my region, and eventually, here’s to hoping,around the world.

The second one I’m going to call it “200 day march” starting on march 28 I have exactly 200 days left until the end of the seventh year of this project. The idea is to push myself and reach the gargantuan task of reading 50,000 pages. Wish me luck. This will be follow by daily progress entry.

So to catch up to speed here are some quick numbers

Total Pages : 157,323 pages

For year seven : 8,235 pages down 41,765 pages to go

Days left until the end of Lost in a Million Pages: 5,909 days

As of now I’m working on this three bad boys, pretty awesome each in their own accord.

I have a long weekend ahead, that only can mean one thing, BINGE READING!!!!

Happy readings

It’s good to be back

azr

Tag: 200 day march

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