Birth Year Readings III
Saturday September 28, 2013 was my birthday.
Since my 2011 birthday I track, each birth year what I’ve been reading. Only comic books, comic book trades and books. If I tossed in blogs, magazines and cereal boxes this would be a horribly long and boring blog post.
So recently I wrapped Season 2 and now, sans drum roll here are the results…
Season 2: September 28, 2012 to September 27, 2013 I read:
466 comics(monthlys, annuals and one shots)
43 books (still mostly non-fiction but I’ve been rediscovering the novel)
100 comic book trades
And for fun…
Season 1: September 28, 2011 to September 27, 2012 I read:
486 comic books (monthlys and one shots)
35 books (non-fiction mostly)
99 comic book trades (dagnabbit, had I known I was so close I’d have pushed for 1 more)
Whew. Sad thing is, though that may seem like a lot of reading I am not even denting all that’s been written and all that’s been published. Combined this reading would barely stock a small book store. Madness.
Still undaunted I read on! Well, at least until Season 3 concludes on Sunday September 28, 2014.
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Birth Year Readings II
Friday September 28, 2012 was my birthday.
Not a particular milestone, another notch on the belt of time. Though one year ago I started Birth Year Readings…from birthday to birthday I was curious to see how much I read. I did not include all the various articles, blogs I tend to chew on, rather focusing on my three primary food groups: comics books (monthlys and one shots), books (like with no picture…novels to non-fiction) and comic book trades (collections anywhere from 4 issues to 10 or more).
And it turned out to be a crazy experiment.
From September 28, 2011 to September 27, 2012 I read:
486 comic books (monthlys and one shots)
35 books (non-fiction mostly)
99 comic book trades (dagnabbit, had I known I was so close I’d have pushed for 1 more)
Nuty nuts that is. Still let’s do it all over again and see how much I complete by Friday September 27, 2013.
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