I Guess We'll Try This Again...

I've been reading a lot lately.  Mostly on my train commute to and from work.  In the past, I enjoyed reading but because I read at a slow pace due to words jumbling or new words popping in out of no where, I would always get frustrated.  As of the past few months though, I've noticed an improvement in my speed and just reading in general.  I've been going through books quicker than ever lately; enjoying them and feeling very accomplished if I finish 50 pages a day (generally it's 25 pages to work, 25 on the way home).

I've also found that joining sites like Good Reads and PaperBookSwap give me more incentive to read more.  Tracking my progress on Good Reads, listing books I've read in the past as well as listing books that I want to read in the future...it gives me something to look forward to.

Good Reads also has a bookswap section that's really nice but PaperBookSwap seems to be just a tad better.  PaperBookSwap let's me get rid of books that I don't want anymore in my library to those who request them and in return, I get a book credit for a book that's on my wishlist.  I think it's a fair deal.  Good Reads has the same deal but if someone requests a book from you, they pay the postage and vice versa.  With PaperBookSwap, you pay the postage when someone requests a book from you and vice versa.  I've already sent out 4 books and I have 2 books coming in to me so my library is sort of continuing it's equilibrium.

Anyways, let's see how this little blog goes again.  Sometimes...140 characters is just not enough to get what I want out there.

...it's all comics back to me now...

...recently, i find myself getting back into comics. with all the comic book movies coming out and recently my girlfriend buying us tickets to go to the NYC Comic Con at the Javits...wait...that was way back in February...but still. I bought a bunch of TPB (trade paper back) at the convention and just recently i've been reading them on my way to work.

...i must say Ultimate XMen has revived my urge to go to my local comic shop to buy Volume 2 of the TPB. just yesterday, on my lunchbreak, i almost did that...but while squatting there in the aisle of the graphic novels, debating in my hand to get a Transformers TPB, or the new Green Lantern TPB...I spotted something that I had to get (also was a bit cheaper too):

...yes i'm a nerd, a forum lurker, and a video game comic fan (check out Penny Arcade and Ctrl Alt Del ... two of my favorite gamer/nerd comics...you can find me on the PA Forums as well. I post sometimes here and there...a lot of times praising the Zune <3). i have to say i'm very excited about this purchase. it contains all of the early strips from PA, along with sketches and little tidbits about each comic...

...but after this i have an option of 2 very different comic TPB's that I have. I can either read The Preacher: Gone To Texas or Superman: Till Death Do Us Part. I also have #1-3 of 52 but I feel I cannot start this because I have been out of the DC world in a long time and I have no idea what has happened since the the last Crisis and why Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are gone. Can anyone enlighten me?