first meeting thoughts

When I received the first book, I recognized it as having received it many years ago. I read about half of it (500 pages) before I received the second book. without finishing the first I immediately jumped into the second book. I got about 1/3 of the way through that when I received the 3rd book. Here again without completing either of the previous books I jumped into the new book. I did not get very far into it because I ran into repeated or redundant material found in the second book. It slowed my interest. But when I received the invitation to start the meetings and listen to the presentation, I found myself reinvigorated to go back and read some the things that were discussed in the meeting which I had not yet read. I hope to spend most of the next 30 days catching up to be ready for what is yet to come.
Thank you.
Dave