[sprmario]

i'm doing something similar. I've got a lot of books. When I started playing, some friends who have played a long time and are winning players recommended I read the books so I went out and bought them. I haven't read all of them through seriously, but I am going through them now in the following order very seriously and highlighting and marking up pages that I find to be of particular value.

1. ITH
2. ToP
3. SSH
4. HFAP

I then plan to read super system 2 when that comes out.

My plan is to spend around 1 hour per night reading. I highlight and mark up the book where I see concepts that I have not applied already. I also mark up explanations for concepts that I don't think I had a good understanding about.

I'm giving SSH a read first because I just got it and I have read the others already... i'm then going to go back and read all 4 in that order and really study them.