Irish Jason, before you jump into a routine of hard study I would seek out your options and that might work better for you.
Not evey one can learn soley from books. The folk on here have given you number of options like ground school, CBT as well as sensable advice about study planning You have the net at your disposal too if you get my drift.
The best advice I got when I did mine from the CFI was "RTFQ"
READ THE F***ING Question! which I forgot on numerous ocassions
