Reading List for September, 2021: Too Little, Too Late

A busier than normal schedule and longer than normal books made for a shorter than normal list this month. Still, there were couple really great reads. Empires of the Sea by Roger Crowley Empires of the Sea is the second Roger Crowley book I’ve read. It won’t be the last. After reading his breathtaking description…

October was a good month for reading. There is a decent variety, but a strong undercurrent of war and desolation. That’s just the way it happened… 1939: A People’s History of the Coming of the Second World War by Frederick Taylor The years leading up to the Second World War have always fascinated me. Most…

Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan After reviewing the first few “Wheel of Time” books individually, I decided to wait and do a review of the entire series after I had finished it. At the outset, I feel the need to explain my reading process. Given that each one of these books HUGE, the…

Troy by Stephen Fry Several months ago I read Homer’s Iliad, and, I must say, I found Stephen Fry’s retelling of the epic story in his latest work, “Troy”, to be much more enjoyable. As with his previous two works, Mythos and Heroes, Fry engagingly brings to life the ancient Greek narratives without sacrificing their…

A very frustrating month where I read a ton, but only finished one book. Things are looking better for May though… On the Future of our Educational Institutions by Friedrich Nietzsche My Philosophy professors this summer have developed a maddening habit of assigning portions of books for us to read. The result is that I…

Here’s what I read in July. Not as long a list this time, but some really substantial material. The Lives of Ordinary People in Ancient Israel: Where Archaeology and the Bible Intersect by William G. Dever I found this book it to be very informative, and a worthwhile read for anybody interested in Old Testament…