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  • The Well-Educated Mind: Histories

    First it was novels. Then it was autobiographies. Now, it’s history’s turn. As with previous sections in The Well-Educated Mind, Susan Wise Bauer begins with an overview of the genre. Here, she distinguishes between several periods in the history of history: Ancient History Medieval History Renaissance History The “Enlightened,” or “Rational,” Approach Positivism to “Progress-ism” to…

  • The Well-Educated Mind: Novels

    Now that it’s officially summer reading season, I thought I’d give you more of a rundown on the lists in The Well-Educated Mind. You may vaguely remember the overview I gave of the opening section. If not, here it is again. Chapter 5 is “The Story of People: Reading through History with the Novel.” Bauer…

  • 2017 Reading Challenge: May Update

    Well, school’s out for summer, so I’m gonna start blogging again. About the only thing I consistently did through the spring was update you on reading, so let’s pick back up with that. I read 17 books in May, which brings the year up to 67. Because of a line I read in a book…

  • 2017 Reading Challenge: April Update

    This month, I feel like I did a decent job of diversifying my reading. That trend will probably continue going into the summer, although May is gonna be a little crazy. I added 13 books this month, which is back closer to January and February, with 12 of the 13 hitting categories in the challenge.…

  • 2017 Reading Challenge: March Update

    Unlike most months, I did a fair amount of re-reading in order to polish up my ETS paper. In light of that, I only finished 9 new books. I know right? Really slacking off here. Some of these I’ll comment on in more detail later. Also, I left off the categories this time because I…

  • 2017 Reading Challenge: February Update

    I know you’ve waited with baited breath for my update on what I read in February. Or maybe just regular breathing, I’m not actually clear on the difference. Either way, the day has come and here’s the rundown on what I finished up this past month. If you’re keeping score at home, I had 14…

  • 2017 Reading Challenge: January Update

    It’s hard to believe we are already a month into 2017. Time flies when you’re having fun I guess. Unlike last year, I’m not going to reproduce the entire list of the 2017 Reading Challenge each month. Instead, I’ll just offer a quick blurb on each book I read. I’ll also note whether the book…

  • Three Book Lists for the Price of One! (And Some Authors I Like Too!)

    I did quite a bit of reading in 2016, just over 48,000 pages to be exact. I participated in Tim Challies 2016 Reading Challenge (see below for month by month lists) and will probably do so again in 2017. I didn’t complete it, but that’s because I didn’t feel totally constrained to read in the…

  • 2016 Reading Challenge: October Update

    October was a month about getting back in the groove. It took the better part of the month, but I think I’ve finally gotten into a good flow. In a rare turn of events, I even had an entire weekend where I was mostly at home and mostly reading. It was also almost fall for…

  • 2016 Reading Challenge: September Update

    September turned into a busier and more distracting month than I anticipated. I still read a fair amount, finishing the books listed below and making progress on several others for the Tim Challies Reading Challenge. I’m working toward being more focused in general for my reading (pretty sure I said that last month too). I’m behind…