July 2011 Archive

I love chess, but that should not be confused with me actually being any good at it.  Every now and then, though, I surprise myself.  In this Sunday morning game …

Extraordinary.

Dialogues by Plato

This covers 4 of the 5 most popular dialogues written by Plato excluding The Republic which, as a text that has moved me profoundly, will get its …

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

I began noticing this book all over the airports about 2 years ago.  It’s hard to miss due to the …

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A novel that builds continuously to the end, A Tale of Two Cities is one of the most eloquently written texts I …

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

It took an impressively short amount of time to read this (2 days—which is short compared to my average reading time of 2 …