200 Books

I finished up Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosphy last night just before bed. Alex was up way past his bedtime reading one of daddy’s “mageenz” (magazines) and interupting me every five seconds to ask me to name the letters for him. He was adorably imitating Jared’s lay-on-stomach technique for late-night reading – Jared finds it easier to stay awake that way. Alex doesn’t have to make any efforts that direction.

The book was uniformly delightful. I enjoyed every page of it and highly recommend it to one and all. It is a slender volume and worth taking time over. I would read it slowly over the course of a few weeks if I were you.

I have now lined out my reading list for the next six weeks (until school starts).  I am only taking one lit course this semester and it is focused on Medieval Arthurian lit. Much fun! I will be trying to pre-read all of the assigned books – Malory, The Mabinogion, Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain, The Complete Romances of Chretien De Troyes and multiple translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. I will also be trying to read some addtional literature including English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, The Allegory of Love, Medieval and Rennaisance Literature & The Discarded Image all by CS Lewis and Those Terrible Middle Ages by Pernoud and The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend.

I should be busy…

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