At least temporarily. Usually, I read only one book at a time. If I’m reading more than one book at a time, it reminds me back to how swamped I was during my undergraduate days at GW. I felt then there was so much reading that I wasn’t able to devote the time required to [...]
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My Thoughts On Master & Commander
Earlier today, during my lunch break, I managed to complete my reading of Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander. Hands down, Master and Commander has to be one of the better fictional books I’ve read in quite some time (outside of my classics reading). The story was wonderful, the character development fantastic, and the action was [...]
First Impressions – The Arabian Nights
A week ago today, I began my journey with The Arabian Nights. As I mentioned in my post, Short Story Sunday, I had just begun enjoying the short stories in this book. A few days later, I’m just as impressed, if not, more so, than I was last weekend. I’m still finding the stories to [...]
My Thoughts On Pinheads and Patriots
Last night I managed to complete my reading of Bill O’Reilly’s Pinheads and Patriots. It turned out to be a very quick read, hence why I didn’t write a first impressions post. Bill’s writing and tone was as if he was having a discussion at either my dining room table or in my living room. [...]
First Impressions – Pride and Prejudice
The other day, I began my reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. As I begin Volume II, I find myself in somewhat of a quandry. As I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve only read one other book by Jane Austen, and that was Emma. While I found Emma to be light, airy, and somewhat happy go [...]
A Capital Mid-Week Review!
Whoa! It sure does seem like the week is going by at a pretty decent clip so far! In my post, earlier this week, Capital – The Week Ahead, I indicated that I’ve begun the penultimate part of Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I. As I reach the mid-way point of the week, I find that [...]
Capital Volume I Part IV & Looking Ahead To Part V
This evening, I managed to finally complete the fourth part of Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I, entitled, “The Production of Relative Surplus-Value.” As I mentioned in my post Capital Volume I Part III & Looking Ahead To Part IV, this part included the longest chapter in the book, Chapter 15. Clocking in at 140+ pages, [...]
A Capital Midweek Review
As I begin this Wednesday, I find myself at the beginning of Chapter 15: Machinery and Large-Scale Industry in Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I. It is the final chapter of Part IV entitled “The Production of Relative Surplus-Value.” I have found the chapters to be of great interest, especially Chapter 13 – Cooperation. While I [...]
Capital Volume I Part III & Looking Ahead To Part IV
This evening I completed my reading of the third part of Karl Marx’s Capital, Volume I, entitled “The Production of Absolute Surplus-Value.” I found Part III to be quite enjoyable and full of tons of information, and I definitely learned a lot in this part. I won’t go into too much detail about the nitty [...]
Capital Progress
Since my posting the other day, Capital – In A Bit of a Rut, I’ve managed to make some pretty decent progress. I completed the sixth chapter and second part of Capital, along with half of the seventh chapter entitled The Labour Process and the Valorization Process. Here are a few points that I picked [...]
- Book #13 – Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Beltwayliterature [...] completing my reading of The Secret of Chim
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Beltwayliterature Same here! I really enjoyed reading Candide!
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Rachel Bradford I got SO many laughs out of Candide! I wasn't
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