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“I’m reading The Secret World: A History of Intelligence, which is the history of espionage around the world. It’s a magisterial work – some 800 pages. I’m struggling with it, and here’s why: it’s…”
“I just got done reading ‘Casino Royale’ for the third or fourth time. This is the original novel, from 1953. It was the first James Bond novel, written by Ian Fleming from his estate in Jamaica. There…”
“I’m reading more now than at any time in my life. I set a 2014 goal of one book per week , and as of the second week in November, I’m at 58. Additionally, I’ve been keeping track of my reading at…”
“My reading goal in 2014 was 52 books . I ended up reading 66 . My tentative goal for 2015 is to read all of Shakespeare’s 38 plays. I started early with The Merchant of Venice. I read the text first –…”
“I just finished ‘Brave New World,’ a novel written in 1932 which describes the ‘perfection’ of society through science. Parallel to the advancement of science, ‘Brave New World’ deals in the…”