Last month NPR ran a story about Charles Dickens on what would have been his 200th birthday, which got me thinking about how I hadn't read any of his books. So, I decided to take on
Great Exectations, and found that I enjoyed it. I'll be honest, there were parts that I found long and wordy, but there were also parts that were very engaging and I liked where Dickens was going with the story, I thought that it was an important lesson that Pip learns. In my opinion, it was to value the people who have been there for you more than what you can gain out of others. Mostly, I was glad that I'd finally given Charles Dickens a read and am not altogether opposed to reading some of his other books, I just wish I had more time to do it!
I am currently reading Rachel Maddow's
Drift and about to begin Diane Ravitch's
The Death and Life of the Great American School System, How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. I will post as soon as I finish Drift with an update, but, I sincerely recommend this book based on what I have read so far. It is riveting information that was carefully researched and thoughtfully written, it covers how and why we go to war in our country and traces those reasons to specific times in our history. Fascinating.
