I finally finished Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Reading it is like reading 3 books. I really enjoyed it, but I tired of Ayn making the same point over and over. She could have easily cut that book by half and not lost a thing. I have to say though, she really gave me something to think about.
Additionally, Sarah and I are making our way through the new Harry Potter.
I’ve been reading Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged for the last few days. I’m only into a little over 20%. That is when I figured out who John Galt is…couldn’t Ayn have made it a little more difficult to guess? If you solve a mystery when a book is only 20% of the way done, doesn’t it kind of ruin the climax? As soon as I guessed it I went to Wikipedia to verify it. I had seen a list of all the characters there earlier, but refused to read who John Galt was, because I didn’t want to spoil it. Upon confirming my suspicion…I learned a little more than I should have…so just a word to those who don’t want the mystery completely spoiled…after you have your own idea…just believe it and don’t try to find out too much too fast.
I have been reading quite a bit lately. I read Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead. I also finished Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis. I’m reading a little from Montaigne’s Essays for my 10 year reading plan. And I’m back tracking and studying a little philosophy with some lectures from The Teaching Company called An Introduction to Greek Philosophy. Currently I’m working my way through Ayn Rand’s Atlus Shrugged. That is going to take me a while.
