How's My Reading Going?

I made my own AO-ish reading schedule for two terms along with the boys' school schedules. I'm keeping up with it okay, but narrations have gone by the wayside (except for the ones from Golden Windows, because I might need synopses of each chapter to schedule specific ones later if it's used for AO).

Golden Windows is easy reading, but sometimes a little too moralistic. I think selected chapters may be useful. The nice thing about this book is that the chapters are short and not too difficult to understand, like parables From Nature.

Stories from Herodotus is boring, hard to follow, and unpleasant because it talks about wars, battle plans and cruel deeds - such as kings killing the little sons of men who disappointed them. It confirms my belief that history is nothing more than one bloodbath after another, at least political history. I much prefer to read what people ate, what kind of houses they lived in and how they parented and educated their children.

Stories from the Greek Tragedians isn't so political, but filled with lots of sad episodes. At least it's more interesting.

Scotland's Story is pretty good. Maybe I just like anything by H.E. Marshall. She has a way of adding in the kind of details I like, rather than go through one horrific war after another. After this book, I've decided to read her history of Germany. I've always wanted to know more about these places and their history, and her children's books are an enjoyable and painless way to do that.