What I read last month.
Still giving a focus to the Medieval era while making time for other thins, it got interesting as I reached the Islamic Golden Age, which coincided with Europe's Dark Ages, and had to read the Koran. In fact, due to a quirk in my scheduling, I read scripture from Moses, Jesus and Mohammed all in one month, and was struck with the similarities, differences and dark glass in all three. My less than reverent commentary on the scripture, and on some related works by and about Arabs, appears below.
Also, to avoid being spoiled by the ubiquitous internet commentary as the TV series unfolds, I read season three of Game of Thrones. Oops, I mean Storm of Swords, and wrote on of my longer reviews about it, hopefully without much in the way of spoilers. Plus (of particular interest to political enthusiasts) the first half of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the last of the Swallows and Amazons series, and much more. Enjoy!