What I read last month.
This month, of particular interest to Kosters, I review Better Off Without 'Em, Chuck Thompson's controversial manifesto encouraging Southern secession.
In keeping with my yearlong concentration on the Medieval period, I look at the Institutes of Justinian. And, since I've reached the period of the Islamic zenith, where Arabic culture eclipsed Europe during the "Dark Ages", I have a few more Arab-centric works, including The Arabian Nights, Among the Believers, and The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. Plus the usual novels, old and new, European and American, literary and murder mysteries, and an autobiography of the young math genius Sarah Flannery. And finally, a book that many had been looking forward to my review of, given my user name: Bujold's Cryoburn. Enjoy!