Well, so ends January — and it’s got the year off to a good start!

The Big Reads:

The Jewish Annotated New Testament: I’ve read through Matthew and began reading some of the accompanying essays, but no major strides just yet.
The Shahnameh. I looked at it several times.

The Science Survey

Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, Alan Stearns and David Grinspoon
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, Bethany Brookshire
Buzz Sting Bite: Why We Need Insects, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dinner on Mars, Lenore Newman

The Classics Club Strikes Back : Year III

I read most of My Antonia and will finish it today.

Readin’ Dixie: 

The Incredible Winston Browne, Sean Dietrich
The South’s Okayest Writer, Sean Dietrich

Climbing Mount Doom  | The Unread Shelf Project  

Read:
People Habitat: 25 Ways To Think About Greener, Healthier Cities, F. Kaid Benfield
Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, Alan Stearns and David Grinspoon
Buzz Sting Bite: Why We Need Insects, Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different, Gordon S. Wood
Firefly: Better Days, Joss Whedon
Copenhagenize: The Definitive Guide to Global Bicycle Urbanism, Milhail Colville-Andersen