We're starting up with our Encyclopedia Britannica Great Books of the Western World 7-year reading program. It's actually not just the 60-volume Great Books collection that we'll be reading, but also the 10-volume Gateway to the Great Books companion set as well. And it's actually not my program in the sense that I didn't design the reading schedule. It was originally put together by "Dr. J" at "Through the Great Books". His blog tracks his reading progress as he makes his way through the 7-year plan (he's already in Year 3) and gives a weekly summary for the previous week's reading and a schedule for the next. So basically I'll be doing the same thing with this blog because 1) it serves as a means of public accountability, which is a helpful motivator! 2) it helps facilitate discussion with others reading along with the same schedule (whereas it's obviously harder to find such people in real life), 3) "Dr. J" is already two years ahead and it would be helpful to discuss things with people reading concurrently.
...and yes, it's actually been 6 months since I started this reading project (January 2013). The difference is now I'll be posting weekly updates where as before I just recorded them for my own purposes.
So join me! And if you're already reading along with year 1 of this program, let me know!
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