Recently read Battles of the Bible, an account of ancient Israel's military history. It felt too high-level and rather dry without also being really informative. I think part of the problem is a lot of work went on behind the scenes - they'll take a passage from the Bible, say "this probably meant this strategic or tactical move" and then follow it up with "and that's why X historical figure was such a great general." What would be more interesting to me would be a little more information on how they reach the conclusions about what the Bible was saying in such-and-such a battle.

Also re-read Animal Farm on a whim when looking for something short to read. It's a little too short and I'm a little too familiar with it now. The preface inspired me to get the library to put Homage to Catalonia on hold so I'm waiting on that.

Currently in the middle of Mere Christianity. Starts out very philosophically punchy, which I like. Lewis does a good job of going right for the jugular. Then as he goes from broader goals (establishing there is a God or eliminating moral relativity) he gets mired in the details of Christian religion. Which is the point, I suppose, but it also slows things down. Part of the problem is also probably ideological. I simply disagree with some of the premises he uses (not a lot but some niggling ones).

And I've got the book on the Wehrmacht that was mentioned in the Monastary on order from the library system as well, so once those come in I'll have plenty of material to read while not doing my course work.