Weekly Reading Vlog 164: A Gentleman in Moscow p.76-250 , 1st Chronicles 16-21, Medea by Euripides

(Weekly Reading Vlog)

 

Books (279 pages this week--the goal is 200 pages)

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles p.76-250 (174 pages)

1st Chronicles p.446-450 (1st Chronicles 16-21) (From The Bible) (4 pages)

Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction by Lawrence Boadt p.80-126 (46 pages)

Medea by Euripides p.310-365 (from Classical Tragedy - Greek and Roman) (55 pages) (finished and reviewed)

Comic Books (Comic Books don't count towards weekly page counts)

Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 1 by Osamu Tezuka p.396-438

Podcasts: 

Revolutions Season 10: The Russian Revolution by Mike Duncan  2nd Listening From: 10.93- The Kronstadt Rebellion Finished 2nd Listening. Started 3rd Listening: 10.1- The International Working Men's Association (from Revolutions Podcast)

TV Shows:

The Theban Plays by Sophocles on BBC, 1986--Sophocles The Theban Plays Oedipus The King, Oedipus at Colonus (1986), Theban Plays: Antigone, BBC2 1986. Juliet Stevenson, John Shrapnel (finished and reviewed)

Duolingo: 

From: Section 2, Unit 25, Level 2, Lesson 1 To: Section 2, Unit 26, Level 1, Lesson 2 (My Duolingo profile is here.  Here is the quizlet I use to practice all of the vocabulary I've learned in Duolingo.  I had to create a second one once I got to 2000 words.  Second quizlet here.  And here is a smaller quizlet I use to consolidate the new or difficult vocabulary.  And here is a quizlet I have with only the most recent 100 words I've learned.)

Videos from this week:

* The Muppets: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/3mR-Op6OHN0

* The Theban Plays by Sophocles the BBC, 1986: Review: https://youtu.be/LRuwfAlFSFo

* Antigone (1961): Movie Review: https://youtu.be/_d-tnMMvJDc

* Medea by Euripides translated by Michael Townsend: Review: https://youtu.be/yxttdi65PJM

For more information about what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE.