Kelly is currently at work preparing for the CLEP Western Civilization I Exam which covers the “Ancient Near East to 1648”. She has to read a lot of politically incorrect nonsense in preparation to take the test. As an antidote to that, she will read a several books by Rodney Stark, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization, Susan Wise Bauer’s The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome and (as soon as it comes out) The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade. We will try to find some similar treatments of the material she covers to prepare for the CLEP Western Civilization II Exam which covers “1648 to Present”.
Kelly wrote her first book report for this series of books which she posted here on this blog. She will post reviews of all the books she reads in this series. I think she did an absolutely stellar job and am looking forward to reading her other reviews.