Reading Recap: February 2026

Spring Semester Beginneth

I set aside one post per month to highlight my reading life. Books of Titans is a reading project aimed at seeking the ancient paths by reading The Immortal Books by 200 authors chronologically over the next 15 40 years. Thank you for following my journey.

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February 2026 Reading Recap

The Bible

I finished it! My goal was to read the entire Bible between January & February of this year. I finished it on the final day of February. It took a total of 80 hours and 54 minutes between January 1st and February 28th. My original plan was to include the Apocrypha between the Old and New Testaments, but I ran out of time, so dropped it and went right to the New Testament after the Old.

This is my 5th time kicking off the year by reading straight through the Bible. Each year it gets better. This year, I started by using The Intertextual Tanakh for the Torah and Early Prophets. I then switched to the Bibliotheca version for The Latter Prophets, The Writings, and The New Testament. Here are a few photos showing the vast difference in layout:

The Intertextual Tanakh on the Left and Bibliotheca on the Right

The most interesting thing about this practice is how I notice different things each year. I don’t plan this, it just happens. This year, I became interested in the question of what it looked like for an individual to live contrary to the prevailing culture. Throughout the Bible, we see a path set, mainly at the leadership level, and that path is in the opposite direction from what it should be. There are very few examples of individuals who forge a different path by obeying God. Some of those who did so were Ruth, the prophets, Job, and John the Baptist.

I’ll record one final episode of the podcast for this Friday that covers the overall experience of reading through the Bible this year. I’ll share my main takeaways and what I’m still thinking about after 80 hours of reading.

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March 2026 Reading Plan

Back to the Immortal Books

Books on Tap for March

I kicked off my Spring Semester of reading on March 1st. This semester takes me through the end of June and I’ll spend these 4 months back on my Immortal Books reading list where I left off last year. I’m currently in the Greek Philosophy time frame and am reading some philosophers who came before Plato. These include Heraclitus, the Presocratics, and the Sophists. After reading a few Plato dialogues last year, I realized that I had a large gap in knowledge. Plato continually referenceds earlier philosophers and I didn’t know what they had said. So I picked up these 4 books as a way to learn about those earlier philosophers.

Once I finish those, I’ll go back to Plato’s complete works. My plan is to read every single dialogue of Plato. There are over 30 and I read 9 of them last year, so I have a ways to go. I’m going to try to finish all of Plato during Spring Semester so that I can start with Aristotle during Fall Semester (Aug - Nov).

I’m also reading Our Name is Dare by my friend Kev Coleman. We’re covering that book in the March 2nd local reading group, where Kev will be in attendance. I wanted to include one book where participants could talk to the author.

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Tour My Bookshelves

“Inside a 40-Year Project to Read Every Great Book”

In case you missed it last month, Timothy Kenny conducted a 5+ hour tour of my bookshelves. Click the video above to check it out. It’s a great way to learn about this reading project and how I’ve accumulated my library over the years.

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Bookish Adventures

Hadestown

In what ended up being one of my favorite music experiences of my life, I was asked to play violin in the on-stage band for a local production of the musical Hadestown this past February. It was performed by the theater company that both of my daughters are a part of. It was such a wonderful experience. I fell in love with the songs and the story. Hadestown is based off of the Greek Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice and also contains Hades, Persephone, and Hermes. I’ve spent the last 3 years reading about these myths, so it was incredible to be a part of this. I covered the myth and the music in a recent podcast episode: