"I speak my mind freely on all things, even on those which perhaps exceed my capacity and which I by no means hold to be within my jurisdiction. And so the opinion I give of them is to declare the measure of my sight, not the measure of things." -- Michel de Montaigne. 

This bookshelf resides in a small alcove in my upstairs office.  These are the books I have purchased but have not yet read.  I have an even larger bookshelf downstairs in the living room where I keep the books that I have read. Yikes, eh?  My plan for “The Tortoise” is to post the title of the book that I am currently reading, and to offer my personal thoughts and reflections on the last book that I read. In this exercise, I am a reader speaking to fellow readers; I do not consider myself to be a book critic.