The other day I started reading "The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel". It is is a bit older than the other books I typically read. I wanted to read something a bit older because I wanted to stretch my brain. I wanted to slow down while I'm reading so I could actually understand. Because the books are older, the way the are written is different. It takes slower reading to understand. I also want to expand my mind and knowledge base. I strive to be a well learned person who can understand a wide variety of things. I believe that reading classic works of literature will help me to do so, to some extent.