Certain friends of mine have inspired me to try the Honors Program again. In an attempt to get into it again I decided to read Anna Karenina. I figured if its good enough for Oprah its good enough for me. (I don't really base all of my decisions off of that woman. I had wanted to read Anna Karenina before.) Well, all I have to say is Tolstoy is deceptive. I read The Death of Ivan Illych last year and it was a quick read. Needless to say I didn't know Anna was an epic 900 pages. I should have known better; I mean, Tolstoy did write War and Peace.
I didn't like Ivan so I don't really know why I took a crack at Anna Karenina. There was something about a screaming, dying man that just didn't do it for me in Ivan. But Anna is surprisingly good. I'm trying to read 100 pages a day, which is a lot easier to do when a book is not like reading a driver's manual... or pilot light instructions. :) My favorite book is also by a Russian--Crime and Punishment. So now I just want to eat Borscht and listen to my friends who served Russian-speaking missions. Plus, it's awesome that Russians have about six names. I would be referred to as Emily Diane, Emmie, Emilia Diana, and Evelyn Daphne (that shows how random they are sometimes). Go land of the Rus!
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