tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post4772608137261697261..comments2024-02-09T14:13:29.809-05:00Comments on As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!): Literary Blog Hop: Read This Before You Die and How Many Books at Once?As the Crowe Flies and Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-39816575962232852622011-04-01T20:42:54.864-04:002011-04-01T20:42:54.864-04:00Thanks for the input, Alice!Thanks for the input, Alice!As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-68913154900821459812011-04-01T20:33:19.440-04:002011-04-01T20:33:19.440-04:00My friend loves Crime and Punishment more than any...My friend loves Crime and Punishment more than anything ever, and basically all my Russian profs and TAs recommended Master and Margarita. The only stuff I've read though is Nabokov, and of the eight I had to get through, I'd recommend Pnin and Pale Fire (both originally in English). Pnin is hilaaaarious and sad, and Pale Fire's just different.Reading Rambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614467198216577755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-36649671583053031532011-03-21T20:28:12.500-04:002011-03-21T20:28:12.500-04:00I'm attempting the Russians, well, a Russian, ...I'm attempting the Russians, well, a Russian, Tolstoy, this year. W&P. Will I ever finish this book? Will I ever become dazzled by it? Or will it continue to be drudgery all the way to the end?<br /><br />Here's my post: http://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-you-must-read-before-you-die.htmlDeb Nance at Readerbuzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128529491888701996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-80278618261154086582011-03-19T19:31:22.793-04:002011-03-19T19:31:22.793-04:00Thanks for stopping by my blog. I also need to re...Thanks for stopping by my blog. I also need to read more Russian lit "before I die".Lonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16248163148722597124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-72524683817391065352011-03-19T14:22:01.831-04:002011-03-19T14:22:01.831-04:00True, most of us don't read enough of the Russ...True, most of us don't read enough of the Russians! It's been a long time for me, too. But I think I would try the younger generation of Russian writers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-50894259472864510712011-03-19T11:57:47.445-04:002011-03-19T11:57:47.445-04:00Stopping by on the hop. I've read Nabokov and ...Stopping by on the hop. I've read Nabokov and I must say he is fantastic. Simply a great writer.llevinsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02493215416192919697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-84280106900364302762011-03-19T11:53:02.652-04:002011-03-19T11:53:02.652-04:00bookstop, it's funny you should say that. Aft...bookstop, it's funny you should say that. After reading The Namesake I picked up a book of Gogol's stories and read a few but I didn't make it through the entire book. He did seem a bit more accessible than the one Bulgakov I attempted, but I've never even opened to page one on the other great Russians.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-28855973927113359032011-03-19T10:33:53.394-04:002011-03-19T10:33:53.394-04:00Interesting how many people (including me) chose R...Interesting how many people (including me) chose Russian authors. I really had a hard time with Dostoevsky when younger, so never got to Tolstoy, which feels like a big gap in my reading today. I'm also curious about Gogol after reading The Namesake, but no one ever mentions him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-733581561913357322011-03-19T09:52:05.067-04:002011-03-19T09:52:05.067-04:00Hopping by, is there anything better than books an...Hopping by, is there anything better than books and travel :) I love traveling, I'm just abysmal at blogging about it!Cataluna6https://www.blogger.com/profile/06608824925475796910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-7875821185106986022011-03-19T08:52:44.170-04:002011-03-19T08:52:44.170-04:00Rich, I did not remember that you and Jennifer had...Rich, I did not remember that you and Jennifer had met in a Tolstoy class. Thanks for the poetry rec!<br /><br />Mystica, I wonder at what point you stop reading the book you're bored with? <br /><br />Gautami Tripathy, I'm actually already a follower of yours. <br /><br />Kinna, The Leopard is the only di Lampedusa work I've read and I agree that it's great!<br /><br />Ms C, thanks for stopping by. I'll come check you out soon.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-60169866893107256342011-03-19T08:49:36.509-04:002011-03-19T08:49:36.509-04:00Hopping through. I'd go for the Russians too. ...Hopping through. I'd go for the Russians too. Specifically Dostoevsky or Tolstoy. Or James Joyce.<br /><a href="http://alisoncanread.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-hops.html" rel="nofollow">My Hop</a>Alison Can Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908868606441539344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-84181150857555180932011-03-19T03:45:19.712-04:002011-03-19T03:45:19.712-04:00Hi,
Found you through the Hop and now following, ...Hi,<br /><br />Found you through the Hop and now following, too! You have a great blog and touch on so many interesting literary themes. Very much looking forward to reading your future posts!<br /><br />Take care & happy reading,<br />Ms C<br />http://www.coffeetalereviews.blogspot.com/Ms. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07696361624961230380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-78939419522511920102011-03-19T02:08:38.316-04:002011-03-19T02:08:38.316-04:00I love world literature and do agree that the Russ...I love world literature and do agree that the Russians are wonderful too. I also recommend The Leopard by di Lampedusa (Italian). Czech literature is also worth exploring after you are done with the Russians. Happy exploring!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-90586865090248355782011-03-18T22:25:19.332-04:002011-03-18T22:25:19.332-04:00Coming through on the blog hop.
I will read two b...Coming through on the blog hop.<br /><br />I will read two books only if I am slightly bored with the first one!Mysticahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10941269615559681014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-12317353601392096492011-03-18T21:45:21.929-04:002011-03-18T21:45:21.929-04:00The Russians are my love! Crime & Punishment i...The Russians are my love! Crime & Punishment is one of my favorite books of all time. Nabokov & Bulgakov are literally sitting right in front of me now--they're giving me the stink-eye 'cause they're jealous of Dostoyevsky. Try Tatyana Tolstaya--she has a collection of stories White Walls--a pretty NYRB paperback.bibliophiliachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495943887513443615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-87336187982111876562011-03-18T16:28:03.587-04:002011-03-18T16:28:03.587-04:00At the moment I'm reading a book called "...At the moment I'm reading a book called "The Dream Life of Sukhanov" by Olga Grushin & i'm loving it. this was shortlisted for the Orange award for new writers 2006 & has been described as- haunting, stunning, heartbreaking & Wonderful by the press, in fact, The Independent said"So good I felt like buying 10 copies & sending them to friends....Grushin reminds us of what makes the best of Russian culture soar to fantastic heights" hope this helps, as it's a beautiful tale with a proper Russian sorrow at its heart.@parridhlanternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793548943992250238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-6316274361428863552011-03-18T13:45:49.659-04:002011-03-18T13:45:49.659-04:00Nice response! I'm really lacking in the Russ...Nice response! I'm really lacking in the Russian department, too. I love Nabokov, but he's the only one I've read (and a lot of his works weren't originally written in Russian) so yeah, I definitely need to get on that.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16366906896853072205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-90516385259460749252011-03-18T10:10:36.082-04:002011-03-18T10:10:36.082-04:00You should follow Akhmatova with Tvsetaeva. And do...You should follow Akhmatova with Tvsetaeva. And don't leave out Pushkin among the heavyweights. Did you know Jennifer and I first met in our college Tolstoy class?Richard Michelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02116676687294128545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-2037220086983098442011-03-17T23:12:33.974-04:002011-03-17T23:12:33.974-04:00Thanks, Adam. I should have known you'd be ab...Thanks, Adam. I should have known you'd be able to help out on that point. :)As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-6573994391800984262011-03-17T22:22:03.488-04:002011-03-17T22:22:03.488-04:00Lou Andreas-Salomé - interesting female Russian au...Lou Andreas-Salomé - interesting female Russian author - late-1800s. She corresponded with some of the great philosophers and psychologists of the time(Nietzsche, Freud, etc.) though she's rarely mentioned, of course.Roof Beam Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06792884580084363046noreply@blogger.com