Me too! I loved it in college, mostly because reading a novel for homework felt so decadent ;) I liked it this time around when it came up as a book club pick, but goodness, does Dostoyevsky break the current novel "rules"! (endless description that while lovely, is a little exhausting, especially when the characters in the vignettes don't have much to do with the storyline) And I was so much more aware of his sexism - so many female characters killed off or otherwise diminished, Madonna-whore tropes, etc. I'll be interested in what you think
I wanted to read some Anne Patchett, and my first one was Tom Lake. I read it last summer and it's stayed with me all this time...and in and October wedding it was quoted as part of the wedding vows of a wedding in Ithica I was at - I was excited!
The Brothers Karamozov I read in college and am interested to reread to see what sticks out 45 ish years later - with more life experience.
Me too! I loved it in college, mostly because reading a novel for homework felt so decadent ;) I liked it this time around when it came up as a book club pick, but goodness, does Dostoyevsky break the current novel "rules"! (endless description that while lovely, is a little exhausting, especially when the characters in the vignettes don't have much to do with the storyline) And I was so much more aware of his sexism - so many female characters killed off or otherwise diminished, Madonna-whore tropes, etc. I'll be interested in what you think
I wanted to read some Anne Patchett, and my first one was Tom Lake. I read it last summer and it's stayed with me all this time...and in and October wedding it was quoted as part of the wedding vows of a wedding in Ithica I was at - I was excited!
So many great titles in so many age categories/genres! Here's to a great book!
We are heart-book people! Thanks for the Nevermoor recommendation. If only I could world build like that!
Great list. Books are magic, so writers must be magicians!
Okay, I'm gonna use that. Some days, it would certainly help to see myself as a magician ;) Even if I may be one with limited powers!