Read The brothers Karamazov

I finally finished The Brothers Karamazov. And it only took me five months to do it. Yes, it’s a big book, but it took so long because I would set it aside for weeks at a time. If I am going to complete my 19th Century Russian Reading List this year I am going to have to pick up the pace.

But I am content at the moment. I have finished the first of 2008’s goals and at least one more will be completed in about 11 days.

In 2007, I accomplished my goal of reading 50 novels. Most of them were science fiction, children’s books and humor — not a strenuous reading list by any means, but I was focused on quantity, not quality. This year, I have resolved to add some literary heft to my selections. And what better way than to read 19th Century Russian novels? I selected a half-dozen novels from Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Pushkin. I started “The Brothers Karamazov” once before, so I will start with that one this time. This time I’ll finish it — even if it doesn’t have Nac Mac Feegles, dragons or a plucky female heroine.