Tolstoi

Tolstoy

Толсто́й

In War and Peace… I’ll let you know how I progress :)

I borrowed War and Peace from my mom. To be honest, these books scare me! I mean, it’s TWO of them and they look old and stuffy… not very appeasing… I AM worried about this goal :p

I haven’t yet read anything by Tolstoy. I read the first page of Anna Karenina about 11 years as a stroppy teenager, but set it down again because it was just too heavy going for me then. I’m hoping that I don’t experience the same thing now, because I have heard so many people talk about it as being the best novel ever written. I still have a copy, and I also have a copy of War and Peace (on Gandhi’s recommendation!). Should I start with Anna Karenina?

Darn! How am I ever going to get to do this when people keep buying me great books for my birthday/graduation/etc?! I have I whole stack I still need to read…should I let Tolstoy skip the queue?

This is a great novel. I enjoyed it immensely. I have bought a copy of War and Peace and hope to read it this year.

of his non-fiction. He wrote quite eloquently about spirituality and the meaning of community. The Kingdom of God Is Within You played a very important role in the development of Gandhi’s non-violence movement. It is wonderful—and not at all preachy.

Is one of the best books I’ve read.