tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post6472979500935043759..comments2023-10-11T00:36:32.142-07:00Comments on B&b ex libris: Anna Karenina (the 820 page SAGA SOAP)!bethany (dreadlock girl)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02565178664993925800noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-3347560814389397932008-03-28T12:04:00.000-07:002008-03-28T12:04:00.000-07:00I am opposite of you Bethany. I enjoyed the first ...I am opposite of you Bethany. I enjoyed the first part of the book, but am having great difficulty finishing it. I am ONLY on page 369--I've been reading it for about a month now. The more I read the harder it gets to want to pick it up again. I actually am finding myself day dreaming through some of it. <BR/><BR/>Sure, 3 kids and a husband doesn't always make reading a novel easy, but I would just be making excuses if I said that is why I am not finishing. I do want to finish just so I can say "I DID IT!"Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11789362563971914947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-71179033754993971462008-03-23T05:43:00.000-07:002008-03-23T05:43:00.000-07:00Congratulations on finishing! I couldn't . . . an...Congratulations on finishing! I couldn't . . . and I don't think I'll try again!Amat Librishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343725194203848055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-89225724352771135242008-03-15T13:02:00.000-07:002008-03-15T13:02:00.000-07:00Thanks for the word of caution. One of these days ...Thanks for the word of caution. One of these days I will read a Russian novel, and I'm leaning towards The Brothers Karamazov. Your review reminded me of Fargo, which was such a well-made movie, but I really didn't like it because all the people in it were all up to no good, except the sheriff (she was the one bright spot in the movie for me).Joe Culbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511783050983085403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-888038395792944162008-03-15T09:23:00.000-07:002008-03-15T09:23:00.000-07:00Quick question: how do you get panels on both side...Quick question: how do you get panels on both sides of your blog? I can only put up page elements on the one side, and it's driving me crazy. I feel like that side is so cluttered!raychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321213376462899047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-64797039629226543602008-03-15T09:20:00.000-07:002008-03-15T09:20:00.000-07:00Love the review. I started Anna Karenina for the ...<I>Love</I> the review. I started Anna Karenina for the first time years ago, and it was SO HARD! And then, I was half-way through but hadn't picked it up for a few days, and my boyfriend and I broke up and I was going through my room, cleaning out things that reminded me of him and there, sticking out of AK was a love note I'd been using as a bookmark, so I <I>yanked</I> it out and threw it in the trash! How satisfying! It wasn't until the next day that I realized I had no idea where I was in the book, and just quit and put the thing back on the shelf. I read it cover-to-cover a year or so later, but it was still a rough slog.raychhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321213376462899047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-63605960296933160642008-03-11T18:21:00.000-07:002008-03-11T18:21:00.000-07:00Wow, I didn't realize this book was so dang long! ...Wow, I didn't realize this book was so dang long! I've had this on my amazon wish list for quite some time, but I've never felt compelled enough to purchase it--and your review doesn't help. :) <BR/><BR/>I have a REALLY tough time reading something when I don't realize to any of the characters. Usually I can find *something* but there is an occassional book where I dislike all of the characters, which makes it really hard to continue (can't think of anything off the top of my head).<BR/><BR/>Move on!! :)Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17225576485797030511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-37126083441553659852008-03-11T17:42:00.000-07:002008-03-11T17:42:00.000-07:00I read this a long time ago in high school, and it...I read this a long time ago in high school, and it was difficult. I agree with what you said, to really get into a book you have to relate to one of the characters in some way. I couldn't. Relate.Jeanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270303640902731044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-44971190245728067002008-03-11T16:56:00.000-07:002008-03-11T16:56:00.000-07:00*marg-I am doing it with a book club here in town....*marg-<BR/>I am doing it with a book club here in town. for me, I am sorry to say that it did not help that much. <BR/>thanks for trying to make me feel better though!! that is very nice.bethany (dreadlock girl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02565178664993925800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4195556660351263001.post-17987035942391776662008-03-11T16:53:00.000-07:002008-03-11T16:53:00.000-07:00I really loved this when I read it. I do think it ...I really loved this when I read it. I do think it helped that I read it with an online reading group though, because whenever there were sections that were hard to get through (which there were) then you were able to talk it through with the others.<BR/><BR/>I keep on meaning to reread this, or tackle War and Peace. One of the two anyway!Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.com