April 2010
2 posts
So just finished re-reading The Death of Ivan Ilych. The first time I read it, I hated it. It was too painful and drawn out and I didn’t really get it. This time, though, especially having just read Anna Karenina and War and Peace, it really took me by surprise. I also really appreciate the little linguistic details. Like, Ivan Ilych’s surname is...
So it’s been a little while, what with getting back to the grind and everything, but I’m back. getting so excited to graduate! and spring in the northeast is maybe the best thing ever.
finally finished rereading Anna Karenina, and this is still one of my favorite quotes:
Reasoning led him into doubt and kept him from seeing what he should and should not do. Yet when he did not...
March 2010
8 posts
cat owner's worst nightmare →
“ Really, I’ve never thought about what I am. I’m Konstantin Levin,...”
– Anna Karenina by Lev Tolstoy. I’m rereading it for class and it only gets better and better.
“I never heard the breath leave my body. Before sleep, the last sound to fill my...”
– Tideland, a novel by Mitch Cullum.
Just finished reading it, and now I really want to see the movie if only because Jeff Bridges plays Noah.
A year ago, I thought that I would have things considerably more planned out than I do now. But that’s the way it goes, right?