I love Russian literature and was very much looking forward to this challenge last January. Although I completed the challenge, I’m very disappointed in myself as I really wanted to read War and Peace and finish Crime and Punishment. Perhaps 2009 will be the year I get to them. One highlight of this challenge turned out to be Sofia Petrovna (five stars), which will be one of my best reads of 2008. Also, although I didn’t care for it, I’m glad I finally read Lolita. That’s one I’m happy to be able to cross off my tbr list.
Thanks so much, Sharon, for hosting this challenge!
The books I read:
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- Broccoli and Other Tales of Food and Love by Vapnyar
- Sofia Petrovna by Lydia Chukovskaya
- Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol (review to come)
