I was standing at an airport lounge as a teenager many years ago, and suddenly realised I had no books to read for my family holiday. I was a SF geek at the time (still am, but I’m reading other stuff now), but had read everything that W.H. Smiths airport bookshelf could show me. In desperation and ...
Tolstroy's epic masterpiece intertwines the lives of private and public individuals during the time of the Napoleonic wars and the French Invasion of Russia.I had always wanted to read this epic Novel by Tolstroy's but was completely put off by the sheer size of the book at 1350 pages. I am not a ...
An unqualified work of genius.I read Anna Karenina last year and enjoyed the philosophical aspects of that novel. Not having read much Tolstoy before, I was surprised by this aspect of his writing. In War and Peace, there is even more to contemplate in this regard. In some ways, the book is a muddle...
LoveThat was the one thing I thought was missing from Leo Tolstoy's title, War and Peace. I was wrong. Love is in the title, you just have to look for it. Certainly there is love in peace. It is the time of children, serenity, growth. The mother peacefully raising her children. The farmer lovingly ...
War and bloody Peace eh? Started June 12, 2013, finished August 26, 2013! How am I supposed to review this?! I'll apply my usual rambling slapdash technique I think.War and Peace looks like a formidable challenge for the average reader, in term of length and legendary status, this is not "just anoth...
My Oh My, this book! How does one even begin to write a review on 'War and Peace'?! A book of so many words managed to leave me utterly speechless.Here is my dilemma - either I had lived in Russia 200 years ago or Tolstoy is a genius. The second option seems more reasonable, yet a part of me still ...
So, my husband and kids watch this show called Man VS Food right? It's about this guy who goes across the country doing all these eating challenges. You know the ones right, eat 15 scoops of ice cream in an hour and you get a t-shirt or a 10 lb hamburger and fries in half an hour and you get your na...
Written for the Celebrity Death Match Review TournamentThe bout is held at the house of Natalya "Natasha" Ilyinichna Rostova. Mrs. Beeton arrives with a present of clotted cream. "How thoughtful" says The Countess Rostova. "I have prepared tea for your arrival""Why, Thank you, Countess", Mrs. Beeton...
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