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...
So... I did it. I finally convinced myself to read War and Peace, partly because it's just something everyone wants to say they've done, and partly because one always needs a good excuse to procrastinate during the exam period when I should have been studying. And, you know what, I really enjoyed mo...
There are parts of this book that were fantastic, that I loved and there were parts of this book that made me weep with frustration. Hundreds of pages of philosophical analysis, or battle descriptions, of Tolstoy's own views on people do not make for easy reading. But, the complex characters, the lo...
Celebrity Death Match Review Elimination Tournament Review: Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management (16) vs. War and Peace (17) With a satisfied flick of her tail, Mrs. B. groomed back into place two stray hairs that had come lose in her shining black fur during her foray into the pantry, then s...
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...
Maybe it's the translation, I hope it's the translation. This book is so overrated I don't even know where to begin. I understand it's historically important, because of the sheer number of characters and the narrative scope, but how exactly does this constitute great literature? There are so man...
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