Day #20 of the 30 Day Book Challenge

[shadowkat]

At least I think it is Day 20, I don't count well and the stupid LIST isn't numbered. So if I suddenly end up with more than 30 days, we'll know why.

The prompt is weird...

"Pick a book from the bottom of your to read list"

What if your to read list is kind of bottomless?

I don't like the prompt. I don't have a to read list - I just spontaneously pick stuff.

So, how about, pick a Book by a Russian Author (Note you don't have to have read it yet - in fact, better if you haven't. Because it fits the prompt above as well. If you have that's okay too.)

That way I can pick the one that popped into my head just now and be done with it. (Also I need to jazz this up a bit...it's kind of a bland list in places.)

Crime and Punishment by Fydor Dostevsky as translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

The cover sold me on this translation, also it had been highly praised at the time it came out. So much is dependent on the translation. I have it in paperback - when I was still buying paperback and hardback books, as opposed to everything on the Kindle. Apparently it's hard to get the version that I have at the moment - it doesn't appear to be readily available on Amazon except through third party sellers.

Here's the Australian film adaptation of the book

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[wendelah1]

I have a to-read list on Goodreads; otherwise I'm pretty random, too.

Book by a Russian author? Anna Karenina is stupendous. Also long. I read it when I was still in my twenties and had stamina.

Reading Dostoevsky is hard work. I don't have any Russian authors anywhere on my to-read list.

[shadowkat]

Yep, I'd agree Dostovesky is daunting - made all the more so depending on the translation.

I'm not sure I can handle Anna Karenina - I have issues with a certain romantic trope female character. I did flirt with the book once.