reading all books referenced on Gilmore girls

My friend The Hot Mess recently brought my attention to this (she always finds the best shit. I guess it's from all that extra time she has on her hands NEGLECTING HER BLOGS! Whatever.. benefits me!) Book-A-Minute Classics Some of my favorites:Don Quixote by CervantesDon Quixote:Chivalry demands I destroy that evil thing. Sancho Panza: No, master. It is something ordinary and harmless. Don Quixote: (falls down) THE END Finnegans Wake by James Joyce James Joyce:I have cre

Amazon... I mean Santa's elves... delivered part of Lorelai's Christmas gift. And I'm soooo psyched! Here they are! These are beautifully done children's board books with gorgeous felted character dolls reenacting the infamous tales. I love that the pivotal scenes are described in only one word, making it easy for a mere baby to grasp the complexities of Tolstoy (okay... not entirely, but I can't wait til Lorelai walks into kindergarten and tells her teacher that her favori

Syphilis and gonorrhea!? Did Tolstoy know how to party or what? [from Trivia-Library.com] During his long life, Count Leo Tolstoi had been much more than the "angry young man" who turns novelist in order to change things or to better the condition of the oppressed. He was a tormented man, and his mind was plagued by the things he had done. "I put men to death," he wrote in his voluminous diary. "I fought duels to slay others, I lost at cards, wasted my substance wrung from

Leo Tolstoy considered Anna Karenina the first novel he ever wrote, even though he started War and Peace first. #leotolstoy #annakarenina #warandpeace

Some people should be banned from glue guns and the clearance section at Michaels.http://www.regretsy.com/2013/01/10/war-and-piece-of-crap/ #warandpeace #leotolstoy #craft

Read my review here! #warandpeace #leotolstoy #review

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What do we think... 100% by the end of this coming weekend? #warandpeace #leotolstoy

I'm still really enjoying War and Peace. My goal is at least 5% per day...10% being what I aspire to.My overall goal is to have this finished by this coming Saturday. Let's see if that's possible!If anyone is reading along with me, I'm really interested in your thoughts thus far on Tolstoy's most famous work. If you have something to say, comment! #leotolstoy #warandpeace

When reading War and Peace, you'll find that most of the main character's names end in -ov or -sky. I had a grip on each character's first name... but when I got to the "War" portion of War and Peace, it was a little harder to keep track of everyone when their generals are referring to them solely by last name.So, I used my friend Monsieur Wikipedia to get a list of all of the primary characters in War and Peace! Take a look at what my desk looks like right now. #leotolstoy