On the recommendation of a friend I just finished reading Elizabeth Kostova's 'The Historian.'  For those who love history it is a must read. When I first started the book I had bad flash backs to Dostoevsky's 'The Brothers Karamazov'.  If you have ever read Dostoevsky you know he can take 10 pages to describe opening a door.  It was painful.  The ( Read more... )