Those who’ve followed this blog know I’m a Russian Studies student and that includes reading thick Russian novels like The Brothers Karamazov, Anna Karenina, and The First Circle.  Every now and then I just want a short read, not necessarily one that doesn’t make me think, all books make me think (even if it’s just: oh my God, this is terrible!  ( Read more... )

"Hey guys...it's been a while." Points if you can name the show, episode, and character who said that.

It has been a while, I know.  I've been trying out Tumblr and Goodreads, but I don't really feel comfortable posting reviews on Goodreads all that much, mostly because I prefer this style of reviewing.  At Goodreads, I feel I need to...have a very ( Read more... )

The Dovekeepers
A novel by Alice Hoffman
A review by Apolla

I don’t usually end a book with a question about how I felt about it.  Usually I can say for sure that I have a rating in mind.  I can find what I liked and disliked about this book easily and yet I have reservations about all that I liked and disliked.  I don’t want to be too harsh about ( Read more... )

A new Frank Peretti book.

Let that sink in for a second.  A new Frank Peretti book.  Not new as in “new to me” but new as in “published this year”.

( Dr. Parmenter for the win! )

No, this is not a review of Up.  This is something I actually debated about doing for a long time.  I figured,why bother?  But here I am, because sometimes I wish I could be a food critic (this comes from watching far too many episodes of Food Network's Chopped, but hey, Geoffrey Zakarian can do no wrong in my culinary mind.)  So...I bring you my ( Read more... )

Russian Winter
A novel by: Daphne Kalotay
A review by Apolla

( Care to dance? )

I'm a Russian Studies major.  Я изучаю русский язык! 
My career?  Well, I will once I graduate and finish grad school - I intend to be a professor and to study Siberian tribes.  I'll probably do a little translating on the side.  Currently I use it to do homework, chat with Russians, and do research.

(And now I'm worried that my spelling is off on ( Read more... )

You know what sucks ( Read more... )

Writing With Pen, Wishing for a Pencil

First: to highlight my love of writing
Second: To show that everything I did couldn't be changed, even when I wanted to change it.

Ok, not really.  It wasn't like I got to sit down and talk with her or anything (wouldn't really know what to say except, "Nice job on season seven because season six sucked!"  Then I'd feel bad.  But no, that's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about a certain guest star ( Read more... )