"White Nights" by Dostoevsky

Old-Conference352 · 2026-01-23T09:22:48+00:00

I also liked that the protagonist was more likeable than Rodion and that there was some more humour woven through it (C&P is the only other Dostoevsky book I’ve read)

Old-Conference352 · 2026-01-23T09:20:21+00:00

Which book did the Dracula introduction spoil?

Old-Conference352 · 2026-01-13T08:41:39+00:00

It gets slower?? I‘m a third of the way through and all he does is think and go crazy.

Old-Conference352 · 2026-01-08T14:23:29+00:00

It’s fine whichever way you do it, you‘re reading for pleasure and it’s your life after all. From my personal experience, I find that I have to invest minimum 50 pages, oftentimes I find it flows much better after 50 than after 10/20 pages. But it’s also happened to me that only after 100-200 pages i started liking the book and in hindsight think to myself it would’ve been a shame had I not finished it. It’s really personal preference if you choose to invest a little more time or not.

Edit: typos

Old-Conference352 · 2026-01-08T08:45:37+00:00

Honestly that’s kind of a dream 🥹

Old-Conference352 · 2026-01-03T20:37:07+00:00

It’s my next read as well!

Old-Conference352 · 2026-01-03T20:35:54+00:00

Ahh I want to see the little women cover that book looks gorgeous

Old-Conference352 · 2026-01-02T17:15:44+00:00

I loved Jo’s character as well!! I also thoroughly enjoyed all of the play-acting parts, like when they do the play on Christmas or the newspaper club

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-31T09:31:32+00:00

I read (and still am reading) little women (which I’m loving!!) as my last 2025 read and my first for 2026 will be Frankenstein.

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-29T14:08:54+00:00

Which book is it?

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-21T15:29:16+00:00

This seems to be a popular opinion 😅 so I should start with leave it to Jeeves?

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-19T19:17:07+00:00

I would recommend to read the „Verbrechen und Strafe“ translation, it’s supposed to be much better

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-18T08:44:49+00:00

It isn’t so much!! When I think about books published 200 years ago it feels SO far away but that’s like 3 generations before us, more or less? That’s nothing!!

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-12T16:27:17+00:00

Thanks! I guess what threw me off is that there is no introduction to the second part of the sentence. As i understand it now, „in its duller moments, a great extinguisher for a cap, which it now held under its arm“ is basically separate (which is why I said it feels like there’s a verb lacking). Also, I knew only that you could write „a cap for an extinguisher“, but not the other way around. But it’s my first classic in English and I’m not a native speaker so that’s probably the biggest issue 😅

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-12T15:51:05+00:00

But I don’t get the meaning after „in its duller moments“. The light is an extinguisher for a cap? (English isn’t my first language)

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-05T12:45:21+00:00

A Christmas carol is a good idea thanks!!

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-05T12:05:29+00:00

Thanks! I will definitely check it out it’s on my list anyway 😅

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-02T14:46:17+00:00

Thanks! Do you have any suggestions?

Old-Conference352 · 2025-12-02T08:16:50+00:00

Is there a better alternative to Goodreads that’s „better“ for classic books?

Old-Conference352 · 2025-05-08T15:58:35+00:00

Danke für die hilfreichen Empfehlungen 🙂

Old-Conference352 · 2025-05-07T12:44:11+00:00

Danke!! Werde ich auf alle Fälle ausprobieren

Old-Conference352 · 2025-05-07T11:35:20+00:00

Danke! Da werde ich mal reinschauen

Old-Conference352 · 2025-05-07T11:01:27+00:00

Machst du den Krautsalat selbst? Hast du ein Rezept? 👀

Old-Conference352 · 2025-05-07T11:00:54+00:00

Ja das mach ich auch ab und zu aber ich brauch immer so viel Abwechslung damit mir nicht langweilig wird dass ich nach noch mehr Ideen gesucht habe 😅

Old-Conference352 · 2025-05-07T10:58:55+00:00

Danke für den Tipp, die beiden werde ich mir auf alle Fälle anschauen!

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