Anna Karenina

So determined was I to get fit that I downloaded Anna Karenina onto my iPod to mitigate the intolerable boredom of going to the gym. That was a month or so ago and I went to the gym, guess how many times? - yep - two. But I'm still listening to AK and I'm still only on part 26 of 91.

It IS good But the detail - oh - the detail they had in those days. At times is makes you want to slit your throat. Check this out (and I quote)

The two girls used to meet several times a day, and every time
they met, Kitty's eyes said: "Who are you? What are you? Are
you really the exquisite creature I imagine you to be? But for
goodness' sake don't suppose," her eyes added, "that I would
force my acquaintance on you, I simply admire you and like you."

"Her eyes added" - that kills me. I challenge you to say something really complex with your eyes and then add something. I'm very tempted to do a youtube thing and run a competition to see who can most accurately interpret what I'm saying with my eyes. Though that would mean finding the webcam that I hid years ago when I found it was showing everyone what I REALLY looked like. I might do it though. I might just do it. Now how the feck do you do this youtube thing?

By the way, if you have a spare six months you can read the whole book for free from Project Gutenberg