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Book Review: The Helsinki Affair by Anna Pitoniak

Despite a seemingly complex plot, involving many characters & financial crimes, I found it easy to follow & am looking…

8 months ago

Book Review: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The novel does have its insane parts. A cat with a gun, naked witches, and trickery. From the insanity to…

2 years ago

Book Review: The Defector by Daniel Silva

The stars of this book are the characters, which I feel I can say for the whole series. They are…

2 years ago

Audiobook Review: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Count Alexander Rostov has been deemed a “non-person” by a Bolshevik tribunal. He is sentenced to house arrest in the…

3 years ago

Book Review: Comrade Koba by Robert Littell

It is unclear what role Koba plays in Stalin’s government, except that he is a very high, and admired advisor.…

4 years ago

Fun Facts Friday: Bella Spewack

Bella claimed to have come up with the idea of selling Girl Scout cookies to raise revenue.

8 years ago

Book Review: Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva

About: Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva is the eighth in the Gabriel Allon series. Even though there are numerous references…

11 years ago

Thoughts on: War & Peace: Book 3 Part 3

The French army is hurt, moving out of Borodino, it advances towards Mosco. Kutuzov, realizing that the French momentum cannot…

11 years ago

Thoughts on: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy – Book 1 Part 1

  About: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a fictional book first published in 1869. The work is regarded…

12 years ago

Book Review: Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andreï Makine

A beautiful book, a lyrical and relatable story of the author who was born in Russia but spent his summers…

13 years ago

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