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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. What it says on the tin. This had absolutely no chapter or scene change breaks which was really interesting. It's just a straight through day of life in a Soviet labor camp. An interesting and bleak POV novella. Maybe I'll read some more Russian stuff. I hear War & Peace is only like 1,400 pages.

My last read of the year and that totals up to 33 books, huzzah! My general goal is one book a month so this was a good year. I got very into finishing the Aubrey-Maturin series so that was like 14 books right there and I'm also enjoying my phase of reading new-to-me classics. I've got a bunch more earmarked for 2025 like Moby Dick and Jane Eyre. Any recommendations?

Happy new year to all!

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[goddess47]

If you enjoyed Ivan, check out "The Tatooist of Auschwitz" by Heather Morris. It's a longer time period but there are parallels that make comparing/contrasting the two books interesting.

"A Gentleman of Moscow" was very Russian but much less depressing. Recommended. (I didn't see the TV adaptation, so I can't tell you about that.)

Yay for your reading numbers! Those are amazing!

Happy New Year!

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Adding it to the list! Oh I did read Gentleman of Moscow a while back and thought it was very cleverly written. And I watched the show and thought it was good as well. Ewan McGregor is always very charming :)

Happy new year! 🥂