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I picked this up because I'm on a Weird books in translation kick, and this definitely fits the bill

This is such a fun book and I look forward to feeling well enough to enjoy it

I want to like this book but I'm really losing steam. It is interesting but needs to be cut by 600 pages

I have reached book 2! Now we get to the war (also I did not know Germany was viewed as kind of useless during this time period, militarily speaking)

Forcing myself to slow down so I don't gulp this whole thing at once

Sometimes you just want a book where you don't have to think

I'm almost halfway through, and at this pace should be done by April, but also feel like it's going to take me the rest of the year to finish this!

Slow progress is still progress!

500 pages in and not even halfway through. What a book

I think sometimes maggots can be effective at treating wounds but I would be a lot more freaked out to wake up and find them on me than this guy is

TIL that I live in the same climatic category as Moscow! (Much of northern US and the populated parts of Canada east of the Rockies have the same type of climate)

One-third done, 800 pages to go!

The tagline for this book should be: Almost-Murder on the Trans-Siberian Express

Concentration is a struggle but I appreciated the slapstick almost-murder

Thank goodness a fist fight came along to break up that boring religion discussion

I do not understand why the French and Turkish words are in italics but the Russian and German words are not. It's really odd.

Almost done with volume 1! I don't know what I expected this book to be about, but I wasn't expecting a soap opera about inheritance practices and possible marriages. It makes sense though.

This caused me to spend an enjoyable hour looking at maps of the Trans-Siberian railroad

If I had known this book would be so heavy, I would have bought the ebook version!

It's interesting how much higher the rating is on here compared to the Amz rating.

Why does this record for War & Peace say it's 48 pages? If W&P is famous for anything, brevity is not it! Not that it matters; I'm listening to the Playaway version so any progress updates will all be guesses anyway

Wasn't planning on reading this just yet but the book I was planning to start is still in the mail, so here we go

Wow am I really this close to the end? It'll still be a few weeks probably but progress!

I think the most disturbing part of this story remains the fact that the primary characters are often described as dirt-encrusted and almost never described as bathing. Like the single shoe thing, I'm sure it's symbolic, but I still get second-hand sensory upset

Originally started this on mangadex but for things that are this wordy, I think print is easier to read.

I don't know why I originally gave this one star, that seems kind of harsh. It is kind of boring to listen to, but now that my state has been invaded by thugs intentionally causing crashes and kidnapping people as they drive to work, having something boring to listen to while commuting is kind of nice