So, I'm kinda going through a Russian Lit phase right now that was spurned on by both my Junior and Senior year English teachers. I'm reading Anna Karenina by Tolstoy and it's fabulous. Tolstoy is just so good at fleshing out his characters. I've, so far, found myself deeply enthralled in the nuances surrounding the strained relationships between Stiva, his wife, his lover, and his servants. I'm not too far into the book yet, but it has been very hard to put down (which is a problem because I've been needing to pack for college). So far, this book reads very easily, and, even with all of the different names for characters, it is easy to follow without beating you over the head with the plot. It's slow, but it doesn't drag and it's never boring.
My reading goals are as follows: The Brothers Karamazov
War and Peace
Crime and Punishment (re-read because I didn't appreciate it for what it was the first time)
In Search of Lost Time
Vanity Fair
I've heard! I'm really looking forward to it! Also, and this is unrelated, how do you make the words italics?