It's been a while since I've done a speed dating bonus episode, and this one is all about Russian novels for the Reading Envy Russia novel quarter. I discuss books I tried, what I think of them, and books I read previously. We might be moving on to non-fiction officially, but that doesn't mean we have to leave Russian literature behind forever. <br /><p>Download or listen via this link:<i><b> <br /></b></i><a href="http://www.nathanielcolvin.com/readingenvy/episodes/ReadingEnvy243.mp3">Reading Envy 243: Russian Novel Speed Date</a> <br /> <br /> Subscribe to the podcast via this link:&nbsp;<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/readingenvypodcast">Feedburner</a><br /> Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reading-envy/id804271884">Subscribe</a><br /> Or listen through <a href="http://tunein.com/radio/Reading-Envy-Podcast-p813442/">TuneIn </a><br /> Or listen on <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?t=Reading_Envy&amp;view=/ps/Isnb3ncf7nnehe5ovmgbt6qd3he">Google Play</a> <br /> Or listen via <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/reading-envy">Stitcher</a><br /> Or listen through <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4rFLRAGCXed29RitjXdm38?si=fkR0M3BlSKiYH9I86hvEBg">Spotify&nbsp;</a><br /> Or listen through <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmZlZWRidXJuZXIuY29tL2Jsb2dzcG90L09GT3VR">Google Podcasts </a><br /></p><p> <br />Books discussed:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi76Uwuhrd1zK-tLesumLuiiSF8uMpjHnw9XrFXlBoMoPFOHfNpSyoiasDFLEghZHVU_Da3VH0ZLCNtRkTunx6Lux09VIAMFnJUhEOVtiM0NGiVflDc8Psk-VtZmPKZQw2WFt_bUnkQb-zcU880Ee34CoY3rCp-Z3Px7z5bXmvAregxegK-gdCzGZCJQ/s2048/PhotoGrid_Plus_1648511170626.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cover image excerpts from some of the titles listed below" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi76Uwuhrd1zK-tLesumLuiiSF8uMpjHnw9XrFXlBoMoPFOHfNpSyoiasDFLEghZHVU_Da3VH0ZLCNtRkTunx6Lux09VIAMFnJUhEOVtiM0NGiVflDc8Psk-VtZmPKZQw2WFt_bUnkQb-zcU880Ee34CoY3rCp-Z3Px7z5bXmvAregxegK-gdCzGZCJQ/w400-h400/PhotoGrid_Plus_1648511170626.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781782276050"><i>An Evening with Claire</i></a> by Gaito Gazdanov, translated by Bryan Karetnyk<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780062671127"><i>The Sentence</i></a> by Louise Erdrich<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780199540402"><i>First Love</i></a> by Ivan Turgenev, translated by Richard Freeborn<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780199538645"><i>Eugene Onegin</i></a> by Alexander Pushkin, translated by Leo Tolstoy<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781847493446"><i>Oblomov</i> </a>by Ivan Goncherov, translated by Stephen Pearl<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780679723165"><i>Lolita</i> </a>by Vladimir Nabokov<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781786076847"><i>Zuleikha</i> </a>by Guzel Yakhina, translated by Lisa C. Hayden<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9789081823906"><i>The Time of Women</i></a> by Elena Chizhova, translated by Simon Patterson and Nina Chordas<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781939931900"><i>Untraceable</i> </a>by Sergei Lebedev, translated by Antonina W. Bouis<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781939931252"><i>Oblivion </i></a>by Sergei Lebedev, translated by Antonina W. Bouis<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781636080451"><i>Brisbane</i> </a>by Eugene Vodolazkin, translated by Marian Schwartz<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781780748719"><i>Laurus</i> </a>by Eugene Vodolazkin, translated by Lisa C. Hayden<br /><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781250236449">Anna K.: A Love Story</a> </i>by Jenny Lee<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781607108153"><i>Anna Karenina</i></a> by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Constance Garrett<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780140449242"><i>The Brothers Karamazov</i></a> by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by David McDuff<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780143108276"><i>The Master and Margarita</i></a> by Mikhail Bulgakov, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780770436421"><i>A Constellation of Vital Phenomena</i></a> by Anthony Marra<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780770436452"><i>The Tsar of Love and Techno</i></a> by Anthony Marra<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780452295292"><i>City of Thieves</i></a> by David Benioff<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780143110439"><i>A Gentleman in Moscow</i></a> by Amor Towles<br /><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781643131481"><i>The Bookworm</i></a> by Mitch Silver<br /><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9780735221338">A Terrible Country</a> </i>by Keith Gessen<br /><i><a href="https://bookshop.org/a/15371/9781632060396">Fardwor, Russia!</a> </i>by Oleg Kashin, translated by Will Evans<br /><br /></p><p>Related episodes: <i>&nbsp;</i></p><a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2021/09/reading-envy-228-full-of-secrets-with.html" target="_blank">Episode 228</a> - Full of Secrets with Audrey <br /><a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2018/11/reading-envy-135-speed-dating-2018.html">Episode 135</a> - Speed Dating 2018, Round 5<br /> <a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2018/03/reading-envy-113-bonus-episode-book.html">Episode 113</a> - Speed Dating 2018, round 1<br /> <a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2018/05/reading-envy-117-bonus-episode-book.html">Episode 117</a> - Speed Dating 2018, round 2<br /> <a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2018/05/reading-envy-120-summer-reading.html">Episode 120</a> - Summer Reading; Speed Dating 2018, round 3&nbsp; <b>&nbsp;</b><br /> <a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2018/09/reading-envy-128-poetry-and-whale-guts.html">Episode 128</a> - Poetry and Whale Guts (Bonus episode; Speed Dating 2018, round 4)<br /> <a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2016/07/reading-envy-063-desolation-road.html">Episode 063</a> - Desolation Road (book speed dating and books on grief)<br /> <a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2016/05/reading-envy-059-are-you-inspired-yet.html">Episode 059</a> - Are you Inspired Yet? bonus book speed dating<br /> <a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2015/12/reading-envy-047-sex-with-elvis-book.html">Episode 047</a> - Sex with Elvis: Bonus Book Speed Dating Episode<br /> <a href="http://readingenvy.blogspot.com/2015/07/reading-envy-035-speed-dating-books.html">Episode 035</a> - Speed Dating Books<b>&nbsp;<i> </i></b><br /><p>&nbsp;<br /></p><p> Stalk us online:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/68030-jenny-reading-envy">Jenny at Goodreads</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/readingenvy">Jenny on Twitter</a><br /> Jenny is&nbsp;@readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy <br /><br /><br /><i>All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. 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