A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel | 
This is how I‘m starting my Memorial Day weekend 🥰
Been hooked on this great fabrication by Amor Towles since two days. Just three chapters through and the story seems to be setting a pace so intriguing and captivating. The premise shines bright and implores attention with each passing string of verbose with a didactic intent but not forgetting the importance of storytelling. Turns out that the book might prove itself to be a great summer read. Anyone else who can shed light on this title?
Re-reading a favorite 2018 read 🥰 I devoured ‘A Gentleman in Moscow‘ last summer and couldn‘t resist putting aside my other books to revisit the Count ❤️
pickThis is an epic story that takes us from the Revolution of the Bolsheviks through Alexander's life. The story is very well-told but does drag a bit in places. However, the story has some amazing characters that make the story so good. Highly recommend.
saw this at a facebook group and i decided to give it a go. the title interests me....
Agh. I am struggling with this book. Have to finish by Tuesday and I keep falling asleep. I am on page 102. 🙄
"After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we've just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration."
This was the last book I picked up at BEA 2016. I HAD to have it and I COULDN‘T WAIT to read it. Fast forward to 2019 and I still haven‘t read it 🙄 But I did hear the delightful and charming author speak tonight about this book, (and his first, The Rules of Civility) his inspirations and writing process. This book is going to be adapted into a multi-episode television show with Kenneth Branagh as the Count. I‘d better get to it!
pickThe novel is original, entertaining and enlightening. I actually liked the book so much that I have a little book hangover. Can't concentrate or settle down with a new book ... keep thinking about the ending!
pickI liked it a lot but didn't quite love it. Count Rostov is held under permanent house arrest in the Metropol Hotel and resolves to master his circumstances, rather than be mastered by them. Bravo! Though it doesn't make for a lot of narrative drive. He is charming and I enjoyed the urbane humour but my inner Bolshevik won't quite forgive his privilege either. I read Tsvetaeva and Akhmatova: they and their loved ones weren't dining in the Boyarsky!
panThere‘s an old saying: Even a dead cat will bounce if it‘s dropped from high enough. Well, it didn‘t bounce for me. The plot was too predictable and the characters not believable. For someone who knows a whole lot about Russia and lived through the atrocities of communism, this book didn‘t touch me at all. Americans should stick to writing about American culture and leave it to Russians to enlighten us what life in Russia was like.
“Among readers of European fiction, the character names in Russian novels are notorious for their difficulty. Not content to rely on given and family names, we Russians like to make use of homophobia, patronymics, and an array of diminutives. Such that a single character in one of our novels may be referred to four different ways in as many pages.”
#audiocrochet
Crocheting has finally clicked for me @julesG 😎 - only the basics, but after just not getting it for the longest time, I might now be addicted.
Listening on Audible while hiking. Really enjoying so far. Love little Nina: “For the virtuous who have lost their way, the fates often provide a guide. “
I think this picture sums up what I think about the book so far ❤️ Felix loves the one-eyed hotel cat #catsoflitsy
I want Nina‘s key!
"So while duelling may have begun as a response to high crimes... by 1900 it had tiptoed down the stairs of reason, until they were being fought over the tilt of a hat, the duration of a glance, or the placement of a comma."
(It never quite got to red pens at teatime behind the filing cabinet when I was a proofreader but I can't say it didn't get close sometimes!)
My first reading spot in the garden is ready for a lot of Easter Holiday reading. Hopefully the sun will keep on shining ☀️ 📚#readingspot #placestoread
Sunday morning reading soundtrack #readingsoundtrack
pickYou should read this! Read this last year, it is now the book I tell they everyone they must read.
I also love Rules of Civility. Can't wait for Amor Towles next great work.
#agentlemaninmoscow #amortowles
#deweyreadathon #readathonhourlyphoto #deweyapril
My work out consists of reading books😝
pickBookclub scored the tagged book very high. Everyone agreed the writing was excellent- words used to describe the book ... privileged, particular, over-ambitious. Most want to read his other book Rules of Civility Also some felt , why Moscow at that time ? It could have been a hotel anywhere.
Our next book is The Bone Clocks
But first we have the Cork Book Festival , So need to read Kit De Waal Anne Griffin , Billy OCallaghan & more will 👇🏻
Great question! I‘ve read quite a few outstanding books so far, but I think my favorite has to be ‘A Gentleman in Moscow‘ with ‘The Remains of the Day‘ coming in as a close second.
#bestbooksofar2019 @megnews
so-so#UnpopularOpinion I loved the characters and was worried sick when smth bad was to happen to them, but overall impression wasn't that good.Quite a few historical inaccuracies caught my eye even though I'm not an expert. And it's hard for me to believe that such story could happen in reality.It's like a performance with lots of funny&dramatic moments, so I couldn't get serious about it #booked2019 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
I was most certainly #charmed by the Count in this recent read. Such old fashioned civility, a true gentleman indeed.
#literaryluck
pickA Gentleman in Moscow makes you stop, relax, and appreciate who and what is around you. Towles' novel is charming and full of wit, beautiful prose, and an endearing count who demonstrates true class and humaneness.
Stepping into Moscow 1922 today as I started a new book this morning. I loved Amor Towles' writing in Rules of Civility, and A Gentleman is Moscow is perhaps even more enjoyable so far at about 100 pages in - excellent writing and full of wit. And Towles' footnotes are cracking me up!
“The only difference between everybody and nobody is the number of shoes!” A delightful quote from an insightful 9-year-old in this novel.
#friyayintro @howjessreads
📘 Tagged book for people who like general and historical fiction. Also recommend A Man Callled Ove and Beneath a Scarlet Sky. Others come to mind for lovers of fantasy and Scifi.
🛌 Always make it. I'm a neatness person.
🌤 Mosy sunny 58.
🍌🥪 Banana and Peanut butter sandwich
🤗 On it!
A Gentleman in Moscow... “ By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory...”
I‘m on the fence with this book ... would hVe bailed but it‘s IRL Bookclub...
I like this quote though , & we can apply it to how interesting our different tastes in books can be
I‘m finding it all a bit too “ clever “ - more #unpopularopinion from me 😬
Although , I‘m starting to get a bit fond of our gentleman
This book's pace is a remarkable combination of exquisite details, historical references and the relating of stories and events from the main character's life. It is utterly charming and I am especially enjoying the drool-inducing descriptions of food. It's a perfect read for a relaxed afternoon even you need to slow life down and breathe for a spell.
#Booked2019 #Winter completed. ✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️✔️
My favourite is the tagged book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickOh, this book! What a beautiful journey this has been! Mr. Towles' writing flows naturally and magically, making the realities of the story all the more compelling. None more so than the Count - what a charming and interesting character. I also loved the key role that books and culture play, how utterly vital cultivating one's mind is. It's a beautiful and intelligent story, but above all, it's utterly humane and all the more well-worth the read.
so-soDefinitely in the minority here, but I thought this book was just alright. I‘m currently taking a Russian history class and it definitely gave me some interesting perspectives on the literature and historical events referenced in the book. I thought that the prose in this book was absolutely beautiful. What made it really meh for me was how seriously it seemed to take itself. Other than that it was good!
pickI am smitten by this book. Enthralled by the charm, humour, and wisdom of the endearing Count. The premise may seem non-thrilling, but you‘ll soon discover the varied fascinating characters and fall in love with all of them. Towles is an incredible writer with excellent grasp of detail and mood, while providing a look into Russia‘s history. Beautiful writing, wonderful story, a book to savour.
#Booked2019 #winter #newtoyouauthor
Let‘s hope we learn to appreciate the inconveniences in life before it‘s too late.
Just popped the cork out and I‘m ready to read...#currentlyreading #wineandbooks
😁 😆So far, I‘ve bumped into an Alexander, Katerina and Mishka..
pickThis is what happens when an american writes an Austen novel set in russia. I wouldnt have thought i‘d like it so much, but this has been just a wonderful 30 year journey -a very long bottle episode- about personal values and those propagated by societyT and an ode to literature and friendship. The times they are a‘changing but man will always be man ❤️🎩
#currentlyreading
Pic of the actual Hotel Metropol Moscow lobby.
What's your favorite winter read? Mine is A Gentleman in Moscow for the lyrical writing, character-driven story, and wit that makes me laugh out loud.
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Count Alexander Rostov seems such an elegant man.
pickI almost have up on this one but I am happy I stuck it out. The author's attention to detail is phenomenal and the use of symbolism and foreshadowing the best I have encountered in recent novels.
Probably one of the most beautiful covers I‘ve ever seen ❤️. Can‘t wait to start this!
Our next IRL Bookclub pick ... also , excitingly, to be made into a movie starring Kenneth Branagh ( @CarolynM 😍, can we deal with this excitement 👍🏻yes we can ! )
Also thinking #BooktoMovie
I‘ve had resistance to reading this one ... so I‘m glad I‘m being forced to 👍🏻
