How Reading Anna Karenina Changed My Life!!! // Books That Changed My Life #1 // 2021

Hi Dear Friends!!!

I'm so excited to share this with you all!!!
I've decided to make a little "Books That Changed My Life" video series!!!
Of course I had to start this series with Anna Karenina!
I hope you enjoy hearing all the ways reading Anna Karenina has changed my life, in big and small ways!

***My Anna Karenina Reading Vlogs:

***Dickens vs. Tolstoy Announcement:

***The first Debate/Liveshow (Childhood, Boyhood, Youth by Leo Tolstoy):

My Social Media: CarolynMarieReads

***About me -
I'm currently in my last semester of college at The Fashion Institute of Technology. I'm majoring in Illustration, and minoring in English/Writing.
My greatest passion in life is combining my two loves, literature and art!

I hope you enjoy watching me unite books and artistic creations!

Happy Reading :)

#annakarenina #favoritebook #tolstoy

[sarahsperusals]

not me taking a break from reading anna karenina just to watch your video about anna karenina

[sugarcakes-svdj]

I borrowed Anna Karenina from the school library and never returned it. That was 40 years ago.Great video, greetings from Australia.

[pallasathena]

My aunt told me that she once travelled Russia on the trans Siberian railway reading Anna Karenina, and every page she read she tore out and threw out the window… a perfect blend of yolo romantic and littering

[tinytina]

I felt that way after read war and peace. My reading pace increased too. I’m now going to start Anna Karenina tomorrow. War and peace made me grow in confidence I’m going read all my books that I currently own then explore bigger books. There is something comforting about reading big books. Love your videos

[laribex]

I am a 53 year-old lifelong bibliophile and just read Anna Karenina for the first time year. It was a life-changing read for me, as well. I am now enjoying Crime and Punishment and am now loving Russian literature.

[zekeward]

Oh my gosh I literally JUST read Anna Karenina and I was absolutely blown away. So glad to hear that you thought it was good too!

[TheNerdyNarrative]

Oh, now I am very excited about Anna Karenina - I have it slated to read later this year! I hope to have a similar experience as yours. 🥰

[saratolca]

Tolstoy is my favortite author too! And my favorite book of all time is War and Peace :)
Also Congratulations!!! Sending love from Spain <3

[danielsmith]

I read Anna Karenina earlier this year. Never have I ever found myself changing my opinions about a character within the space of a few pages. If a book can do that, perhaps we can be more open minded about the people we come across in real life?

Part 8 was mind blowing. I found myself exclaiming out loud as Tolstoy, via Levin, put into words my own thoughts...or had they been put there by Tolstoy during the previous 700 pages?!!

[streetsympohny]

Anna Karenina has been on my TBR list for a very long time. I’m going to start reading it in April. I’m glad you got over being intimidated by the big books and read it. I just finished Les Miserables and LOVED it. I also read The Count of Monte Cristo a few years ago so big books doesn’t bother me. War and Peace is also on my TBR list this year. I also am excited to read Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. My reading list this year is HUGE!!

[daviddirry-moir]

Anna Karenina existed in real life. Her name was Anna Stepanovna Pirogova. She was a concubine to a neighbor of Tolstoy.

[katyashvayakova]

Congratulations on 10k! ❤️❤️❤️

I like Tolstoy. And here in Russiawe read Tolstoy's books at school. I don't read Anna Karenina, but now I am reading "War and peace". It is interesting and i enjoy to reas it. But I understand that I more like Dostoevsky's works. It is second big writer at Russia.

Sometimes we joke that who like Dostoevsky that don't like Tolstoy. And vice versa.

And I am sorry for mistakes)

[authorgreene]

It's always great to see and hear how books can change one's life. I'm also glad I discovered Anna Karenina. Can't wait to hear both your perspectives on this classic masterpiece.

[boagaboo]

I have just recently finished Anna Karenina. What a story! I agree with you about the characters. They actually feel like people I know, not just figures Ive read about. I'm older and have experienced many of the life events in the book and Tolstoy describes these all in a heart-wrenchingly beautiful way that I deeply relate to.
This novel is everything!

[Sofia-umjy]

Your passion inspires me so much, so thank you! I persuaded my friend to start reading 'Anna Karenina' and now we cannot stop gushing about how much we love Levin (mwahaha). Sending you so much love your way. <3

[DoodleMaster]

people talking about their favorite things or passions is like my favorite thing ever

[SophiaClef]

I feel you! It was one of my first Russian classics as well. I'm currently rereading it and Tolstoy's passages on art and death are the best in my opinion.I started noticing some flaws due to my habit of overanalyzing things, but that's ok. I'm not a Levin fan anymore, though I empathized with him 6 years ago. I'm less forgiving of him being a 19th century man and last year I learned too much about Tolstoy's life to admire him. He wasn't the man I wanted him to be. Oh well...
I still enjoyed most of his works. One of my favorite ones was his Confession, oddly enough considering the previous paragraph. One of the reasons some people compare Tolstoy and Dostoevsky is that both of them were not afraid to ask the most important questions and to actually look for the answers instead of accepting the ones offered by others.
You artwork is stunning, by the way!

[radiantchristina]

Great idea for a video. Anna Karenina changed my reading life. It is one of my all time favorite books and one of the books i have read the most. I re read it ever several years and have done so for many years. Another of my favorite books is The Elegance of the Hedgehog, (which also happens to feature Anna Karenina ! )

[chrissyplanteater]

I have just got this book because of you and Emma so thank you both for your passion and articulate way of reaching us with your beautiful way of talking to us all 😀❤️ I’m ashamed to say I’m 62 and never read it xx wish me luck x

[gastondeveaux]

Your genuine love for books and reading is a wonderful thing. I feel the same way, like everyone who watches this channel I'm sure. I am starting Anna Karenina next !