What+I'm+reading+and+watching

I am in the middle of //Anna Karenina// by Leo Tolstoy. It's a beautiful story set in Russia. I'm hoping to take a class on Tolstoy and Doestoevsky in grad school this summer, so I'm getting a head start. I definitely recommend it. I'm also reading //Reaching Out// by Henri Nouwen. If you were on the ski retreat, I referenced a few passages from it. Nouwen is amazing. I've also been reading //Robert Frost: A Life// by Jay Parini. I heard the author speak at a conference in Vermont in November. We've exchanged letters since the conference. Some high schoolers broke into Frost's house last winter and destroyed it by partying there. Part of their community service was that they had to take a class on Frost that Parini taught. Here's a [|link] to an NPR story about what happened.
 * What I'm reading...**

//Same Kind of Different as Me by Ron Hall and Denver Moore The Stranger// by Albert Camus //Recapture the Wonder// by Ravi Zacharias //The Omnivore's Dilemma// by Michael Pollan and more...
 * On my bookshelf...**

//The Curious Case of Benjamin Button//, which was curious, indeed. I enjoyed it, but I definitely found myself turning to my friend periodically with the comment, "how strange..."
 * Movies I've seen lately...**

When I have time I'm going to watch //Burn After Reading//. Next in my queue are //Bella//, //The Pianist// and //The Diving Bell and the Butterfly//. In the past few months I've watched: //The Other Boleyn Girl// (not my favorite) //A Room with a View Say Anything// (fantastic!!) //The Hours Kicking and Screaming//
 * Gotta love Netflix...**