Anyone else out there who goes overboard when it comes to buying foreign language books? I used to bring home new Russian books all the time… until it became clear how long it actually takes to go through a single … Read More
Here’s what I’m planning to read on Kindle this year: Books I started in 2019: The Anna Karenina Fix As they say on the internet: В любой непонятной ситуации читай русскую классику, там всё у всех намного хуже. Here’s one … Read More
Ah, prepositions, those tiny words that I happily ignored for so many years. It is за тебя or для тебя? Who cares! Well, it turns out they’re kind of a big deal after all. :/ Ignorance was bliss. As the … Read More
Russian pronouns are tough. Take The Three Musketeers, for example. A simple phrase in English requires some serious declension in Russia, including two forms of the same pronoun. English: One for all and all for one. Russian: Один за всех … Read More
It’s super nice outside today- spring!- but my mood is low. In the past three days I spent 15 hours in clinic/hospital visits before work and then to top things off, I woke up this morning with a cold. But … Read More
Looking for something new to read? Here are some ideas for your reading list (or perhaps some books to avoid, haha)… Interesting Finds at the Bookstore Not sure I want to read this book but I’ll definitely save the … Read More
Another workbook completed! 🙂 After finishing Russian Tutor, I sped through Schaum’s Outlines Russian Vocabulary. Is it worth it? I say yes, although it’s pretty intense. Here’s a look inside… This workbook organizes thousands of Russian words into 28 themed chapters. … Read More
Here’s the final verdict on the Russian Tutor Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook that I bought last winter: IT’S WORTH IT. If you’re still exhausted from the last time you took on a Russian grammar book (hello, Schaum’s Russian Grammar), don’t worry. This … Read More
A little off-topic, but do you know how to say “Ready, set, go!” in Russian? It’s на старт, внимание, марш! Cool, right? Anyway, this is just a quick update about grammar. I recently found two brand new resources for Russian grammar… … Read More
Today’s Russian practice has been going through these old music books that belonged to my свёкор, Valeriy. Valeriy was always interested in learning to play- I think he even had a keyboard stashed away in a closet … Read More