I read this in high school but being quite rebellious I don't think I really appreciated how good the writing is. I am in Chapter 5 of Part 1 and there are 6 parts with an epilogue. It was while reading The Murder of Harriett Krohn that my thoughts turned towards this book. Something about the murderer in that book resonated with what I remembered of Raskolnikov. The real shock is that I remembered anything of this book as I have not thought of it since 1967. The mind is a wondrous and STRANGE thing.

Do you find it entertaining? I have always wondered about the great Russian literature. Should I or shouldn't I?

There are a lot of characters with Russian names (ya think?) but it is not hard to follow the action. If you want to take a peek at it you can read it online for free at the following site.
http://www.bartleby.com/318/11.html
Here's the first paragraphs of the opening chapter where we meet the main character, Rodion Romanovitch Raskolnikov, a student.

ON an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge. 1

He had successfully avoided meeting his landlady on the staircase. His garret was under the roof of a high, five-storied house, and was more like a cupboard than a room. The landlady, who provided him with garret, dinners, and attendance, lived on the floor below, and every time he went out he was obliged to pass her kitchen, the door of which invariably stood open. And each time he passed, the young man had a sick, frightened feeling, which made him scowl and feel ashamed. He was hopelessly in debt to his landlady, and was afraid of meeting her. 2

This was not because he was cowardly and abject, quite the contrary; but for some time past he had been in an overstrained, irritable condition, verging on hypochondria. He had become so completely absorbed in himself, and isolated from his fellows that he dreaded meeting, not only his landlady, but any one at all. He was crushed by poverty, but the anxieties of his position had of late ceased to weigh upon him. He had given up attending to matters of practical importance; he had lost all desire to do so. Nothing that any landlady could do had a real terror for him. But to be stopped on the stairs, to be forced to listen to her trivial, irrelevant gossip, to pestering demands for payment, threats and complaints, and to rack his brains for excuses, to prevaricate, to lie—no, rather than that, he would creep down the stairs like a cat and slip out unseen.

Perhaps one day I will read Crime and Punishment.

I am reading Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris.

I'm a bit behind on my reading due to the better weather and the basketball tournaments.

I put new line on three fishing rods, four rods to go. Now I have to change the oil on a boat and two motorcycles. This is a monumental task (to me) that will cut into my reading. This happens every spring.

Mrs. Enthusiast is reading The Point of Rescue by Sophie Hannah. The Point of Rescue is another of the books recommended by Tana French. Mrs. Enthusiast was having a slog with this one for a while. We didn't realize it was like the third in a series. My fault.

I hope you feel better soon, scarletwoman. We will soldier on without you.

on e-reader, of course.

I read about it on FF.

I usually don't go for the gory ones, but I haven't read much Delaney, so I thought I'd give this book a try.

with Rhys Bowen's third Inspector Evans tale, Evanly Choir. Like the others, this is light, easy reading, just perfect for a day in bed. Hope you feel better soon, scarletwoman.

Another hard-as-nails police procedural from the great Richard Price ("Clockers," "Lush Life&quot . Currently on the NYT Best Seller list; rave reviews on the back cover from Stephen King, Michael Chabon, and Dennis Lehane. Hope somebody competent does a movie of it.

in the MADDAdam trilogy--the Year of the Flood.