If you are reading this novel for a book club, whatever you do, do NOT try to start it the night before the event! This is a book to be read slowly. Each paragraph, each page is to be savored just as Count Rostov reveled in each moment, each sip of carefully chosen wine, each carefully prepared meal, and each relationship even though he was banished to be in exile in the Metropol Hotel for life. Count Rostov's approach to life reminded me of the Buddhist practice of "mindfulness" throughout decades of life in a hotel. After reading a few pages, I started over with a notebook in hand to record the various Russian characters as the author correctly pointed out that we are prone to trip over tricky Russian names. I will definitely reread this book as there are many pearls of wisdom in this book full of life's lessons.
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