Anna Karenina

When I was 13 the teacher said that we could only choose books from the school library to read.  I looked at all the books and it was a bad selection.  I purposely picked the hardest book to read which was Anna Karenina.  The teacher took me aside and said that I was special and didn't have to listen to that rule. :) Anyway I was talking to my brother in law and I told him that I thought it was just ok.  He said to me "You're just 13."  So I gave it another try now in my mid-30's.  Yeah, it's better than I remembered.  I still don't think it's the best book of all time.  What I really liked about it was the relationship between Kitty and Levin which is poorly represented in film.  I liked reading about their love.  I know Anna's the one with the tragic love and the bad reputation but still, I was involved with both love stories.