OC puts down her copy of Peter Brunette's book on Michael Haneke, Thomas D. Saler's bio of Carlo Maria Giulini "Living Genius", and Steven Watson's "Prepare for Saints" as Anna Netrebko tells the WSJ what's on her reading list this summer:
I'm reading Georgian writer Boris Akunin's series of 11 mystery novels focusing on the character Erast Fandorin. Fandorin is a fictional 19th-century Russian detective—like Sherlock Holmes but more interesting. The books are well-written, entertaining, and not overly intellectual, which makes them perfect summer reading. I am reading them in their native Russian, but English translations are available.
Dang! We wonder where the Russian superstar even finds time to practice singing...