I am a notoriously slow reader. I feel like getting through fifteen to twenty pages a night is a wonderful progress. There are spans in the book that read quickly others that are slow and extremely detailed in writing. Tolstoy spends three pages describing a room with two people in it, but will only use up three paragraphs to describe an entire battle sequence. It's weird. The goal I have set for myself is to have the book read by 20 December 2018. I am giving myself an entire calendar year to get through the book. Should I have it finished by then? Probably. But you never know.
29 January 2018
Classic Read
A little over a month ago, I made both a terrible and wonderful decision. I picked up 'War and Peace'. I got this book when I was in either high school or college. I tried once to read it. In fact, there was still a bookmark on where I left off. I was a little over half way through when I gave up. The copy that I have is 1444 pages long. I started reading on 20 December and it is now 29 January. So far, I am 323 pages in.
I am a notoriously slow reader. I feel like getting through fifteen to twenty pages a night is a wonderful progress. There are spans in the book that read quickly others that are slow and extremely detailed in writing. Tolstoy spends three pages describing a room with two people in it, but will only use up three paragraphs to describe an entire battle sequence. It's weird. The goal I have set for myself is to have the book read by 20 December 2018. I am giving myself an entire calendar year to get through the book. Should I have it finished by then? Probably. But you never know.
I am a notoriously slow reader. I feel like getting through fifteen to twenty pages a night is a wonderful progress. There are spans in the book that read quickly others that are slow and extremely detailed in writing. Tolstoy spends three pages describing a room with two people in it, but will only use up three paragraphs to describe an entire battle sequence. It's weird. The goal I have set for myself is to have the book read by 20 December 2018. I am giving myself an entire calendar year to get through the book. Should I have it finished by then? Probably. But you never know.
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