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• Jane Eyre finished
• Hell-Heaven finished
• War and Peace finished

  Too much on God, inaccurate history, sexist The book seems good at the beginning, and actually gets interesting by the time Napoleon's 1812 invasion begins. But, there are too many inaccuracies in the account. The Moscow fire started due to arson, not 'inevitable conditions.' Tolstoy seems almost apologetic in places where the gospel is mentioned. The description of Natasha becoming fat and ignoring everything but her family is sexist in the extreme. I posted this on 15 August 2011
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Ideas - Badge for completing reading a book

How about a badge or logo that we can put on facebook, myspace or a blog after finishing a book? Will serve as advertisement too...

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War and Peace - Incredibly boring

Nice to hear an honest opinion

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War and Peace - Too much on God, inaccurate history, sexist

The book seems good at the beginning, and actually gets interesting by the time Napoleon's 1812 invasion begins. But, there are too many inaccuracies in the account. The Moscow fire started due to arson, not 'inevitable conditions.' Tolstoy seems almost apologetic in places where the gospel is mentioned. The description of Natasha becoming fat and ignoring everything but her family is sexist in the extreme.

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Ideas - Send more than one installment a day

More flexibility in choosing the length would be good too - like 6 times or 4 times as long as a single installment. Most classics speed up in some places and slow down in others. We could change the length as required.

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