War and Peace - Finally Reading War and Peace - posted 5 months ago

I've just started too! Only on part 9 but it is quite captivating. I tried to read Ulysses but for some reason I couldn't get past the first few parts. W&P is surprisingly straight forward and not at all dull. I decided to try it because I recently watched a TV programme on Child Geniuses and the chinese pianist (now 13 years old) said...well my parents aren't very intellectual...I mean they haven't even read War and Peace! Oh dear, what's so difficult about War and Peace, I thought. Apparently nothing! I've read the first 7 parts in the first day and only stopped because I had to do some work! I love the detailed description of disdain that everyone is subtly displaying at the party. Looking forward to reading more about Pierre...