I'm officially in. I've been on the fence about joining this readalong, hosted by Allie at A Literary Odyssey, but a Barnes and Nobel giftcard from my mother-in-law (yeah, she's awesome) made up my mind for me. I bought the translation we are reading (I know it didn't have to be that one, but I had heard great things) and I just got it in the mail. Here's the reading schedule...
- January 15, 2011: The first check-in will focus on volume 1. In my edition it is about 295 pages.
- January 31, 2011: The second check-in will focus on volume 2. In my edition it is about 306 pages.
- February 12, 2011: The third check-in will focus on volume 3. In my edition it is about 332 pages (the longest section).
- February 28, 2011: The fourth check-in will cover volume 4 and the 2-part epilogue. These sections are about 282 pages in my edition.
Photo by moi.
11 comments:
Good luck with this. I am currently taking part in a year long read-along of War & Peace. So far I am really enjoying it and I have found it alot easier to read than I thought it would be. But I would suggest printing off a family tree and a list of characters off wiki as there are ALOT of characters and the family tree has been a God send for me.
I'm so glad you're joining! It should be fun. I have the same translation but the UK version has a different cover. How nice of your MIL to get you a gift card for Barnes & Noble! I was naughty and just bought it for my self as an early Christmas present.
Jessica - That's a great tip. I will absolutely be printing one off for reference.
Kristi - I almost bought it before Christmas. It took all my will power to resist the temptation.
YAY!!! I am so glad you are joining! I only read the first chapter last night, but I am hoping to get a little further tonight, once I am done lesson planning. :) It is a lot easier than I thought. The only thing that I can forsee having trouble with are the names. Like Dostoevsky, Tolstoy likes having lots of names for one character. I think that I might take Jessica's advice and print out some helpers.
I wish I was brave enough to join in, but I think War and Peace is a book I won't read for another 10 years :\ It is simply too intimidating!
Allie - I just started as well. I was surprised by how much of the dialogue is French and only translated in the footnotes. I'll get used to it though. Here's the link to that family tree...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/WarAndPeaceCharacterTree.jpg
Iris - I'm intimidated, but I'm glad to have others to compare notes with as I read.
Good luck! It took me about 5 months to get through it but it's SO good. Worth the effort.
Michelle - I'm so glad you said that! Sometimes when I'm undertaking a massive book I worry that it won't be worth the time and effort in the end. So that's really encouraging!
Ha. I began it a couple of weeks ago (go 2011?) and am utterly relieved to see that someone else (others plural, even), started it around the same time. To fortitude, my dear!
Amanda - Yay! We'll have to compare notes at some point.
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