Well, I suppose we should get it started.

Our third reader, Valia, gave permission for us to go ahead, and suggested that we share the page number we're on so far at the top of the post, which I actually think is a really good idea. :)

I'll try to refrain from spoilers. I'm on page 177 and in Chapter 10 of Part Two.

So far, I'm quite enjoying this. It's easy to read and get into the characters and story, even if you're only ten pages in or so. While not exactly gripping, there is something that draws one into the story so that you want to read more, without being pressured into it, and soon the pages pile up....

The characters are interesting- of course, it's too close to the beginning to tell just how everything turns out and whether or not characters will be good/bad, etc, but I think I have some peoples that might be favourites, if of course they all behave themselves through out the book.

I find it at least a little amusing that just at the time that I started reading War and Peace, I began to help my brother with a rather detailed and somewhat intense and structured research project covering the area (Russia, Prussia, Bavaria, Austria, etc), from the early 1800s upwards....which is of course when War and Peace is set. All the additional information, even if it's not directly related to the story, will be nice. Details, I love details! And facts. ;)

I guess this is all for now. Cheers everyone!