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Discuss Volume Two of War and Peace in this thread.It took me awhile to figure this out as there seems to be a lot of opinions about how this book is broken down. I hope this isn't too confusing!
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 1
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 2
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 3
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 4
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 5
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 6
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 7
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 8
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 9
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 10
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 11
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 12
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 13
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 14
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 15
Volume 2, Part 1, Chapter 16
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 1
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 2
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapters 3 & 4
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 5
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 6
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 7
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 8
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 9
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 10
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 11
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 12
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 13
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 14
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 15
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 16
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 17
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 18
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 19
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 20
Volume 2, Part 2, Chapter 21
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 1
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 2
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 3
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 4
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 5
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 6
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 7
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 8
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 9
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 10
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 11
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 12
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 13
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 14
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 15
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 16
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 17
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 18
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 19
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 20
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 21
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 22
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 23
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 24
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 25
Volume 2, Part 3, Chapter 26
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 1
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 2
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 3
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 4
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 5
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 6
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 7
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 8
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 9
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 10
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 11
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 12
Volume 2, Part 4, Chapter 13
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 1
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 2
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 3
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 4
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 5
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 6
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 7
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 8
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 9
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 10
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 11
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 12
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 13
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 14
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 15
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 16
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 17
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 18
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 19
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 20
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 21
Volume 2, Part 5, Chapter 22
Discuss Volume One of War and Peace in this thread.It took me awhile to figure this out as there seems to be a lot of opinions about how this book is broken down. I hope this isn't too confusing!
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 1
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 2
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 3
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 4
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 5
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 6
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 7
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 8
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 9
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 10
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 11
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 12
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 13
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 14
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 15
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 16
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 17
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 18
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 19
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 20
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 21
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 22
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 23
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 24
Volume 1, Part 1, Chapter 25
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 1
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 2
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 3
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 4
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 5
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 6
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 7
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 8
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 9
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 10
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 11
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 12
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 13
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 14
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 15
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 16
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 17
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 18
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 19
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 20
Volume 1, Part 2, Chapter 21
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 1
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 2
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 3
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 4
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 5
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 6
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 7
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 8
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 9
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 10
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 11
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 12
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 13
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 14
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 15
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 16
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 17
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 18
Volume 1, Part 3, Chapter 19
Greetings! Welcome to our January through March 2016 BIG BOOK READ!This thread will be for general discussion - be sure to mark or avoid spoilers in this thread. I will create a thread for each volume and the epilogue of the book for more in depth discussion.
Matthew wrote: "15 from the Board list - 29 from the Readers List. I call shenanigans on the Board list simply because it includes Finnegans Wake - which is pure gibberish."Update to this from earlier this year:
I have now read 17 from the Board list - 33 from the Readers List.
Greetings! We had a tie for our January 2016 book - Dead Wake and The Girl on the Train - please vote between now and December 31st at Noon for which you prefer.Such an exciting showdown to start 2016!
Clic here for: January 2016 Tiebreaker poll - Goodreads Choice Awards
Well, this book didn't go quite as well for me as it did for others:Matthew's Review of Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
OH! Things are getting exciting - its a tie between Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania and The Girl on the Train - with two other hot on their heels.Only a few more days to vote!
I really want to read it - but my TBR list is soooooooo backed up. I will come back here to discuss when I do!
I am at the climax now - it still seems more dry than exciting . . . It seems like the opinions on this are very split - either super fantastic or dry and boring. Not too much in-between.
Matthew wrote: "I have read 31 of these. Some are indicating the whole series - which makes sense."I am at 36 now - at least I will be once I finish Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell - only 20 pages left. Adding 5 more this year feels good! Several more are on my TBR.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania has the lead for now - but looks like we could expect to see a few more votes! Come by and vote if you can - no obligation to read the winner, just want to see what most people are interested in reading!
Valerie wrote: "My library hold of Infinite Jest finally came in along with 8 other holds. That's right, 8! Because it is a digital library hold, I had to make the tough decision to let it go. "I enjoyed (maybe that is not the right word) Infinite Jest, but if I had to decide between it and 8 other titles, the decision would not be tough! :)
For January 2016, we will be reading one of the Goodreads Choice Winners (that is a list, right?). I did not include series books in the voting - might be hard for some to catch up. I also left out the cookbook, poetry, and children's winners - not because I don't think we would enjoy them, but it just didn't seem like they fit with this group's normal reading plans (feel free to demand them in the comments section if you really want them, though!) Goodreads Choice Winner's Poll
Matthew wrote: "Read 15 - I have not heard of a lot of these."This was a good year! I am up to 24 on this list now!
Anyone out there doing Crime and Punishment this month? It has been on my too read list for awhile, but all my book clubs have my TBR list backed up!
Over the past few days of reading, it feels like this book has taken a very different direction somewhat incongruous with the rest of the book. I am sure that the story will tie back in . . . but, since I am having some issues focusing on the story anyway because of the dry writing, I am a bit confused.
Discuss the December 2015 THIS and THAT Poll winner here.
I have been in part III for a few days now. Some of it is still dragging, but I did think the section about Strange's published books disappearing was interesting.
This poll ends tomorrow! Vote if you have not yet, or, feel free to change your vote to Crime and Punishment or Sense and Sensibility as it is now a showdown between those two!
