Another week, another 100 pages. This week's reading flew by as I was finally able to really, fully engage with the characters and the plot. Tolstoy spends a good 200-300 pages or so developing the characters and setting the stage, so I'm finally at the point when tension is building and actions are reaping consequences.

More importantly, I'm nearing the halfway point, and it brings me so much satisfaction to see my bookmark poking out of the middle of this enormous, heavy book. I feel at this point I've read to the point of no return -- I've put enough time and effort into War and Peace (and made enough progress), that finishing the novel feels like an inevitability. I might regret writing that when I get to the 600 page mark or so, but right now the consistent, steady progress feels very encouraging.