I finally found myself getting back into War and Peace this past week, and I don't just mean I finally picked it up -- I mean I genuinely enjoyed what I was reading, and even got caught up in it a bit. I'm in the final stretch of 400 pages (ha), so many of the storylines are creeping toward their eventual conclusions, which is what all novels are expected to do, but in this particular case that seems like a revelation and is hugely rewarding. Princess Marya and Rostov had a "meet-cute" when he liberated her from her estate peasants, who had decided it wasn't fair for her to flee Napoleon's army while they stuck around, and I think they had a point there...but more importantly, Rostov and Marya immediately fell in (kind of) love. This was a totally unexpected turn -- I've been very distracted by the more central characters and frankly these two are my least favorite. But the fact that the sub-plots are resolving themselves gives me the momentum I need, which I appreciate.