It makes me very, very sad that it is now July and I'm still reading this thing -- I can't even remember my original goal but I definitely didn't see this book stretching out for six months of 2015. That said, I know that when I finally finish it, I will have no regrets and will become incredibly smug about having finished it, regardless of how long it took me. For some amazing reason, I had a lot of momentum with War and Peace this week, and managed to read 100 pages without consciously forcing myself to, which is especially noteworthy because I am in the midst of the most war-ish part, which includes many long descriptions of regiments and their positions and flanks and so forth. Napoleon's army is finally heading for Moscow, which means that all the characters are being forced back together, finally, and resolutions are in site.

I just hope the 100 page accomplishment doesn't make me lazy in the coming weeks, because it would be great to polish this thing off before August.