$30 Project

warandpeaceandstuff:

Hello!

I drafted a reading schedule. It’s designed to keep us reading along at an honorable clip. I aimed for about 100 pages a week, but I also let the book’s natural divisions guide the reading. Above is the translation I’m using, so if you’re not reading this version, then the page numbers below will be approximations. You’re cool with that, right?

Week 1 (Ending 5/20): Vol. 1, Part 1 (about 111 pp.)

Week 2 (5/27): Vol. 1, Part 2 (89 pp.)

Week 3 (6/3): Vol. 1, Part 3 (96 pp.)

Week 4 (6/10): Vol. 2, Parts 1 and 2 (121 pp.)

Week 5 (6/17): Vol. 2, Parts 3 and 4 (117 pp.)

Week 6 (6/24): Vol. 2, Part 5 (68 pp.)

Week 7 (7/1): Vol. 3, Part 1 (79 pp.)

Week 8 (7/8): Vol. 3, Part 2 (139 pp.)

Week 9 (7/15): Vol. 3, Part 3 (114 pp.)

Week 10 (7/22): Vol. 4, Parts 1 and 2 (96 pp.)

Week 11 (7/29): Vol. 4, Parts 3 and 4 (98 pp.)

Week 12 (8/5): Epilogue, Parts 1 and 2 (87 pp.)

That’s about 3 months of Tolstoy. If this is like every other summer, it’ll pass by all too quickly, but our brains will definitely be in swimsuit shape by the end of this.

I’m gonna do my best to moderate the reading. Maybe ask a pointed question or two each week, maybe post some supplementary material. I don’t really know. This is new. I think I’m gonna start infusing some vodka, perhaps for a book’s end celebration. Anyway, happy reading.

Erik is lovely because he drafted a reading schedule and now I don’t have to! I must admit that when I first saw it, my reaction was, “Oh shit, I really did not realize how long this book was…” but WHATEVER! Everyone wants to spend their summer reading about really cold, depressing Russian landscapes. And war. And peace. EXCITEMENT!

If you’d like to get in on this, let me know and send an email to thirtydollarproject@gmail.com