New Posts For Thread: Anyone read War and Peace?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peaceGot a copy at home and thinking I might give it a go. Reckon it will be a two or three month job. 1300+ pages. Imagine getting like 600 pages in and thinking it is a bit cr@p.anyone read a Harry Potter bookNo but read two of her 'writing as Robert Galbraith' private detective thrillers and have the third. Much as I enjoyed them both and hope the third is as good, nothing on Earth would make me want to read the Potter bookhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550738693#550738693anyone read a Harry Potter bookNo but read two of her 'writing as Robert Galbraith' private detective thrillers and have the third. Much as I enjoyed them both and hope the third is as good, nothing on Earth would make me want to read the Potter bookWed, 28 Dec 2016 17:37:30 -0600Do audiobooks count? I've never been a great reader but do listen to a lot of podcasts and audiobooks.https://librivox.org/war-and-peace-book-01-by-leo-tolstoy/https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550738555#550738555Do audiobooks count? I've never been a great reader but do listen to a lot of podcasts and audiobooks.https://librivox.org/war-and-peace-book-01-by-leo-tolstoy/Wed, 28 Dec 2016 17:12:25 -0600Any translated book is hard going, because you're inevitably going to miss most of whatever brilliance the author's original words had to offer. You're just left with a story to interpret. It might be a good one, but it's a rare one which justifies thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550738477#550738477Any translated book is hard going, because you're inevitably going to miss most of whatever brilliance the author's original words had to offer. You're just left with a story to interpret. It might be a good one, but it's a rare one which justifies tWed, 28 Dec 2016 16:58:30 -0600Read the Hobbit and LOTS in days, back when I was a teenager.Have read War & Peace, but was a titanic struggle, very difficult going despite my fondness for other Russian literature such as Solzenhitsyn, and especially the magical Sholokhov.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550738273#550738273Read the Hobbit and LOTS in days, back when I was a teenager.Have read War & Peace, but was a titanic struggle, very difficult going despite my fondness for other Russian literature such as Solzenhitsyn, and especially the magical Sholokhov.Wed, 28 Dec 2016 16:31:10 -0600I read the first page of The Hobbit and it convinced me not to read The Hobbit. Me too!I've started all the books mentioned so far, apart from Harry Potter, and dropped them pretty quickly. Reading is supposed to be about enjoyment, torture yourselvehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550738039#550738039I read the first page of The Hobbit and it convinced me not to read The Hobbit. Me too!I've started all the books mentioned so far, apart from Harry Potter, and dropped them pretty quickly. Reading is supposed to be about enjoyment, torture yourselveWed, 28 Dec 2016 16:00:48 -0600War & peace a bit heavy going at the start until you get a feel for the main characters but stick with ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550737911#550737911War & peace a bit heavy going at the start until you get a feel for the main characters but stick with itWed, 28 Dec 2016 15:50:30 -0600anyone read a Harry Potter bookhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550737837#550737837anyone read a Harry Potter bookWed, 28 Dec 2016 15:43:55 -0600She's just announced her retirement.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550737827#550737827She's just announced her retirement.Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:43:15 -0600Closest I got was Anna Karenina.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550737811#550737811Closest I got was Anna Karenina.Wed, 28 Dec 2016 15:41:08 -0600I read the first page of The Hobbit and it convinced me not to read The Hobbit.There's a big 7 hour polemic WHAT I BELIEVE by Tolstoy, spoken word, on youtube, and I wss stunned by what he had to say about VOWS -- The evil that comes into the world thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30772421/anyone-read-war-and-peace?post_id=550736943#550736943I read the first page of The Hobbit and it convinced me not to read The Hobbit.There's a big 7 hour polemic WHAT I BELIEVE by Tolstoy, spoken word, on youtube, and I wss stunned by what he had to say about VOWS -- The evil that comes into the world tWed, 28 Dec 2016 13:27:55 -0600