I FINISHED!

I've blogged about this. I've felt guilty blogging about this...only because if I weren't blogging, I could be reading...

So many books on my shelf to fly through now.

I suppose I should say something about the book. Kind of like when somebody dies and you give them respect...

Just kidding! It's not that I'm not glad I read it. I enjoyed the book. I liked the story. I like the way it turned out. I liked learning about those wars, the stratagem, the author's assumptions on the historical characters and their thoughts and motives. I enjoyed Tolstoy's spirituality, how he looked at death and wrote about it through his characters. I liked the irony I found in reading this story: how in times of peace, there was a lot of inward conflict. And in times of war, for many of the characters, life was spelled out simply for them and they saw clearly.

I suppose I should read some notes on this book, or some lectures or something. I probably sound ignorant giving a recap on a book this intense, especially since I haven't had anybody to at least talk about the book with. Oh well...those are the things I liked about the book. Those are things that I gleaned from it. Good book. I don't think I'll be reading this a second time, though...