War And Peace

I just finished War And Peace. Took me about 100 pages to get into it (constantly referring to the 'who's who' in the front) but I enjoyed it. Apart from the 40 pages of philosophy at the end.

From the age of 20 to 40 I read almost exclusively books on some aspect of Protestant Christianity, maybe averaging one fictional book per year. In the last 6 years my taste in reading has become a lot more 'catholic'.

Of the 58 books on my 50 Books To Read Before You Die metal bookmark I've now read 15. War And Peace didn't make the list.

I enjoyed

Pride And Prejudice
To Kill A Mockingbird
Hamlet
The Bible
Moby Dick
Alice's Adventures In Wonderland
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time
Heart Of Darkness
Life Of Pi
A Christmas Carol (and Great Expectations – not on the list)
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Wasn't Too Bothered About

On The Road

I Hated

The Catcher In The Rye
Frankenstein (though I loved Dracula – also not on the list)

And I gave up on

Ulysses (though I did enjoy it in parts)
The Count Of Monte Cristo

(I intend to live forever simply by never reading the His Dark Materials Trilogy).