Status Update

Elaine is 7% done

I had to share the carrot ice cream joke with my daughter who hates carrots. Marya Dmitrievna is my kind of old lady!

— Feb 01, 2026 03:17PM

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Elaine’s Previous Updates

Elaine is 52% done

Over half way! This is syncing up quite well with Age of Revolution.

— Jul 12, 2026 04:39PM

Elaine is 41% done

The hunt scene was spectacular! I hope it’s in the miniseries, but I doubt it could be filmed well.

— May 28, 2026 02:44PM

Elaine is 38% done

— May 15, 2026 05:14AM

Elaine is 34% done

So strange to read War & Peace and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich at the same time. Well, for a short time. One Day took two weeks to read; W&P will take most of the year.

— May 06, 2026 05:39PM

Elaine is 28% done

I’m beginning to gain momentum and might want to pick up the pace but slow and steady generally pays off with long novels.

— Apr 19, 2026 06:31PM

Elaine is 20% done

— Mar 16, 2026 02:26PM

Elaine is 17% done

Lewis believed that War and Peace was the best war novel ever written. He mentioned it several times in his essays. I’m waiting for the scene he describes in The Inner Ring.

— Mar 09, 2026 06:33PM

Elaine is 10% done

Book one, part one completed. I think I’m keeping the characters straight, but goodness there are a lot of them!

— Feb 04, 2026 01:22PM

Elaine is 5% done

— Jan 16, 2026 03:51PM

Elaine is starting

War and Peace is loaded on my kindle and ready to go as soon as the AO forum discussion gets started.

— Dec 19, 2025 12:34PM