The last time I saw Emma talk about W&P, I thought there's no way I'll be able to read and especially enjoy that book but I'm so happy to report back that I did and fell head over heels in love with it. I can't thank you enough Emma

A heavily annotated book is such a beautiful thing.

nothing better than sitting down to have dinner after a long day of studying and doing presentations and finding that emma posted

Fascinating annotation methods. Deep dives into serious novels like War and Peace offer so much more than a simple reading. Brava, Emma. Thank you for being so thorough and enthusiastic. You're inspiring so many of us to dive in and explore, to take our time and discover.

This book lives in my head. So many moments I remember perfectly. I yelled at the last chapter with the family. I really didn't want to leave them.

No freaking way! I started reading War & Peace a week ago after watching your previous W&P coverage. Can’t thank you enough for this recommendation!

Videos like this are so aesthetically pleasing it makes me actually get up and do my work 😂

I found your channel because I was looking for material on youtube that was about War and Peace. I loved the reading vlogs about War and Peace and I loved the book itself. It’s more than just a book to me. It is an antidepressant, a work of art and an amazing experience.

God, I've been reading it for several months now (hugely inspired by your and Carolyn videos). And today I have 20 pages left, because I was saving it to read this evening, and there's this video! That was A JOURNEY indeed, and I annotated it quite heavily as well. Thank you so-so much for the inspiration to read this book, I am so happy I did it ❤

Lol “do I wanna reread War and peace? No, don’t do it”. Emma, you are the only person who can make me want to read that book! ❤ Videos like these are a whole different thing, thank you for being so inspiring in many ways! Like actually studying harder or reading different books that are out of your comfort zone, things I did add to my day to day life, I love your videos!!

I’m on the epilogue for War and Peace. This is now one of my favorite books. Your short hair looks super cute!

This video has inspired me to finally tackle this absolute beast of a book. Wish me luck, everyone.

i can't wait to learn more about choosing relevant themes to track in annotation when i start my lit studies...i suck at picking them, especially if i've never read the novel i'm annotating and going in blind. lovely video as always, emma!

In the middle of the mammoth that is Les Miserables! Can’t wait to get to this book one day! 💕

I love these videos where you show us your thinking so much! Thank you so much Emma ^_^

your annotations are so wonderful!!! seeing that you just finished Grendel in goodreads has brought me so much joy, it is one of my favorite books and it changed my life. I am so glad that you gave it 5 stars, it deserves more praise. .

Thank you very much for this - it's fascinating to see your approach to reading this novel. I started reading W&P at the beginning of the year and finished Volume II this morning. We've highlighted many of the same points. I find Tolstoy very readable, much more so than I would have anticipated, and you've given me some ideas to explore during the remainder of the work, so thank you!

omg i started reading war and peace on the first of february and i'm so happy to see that you posted this video!!

I’m planning on reading War and Peace this year so this was really helpful! Scared but excited to read it

I'm currently on page 1062 of war and peace! I love watching your war and peace reading vlog when i need some motivation! Always hope you will come up with a new war and peace related video! Today, I'm one of the happiest 😍

You uploaded this AS I was rewatching the first ep of your War and Peace Diaries. Incredible

I could watch a million of these specific-to-book annotation videos!!

this was so interesting emmie. i think i'm going to re-read anna karenina this summer and use your approach. thank you for a thoughtful video!

beautifully anotated. i struggled so much with the war sections and thrived in the peace sections, when the characters were philosophical and discussed war, peace, love, life, etc.

Currently reading through this book along with your Tolstoy Diaries. Thank you for the content, the company and inspiration

Omg! I’ve been waiting for this video ever since I discovered your channel !❤

war and peace is such a masterpiece!♡ i love how you annotated it >

your channel is so comfortable for me and i want to read war and peace :)✨️

This is my most awaited video of yours. I was so curious. Anyways, I am fascinated by the way you annotate a book. 😍

I've never made it through, but now I'm inspired! Yet another reason to admire Emma and her Great Book stamina! I just know some of it through Happy New Year, Charlie Brown when he has to read it over Christmas Break and write a book report, lol.

i have the same copy at home and i’m thinking of reading it this year !!

One of my favorite books of all time. I read it so long ago though, I need to reread it and totally annotate it. ❤

Ohhhhh this makes me want to reread this masterpiece so bad!

@emmiereads More videos like this??? Ohh! YES PLEASE EMMA ☺️ Annotating videos are just so soothing to watch, and motivates me more to read and annotate.♥️

Emma you look so good with that haircut and somehow that top you're wearing makes it look better. Thanks for your channel and your calming content. I love this channel ❤️.

On part 4, book 3!!! This is a perfectly timed video !!!! Thank you!!

You are so intelligent!! I love hearing you talk about your passion!

I just sat down to start War and Peace. Very excited!

After suffering through that book, and then getting to his last essay on the meaning of history, ect., I was ready to throw the book across the room- I thought tacking that big essay on at the end was a cheap high for Mr T. That was first read, then I read it again five years later, it was still kinda tough, but I did it, every last word ! Then, at 67 yrs. Old, about two years ago I picked it up and decided to leave my emotions out of it. I read it slowly, carefully, and soon I began to enjoy it ! I thought I must be coming down with a cold, or something. And now... now I look forward to read it again. Most importantly: don't get mad at it, let it be what it is. Branford Marsallas said of Picasso, " Picasso's not gonna come to you, You've got to go to Picasso's it's the same with Tolstoy... he was a giant of a man, and wrote some fabulous things. Good luck all, and Merry Christmas, bye far now, and carry on, Al

Omg, more of this pleaseee! 😍

Her outfit and hair is giving me Briony vibes from Atonement and I’m living for it❤️

I looked at my W&P copy last night and I asked myself "OMG, How should I annotate this?", woke up this morning and saw this video 😆

I have this exact copy and it stares me down from my bookshelf - but… this IS the year!

if you liked war and peace you might want to check out the great comet of 1812! it's a musical based on this book. i haven't read war and peace so i don't know how different the musical is, but it's one of my favorite broadway shows ever. i heard it takes certain lines directly from the book tho. the stage was so elaborate, and the cast would walk around and interact with the audience! josh groban was in it too. sadly it closed on broadway a few years ago :(

Hello Emma, thank you for another lovely video. I adore your new haircut!! Suits you so well 🩵✨️

Your reading vlog where you finish War and Peace is how I found your channel 😁

i could just listen to ou talking about the books evry day for the rest of my life

Have not read War and Peace yet but this is a cool video idea 😊 nice to get a taste of other people's annotation styles

Beautiful annotations 😍😍😍

Thank you so much for this video Emma ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

“War and peace” or how they call it in Russia “Special military operation and ‘cease fire’”

i would loveeee a one hundred years of solitude flip through ❤

This makes me want to try War and Peace. I read Anna Karenina, I liked it though I think I will get more out of it upon reread. Lovely relaxing video ♡

just started the video but you look so beautiful

Thank you for the spoiler-free video and for saying so at the beginning.

In the 90s, I only managed to read one-third of W&P due to my youthful mindset of having no time for such a masterpiece. However, I made a promise to return to it later in life. Unfortunately, my life became entangled with, ironically, the details of war as an Iraqi, preventing me from fulfilling my promise until recently. At the age of 48, I finally finished reading it and can attest that it was worth every second spent.

Emma! Im excited to read war and peace! 😖Also, you should read Life and Fate next! - You would love it! xo Its so awesome! 😣😖xo

Cixin Liu trilogy - the most annotated book in my collection. Epic!

Do you tab while reading or is it like I’ll finish this chapter and then go back? That’s what I struggle with most. I try to stay in the moment with the book and trying to focus on things to tab disrupts the reading flow I guess?

Nice video Emmie!

Not me finishing War and Peace earlier this week...and now wanting to re-read War and Peace again, haha.

I’m really looking forward to you reading “crime and punishment” 👀💗

Me: studying while emma posts her video, i look at my books hesitantly trying to steer away from my guitly conscience. My books : Nah! We ain't gonna stop you. P.s ( love the regular posts)

oh my god i've been dying to read war and peace but haven't had a chance to pick it up yet

read war and peace because of you! ❤❤❤

I've got two copies of war and peace. The stuff I got out of it was mostly around the fighting, particulalry around the artillery. The point about the toughest soldiers being at the front and the cowards and shirkers at the back of the army was a bit of a revelation. Its been donkeys since I read it. There was more, as its a big read, but that single point was really important to me at the time. It seemed to coalesce something. The other point was how Society, transcended countries effectively, indicating its likely totally corrupt.

Great new hair ! Just started war and peace

oh not emma making me want to reread war and peace again

God do I want to push through and continue reading this !

I’m really inspired to read the book! It was gifted to me a year and I just got intimidated by it 😂

I don’t know if it is the French that complicates everything but the traduction of war and peace is so long that they cut the book in two 😹 I finished the first part and it is already 955 pages lmaoo Loved the video

Thx Emily. I believe when you reread W&P you'll need only a few days, rather than a few weeks. enjoy!

I'm planning on reading war and peace this summer, but im kinda scared 😂

Emma, you haven't announced The Game of Tomes debate's date. I saw on Caroline's channel it's this Sunday, right?

You're so pretty!

Will there be a great debate on war and peace? Love your videos x

Try reading the unabridged epic novel Les Miserables - it definitely needs tabs

I like to get into annotating, but I feel like I would have to stop constantly to do it. I'm still reading Anna Karenina, but now I want to pick up War & Peace. 😂 It's such a bad habit. 😉 The moment I watch a video where someone is talking about a book I've been meaning to read I want to pick up, but that's how I have I end up with a lot of unfinished books.😉

I have this book staring at me from across the room. I so wish I had someone to read it with me. Either that or I may burn it. I’ve never been so scared of a book.

I read W&P a million years ago and kept track of the characters (who are referred two in multiple fashions, given the fact that it is pre-Revolution Russia) by using a pen-and-paper spreadsheet....

Tolstoy is next level

There was recently a decent TV adaptation, featuring Paul Dano. His performance worth it, even though the story was chopped severely to fit 10 episodes,

If Russian soldiers come to your house you can show them this book. They will love it.

whoa

I want to reread War and Peace now....

Love you emmie! I also have a booktub channel! Thankyou for your support :) xx

2023 is the year I finally read War and Peace ✌🏽

Isaac Babel said that if Life could write it would write like Tolstoy. The guy was the ultimate omniscient narrator. He knows everything about everyone and shares the telling detail that reveals profound truths about character.

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Please make a 100 pages or under 100 pages book recommendations for people who are just getting into reading or have time constraints

You have very interesting approach..

when u said ‘keep track of…trace’ i got bojo flashbacks

luv ya

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MISS WAP I MISSED HER

"Another book by Leo Tolstoy: one of the greatest in all the languages of the world, War and Peace. Not only the greatest but also the most voluminous...thousands of pages. I don’t know that anybody reads such books except myself. They are so big, so vast, they make you afraid .But Tolstoy’s book has to be vast, it is not his fault. War and Peace is the whole history of human consciousness - the whole history; it cannot be written on a few pages. Yes, it is difficult to read thousands of pages, but if one can one will be transported to another world. One will know the taste of something classic. Yes, it is a classic. Nobody is more worthy of a Nobel Prize than Leo Tolstoy. His creativity is immense, he was unsurpassed by anyone. He was nominated, but refused by the committee because of his unorthodox stories on Christianity. The Prize committee opens its records every fifty years. When records were opened in 1950, researchers rushed to see whose names were nominated and cancelled and for what reason. Leo Tolstoy was nominated, but never given the prize as he is not an orthodox Christian. Leo Tolstoy is one of Russia’s wisest men of the 20th century and his ideas on non-violence deeply influenced Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology. Mahatma Gandhi declared three persons his master. The first was Leo Tolstoy, the second was Henry Thoreau, and the third was Emerson. Once Leo Tolstoy was asked - How many experiences did you have of divine ecstasy in your life? Tolstoy started crying. He replied - Not more than 7 in my life of 70 years, but I am grateful for those 7 moments and miserable too. In those moments it was evident that is could have been the flavor of my whole life but that didn’t happen. Those moments came and went on their own. But I am still grateful to God that even without any conscious effort on my part, once in a while He has been knocking at my doors. . Anna Karenina is one of my most loved books. How many times I have read it I can’t remember. I mean the number of times - I remember the book perfectly well, I can relate the whole book. .If I was drowning in the ocean and had to choose just one novel out of all the millions of novels in the world, I would choose Anna Karenina. It would be beautiful to be with that beautiful book. It has to be read and read again; only then you can feel it, smell it, and taste the flavor. It is no ordinary book. Leo Tolstoy failed as a saint, just as Mahatma Gandhi failed as a saint, but Leo Tolstoy was a great novelist. Mahatma Gandhi succeeded as - and will remain forever - a pinnacle of sincerity. I don’t know of any other man in this century who was so sincere. When he wrote to people ‘sincerely yours’ he was really sincere. When you write ‘sincerely yours’, you know, and everybody else knows, and the person to whom you are writing also knows, that it is all bullshit. It is very difficult, almost impossible, to really be ‘sincerely yours’. That’s what makes a person religious - sincerity. Leo Tolstoy wanted to be religious but could not be. He tried hard. I feel great sympathy with his effort, but he was not a religious person. He has to wait at least a few more lives. In a way it is good that he was not a religious man otherwise we would have missed Resurrection, War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and dozens more beautiful, immensely beautiful books. "

Annotate means adding written notes explaining some of the text or adding one's comments. I didn't see any notes (annotations) in this video, but I did see the colored tabbing of pages. Am I missing something? Maybe she annotates in a separate notebook?

what are the theatrical bits? idgi

I'm reading war and peace

Love me some WAP (War and Peace)