Welcome to week 1 of the War and Peace Chapter-a-Day Read-along. Each Monday morning during the read-along I am going to try and publish a short post to give everyone a chance to comment on the previous chapters. These posts will be very brief, because their main purpose is to provide a forum for us to talk about the book.

Please be sure to talk only about the chapters that have been scheduled up to this point, so as not to spoil anything for other readers. And if you haven’t read up to the scheduled chapters, you may want to skip these comments until you catch up.

So, how was the first week? What did  you think of Anna’s soirée? Are you connecting with any characters yet? Share your thoughts and reactions in the comment section below.