Novels, Romanticism, the English minor at work. A reading log with standards: what's open right now, every book finished with a one-line take, and a shelf that fills as the year goes on.
| Title | Author | Year | Pages | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas | 1844–46 | 1,055 | Reading — chapter 53 of 117, page 500 (45%) | The revenge epic, taken at full unabridged length |
| War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy | 1869 | 1,225 | Planned | |
| Les Misérables | Victor Hugo | 1862 | 1,463 | Planned | |
| The Mountain in the Sea | Ray Nayler | 2022 | 464 | Planned |
Nothing finished yet this year — the book in progress is 1,055 pages, so have some patience.