A few months ago I saw someone on here mention picking chapters

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A few months ago I saw someone on here mention picking chapters of War & Peace at random and reading them. I thought it sounded interesting so I got a copy from my library and instead started going part by part.

I just finished it last night. I read Part IV, then II, III, V, I, VI, and VII, and it was one of the best, most rewarding reading experiences I've ever had in my life. I didn't expect to read the whole thing, I was mostly just curious, but getting to Part I and jumping back to their youths in 1805 made me cry more than a book has in a year or two.

I'm not sure I can see this working with a lot of books, and having such concretely defined 'Parts' to pick from definitely helped a lot, but have y'all ever done anything similar?

I can see it maybe being more applicable in genre fiction, or maybe even something that makes rereading anything more engaging.

I'm thinking of returning to Faulkner's A Fable again and doing the same to reread it bc it was the only ner text I read in that period that I felt very unsure about what I got out of it, if anything.

Pic kinda related; I haven't paid much attention to the discussion I've seen of the show, but is this dude playing Pierre? I'm definitely down with that.