Reading Mahabharata...

So..This started on the first day of Navratri in 2017 (Friday-22-Sep-2017). I committed myself to 10 books ..roughly 5500 pages in all. The book - Mahabharata. The unabridged version by Bibek Debroy.  I am intrigued and fascinated by this story since B.R. Chopra pushed the story in our homes. At that time- it was a gripping story- the baritone of Samay, the actors and the characters- it was so captivating- streets of India were deserted for Sunday 10:00 AM. Time passed.. I grew older. Tried to inculcate the reading habit. Then I stumbled upon some other books like Art of Subtle Dharma, Autobiography of a Yogi, My Gita. They are awesome books in their own regard. After reading these books - I started looking at BORI- the critical edition- was in Sanskrit- definitely hard to read. Then I realized I had a book on my kindle which has been lying around for quite a while and that book was Mahabharata- Volume 1 by Bibek Debroy. I remembered I had started reading it- but then could not- because the language was difficult. I picked up the book again- this time around the language did not seem like an impediment. and I started- it was good to read the intro notes by Bibek Debroy. Talks about what did it take to translate the book and notable is the mention of Sarma's child that stayed at his feet through the entire journey.
Introduction of the book- is the story about how did the book come about and may be - a summary about the entire book.
The entire Mahabharata has been translated into 10 volumes- and these 10 volumes cover 18 Parvas. The longest being Shanti Parva and the second longest being Vana Parva. Listing the Parvas for my own reference

1. Adi Parva
2. Sabha Parva
3. Vana Parva
4. Viraat Parva
5. Udyog Parva
6. Bhisma Parva
7. Drona Parva
8. Karna Parva
9. Shalya Parva
10. Saupatika Parva
11. Stri Parva
12. Shanti Parva
13. Anushasan Parva
14. Ashwamegha Parva
15. Aashram Parva
16. Mausala Parva
17. Mahaprasthan Parva
18. Swarg Rohana Parva