2018 Yearly Read: "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas

[StarMan]

A shout out to anyone who's finished THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, or is close to finishing it...

Great job, you dedicated and good-looking Book Snail!

Even if you attempted the book but decided it wasn't for you, congratulations on tackling a big ol' classic -- and hopefully not dropping it on your little snail foot! (yes, snails do have a foot, singular).

No rush (that ain't our style), but we're now taking SUGGESTIONS for a 2019 Yearly Book Read at:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Candace]

I'm glad you had that as the yearly read for 2018 because wow, that's one of the best books I've ever read. What a story! Of course, it's a classic, translated from French, and so the style is different, so it might not be everyone's cuppa. Later I watched one of the movies, and it sucked. But then, the plot is very complicated and the book is loooooong, so a movie wasn't going to do it much justice anyway. If interested, my review is here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...

[Erin]

I wonder if maybe I would have gotten into it better if I hadn’t tried to do most of the reading during middle of the night nursing sessions when I was quite tired... I’ve found that I can’t read the Red Sparrow books near bedtime when I’m tired or I don’t comprehend a lot. It goes much easier when I read on morning walks with my daughter. Perhaps I’ll try this one again someday since I really enjoyed the movie I saw years ago.

[StarMan]

Erin wrote: "I wonder if maybe I would have gotten into it better if I hadn’t tried to do most of the reading during middle of the night nursing sessions when I was quite tired... I’ve found that I can’t read t..."

Good point about best reading times, Erin. Some books require more concentration than others, and older classics usually have more eloquent (?) writing styles that maybe our modern fast-track brains have to adjust to!