Finally starting The Count of Monte Cristo

          It has definitely been a busy week. A very busy week.

Meaning I didn't read very much,

          Sooooooo...This blog is being written after only reading, like, a few pages. Anyway, as a refresher, the book I am reading is The Count of Monte Cristo. It is about a man who becomes imprisoned for a crime he didn't do and then he goes to seek revenge on his enemies.

The book is a little more hard to understand than I had expected. I'm pretty sure that it's written in the third person. What I think makes it harder to understand is that multiple characters are being introduced all at once.

All these names and descriptions and characteristics and dialogue all being introduced at once.

In addition, it's only been 2 pages and it already is confusing. Hopefully it will all make sense soon.

I guess that sometimes multiple thoughts and information can be a good thing. It helps to give the reader a more well rounded understanding of the entire setting. At one point in the book, it talks about what the crew of the ship thinks, and then mentions what a specific character thinks. It is easier to present more information this way. At least, that is my opinion. A lot of times, I actually enjoy reading third person books. Well, this was definitely a short blog, but, there wasn't really much for me to blog about. Yet it is testing week so maybe I;ll have some time to read then.

The Count of Monte Cristo

       When my mother first handed me this book, I immediately didn't want to read it. The book was very old looking, and missing the cover. So, I laid it on my book shelf and forgot about it.

Until now.

I was looking for a book to read, and she reminded me of this book which I had displaced from my mind. She then began going into great detail about the book and how I would never be able to sleep again as long as the book stayed unfinished. It was apparently that good. Instantly I became intrigued.

The Count of Monte Cristo ("Cristo" not "Crisco" which is what I thought it said) is about a man ,imprisoned for a crime that he did not do. He then escapes from the prison and seeks revenge on his enemies. According to the back of then book, ...his carefully wrought revenge has held millions of readers spellbound for more than a hundred years." 

Including my mother (hence the part where she said "I would never sleep again until it was finished").

So now I'm givin' it a shot.

My 2nd and 3rd grade teacher always said that the 1st page of a book can tell the reader a lot. And the 1st page of this book already has me curious as to what is going to happen. The book says, "The vague anxiety hovering over the crowd affected one man so much he could not wait until the ship entered the harbor; he leaped into a small boat and ordered the boatman to row him out to meet the Pharaon." (Dumas 1). Why he's doing that? I don't know. What's making him so anxious? I don't know. What's going to happen next? No idea. I guess I'll just have to keep reading to find out.

I've only read the 1st page, I'll be able to sleep tonight because I haven't gotten far enough, but this is going to be one. Good. Book