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