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Small-Scale Question Sunday for August 20, 2023

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I just ordered four books from EBay: Beloved, The Count of Monte Cristo, Nixonland, and Snow Crash, the latter two of which I believe I received recommendations for on this forum. I spun the roulette wheel and started with Beloved, got three pages in and said, nope this one can wait. I pivoted to Snow Crash and also found the first 50 or so pages painfully dull. But I’m now about a quarter of the way through and am slightly more intrigued. Looking forward to all of them.

Count of Monte Cristo is in my top 5. Hopefully you got the translation by Robin Buss from Penguin Classics. The older public domain translations are very antiquated.

I pivoted to Snow Crash and also found the first 50 or so pages painfully dull.

I thought that was the intent of Hero Protagonist as a character.

Beloved is incredible but definitely not a fun read. Snow Crash i thought was mega fun but I think I was hooked earlier in.