I'm a pretty avid reader, but I HATED reading Dickens. Great vision, makes

for some very good movies, but god I hated actually reading anything he wrote.

And I'm one of those people who always say's "The book was better".....unless it's Dickens.

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Posted: 05/30/2020 at 7:40PM

Finally finished reading The Count of Monte Cristo. -- Tank 05/30/2020 5:35PM

Former English teacher here. In my view, some of the classics... (long) -- Mama Goose 05/30/2020 9:39PM

I initially hated reading when I was in jr high school. It wasn't until... -- EDGEMAN 05/30/2020 10:11PM

We had book fairs in elem. school -- LaneRat 05/31/2020 10:15AM

I'm a man of letters. I know all 25 of them. ** -- KCHokie2 05/30/2020 8:41PM

I enjoy the first half of that. The 2nd half is much harder ** -- hoosnowahokie 05/30/2020 8:25PM

2002 Film with Jim Caviezel was very good. ** -- TechMomof2 05/30/2020 8:14PM

I enjoyed Count of Monte Cristo -- hokie77th 05/30/2020 8:05PM

I could'nt read hardly any of the supposed classics.. -- astrohokie 05/30/2020 7:51PM

I enjoy reading Jules Verne books.** -- OrlandoHokie 05/30/2020 8:30PM

H.G Wells seems to hold up also. UK authors in Victorian era were prolific ** -- KCHokie2 05/30/2020 8:48PM

Which is better -- (1) Monte Cristo or (2) Cuban -- Nova Hokie 95 05/30/2020 7:31PM

3. Muffaleta ** -- typed by ben 05/30/2020 7:46PM

Cuban > Monte Cristo ... for sandwich and cigar. ** -- Tank 05/30/2020 7:43PM

I really like Silva, need to read more of his books. I’ve only read The -- B777Fr8Dog 05/30/2020 6:56PM

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. It looks good, but I fear I'm just too behind -- Nova Hokie 95 05/30/2020 7:45PM

Got Bosch and Reacher completed. 👍🏻 ** -- B777Fr8Dog 05/30/2020 10:49PM

For now, you mean -- Nova Hokie 95 05/30/2020 11:41PM

I read a lot of Nelson DeMille back in the day, first 4-5 Corey books ** -- B777Fr8Dog 05/30/2020 11:56PM

I was a big fan of the two-book arc with Asad Khalil, The Lion ** -- Nova Hokie 95 05/31/2020 1:53PM

Silva's The Other Woman is pretty good. ** -- Tank 05/30/2020 7:03PM

I am not in school, I ain’t reading that... -- kjhokie 05/30/2020 6:27PM

Really? I actually enjoyed a few of the books we read on school. -- Hokie CPA 05/30/2020 6:50PM

I'm a pretty avid reader, but I HATED reading Dickens. Great vision, makes -- Late 80s Hokie 05/30/2020 7:40PM

Just finished Grisham's latest, Camino Winds, but can't get past chapter 2 -- AZHokie59 05/30/2020 6:22PM

Never got past page 50 of Hawthorne's "House of the Seven Gables." Tried 3x ** -- TomTurkey 05/30/2020 5:48PM

Yeah, I stepped away from The Count several times. ** -- Tank 05/30/2020 5:51PM

1 time, 2 times, 3 times....ah ha ha! -- MP4VT2004 05/30/2020 8:40PM

But you now suggest you’re down for the Count??? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/30/2020 6:26PM

^^^ wants a dis-Count.^^^ ** -- Tank 05/30/2020 6:32PM

Count de’cliff notes ** -- Hokie1992 05/30/2020 7:16PM

Nope, full Monte for you. ** -- B777Fr8Dog 05/30/2020 6:58PM

...huge fan of his sandwich... -- chumley 05/30/2020 5:45PM

Dietrick perfected. ** -- Stork 05/30/2020 5:47PM

Agry ** -- B777Fr8Dog 05/30/2020 6:57PM

I'm a pretty avid reader, but I HATED reading Dickens. Great vision, makes

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