Book tag. I'm not sure if I'm doing this right, so we will see.
1. Get the closest book you can find: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
2. Find page #123: Done.
3. Type the fifth sentence: The block extended to the very water's edge.
So I have to say, I bought this book, but haven't had a chance to really delve into it. The little tiny portion of what I have read, has in fact, bored me to tears. However, I shall press on. Victor Hugo wrote this book along with a more well known classic, at least to us Americans. Can you guess it? Of course you can, and if you can't, you really, REALLY, need to take a literature class!! Lets discuss Les Miserables for a minute shall we? A large portion of the beginning of that book was very difficult to get through; it was all about the priest, and Victor Hugo went on and on about him and I kept wondering when the good part of the book would come in or if it ever would. I was bored to tears at the beginning of that book as well. Well, then it picked up and I can't say enough about it! It is a beautiful story that eventually gave me tears, but for another reason besides boredom. (And can I just get on my soapbox for just a minute?? Javert in the book, the real story, is not the bad guy he is portrayed to be in the musical. He is just misunderstood and misguided, but I do not think that he is a bad guy!) Anyways, I shall press on with The Hunchback of Notre Dame, hoping for a wonderful outcome like Les Miserables.
I tag Julie, Jessica, Jaclyn and Christina.
3 comments:
I love it, Marjean! At least the book you got was interesting, unlike mine. And though I've never read Hunchback, I read the expanded version of Les Miserables for a 10th grade English class. (Obviously, I'm a bit of an overacheiver - or was, anyway.)
I really enjoyed the play; it went so much faster than the book. But I agree that reading the book really helps you understand the characters better. And aside from the length, it actually is a very fascinating look into a slice of French history.
Victor Hugo didn't write books, Fletch made him up in his movie. He was in jail with Ben Dover.
I will get right on that!
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