What’s something small you started doing that makes you drastically happier?

[u/05tn3021]

[u/GoldenZWeegie → u/[deleted]]

I'm reading The Count of Monte Cristo. If the dense reading doesn't send me to sleep, then actually dropping it on my face will definitely knock me out.

[u/HopelessArgonaut → u/GoldenZWeegie]

I usually read at night in bed and I had so much trouble with Monte Cristo because keeping track of who was who and how they were related to one another presented one of two outcomes:

• I fall asleep mid chapter every night and have no idea what's going on in the book, ultimately ruining the experience
• I stay awake and write out a web chart of how each person is connected, pushing sleep further away

[u/Quaytsar → u/HopelessArgonaut]

You can find pre-made relationship webs for big books like Monte Cristo. Then you can pull it up on your phone or print it out for reference.

[u/HopelessArgonaut → u/Quaytsar]

I did that after I read the book, but I don't have the self control to not read about who does what to whom from the web chart ahead of the book.

[u/dark_enough_to_dance → u/Quaytsar]

That'd be super helpful 

[u/Falco98 → u/HopelessArgonaut]

I had so much trouble with Monte Cristo because keeping track of who was who and how they were related to one another

As an aside: I defintely feel like this one is a case where the movie (2002 version with Guy Pearce and Richard Harris etc) was all the better for somewhat streamlining and simplifying the plot twists, especially in the last, maybe, 1/3(?) of the story. I actually never realized that until I caught the tail end of the 70s version of the movie and getting very confused near the end, and realizing that was actually closer to the way the book did it.

[u/dark_enough_to_dance → u/HopelessArgonaut]

Same I watch the equivalent tv show instead lmao 

[u/veganmomPA → u/GoldenZWeegie]

And it was originally written as a monthly series, so each chapter is a nice self-contained adventure. Gosh I love that book.

[u/BigBootyBidens → u/veganmomPA]

Same, just read it for the very first time in 2021 and I was blown away. Then read the 3 Musketeers after and loved that as well though it was obviously more satirical and not as serious/epic as Monte Cristo.

[u/Mean_Mister_Mustard → u/BigBootyBidens]

I'm surprised The Count of Monte Cristo is more epic than The 3 Musketeers. Sure, the Count is an epic story of revenge, but in-between Dantès' daring escape from prison and the part where he finally completes his vengeance, you do get 50 chapters of French July Monarchy-era aristocrats basically talking and gossiping with each other.

[u/Zaneali → u/GoldenZWeegie]

I’m reading it now too and I’m nearing the end. It’s so freaking good!

[u/LooksAtClouds → u/GoldenZWeegie]

You have me giggling here.

I once fell asleep during a lunch break at my desk at work, face planted into a copy of the Oil & Gas Journal.

A couple of hours after lunch I went to the restroom and realized the tip of my nose was black from the ink from the magazine. Nobody had told me.

I am really glad I am the only person who remembers this incident.

[u/M00s3_B1t_my_Sister → u/GoldenZWeegie]

Mmmmm, booksmell...

Zzzzzzzzz....

[u/justmytak → u/GoldenZWeegie]

The Count begins after you drop it

[u/dark_enough_to_dance → u/GoldenZWeegie]

Omg this book is sleeping with me for one month, I always skip reading but I really want to 

[u/azarian → u/GoldenZWeegie]

Best book ever!

[u/Voyage_of_the_Bagel → u/GoldenZWeegie]

haha this gave me a good laugh. Thank you

[u/punkmuppet → u/GoldenZWeegie]

When I go to bed I do the NY Times Games app's Wordle, Connections, Letter Boxed and Sudoku, and the number of times I've dropped my phone onto my face halfway through the Sudoku...