Not A Miserable anymore!!

Finally. I'm done with that stupid book. In case you don't know the story around why I read Les Mis, this is for you.*

My girlfriend, Jo, and I decided to do a Book Swap before we left for Christmas break and before I left for SE Asia. We had recently discussed how she had a part in her school's production of Les Mis, and I had expressed interest in reading it. When the time came to swap books, we decided that I would read Les Mis, but since it is so huge, I gave her three books in return. She got The Posionwood Bible, Ender's Game, and East of Eden (favorite book). THat's not the point though. THe point is that there are certain rules to doing a book-swap, namely, that the person trading the book in question must have read the book in advance.

Guess what. She hadn't read it. HOW LAME. And no, if you were wondering, I'm not letting this go.

So instead of writing a book review about a book that took six months to practically finish**, I just wanted to let you know how slighted I was in this swap and how now she has to give in a read Harry Potter (which is a lot easier to read than Les Mis I might add). I'm asking you, web-community, to hold her accountable and to encourage her on to love and good deeds and to getting the rightful comupance for her actions.

In all fairness, I liked Les Miserables. It was an interesting read, but it was ridiculously long. The ending made up for the long descriptions and the unncessarily lengthy descriptions of characters not present within the book. I know that they are put there for literary devices and to support the themes and whatnot, but they've always irritated me. That's why I dropped the English major.

And don't worry, Jo has two copies of Cliff Notes for her own reading pleasure when she chooses to read up on Les Mis instead of reading it herself.

And for clarification's sake, and my own as a boyfriend, I have to say that although we both have our faults, my girlfriend is absolutely incredible!

*abbrev's are cool. get with it.
**not because i read slow, but because more important things got in the way, like school and my girlfriend.