Lee Weick

From time to time.

I read a great many biographies when I was younger.

I don't find as many biographies now that I'm interested in.

Also, some of the ones I'm really interested in are in that very, very long book list.

And so for me to get to them, I have to have you tell me some short books I can read so I can get to those long biographies.

Yes, that's right.

The third book is The Count of Monte Cristo.

And I would say this one is amongst my top all-time favorites and often I would say is my number one favorite book of all time.

And it's a long one.

It's an epic adventure story

It's inspired by a real-life case, actually.

It's full of twists and turns.

The main character, Edmond Dantes, is accused of a crime he did not commit.

And the agonies and frustrations and resentments that build in him lead to much of the plot of the rest of the story.

his frustrations and his suffering are painful, but I find that I appreciate and value reading about the pains and the frustrations of a person's life as long as there's hope and they keep moving forward.

So I think that's what I loved about Edmond Dantes.

He's very real and relatable.

You know, even though his...

character has some flaws.

He's an imperfect human being, as we all are, and makes some questionable choices.