The Innocents Abroad - Mark Twain
Readers Digest edition, 430 pages.
Type: old ass book
Time: roughly 20-25 hours
Synopsis: Mark Twain goes on a trip to Europe mainly, some parts of the middle east. He talks about people on the ship, people in the countries, things he buys etc etc.
Excerpt: "They have a grand mausoleum in Florence, which they built to bury out Lord and Saviour and the Medici family in. It sounds blasphemous, but it is true, and here they act blasphemy. The dead and damned Medicis, who cruelly tyrannized over Florence..."
Thoughts: ^^i added the above because its interesting how he pokes and prods at people. He has no problem referring to certain races as ugly, inferior, or stupid. Here he is totally dissing the Medicis who had a huge part in shaping Italy. LOL. ANYWAy over all, this book was so painful to read. but i took the 1 1/2 weeks to read it cuz i figured if i started why not finish? I thought there wuold be some cool ass interactions with people but it never happened. Its cool though how much he saw, and how he can write about so much. Also. its written with words like 'countenance' and 'betwixt'
***Note: im not THAT much of a dousche of a reader. its tiny print, big pages, LOTS of em, and on top of that i was reading it during my busiest week. so id read, be interrupted, then end up rereading LOL