After reading the mixed reviews and the blurb on the back cover, I really didn’t know if I would be interested in getting through this book. I certainly wasn’t interested in the recounting of a man having sex with over 600 women, and happily that wasn’t what it turned out to be. Despite generally not liking the characters, I was curious enough about what would happen to them to make it to the end. By the time I did arrive at the end, I found that I felt pretty ambivalent about the story, the characters, and their fates. Despite the beautiful writing, I was easily able to put this book down and come back to it as opposed to devouring it in one or two days.

PBS Page for this book: http://www.paperbackswap.com/Love-Time-Cholera-Gabriel-Garcia-Marquez/book/0307389731/ 17 hours ago

I’ve been reading at least a few chapters in this book on a daily basis for a week 5 days ago

in fact, become a reading machine fueled by caffeine and sugar. 1 week ago

1. Heartburn by Hortense Calisher
2. To Build a Fire by Jack London
3. The Man who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks (non-fic piece from compilation of same name)
4. The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence
5. A Tree, A Rock, A Cloud by Carson McCullers 2 weeks ago

Going to incorporate my previous short story reading list into this broad reading goal

Of the few ‘best 100’ type lists I’ve looked at online, I think I’ll go with this one for suggestions for now:

http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/radcliffes-rival-100-best-novels-list/

while also reading whatever else. Ambitious, aren’t I? 2 weeks ago

I’ve finished the first book and I’m roughly 50% through the second, once they’re all done I’m moving on to more Terry Pratchett stuff. 2 weeks ago

Just read a short novel, La foi du braconnier. Excellent! 3 weeks ago

by Dan Brown. 3 weeks ago