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I disagree with Tom that Marquez sucks... Legolas Send a noteboard - 11/01/2010 04:09:54 PM
but I haven't actually read 100 Years of Solitude (mostly because I want to read it in Spanish, and I've been trying to improve my Spanish), which does reputedly have a number of aspects that make it tricky, and less enjoyable for some. If you haven't read any Marquez yet, a book like Love in Times of Cholera is perhaps better to start with, far less controversial (but I guess not as much of a classic for precisely that reason).
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Planned reads for 2010. - 10/01/2010 05:10:08 PM 994 Views
I'd ditch Cooper - 10/01/2010 05:16:12 PM 623 Views
You might find the Cooper to be turgid - 10/01/2010 05:28:55 PM 531 Views
Interestingly random list. - 10/01/2010 05:55:51 PM 668 Views
It's mostly things I've bought and not read yet. Other than that, there's no coherent theme. - 10/01/2010 06:16:01 PM 639 Views
Okay, colour me shocked. - 10/01/2010 07:16:23 PM 605 Views
Re: Okay, colour me shocked. - 10/01/2010 09:57:26 PM 632 Views
Re: Okay, colour me shocked. - 11/01/2010 03:48:47 PM 596 Views
I'm actually the same as Tim. Haven't read them since I did it in 5th grade. - 10/01/2010 11:17:23 PM 401 Views
It does look that way, doesn't it? - 11/01/2010 05:06:41 PM 532 Views
Oh. - 11/01/2010 10:44:06 PM 555 Views
I just read it this past year for the first time. - 11/01/2010 11:36:21 PM 536 Views
Okay, I misread Tim's response and thought he was thinking about a year of Russian literature. - 14/01/2010 07:18:53 PM 671 Views
I wondered about that. - 14/01/2010 08:04:32 PM 608 Views
A couple of thoughts - 15/01/2010 01:46:25 AM 552 Views
Huh. You're the second person I've ever seen refer to that book as Demons. - 15/01/2010 05:35:19 AM 623 Views
That is the correct name. - 15/01/2010 01:14:54 PM 419 Views
Ditch Márquez. He sucks. - 10/01/2010 09:29:03 PM 524 Views
I'm sticking with "The List." - 10/01/2010 09:43:13 PM 557 Views
And to add input on your list... - 11/01/2010 02:17:20 AM 521 Views
Don't read the Achebe. - 11/01/2010 01:09:06 AM 536 Views
I'll be reading less serious stuff too. - 11/01/2010 08:52:14 AM 583 Views
Well, I figured that too - 11/01/2010 03:21:11 PM 557 Views
That is one seriously disturbing book. - 11/01/2010 03:31:12 PM 558 Views
It's under "weird" in my librarything catalog. - 15/01/2010 08:12:42 PM 542 Views
Things Fall Apart has an outstanding ending. *NM* - 12/01/2010 04:11:53 AM 262 Views
Must not be that outstanding if I can't remember it. *NM* - 15/01/2010 08:13:08 PM 255 Views
Of those? - 11/01/2010 01:33:33 AM 580 Views
Are Mohicans and 100 Years worth reading? Folks seem to be dissin' 'em. *NM* - 11/01/2010 08:49:55 AM 223 Views
I disagree with Tom that Marquez sucks... - 11/01/2010 04:09:54 PM 562 Views
Ditch Erlend Loe - 11/01/2010 11:40:37 AM 411 Views
However, good for someone who needs a simple book to help with learning the language. - 11/01/2010 12:06:55 PM 444 Views
I feel for you *NM* - 11/01/2010 09:02:51 PM 267 Views
Re: Planned reads for 2010. - 11/01/2010 11:41:28 AM 532 Views
You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 12:22:56 PM 648 Views
Re: You can borrow King Harald's Saga when I've finished with it. - 11/01/2010 03:21:37 PM 684 Views
heh, good luck with the first one. - 11/01/2010 01:12:41 PM 612 Views
I suppose if you're interested in the development of the thriller/adventure novel, Cooper is okay. - 11/01/2010 02:04:29 PM 509 Views
Because I already bought it as number 3 of a 3-for-2 . *NM* - 11/01/2010 02:06:38 PM 187 Views
Have fun, buddy. *NM* - 12/01/2010 03:38:55 AM 221 Views
Hrm. - 11/01/2010 11:46:52 PM 591 Views
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe - 12/01/2010 04:10:20 AM 440 Views

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