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I finally read Garcia Marquez. Hope to read Cien Anos de Soledad in January.

Brina wrote: "I finally read Garcia Marquez. Hope to read Cien Anos de Soledad in January."

Loved your review of this book, Brina. Welcome to the Márquez fan club!

Cluttered mind, ditto!

Nat wrote: "Cluttered mind, ditto!"

Cluttered minds think alike.
—Kevin Ansbro

Love your use of words I would never think to use! Awesome review Sir Kevin. :)

Susanne wrote: "Love your use of words I would never think to use! Awesome review Sir Kevin. :)"

Why, thank you, Lady Susanne! : )

Kevin wrote: "Nat wrote: "Cluttered mind, ditto!"

Cluttered minds think alike.
—Kevin Ansbro"

I shall add that to my "Book of Quotes" 🐱 It's fabulous. And apt.

Nat wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Nat wrote: "Cluttered mind, ditto!"

Cluttered minds think alike.
—Kevin Ansbro"

I shall add that to my "Book of Quotes" 🐱 It's fabulous. And apt."
Ha! Thank you, Nat. I'm always coming up with quotes on the spur of the moment. /quotes/list
You've encouraged me to add that one! : )

I haven't read anything by him since I read Love in the Time of Cholera, which I loved, but it's still the only one of his I've read. I am tempted by your lovely review, Kevin!

Cheri wrote: "I haven't read anything by him since I read Love in the Time of Cholera, which I loved, but it's still the only one of his I've read. I am tempted by your lovely review, Kevin!"

Thank you, Cheri.
I ADORE Marquez. My favourite would have to be One Hundred Years of Solitude, which is also on your wishlist. : )

"succulent excellence." -I love this description! Another lovely review, sir! :-)

Kimber wrote: ""succulent excellence." -I love this description! Another lovely review, sir! :-)"

Thanks, Kimber! Most kind. And you Kansas girls are so polite. I love it!

I loved this book. I love all GGM 's books. I like coming across reviews of them because it reminds me of them. :-)

Petra-masx wrote: "I loved this book. I love all GGM 's books. I like coming across reviews of them because it reminds me of them. :-)"

Thank you, Petra. : )
I adore Márquez. He was one of my biggest influences; I was spellbound the first time I read One Hundred Years of Solitude. That masterpiece is one of my top five.

Kevin wrote: "I was spellbound the first time I read One Hundred Years of Solitude. That masterpiece is one of my top five..."

I got lost in it too, another world. But it's not my favourite GGM. I love Memories of My Melancholy Whores, it has the honesty of confession, of autobiography, although it's neither. My joint no. 2 are I also love Innocent Erendira and Other Stories and Love in the Time of Cholera. All his other books are 0.1 beneath these three, lol. He was a genius writer.

Petra-masx wrote: "All his other books are 0.1 beneath these three, lol. He was a genius writer.

I binge-read them all back in the eighties and nineties, Petra, and I totally agree that he was a genius writer.
He, Dickens and Salman Rushdie are my three favourites. : )

I can't stand Dickens. He's my absolute bete noir. Salman Rushdie - I love some of his books, like others, others bore me... I don't know who my favourite authors, it changes all the time, but GGM certainly. For fiction, probably Trollope as well and Saramago. And Zola, always Zola.

Petra-masx wrote: "I can't stand Dickens. He's my absolute bete noir. Salman Rushdie - I love some of his books, like others, others bore me... I don't know who my favourite authors, it changes all the time, but GGM certainly. For fiction, probably Trollope as well and Saramago. And Zola, always Zola...."

I read Trollope in my teens and have watched a Zola play. Shamefully, I haven't read anything by Saramago. : (

Kevin wrote: "Shamefully, I haven't read anything by Saramago. : l..."

That's not shameful, that's wonderful! Now you have so much to look forward to. I would suggest that you listen to Saramago rather than read it unless you have an endless tolerance for lack of punctuation and run on sentences and paragraphs that can go on for pages.

Zola - Nana is one of the most perfect French novels ever written. It is the usual trope, beautiful woman from a poor background exploits her looks and the inevitable downfall. But Zola does it better than anyone. It's almost Russian in its depth, without the inevitable lecturing and social commentary and excess verbiage.

Petra-masx wrote: "Kevin wrote: "Shamefully, I haven't read anything by Saramago. : l..."

That's not shameful, that's wonderful! Now you have so much to look forward to. I would suggest that you listen to Saramago r..."

I've been writing solidly for ten hours a day for the past two months, and therefore haven't read at all, so I shan't get to Saramago anytime soon.
I shall bear him in mind though, although I'm definitely not a fan of run-on sentences and punctuation wastelands.

Another lovely review, Kevin! I love your description of "succulent excellence" and I need to reacquaint myself with it because I did not appreciate it the first time around.

Vishakha wrote: "Another lovely review, Kevin! I love your description of "succulent excellence" and I need to reacquaint myself with it because I did not appreciate it the first time around."

My sincere apologies for only just noticing your lovely comment, Vishakha.
Thank you so much!