tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post1436953101588984111..comments2023-11-23T09:51:07.448-05:00Comments on A Literary Odyssey: One Hundred Years of Solitude Post 2:Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-12454678264180456732010-08-04T23:40:00.125-04:002010-08-04T23:40:00.125-04:00Hi Allie
I am currently undergoing a challenge I ...Hi Allie<br /><br />I am currently undergoing a challenge I set myself to read my way through every country in the world (I'm blogging about it at http://www.theliterarynomad.com). I have earmarked 100 Years of Solitude for when I get to Colombia and having read your post I am itching to read it! I will definitely return here to post my thoughts on it when I have read it and am bummed I didn't know you were doing it for the July read-a-long as I may have deviated from my challenge rules (if you visit the blog you'll see what I mean) to join in. But anyway, your enthusiasm - and those of others commenting here - for this book has ensured that I will definitely be reading it for Colombia!<br />The Literary Nomad (aka Alex)Alexhttp://www.theliterarynomad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-81168837973173765442010-08-01T22:33:53.074-04:002010-08-01T22:33:53.074-04:00Great post Allie. I'm glad you really loved t...Great post Allie. I'm glad you really loved the book. I felt the same way about Love in the Time of Cholera, but not quite so much for this book (though I enjoyed it immensely - Marquez's writing style is certainly among my all-time favorites).<br /><br />I can also see how your friend at work was mystified by your description of the book and why you liked it. You are right - one just has to read this one for himself to understand.<br /><br />I've posted some random ramblings of my own about the book over on my blog.<br /><br />-JayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-23089867782870351882010-07-31T19:23:48.273-04:002010-07-31T19:23:48.273-04:00Ahhhh you make me want to read this again. I love ...Ahhhh you make me want to read this again. I love the way he writes. Stop me if I've asked you this already but, have you read Chronicle of a Death Foretold?Tales of Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938494589922620170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-67118607188656709702010-07-31T18:50:39.024-04:002010-07-31T18:50:39.024-04:00This post made me so happy! :D And now I'm eye...This post made me so happy! :D And now I'm eyeing my copy of 100 Years wondering if I can fit in a reread soon. Also, I soooo want to visit Colombia in large part because of Marquez.Evahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06703372903532502944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-79565971046023888172010-07-31T18:18:17.416-04:002010-07-31T18:18:17.416-04:00Sorry Allie, I'm not doing another post as I h...Sorry Allie, I'm not doing another post as I have to admit I didn't finish it. I appreciated a great deal of the writing but could never connect with the characters. Despite all the positive reviews I'm one who has to say this book simply wasn't for me.Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09391899740930810224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-54928898950435650272010-07-31T13:49:18.665-04:002010-07-31T13:49:18.665-04:00I've read it before, and loved it. I heard som...I've read it before, and loved it. I heard somewhere that GGM was struggling for years trying to figure out how to write the stories his grandmother told him about her native town without all the weird bits. Then one day, on his way to his grandmother's he had a flash of inspiration: LEAVE IN THE WEIRD BITS! Apparently he turned the car around, much to his wife's chagrin, and didn't leave the house for one year while he wrote OHYOS. Leave it to the g-mas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-3694788836578701582010-07-31T13:28:55.851-04:002010-07-31T13:28:55.851-04:00I voted for this one, and I have read such good re...I voted for this one, and I have read such good reviews. I have had the book forever, and yet I hold off reading it, what's wrong with me? Seriously! Thanks for the review. It will be my next one. (finishing House of Mirth today, FYI, another idea from you!!)BookQuoterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13033467542826463255noreply@blogger.com