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Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez: Book Review

Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza fall in love when they’re very young. Ultimately, Fermina chooses to marry Juvenal Urbino, a wealthy, well-respected doctor from a good family. Florentino decides to wait for Dr. Urbino to die so he can renew his pursuit of Fermina. As he waits, he has 622 affairs. The best thing about Continue Reading…

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Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, posti Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, posting, and doing on Introverted Reader in my weekly update for September 8, 2024! Full post at the link in my bio. Books read last week: Glory Days: Stories by Simon Rich, read by John Mulaney–3.5 StarsFly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O’Brien–4 StarsThe Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People by Rick Bragg–5 Stars
Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, and p Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, and posting, as well as my reading challenge progress in my August 2024 in Review post on Introverted Reader! Full post at the link in my bio.Books Read: Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From the Twenty-first Century, edited by Alice Wong–4.5 StarsThe Whispering Skull (Lockwood & Co. #2) by Jonathan Stroud, read by Katie Lyons–4 StarsHead to Head (Claire Morgan #1) by Linda Ladd–3 StarsVision: A Memoir of Blindness and Justice by David S. Tatel–4 StarsThe School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil #1) by Soman Chainani, read by Polly Lee–4 StarsThe River by Peter Heller, read by Mark Deakins–4 StarsThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper–3.5 StarsNot shown:Fifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie, read by Robin Eller and others–Did Not Finish
Check out ten fictional story collections that I e Check out ten fictional story collections that I enjoyed in this Top Ten Tuesday post! Full post at the link in my bio.Dreams Underfoot by Charles de Lint Just After Sunset by Stephen King Full Throttle by Joe Hill I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson He Is Legend. An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson edited by Christopher ConlonA Lot Like Christmas by Connie Willis Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days by Jeannette Winterson A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean Astray by Emma Donoghue Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman
Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, posti Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, posting, and doing on Introverted Reader in my weekly update for September 1, 2024! Full post at the link in my bio.Books Read:The River by Peter Heller, read by Mark Deakins--4 StarsFifty Words for Rain by Asha Lemmie, read by Robin Eller and others--Did Not Finish
Book Review: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fen Book Review: The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper--3 Stars. Full review at the link in my bio.In 1757, during the French and Indian War, Cora and Alice Munro are traveling to meet their father, who is currently in command of Fort William Henry. Major Duncan Heyward is escorting them, along with their Native American guide, Magua. The deeper the group journeys into the wilderness, the more they begin to suspect that Magua is steering them wrong. Fortunately, they stumble upon Hawkeye, a scout, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas. When the new group points out that Magua has indeed betrayed the ladies, Magua escapes into the woods, rounds up reinforcements, and persistently hunts his erstwhile companions.The book was a little bit of a slog but that's partly on me. I can only remember one scene from the movie and it's a sad one. I don't particularly like sad books so I kept avoiding it. The writing is also an odd mix of a lot of action buried under very dense sentence structure. I had to take my time wading through each sentence to figure out what exactly was going on. I'm generally a fast reader and have a hard time slowing myself down for this kind of book. I start to get resentful that it's taking me so long to read the darn thing!The book was written in 1826 and the language and treatment of the Native American characters reflects that. It wasn't as bad as I expected but as a White woman, I don't know if I'm the best judge. Among the occasional derogatory remarks and stereotypical "silly superstitions," there is some true depth to the Native American characters. Their dwindling populations and lands are treated with a degree of poignancy, in my opinion. For what that's worth.The edition I checked out of the library is beautifully illustrated with watercolors by Patrick Prugne. It's a gorgeous book.I liked reading about America in the pre-Revolutionary years, a time I know little about. If the historical period interests you, this is definitely worth a read.
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