This was the story of love between many people over a lifetime. There were so many little nuggets of goodness in this novel that it's hard to give a general idea of why I liked it. I loved the description of Florintino, and found a lot of myself in him. He was also laughable at …
Ranking Reading
I got the crazy idea recently that I would rank all the books I've ever read, as well as I can remember. Turns out that is just crazy, and I have no idea how to even begin sorting through the 350ish books on my goodreads. So, I'll just start with the books I've read this …
Distant love
Fermina and Florintino have broken it off, and the arc of their romance reminds me of many internet relationships of modern day. The two of them communicated nearly exclusively via letters, even though they lived in the same town. Then when Fermina moved away, they continued their correspondence for several years, eventually agreeing to marry--all …
I keep laughing
You know it's a funny book when just thinking about it throughout the day makes you burst out laughing. Me trying to describe it would not do justice to its hilarity, you just have to read it yourself. But... something about this kind of character is just so amusing--the just smart enough to think they …
All kinds of love
I've started listening to this novel, and so far--as the title would imply--it is all about love. The book opens with one character, and we follow from him, to his wife, to his wife's past lover, and I assume we'll keep bouncing around like this, in a sort of meandering way through the past. It's …
Jonas David 