tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post1863596925063000710..comments2024-03-01T09:58:03.858-08:00Comments on READING FOR SANITY BOOK REVIEWS: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia MarquezMindySuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122081120154598894noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-18512195179244869752009-01-08T09:01:00.000-08:002009-01-08T09:01:00.000-08:00I think that we do put too much pressure on oursel...I think that we do put too much pressure on ourselves to like certain books--which of course ruins them entirely. <BR/><BR/>I hated "Atonement" by Ian McEwan. It was just awful for me and it got all these great reviews. I'm convinced that if you read a book for anything other than sheer enjoyment, you'll likely hate it. <BR/><BR/>I'm struggling through one right now. You'll see.MindySuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122081120154598894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-15616080905324896472009-01-08T08:04:00.000-08:002009-01-08T08:04:00.000-08:00I really think I am the odd man out on this one, ...I really think I am the odd man out on this one, my mother said that she LOVED this book as well. I guess thats just goes to show the various tastes that we aquire for books. It may have been written before Cholera, I did not look that closely....my bad. But that one is a great book. I almost feel like he was trying to hard in Hundred years.Kim R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07559723072849271422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-78821379463496507122009-01-07T22:40:00.000-08:002009-01-07T22:40:00.000-08:00I personally enjoyed this book. I liked how it was...I personally enjoyed this book. I liked how it was written to combine the stories of multiple generations. I look forward to reading it again one day because I feel that this is one of those books that you miss a lot during the first reading. Wasn't "Love in the Time of Cholera" written after this book? I haven't read it but plan to, especially if it is better than this one.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902585771297046270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5367491918209452164.post-43899136264488488772009-01-07T19:46:00.000-08:002009-01-07T19:46:00.000-08:00TWO STARS?!?!?! Wow, you have cajones girl. I adm...TWO STARS?!?!?! Wow, you have cajones girl. I admire your ability to give a classic novel TWO stars. I haven't read it but I have found that often some books are so hyped that you can't help but be disappointed. I love that we like different kinds of books and so you get lots of perspectives. I'll have to read this one and see if we agree or not.MindySuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122081120154598894noreply@blogger.com