Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel Garcia Marques | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 140003468x Global Overview for this book
Registered by liz-z of Parma Heights, Ohio USA on 11/30/2007
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6 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by liz-z from Parma Heights, Ohio USA on Friday, November 30, 2007
Hi! And welcome to Book Crossing!

If you found this book and are not familiar with Book Crossing, thanks for checking the site out. Welcome! Enjoy both the book and the site.

People all over the world are tracking their books through BookCrossing!
I really hope you'll journal this book! You can stay anonymous. You can journal the book right now! You don’t have to read it first. Ideally, you will post a journal now saying that you’ve found this particular book, then read (and hopefully enjoy) the book. When you’re done reading, come back here and let us know when and where you will pass the book on to another reader. Give a review if you’d like. If you journal it, you can come back anytime to track its journey.
If you decide to join – and it’s FREE - please consider using me, liz-z, as the member who referred you. If you are already familiar with Book Crossing, thanks for picking up the book.

Either way, I hope you'll make a journal entry so all previous and future readers can track this book's journey.

Happy reading and Happy Book Crossing!

Journal Entry 2 by liz-z from Parma Heights, Ohio USA on Wednesday, December 5, 2007
How the bookring works:

* Someone will PM you for your address, PM them back and provide your address

* When you receive the book, please make a journal entry letting everyone know that you received it

* Put the book at the top of your TBR pile (under other rings/rays that arrived first)

* Read the book (take your time and enjoy the book, don't feel rushed to finish it)

* When the end is in sight, check the book's journal and PM the next person to get their address

* Finish the book, make another journal entry and let everyone know what you thought of the book

* Send the book to the next person on the list (please use the cheapest shipping method available), make release notes (Controlled Release) or journal entry to let everyone know that it's in the mail

* At the end of the ring, last person please pm Liz-z for address and mail back.

The Lineup (subject to change):

1. UnwrittenLibra (Massachusetts)
2. hopi100 (Virginia)
3. Dabercro (Utah)
4. guinaveve (Ohio)
5. sarahjanemc (Oregon)
6. Bluestocking88 (Washington) skip
7. Enidq (California)<==On the way here!<==

Journal Entry 3 by liz-z from Parma Heights, Ohio USA on Tuesday, December 25, 2007
I had to force myself to finish this book. I only finally got into the book during the last eighty pages. The story, in my opinion, is not a love story but a story of a man that is a stalker. Although the main character, Florentino Ariza, claims his love for Fermina Daza, he sleeps with over 600 women including a girl of 14 during his life. I thought he seemed desparate and the story was unrealistic.

However based on the many positive reviews of this book out there, I am sure some will disagree. I hope that the readers in the ring enjoy this book more than I did.

Journal Entry 4 by liz-z at US Post in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Sunday, January 6, 2008

Released 16 yrs ago (1/3/2008 UTC) at US Post in Bookring, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases

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Sent this off to the first ring participant!

Journal Entry 5 by UnwrittenLibra from Middleton, Wisconsin USA on Sunday, January 6, 2008
Got it in the mail yesterday here in Baltimore, Maryland...thanks, liz-z! My bookring TBR pile is looking big but no fear...with luck it'll be onto the next reader within a month...I hope!

Journal Entry 6 by UnwrittenLibra from Middleton, Wisconsin USA on Friday, February 1, 2008
A whirlwind of a book. It's definitely something to be read and digested fully - I probably lost a lot of it because I put it down a bunch of times. I wish I had more time to analyze this extremely well-written story, but I felt that I had the book too long and rushed myself through the last 100 pages last night before bed. The ending was amazing though. I think I'll read this again in the future when my mind is clearer. Although it's not a favorite of mine at the moment, I can see how others would really love it. I assure you it was not wasted on me. :)

This book has traveled to Maryland, Puerto Rico, and Massachusetts...and that's ALL from me! I have hopi100's address and will send it to her sometime next week. I will include a "postcard diary"...while in PR, I visited Isabel-Batteria, who currently has a postcard-diary I started last year that has 9 entries from 3 or 4 continents! Thanks again liz-z.

Journal Entry 7 by UnwrittenLibra from Middleton, Wisconsin USA on Wednesday, February 6, 2008
With Postcard Diary #1 (keep it going) it's off from me in Amherst, MA to hopi100 in Alexandria, VA! Go book go!

Journal Entry 8 by hopi100 from Alexandria, Virginia USA on Monday, February 11, 2008
This arrived in the mail today -- I can't wait to start on it!

Journal Entry 9 by hopi100 from Alexandria, Virginia USA on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
I'm so sorry for the delay -- I've been sick for the last two weeks (sinus-related, so don't worry, I won't be mailing germs with the book! ;)). At any rate this book should be moving again shortly. Thanks! :)

Journal Entry 10 by hopi100 from Alexandria, Virginia USA on Monday, April 14, 2008
This has been a very enjoyable book -- thank you so much for affording me the extra time to absorb it all!

I'll have this off to Dabercro this week! Thanks again!

Journal Entry 11 by dabercro from Clinton, Utah USA on Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Arrived in the mail today. It is at the top of my TBR pile and I hope to start this book at the end of the week. I enjoyed the postcard diary and will add mine when I get ready to send the book on.

Journal Entry 12 by dabercro from Clinton, Utah USA on Tuesday, May 13, 2008
This isn't a book that can be read quickly. The author is very descriptive and wordy. I agree with liz-z, this is not a love story but a story of a very sick man, Florentino Ariza. I was especially disturbed by his relationship with America Vicuna.

I will be sending this on to guinaveve in OH.


Journal Entry 13 by guinaveve from Mason, Ohio USA on Monday, May 19, 2008
This came today. I look forward to reading it.

Journal Entry 14 by guinaveve from Mason, Ohio USA on Friday, May 30, 2008
This book was not one of those that totally captivated me, the kind that you just don't want to put down. I was interested in it while I was reading it, but when I stopped, I found myself not wanting to pick it up again. The writing was good, but I found the premise silly. Florentino Ariza's supposed love for Fermina Daza was so contrived. He barely knew her. I think it was supposed to be romantic that he lived his life for her and waited for her all that time, but since the "love" was based on nothing real, it seemed more nutty than romantic. It reminded me of this guy I "dated" in 5th grade which is around age 10. We didn't really date, just did what most kids did at that age which is write little letters but never really speak to each other. I moved away 3 years after we "broke up" and then moved back as an adult. We ran into each other and went out to get something to eat. At the end of the evening, he confessed his love for me and his hope that we could get back together like we used to be. What we used to be was nothing really, so I thought it was so weird, I couldn't bring myself to go out with him again. I felt like Florentino's Ariza's love for Fermina Daza was like that, based on nothing. The only reason I could see Florentino Ariza holding onto that love was because he wanted to and he liked the idea of it, not because of any real feelings he had.
All of the other women he slept with while waiting for Fermina Daza didn't bother me, but the affair with the 14 year old girl did and it was told in such a disgusting manner frequently comparing her to an infant which made it even more disturbing. That really ruined the book for me.
I was disappointed with the ending which didn't feel like an ending to me just something tacked on because the author didn't know what to do with the characters at that point.
I know this review sound terrible, but I wouldn't say that I hated this book. I just kept wishing the plot would take a different direction though I liked how the author wrote.

Journal Entry 15 by guinaveve at on Saturday, May 31, 2008

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Journal Entry 16 by sarahjanemc from Monmouth, Oregon USA on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
i got this in the mail today. I have about 2/3s of a book ahead of it but will get to it very soon!!!
thanks, so much!!!

Journal Entry 17 by sarahjanemc from Monmouth, Oregon USA on Friday, July 11, 2008
This book was a little hard for me to get into and felt laborious to finish. However, the plot was intriguing and the characters were relatable on some higher, more romantical, fantastic plane.
Throughout the entire piece, i was wanted ends to be tied and for the main characters to have some peace. i wish the ending would have done that. :(

PMed the next reader for shipping info and will be mailing out ASAP.

Journal Entry 18 by sarahjanemc from Monmouth, Oregon USA on Friday, July 11, 2008
Bluestocking88 requested to be skipped so I am getting info from enidq!

Journal Entry 19 by sarahjanemc from Monmouth, Oregon USA on Monday, July 21, 2008
I have never gotten a response from enidq.
I am going to try one more time and if i dont hear anything, the book will take a slight vacation and rest on my bookshelf while it waits for it's next reader.
Thanks!

Journal Entry 20 by sarahjanemc at PDX in Portland International Airport, -- Airports & Planes -- USA on Saturday, February 6, 2010

Released 14 yrs ago (2/6/2010 UTC) at PDX in Portland International Airport, -- Airports & Planes -- USA

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It was a great read!!

Dropping it off in the waiting area by the security checkpoint for A/B/C Gates! ENJOY!

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