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61. One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Márquez (100 book challenge)

[Trigger warning: This post discusses rape and child sexual abuse]

I didn’t enjoy the feeling this book left behind. It was meant to be a classic, a reflection of real life and culture in Colombia over a 100 year span. It was meant to be witty and even laugh-out-loud funny. But something about it was off.

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38. Love in the Time of Cholera – Gabriel García Márquez (100 book challenge)

I started reading this one in February 2020, coincidentally at the exact same time that our lives were flipped upside down because of COVID-19. ‘Love in the time of COVID’ became my private little joke as I made my way through this first (of two) García Márquez books listed in my 100 book challenge.

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