Love in the Time of Cholera and other bookish stuff...

I bought this a few days ago and have just started reading it. I'm completely hooked. Marquez's style is just so beautiful and the story is so involving and poetic that I haven't wanted to put it down at all. I can just tell this book is going to be a major hinderance to any plans of doing my assignments and studying until it's finished! I really recommend it so far. I can't wait to see how it translates to the big screen! The cover picture above is the same edition I have and it's definately my fave of the ones I've seen.

This month so far I have finished:

Which was really good. It centres on three connected people living through the Nigerian - Biafran war of 1967 - 1970. Something I knew absolutely nothing about before I started!

I really liked this one, but it lacked the subtlety that made Atonement so great I think. I think I would have enjoyed it even more if I didn't have such high expectations of it. It's exploration of our moral compass and the selfishness of human nature was quite interesting.

I found Mansfield Park a tad dull in the beginning but I gradually warmed to it. Edmund is such a boring uninspiring love interest for a gal!

This month's purchases (apart from Love in the Time of Cholera):

I LOVE this edition!!!! I just love the cover art of it! I already had a second-hand copy but when I saw such a nice edition of one of my fave books I had to have it.