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It may be a public service announcement, but we all need to read more. The classics of literature are classics for a reason. You won't like them all, but there is a classic author out there that fits your literary wants.

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I am currently reading Love in the Time of Cholera by Marquez. It is phenomenal. Marquez has this amazing ability to weave stories and themes together in a way that makes even the most minute details interesting. With all due respect to Tolkien, the non-essential details that permeate the Lord of the Rings are what make them difficult for me to struggle through. The Proudfeet Clan is a shining example of one of these ridiculously long digressions that bogs the reader down.

Cholera is amazing thus far, simultaneously heartbreaking and hilarious. More on Marquez later.