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Have read one on the list so far: Love In The Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I think I liked One Hundred Years of Solitude more; his writing is beautiful and the atmosphere he creates is extraordinary, but something about the book just didn't do it for me. It took me a while to get through it.
** Update: October 2017. Just finished Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith, both by Sarah Waters. I adored the first one, it was an extraordinary and beautiful tale of love and survival. Sarah Waters writes with ingenuity and heart and clearly knows her historical subject matter like the back of her hand. Agh, I love novels set in this time period so much! Fingersmith was also good, but went downhill a little after the twist at the end of the first half and the plot got lost. Overall they were both gorgeous reads.
Also, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is possibly the most beautiful thing I've read this year. Natasha Pulley's portrayal of clockwork making, two lonely people finding each other and a mystery is rich in description and shows a rare gift for storytelling. I was deeply affected by Thaniel and Keita, even if I have a minor quibble or two about Grace and the way her story was handled. The best way I could describe this book is kind; the sort of writing that is like a mug of tea and a hug from your best friend. For fans of steampunk-ish type books or otherwise, it's a must-read ♥♥♥.
♥♥♥ The Watchmaker of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley
* Sorcerer to the Crown — Zen Cho
* A Single Man — Christopher Isherwood
The Girl on the Train — Paula Hawkins
The Great Gatsby — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Noughts and Crosses — Malorie Blackman
Cinder (Lunar Chronicles Book 1) — Marissa MeyerCarry On — Rainbow Rowell
♥♥♥ The Handmaid's Tale — Margaret Atwood (re-read)
Rivers of London – Ben Aaranovitch
Foundation Trilogy — Isaac Asimov
Oryx and Crake — Margaret Atwood
The Year of the Flood – Margaret Atwood
Madd Addam — Margaret Atwood
Empire of the Sun — J.G. Ballard
The Bridge — Iain Banks
Something Wicked This Way Comes — Ray Bradbury
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall — Anne Bronte
The City and the Stars — Arthur C. Clarke
Augustus: Son of Rome — Richard Foreman
The Forever War — Joe Haldeman
And the Mountains Echoed — Khaled Hosseini
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — Stieg Larsson
White Fang — Jack London
Love in the Time of Cholera — Gabriel Garcia Marquez (June 2016)
* Americanah — Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
The Curse of the Pharaos (Amelia Peabody series) — Elizabeth Peters
The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody series) — Elizabeth Peters
Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody series) — Elizabeth Peters
The Color Purple — Alice Walker
♥♥ Fingersmith — Sarah Waters
♥♥♥ Tipping the Velvet — Sarah Waters
♥♥ The Raven King (Raven Cycle series) — Maggie Stiefvater
* Black Widow: Forever Red — Margaret Stohl
A Man Lies Dreaming — Lavie Tidhar
