I can see why, it's a wonderful book. I've no doubt I'll be returning to it in the future.

Well this is the first of Llosa's that I've read, and three chapters in I'm totally engrossed, so much so I'll definitely be looking to read more by him. What would you recommend that you've read?

So far this month I've read Chinua Achebe's The African Trilogy, which I loved. Things Fall Apart in particular was great; the protagonist was a remarkably well-drawn character. And today I finished up Ursula Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness. I haven't read a great deal of sci-fi, but this was an excellent book. I…

Oh look, I didn't manage to finish GR until the fifth try or so. I'd get about 50~70 pages in and give up. Once I had pushed through the 100-page barrier and got a feel for the rhythm of the prose, I really got into it. My strategy (and I'm almost ashamed to admit this) was just to barge through even when I didn't…

I finished up Pynchon's Mason & Dixon, which I loved. I'd put it almost on par with GR. Today I started reading Tony and Susan (Nocturnal Animals) by Austin Wright, and it's been underwhelming so far, but I chalk that up to Pynchon being an almost impossible act to follow.