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MAS BOOK CLUB: Love In The Time of Cholera FIRST DISCUSSION pages 1-100

Welcome to our first discussion of Love In The Time of Cholera.

I have found some fun interactive guides to this book on the Oprah.com website, in her book club section.

The first one is HERE and basically it's A CHARACTER GUIDE to the characters in the book. I don't know about you but the thing I have the most trouble with when reading is trying to keep the names in order.

By the first few chapters I have them down, but when it comes to books like Love In the Time of Cholera or THE RED TENT where the story takes place through generations it can be a bit overwhelming.

The next thing I thought was pretty cool was the QUIZ. I suggest you don't take the QUIZ until you're done reading the book.

And now for the question of the week:

*(HINT) this answer is found within the first 70 pages

When Tránsito Ariza tells Florentino he looks as if he were going to a funeral when he is going to visit Fermina, why does he respond by saying, "It's almost the same thing" ?

Aside from this question, don't forget....

This is YOUR book club, folks! I'm just the moderator of sorts so feel free to post what you want whether it's quizzes you've found, your own thoughts, videos of you reading the book to a room full of elderly people while volunteering at a Convalescent home... you get the idea, right?

LET'S HAVE SOME FUN!

The only rules are, don't spoil it for others, always keep your discussion within the chapters in the title. BUT you don't have to hold back your thoughts while waiting for us.

POST YOUR OWN ARTICLE! The only reason for posting the CHAPTER NUMBER or PAGE NUMBERS involved in your discussion is so if another reader hasn't gotten there yet, they have the option to read your article or wait till they've gotten to the same point you have!

OK, well, off I go to find someone to read my book to while doing cartwheels on a pogo stick so I can videotape it for my next MAS Book Club discussion.

Tee hee! NO SE CREAN! No estoy tan loca! hahaha