I've just started my new book; Love in the Time of Cholera. It's a beautiful story about one man's life-long devotion to the love of his life and how all the many forms of love are threaded throughout this book.


So far in my reading, I've read about a Dr. Juvenal Urbino who examines the body of dead friend and very competetive chess player, Jeremiah de Saint Armour who committed suicide by inhaling cyanide vapors. However, in all the cases of suicides by cyanide he has seen, this is the first one that has "not been triggered by a torturous love". He then arranges for Armour to be buried the same afternoon as one of his medical students' silver anniversary, even though Armour is an athiest. He had found a letter in Armour's handwriting speaking about his secret lover and directions leading Urbino to a safe in which there was enough money to pay for the funeral. Armour planned his suicide. He swore to never get old so he he committed suicide at the age of 60. When Urbino met with his secret lover, she told me that she knew was Armour was planning all along and that she had nearly defeated him at his last chess game. Sound confusing? Well, this book is written in a way in which most of the content in chapter one will be explained more in depth later in the story. So how does this all tie in with lorentino Ariza and Fermina Diaz, which the story is actually about? We'll find out..

I just watched the movie version of the book. They did a pretty good job with the movie; it was pretty relevant to the book. However, they left out some parts in the interest of time such as towards the end of the book, when Mary was still alive and the Lisbon family then octioned off the things in their house, but other than that it was a pretty good movie I'd have to say. Of course the book is so much better because it's in better detail and you the imagery is alot better so I suggest reading the book first before watching the movie.

I finished!!

Mary was the last sister still hanging by a string. Therese, Lux, and Bonnie were gone. It was like the same scene was put on repeat. The paramedis knew the routine like the backs of their hands; they didn't even bother to knock, they just went right now. Mrs. Lisbon had nothing to say and the neighborhood didn't bother to crowd around and watch what was happening; they already knew. Soon after, Mr. Lisbon put the house up or sale and while he, his wife, and his only remianing daughter stayed at a hotel room, he asked one of the english teachers at the school to come and get rid of everything in the house because it was too painful for them do it themselves.

After everything was taken out of the house and octioned off, Mr. Lisbon and his family came back to their house to stay at until their new house was ready. Everyone wondered how they were able to carry on and continue doing normal, everyday things. One day, the EMT truck returned to the Lisbon residence for the last time; Mary had overdosed on sleeping pills. The people of the nieghborhood still don't know why the Lisbon sisters killed themselves. They believe that Cecilia killed herself because she was a misfit and the other side was calling her and then the sisters killed themselves because Cecilia was calling them but they don't know if that's entirely true. No one will ever know.

This just about sums up the book. The idea of suicide is very complex. Other people looking in from the outside have no idea why people do it. Especially since suicide is more common amongst girls than it is guys; the girl's mind is compex enough, and then when they go and commit suicide, it throws everything off completely. This book was good, I didn't like it as much as the first one I've read but Euginidis did a great job with the plot and conveying the idea of nothing is ever what it seems. I will soon be watching the motion picture version of the film with Kiersten Dunst to compare so hopefully they did a good job with the movie. Stay tuned!