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More writing about books when I finish them. I've finished 2 recently.
Catch 22, Joseph Heller
I really like this book. It uses such literal logic, which really amuses me. And it starts out so light, and the war is just sort of a thing...and then it slowly gets darker and grimmer, and all of a sudden there are people dying all the time. not gonna lie, I don't really understand the ending, though I think its good. all of a sudden at the end it starts getting surreal, with nately's whore being able to teleport everywhere...unless yossarian is actually becoming crazy...but he really did get stabbed, he ended up in the hospital...I think if Orr really did get to Norway, then it opens the door to all sorts of possibilities of things.
Zig Zag, Josa Carlos Somoza
I picked this up in the store the other day, it looked interesting. Its a thriller novel whose plot revolves around theoretical physics. These physicists open up a portal that allows them to see the past, and in the process they release an evil being. Eh. I never was really into thrillers, so I don't have a point to compare to. but...eh. So much foreshadowing, of the worst, most obnoxious possible kind. But the plot is amusing at least, and the physics is interesting to think about, even if its entirely wrong. and the twist at the end is unpredictable up until a few pages before they reveal it....but artificially so, because it relies on a bit of "physics" that they don't reveal until a few pages before the twist.
I started rereading Everything Is Illuminated. All I can say is, if I ever have twin girls, I really want to name them Hannah and Chana. that is hilarious.
Unrelatedly, it was really really odd. while typing this, I had two flashbacks of sorts. this has never happened to me before. I blinked, and for a second I saw the street we walked to get back to our hotel in Chicago for nationals. I can't even remember what it looks like now. then a bit later, I blinked and saw the spot where the french woods bus picked us up. odd.
Also unrelatedly. A week ago I didn't want to leave ithaca. Now I don't want to go back (not yet at least). 8AM orgo, and no research, no job, how could anybody look forward to that?
Catch 22, Joseph Heller
I really like this book. It uses such literal logic, which really amuses me. And it starts out so light, and the war is just sort of a thing...and then it slowly gets darker and grimmer, and all of a sudden there are people dying all the time. not gonna lie, I don't really understand the ending, though I think its good. all of a sudden at the end it starts getting surreal, with nately's whore being able to teleport everywhere...unless yossarian is actually becoming crazy...but he really did get stabbed, he ended up in the hospital...I think if Orr really did get to Norway, then it opens the door to all sorts of possibilities of things.
Zig Zag, Josa Carlos Somoza
I picked this up in the store the other day, it looked interesting. Its a thriller novel whose plot revolves around theoretical physics. These physicists open up a portal that allows them to see the past, and in the process they release an evil being. Eh. I never was really into thrillers, so I don't have a point to compare to. but...eh. So much foreshadowing, of the worst, most obnoxious possible kind. But the plot is amusing at least, and the physics is interesting to think about, even if its entirely wrong. and the twist at the end is unpredictable up until a few pages before they reveal it....but artificially so, because it relies on a bit of "physics" that they don't reveal until a few pages before the twist.
I started rereading Everything Is Illuminated. All I can say is, if I ever have twin girls, I really want to name them Hannah and Chana. that is hilarious.
Unrelatedly, it was really really odd. while typing this, I had two flashbacks of sorts. this has never happened to me before. I blinked, and for a second I saw the street we walked to get back to our hotel in Chicago for nationals. I can't even remember what it looks like now. then a bit later, I blinked and saw the spot where the french woods bus picked us up. odd.
Also unrelatedly. A week ago I didn't want to leave ithaca. Now I don't want to go back (not yet at least). 8AM orgo, and no research, no job, how could anybody look forward to that?