Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm currently reading Catch 22 by J. Heller.
I first read this book at secondary school and quickly bought it when I was able to because I knew from my first time reading I would want to read it again and I have many times.
This book is masterful in so many ways. It begins as comic farce, proceeds to the increasingly surreal, and then transforms into a nightmarish tragedy before ending triumphantly. No novel that I know so successfully blends all these disparate moods. I believe it was Hugh Walpole who wrote, "Life is a comedy to those who think, and a tragedy to those who feel." No book illustrates that better than this novel. This truly is one of the funniest books I have ever read. It is also one of the most tragic.
Not many books I've read have been like this. It's a special book, well written, gripping and can actually bring my emotions to life something not many things can actually do.
If you haven't had the pleasure of reading this then I do highly recommend you giving it a try. It's a masterpiece!
Sorry that turned in to a review weirdly...excuse my weirdness, I'm eccentric.
Im currently reading 'All Is Found'. Its the 10yrs of Frozen anthology (10 stories for 10 years). Ive owned it since it came out last year but wasnt able to read it yet. It has great authors - mainly Jen Calonita and Mari Mancusi spring to mind. Heather Knowles edited too. Which nobody would recognise those names unless you read Frozen books.
When I first pre-ordered 'All Is Found', I had a bit of a panic because All is Found sounds like theres nothing left to find, as in the franchise is over. But then I reminded myself about Frozen 3 and obviously its not over. All Is Found is clearly a reference to the lyric in the Ahtohallan lullaby, but I was trying to find a second hidden meaning. There might be one, ill have to finish the book to know for sure.
That is AWESOME!!!!